WEBVTT 00:04.370 --> 00:08.270 Good this year with to did as your me celebrates its 230 seventh 00:08.270 --> 00:11.330 birthday the army secretary in stars are major the army paid 00:11.330 --> 00:14.560 tribute to its first leader at the to look towards washington 00:14.560 --> 00:17.970 secretary of a cue and sergeant major Raymond Chandler celebrated. 00:17.970 --> 00:21.270 The extraordinary life of our first commander and president as 00:21.270 --> 00:24.150 they awarded three purple hearts metal created by washington 00:24.150 --> 00:28.310 in 17 82 two soldiers wounded in Afghanistan secretary Mickey 00:28.310 --> 00:31.470 were called hot that there's army carries all of Washington's legacy. 00:32.250 --> 00:35.450 This knowledge or forces just the most amazing. 00:35.950 --> 00:38.900 Fruit than that of women you could ever expand. I doubt if anybody. 00:39.950 --> 00:42.120 Early 2001 to two. 00:42.920 --> 00:44.600 Volunteers force could now. 00:45.240 --> 00:48.880 Taken on two missions in iraq and Afghanistan that the soldiers 00:48.880 --> 00:54.030 had been so successful in at the same time can that to ourselves to. 00:54.840 --> 00:59.230 Dozens and dozens of other missions across Puerto. So it really 00:59.230 --> 01:02.520 is a celebration the resiliency of the American soldiers great 01:02.590 --> 01:06.830 to willingness of the shit largely on that I wanted to step forward 01:06.830 --> 01:08.670 knowing what to expect skills. 01:09.800 --> 01:13.580 Sir. George washington for best the commander of the continental 01:13.580 --> 01:18.500 army from 17 75 to 17 83 when he accepted the commission to leave 01:18.500 --> 01:22.050 the continental army washington had one condition for his service. 01:22.920 --> 01:26.080 He declined to accept pay the ask power. So we to reimburse is 01:26.080 --> 01:31.040 expenses a app probably served him and good stated critically 01:31.040 --> 01:34.010 when the revolution gung really really hard that buddy never 01:34.010 --> 01:36.840 one homie serve the entire time without pay someone that was 01:37.000 --> 01:40.330 a problem with the army not being paid at the end the war. 01:40.580 --> 01:43.630 He was a will really identify with with the with the soldiers 01:43.630 --> 01:46.000 people after all the same deprivation slated. 01:47.540 --> 01:50.480 In his eight years of command general washington return home 01:50.510 --> 01:54.790 only once for a few this right before his victory at york town Virginia. 01:56.240 --> 01:58.840 That's the army today from soldiers radio intel..