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Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, on where the Navy is today and his fourth visit to Fleet Week New York
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But first fleet week now begins and KT McFarland at the USS wash.
Where she is all day -- just fabulous how's the weather what you're doing.
The latest.
Yeah.
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It's hard thunder and they're gonna wanna get -- which is why we've got.
The impact of liberals don't -- -- honored to be joining admiral.
Jonathan greener king's then new chief of naval operations Anthony did you rely on.
And so we want to ask you -- what is he thinking wait wait you're here you've seen this you're simply ask your doctors do anything.
I think -- great low evidence -- that long but the honeymoon has been our.
This is not a cool weather -- you long it's a great week here in New York I mean the city opens itself for us.
And we love being here it is the Premier League.
And how many weeks -- you can involvement.
This is my fourth and they just get better every single -- we love it here I think it is extensively this -- this funny definitely.
But it's also the 200.
Anniversary.
-- believe -- always more we want.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- And we're learning it's well let me say some 200 years ago the British blockaded New York -- one so hot but we've gotten over that things are going well.
Seriously what we've learned -- as navy you've got to have a strong maybe if you wanna be a strong economy.
We didn't then and it didn't go so well we've learned that you've got to have sailors they're proficient and confident.
You've got to have high tech equipment and we did then -- ironsides and all that and you gotta have bold innovative commanders and we have that today.
You know -- everybody talks about the navy -- -- -- is it premieres seriously I really needs than most his most advanced technology news smartest most well thank you.
Are you able to.
We are we've been very fortunate the kids -- today.
They have a plan they come into the navy and they know what they want it's amazing they're strategic thinkers they're innovative.
And they're dedicated they they wanted to join an organization that knows where it's going and what they've got to do with -- and they what they wanna do.
It's gotta be relevant.
Yeah you're you're here on the.
Premieres September -- kind of person to resume my career because that last -- September 11 can you sign it when you come engineering firm.
Candidates.
Can do this -- Ground zero from new music -- getting everything.
His -- all the sailors well they say it's a national monument to us and it's a -- ground like we think of Arlington like we think of a lot of places it used to be you know you were in uniform.
If you were -- part of us that's no longer the case United States citizens were attacked that day we were all attacked.
We are all in this together and New -- a very special part.
Here I can't.
It proves I'm greener -- -- human creations.
It's.
In the United States really -- moments and memories on this surface or their kids all the fighter pilots do.
Valencia we've got the littoral combat ships those are special to us now and I -- it.
Very little arrogant answer everything is cemetery to emigrate anywhere in case you haven't actually travels -- you know we're talking about go to our size out of the admiral can hear me.
Couldn't it couldn't take ATF -- -- it's yeah.
It's -- possibly behind the biggest that are on your.
I thought hey -- -- all angles at back zeroes okay he wants to know about the osprey which is behind us here and says are we gonna take a spin around the city of gasoline.
Can be arranged.
-- on weather like today and you grew up in -- -- -- in the -- pretty -- low -- so.
We could probably -- that sometimes.
Yeah.
I -- I'm really didn't hear it.
I'm very good friends as we come down memory card that's the guy -- He's a buddy of mine we get along -- -- -- -- nicer a great advocate.
Gee thanks so much by the way you know when you see these guys out in the streets in New York every time they're here roughly a week I just say thank you thank you for your service god bless them is just terrific.
To see these brave young men and women walk -- in Europe like went back on him.
