WEBVTT 00:00.940 --> 00:02.829 Dean and I are honored to be here 00:02.829 --> 00:04.884 tonight . Great , What a setting . I 00:04.884 --> 00:06.996 mean , you know , this fitting by the 00:06.996 --> 00:09.410 way to the , to the event , I have to 00:09.410 --> 00:11.632 tell you , I do somewhat fine . I'm a , 00:11.632 --> 00:13.799 I'm a , I'm a little persnickety about 00:13.799 --> 00:16.450 language . Some of you know that I do 00:16.450 --> 00:18.960 find heroes and military medicine to be 00:18.960 --> 00:21.730 a little redundant actually Because I 00:21.730 --> 00:24.260 think what military medicine has done 00:24.260 --> 00:26.100 over the last 10 years has been 00:26.110 --> 00:29.460 absolutely remarkable . Um , every time 00:29.460 --> 00:31.600 we think they can't do more for us , 00:31.600 --> 00:33.822 they step up and find it and they , and 00:33.822 --> 00:35.933 they step up and find it because they 00:35.933 --> 00:38.770 see the need and because organizations 00:38.770 --> 00:41.050 like this galvanized around the task 00:41.440 --> 00:43.551 and we've got some real heroes in the 00:43.551 --> 00:45.718 audience . Personal heroes of mine . I 00:45.718 --> 00:48.020 heard generally I met earlier today or 00:48.030 --> 00:50.230 uh saw it earlier today . General 00:50.230 --> 00:52.660 Sullivan in the audience and 32nd Chief 00:52.660 --> 00:54.549 Staff of the United States Army , 00:54.549 --> 00:57.800 probably the , the , the senior army 00:57.800 --> 01:01.510 officer who all subsequent generations 01:01.510 --> 01:03.732 of army officers wanted to be like when 01:03.732 --> 01:06.160 they , when they , when they grow up . 01:06.170 --> 01:08.337 And that's a good thing to have a role 01:08.337 --> 01:10.503 model . Like Gordon Sullivan , I heard 01:10.503 --> 01:12.726 Pete chiarelli introduced Pete and I've 01:12.726 --> 01:15.940 served Together at various times since 01:15.940 --> 01:19.730 the mid 80's and as 01:19.730 --> 01:23.330 he served as my vice 01:23.340 --> 01:25.451 chief in the brief period of time , I 01:25.451 --> 01:27.173 was chief . I actually came to 01:27.173 --> 01:29.118 appreciate him even more . There's 01:29.118 --> 01:31.062 probably nobody on the face of the 01:31.062 --> 01:33.284 planet and I mean nobody on the face of 01:33.284 --> 01:35.507 the planet who has more passion for the 01:35.507 --> 01:38.510 issue of military medicine and taking 01:38.510 --> 01:41.640 care of soldiers and sailors , Airmen , 01:41.640 --> 01:43.640 marines , Coast Guard present their 01:43.640 --> 01:45.751 families . And he's not only not only 01:45.751 --> 01:47.973 did that well in active duty , but he's 01:47.973 --> 01:49.990 carried that passion into his 01:49.990 --> 01:52.660 retirement as well . Thanks john for 01:52.660 --> 01:54.771 the introduction and thanks as well , 01:54.771 --> 01:57.150 jennifer for emceeing tonight . As I 01:57.150 --> 01:59.094 said , this is a great event . I'm 01:59.094 --> 02:01.206 honored to be part of it . Honored to 02:01.206 --> 02:03.372 be the the only thing standing between 02:03.372 --> 02:06.980 you and your dinner . I do know that 02:06.990 --> 02:08.768 you know of the five awardees , 02:08.768 --> 02:10.890 congressman , young General Amos , I 02:10.890 --> 02:14.460 got a digressive it on General Amos , I 02:14.460 --> 02:16.016 probably shouldn't read the 02:16.016 --> 02:18.182 teleprompter because it has nothing to 02:18.182 --> 02:20.520 do with what I'm about to say . But so 02:20.520 --> 02:22.800 yes , yesterday , Jim and I were out at 02:22.810 --> 02:26.340 the Warrior Games and incidentally , 02:26.350 --> 02:28.780 what a wonderful juxtaposition of 02:28.780 --> 02:30.891 events we were at the Warrior Games . 02:30.891 --> 02:33.058 I'm not going to steal your speech jim 02:33.058 --> 02:34.947 and I promise you , I haven't , I 02:34.947 --> 02:37.058 haven't asked keith alexander to find 02:37.058 --> 02:39.830 it on your computer either . But we 02:39.830 --> 02:41.740 were out at the Warrior Games in 02:41.740 --> 02:43.518 colorado Springs at the Olympic 02:43.518 --> 02:45.351 Training Center in the Air Force 02:45.351 --> 02:47.184 Academy , all where all of these 02:47.184 --> 02:50.000 wounded or injured or ill but 02:50.000 --> 02:52.150 debilitating or what we would say , 02:52.160 --> 02:54.400 disabled , maybe we're out there 02:54.400 --> 02:56.511 competing in athletic competitions on 02:56.511 --> 02:59.240 behalf of their services and it was an 02:59.240 --> 03:01.407 unbelievable event really because it's 03:01.407 --> 03:04.510 kind of the image if you will have of 03:04.520 --> 03:06.520 these young men and women , putting 03:06.520 --> 03:09.360 ability over disability supported by 03:09.740 --> 03:12.020 you , their families , their 03:12.020 --> 03:14.370 communities , private organizations . 03:14.380 --> 03:16.491 It's just really a phenomenal thing . 