Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, July 15, 2022.

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Utah, mm Oklahoma new Mexico Arizona Alaska Hawaii District of Columbia, Puerto, rico American Samoa, northern Mariana islands. Mhm. U s virgin islands ST flat order arms. And now we invite you to join the staff of recruit training command in welcoming the graduating divisions with your applause as they enter Midway ceremonial hall and are announced in the following order. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise as we welcome today’s graduating divisions. Right. Right. Right. Mhm. Okay. Right. Yeah. Okay. Mhm. Okay. Mhm. Mhm. Please welcome Division 2 – seven. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Mhm Bye. Okay. Division 2 to Die. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. I’m talking about, Yeah, mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Thank you that is. In 230. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Today’s graduating performing unit is Division 930. Division 930 provides the arrival honor staff, honor guard, the recruit review, Commander, Adjutant and graduates who provide support assignments for today’s ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, you may be seated. Thank you. Divisions. Right. Thanks. Section leaders fall out and collect outer garments. Oh forward. No. Yeah. Whoa. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, stuff. Mhm. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mm hmm. No. Mhm. Don’t. Good. Right. Divisions. Counter March. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Divisions halt repair for review. I don’t know. We’re gonna go dress lock dr ready from la ball, right, ready from right. All right, right, may I have your attention please for the remainder of the review? No one will be permitted to pass in front of the review stand and we ask this as a courtesy to our reviewing officer. Photography certainly encouraged who asked to remain seated and off the drill deck. The photographers you will see on deck throughout the review are the official photographers of recruit training. Command. Mhm. Okay. All right. Mhm. Division commanders, left or right. Face, parade rest. Lady. Good morning. How troop training Command master. I would like to Hey more and shoes joining the world. Wait, right. The review command there today. Commander, Jersey City, New Jersey supporting right Black. Good night. Yeah. Great. The fruit plate. No. Fine. Great. The individual the visual service account above all kill themselves. Outstanding military here in. Mhm. It also has a supervisor and leads to division. Okay thanks like. Mhm Okay playoff five states will also be ready ultra closet of all interactivity. How we started. Yeah two yes. No. Yeah, Rachel wood right. First of all, Jason on ST louis two two come in chief chaos, Michael Ford when? Mhm mhm two three No only yeah. McLaurin. Mhm Bye Gonzalez by Jordan and Zach. Oh san Diego three man. Yeah. No. Mhm. First Michael Woodberry. The what? Jersey City, New Jersey treasure. Right job well done 6 26. Yeah, in a moment we’ll see the ceremonial site toys, boats and in honor, arrival on this monitoring the formal greeting this morning. Doing officer. I was impressed by the amount. Please stand right working on the national anthem and the information. Wow shall we the entire graduation service one as befitting the importance of this occasion conducted in a formal way. Mhm. We do encourage you to participate in the graduation ceremony by letting your applause show these things how proud than you are. Once again welcome aboard. Mhm mm Right. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm attention talk about. Will the guests please rise and remain standing for the arrival of the official party. I’m orderly right recruit training command arriving. Mhm General counsel, department of the navy arriving. Okay. Yeah. Yeah wow. Right. Mhm Order arms. Our guests may be seated. Mhm. Morning sir infection yeah. Yeah thank you mm. Yeah. What colored our parade The colors will the guests please rise? Present arms. Mhm. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Business. Mhm. Okay. Remember A a yeah a wow order arms retire the color present. Arms. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Right okay. Order arms chapman offer this morning’s invocation. Mhm mm. We thank you for this great day for the occasion celebrate. Okay this graduation ceremony reminds us no thanks. Right. No they were making talk them along the way we think. Okay what feel? No. Okay. No they seem to be with them courage. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Yeah our guests may be seated at this point. The commanding officer would issue orders and instructions to the unit commanders that the unit commanders would face about and relay that information to their divisions. Today’s events. Show how orders are passed through the chain of command. Division’s report. Very well. Great. Very well very well 30. All present or accounted for sir. Very welcome. four sir. Very well the sales creed. Ah Yes. Yeah yeah. Good morning captain present the graduating division’s request permission to commence the review. Very well you sound off. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. A. A. I. A. Beautiful space. Oh A. A. A. Mhm. We are you Yeah. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. What a A. