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
07 October 2023 USS Jack H. Lucas Commissioning Thank you, Matt for that introduction. Good morning Tampa and the crew of the USS JACK H LUCAS – What a beautiful and hot, great Navy day. It is my honor and privilege to be here today to join you for the Commissioning of this powerful warship. I would like to welcome and give my sincere thanks to
05 October 2023 Recruit Training Command graduation Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen – It is a tremendous honor to join you today, coming all the way from Norfolk, VA to personally congratulate, and this is an astounding number, 976 Recruits as they complete the process known as ‘Sailorization’ and start their journey as a Navy Warrior. Over the
29 September 2023 NSA Hampton Roads Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony Alright, well good afternoon everyone. What a wonderful day. I know M-C-C Brooks said we are going to do this uncovered but I only get to wear this like 30 minutes every year, and I will not be denied my 30 minutes. This is all about getting this cover, and I’m proud of it too, so anyway, you’re
14 September 2023 Hampton Roads Ombudsman Appreciation Dinner Good evening – and thank you, Joel (Vargas), for the kind introduction and for the important work you do with the U-S-A-A team across the nation on behalf of our nation’s warfighters, our veterans, and our families. It is a true honor to be here celebrating those who give of themselves and their