Donald J. Trump

And, you know, an overused term, shock and awe, that's what we kind of saw today.

We saw a vast capability of special and unique skill sets.

We saw the diversity of tasks.

A lot of these ships, these Aegis cruisers and guided missile destroyers can perform, you know, 12 to 18 separate missions.

Our helicopter is a long-arm extension of all of those capabilities.

And, of course, you know, who would we be without our fighter jets and that?

So I think what we saw today was so impressive, especially from the undersea side.

We can bring a lot of capability to a fight.

And our sailors are so well trained.

And one of the things we learned, you know, from the end of the Cold War was that the Soviets didn't really employ their enlisted people like we employ our enlisted people.

And the backbone of our fleet are those individuals.

And I know you knew that.

I see it every day.

And I spoke at a ship reunion last night, and all those sailors there were so proud of what they accomplished in their careers.

And it's the best part of our battle plans, our people.

Talk about that, Admiral Massa, the difference in the way that the United States Navy thinks of and utilizes the enlisted man and understanding the chiefs run the Navy, just like the sergeants run the Army, the non-commissioned officers.

Talk about how integrated it is, different than some more hierarchical, even the Royal Navy, but particularly the Soviet Union's Navy.

Well, if you think about it, we have a structure on every Navy ship that if you're looking at it like a union, you know, we have apprentice, we have journeyman, and we have masters.

And the apprentice are the brand new sailor that comes aboard and may do damage control maintenance as a collateral side, but it helps them learn the functions of the ship.

The same is true even with food service that they have to participate in.