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Four minutes. Yeah reporting sir. Right good morning. I’m Captain carter brooks commanding Officer training command. I’m pleased to welcome families and friends to our graduation ceremony and look forward to sharing this momentous occasion with you with us. Today is our review officer, the honorable john Sean coffee, general counsel, Department of the Navy. We also like to welcome our guest of honor Captain Justin. Now many also Southeast regional maintenance. I cannot let all of our business enough for your continued support. Sure your savings are grateful for your encouragement throughout their training but also like to welcome all the veterans in our audience for their service to our country. With all of our questions please stand. Let’s give them a round of applause. Mhm. Okay. Yeah. Division 9-0 graduates. Today they are the staff unit providing logical honors, staff, honor guard, recruit recruit review commander and support for the ceremony. Please join me in giving them the three undergraduate corroborating divisions here today. The for their outstanding performances. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is where our Navy heritage meets the future for these young men and women enter the professional arts staff of recruit training. Can are dedicated to providing the United States Navy would basically train physically fit and smartly disciplined sailors such as those standing here this morning. These sales have successfully completed 10 weeks of demand recruit training. They have earned the right to wear the uniform, recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom They and others like them to serve as the bedrock of our naval forces. They will join other sales around the world to give our Navy its combat edge and enable us to help keep this nation secured. This training group is ready to graduate to serve in the world’s most powerful Navy. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you 270 of the newest sharper sailors in the United States Navy. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, please be seated recruit training commands, competitive system among individual recruits and divisions promotes teamwork, attention to detail and pride and accomplishment. Divisions performing above standards throughout their training are awarded recognition flags in the five mission areas, Academic achievement, military drill compartment, radius, applications and physical fitness. These flags are carried as a visible symbol of the division success. Each flag indicates that your sailors individually and as teams met performance standards in one or more mission areas. A division that excels in every phase of training qualifies for the battle efficiency honor, division recognition and is awarded the badly on our flag for this. Exemplary achievement. Division 230 has earned this honor today and we congratulate them on a job exceptionally well done. Yeah, All right, right. The honorable Mr. Coffee will now present this week’s individual awards and he’ll be joined on the drill deck by our commanding officer, Captain brooks and our guest of honor. Captain Jack, Good morning Stephen Fagan. It is our pleasure to recognize the review commander for today’s ceremony. Seamon pagan Division 930 from Jersey City, New Jersey. Throughout his training. Semen pagan has exhibited great pride in naval service and has consistently demonstrated his potential as an effective leader. He has maintained a high standard of personal appearance and displayed excellent military bearing and command voice. Congratulations on your outstanding achievement. Well done sailor. Thank you. Good morning captain. Thanks. Good morning Semen, which is reporting for achieving the highest overall academic score during recruit training, seemingly riches. Division 230 from humble Texas has earned the academic excellence Award, which is sponsored by the lake defines chapter of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Seaman Riches receives a letter of commendation from the commanding officer. Well done Sailor want to Morning morning for having displayed extraordinary qualities, Best expressing the American spirit of honor, initiative and loyalty. Division 2 to 9 from Houston Texas is awarded the Navy League Award, which is sponsored by the Navy League of the United States Airmen Strong is presented with a commemorative plaque and a letter of commendation from the commanding officer. Well done sailor. Yeah, morning captain. Good morning. Construction started reporting construction in Philip Division 930 from Valdosta Georgia is the winner of the United Service Organization award for best exemplifying the spirit and intent of the word shipmate construction in Herndon is given a commemorative plaque from the United Service organization. Well done sailor. Yeah. Hey morning, okay morning reporting. Seaman Nicholas Division 930 from cooper city Florida is the recipient of the Military Order of the World Wars Award of Merit. This award is presented for meritorious performance during the crew training. Seamon is presented with a commemorative plaque from the Military Order of the World Wars. Well done Sailor Morning Simon Moser reporting The Military Officers Association Leadership Award is presented as Seamen Garret Moser Division 930 from Spring Hill Tennessee for demonstrating exceptional tenacity and professionalism. Stephen Moser is awarded a letter of commendation from our commanding officer. Well done sailor. Yeah, okay, according thank good morning Captain Report. Semen Samantha Campbell Harris Division 2 to 7 from Bronx New York is the recipient of the Navy Club of the United States of America Military Excellence Award for best exemplifying the qualities of enthusiasm, devotion to duty, military bearing and teamwork. This award places her at the pinnacle of today’s new newest sailors. She was awarded a flag letter of commendation Stephen Campbell Harris, the staff of recruit training command salute you as the finest of this group of graduates. Well done sailor. Think good morning. Thank you. Divisions. It is appropriate to recognize such outstanding individual accomplishments by these sailors With a round of three cheers. The adjutant will lead all graduating divisions and three cheers for this morning’s award winners this morning. I’m introducing our again officer. The honorable john general counsel, Department of the Navy. A native of New York city graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy and served as a naval flight officer. The month was very serious and his career he served as a special military Assistance Vice President George H. W. Bush Leaving active duty. Mr. Coffee continues to serve in the Navy Reserve for 18 years before retiring in 2004 To return to New York where he practiced law for over 35 years, including several years as an assistant US Attorney, As the Department of the Navy Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Office of General Counsel. He leaves more than 1100 attorneys and professional support staff 140 offices worldwide. