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00:00:00COMMISSION.
00:00:02I'LL STOP THERE.
00:00:04THERE'S A LOT MORE BUT YOU CAN
00:00:07SEE IT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
00:00:09>> OKAY, NEXT, SHELLY IS IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA. WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION.
00:00:14GO AHEAD
00:00:18CALLER: SHELLY IN SPRINGFIELD,
00:00:23VIRGINIA CALLER: YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
00:00:26>> WE CAN. TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL WORK
00:00:29FORCE CALLER: I WAS ONE OF THE
00:00:31EMPLOYEES THAT WAS VICTIM TO THE
00:00:36DOGE CUTS LAST YEAR. I WORKED IN THE FEDERAL
00:00:40GOVERNMENT SINCE 1987 UNTIL MY
00:00:43LAST DAY, AUGUST 1, 2025.
00:00:46BUT MY LAST DAY WASN'T BECAUSE OF EFFICIENCIES OR PEOPLE WHO
00:00:50KNEED TO GO BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DOING THEIR JOB.
00:00:53MY UNIT WAS HIGHLY RATED. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AND
00:00:57FUNCTIONAL. THEY MADE RANDOM CUTS AND THEY
00:01:00DECIDED THEY DIDN'T NEED
00:01:04STATISTICS ANYMORE. AND I WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL AYENNSY THAT WAS GUTTED,
00:01:07ABSOLUTELY GUTTED BY 97%.
00:01:09AND THEY SLOWLY TRIED TO RETIRE SOME PEOPLE BACK.
00:01:13AND BECAUSE OF MY AGE, I'M JUST RETIRED NOW.
00:01:15I PROBABLY WON'T WORK AGAIN FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
00:01:19NOT AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:01:23BUT -- >> YOU CAN WANT WATCHING THIS PROGRAM IF YOU GO TO C-SPAN.ORG. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU LIVE NOW
00:01:27TO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS
00:01:30BARRACKS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
00:01:32FOR THE FINAL PARADE OF THE SUMMER SEASON.
00:01:35>> THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND.
00:01:38THE ROOTS BACK TO 1898 WHEN THEY
00:01:45ISSUED 32 DRUMMERS.
00:01:48TODAY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 140
00:01:52MEMBERS PROUDLY CARRYING OUT THE
00:01:54MISSION OF PROVIDING MUSIC FOR
00:01:56THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
00:01:58STATES AND THE COMMANDANTS OF
00:02:02THE U.S. MARINE CORPS.
00:02:04THE BAND WILL OPEN WITH A MARCH
00:02:07BY CARL L. KING ENTITLED
00:02:16"INVICTUS."
00:02:17♪♪
00:03:09♪♪
00:04:15[APPLAUSE]
00:04:27>> THE MOST FAMOUS DIRECTOR OF
00:04:31THE MARINE DAND WAS JOHN PHILIP
00:04:36SOUSA WHO LED THE BAND UNTIL
00:04:401882. IN 1987, AN ACT OF CONGRESS
00:04:44DECLARED IT THE NATIONAL MARCH OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:04:47LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
00:04:49CELEBRATING 228 YEARS, THE
00:04:56MARINE BAND WILL PERFORM SOUSA'S
00:05:03MOST FAMOUS MARCH "THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER."
00:05:07♪♪
00:05:46♪♪
00:06:53♪♪
00:07:29[APPLAUSE]
00:07:36♪♪
00:08:22[APPLAUSE]
00:08:43♪♪
00:09:16>> 345R REEN BARRACKS
00:09:18WASHINGTON, D.C. WAS ESTABLISHED
00:09:22ON MARCH 31, 1801, THIS BARRACKS WAS CHOSEN DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY
00:09:26TO THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD AND
00:09:28THE NEWLY FINANCED CAPITOL BY
00:09:31THOMAS JEFFERSON AND WILLIAM
00:09:35BURROWS. IT'S THE OLDEST ACTIVE POST OF
00:09:37THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
00:09:39JUST BEYOND THE NORTH END IS THE
00:09:43HOME OF THE COMMANDANTS.
