WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:03.913 - [Man on Radio] All right, 1-3, we're right behind you about one mile (static)- 00:04.766 --> 00:06.859 - [General David H. Berger] When our nation called, 00:09.935 --> 00:11.773 (jet engine roaring) 00:12.320 --> 00:14.542 Marines were there to defend her. - [Female Reporter] U.S. officials 00:14.542 --> 00:16.730 increasingly worried by the hour- 00:16.730 --> 00:19.000 - [Berger] But our enemies now pose an ever-growing 00:19.000 --> 00:22.240 threat to America and our way of life. 00:22.350 --> 00:24.740 - [Female Reporter] Another U.S. Navy warship now in 00:24.740 --> 00:26.514 place tonight off the coast. 00:26.514 --> 00:29.240 About 250 Marines- 00:30.308 --> 00:33.342 - [Berger] The Marine Corps must be prepared to fight 00:34.826 --> 00:36.156 and win. 00:37.325 --> 00:39.068 (engines rumbling) 00:39.300 --> 00:41.400 Tonight, Marines around the world proudly 00:41.400 --> 00:44.200 celebrate 246 years of defending our 00:44.200 --> 00:46.160 great nation. 00:50.040 --> 00:52.262 Our warrior lineage in the battles that 00:52.262 --> 00:54.040 have been fought and won across 00:54.040 --> 00:57.260 generations have become legend. 01:01.894 --> 01:04.223 (jet engine roaring) 01:04.960 --> 01:06.213 Throughout the centuries, 01:08.315 --> 01:10.689 the Marine Corps' relentless pursuit of excellence 01:10.689 --> 01:12.562 is unchanged. 01:12.984 --> 01:14.901 (radio chatter) (gunshot) 01:16.271 --> 01:18.367 (rocket roaring and explosions) 01:21.585 --> 01:22.838 (dramatic music) 01:22.940 --> 01:25.739 We are still made from the same grit and steel, 01:25.739 --> 01:27.837 with the same moral instincts 01:27.837 --> 01:30.706 and the same unending will to fight. 01:33.340 --> 01:35.620 Marines remain physically, mentally and 01:35.620 --> 01:37.700 emotionally tough, forged in the 01:37.700 --> 01:40.060 Crucible to overcome fear and adversity. 01:40.940 --> 01:43.270 In these ways, the Corps and the 01:43.270 --> 01:45.500 lifelong faith we place in each other 01:46.140 --> 01:47.831 is proudly unchanging. 01:49.617 --> 01:51.903 - This is as close as we can get to the base of the World Trade Center. 01:51.903 --> 01:53.688 You can see the firemen assembled here, 01:53.688 --> 01:55.762 the police officers, FBI agents. 01:55.762 --> 01:57.656 And you can see the two towers. 01:57.656 --> 02:01.310 A huge explosion now raining debris on all of us. 02:01.310 --> 02:03.029 We'd better get out of the way! 02:03.029 --> 02:05.773 (sirens wailing) - [Berger] On the 11th day of September 2001, 02:05.773 --> 02:07.551 our country was attacked. 02:07.551 --> 02:10.245 - [President George W. Bush] And the people who knocked these buildings down 02:10.245 --> 02:12.564 will hear all of us soon. 02:12.564 --> 02:14.004 (air raid siren) 02:14.004 --> 02:17.418 - [Berger] Like the attack on Pearl Harbor 60 years before, 02:17.418 --> 02:19.519 that day changed everything. 02:19.519 --> 02:21.686 (gunshots) 02:22.424 --> 02:24.404 - Our Marines have fought and won in hostile places like 02:24.404 --> 02:26.525 Anbar, Sangin, 02:27.107 --> 02:28.600 Fallujah, 02:28.600 --> 02:31.236 Helmand, Mosul. 02:31.236 --> 02:34.678 We earned our reputation as an elite counterinsurgency force. 02:35.952 --> 02:37.841 But that remains only a part of who we are. 02:39.493 --> 02:41.524 - [Marine] After five days of heavy fighting, 02:41.524 --> 02:44.433 Marines raised our beloved American flag 02:44.433 --> 02:46.918 atop of Mount Suribachi. - [Marines] Oorah! 