Navy Officer Candidate School (OCS) Graduation, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, October 22, 2021.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem and the invocation. Officer training command. Newport arriving. Mm. Okay. Mhm Commander, Naval service force arriving. Oh, ladies and gentlemen, chaplain butts will now offer the invocation. Let us pray eternal Father. You have fashion and created us as a people and called us as a nation to a place of trust and leadership in the world. We honor this day, our newest naval officers and we ask for your special blessing upon them as they embark on their journey into the fleet. Father Today our hearts rejoice in the day these graduates have dreamed of has finally arrived. So many are proud of their achievements. However, we are mindful that our achievements are possible only through the life you have given us through the parents who have loved and nourished us, the host of peers and friends along life’s way who encouraged us and those here it offers her training command who guided and milk molded each life developing them into our nation’s newest naval leaders. No one person is an island and none are perfect and each of the witness to your watchful care and forgiving grace with every accomplishment and privilege. Came added responsibility and each one of these officers stands here today accepting of the duty that our nation has entrusted to them plus all who stood by these. We honor and give them an extra portion of your love. Watch over and protect them as they head off to their new commands today, they stand on the shoulders of the greatest naval leaders of history who have inspired generations to fight for the freedoms that make our country great. Give them the strength and courage to carry on that legacy. Be with us today and forever. All men. Right. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, Captain Mark Heisenberg, Officer Training Command, Newport distinguished guests ogC and staff, family members and friends who are joining us both in person and virtually And most importantly, soon to be commissioned officers of Class 01 tattoo too. Good morning! I am excited to welcome 70 newest incidents into one of the most prestigious, challenging and rewarding careers in our nation, that of a naval officer to family and friends joining us. I applaud you for the great work you have done preparing these impressive young leaders prior to their arrival here. Thank you for the support you have given them. It has enabled them to make the sound choices they have made. And we are grateful to these graduates for their choice to serve. We are grateful to you for your continued support to the graduates. As Commanding Officer of Officer Training Command. I am proud of all of you. You all have many other options and volunteering to serve your country. Yet you chose this path. I thank you for your patriotism and your willingness to serve. I can assure you that a life of service holds many rewards and will bring you great fulfillment. You completed rigorous military academic and physical training, You overcame obstacles. Nothing was handed to you these past 13 weeks except opportunity, the opportunity to make something more of yourself, to learn to grow and to lead. And you seize that opportunity. You embraced it and today you reap its rewards. I congratulate each and every one of you for that significant and memorable achievement. It is now time to embrace a new opportunity to lead sailors in the fleet. In the years ahead, your knowledge and leadership skills will be tested. Often you will be standing watching, working alongside fellow officers and sailors around the world and around the clock, know that you are going to be doing significant and meaningful work for our country. The nation and the Navy expect the best from you. The highest standards of personal and professional conduct. Excellence in leadership and its strict adherence to the Navy’s core values of honor, courage, and commitment. I urge you to continue to uphold the highest standards of excellence and integrity. Character matters as writer George Eliot once said, character is destiny. Your choices in life will determine where you end up. Work hard, learn the warfare and professional skills of your designator, strive to be the best and give your country that your best efforts because nothing else will suffice. In closing, I applied your accomplishments and perseverance. Each of you are about to embark upon a great adventure and adventure in which I hope you find both professional success and personal fulfillment. It will be unlike any other job you’ve ever had or will ever have. And regardless of how long you serve our nation, it will most assuredly be a time in your life and what you will look back with much pride and satisfaction. Congratulations to each and every one of you. I wish you fair winds. And following it is my honor and privilege. This morning to introduce you, our guest speaker. Vice Admiral Roy Koechner. Commander, Naval Surface Forces Us specifically, a native of Trumbull Connecticut. He is a graduate of Unity College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and earned his commission through the Navy’s Officer candidate school in 1985. He also attended the Naval postgraduate school where he specialized in Western Hemisphere studies and earned a Master of Arts and National Security Affairs as a surface warfare officer. He has had numerous at sea duty deployed around the world and commanded the USs john Paul jones, Uss Higgins and Uss Princeton and expeditionary strike Group too. Vice Admiral Kitchener has served on numerous shore based staffs and most recently served as Commander, Naval Service Forces, US Atlantic Fleet. Vice Admiral Kitchener assumed the duties as Commander, Naval Service Forces Pacific Lee on August 3, 2020. His leadership is absolutely essential to the continued success of the world’s greatest Navy and we are truly fortunate to have him here with us today to share some thoughts with the Navy’s 70 newest instance. