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Below is a compilation of the many good things that the Marines et al do in
Okinawa. Dowsn't quite get the same press coverage, but people in the White
House might want to get a flavor of the rest of the story.
John
----------------------Forwarded by John Hiii/ISNpolicy on 07/12/2000 09:30AM
Deweese LtCol Jeffrey L <DeweeseJL@hqmc.usmc.mil> on 07/10/2000 05:44:43 PM
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To: John Hiii/ISNpolicy@policy
cc:
Subject: FW: Okinawa Question
> -----Original Message----> From: Rann Col David P
>Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:12PM
>To:
Deweese LtCol Jeffrey L
RE: Okinawa Question
> Subject:
>
> Glad you asked! April 1st we put together a document outlining all the
>off-base efforts for the preceeding 6 mos for LtGen Hailston ... its
> attached and its impressive! Just added an exciting new item: English
> Language Volunteer Program which we hope will, long term, change the way
> the US military is viewed on Okinawa. Hope this helps. vr, David
> «USMC GOOD NEIGHBOR EFFORTS ON OKINAWA.doc»
>
> -----Original Message----> From: Deweese LtCol Jeffrey L
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 5:28AM
> To:
Rann Col David P
> Subject:
FW: Okinawa Question
>
>Sir;
>
> Do you have anything on this subject in addition to the "Good Things
> List" that you sent to me before??
>
>VIR
>
>Jeff
>
> -----Original Message----> From: Andersen Maj David C
>Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:43 PM
>To:
Owermohle LtCol Kurt S
Gibbons Maj PatrickG; Murray Col Sheryl E; Deweese LtCol Jeffrey L
> Cc:
> Subject:
Okinawa Question
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>Sir,
>
>Assistant Sec. Def. Bacon is looking for information concerning the
> historical "good programs" that have taken place on Oki since the 1995
>rape. Col Murray needs the info/confirmation on Monday. LtCol Deweese
> (PP&O Plans) is also writing Col Rann to see if there is anything else
> that he knows of. I have attached below what we have so far- I received
> this from PP&O - do you have anything to update the below doc or is this
> good-to-go.
>
>Thanks
>
> « File: Good things.doc »
>
> Major D. C. Andersen, U.S. Marine Corps
> Deputy Head, Media Operations Branch
> Division of Public Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps
> The Pentagon
> DSN: 224-2019
> Comm: 703-614-2019
>
-USMC GOOD NEIGHBOR EFFORTS ON OKINAWA.doc
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ENG~JiL~!.JGUAGE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. On 1 May 2000, the ~S military, in
cC50rdination with -me Okinawa PrefeCture -GovernmenTs-Education -D-epartment, began
the English Language Volunteer Program. This project is designed to introduce English
language instruction to Okinawan children during their elementary school years. The
US military and their family members are assigned to various Okinawan elementary
schools throughout the island in order to supplement their English language instruction.
Over 100 volunteers (approximately 70 USMC) are involved in the program. This is the
first year of the program and this project will be expanded next years as more schools
are added.
LIBERTY CAMPAIGN PLAN. A Marine Corps Bases, Japan/Ill MEF policy established
to place more preventive control measures into liberty policies, raise standards of
discipline, and to deal more aggressively with alcohol abuse problems.
REDUCTION IN CRIME. On June 28, 1999, Pacific Stars and Stripes ran an article that
said Okinawan Police officials said that the crime rate has been going down among
SOFA personnel, dropping some 77.8% in the past 10 years. Governor lnamine
thanked the U.S. Military for taking positive action and specifically cited the Marines'
Liberty Campaign Plan.
OKINAWA CITY (GATE 2 STREET) CURFEW LIFTED. At the behest of Okinawa City,
the Okinawa Area Coordinator (LtGen Hailston) lifted the curfew imposed on U.S.
military personnel outside of Kadena, Gate 2, to enhance economic opportunity and
relations with Okinawa City.
REVITALIZATION OF THE TLC. The Tripartite Liaison Committee (TLC) resumed
after a 4-year hiatus. This committee is designed to facilitate discussion between the
local prefecture government, local Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Defense Facilities
Administration Bureau (DFAB), and U.S. Military leadership.
COOPERATION/COORDINATION. During the fall of 1999, in preparation forY2K,
detailed coordination was conducted between the Okinawa Government and U.S.