00:09:45IT'S BEEN THE HOME OF EVERY
00:09:47MARINE COMMANDANT SINCE 1806.
00:09:53THE PRESIDENT, CURRENTLY THE
00:09:55HOME OF THE COMMANDANTS IS UNDER
00:09:58GOING STRUCTURAL REPAIRS WITH
00:10:02CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO BE DONE
00:10:06EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE BARRACKS AND THE COMMANDANTS
00:10:10HOUSE TOGETHER WAS DECEMBER CLAIRED A NATIONAL HISTORIC
00:10:14LANDMARK. THE FLAG FLYING OVER THE
00:10:16BARRACKS THIS EVENING IS A REP
00:10:22REPLICA OF OF THE 15 STARS AND
00:10:2515 STRIPES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FLOWN HERE IN 1891.
00:10:29IT WAS THE SAME FLAG OVER THE
00:10:31WAR OF 1812, INSPIRING FRANCIS
00:10:35SCOTT KEY'S LYRICS, THE NATIONAL
00:10:41ANTHEM, EARNING THIS FLAG THE
00:10:45NICKNAME, THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
00:10:47[BELL TOLLING]
00:11:05♪♪
00:12:00[APPLAUSE]
00:12:14>> ALL PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED
00:12:16FOR.
00:12:25>> COMPANY A, ALL PRESENT OR
00:12:29ACCOUNTED FOR. >> COMPANY B, ALL PRESENT OR
00:12:33ACCOUNTED FOR.
00:12:41>> UNITED STATES MARINE, ALL
00:12:42PRESENT OR ACCOUNTED FOR.
00:13:12♪♪
00:13:25>> OFFICERS, FORWARD MARCH.
00:14:08>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE
00:14:10PROUD TO INTRODUCE THE OFFICIAL
00:14:14MASCOT OF MARINE BARRACKS
00:14:16WASHINGTON, D.C., CORPORAL
00:14:18CHESTY XVI.
00:14:21[APPLAUSE]
00:14:35>> A PEDIGREE ENGLISH BULLDOG
00:14:39COMPLETED RECRUIT TRAINING ON 22
00:14:44MARCH, 2022.
00:14:45HE WAS NAMED AFTER THE MOST
00:14:49DECORATED LIEUTENANT IN MARINES
00:14:51HISTORY, LIEUTENANT CHESTY
00:14:55POLLARD, A NAME THAT HAS BEEN
00:14:57INHERITED BY EVERY MASCOT OF THE
00:15:02MARINE CORPS. [APPLAUSE]
00:15:04♪♪
00:15:28♪♪
00:16:53S ♪♪
00:16:55♪♪
00:17:16[APPLAUSE]
00:17:24>> ATTENTION.
00:18:13♪♪
00:19:29♪♪
00:19:32>> HALT.
00:19:34[APPLAUSE]
00:21:19♪♪
00:21:36>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE
00:21:37COLORS.
00:21:57♪♪
00:22:48[BAND PLAYING "YOU'RE A GRAND OLE FLAG"]
00:22:50♪♪
00:23:00>> PULL.
00:23:05♪♪ [BAND PLAYING "STAR SPANGLED
00:23:06BANNER"]
00:23:24♪♪
00:24:34>> THE MARINE CORPS COLLAR GUARD
00:24:37BEFORE YOU IS UNIQUED.
00:24:41FLANKED BY TWO RIFLEMEN, THE
00:24:45NATIONAL FLAG OF THE MARINE
00:24:50CORPS. AND THE OFFICIAL COLORS OF THE
00:24:54MARINE CORPS. THE 55 STREAMERS AND THE SILVER BANDS DISPLAYED COMMEMORATE THE MANY CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH THE MARINES HAVE PARTICIPATED. THEY SPAN FROM THE ENTIRE
00:24:58HISTORY OF THE NATION, FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, TO MISSIONS
00:25:00IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.
