Donald J. Trump

These waters have been the proving grounds of heroes like John Paul Jones, whose legendary resolve declared, I have not yet begun to fight.

They echo with great value of the great white fleet that carried America's message of strength and diplomacy throughout the globe.

Their courage, skills, and dedication have preserved the peace and prosperity we cherish.

To the men and women of the United States Navy.

You are the inheritors of this proud legacy, the embodiment of America's promise to stand vigilant and strong against our nation's enemies.

Obviously very impressive.

The Commander-in-Chief, I think we'll spend a few minutes with the crew, and then maybe with the officers, he'll be heading back to Norfolk.

We've got Steve Gruber there.

There's going to be an actual series of talks, and the President will address that vast crowd that's on the deck of the USS Truman.

The Color Guard is...

Should I just keep talking while you guys are doing it?

Okay.

Maybe we go back and we get a shot of the trimmer.

I think it's going to shift there.

There are going to be some speakers prior to the Titans of the Sea.

Admiral Masso, the LAMPS helicopter is coming in on a small frigate or destroyer in the middle of the night with no horizon.

Pretty dangerous operation for naval aviators and the personnel on the tiny little flight decks back there on the frigates and destroyers.

You know, I always found the level of professionalism of the air debts that we deployed with to be extraordinary.

And we had what we called R2-D2, which was the computer and a robot in Star Wars.

And that was our glide slope indicator.