Navy Speakers' Bureau

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Latest Additions

• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the Navy Cross Presentation honoring Cpl Yale and LCpl Haerter, 20 Feb 2009
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Commissioning Ceremony, 10 Jan 2009
• SecNav Winter's Farewell Remarks, 23 Jan 2009
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at USS Freedom Commissioning Ceremony, 8 Nov 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the Columbus Citizens Foundation Gala, 11 Oct 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the 1,000th Trident Submarine Patrol, 19 Feb 09
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Statue Dedication Ceremony, 31 Oct 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the 100th Anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, USS Nassau, 12 Oct 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the Medal of Honor Visions of Valor Ceremony, 15 Dec 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at Navy SEAL Warrior Fund Dinner, 29 Oct 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at the Navy Birthday Ball, 25 Oct 2008
• SecNav Winter's Remarks at USS Independence's Christening, 4 Oct 2008
• SECNAV Winter's Remarks at USS George Washington's Arrival Ceremony, 25 Sep 2008
• Remarks by RDML Messerschmidt at the Returning Warrior Workshop, Destin, FL, 8 Dec 2008
• 2008 Navy Birthday Speech
• Remarks by RDML Lothrop Little at NROTC Graduation, University of Colorado - Boulder, 9 July 2008
• Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter's Remarks at the Commissioning Ceremony of USS STERETT, 9 August 2008, Baltimore, MD.
• SECNAV -- NNOA 25July08
• SECNAV remarks at International Seapower Symposium 18 October 2007
• VADM Morgan Germany Speech 18 October 2007
• Admiral Gary Roughead International Seapower Symposium 17 October 2007
• VCNO Patrick Walsh, Lone Sailor Awards Dinner Remarks, 29 Oct 2007
• Speech VADM Venlet Battle of Midway 2007
• RADM David J. Venlet, Marine Corps Birthday Ball, 11NOV2006
• Rear Admiral Blackwood, Navy Birthday Ball NWSC Charleston, 21OCT2006
• Rear Admiral Boensel, Ombudsmen Appreciation Luncheon, 27JULY2006
• Rear Admiral Boensel, VS-41 Disestablishment Ceremony, 27JULY2006
• Remarks by CAPT Matthew Schellhorn, Chief of Staff, Navy Region Southeast, Naval Station Pascagoula Disestablishment Ceremony, NAVSTA Pascagoula, 9/29/06 - received 24 October 2006
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J. F. Kilkenny, at RTC Graduation Remarks, RTC Great Lakes, Ill., 25 August 2006 - received 18 September 2006
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J. F. Kilkenny, at USS Harry S. Truman Change of Command, NAS Oceana, Va., 28 July 2006 - received 18 September 2006
• Remarks by Rear Admiral Boensel, at CNRSE Sailor of the Year award, 15 Feburary 2006 - received 15 June 2006
• Remarks by Rear Admiral David A. Gove, Navy Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) Graduation, 24 February 2006 - received March 2006
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J.L. Fowler, Change of Command Region North, American Legion Post #1450, Clifton Park, N.Y., 21 July 2005 - received March 2006
• "Shipmates! Welcome aboard the United States Navy! ", Speech by Rear Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, USN, RTC Graduation Remarks, Great Lakes, Illinois, 25 January 2006
• Edited Remarks as delivered by Adm. Mike Mullen, Surface Navy Association National Symposium, Hyatt Regency, Arlington, Va., 10 January 2006
• Edited Remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen, 64th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 2005
• Military Family Appreciation Month, message from General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — posted 11/29/05
• 2005 Marine Corps Birthday, message from General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — posted 11/9/05

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All Hands Call
• Remarks of the Acting Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, at the All Hands Call, Naval Base Rota, Rota, Spain, 8/5/03

Award Ceremony

• Remarks by Rear Admiral Boensel, at CNRSE Sailor of the Year award, 2/15/06
• Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy, Presentation of Fisher Award to SECDEF, Arlington, Va., 1/11/01
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award Presentation to Dr. Timothy Coffey, Director of Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., 8/24/00

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Change of Command Ceremonies/Farewell Address


• Portsmouth Change of Command 11/25/07
• Surgeon General Change of Office Remarks.doc 8/27/07
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J. F. Kilkenny, at USS Harry S. Truman Change of Command, NAS Oceana, Va., 7/28/06
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J.L. Fowler, Change of Command Region North, American Legion Post #1450, Clifton Park, N.Y., 7/21/05
• The Honorable Gordon R. England's Farewell Message from the Seventy-Second Secretary of the Navy, 1/22/03
• Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy, Farewell Address, 1/19/01
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Farewell ceremony in honor of the Honorable Jerry Hultin, Under Secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., 7/14/00

