WEBVTT 00:24.640 --> 00:25.640 mhm . 00:32.240 --> 00:34.520 Hey gang , Major General Wilcox MS 00:34.520 --> 00:37.590 Estep and Chiefs Babitsky here to help 00:37.600 --> 00:40.610 kick off summer . I love summer time . 00:40.620 --> 00:42.564 Right ? I mean we get to go to the 00:42.564 --> 00:44.676 beach . We get together with family . 00:44.676 --> 00:46.953 We go see friends that we haven't seen . 00:46.953 --> 00:48.898 We go camping . We visit grandma , 00:48.898 --> 00:50.842 school's out for the kiddos . They 00:50.842 --> 00:52.842 really enjoyed , I love seeing them 00:52.842 --> 00:54.953 playing in the neighborhoods . But an 00:54.953 --> 00:56.898 important piece of the kick off of 00:56.898 --> 00:59.640 summer uh , in a little bit more solemn 00:59.640 --> 01:02.740 in nature is memorial Day weekend . We 01:02.740 --> 01:05.830 cannot and never forget the meaning of 01:05.830 --> 01:08.300 Memorial Day weekend . It's our time 01:08.300 --> 01:10.970 when you're in our business uh where we 01:10.970 --> 01:14.610 get to honor those uh fallen in the 01:14.610 --> 01:17.500 defense of our nation , uh , in 01:17.500 --> 01:20.230 military service . So our airmen are 01:20.230 --> 01:22.670 guardians , our soldiers , sailors , 01:22.680 --> 01:25.750 marines , our coast guardsmen and our 01:25.750 --> 01:29.260 civilian teammates that gave their life 01:29.270 --> 01:31.660 for our nation . We can never forget . 01:31.840 --> 01:34.510 So as we roll into summer , let's make 01:34.510 --> 01:37.500 sure we keep memorial Day in mind . 01:37.500 --> 01:39.333 There's a pretty cool history of 01:39.333 --> 01:41.500 memorial Day in there , laura , let me 01:41.500 --> 01:43.444 add some history . So memorial Day 01:43.444 --> 01:46.400 started as decoration day in 18 63 to 01:46.400 --> 01:49.270 honor the fallen from the Civil war and 01:49.270 --> 01:51.103 to decorate their graves for the 01:51.103 --> 01:54.530 sacrifice they made after World War One . 01:54.540 --> 01:58.410 It was expanded to include all 01:58.420 --> 02:01.320 of our fallen uh , that gave their 02:01.320 --> 02:03.320 lives for their country and for our 02:03.320 --> 02:05.970 freedom today . Memorial Day honors 02:05.970 --> 02:08.950 more than a million men and women who 02:08.950 --> 02:12.140 sacrifice their all in protection of 02:12.140 --> 02:15.460 our nation as you celebrate the 02:15.460 --> 02:18.160 weekend that kicks off summer as the 02:18.160 --> 02:20.271 boss has talked about . Please take a 02:20.271 --> 02:23.640 moment to honor and respect those that 02:23.640 --> 02:25.960 sacrificed their lives for our freedoms 02:26.000 --> 02:27.960 chief . That's right . It was the 02:27.960 --> 02:30.016 sacrifice of those members and their 02:30.016 --> 02:32.460 families that helped shape our nation 02:32.510 --> 02:35.890 into what it is today . Memorial Day 02:35.900 --> 02:37.789 also marks the national moment of 02:37.789 --> 02:40.960 remembrance . This event asks that all 02:40.960 --> 02:43.680 of us all Americans wherever we are 02:43.680 --> 02:46.560 stopped at 1500 local time and remember 02:46.560 --> 02:49.210 those who have lost their lives in 02:49.210 --> 02:51.099 military service to our country . 02:51.440 --> 02:54.520 Please join us in this memory 02:54.530 --> 02:57.430 observance moment so that we can 02:57.430 --> 02:59.760 connect as americans and honor those 02:59.760 --> 03:01.982 who have lost their lives in service to 03:01.982 --> 03:05.820 our country . So gang , please 03:05.820 --> 03:07.876 join in that moment of remembrance . 03:07.876 --> 03:10.170 Please think through the weekend when 03:10.170 --> 03:13.460 you see an american flag or you see a 03:13.470 --> 03:16.890 veteran's license plate or you see an 03:16.890 --> 03:19.380 advertisement on tv , please reflect 03:19.390 --> 03:22.140 back on what memorial day means to you 03:22.180 --> 03:24.280 and to your family . If you had 03:24.280 --> 03:26.336 somebody that was lost defending the 03:26.336 --> 03:29.700 nation as we move into the summer we 03:29.700 --> 03:31.756 want you to have a great time but be 03:31.756 --> 03:33.922 safe . A lot of people are gonna be on 03:33.922 --> 03:35.867 the road . We like to pull out the 03:35.867 --> 03:37.940 barbecues . We like to think we're 03:37.940 --> 03:40.750 younger playing sports uh we get the 03:40.750 --> 03:43.860 boats out so does everybody else that 03:43.860 --> 03:47.270 hasn't done it over the last year . So 03:47.280 --> 03:49.447 as we roll into those critical days of 03:49.447 --> 03:51.870 summer , be smart think through what 03:51.870 --> 03:54.600 you do because we absolutely love you 03:54.610 --> 03:56.960 and want to see everybody back the next 03:56.960 --> 04:00.800 day . So gang remember Memorial Day 04:01.120 --> 04:02.564 and have a Great Summer . 04:07.540 --> 04:11.060 Mm hmm , mm hmm .