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THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, RAY MAYBUS, SPOKE AT THE FORT MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND
SHRINE, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE WAR OF 1812.
THE SECNAV SHARED HIS THOUGHTS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR AND HOW IT HELPED TO FORM THE NATION.
"OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BRITAIN AND WITH CANADA HAVE CHANGED AND OUR NAVY HAS CHANGED AS WELL.
THE MISSION OF OUR FLEET HAS EXPANDED AND GROWN EXPONENTIALLY MORE COMPLEX."
THE SECRETARY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT EVEN AFTER 200 YEARS, SOME THINGS REMAIN THE SAME.
"BECAUSE ONE THING THAT HAS NOT CHANGED OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS, THE COURAGE, THE COMMITMENT,
THE DEDICATION OF OUR SAILORS, OUR MARINES, AND ALL OUR MILITARY."
FROM WASHINGTON, I'M PETTY OFFICER SHANNON BURNS.