WEBVTT 00:05.119 --> 00:08.829 March on the colors . Welcome to the 00:08.840 --> 00:10.909 Chase of Charge . The ceremony where 00:10.920 --> 00:13.239 command master Chief Chris Ravana will 00:13.250 --> 00:15.472 relinquish his post to command . Master 00:15.472 --> 00:16.583 Chief John C Beck . 00:24.559 --> 00:27.280 Today's imple thematic passing of the 00:27.290 --> 00:29.739 cutlass signifies the transfer of this 00:29.750 --> 00:31.917 sacred trust from one command , master 00:31.917 --> 00:35.880 chief to another front , chief of naval 00:35.889 --> 00:38.310 personnel . Two command master chief , 00:38.319 --> 00:40.854 Chris Robot , you stand relieved of 00:40.865 --> 00:43.095 your duties as command master chief to 00:43.104 --> 00:45.395 Marine Expeditionary force from 00:45.404 --> 00:47.974 commander navy personnel command to 00:47.985 --> 00:50.544 command master chief John C Beck . You 00:50.555 --> 00:52.555 are appointed the duties of command 00:52.555 --> 00:54.611 master chief to marine expeditionary 00:54.611 --> 00:55.611 force . 01:02.330 --> 01:04.219 So you know where my head was . I 01:04.219 --> 01:07.209 literally had about 1000 things going 01:07.220 --> 01:09.709 through my head , everything from pit 01:09.720 --> 01:13.010 stops at Bucky's and driving . And I'm 01:13.019 --> 01:14.963 like , I cannot believe that these 01:14.963 --> 01:17.839 ceremonies are so quick when they're so 01:17.849 --> 01:20.239 powerful . I mean a powerful 01:20.250 --> 01:22.650 representation in a very short period 01:22.660 --> 01:25.889 of time , uh very intimate uh uh 01:25.900 --> 01:28.122 relationship with , with master chief . 01:28.300 --> 01:30.411 I appreciate those small moments that 01:30.411 --> 01:34.290 we had where you injected your opinion , 01:34.629 --> 01:37.559 your leadership and your council to me 01:37.650 --> 01:40.849 and it was in back . Thank you on 01:40.860 --> 01:43.849 behalf of so many sailors and marines 01:43.860 --> 01:47.800 of two e across 35,000 marines 01:47.809 --> 01:50.069 and sailors . Thank you and Master 01:50.120 --> 01:52.342 Chief Beck and , and Carter . Welcome . 01:52.519 --> 01:56.180 Um Wow . Really is kind of neat when 01:56.190 --> 01:59.529 you get an opportunity to see from afar , 01:59.739 --> 02:02.089 a master chief in action and one of our 02:02.099 --> 02:05.139 MS ES and go , oh , holy cow . This guy 02:05.150 --> 02:08.309 is just on fire and was absolutely the 02:08.320 --> 02:10.431 right guy to take , uh , master chief 02:10.440 --> 02:12.589 of honest spot . And , you know , you 02:12.600 --> 02:15.759 come with a great background , uh , all 02:15.770 --> 02:17.714 through your career . I'm a little 02:17.714 --> 02:19.659 biased here . CB . So I'm a little 02:19.659 --> 02:21.770 biased here . But , uh , you , you've 02:21.770 --> 02:23.881 hit all those FMF tours , you got big 02:23.881 --> 02:25.992 shoes to fill . But before I tell you 02:25.992 --> 02:28.048 what , we're super excited for you , 02:28.048 --> 02:29.937 call to show up here and really , 02:29.937 --> 02:32.159 really appreciate you . And thank you , 02:32.159 --> 02:34.520 General Aan , you know , um I've worked 02:34.529 --> 02:36.919 for 11 general officers , but , you 02:36.929 --> 02:39.940 know , in my time , uh around the mess 02:40.149 --> 02:42.260 and I just want to say , you know , I 02:42.260 --> 02:44.316 am honored to have served with you . 02:44.316 --> 02:46.482 Thank you all when I walk through your 02:46.482 --> 02:48.538 G shops and I'm interacting with you 02:48.538 --> 02:50.482 and your marines . It , it is very 02:50.482 --> 02:52.593 special to me that , you know , uh uh 02:52.593 --> 02:54.705 we have that , that camaraderie and , 02:54.705 --> 02:56.816 and we know what it takes to get this 02:56.816 --> 03:00.369 mag TF going brother . Thank you for , 03:00.380 --> 03:02.491 uh , you know , having the courage to 03:02.491 --> 03:04.713 step up and , uh , take this position . 03:04.713 --> 03:06.658 Uh , we kept it in the formation . 03:06.658 --> 03:08.880 You're gonna do great things and I look 03:08.880 --> 03:10.936 forward to , uh , um , you know what 03:10.936 --> 03:13.210 you're gonna do . You know , there's a 03:13.220 --> 03:16.619 story that I share when it comes to how 03:16.630 --> 03:18.690 important families are . You know , 03:18.699 --> 03:20.810 when King Leonidas , the Spartan King 03:20.810 --> 03:22.921 had to pick 300 warriors to fight the 03:22.921 --> 03:25.143 Persians . You know , back in the day , 03:25.143 --> 03:27.210 people asked , how , how did he pick 03:27.220 --> 03:29.250 those 300 warriors ? You know , and 03:29.259 --> 03:32.089 some uh historic historians argue , 03:32.360 --> 03:34.416 they say , you know , what he picked 03:34.416 --> 03:36.638 them based on their prowess in combat . 