And finally, we are grateful to have all of you, whatever your rank, whatever your station in the Marine Corps, here at Camp Pendleton to commemorate this incredible 250th anniversary of our beloved Marine Corps. From these mountains and this water, Marines have deployed to every major fight of the last century, from island hopping across the Pacific to Vietnam, Sue City to Kuwait to Helmand and beyond. And standing here, you can feel the weight of that history, the generations upon generations of Americans who cut their teeth at this base before boarding ships and carrying the American flag into battle. (13:18–13:30)
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