Dedications/Ribbon cutting

• Remarks of RADM Roger T. Nolan at Landry Stadium rededication, Amesbury Mass., 6/29/02
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Captain Joe Taussig Memorial Dedication Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., 5/30/00
• Rear Adm. Konetzni, Remarks at the Darter/Dace Dedication Ceremony, 5/27/00
• Rear Adm. John W. Townes, III, Opening for Waikiki Aquarium Learning Center 3/17/00

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Graduation/Commencement Ceremonies


• Remarks by RDML Lothrop Little at NROTC Graduation, University of Colorado - Boulder, 9 July 2008
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J. F. Kilkenny, at RTC Graduation Remarks, RTC Great Lakes, Ill., 8/25/06
• Remarks by Rear Admiral J. F. Kilkenny, at USS Harry S. Truman Change of Command, NAS Oceana, Va., 28 July 2006 - received 18 September 2006
• Remarks by Rear Admiral David A. Gove, Navy Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) Graduation, 2/24/06
• "Shipmates! Welcome aboard the United States Navy! ", Speech by Rear Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, USN, RTC Graduation Remarks, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1/25/06
• "Graduates! This is your day!!!", Speech given by Rear Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, RTC Graduation, Great Lakes, Illinois, 8/19/05
• RADM Roger T. Nolan, Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Warfare Requirements and Programs N6/7R, Senior Enlisted Academy Graduation Ceremony, held at Newport RI, 12/11/03
• Navy Seaman Anthony McCarty at the graduation of the US Navy's Information Specialist (IS) "A" Class 90, 5/31/02

Korean War Commemorations


• Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, remarks at the Korean War Commemoration of the Role of the Sea Services, Camp Lejeune, N.C., 4/11/02

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Lone Sailor Ceremonies


• VCNO Patrick Walsh, Lone Sailor Awards Dinner Remarks, 29 Oct 2007

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Maritime Strategy


• SECNAV remarks at International Seapower Symposium 18 October 2007
• VADM Morgan Germany Speech 18 October 2007
• Admiral Gary Roughead International Seapower Symposium 17 October 2007
• VADM Morgan IFPA luncheon address

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Memorials — Also see our September 11th Remembrance speeches

• Readiness is the Best Remembrance, Presented by Captain Bruce A. Cole, Director, Navy Office of Information Midwest, during the Hammond Rotary Pearl Harbor Commemoration at the Dynasty Banquet Center, Hammond, IN on 12/6/02 [Shortened version given at Pearl Harbor Commemoration, Peru, IL, 12/7/02]
• Prepared speech for Captain Gavin D. Lowder to be given during Rear Adm. Leslie E. Gehres Memorial Dedication Ceremony, Newark, New Jersey, 9/28/02
• Speech given by Captain Bruce A. Cole, Director, Navy Office of Information Midwest, Waukegan Exchange Club, September 11 Commemoration Ceremony, Bonnie Brook Golf Club, Waukegan, IL, 9/11/02
• Benediction given by Rear Adm Barry C. Black, Chief of Navy Chaplains, September 11th Remembrance ceremony , Pentagon, 9/11/02
• Secretary's Message - Never Forget 11 September
• Former Command Master Chief USS Cole, HMCM(SW/AW/FMF) James G. Parlier, USS Cole One Anniversary statement, 10/12/01
• Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, Memorial Service in Remembrance of Those Lost on September 11th, Pentagon, Arlington, Va., 10/11/01
• Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy, USS Cole Memorial Service, Norfolk, Va., 10/18/00
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Memorial Service for Marines Lost in the MV-22 Osprey Mishap on April 8, 2000, Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md., 4/13/00
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Miscellaneous

