Navy Officer Candidate School (OCS) Graduation, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, November 12, 2021. Transcript Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem and invocation. Officer training Command. Newport’s arriving. Deputy Director for operations J. Three U. S. Indo-Pacific command arriving. Ladies and gentlemen, […]
President, SECDEF, CJCS Lay Wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attend the Veterans Day observance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial Commemoration
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial Commemoration Transcript Good morning. My name is Alison Finkelstein and I am senior historian at Arlington National Cemetery exactly 100 years ago. Today. On November 11th 1921 a grand military procession wound its way through the streets of Washington, D. C, departing from the U. S. Capitol. It took […]
Centennial of the arrival of the unknown soldier
The US Navy honored the centennial of the arrival of the Unknown Soldier at the Washington Navy Yard, November 9, 2021. Transcript Good afternoon and welcome to our ceremony Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the return of the World War one unknown soldier to U. S. soil please rise for the arrival of the official […]
Members of the Public Lay Flowers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
For the first time in nearly 100 years, members of the public enter the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier plaza and lay flowers to mark the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial Commemoration. Karen Durham-Aguilera, executive director of the Arlington National Cemetery, delivers the opening remarks, and Harry Rock Above, a member of the Crow […]