03:16.491 --> 03:18.658 And so here we are tonight now kind of 03:18.658 --> 03:20.880 at the other end of that if you will or 03:20.880 --> 03:22.880 the book end of that , which is why 03:22.880 --> 03:24.991 they can do that . So anyway , that's 03:24.991 --> 03:26.991 not lost on me . But anyway , I was 03:26.991 --> 03:29.213 injured . I was making some remarks out 03:29.213 --> 03:31.410 there yesterday and I had just gotten 03:31.410 --> 03:33.521 off the phone with General Jim Mattis 03:33.521 --> 03:35.466 who's the centcom commander . So I 03:35.466 --> 03:37.688 looked out in the audience and and very 03:37.688 --> 03:39.830 uh in a very articulate way I said , 03:39.830 --> 03:42.110 it's great to see my battle buddy , the 03:42.110 --> 03:43.943 commandant of the Marine Corps , 03:43.943 --> 03:46.790 General Jim Mattis and my wife looked 03:46.790 --> 03:50.760 at me like you Jack and I 03:50.760 --> 03:52.760 thought , yeah , I probably screwed 03:52.760 --> 03:54.982 that one up . But the rest of the story 03:54.982 --> 03:56.927 is Jim got back at me later though 03:56.927 --> 03:58.982 because we were in the cocktail hour 03:58.982 --> 04:01.204 later in the day and he told a bunch of 04:01.204 --> 04:03.580 people that General Dave Petraeus was 04:03.590 --> 04:05.710 over in the corner and there were so 04:05.710 --> 04:07.821 many people rushed over to see that I 04:07.821 --> 04:09.877 couldn't make my way to the , to the 04:09.877 --> 04:11.877 bar . So , you know , he completely 04:11.877 --> 04:14.360 aced me out in that regard . 04:15.940 --> 04:19.530 So today in history . Um 1863 04:19.530 --> 04:23.160 Stonewall Jackson was wounded , lost 04:23.160 --> 04:26.150 his arm . His arm was amputated and he 04:26.160 --> 04:28.890 subsequently died of his wounds . One 04:28.890 --> 04:31.210 of the most famous characters in our 04:31.210 --> 04:33.266 entire military history , one of the 04:33.266 --> 04:35.377 greatest leaders in american military 04:35.377 --> 04:37.543 history . But the rest of the story is 04:37.543 --> 04:39.950 important too because Dr Hunter McGuire 04:40.340 --> 04:42.940 was his surgeon that day and he of 04:42.940 --> 04:45.790 course was a surgeon of the southern of 04:45.790 --> 04:47.957 the confederate army . But he was also 04:47.957 --> 04:50.570 someone who kind of understood the That 04:50.580 --> 04:54.010 medicine should transcend the conflict . 04:54.010 --> 04:57.720 And so he convinced the Confederate 04:57.730 --> 05:00.330 leadership that he should allow the 05:00.330 --> 05:03.060 Union doctors to attend , mentor to 05:03.060 --> 05:05.390 tend to their wounded . And in fact for 05:05.390 --> 05:07.612 that matter , cross over to 10 for some 05:07.612 --> 05:09.557 of the southern wounded . And that 05:09.557 --> 05:11.279 small act actually led to what 05:11.279 --> 05:13.980 eventually became The Geneva Convention 05:13.980 --> 05:16.160 in 1864 . He eventually went on to 05:16.160 --> 05:18.140 found three hospitals and teaching 05:18.140 --> 05:22.050 colleges and so was a hero of military 05:22.050 --> 05:24.240 medicine and all of that happened in 05:24.240 --> 05:28.150 1863 back in our history . So look what 05:28.150 --> 05:30.580 what I want you to know tonight is how 05:30.580 --> 05:32.810 much we who wear the uniform today 05:32.810 --> 05:35.550 appreciate what everyone is doing to 05:35.550 --> 05:38.710 pull together in the common cause of 05:38.720 --> 05:40.664 making sure that the young men and 05:40.664 --> 05:42.831 women who put themselves in harm's way 05:42.831 --> 05:45.510 are cared for , not only as we prepare 05:45.510 --> 05:47.732 them , but when they are wounded , when 05:47.732 --> 05:50.066 they are injured , when they become ill , 05:50.140 --> 05:51.973 that they know that there's this 05:51.973 --> 05:54.490 network of individuals , of 05:54.490 --> 05:56.920 organizations , of government , of 05:56.930 --> 05:59.560 private or of private industry pulling 05:59.560 --> 06:02.290 together to take care of them in 06:02.290 --> 06:04.346 recognition of and in support of the 06:04.346 --> 06:07.080 sacrifices they have made . It's in a 06:07.080 --> 06:08.858 special honor for me tonight to 06:08.858 --> 06:12.300 actually uh mention one of the awardees 06:12.300 --> 06:14.078 tonight . And that of course is 06:14.078 --> 06:16.133 Congressman C . W . Bill Young and I 06:16.133 --> 06:18.500 got to know Congress and young when I 06:18.510 --> 06:22.190 when I arrived in Tampa in 2007 to be 06:22.190 --> 06:24.850 the deputy Commander of Central Command 06:24.860 --> 06:26.693 and then subsequently the acting 06:26.693 --> 06:28.940 commander for a period of time . But 06:28.940 --> 06:31.051 congressman Young wandered , if those 06:31.051 --> 06:33.273 of you that know him , he wandered into 06:33.273 --> 06:35.384 my office one day . I and frankly , I 06:35.384 --> 06:37.607 hadn't ever met him before and I hadn't 06:37.607 --> 06:39.607 actually spent much time getting to 06:39.607 --> 06:41.829 know members of Congress before . I was 06:41.829 --> 06:45.190 a brand new three star and frankly , we 06:45.200 --> 06:49.080 we we've been deployed and and overseas 06:49.080 --> 06:51.500 so long that I didn't I hadn't really 06:51.510 --> 06:53.820 been keeping very close track of what 06:53.820 --> 06:56.153 was happening on this side of the ocean . 