00:25:04DECORATED WITH PALMS, LEAF
00:25:07CLUSTERS AND STARS, THEY REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES MARINES.
00:25:10IT IS THE PRIVILEGE OF THE
00:25:14UNITED STATES MARINES BARRACKS
00:25:16OF WASHINGTON, D.C. TO BE ENTRUSTED TO THIS CUSTODY OF
00:25:20BATTLE COLOR.
00:25:36♪♪
00:25:50♪♪
00:25:56[CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS
00:26:00CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURAAPRG] ♪♪
00:26:03>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
00:26:13>> SOUND OFF.
00:26:14♪♪
00:26:34♪♪
00:27:40♪♪
00:28:18[APPLAUSE]
00:28:33♪♪
00:30:32♪♪
00:30:49[APPLAUSE]
00:31:17♪♪
00:32:08♪♪
00:32:49♪♪
00:33:04[APPLAUSE]
00:33:15>> BATTALION!
00:33:19ATTENTION.
00:33:26PRESENT ARMS.
00:33:34>> TAKE YOUR POST, SIR.
00:34:11SWORD.
00:34:41[APPLAUSE]
00:34:51>> PUBLISH THE ORDERS, SIR.
00:35:06>> ATTENTION TO ORDER.
00:35:09MARINE BARRACKS, WASHINGTON,
00:35:15D.C., 28 AUGUST, 2026.
00:35:18OFFICER OF THE DAY TODAY, FIRST
00:35:22LIEUTENANT ANDERSON.
00:35:23OFFICER OF THE DAY TOMORROW,
00:35:27STAFF SERGEANT ROGERS.
00:35:30BY ORDER OF J.C. BOYLE, COLONEL,
00:35:42UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
00:35:46COMMANDERS. OFFICERS, CENTER.
00:35:50♪♪
00:36:27♪♪
00:36:59♪♪
00:37:19[APPLAUSE]
00:37:28>> CEREMONIAL.
00:37:51>> THE MARINES IN THE SPOTLIGHT
00:37:54REPRESENT OVER SEVEN DECADES OF RIFLE AND DRILL PRECISION, A
00:37:58LEGACY OF HONOR, COMMITMENT AND
00:38:00DISCIPLINE THAT BEGAN IN THE
00:38:03SUNSET PARADES OF 1848. THE EMERALD RIFLES THEY CARRY
00:38:07AND THE FIXED BAYONETS WEIGHT IN
00:38:12EXCESS OF 10 1/2 POUNDS. THE PLATOON EXECUTES THE DRILL
00:38:16SEQUENCE WITHOUT VERBAL CADENCE
00:38:18OR COMMANDS.
00:38:21MARINE BARRACKS WASHINGTON, D.C. PROUDLY PRESENTS THE UNITED
00:38:25STATES MARINE CORPS SILENT DRILL
00:38:28PLATOON.
00:38:30[APPLAUSE]
00:41:06[APPLAUSE]
00:41:33[APPLAUSE]
00:43:33[APPLAUSE]
00:44:18[APPLAUSE]
00:44:59[APPLAUSE]
00:45:27[APPLAUSE]
00:46:57[APPLAUSE]
00:47:19[APPLAUSE]
00:48:55[APPLAUSE]
00:49:15[APPLAUSE]
00:50:05[APPLAUSE]
00:52:06[APPLAUSE]
00:52:38♪♪
00:53:08♪♪
00:53:37>> SINCE 1934, THE COMMANDANTS
00:53:44CELEBRATE MORE THAN 91 YEARS. AND THE BRUMMERS -- CURRENTLY
00:53:47SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES
00:53:49ARMED SERVICES.
00:53:52TONIGHT, THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE IN CELEBRATION OF THE NATION'S
00:53:56GREAT 250th YEAR OF
00:53:58INDIANAPOLIS, FEATURING
00:54:01PATRIOTIC MUSIC TO INCLUDE
00:54:05"BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"
00:54:05AND "AMERICA THE BRAVE."
