captain ruggio was here. he was my company commander and first deployment in tkpwaut guantanamo bay. he was there on june 3, 2003, when i first swore in as a second lieutenant at princeton university. he swore me in. i wanted to make sure he was here today with me as well. thank you very much. [applause] mr. president, thank you very much. to the american people, we have your back. we'll get to work right away. god bless. thank you. vice president vance: that's it. any questions? reporter: women in the armed services trust you? vice president vance: let me answer that for the new secretary. all people in our armed services should trust him because he looks out for them and going to fight for them and make sure we have the kind of military that we can all be proud in. that we can all be proud of. and again when we send it to do a job we do it well, quickly, and gets the hell out. that's what secretary hegseth will bring to the department of defense. anything else? reporter: are you worried about any of the nom

remiss if i didn't note one person in this room who doesn't expect to be the recognized, but captain ruggiohere. he was my company commander on my first deployment in guantanamo bay. he was there on june 3rd, 2003, when i first swore in as a second lieutenant at princeton university, and he swore me in. and i wanted to make sure he was today with me as a well. [applause] so, mr. president, thank you very much. the american people, we have your back. we're going to get to work right away. god bless, thank you. [applause] >> all right. i guess that's it. any questions? [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> guys, let me answer that for the new secretary. all people in our armed services should trust him because he looks out for them, and he's going to fight for them. he's going to make sure we have the kind of military that we can all be proud of and that, again, when we send them to do a job, we do it well, quickly and get the hell out. that's what secretary hegseth's going to bring to the department of defense. >> [inaudible] >> you know, as i learned with the buckeyes just a week ago a --