06:56.153 --> 06:58.153 But in any case , Congressman Young 06:58.153 --> 07:00.320 wandered in , sat down and said , Ok , 07:00.320 --> 07:02.542 okay , general , I'm here . You need to 07:02.542 --> 07:04.653 tell me what you need . And of course 07:04.653 --> 07:06.987 that's a very loaded question sometimes . 07:06.987 --> 07:09.990 And uh so I tread rather carefully , 07:09.990 --> 07:12.046 but he knew I was treading carefully 07:12.046 --> 07:14.212 and he said , okay , I got it , thanks 07:14.212 --> 07:16.268 for the talking points . But what do 07:16.268 --> 07:18.490 you need ? And so we went down the list 07:18.490 --> 07:20.490 of things that I where I thought we 07:20.490 --> 07:22.157 needed help and lo and behold 07:22.157 --> 07:24.212 Congressman Young delivered them and 07:24.212 --> 07:26.434 many of them had to do , in fact , with 07:26.434 --> 07:28.323 the care of the wounded and their 07:28.323 --> 07:30.101 families and we ran into him in 07:30.101 --> 07:32.212 Beverley Dean and I did many times up 07:32.212 --> 07:34.434 in the Haley center in Tampa , which is 07:34.434 --> 07:36.546 one of our in particular , one of our 07:36.546 --> 07:38.768 centers of excellence for the treatment 07:38.768 --> 07:41.046 of moderate and traumatic brain injury . 07:41.046 --> 07:43.020 And he is a constant force and a 07:43.020 --> 07:46.030 constant presence as is Beverly in the 07:46.030 --> 07:48.050 issue of the treatment and care of 07:48.050 --> 07:50.680 wounded warriors and in medical care in 07:50.680 --> 07:52.960 general . And so it's a great honor for 07:52.960 --> 07:55.127 me now . And of course he's one of the 07:55.127 --> 07:57.790 few guys in the world uh now or at 07:57.790 --> 07:59.970 least in this country where I can call 07:59.970 --> 08:02.081 him chairman and he calls me chairman 08:02.081 --> 08:04.137 back . But the fact is he's actually 08:04.137 --> 08:05.914 known up on the hill as the big 08:05.914 --> 08:08.920 chairman and I would never compete with 08:08.920 --> 08:11.340 him for that title because truly he is 08:11.350 --> 08:13.720 a giant of a man and a giant in the 08:13.720 --> 08:17.510 field of of support for , for our 08:17.510 --> 08:19.890 troops and their families . And tonight 08:19.910 --> 08:22.077 he will be named as a hero of military 08:22.077 --> 08:24.530 medicine . I'd like now to introduce mr 08:24.540 --> 08:26.810 Kent Clarke . Yes , I almost said clark 08:26.810 --> 08:29.810 Kent . All night long . All night long . 08:29.810 --> 08:31.866 I've been traumatized by the thought 08:31.866 --> 08:34.260 that I would call Kent clark Clark Kent . 08:35.240 --> 08:37.518 I'm sorry to have to confess it to you . 08:37.518 --> 08:39.629 But that's , you know , I just had to 08:39.629 --> 08:41.740 tell you and I got it right . And for 08:41.740 --> 08:43.907 the record . Now I'd like to introduce 08:43.907 --> 08:46.018 Kent Clarke who's going to accept you 08:46.018 --> 08:45.650 and by the way , I've known ken for 08:45.650 --> 08:47.817 some time , but he will now accept the 08:47.817 --> 08:49.983 award on behalf of congressman Young . 08:59.940 --> 09:03.590 Yeah , my 09:03.590 --> 09:04.590 safety alarms . 09:24.140 --> 09:25.140 Mhm . 09:29.340 --> 09:31.340 I promise that I'll keep this short 09:33.140 --> 09:35.251 general Dempsey . Thank you very much 09:35.251 --> 09:36.973 for the introduction tonight . 09:41.140 --> 09:45.100 Mhm Yeah , yeah , 09:48.540 --> 09:51.850 yeah , yeah . Thank you very much . 09:51.850 --> 09:55.840 Please thank you 09:55.840 --> 09:58.390 so much jennifer . And I'm very , very 09:58.390 --> 10:00.750 excited to be here tonight . Especially 10:00.750 --> 10:02.583 since I guess send a few minutes 10:02.583 --> 10:04.361 talking about the importance of 10:04.361 --> 10:06.700 caregivers in the recovery process of 10:06.700 --> 10:09.350 our wounded or injured service members . 10:10.740 --> 10:12.907 As you all know that she's just in the 10:12.907 --> 10:15.018 military is giving the bottom line up 10:15.018 --> 10:17.190 front . So here he is . I wouldn't be 10:17.190 --> 10:19.190 here right now if it weren't for my 10:19.190 --> 10:22.580 wife Dalia , I've been very fortunate 10:22.580 --> 10:24.820 to have had such a successful recovery 10:24.820 --> 10:26.890 after being shot in the head . And 10:26.890 --> 10:29.790 Dahlia has been with me and a huge part 10:29.790 --> 10:32.550 of that recovery every step of the way . 