Military to ensure support facilities were able to support each other in case of system
failure during t~e-~ransition to ~h~ year 2000: In adCfiti?n-;:ol:JL~_~_va~sp~ta.l, fire ..
depart111ents,-env1ronmental diVISIOn, emer.ger:~cy ser-v1ces;, an_d other tecnmcal-mthtar:y-----.,
-:-organizations have formed partnerships with their respective -oRiriawa=co,unterparts.for..- _ .-J
L ;_information sharing,_impr6ved cooperation and-service.
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NHK'S FACES OF OUR NEIGHBORS. In an ongoing attempt to "demystify" the US
Military on Okinawa ... PAO, in cooperation with the local affiliate of NHK (Japan
National Broadcasting Corp.) has, for the past year and a half, aired a series of
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balanced and informational features of the various aspects of the US Military and its
mission on Okinawa. The series began weekly national broadcasting this month.
KIN-CHO CEREMONIAL ROCK AND TOMB. U.S. Marines and Navy supported a
request from the Mayor of Kin-cho to move a ceremonial rock and Okinawan Tomb from
Okinawa to Hawaii as a gift for the Hawaii United Okinawa Center. The rock, which
came from Camp Hansen, weighted 18 tons and the tomb weighted 4.8 tons. The
Navy-Marine Corps team was the only organization capable of the feat on Okinawa.
The rock was dedicated in Hawaii on Jan. 11, 2000.
HYDROSEEDING. The vegetation in the training ranges in the CTA has been worn
down from years of use. Red soil runoff is a big environmental issue here. When red
soil erodes and gets into the ocean, it kills coral. To prevent this, our Environmental
Division worked with local civilian contractors to create a way to re-seed the worn areas
and rapidly grow thick grass in the area. The first full-scale application of this was
October 22 and widely covered by the media. The local contractor paid for the test
runs, but the U.S Marine Corps paid for the full-scale applications.
ORGAN DONOR PROJECT. Under Japanese law, an American organ donor card will
n.otallow_Japanese-people-to-benefit -frem-organs donated _by)~.meriG_q_n_cltizens. The
luSNH, in conjunction with local authorities, developed a Japanese approvedcfonor carcf·-------c
L-for the us§..by_the.U.S.-Militar:y..to.makeJheir_orgaQs__E_vailable to Japanese=citizens~::_==-::.-.--_:;- ..i
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DISASTER/EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES. The USNH Hospital and the
Local Healthcare Community have made major progress in the area of disaster
response. From the Naval Hospital, Chubu Hospital, JSDF, as well as Fire Department
and Ryukyu University officials and Emergency Medicine Technicians have met on a
monthly basis to discuss emergency response procedures. They have held five
different training exercises over the past year, including a joint disaster training exercise
on Torii Station. The local Healthcare community has adopted many of the techniques
in disaster/emergency response as a result of this joint training.
AMERICAN WOMEN'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION
1. American Women's Welfare Association (AWWA) is the umbrella organization
established in 1972 to coordinate charitable contributions by six military spouses'
groups to American and Japanese charities.
AWWA represents:
-Army Women's Group (AWG)
- Kadena Enlisted Spouses Club (KESC)
- Kadena Officers' Spouses Club (KOSC)
-Marine Enlisted Spouses Club ( MESC)
- Marine Officers' Spouses Club (MOSC)
Naval Officers' Spouses Club of Okinawa (NOSCO)
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. Since 1992 AWWA has coordinated following contributions ($US):
Year
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
To JaQanese
ReciQients
47,905.00
30,308.00
no data
91,791.55
81,055.95
107,622.32
90,018.99
165,023.00
US MILITARY DEPENDENT SCHOOLS' ACTIVITIES
DODDS PROGRAMS. Our Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) has
partnered with 6 local Okinawan schools (sister schools) to enhance educational efforts
and cross-cultural events. This past year DoDDS hosted over 800 Japanese students,
230 educators, and 700 additional Japanese visitors as a part of the educational
exchange program.
General Activities include:
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District Superintendent guest speaker for the Municipal Superintendents'
association.
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School principal and District Communications Liaison provided training for local
businessmen and women in "Volunteerism".
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Host Nation School exchanges and participation in craft, computer, holiday, field
days, language immersio~ and other grade level or classroom activities.
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Home Stay Programs.
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Participation in the Okinawa Power and Electric Company sponsored Science
exposition.
