04 June 2024 CVN 79 PRECOMMISSIONING AND JFK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Thanks, Lou, for the kind introduction and for the invitation to participate tonight. More importantly, thank you for your leadership of the Navy League in Hampton Roads and certainly for our friendship. And, of course, a special thanks to Maryellen Baldwin and the entire Hampton Roads Navy
04 June 2024 NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FLEET WEEK WELCOME RECEPTION Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished members and guests, as well as our sea service members, good evening. Thank you Admiral Davidson, for that kind introduction. It’s wonderful to be back at the New York Yacht Club, my very first time as a new member – what an honor and privilege. I am most
03 June 2024 JOINT RE-ENLISTMENT AND PROMOTION CEREMONY Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen, Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, families and friends, and of course, good morning New Yorkers! First, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of you for being here and sharing the experience of this very special event. It’s a tremendous honor
03 June 2024 FLEET WEEK NAVY LEAGUE NEW YORK COUNCIL RECEPTION Thank you, James, for your kind introduction. On behalf of our sea services, thank you for your leadership on the New York Council as well as the entire Navy League organization for tirelessly promoting the critical mission we execute in owning the maritime domain and for your endless support of
03 June 2024 FLEET WEEK NEW YORK INTREPID MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY Good morning, everyone – and thank you Mel for your kind introduction, your leadership, and our friendship. I am thrilled to be here today. Once each May, amid the hustle and bustle in the greatest city on Earth, the city that never sleeps, just down the Hudson River from lower Manhattan’s
08 May 2024 FLEET WEEK MIAMI ADMIRAL’S RECEPTION AS DELIVERED Thank you, Paul, for that kind introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, Veterans, citizens of Greater Miami, Shipmates, Marines, Coast Guardsmen – good evening – and thank you for joining us tonight! My wife Donna and I are absolutely thrilled to be here in beautiful South Florida.
24 April 2024 DEFENCE IQ’S ARCTIC SECURITY CONFERENCE AS DELIVERED REMARKS Good morning everyone, and thank you, Chairman Neuffer for your opening remarks and wonderful introduction! I would also like to thank and recognize Defence I-Q for gathering this group of Arctic experts and practitioners today and for your commitment to a strong NATO alliance in order to maintain
05 April 2024 STRATCOM SUB BIRTHDAY BALL KEYNOTE REMARKS AS DELIVERED REMARKS Distinguished guests, General and Flag officers, and especially the men and women of the world’s ultimate warfighting command, good evening and Happy 124th Birthday Submariners!! Wow – most of you don’t look a day over 75! Okay, seriously, thank you Tony (RADM Carullo) for the kind introduction and
06 March 2024 ASNE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM Remarks as prepared: Good morning everyone, and thank you, Dave (VADM Ret David Lewis) for your kind introduction. I’d also like to thank CAPT Dale ‘Kid’ Lumme (Luh-ME) for the invitation. Coming to speak at a symposium centered on the Arctic is a tremendous and infrequent opportunity for me. As
09 January 2024 Surface Navy Association National Symposium Good afternoon everyone. Thank you, Rick, for inviting me to speak again this year and for your kind introduction. And, thank you for accommodating my request to speak today in order for me to attend the Naval Reactors’ change of office tomorrow between two of my great friends, Frank Caldwell and