00:54:11MARINE BARRACKS WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:54:17IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE
00:54:21COMMANDANTS BAND AND BUGLE BAND.
00:54:29♪♪
00:55:20[APPLAUSE]
00:55:31♪♪
00:58:13[APPLAUSE]
00:58:24♪♪
00:58:40♪♪
01:00:17[APPLAUSE]
01:01:56[APPLAUSE]
01:02:06♪♪
01:03:40♪♪
01:04:09♪♪
01:04:33[APPLAUSE]
01:05:01♪♪
01:06:03♪♪
01:06:16[APPLAUSE]
01:06:29>> BATTALION!
01:06:40ATTENTION.
01:07:07>> IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR MARINE BARRACKS WASHINGTON, D.C. TO HAVE AS OUR GUEST OF HONOR THIS
01:07:11EVENING, THE AMBASSADOR FOR
01:07:14AUSTRALIA TO THE UNITED STATES.
01:07:17HIS EXCELLENCY, GREGORY
01:07:24MORIARITY. [APPLAUSE]
01:07:28JOINING OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
01:07:30IN THE REVIEWING AREA ARE THE
01:07:33TRAINING COMMAND, AND THE TRAINING IN EDUCATION,
01:07:36LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS SAVAGE, AND THE COMMANDING
01:07:39OFFICER OF MARINE BARRACKS,
01:07:43WASHINGTON, D.C., COLONEL JASON
01:07:46C. COPELAND.
01:07:49LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
01:07:50RISE IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR
01:07:56MORIARTY.
01:08:05♪♪
01:08:06♪♪
01:09:35>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
01:09:42>> COMMAND IN REVIEW.
01:09:48>> AYE AYE, SIR.
01:09:55>> IN REVIEW!
01:10:26AS WE PREPARE FOR PASS AND REVIEW, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR
01:10:29ATTENTION TO THE TWO MARCHING COMPANIES ASSEMBLED BEFORE YOU.
01:10:33THE TWO COMPANIES ARE COME
01:10:38PRIORED OF INFANTRY MARINES SELECTED TO DESERVE IN WASHINGTON.
01:10:41IN ADDITION TO PARADE SUPPORT,
01:10:45THEY CONDUCT JOINT HONORS CEREMONIES AT THE PENTAGON, THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND
01:10:47THE WHITE HOUSE.
01:10:51THESE MARINES HAVE THE SOLEMN
01:10:53DUTY OF HONORING THE FALLEN
01:10:57MARINES WHO HAVE MADE THE
01:11:01ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
01:11:05THE MARINES OF COMPANY A AND B HOLD THEIR SKILLS FOR FUTURE SERVICE OF THE FLEET MARINE
01:11:07FORCES.
01:11:10LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN THE COLORS APPROACH YOU, WE
01:11:13ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RISE.
01:11:19♪♪
01:11:20♪♪
01:12:39♪♪
01:13:02♪♪
01:13:52♪♪
01:14:21♪♪
01:15:55>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US AS REOBSERVE
01:15:58EVENING COLORS AND REMAIN STANDING AS REHONOR THE MEN AND
01:16:02WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES
01:16:05IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY. ♪♪
01:16:08♪♪
01:18:23♪♪
01:18:58♪♪
01:19:19>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES THE FINAL EVENING
01:19:22PARADE OF THE 2026 SEASON.
01:19:24THANK YOU FOR TAKING PART OF THE
01:19:28PARADE AND WITNESSES THE STORIED
01:19:29AND PROUD HISTORY OF THE MARINE
01:19:33BARRACKS, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US NEXT
01:19:36YEAR FOR ANOTHER EVENING PARADE.
01:19:37YOU WITH FREE TO DEPART THE BARRACKS AT THIS TIME. AND WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
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01:19:55HOST: WELCOME TO "CEASEFIRE" WHERE WE LOOK TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE MANY AMERICAN POLITICS. I'M GRETA BRAUNER IN FOR D