[applause] >> it's now my girlish introduce our keynote speaker at admiral sandy winfield.th vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and america's second highest ranking military officer. admiral winnefeld received his commission to enable rotc program. he flew the f-14 tomcat. he taught at the weapons at school. admiral winnefeld commanded among many commands fighter squadron to 11, uss cleveland, the uss enterprise leading the big the enterprise through combat operations in afghanistan immediately following the terrorist attack september 11, 2001. as commander of the uss theodore roosevelt carrier strike group, he led task force is in support of operation iraqi freedom. he also has commanded the u.s., united states six fleet, nato ally joint command in lisbon. is sure to was included service on the fleet forces command, joint forces command, to was on the joint staff including being a g5 aid to the joint chiefs of staff, and executive assistant to the vice chairman of enable operations. he commended the north american aerospace defense command norad and u.s. northern

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral sandy winfieldrybody. it's great to see you. thank you are in introduction. mr. vow gal, hays, distinguished guests, good afternoon. what an honor it is to be with you here today. what an honor it is to stand in front of the wonderful world war ii and pearl harbor veterans. i can tell you that as i was listening to that wonderful rendition of "america the beautiful," it struck from me what a wonderful idea america is. what a wonderful place america is, and all of you fought her her so long ago. and we deeply appreciate what you did for us back in the 1940s. we will never forget. members of the color guard, marine band, friends of national world war ii memorial and member of the national park service. thank you for helping us recognize the important day and some very, very important people. indeed, i offer a very special welcome to all of our world war ii veterans and their families and to all of our pearl harbor survivors who are here today. many of whom have traveled so far to be here, and we thank