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The city of San Diego has long been

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known for its Navy and Marine Corps

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Heritage and on May 19 welcomed the

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Navy's newest ship to its home port .

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The USS SAn Diego was commissioned

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during a ceremony held adjacent to the

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USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum . It

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is also our great privilege to be the

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first U . S . S SAn Diego to be

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stationed in America's finest city san

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Diego California . Major General Ronald

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bailey , the first Marine Division

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commanding general said the ship will

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strengthen the cores expeditionary

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character and will help answer the

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nation's call . We possess finesse and

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the tools to knock on the door

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diplomatically . We can pick the lock

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skillfully , but if the wolf sniffs at

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the door , we're going to kick it in

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violently in keeping with naval

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tradition , sailors assigned to the SAn

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Diego breathed life into the amphibious

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transport dock ship

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followed by marines with first Marine

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expeditionary force out of Marine Corps

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Base camp , pendleton , California .

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Mhm . Mhm . The san Diego measures

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684 ft in length and can carry a

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variety of aircraft . Tactical and

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amphibious , mainly . You're gonna have

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the amphibious assault vehicles . You

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can take one a one tanks , you can take

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em tvr s , you can take our sprays ,

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you can actually land two aspirins on

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the flight deck . The san Antonio class

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ship will be used to deploy combat and

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support elements of marine

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expeditionary units and brigades . One

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that can carry 699 marines with the

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surge capacity of 800 , That's 800

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rifles . Ladies and Gentlemen , every

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marine is a rifleman who will carry a

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machine gun and every enemy of our

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nation becomes a target

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reporting for first Marine

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expeditionary force . I'm Lance

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corporal Joshua Young .