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our guest of honor today. Vice Admiral Roy. His well, thanks Captain Hey Zinberg and good morning Officer training, Command Staff, veterans, family, friends and soon to be incense First I’d like to recognize the class officers, class, chief petty officers, academics, instructors and drill instructors. Your collective guidance and mentorship is paramount to the professional development of thousands of candidates who come through these doors each day. Thank you for your commitment to excellence. How about a round of applause for all that support and how about a round of applause for these officer candidates. It’s always an honor for me to speak at these commissioning ceremonies. But on this occasion I take great personal interest and the message I bring to all of you today, I recognize it’s time passes in your lives and careers. The words that I offer will fade that the underpinned value of today’s message should resonate with all of you in this room today as you set out and what will be probably the most professionally challenging, personally rewarding and ever more critical to the security of our shared American values. You see, 36 years ago, I stood in your shoes as an officer candidate Having completed 12 challenging weeks of training, I confirmed that when I talked to one of your road guards out there, he was ready to sit in your seat today. Like many of you, I was eager for challenge and excited to offer my utmost in return. Like all of you, I was not entirely sure of what really lie ahead of me. I can tell you that I have experienced and endured far more than I ever expected. O. C. S. Officer candidate school set me on an exciting and rewarding path. Having instilled in me many of the professional character traits demanded by our service. The lessons I learned here were critical to the success of the sailors. I’ve had the privilege and the responsibility of leading throughout my career, many of whom themselves pursued commission through this program leadership. It’s why all of you are here and why all of you signed up for this Crucible. It is the most rewarding. That exasperating aspect of our work. But leading sailors is what we do embrace this opportunity, recall and apply the lessons we’ve learned that that you’ve learned throughout your life And over the last 12 weeks. Believe in your ability, be flexible and adaptation and continue to learn regardless of your rank or position. Trust me, I learned something new every day as naval officers. It doesn’t matter where you came from or how you grew up and even last year commissioning Source, what does matter is at the moment you take the oath, the weight of commission. Not only immense, but it is binding you will be expected to execute the responsibilities and authorities of this commission during the best of times and more importantly during the worst of times, remember mission first sailors, always, regardless of the community to which you are about to enter, you must master your craft and consistently work to have an innate understanding of our Navy and its mission. Every one of us, every one of us play a role in supporting and accomplishing the mission and you all of you are responsible for connecting our sailors to that mission and motivating others to action in support of it. The Navy I joined is dramatically different than the one I serve in today. Quite frankly, today, it’s a much better navy and each of you are expected to drive change as we develop new technologies and tactics expand into new operational theatres and professionalize our navy at a pace not experienced in decades. We employ Revolutionary War fighting systems. We are developing new ships and aircraft designed to counter evolving threats and deliver decisive combat power swiftly and precisely wherever and whenever we choose. But make no mistake. These systems are unserviceable without competent, dedicated and strong leaders at the helm. This next generation of leaders stands in front of me today, you must learn to employ these tools in a fight. We cannot lose all the while creating communists from the chaos of battle to enable our decisive our advantage which is the sailors. That you Yeah, you want to also be a compassionate and a strategic leader, a leader who understands how to measure tactical risk and when circumstances dictate, restrain these deadly capabilities, We entrust your ability. Admiral Arleigh Burke said in 1961. In this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling piece. Naval officers must, therefore, understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction in chaos that they have at their command. These words spoken 60 years ago, bring truer today than ever before. He’s strong. Be steady, be humble in closing and speaking from personal experience. It’s doubtful that you will remember anything I said today. But remember these words from Admiral Halsey, There are no extraordinary people. Just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary people are forced to deal with. It’s up to all of you to be bold enough to use those extraordinary circumstances to bring a brownout. The extraordinary talent in those you lead and to find victory in the trials. You will all face together. Finally, every organization these days and throughout history, that’s kind of a cool and meaningful Latin phrase for all of you. Officer candidates. I offer non decor tuco. I am not lead. I lied. Good luck and God bless before we all embark on some well-deserved leave and liberty. Following this ceremony, he’s my honor and my pleasure to now lead you in the open office as you begin or continue your service in the world’s most powerful Navy. The graduating class will now receive the oath of office. Would all military personnel in uniform? Please come to the position of attention. Class 01 tattoo too, raise your right hand. Hi state your name. Having been appointed an ensign in the United States Navy. Do hereby accept such appointment and do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States. That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that I take this obligation freely without mental reservation or purpose of evasion. Yeah and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office I am about to enter. So help me God ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. The graduates assembled will now be recognized by the commanding officer for their achievements while undergoing training here at officer training, command. Newport ensign Beutel has been designated the surface warfare officer and we assigned to D. D. G. 93 chung hoon and Pearl harbor Hawaii And some beautiful is a graduate of Virginia, commonwealth University and since Turkey has been designated a student naval aviator and will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and since therapy is a graduate of the state University of new York at Brockport and Saint Alamar Alonso has been designated cryptologic warfare officer will be assigned to National Security Agency Central Security service in Fort Meade Maryland and said Alamar Alonso is