10:42.240 --> 10:44.351 What makes our situation particularly 10:44.351 --> 10:47.030 compelling I think is that we weren't 10:47.030 --> 10:49.770 married yet when I was injured , We're 10:49.770 --> 10:51.937 boyfriend girlfriend in the spring and 10:51.937 --> 10:54.760 summer of 2006 . And when I support to 10:54.760 --> 10:57.460 Iraq Julia left to pursue a PhD at 10:57.460 --> 11:00.320 Cambridge University in England . Yeah . 11:00.330 --> 11:02.497 Brain and locks and all that . I don't 11:02.497 --> 11:05.600 have any of that . And although most 11:05.600 --> 11:07.656 terrorist numbers don't get personal 11:07.656 --> 11:09.900 visitors at Landstuhl , she was able to 11:09.900 --> 11:11.733 get their relatively easily from 11:11.733 --> 11:14.240 England and when they shut me onto , it 11:14.240 --> 11:16.910 tells you Dia decides to leave her 11:16.910 --> 11:19.660 program to be with me in the hospital 11:20.740 --> 11:22.851 and thank God she did because she was 11:22.851 --> 11:25.073 there every day and every night with me 11:25.073 --> 11:28.250 when I needed her most . We grew 11:28.250 --> 11:30.472 incredibly close during that time and I 11:30.472 --> 11:33.290 proposed dolly in 2007 and then we were 11:33.290 --> 11:35.290 married in 2008 at the Marine Corps 11:35.290 --> 11:39.050 Museum like uh 11:39.640 --> 11:40.440 yeah , 11:44.640 --> 11:46.640 but like many other wounded ill and 11:46.640 --> 11:49.510 injured , my injuries are complex and 11:49.510 --> 11:52.660 the recovery takes a long time . Most 11:52.660 --> 11:54.771 of my physical injuries have healed , 11:54.780 --> 11:56.947 but I'm still working on the invisible 11:56.947 --> 11:59.630 wounds and Dahlia has also been 11:59.630 --> 12:02.590 critical in that aspect as well by 12:02.590 --> 12:05.260 encouraging me to go to PTSD counseling 12:05.840 --> 12:08.340 and help me get through disturbing 12:08.340 --> 12:10.507 images that seem to bother me when I'm 12:10.507 --> 12:12.630 sleeping or when something reminds me 12:12.630 --> 12:14.630 of a particularly tough time in the 12:14.630 --> 12:18.240 hospital . Our wounded warriors 12:18.240 --> 12:21.210 certainly cannot do it alone . We need 12:21.210 --> 12:25.200 caregivers , family , friends and whole 12:25.200 --> 12:28.150 communities to support us as we adapt 12:28.150 --> 12:30.372 to our new normal and we integrate back 12:30.372 --> 12:33.430 into society . Dahlia has done , he 12:33.430 --> 12:35.486 just sat and I leaned heavily on her 12:35.940 --> 12:37.840 and I know that there are tens of 12:37.840 --> 12:40.080 thousands of caregivers across the 12:40.080 --> 12:42.136 country who are taking care of their 12:42.136 --> 12:44.910 warriors too . And in my book , we just 12:44.910 --> 12:47.740 can't say thank you enough . Yeah , 12:54.540 --> 12:56.910 please join me and mrs de Yangtze and 12:56.910 --> 12:59.190 recognizing my wife on behalf of all 12:59.200 --> 13:00.867 who have dedicated so much of 13:00.867 --> 13:03.590 themselves to helping me and my fellow 13:03.590 --> 13:05.701 wounded warriors and their families . 13:05.701 --> 13:08.620 Hill thank you to all caregivers and 13:08.620 --> 13:11.320 advocates for wounded will and injured 13:11.330 --> 13:13.760 service members and veterans and 13:13.760 --> 13:15.880 especially my wife , Mrs Dalia 13:15.880 --> 13:16.660 Constantine . 14:08.240 --> 14:10.129 I'd like to thank the Henry Terry 14:10.129 --> 14:12.550 Medicine award to hospital Corman 14:12.740 --> 14:15.970 second class Lamont Hammond , assisting 14:15.970 --> 14:18.081 in the presentation is the commandant 14:18.081 --> 14:20.359 of the Marine Corps General James Amos , 14:20.440 --> 14:22.773 the surgeon general of the U . S . Navy , 14:22.773 --> 14:25.090 Vice Admiral Nathan , Matthew Nathan 14:25.100 --> 14:27.520 and the Force Master Chief of the U . S . 14:27.520 --> 14:29.950 Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery . 14:29.960 --> 14:31.150 Sherman boss . 15:03.040 --> 15:05.262 Thank you . Thank you . Thank you . I'd 15:05.262 --> 15:07.429 like to thank everyone in attendance . 15:07.429 --> 15:09.570 I'd like to thank the Henry J 15:09.580 --> 15:12.290 Foundation for actually setting all 15:12.290 --> 15:15.600 this up . I don't have a stellar speech 15:15.600 --> 15:19.360 like the first two gentlemen but but 15:19.370 --> 15:21.592 I'd actually like to recognize like the 15:21.592 --> 15:24.020 whole Corman rating as a whole uh the 15:24.020 --> 15:27.080 largest most highly decorated rating in 15:27.080 --> 15:29.610 the United States Navy . I'm just a 15:29.610 --> 15:32.800 small a small portion of that . The 15:32.810 --> 15:35.120 legacy of the Corman started way before 15:35.120 --> 15:38.880 me and we'll carry on way after me . So 15:38.880 --> 15:41.210 this award isn't actually for me , I'm 15:41.210 --> 15:43.320 accepting it on the behalf of all 15:43.320 --> 15:46.360 Corman past , present and future . 15:46.940 --> 15:47.940 Thank you . 15:56.840 --> 16:00.550 Yeah mm . 