• VADM John Harvey, Address at the Last OCS Graduation Ceremony, Pensacola, FL, 21 Sep 2007
• Edited Remarks as delivered by Adm. Mike Mullen, Surface Navy Association National Symposium, Hyatt Regency, Arlington, Va., 1/10/06
• Military Family Appreciation Month, message from General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — posted 11/29/05
• "Importance of the Navy ROTC program", Speech given by Rear Adm. J. L. Fowler, USN, NROTC Villanova University, 2005 Spring Review, 4/26/05 [891 words] — posted 7/22/05
• "How the Navy Builds a Sailor", Remarks delivered by NAVAIR Weapons Division Commander Rear Adm. David J. Venlet, Annual Navy League Bluejacket Awards Dinner, 3/15/03 [860 words] — modify as needed, posted 2/2/05
• Opening remarks by Rear Adm. John M. Stewart, Jr. United States Naval Reserve, Commander, Naval Reserve Region Southeast, Deputy Commander, Navy Personnel Command, Director, Individual Augmentation and Mobilization (OPNAV N3/N5) at NMCB-14 Press Conference, NAS Jacksonville, Fla., 5/5/04
• Message to the Sailors and Marines of the Department of the Navy from the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, In Remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001 — 9/11/03
• Preparing for Supporting the Fleet, Presented by Captain Bruce A. Cole, Director, Navy Office of Information Midwest, during the Reserve PAO VTC, 11/16/02 (PowerPoint Slide presentation - 281KB)
• Remarks of RADM Nolan at the welcome home ceremony for MIUW 202 and IBU 21, Newport RI, 9/4/02
• Student and Faculty Call — remarks by Adm. Vern Clark, CNO, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, Calif., 2/11/02
• CNO's "Top Five" Priorities for the Navy. All quotations in this document were made by Admiral Clark since becoming CNO on July 21, 2000.
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Commemoration of the Korean War's Chosin-Hungnam Operation of 1950, Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C., 12/12/00
• Rear Adm. Al Harms, Midway Island Commemoration Ceremony, 6/4/00
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, All Hands Call aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan, 4/4/00

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Navy and Marine Corps Birthdays Message


• 2008 Navy Birthday Speech
• SecNav's Navy Birthday Message 2007
• CNO's Navy Birthday Message 2007
• RADM David J. Venlet, Marine Corps Birthday Ball, 11NOV2006
• 2005 Marine Corps Birthday, message from General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — posted 11/9/05
• Navy 229th Birthday Speech for October 13th [2,582 words], 8/17/04
• Speech to be used in celebration of the Navy Reserve's Birthday on August 19th [2,271 words], 8/13/04
• A message to the men and women of the U.S. Navy from the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, on the occasion of the Navy's 228th birthday celebration, 10/10/03
• A message to the men and women of the U.S. Navy from General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the occasion of the Navy's 228th birthday celebration, 10/10/03
• A message to the men and women of the United States Navy from the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vern Clark on the occasion of the Navy's 228th birthday celebration, 10/9/03
• Marine Corps Birthday Message 2001, Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, 11/01

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Pearl Harbor Commemorations


• Edited Remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen, 64th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 12/7/05
• "Pearl Harbor Lives Through You", Remarks delivered by NAVAIR Weapons Division Commander Rear Adm. David J. Venlet, Pearl Harbor Survivors Breakfast, 12/4/03 [1,148 words] — modify as needed, posted 2/2/05
• Readiness is the Best Remembrance, Presented by Captain Bruce A. Cole, Director, Navy Office of Information Midwest, during the Hammond Rotary Pearl Harbor Commemoration at the Dynasty Banquet Center, Hammond, IN on 12/6/02 [Shortened version given at Pearl Harbor Commemoration, Peru, IL, 12/7/02]
• Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense, 50th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Ceremonies, 12/5/91
• George H. Bush, President, 50th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Ceremonies, 12/7/91
• Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, 50th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Ceremonies, 12/7/91

Retirement Ceremonies


• "VADM Venlet's Remarks at the Retirement Ceremony of Ms. Karen Holcomb (SES NAVAIR), 06/27/07."
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Admiral Don Pilling (VCNO) Retirement Ceremony, Memorial Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 10/6/00
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn Retirement Ceremony, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., 8/22/00

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Ship/Command Ceremonies


Christenings
• Remarks of the Acting Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, at the James E. Williams Christening, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., 6/28/03
• President George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Christening, Newport News, Virginia, 3/4/01

Commissionings

• Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter's Remarks at the Commissioning Ceremony of USS STERETT, 9 August 2008, Baltimore, MD
• Remarks of the Acting Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, at the Ronald Reagan Commissioning Ceremony, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Va., 7/12/03
• Captain J. W. Goodwin, Commanding Officer, remarks at Commissioning Ceremony of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Norfolk, Virginia, 7/12/03

Decommissionings/Deactivations/Disestablishments/Inactivation

• Remarks by CAPT Matthew Schellhorn, Chief of Staff, Navy Region Southeast, Naval Station Pascagoula Disestablishment Ceremony, NAVSTA Pascagoula, 9/29/06 - received 24 October 2006
• Rear Adm. Konetzni, Remarks at the USS Hawkbill Inactivation, 8/27/99
• Rear Adm. William G. Sutton, USS Ingersoll Decommissioning 7/24/98
• Rear Adm. Ellis, USS Indianapolis Deactivation, 2/17/98

Naming

• Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy, Naming of DDG 94 USS NITZE, Pentagon, Va., 1/10/01
• Richard Danzig, SECNAV, Naming of Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark University, Portland, Ore., 10/27/00

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