“Why Being There Matters”
On our planet, more than 70 percent of which is covered by water, being
there means having the ability to act from the sea. The Navy is uniquely
positioned to be there; the world’s oceans give the Navy the power to
protect America’s interests anywhere, and at any time. Your Navy protects
and defends America on the world’s oceans. Navy ships, submarines, aircraft
and, most importantly, tens of thousands of America’s finest young men and
women are deployed around the world doing just that. They are there now.
They will be there when we are sleeping tonight. They will be there every
Saturday, Sunday and holiday this year. They are there around the clock,
far from our shores, defending America at all times.
Thank you very much for your support of the men and women in U.S. Navy,
deployed around the clock and ready to protect and defend America on the
world’s oceans.
Very respectfully,
MCSN Jamal McNeill
ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 22, 2015) — Lt.j.g. Taylor Coker, from Hoover, Ala.,
monitors the speed and course of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort
McHenry (LSD 43) prior to an underway replenishment. Fort McHenry is a part
of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and, with the embarked 24th
Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security
operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet
area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd
Class Adam Austin/Released)