16:02.640 --> 16:06.550 Yeah . Mhm Thank you . Hospital 16:06.550 --> 16:08.990 Corman Hammond for your service . Our 16:08.990 --> 16:11.150 final Honoree has held command at all 16:11.150 --> 16:13.094 levels in the United States Marine 16:13.094 --> 16:15.261 Corps and Presently serves as the 35th 16:15.261 --> 16:17.428 Commandant of the Marine Corps . He is 16:17.428 --> 16:19.650 a champion of research into the visible 16:19.650 --> 16:22.600 and invisible wounds of war . To help 16:22.600 --> 16:24.750 him honor him . To help honor him . 16:24.750 --> 16:26.917 Please welcome a very special guest of 16:26.917 --> 16:29.028 the chairman of tonight's event . The 16:29.028 --> 16:30.700 President and Ceo of Tri West 16:30.700 --> 16:32.644 Healthcare Alliance , mister David 16:32.644 --> 16:33.360 McIntyre . 16:40.840 --> 16:42.729 Thank you jennifer . Good evening 16:42.729 --> 16:44.896 ladies and gentlemen , that's an honor 16:44.896 --> 16:47.173 and a privilege to be with you tonight . 16:47.173 --> 16:49.284 I'd like to thank the great team from 16:49.284 --> 16:51.340 the Henry M . Jackson Foundation for 16:51.340 --> 16:53.610 the advancement of military medicine 16:53.620 --> 16:56.420 and CP three led by John Lowe and 16:56.420 --> 16:59.070 Cynthia Gilman for their exemplary work . 16:59.440 --> 17:01.551 It's been a privilege for more than a 17:01.551 --> 17:03.607 decade to have supported this work , 17:03.607 --> 17:06.090 which has and continues to make a real 17:06.090 --> 17:09.700 difference on critical topics of import 17:09.710 --> 17:12.880 to military medicine . I'm confident on 17:12.890 --> 17:14.890 this . What would have been Senator 17:14.890 --> 17:17.410 Jackson's centennial year that he's 17:17.410 --> 17:20.330 smiling down very pleased with what's 17:20.330 --> 17:22.740 been done in his name as a senior 17:22.740 --> 17:25.340 statesman from his home , my home state , 17:25.600 --> 17:27.970 a good friend of my families and one 17:27.970 --> 17:30.290 whom I worked with successfully in 17:30.290 --> 17:32.730 college on a landmark international 17:32.730 --> 17:35.160 human rights case . I'm confident that 17:35.160 --> 17:37.750 he would be particularly proud of those 17:37.750 --> 17:40.250 being honored here tonight as you have 17:40.250 --> 17:43.230 stood boldly and help the rest of us 17:43.370 --> 17:45.960 see what is right sometimes when we 17:45.960 --> 17:49.590 could not see what you saw , we 17:49.600 --> 17:51.600 sometimes weren't ready to hear the 17:51.600 --> 17:54.300 message or we did not have the moral 17:54.300 --> 17:57.770 courage to act after all that 17:57.780 --> 18:00.270 too , was Senator Jackson's legacy . 18:01.040 --> 18:03.151 It's an honor to soon be sharing this 18:03.151 --> 18:05.262 stage with one of those individuals , 18:05.340 --> 18:08.550 one from whom like last year's Military 18:08.550 --> 18:11.550 Medicine Line leader honoree ? I like 18:11.550 --> 18:14.700 so many have learned so much from these 18:14.700 --> 18:17.550 past five or six years and believe me 18:17.940 --> 18:21.190 it wasn't always the easy way . Ladies 18:21.190 --> 18:24.200 and gentlemen . In 1918 83 18:24.210 --> 18:27.690 1983 the United States Marine Corps 18:27.700 --> 18:30.820 adopted semper fi as its official 18:30.910 --> 18:34.170 motto translated from latin . It means 18:34.180 --> 18:36.980 always faithful . What some may not 18:36.980 --> 18:40.090 realize is that semper is an acronym 18:40.090 --> 18:43.370 for spiritual , emotional , mental , 18:43.440 --> 18:46.770 physical effectiveness and relevance . 18:47.240 --> 18:49.407 The term is a proposed for our purpose 18:49.407 --> 18:51.480 here tonight to highlight military 18:51.480 --> 18:53.591 medicine and those who bring together 18:53.591 --> 18:56.170 mental , physical and emotional 18:56.170 --> 18:58.440 rehabilitation for our nation's true 18:58.440 --> 19:01.170 heroes and their families , those who 19:01.170 --> 19:04.970 sacrifice so much for all of us . The 19:04.970 --> 19:07.090 wars of these past 10 years have been 19:07.090 --> 19:10.450 unquestionably challenging for those in 19:10.450 --> 19:13.140 the field of military medicine and 19:13.140 --> 19:15.251 those of us that serve at the side of 19:15.251 --> 19:17.720 those in uniform . From treating the 19:17.720 --> 19:20.850 visible and invisible wounds of war to 19:20.850 --> 19:23.510 rehabilitation , to integration back 19:23.510 --> 19:26.580 into service or civilian life as 19:26.580 --> 19:28.802 commandant of the Marine Corps And long 19:28.802 --> 19:30.969 before his current role , General Amos 19:30.969 --> 19:32.802 has been a tireless advocate for 19:32.802 --> 19:34.913 wounded warriors and their families . 