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Hosting of Okinawa school system teacher visits sponsored by the US consulate
and the OPG Department of Education.
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American and Okinawa students explore caves, clean beaches and interact in
numerous Science ocean units of study.
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Children's Day Cultural Program exchanges.
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Participation in local Okinawa island-wide and local festivals on and off base.
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Artist-in-Residence such as -kite making, kimono wearing, tea ceremony, Shisa
dog making, Okinawa dance, Origami papermaking, Soroban (Abacus), Taiko
Drummers, dried or acrylic flowers, Bingata and wheel pottery.
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Combined American and Okinawa student art exhibits.
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Exchanges with Okinawa Boy & Girl Scouts and Parent Teacher Assoc.
Elementary School Activities
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Participation in island-wide UN Conference sponsored by UNESCO.
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Learning about Okinawa agriculture by Yomitan farmer teaching harvesting
techniques.
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Attended 7, 5, 3 (years of life) Festival in Naha
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Special Educators from University of Ryukyus observed and learned about
American Special Education Program.
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5 days stay on Yoron Island experiencing Japanese way of life.
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American Eisa Dancers and Taiko Drummers groups perform at festivals.
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Exchange Asian/Pacific dinner hosted by elementary school.
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Attendance of Okinawa theatre productions at the Ginowan Convention and
Okinawa Civic Centers.
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Okinawa camera crew coverage on American parent involvement with school.
Secondary School Activities
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Interview of American Host Nation classes by Okinawa high school students.
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PresentAmerican dramatic readings to Okinawa middle school.
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Student Council visits to the Green Home to provide traditional holiday meal and
entertainment.
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Local Okinawa community invited to Booster Club Fashion Show.
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Cross-cultural participation in Special Olympics.
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~'{i~t9_!!on~JQ_Qlsin~W£_Q[Rhan9g~_s_and-elderly honfus.
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American high school bands and choirs perform at various Okinawa functions,
such as, opening of new mall, festivals, and celebrations.
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Host Nation exchanges with classrooms and language clubs.
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Competition with Okinawa sports teams in volleyball, football and soccer.
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American cheerleaders perform for Okinawa community.
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JROTC volunteerism in Okinawa community.
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Student exchanges with Okinawa middle and high schools.
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�MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
ARTILLERY RELOCATION COMMUNITY RELATIONS EFFORTS. Although these
events occur off-island, they represent local Marines efforts. For example, there are 4
to 8 community relations projects per shoot. They traditionally support local children
and adults at the surrounding orphanages, schools, and nursing Homes
THE Ill MEF BAND participated in over 16 civilian events on Okinawa or mainland·
Japan during 1999. Some of their performances include:
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MEF Band participated in the annual island-wide Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Meeting, which was held in Gushikawa City.
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MEF Band participated in Nago City Cherry Blossom Festival.
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MEF Band performed in Kin Town Festival in Aug. 1999.
•
MEF Band performed in Hikariga-Oka Nursing Home Festival in 11 Sep, 1999.
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MEF Band was invited to Shinaino-Oka Nursing Home Festival in 18 Sep. 1999.
•
MEF Band held a Summer Concert at Okinawa Convention Center in June
1999
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MEF Band held joint concert with JSGSDF at Ginowan Civic Hall in Oct. 1999.
This fall, the Band is planning Concerts and musical interaction with the surrounding
Okinawa School Districts.
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�CONTINUING VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. Commanders are authorized to release
their Marines and Sailors for up to 4 hours per month DURING working hours to
participate in community relations projects. Marines and Sailors also spend weekends
and after-working hou·rs to support various volunteer programs in Okinawa. The
following is a partial listing of our various camps/facilities on-going volunteer programs:
Children's Christmas Day Activities.
•
Though our camps do many community relations projects throughout the
year, the Camp Schwab Children's Christmas Day got a lot of media
attention last year. It was one month after the announcement of the Camp
Schwab area as the intended Futenma relocation site. The Annual Christmas
Children's Day (11 Dec. 1999) -130 children from Henoko were. invited to
take part in the event. 60 Marines and Sailors participated in and celebrated
Christmas with the children
•
19 Dec 1999- Christmas Party for the students of Awase School for the
Physically Challenged. Volunteers from the US Naval Hospital donated
soft drinks, served holiday meals, presented gifts and provided
entertainment to over 300 students, parents and teachers.
