Remarks by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, addresses the crowd on the 2025 Concert.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, delivers his address to members of the military and their families. The 2025 National Memorial Day Concert aired Sunday, May 25, 2025 on PBS.
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Remarks by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, delivers his address to members of the military and their families. The 2025 National Memorial Day Concert aired Sunday, May 25, 2025 on PBS.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship-And now it is our honor to introduce the distinguished Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Please welcome General Dan Caine.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Ladies and gentlemen, on this beautiful evening, would you join me in a round of applause for the people who put this event on tonight?
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ This is an extraordinary evening.
And tonight we, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stand before you with a heart full of gratitude for our fallen and their families.
More than one million Americans have paid the ultimate price in service to this great nation.
To us, they were Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Guardians, and Coast Guardsmen.
Our brothers and sisters in arms.
Names like Zerbe, Nick... Manion, Looney, Check... and so many others that the Joint Chiefs and I love dearly.
To their families, they were a loved one... now symbolized by a folded flag.
Children who knew their parent only through stories.
Parents who carried the unbearable weight of burying their child.
Memorial Day is a day of mourning, remembrance, and most of all, gratitude.
Gratitude for the peace we inherit from those who stepped forward into the breach oftentimes at staggering costs.
Gratitude for the lives given for liberty and democracy.
The gift of a great American example.
Our fallen and their families show us every day what real courage is like.
To the joint force, they are all heroes.
We strive to be worthy of what they gave, to live a life of service worthy of their sacrifice.
On behalf of 2.8 million men and women who proudly serve today, may we remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and their families who soldier on.
God bless our fallen and their families.
May we never forget.
God bless those currently deployed protecting us back home and their families.
And may God bless the United States of America.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪
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Clip: S2025 | 2m 54s | Yolanda Adams performs "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert. (2m 54s)
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Clip: S2025 | 2m 56s | Esai Morales presents a tribute for the 75th anniversary of the Korean War on the 2025 Concert. (2m 56s)
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Clip: S2025 | 1m 59s | Angel Blue performs the national anthem on the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert. (1m 59s)
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Scotty Hasting Performs "I'm America"
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