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a warmer crew training man. Welcome to the john, mm Thank you Captain brooks, it’s good to be with you answer. I’d like to add my welcome to friends and family who are here on this very special Navy Day. Thank you for joining us. We can actually the outstanding men and women of training room. They have just completed the biggest challenge of their lives here in great Lakes or streams and they have earned the right to call the United States sales information before you have seen have been challenged in many ways over the past two weeks. Well, most of their friends were back at home in May June early July the beach ball cruising around town. These young Americans traveled a different path. Tax, rewards, damage control, firefighting. Small arms training. We’re going to wear a uniform. Don’t they Look fabulous today. Yeah. Working the march as a unit to donna gas and to render Mhm And successfully navigating the infamous ordeal known as battle stations 21 In short over the past 10 weeks, they have embraced every challenge, an obstacle that was thrown their way and they fought tenaciously succeed. But Training Group 31, I look across your ranks and I see pride and professionalism. I see the confidence of young men and women who have overcome adversity and achieve successes that did not. I see many women worthy of serving as sailors and the greatest navy that ever sailed the globe’s oceans to each of argue with sailors. I want to say thank you. Thank you for agreeing to raise your hand to say, I will volunteer. I will, may be coming up on its way to defend our country. Thank you so much for making that commitment and for pushing yourselves and each other other. Others over the last become the sailors that you are today. I can tell you that the fleet equally awaits you. You have done your part to prepare for the challenge that awaits you to the instructors and staff over a tree center. Great lakes. I want to say thank you as well for taking under your wing Law civilians who arrived 10 weeks ago and fashioning them into war fighting. American sailors. You were chosen to serve here for this critical assignment because you are the very best role model leaders of our navy, you have worked hard to prepare the men and women of training for fruit. You want to enter the fleet Ready on Day 1 to support the critical missions of our navy around. Well done finally to the families who raised these fine young men and women. Thank you on behalf of the United States baby. Your love and support, help these outstanding men and women who are now sailors for us. You impute them with Paul for service to grit to persevere and the love of country that you could just feel deeply in this room Today. We will go on, continue to support as they serve in the fleet. Thank you in advance for the love and support. You will continue to give them years to come. I want to close by giving some advice to our newest sailors from an old salt. We joined the Navy as a teenager almost a half a century ago. You are the future of the navy. I think some of the things I learned over the last 48 Years of Association with the Navy whites stand you well begin your naval career. Take care of your ship. Things strive every day to embody the navy. Core principles of honor, Courage and commitment. Take justifiable pride. Being part of something much bigger than yourself of being a member of the service dedicated to preserving our freedom and our way of life. And finally, and I speak from experience, enjoy the ride. There will be highs and there will be lows. There will be some days when it’s just not as much fun as you would hope it would be. But I can guarantee this. It will always be something interesting. Something to write home about it. Or I guess to update something to email home about email. You’ll get to see your phones again. I think you’re as excited for that is legal and because I don’t want the only thing between seeing your Thrones and seeing your family off clothes. Yeah, it’s an immense phase of your Navy adventure. I promise you that just complete your initials where you become a lifer. You will always look back with pride on the fact that you wore. You know, United States Navy Bravo’s Who Sailors Training Group 31. You are ready to join the fleet. I look forward to serving alongside in the years. God bless you. And the United States of America. Thank you. Oh yeah. Blood carry forward to. Mhm. Okay. Yeah, The honorable Mr. Coffee will now receive the salute of the graduating divisions and you’ll be joined on the drill deck by our commanding officer. Captain brooks. Please remain seated until your graduates have been placed on liberties. Mhm. Yeah. All right. That’s it. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Please join me in one more round of appreciation for the wonderful musicians of great legs. Yeah. Flags Post section leaders fall out and retrieve outer garments. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Right. Yes. Mhm. Okay. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. And yeah. Mhm. Yeah. What’s that? Yeah. Mhm. Thanks again to each and every one of you for joining us on this most memorable of Navy days and without further delay. Now hear this now hear this Liberty called Liberty Call all Out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.