there's a lot of photographs of the history of iwo jima and no paintings, so i brought the noted artist and had her paint at that picture. the original, i believe, is still in the commandant's home and they had that blown up and you can get to see the legacy of these marines and sailors every day when you go into the building. as this group also, expeditionary war is much more than just ship to shore, and more important than ever given china as a pacing threat. and the battle to ensure the needed programs are funded is a continuous effort and has been for decades because there are competing priorities both in dod and the congress, but the very strong voice and our leadership in the navy and the marine corps and also in the congress has gotten our expeditionary capabilities robust funding, i'll talk more about that in a minute. as you might suspect, this division has always been one of my favorites in nda, not only because it's active and effective because it's so important. as staff director, i recommended to my boss, senator nuns and we had senator john glenn on the committee and senat

and you received the spirit award from the iwo jima association.ents in conjunction with the day of remembrance, the japanese americans observe to remember what happened to many of them during world war ii when they were interred in prison camps. the u.s. congress said that was a mistake, gave reparations to those, we teach that in school here in america but to teach or think an educator would call the battle for iwo jima evil seems to be the horse of a completely different color. >> and this is why we don't have time to waist on ideologies. we need our children to learn actual history. we need them to learn about the japanese internment camps for sure. we need to learn about all the bad things that have happened. america is not a perfect country by any stretch of the imagination, but you know, she's the best we have and you know that because people are dying, literally dying to come here, even now, and we've got to have leaders who say not anymore. we are going to talk about the sins of the past but not put them on our children who never experienc

in that , american soldiers climbed the hill of iwo jima in japan they sent and ordered to prepare a similar picture after the berlin picture, which is a symbol of the power and honor of the days. the name of yu khalidi was chosen for this job. he flew to germany. first, places like the brandenburg gate and the tempe lehoff airport were taken into consideration. the white tongue, which was taken on may 2nd, 1945, ordered a small group of soldiers to climb the flag to raise the flag. with this photo appearing on the front pages of the world's newspapers , the long-awaited end of the war and nazism was celebrated. taken to post this was just started the world as a whole is on the brink. the armed forces in berlin are ordered to begin collecting the spoils of war . they begin this massive project to doomsday before the western allies arrive. he manages to send his special jokes when they will catch the scientists and return them to the soviet union . atomic hitler from the early tests when america dropped two more atomic bombs three months later to end the war in japan, the clouds of 60

building was the most symbolic target for berlin, especially after stalin had seen the famous photo of iwo jima in which american soldiers raised their flag on the hill of mother japan and ordered a similar photo to be taken after the capture of berlin . to symbolize the power and honor of the days, a photographer named yoon khaledi was chosen for this work. the first flight from moscow to germany included places such as the brandenburg gate and the tempe lehoff airport, with the reichstag building and the white ribbon at the end. this photo was taken on may 2, 1945. a small group of soldiers has been commissioned as a photographer he took the tepek string to raise the flag. with this photo appearing on the front pages of the world's newspapers, the world celebrated the long-awaited end of the war and nazi germany , and the world as a whole was stomping to send this new work. bodeh orders the army forces in berlin to start collecting the spoils of war, starts a huge project to empty the reparations and libraries before the western allies arrive, and sends the works of art to the editing departm

meeting comes at a time wherever the expeditionary excellence of the marines and sailors who fought in iwo jima and seven years ago this month. as someone who had the privilege 70000 marines and sailors, primarily the fourth and fifth divisions whose quote uncommon valor. tomorrow, is the 78th anniversary of the flag raising. when a staff director of the senate armed services committee, the famed photographer who took that classic iconic picture visited me in the committee. he signed a copy of his famous photograph but frankly all he wanted to talk about the bravery of the marines and sailors the most in any battle in american history that very day current nor wonderful secretary of the navy if you go from a third deck to the most important deck if you look to the right as you go up the steps you see a huge painting which is the seventh wave of the marine division landing is the division i've looked at history. a lot of photographs of the battle but no actual paintings. i brought the noted marine corps combat artist on active duty header paint that picture. the original i believe is still the c

ship maintenance and sailor quality of service take for example capt judd krier and his team on iwo jimathey are absolutely owning maintenance as a mission. their team is striking the right balance of effort between sailor readiness and mission readiness through things like setting up a private screening of top gun: maverick in a local theater, mental health maintenance days, recognition of core value champions, and so much more. absolutely killing it during the toughest environment we face - the shipyard. i am proud of our navy for spring boarding off our get real, get better campaign with innovation and critical thinking at every echelon to do what it takes to achieve new levels of readiness, mastery, and lethality. as we move out, we will continue to lean in, learn, innovate, and adapt so that we will are ready to win decisively in every encounter. in shaping our own battlespace, remember that we are never victims we approach problems from a solution centric position of self-sufficiency, a culture of critical self-assessment, of problem resolution, and a warrior's ethos built on grit,