sergeant first class brian hawthorne's grandfather served under general patton and general macarthur. brian himself served two tours in iraq, earned the bronze star in baghdad for saving the life of his best friend, and today, he and his wife use their experience to help other veterans and military families navigate theirs. and brian is here in normandy to participate in sunday's jump, and here, just yesterday, he reenlisted in the army reserve. and this generation -- this 9/11 generation of servicemembers -- they, too, felt something. they answered some call, they said "i will go." they, too, chose to serve a cause that's greater than self -- many even after they knew they'd be sent into harm's way. and for more than a decade, they have endured tour after tour. sergeant first class cory remsburg has served ten. and i've told cory's incredible story before, most recently when he sat with my wife, michelle, at the state of the union address. it was here, at omaha beach, on the 65th anniversary of d-day, where i first met cory and his fellow army rangers, right after they made their own

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sergeant first class brian hawthorne's grandfather served under general patton and general macarthur.brian himself served two tours in iraq, earned the bronze star in baghdad for saving the life of his best friend, and today, he and his wife use their experience to help other veterans and military families navigate theirs. and brian is here in normandy to participate in sunday's jump, and here, just yesterday, he reenlisted in the army reserve. and this generation -- this 9/11 generation of servicemembers -- they, too, felt something. they answered some call, they said "i will go." they, too, chose to serve a cause that's greater than self -- many even after they knew they'd be sent into harm's way. and for more than a decade, they have endured tour after tour. sergeant first class cory remsburg has served ten. and i've told cory's incredible story before, most recently when he sat with my wife, michelle, at the state of the union address. it was here, at omaha beach, on the 65th anniversary of d-day, where i first met cory and his fellow army rangers, right after they made their own

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know that their commitment to their fellow service members and veterans, sergeant first class brian hawthorne'sral patton and general macarthur. he earned the bronze star in baghdad for saving the life of his best friend and today he and his wife use their experience to help other veterans and military families navigate theirs. brian's here in normandy to participate in sunday's jump. and here just yesterday he re-enlisted in the army reserve. this generation, this 9/11 generation of service members, they, too, felt something. they answered some call. they said i will go. they, too, chose to serve a cause that's greater than self. many even after they knew they'd be sent into harm's way. and for more than a decade they've endured tour after tour. sergeant first class corey remsburg has served ten. i told his story before. most recently when he sat with my wife, michelle, at the state of the union address. it was here at omaha beach on the 65th anniversary of d-day where i first met corey and his fellow army rangers, right after they made their own jump into normandy. the next time i saw him, he

sergeant first class brian hawthorne's grandfather served under general patton and general macarthur.brian himself served two tours in iraq, earned the bronze star in baghdad for saving the life of his best friend, and today, he and his wife use their experience to help other veterans and military families navigate theirs. and brian is here in normandy to participate in sunday's jump, and here, just yesterday, he reenlisted in the army reserve. and this generation -- this 9/11 generation of servicemembers -- they, too, felt something. they answered some call, they said "i will go." they, too, chose to serve a cause that's greater than self -- many even after they knew they'd be sent into harm's way. and for more than a decade, they have endured tour after tour. sergeant first class cory remsburg has served ten. and i've told cory's incredible story before, most recently when he sat with my wife, michelle, at the state of the union address. it was here, at omaha beach, on the 65th anniversary of d-day, where i first met cory and his fellow army rangers, right after they made their own