WEBVTT 00:00.440 --> 00:02.440 Good morning in Aloha , I'm Captain 00:02.440 --> 00:04.496 Jeff James , Commander of Joint Base 00:04.496 --> 00:06.329 Pearl Harbor Hickam And I'm from 00:06.329 --> 00:08.662 Virginia Beach Virginia . Okay sir . Uh , 00:08.662 --> 00:10.773 so as the day before December seven , 00:10.773 --> 00:12.884 what are your thoughts on the meaning 00:12.884 --> 00:14.996 of December 7 ? I want to think about 00:14.996 --> 00:16.996 December 7 , 1941 . I think about a 00:16.996 --> 00:19.350 couple of things . Uh first about the 00:19.360 --> 00:22.140 uh , the sacrifice that over 2000 00:22.140 --> 00:24.362 Americans made here in Pearl Harbor and 00:24.362 --> 00:26.473 Hickam field and across the island of 00:26.473 --> 00:28.600 Oahu . Um and then I think about the 00:28.610 --> 00:30.832 response of the nation , how the entire 00:30.832 --> 00:33.950 nation uh team together and galvanized 00:33.960 --> 00:36.182 to fight an enemy , uh , that we're now 00:36.182 --> 00:39.360 friends with . And 00:40.240 --> 00:44.010 It's been seven decades since that day . 00:44.020 --> 00:46.076 Uh what would you say to the younger 00:46.076 --> 00:48.409 service members just coming in the Navy . 00:48.409 --> 00:51.010 Now when I think about December 7 , 00:51.010 --> 00:53.660 1941 I'd like to pass on to today's 00:53.660 --> 00:56.080 sailors , airmen , soldiers and marines 00:56.090 --> 00:59.380 that the core values of courage , honor , 00:59.390 --> 01:02.770 commitment , integrity that were 01:02.770 --> 01:06.440 exemplified by our Brothers in 01:06.440 --> 01:08.830 arms 70 years ago or the exact same 01:08.830 --> 01:11.830 core values I see in today's warriors . 01:12.540 --> 01:14.651 World War II lasted a little over 3.5 01:14.651 --> 01:16.762 years . We've been in a global war on 01:16.762 --> 01:18.929 terror for over 10 years and I haven't 01:18.929 --> 01:21.151 seen anybody falter in their commitment 01:21.151 --> 01:23.320 to defending this nation . Well that 01:23.320 --> 01:25.542 was the greatest generation , the world 01:25.542 --> 01:27.209 war two era . This is a great 01:27.209 --> 01:29.431 generation as well and they should look 01:29.431 --> 01:31.653 back on what their time and service has 01:31.653 --> 01:33.764 been and feel proud that they've done 01:33.764 --> 01:35.987 something for their country . Tell Me , 01:35.987 --> 01:35.400 How does it feel to be the base 01:35.400 --> 01:37.450 commander for 100 . It's really an 01:37.450 --> 01:39.672 honor and privilege to be the commander 01:39.672 --> 01:41.783 of Joint base . Pearl Harbor Hickam . 01:41.783 --> 01:43.672 The base is just as strategically 01:43.672 --> 01:45.839 important today if not more so than it 01:45.839 --> 01:48.006 was 70 years ago . We still defend the 01:48.006 --> 01:50.117 same values and have the same mission 01:50.117 --> 01:52.350 defending the nation forward deploying 01:52.610 --> 01:56.060 the fleet as well as the aircraft right 01:56.440 --> 01:58.329 contributing to the war on terror 01:58.640 --> 02:01.220 stabilization in the Middle East . It's 02:01.220 --> 02:03.387 just it's just the greatest job in the 02:03.387 --> 02:06.210 world . What can you tell me anything 02:06.210 --> 02:08.377 else about what you've learned in your 02:08.377 --> 02:11.060 time ? Okay . It's been a great 02:11.060 --> 02:13.060 experience being stationed at Pearl 02:13.060 --> 02:15.640 Harbor . Uh had command of a destroyer 02:15.640 --> 02:17.890 uss hopper had an opportunity to serve 02:17.890 --> 02:19.834 on the pacific fleet staff and now 02:19.834 --> 02:21.946 serving as the commander of the joint 02:21.946 --> 02:24.112 base , there's just no better place to 02:24.112 --> 02:26.001 be stationed . There is no better 02:26.001 --> 02:28.223 people to work for and lead . It's just 02:28.223 --> 02:32.060 a great place . Mhm . Any 02:32.060 --> 02:34.227 personal anecdotes that you might want 02:34.227 --> 02:36.449 to that something is specific about the 02:36.449 --> 02:38.727 70th . I mean this is a big university . 02:38.727 --> 02:40.949 I read an article the other day talking 02:40.949 --> 02:43.060 about the greatest generation and how 02:43.060 --> 02:45.171 at the onset of World War Two some of 02:45.171 --> 02:47.171 the old folks were saying this is a 02:47.171 --> 02:49.338 soft generation . They can't even walk 02:49.338 --> 02:51.338 to the grocery store . They have to 02:51.338 --> 02:53.560 ride them motorized vehicle . It turned 02:53.560 --> 02:55.727 out to be the greatest generation that 02:55.727 --> 02:57.838 one of World War I pass on to today's 02:57.838 --> 02:59.949 generation . Don't don't put too much 02:59.949 --> 03:01.893 stock in what older folks tell you 03:01.893 --> 03:01.540 about . Whether you're soft , you're 03:01.540 --> 03:03.540 not as good as the as the guys that 03:03.540 --> 03:05.818 came before . You're every bit as good . 03:05.818 --> 03:07.818 You've been at war for 10 years and 03:07.818 --> 03:09.651 you've been fighting and serving 03:09.651 --> 03:09.360 honorably . Keep that in your hip 03:09.360 --> 03:13.250 pocket . Yeah . Okay . All right . 03:13.640 --> 03:15.862 Yeah . All right . So , we're doing all 03:15.862 --> 03:16.850 right , Just .