a graduate of the University of Puerto rico at Belmont and in Austin has been designated a surface warfare officer and we assigned to LPD to eight Fort Lauderdale in Hampton roads Virginia. It’s in Austin is a distinguished naval graduate and a graduate of the College of William and Mary Ensign Castle has been designated a student naval aviator and we assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and Sandcastle has been awarded the commander Jack Leavitt leadership award presented to the candidate chosen by their peers who most inspired her class and personifies the highest standards of personal example, sound management practice and moral responsibility. Vincent Cassel is a distinguished naval graduate and a graduate of embry riddle aeronautical University and saint jones has been designated a service warfare officer can be assigned to DDG 97 palsy in san Diego California and saint jones is a graduate of Thomas. Edison State University and Tim Cook has been designated the surface warfare officer will be assigned to L. P. D. To one new York and Hampton roads Virginia Johnson Cook is a graduate of Tuskegee University and some Kitchener has been designated a surface warfare officer nuclear can be assigned to D. D. G 60 Paul Hamilton in san Diego California and some Kitchener is a graduate of Oregon State University and some body shots has been designated a naval flight officer and we assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and some body shots is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and saint Vargas has been designated a service worth officer, will be assigned to C G 69 Vicksburg in Hampton roads Virginia and ST Vargas is a graduate of ST Leo University. Instant min chow has been designated a Civil Engineering Corps officer, will be assigned to Naval mobile construction Battalion, five in port Hueneme California and san Min chow is a graduate of southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and Jehovah has been designated a submarine warfare officer. Be assigned to Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Charleston south Carolina and said Behold A is a graduate of Texas Tech University. Vincent Brown has been designated a naval flight officer, will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and some Brown is a graduate of Texas Tech University and since no one has been designated the surface warfare officer nuclear will be assigned to DDG 95 James e Williams in Norfolk Virginia, engine. Bowen is a graduate of northern Illinois University and some cable has been designated a submarine warfare officer, the assigned to Naval nuclear power Training Command in Charleston. South Carolina and some cable is a graduate of the University of Washington and Sam Claflin has been designated the student naval aviator. The assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and Sam Claflin is a graduate of the Ohio State University. It’s in coats has been designated the submarine warfare officer, be assigned to naval nuclear power Training Command in Charleston south Carolina and then coach is a graduate. The University of Oklahoma and Saint Dawn has been designated a student. Naval aviator will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and ST john is a graduate of Penn State University and Sen dean has been designated an information professional officer, be assigned to Information Warfare Training Command in Virginia beach Virginia and Sundeen is a graduate of Syracuse University in SAn dimas has been designated a civil engineering corps officer has been assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion. One in gulf, port Mississippi and ST Thomas is a graduate of the University of southern California, and Sam Donaldson has been designated a cryptologic warfare officer. Be assigned to Navy Information Operations Command, Joint Base. Pearl harbor Hickam Hawaii and Sam Donaldson is a distinguished naval graduate and a graduate of Colgate University and SAn Fusco has been designated a cryptologic warfare officer. We assigned to National Security Agency, Central Security Service in Fort Meade Maryland and SAn Fusco is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and single dose has been designated a student naval aviator. Be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and single dose is a graduate of Robert Morris University and some grow has been designated a student. Naval aviator will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and some grow is a graduate of the University of South Florida. Ensign. Hawkins has been designated a student nearly aviator. We assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida agent. Hawkins is a graduate of middle Georgia State University, instant hazard has been designated the naval flight officer. Be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida, as in Hazzard is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Anson Hearns has been designated a student Navy aviator, be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and san Hearns is a graduate of trinity College University of Dublin and some Hernandez has been designated a student naval aviator. Be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation and Pensacola Florida. And Hernandez is a graduate of ST Leo University and some Hostettler has been designated the submarine warfare officer, be assigned to Naval nuclear power training Command in Charleston. South Carolina isn’t Hostettler is a distinguished naval graduate and a graduate of Arizona State University and ST James has been designated a student naval aviator. 