03:36.638 --> 03:38.860 And people say no , because some of the 03:38.860 --> 03:40.749 uh warriors that he picked had no 03:40.749 --> 03:42.804 combat experience . But there's a uh 03:42.804 --> 03:45.184 author by the name of ST Steven Prestel . 03:45.195 --> 03:47.251 He wrote a book called Gates of Fire 03:47.251 --> 03:49.417 and , and he makes a very good point . 03:49.417 --> 03:51.473 He said , King Leonidas picked those 03:51.473 --> 03:53.654 300 warriors based on the strength of 03:53.664 --> 03:56.304 their families because he knew that the 03:56.315 --> 03:58.482 sacrifice that they were getting ready 03:58.482 --> 04:00.537 to make . All right , those families 04:00.537 --> 04:02.704 are gonna have to be the ones that are 04:02.704 --> 04:04.815 gonna have to take that sacrifice and 04:04.815 --> 04:07.037 set the example for the rest of part of 04:07.037 --> 04:08.982 in order for them to be victorious 04:08.982 --> 04:11.570 later on which they were um uh when 04:11.580 --> 04:13.747 they fought the Persians later on . So 04:13.747 --> 04:15.913 that's what I think about when I think 04:15.913 --> 04:18.080 of the spouses and when I think of the 04:18.080 --> 04:20.191 families , I think about , you know , 04:20.191 --> 04:22.358 the , the integrity , you know , the , 04:22.358 --> 04:24.247 the love and the support that the 04:24.247 --> 04:26.191 spouses provide because that's the 04:26.191 --> 04:28.269 bedrock of our organization when it 04:28.279 --> 04:30.880 comes to what we are able to do . Let 04:30.890 --> 04:33.001 me tell you something . I've always , 04:33.001 --> 04:35.001 you know , smile , I get it from my 04:35.001 --> 04:37.057 parents . If you look at my pictures 04:37.057 --> 04:39.168 that , you know , are in my program , 04:39.168 --> 04:41.168 there's only a couple where I'm not 04:41.168 --> 04:43.223 smiling , especially in combat . And 04:43.223 --> 04:45.223 I've had people ask me like , man , 04:45.223 --> 04:45.154 you're always smiling in combat . You 04:45.165 --> 04:47.332 know why ? Because I'm exactly where I 04:47.332 --> 04:50.095 wanna be and I'm exactly uh with who I 04:50.105 --> 04:52.434 wanna be . Ok . So let me tell you 04:52.445 --> 04:54.556 something . Although I had that happy 04:54.556 --> 04:58.424 heart and my heart was full . My heart 04:58.434 --> 05:01.410 wasn't whole , ok . It wasn't whole 05:01.420 --> 05:04.200 until I met Suzanne . You can fight 05:04.209 --> 05:06.470 with a happy heart , you can have a 05:06.480 --> 05:08.424 full heart , but there's just some 05:08.424 --> 05:10.459 people in your life that make your 05:10.470 --> 05:12.526 heart whole . And I just wanna say , 05:12.526 --> 05:14.748 baby , thank you for making uh my heart 05:14.748 --> 05:16.709 whole . And um , you know , I look 05:16.720 --> 05:19.200 forward to join you in retirement . My 05:19.209 --> 05:21.431 dad in retirement . I think we're gonna 05:21.431 --> 05:22.931 have a navy nursing home . 05:25.109 --> 05:27.899 Yeah , the two threat , crazy freaks , 05:27.910 --> 05:31.299 bulldogs . But to the team , thank you 05:31.309 --> 05:34.559 very much . God bless you always be 05:34.570 --> 05:36.179 hard to kill . Thank you . 05:38.970 --> 05:42.070 And so as I step into this role , once 05:42.079 --> 05:44.489 again , um , it is not lost on me , the , 05:44.500 --> 05:46.649 the shoes that I will have to attempt 05:46.660 --> 05:48.799 to fill . Um I will give it my all I 05:48.809 --> 05:51.031 will , I will work hard not to let your 05:51.031 --> 05:53.390 reputation down , um that you and um , 05:53.399 --> 05:55.750 you and Suzanne your entire family , 05:55.760 --> 05:57.790 your son . Um I appreciate all the 05:57.799 --> 05:59.855 service that you've done . Thank you 05:59.855 --> 06:01.966 for . Thank you . Thank you very much 06:01.966 --> 06:04.021 General Sergeant Major teammates . I 06:04.021 --> 06:06.243 will promise you , I guarantee you that 06:06.243 --> 06:08.188 every day I'll come to work with a 06:08.188 --> 06:10.410 happy heart . I'll roll my sleeves up , 06:10.410 --> 06:12.466 get ready to do the yeoman's work of 06:12.466 --> 06:14.577 the me f um and I am here to serve on 06:14.577 --> 06:16.410 behalf of you . I appreciate the 06:16.410 --> 06:18.410 opportunity , sir . Teammates . I'm 06:18.410 --> 06:20.466 ready to get to work . Thank you for 06:20.466 --> 06:23.570 having me . Ladies and gentlemen , this 06:23.579 --> 06:25.809 concludes today's ceremony on behalf of 06:25.820 --> 06:29.010 the commanding general Kimber and thank 06:29.019 --> 06:29.890 you for your attendance .