19:35.340 --> 19:38.670 He embodies the concept always faithful , 19:39.040 --> 19:41.410 demonstrating an unyielding passion and 19:41.410 --> 19:43.830 commitment for taking care of those 19:43.830 --> 19:46.930 next to him . Marines , soldiers , 19:46.940 --> 19:50.350 sailors , airmen , Coast guardsmen and 19:50.350 --> 19:52.350 their family members and would do 19:52.350 --> 19:55.420 anything to lessen their burdens . I 19:55.420 --> 19:57.087 will never forget my personal 19:57.087 --> 19:59.650 experience at the T . V . I . P . T . S 19:59.650 --> 20:02.340 summit hosted by the Jackson Foundation 20:02.340 --> 20:05.040 several years ago when he spoke of why 20:05.040 --> 20:07.990 we all needed to challenge ourselves to 20:07.990 --> 20:10.770 lean forward and rise to the occasion 20:10.780 --> 20:13.850 on these issues . He was an early voice 20:14.640 --> 20:16.750 like last year's honoree . He was an 20:16.750 --> 20:19.800 uncommon voice , a line leader , not a 20:19.800 --> 20:22.040 healthcare leader speaking out on the 20:22.040 --> 20:24.550 critical nature of aggressively getting 20:24.610 --> 20:27.930 at these issues . I'm sure some were 20:27.930 --> 20:30.720 challenged with his boldness . However , 20:30.730 --> 20:32.990 it was never out of disrespect for the 20:32.990 --> 20:35.960 science or the skill of those entrusted 20:35.960 --> 20:38.700 to deliver on the health care needs of 20:38.700 --> 20:41.320 those that were all privileged to serve . 20:41.490 --> 20:44.960 No , he was simply being faithful and 20:44.960 --> 20:47.310 that faithfulness led him to ask the 20:47.310 --> 20:49.580 hard questions . When members of his 20:49.580 --> 20:53.240 own team went down some long , long 20:53.250 --> 20:57.010 after the initial event that had begun 20:57.010 --> 20:59.570 to have an impact on their health and 20:59.570 --> 21:03.510 well being and my observation that day 21:03.620 --> 21:06.160 and on occasion sense is that being 21:06.160 --> 21:08.710 faithful to General Amos meant being a 21:08.710 --> 21:11.240 partner in the effort to create a sense 21:11.240 --> 21:14.320 of urgency in both seeking solutions 21:14.330 --> 21:16.190 and ensuring their successful 21:16.190 --> 21:18.450 application so that the threats and 21:18.450 --> 21:21.910 burdens faced by those whom he was 21:21.910 --> 21:24.400 charged to lead in support the men and 21:24.400 --> 21:26.570 women who serve and their families 21:26.830 --> 21:29.700 might be lessened . In addition , he 21:29.700 --> 21:31.644 has boldly challenged and lead the 21:31.644 --> 21:33.700 Marine corps to leverage its culture 21:33.840 --> 21:36.080 and make it okay for those suffering 21:36.080 --> 21:38.380 with post traumatic stress to step 21:38.380 --> 21:41.350 forward and get help in order to stay 21:41.350 --> 21:44.510 strong . That's engaged leadership at 21:44.510 --> 21:47.140 its best . And it's been the hallmark 21:47.150 --> 21:50.210 of tonight's honoree several years ago , 21:50.210 --> 21:52.500 seven years ago . In fact , General 21:52.500 --> 21:54.570 Amos worked with Lieutenant Colonel 21:54.580 --> 21:57.050 Timothy Maxwell who's here with us 21:57.050 --> 21:59.760 tonight with his wife Shannon to create 21:59.760 --> 22:02.100 the first wounded warrior barracks at 22:02.100 --> 22:04.211 camp Lejeune . Could you please stand 22:04.211 --> 22:06.433 so that we could all thank you for your 22:06.433 --> 22:08.100 example and your leadership . 22:17.540 --> 22:19.310 General Amos also fostered 22:19.310 --> 22:21.430 collaborations among military and 22:21.430 --> 22:23.780 civilian medical researchers to help 22:23.780 --> 22:26.380 solve the most pressing issues facing 22:26.380 --> 22:29.260 wounded warriors from severe burns and 22:29.260 --> 22:31.540 amputee rehabilitation to post 22:31.540 --> 22:33.640 traumatic stress and traumatic brain 22:33.640 --> 22:36.180 injury . Priest turned your attention 22:36.180 --> 22:38.190 to the monitors for a video that 22:38.190 --> 22:40.750 highlights the work of General Amos 22:40.810 --> 22:42.950 with three of his good friends . 22:43.030 --> 22:45.620 General Peter chiarelli major , Justin 22:45.620 --> 22:48.590 Constantine and Mr Ron Katz of 22:48.590 --> 22:51.050 Operation Men and the center for public 22:51.050 --> 22:52.328 private partnerships . 22:59.140 --> 23:02.060 He is the consummate leader , the 23:02.060 --> 23:05.640 person you can go to to find a solution . 23:05.810 --> 23:07.900 And he won't let anyone say no , I'm 23:07.900 --> 23:09.956 not showing you miss his life buying 23:09.956 --> 23:12.011 years ago and he's always taking the 23:12.011 --> 23:14.550 time to ask me how enjoying my recovery 23:14.590 --> 23:16.960 and that means a lot to me . I'm sure 23:16.960 --> 23:19.080 it does all the other wounded war of 23:19.080 --> 23:21.247 words . He connects with two . General 23:21.247 --> 23:23.413 Amos is contribution to post traumatic 23:23.413 --> 23:26.610 stress traumatic brain injury has been 23:26.620 --> 23:30.300 absolutely instrumental . He has been 23:30.300 --> 23:33.940 singularly focused like only a marine 23:33.940 --> 23:37.590 can be both . as the assistant 23:37.590 --> 23:39.701 commandant of the Marine corps and as 23:39.701 --> 23:41.812 the commandant of the Marine corps to 23:41.812 --> 23:44.770 ensure that we work these issues that 23:45.270 --> 23:48.970 no letter in both promoting the science 23:49.390 --> 23:53.250 and finding ways to help marines 23:53.250 --> 23:57.190 and soldiers that in fact have 23:57.200 --> 24:00.800 these hidden injuries . To imagine the 24:00.810 --> 24:02.921 at that time we assistant coming down 24:02.921 --> 24:05.032 to the Marine Corps giving all of his 24:05.032 --> 24:07.199 time for two full days to address this 24:07.199 --> 24:09.421 one problem in the new and unique way . 