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D five baton and Hampton roads Virginia and selling them is a graduate of old Dominion University and Stanley has been designated a submarine warfare officer will be assigned to naval nuclear power training command in Charleston south Carolina and certainly is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Senegalese has been designated supply corps officer. Be assigned to Naval Supply School in Newport Rhode island and smuggles is a graduate university of south Carolina and some marksman has been designated student naval aviator. Be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida. And some marksman is a graduate of the University of central Florida and some Bochenski has been designated naval flight officer. Be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and Mariinsky is a graduate of Montana State University and ST Matthews has been designated a naval flight officer. The assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and ST Matthews is a graduate of northern Illinois University. Miss Mccloskey has been designated a student naval aviator. The assigned to enable instructor flight evaluation and Pensacola Florida. And some Mccloskey is a graduate of Kent State University Answer McDougall has been designated a student naval flight officer. Be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida. Mr. MacDougal is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and Saint Medina has been designated a surface warfare officer. Be assigned to LSD five to Pearl Harbor. In san Diego California and medina is a graduate of California State University. Long beach instant Medford has been designated a student naval aviator will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and ST Medford is a graduate of the University of Akron Anson Milson has been designated a student naval aviator will be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida. Anson nelson has been awarded the lieutenant Thomas Eddie honor award for obtaining the highest average for academics, military training and physical fitness at officer candidate school in honor of lieutenant Thomas et United States Navy Congressional Medal of Honor awarded. Nilsson is a distinguished naval graduate and a graduate of University of north Carolina Wilmington instant Montalvo has been designated service worker officer will be assigned to D D. G 76 Higgins and Yokosuka Japan and Montalvo is a graduate of Texas A and M. University and sonar Lock has been designated a special Warfare officer. Be assigned to Naval Special Warfare Center in san Diego California and Sonar Lock is a graduate of Georgetown University. And so Newton has been designated a student naval aviator. We assigned to Naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida. And so newton is a graduate of Brandman University and some Prada has been designated a civil engineering corps officer. We assigned to public works department. Indian head Maryland. It’s Prada has been awarded the Chapel clarity, United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Award for obtaining the highest overall grade and physical fitness while attending officer candidate school and some Prada is a distinguished naval graduate and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and ST Paul has been designated a student naval aviator will be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and ST Paul is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and sent pierce has been designated a student. Naval aviator will be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and sent pierce is a graduate. Auburn University Ensign Pizarro has been designated a student. Naval aviator will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida and in Pesaro is a graduate of California State University, Monterey bay and Sun Quan has been designated a submarine warfare officer. Be assigned to Naval Nuclear power Training Command in Charleston south Carolina and Sun Quan is a graduate of the University of Tulsa, instant Quiano has been designated submarine Warfare Officer. Be assigned to Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Charleston south Carolina and Quiano is a graduate. The University of California Irvine in Sacramento has been designated cryptologic warfare officer. We assigned a National Security Agency, Central Security Service in Fort Meade Maryland in Sacramento has been awarded the Rear Admiral Stephen. Be loose academics award for obtaining the highest average and academics. While attending officer candidate school in Sacramento is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and tomorrow has been designated Supply Corps Officer will be assigned to Naval supply School in Newport Rhode island and Centro is a graduate of Bethune Cookman University and since training has been designated submarine warfare officer will be assigned to naval nuclear power training Command in Charleston south Carolina and containing is a graduate of Oregon State University and since cam body has been designated intelligence officer will be assigned to Information Warfare training command in Virginia beach Virginia. And since your body is a graduate of coastal Carolina University and since then has been designated service warfare officer. They assigned a D. D. G. 72 Mahan and Hampton roads Virginia. And since she is a graduate of Simpson College and since Alana Feld has been designated a student naval aviator, be assigned to naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida. And since Sonnenfeld is a graduate of the Ohio State University. And since Speidel has been designated a student naval aviator, be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida. And since Speidel is a graduate of the University of South Alabama And some Tewksbury has been designated a surface warfare officer, be assigned to DD. John S. McCain in Everett Washington and sometimes very is a graduate of Liberty University and Saint Brightman has been designated student naval aviator will be assigned a naval instructor flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida, and ST Brightman is a graduate of old Dominion University Ensign Ralston has been designated a student naval aviator will be assigned to naval introductory flight evaluation in Pensacola Florida, and Sam Walton is a graduate of the Ohio State University Ensign Wolfram has been designated a surface warfare officer, we assigned to D D. G 59 Russell in san Diego California and some wolfram is a graduate of post university and some young blood has been designated a submarine warfare officer. We assigned a naval nuclear power training command in Charleston south Carolina and some young blood is a graduate of Auburn University. Ensign walker has been designated submarine warfare officer. We assigned a naval nuclear power training command in Charleston south Carolina. Jensen walker is a graduate of the University of Nevada reno. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing the United States Navy’s newest instance. We will now conclude the ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the playing of the service songs and the final dismissal. Please remain in your places until after the graduating class has taken their class photo. Right. Uh huh. Yeah. On behalf of the Commanding Officer Officer Training Command Newport, thank you for attending today’s ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the graduation ceremony. Please remember the only authorized visitor locations are Nimitz Field and Kay Hall