02:46.918 --> 02:48.749 (dramatic music) 02:49.210 --> 02:52.766 - [Berger] What Marines are, what Marines have always been, 02:52.766 --> 02:55.296 is amphibious warfighters. 02:55.296 --> 02:58.068 And the changing battle now requires us 02:58.068 --> 02:59.909 to return to our origins, 02:59.909 --> 03:02.252 relying on foundations built 03:02.252 --> 03:04.339 by the Marines that came before us. 03:05.561 --> 03:08.076 The Marine Corps' identity remains the same. 03:08.076 --> 03:10.096 Our infantry battalions will remain 03:10.096 --> 03:11.963 at the center of what we do, 03:11.963 --> 03:14.150 and the Marine and their rifle 03:14.150 --> 03:17.674 will continue to be one of the deadliest weapons on the battlefield. 03:18.642 --> 03:20.716 But being ready now requires us 03:20.716 --> 03:23.990 to return to the seas and shores of maritime terrain. 03:25.498 --> 03:28.543 - [Black] The history of the Marine Corps is marked by a series of paradigm shifts 03:28.543 --> 03:30.338 and this is one of them. 03:30.573 --> 03:33.329 The hard-won lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan 03:33.329 --> 03:36.340 and the blood Marines have shed there will not soon be forgotten. 03:36.340 --> 03:38.438 We're using the lessons of our past 03:38.438 --> 03:40.810 combined with the weapons of the future to reimagine 03:40.810 --> 03:42.625 our warfighting capabilities through continuous 03:42.625 --> 03:45.033 adaptation and experimentation. 03:45.959 --> 03:48.047 - [Berger] Marines around the globe, 03:48.047 --> 03:49.687 Marines like you, 03:49.687 --> 03:52.111 are a vital part of this effort. 03:52.111 --> 03:54.711 Your ideas, your feedback, 03:54.711 --> 03:57.958 will be key to moving the Marine Corps into the future 03:57.958 --> 04:00.081 and ensure that we will continue our 04:00.081 --> 04:02.289 legacy of winning battles. 04:03.183 --> 04:05.186 - [Black] And to the Marines who have served our nation 04:05.186 --> 04:07.633 and returned home to continue to fight and win battles 04:07.633 --> 04:10.718 of a different kind in their own communities, we thank you. 04:11.735 --> 04:13.489 - [Berger] As Marine brothers and sisters, 04:13.489 --> 04:15.696 semper fidelis is a pledge 04:15.696 --> 04:17.719 that we promise to live by. 04:18.627 --> 04:20.475 The work of our Marine veterans 04:20.475 --> 04:22.663 is a living testament to the faith 04:22.663 --> 04:24.396 Marines keep with each other, 04:24.396 --> 04:25.976 with our Corps, 04:25.976 --> 04:27.988 and with our country. 04:28.527 --> 04:30.208 (dramatic music) 04:31.272 --> 04:34.546 The next generation of Marines may operate differently 04:34.546 --> 04:36.996 and in different places than the Marines who wear 04:36.996 --> 04:38.951 the eagle, globe and anchor today, 04:38.951 --> 04:41.744 but they will join a long and proud 04:41.744 --> 04:43.580 heritage of Marine fighters who have 04:43.580 --> 04:45.512 never turned from a threat, 04:45.512 --> 04:47.452 never turned from an enemy. 04:48.706 --> 04:50.483 We will always remain most ready 04:50.483 --> 04:52.642 when our nation is least ready, 04:52.642 --> 04:54.859 because we must protect our shores 04:54.859 --> 04:57.204 and we must protect our citizens. 04:58.832 --> 05:00.596 It's still going to be the Marines 05:00.596 --> 05:02.597 who defend this nation. 05:03.975 --> 05:06.736 - [Both] Semper fidelis and happy birthday, Marines.