WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:02.373 - [Man on Radio] All right, 1-3, we're right behind you 00:02.373 --> 00:05.420 about one mile (static)- - [General David H. Berger] When our 00:05.420 --> 00:06.360 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 --> 00:28.440 place tonight off the coast. About 250 00:28.440 --> 00:32.100 Marines- - [Berger] The Marine Corps must be 00:32.100 --> 00:35.500 prepared to fight 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 --> 01:08.610 Throughout the centuries, the Marine Corps' 01:08.610 --> 01:11.320 relentless pursuit of excellence is 01:11.320 --> 01:14.460 unchanged. 01:16.816 --> 01:19.170 (rocket roaring and explosions) 01:21.585 --> 01:22.838 (dramatic music) 01:22.940 --> 01:24.718 We are still made from the same 01:24.718 --> 01:27.080 grit and steel, with the same moral 01:27.080 --> 01:29.810 instincts and the same unending will 01:29.810 --> 01:32.640 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 --> 01:49.970 is proudly unchanging. - This is as close as 01:49.970 --> 01:51.970 we can get to the base of the World 01:51.970 --> 01:54.137 Trade Center. You can see the firemen 01:54.137 --> 01:56.303 assembled here, the police officers, 01:56.303 --> 02:01.484 FBI agents. You can see the two towers, a huge explosion now raining debris on all of us. 02:01.484 --> 02:02.849 We'd better get out of the way! 02:03.556 --> 02:06.280 (sirens wailing) - [Berger] On the 11th day of September 2001, our country 02:06.280 --> 02:07.580 was attacked. 02:07.604 --> 02:10.310 - [President George W. Bush] And the people who knocked these buildings down 02:10.310 --> 02:12.937 will hear all of us soon. 02:13.840 --> 02:16.330 - [Berger] Like the attack on Pearl Harbor 60 02:16.330 --> 02:18.800 years before, that day changed 02:18.800 --> 02:22.750 everything. (gunshots) 02:22.750 --> 02:24.861 - Our Marines have fought and won in hostile places like 02:24.861 --> 02:28.240 Anbar, Sangin, Fallujah, 02:28.280 --> 02:32.220 Helmand, Mosul. We earned 02:32.220 --> 02:33.720 our reputation as an elite 02:33.720 --> 02:36.120 counterinsurgency force. But that 02:36.120 --> 02:38.210 remains only a part of who we are. 02:39.920 --> 02:43.120 - [Marine] After five days of heavy fighting, Marines raised 02:43.120 --> 02:45.342 our beloved American flag atop of Mount Suribachi. 02:45.342 --> 02:49.200 - [Marines] Oorah! (dramatic music) 02:49.210 --> 02:52.140 - [Berger] What Marines are, what Marines have always 02:52.150 --> 02:55.660 been, is amphibious warfighters. And 02:55.660 --> 02:57.980 the changing battle now requires us to 02:57.980 --> 03:00.540 return to our origins, relying on 03:00.540 --> 03:03.000 foundations built by the Marines that 03:03.010 --> 03:05.750 came before us. The Marine 03:05.750 --> 03:08.440 Corps' identity remains the same. Our 03:08.450 --> 03:10.617 infantry battalions will remain at the 03:10.617 --> 03:12.830 center of what we do and the Marine 03:12.960 --> 03:15.480 and their rifle will continue to be one 03:15.480 --> 03:17.258 of the deadliest weapons on the 03:17.258 --> 03:19.790 battlefield. But being ready now 03:19.790 --> 03:21.930 requires us to return to the seas and 03:21.930 --> 03:25.550 shores of maritime terrain. 03:25.550 --> 03:27.661 - [Black] The history of the Marine Corps is marked 03:27.661 --> 03:29.883 by a series of paradigm shifts and this 03:29.883 --> 03:31.994 is one of them. The hard-won lessons 03:31.994 --> 03:34.106 of Iraq and Afghanistan and the blood 03:34.106 --> 03:36.217 Marines have shed there will not soon 03:36.217 --> 03:38.383 be forgotten. We're using the lessons 03:38.383 --> 03:40.494 of our past combined with the weapons 03:40.494 --> 03:42.328 of the future to reimagine our 03:42.328 --> 03:45.280 warfighting capabilities through continuous adaptation and experimentation. 03:45.280 --> 03:50.588 - [Berger] Marines around the globe, Marines like you, are a vital 03:50.670 --> 03:53.900 part of this effort. Your ideas, your 03:53.900 --> 03:56.230 feedback will be key to moving the 03:56.230 --> 03:58.750 Marine Corps into the future and ensure 03:58.750 --> 04:01.140 that we will continue our legacy of 04:01.140 --> 04:03.980 winning battles. - [Black] And to the Marines who 04:03.980 --> 04:06.147 have served our nation and returned home 04:06.147 --> 04:08.369 to continue to fight and win battles of 04:08.369 --> 04:10.036 a different kind in their own 04:10.036 --> 04:12.240 communities, we thank you. - [Berger] As Marine 04:12.240 --> 04:14.760 brothers and sisters, semper fidelis 04:14.770 --> 04:17.260 is a pledge that we promise to live by. 04:18.540 --> 04:20.680 The work of our Marine veterans is a 04:20.690 --> 04:23.010 living testament to the faith Marines 04:23.020 --> 04:26.580 keep with each other, with our Corps, and 04:26.580 --> 04:29.660 with our country. 04:29.753 --> 04:30.769 (dramatic music) 04:31.240 --> 04:33.400 The next generation of Marines may 04:33.400 --> 04:35.456 operate differently and in different 04:35.456 --> 04:37.511 places than the Marines who wear the 04:37.511 --> 04:39.970 eagle, globe and anchor today, but they 04:39.970 --> 04:42.150 will join a long and proud heritage of 04:42.150 --> 04:44.330 Marine fighters who have never turned 04:44.340 --> 04:46.650 from a threat, never turned from an 04:46.650 --> 04:49.930 enemy. We will always remain most 04:49.930 --> 04:52.260 ready when our nation is least ready 04:52.740 --> 04:54.907 because we must protect our shores and 04:54.907 --> 04:56.900 we must protect our citizens. 04:58.740 --> 05:00.907 It's still going to be the Marines who 05:00.907 --> 05:04.860 defend this nation. - [Both] Semper fidelis 05:05.040 --> 05:06.460 and happy birthday, Marines.