24:09.540 --> 24:12.170 And at the end of that those meetings , 24:12.540 --> 24:14.707 they came up with a solution of how to 24:14.707 --> 24:17.040 treat our wounded warriors in the field . 24:17.050 --> 24:19.280 I know that general Amos goes to , but 24:19.290 --> 24:21.510 every week talk to wounded warriors 24:21.510 --> 24:23.566 there . I remember when I was in the 24:23.566 --> 24:26.310 hospital how inspirational was for the 24:26.310 --> 24:28.310 commandant of the Marine corps . We 24:28.310 --> 24:30.366 didn't talk to me and nowhere in the 24:30.366 --> 24:32.477 private sector would you have the ceo 24:32.477 --> 24:34.680 of 200 employees Corporation come and 24:34.680 --> 24:36.736 talk to the worker bees ? But that's 24:36.736 --> 24:38.847 generally , it was judged generally . 24:38.847 --> 24:42.120 This is one of these absolute 24:42.130 --> 24:45.530 leaders who takes on every aspect of it . 24:45.540 --> 24:48.130 But he takes on the medical side and 24:48.130 --> 24:50.800 the caring for wounded side with such 24:50.810 --> 24:53.760 passion that you could call him in the 24:53.760 --> 24:56.450 morning in the evening and in the very , 24:56.450 --> 24:58.561 very early parts of the morning . And 24:58.561 --> 25:00.672 he'll answer the phone and he'll take 25:00.672 --> 25:03.530 that one case that you're calling about 25:03.540 --> 25:05.890 as a personal issue with him and he'll 25:05.890 --> 25:08.760 drive it home and make it happen . He's 25:08.760 --> 25:11.180 a natural born leader . He's a man who 25:11.190 --> 25:13.560 commands your respect and friendship 25:13.810 --> 25:17.170 and those are unique special quality . 25:19.640 --> 25:21.900 I think General Amos really missed his 25:21.900 --> 25:25.550 coma . There's no doubt in my mind that 25:25.550 --> 25:28.310 somehow he got sidetracked when he 25:28.310 --> 25:30.560 decided to fly for the Marine Corps . 25:30.940 --> 25:34.180 Uh , and he should have been a soldier , 25:34.370 --> 25:36.592 I think deep down inside that's what he 25:36.592 --> 25:39.320 was really trying to say to you when he 25:39.320 --> 25:41.470 said I'd be a good marine . He just 25:41.480 --> 25:43.170 wishes his old 25:48.440 --> 25:49.440 Yeah , 26:00.540 --> 26:01.540 he's going , 26:06.240 --> 26:08.018 you know , General Corelli will 26:08.018 --> 26:11.290 appreciate that applause Because to 26:11.290 --> 26:13.401 assist us in the award presentation , 26:13.401 --> 26:15.650 please welcome from Seattle Washington 26:15.660 --> 26:18.900 to the stage . The 2011 recipient of 26:18.900 --> 26:21.420 the Hero of Military Medicine Line 26:21.420 --> 26:23.253 Leadership Award . General Peter 26:23.253 --> 26:25.087 Chiarelli , United States Army . 26:36.240 --> 26:37.962 Ladies and gentlemen , it's my 26:37.962 --> 26:40.610 privilege to welcome to the stage . The 26:40.610 --> 26:43.210 2000 and 12 recipient of the Heroes of 26:43.210 --> 26:46.100 Military Medicine Line Leadership Award . 26:46.110 --> 26:48.590 The 35th comment on the United States 26:48.590 --> 26:52.460 Marine Corps . General James F Amos 27:56.440 --> 27:58.440 Pete chiarelli should be ashamed of 27:58.440 --> 28:01.290 himself for saying something like , do 28:01.290 --> 28:04.290 you think General Sullivan ? Actually , 28:04.290 --> 28:06.520 I counted as a high honor Ladies and 28:06.520 --> 28:09.230 gentlemen , I'm looking up here for my 28:09.230 --> 28:12.250 speech And then I realized that the 28:12.250 --> 28:14.250 Marine Corps is a poor organization 28:14.250 --> 28:16.417 that can't afford anything more than a 28:16.417 --> 28:18.639 Commodore 64 . So I don't have a speech 28:18.639 --> 28:19.639 up here . 28:24.740 --> 28:26.851 I'm trying to work that line with the 28:26.851 --> 28:28.796 Congress and it doesn't seem to be 28:28.796 --> 28:31.129 taken any , any route . These gentlemen , 28:31.129 --> 28:33.240 I'm offered awful . I'm honored to be 28:33.240 --> 28:36.110 up here . Uh , there's some folks in 28:36.110 --> 28:38.510 the audience . Uh , 1st , 1st of all , 28:38.510 --> 28:40.566 Cynthia and john thank you very much 28:40.566 --> 28:43.010 And jennifer thank you for volunteering 28:43.010 --> 28:45.288 to be the master of ceremonies tonight . 28:45.288 --> 28:49.180 But but beyond all of that and think of 28:49.180 --> 28:53.170 Justin and and Dahlia and all 28:53.170 --> 28:55.600 they've been through and there's a man 28:55.600 --> 28:58.700 out in the audience here and by name 28:58.700 --> 29:01.530 Iran , Cats and Ron . Would you mind 29:01.530 --> 29:04.390 standing so that everybody would 29:04.400 --> 29:08.390 see the the founder 29:08.390 --> 29:11.110 of Operation Mend that usually medicine 29:11.110 --> 29:12.832 Ron , would you please stand ? 29:24.840 --> 29:28.460 Um you need to understand that 29:28.840 --> 29:31.770 what Ron and his lovely wife Maddy 29:32.740 --> 29:36.450 did many years ago just watching tv 29:37.240 --> 29:40.070 looking at young marines and soldiers 29:40.070 --> 29:44.050 that had been burned . Um , and they 29:44.050 --> 29:46.161 called , he was a member of the board 29:46.161 --> 29:48.830 of directors of medical and , and , and 29:48.840 --> 29:51.007 I think it was Maddie that leaned over 29:51.007 --> 29:52.729 to Iran and said , can't we do 29:52.729 --> 29:54.840 something earlier on , you didn't see 29:54.840 --> 29:57.007 his name . But dr Tim miller was ahead 29:57.007 --> 29:59.500 of plastics at medical uh received a 29:59.500 --> 30:01.960 call immediately while the Tv program 30:01.960 --> 30:04.730 was underway and Ron and matty said , 30:04.740 --> 30:06.518 tim , you need to be able to do 30:06.518 --> 30:09.220 something here . And it began uh began 30:09.220 --> 30:12.550 a journey which is now turned into 30:12.550 --> 30:15.110 Operation men untold numbers of young 30:15.110 --> 30:18.960 men and women , several marine 30:18.970 --> 30:21.070 female marines that were blown up in 30:21.070 --> 30:24.510 Fallujah and burned and they have 30:24.520 --> 30:27.160 transitioned . Not only from the , I'm 30:27.160 --> 30:29.382 going to reconstruct your face and give 30:29.382 --> 30:33.050 you eyelids and give you noses and help 30:33.050 --> 30:35.230 you with ears and lips and kind of 30:35.230 --> 30:38.360 rebuild your face and arms to , to be , 30:38.840 --> 30:41.950 to prosthetics to PTSD . 30:42.840 --> 30:46.580 That began in my mind . That showed 30:46.580 --> 30:49.950 me the true power of 30:49.950 --> 30:53.860 the private public partnership that 30:53.860 --> 30:56.210 this wonderful organization , uh , 30:56.220 --> 30:58.164 inspires in all of us . Ladies and 30:58.164 --> 31:00.387 gentlemen , I will tell you that . Uh , 31:00.387 --> 31:02.430 and the chairman and I were in our 31:02.430 --> 31:05.340 wives . We're honored yesterday and the 31:05.340 --> 31:07.173 day before to be out in colorado 31:07.173 --> 31:09.750 Springs at the wounded warrior games 31:09.760 --> 31:12.770 And there were all the services all on 31:13.640 --> 31:16.160 young men and women with no legs . 31:16.940 --> 31:20.460 Young , uh , young soldiers swimming in 31:20.460 --> 31:23.560 an olympic pool at at olympic stadium 31:23.940 --> 31:26.730 olympic training center With only one 31:26.730 --> 31:29.940 limb and yet they're swimming in 31:29.940 --> 31:31.773 competition against their fellow 31:31.773 --> 31:33.829 soldiers and marines and sailors and 31:33.829 --> 31:36.950 airmen and british . So I'll tell you 31:36.950 --> 31:40.610 that where I said , there 31:40.610 --> 31:43.850 is lots of work left to do . 31:44.840 --> 31:46.980 There is an opportunity out there and 31:46.980 --> 31:49.091 almost every one of our major medical 31:49.091 --> 31:52.810 universities and my experience has 31:52.810 --> 31:54.820 been that they will step up to the 31:54.820 --> 31:57.380 plate and they will be apart of the 31:57.380 --> 31:59.436 healing process of our young men and 31:59.436 --> 32:01.830 women . We cannot do this in diode 32:01.840 --> 32:03.951 medicine . It's not because we're not 32:03.951 --> 32:06.118 qualified . It's not because we're not 32:06.118 --> 32:08.396 really , really good because we really , 32:08.396 --> 32:10.618 really are . We just don't have some of 32:10.618 --> 32:12.729 the skill sets required and Cynthia . 32:12.729 --> 32:15.230 That's what this organization does . 32:15.300 --> 32:17.480 That's what this organization does is 32:17.480 --> 32:19.480 it collaborates and recognizes that 32:19.480 --> 32:22.520 need and brings the best about across 32:22.520 --> 32:26.270 our country into caring of our 32:26.270 --> 32:28.214 young men and women that have been 32:28.214 --> 32:30.437 wounded . I applaud this organization . 32:30.437 --> 32:32.548 I thank you for all your faithfulness 32:32.740 --> 32:35.670 and run . And uh , Dave McIntyre talked 32:35.670 --> 32:37.670 about our motto is semper Fidelis , 32:37.670 --> 32:40.720 this organization and your faithfulness 32:40.720 --> 32:42.887 for all the companies and corporations 32:42.887 --> 32:45.053 that are out there supporting us . You 32:45.053 --> 32:47.560 truly have been semper Fidelis . God 32:47.560 --> 32:49.616 bless every one of you and thank you 32:49.616 --> 32:51.560 for your great faithfulness to our 32:51.560 --> 32:53.616 young men and women of our country . 32:53.616 --> 32:54.040 Thank you . Yeah .