•
18 Dec 1999- Christmas Party for the students of Haebaru School for
the Blind. Volunteers from the US Naval Hospital donated and served
snacks and soft drinks, presented gifts, and provided entertainment to
over 50 students of the school.
•
15 Dec 1999- Christmas Party for the students of Urasoe School for the
Physically Handicapped. Volunteers from the US Naval Hospital
donated soft drinks, presented gifts and provided entertainment to 35
students of the school.
•
11 pee 1999- Christmas party for the students of Kagamigaoka
Physically Challenged School. Volunteers from the US Naval Hospital
donated soft drinks, served holiday meal, presented gifts, and provided
entertainment to over 300 students, parents and teachers.
•
Camp Foster's H&S Bn (Col. Favors, members of his Battlion, and
members of the Foster's Protestant Chapel congregation) hosted a group
ofabout 50 Amer-Asian children for a Christmas party.
•
3D FSSG 91h Engineer Battalion visited to share the Christmas spirit with
the Amer-Asian School children.
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100 Marines and Sailors from MACG-18 hosted a Christmas Party at
Shimazo-no-Oka orphanage.
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�Donation Projects
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American Women's Welfare Association (AWWA). The Marine gift
Shop, sponsored by the Marine Officers Spouses' Club donated over
$180,000 to the A\NVVA to distribute to local Okinawa charities.
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Toys-for-Tots. Various units on the island collected over 2000 toys during
· our Christmas holiday which were then distributed to over 900 deserving
Okinawa children.
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Clothes Donation. Misato Jido-En; Akebono workshop; Tamaki Hospital;
Rakujuen Senior Citizen's Home; Okinawa Single Parents Association;
Tanpopo work shop; JUSCO Chatan for their charity bazaar; etc.
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Book donation project. ltoman City Library
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The Hansen Protestant Service will present $800.00 to the Kin Town
Single Mothers Association this year.
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3D FSSG Headquarters and Service Battalion donated school materials to
Amer-Asian School.
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Dec1999, volunteers from MACG-18 escorted Key Volunteers to
Shimazoe Chidren's Home to deliver 60 Hygiene gift bags.
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Dec 14, 1999, 3RD MED BN sent Christmas Presents to Misato
Orphanage.
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Courtney Chapel made donation to a local facility for handicapped
persons.
•
yth COMM Bn presented Christmas cake to Hikari-ga-Oka Nursing Home
in 21 Dec 1999.
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Navy Federal Credit Union group present a lawn mower to Hikari-ga-Oka
Nursing Home in 21 Dec 1999.
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3RD MED BN presents a Christmas cake to Shinaino-Oka Nursing Home.
Community Events
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Special Olympics, Marathons and Dragon Boat Races. Each year
Marines assist the Air Force with the Okinawan Special Olympics; two
Marathons (Okinawa Marathon and the Naha Marathon), and
assist/participate in the Okinawan Dragon Boat Races.
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Boy Scouts (Japanese & American scouts)- Joint camping project on
Camp Kinser.
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Ginowan Hagoromo Festival- Marines from MCAS Futenma participated
in Aug 15,1999.
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Marines from Camp Foster participated in the parade of Okinawa
International Carnival in 31 Oct 1999.
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Marines from Camp Foster supported the Eisa Festival in Okinawa City in
Aug.1999.
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Marines from Camp Courtney supported the Okinawa Marathon with traffic
control at Camp McTureous in Feb 2000.
•
Marines from Camp Hansen participated in the Kin-Cho Dragon Boat
Race Festival at Kin Blue Beach.
•
25 Marines from 2/3 participated in Kin-cho Chamber of Commerce Sports
day in 4 July 1999.
•
Annual Henoko Sports Day- Approx. 300 Marines, Sailors and their
families took part in several events at the Henoko athletic field.
•
Camp Hansen Marines supported the Kin-Town Festival in 28-29 Aug.
1999.
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20 Marines and Sailors from H&S Bn and
Oka Nursing Home festival.
•
23 Oct 1999, Annual Sun Rise Kushi Cup Tug-0-War Tournament.
13 teams representing Camp Schwab participated in the tournament. 4th
Marines placed the second
•
Intercultural Exchange Program. Camp HQ personnel and CbmRel Spec
volunteered to teach English to the local tour guides at the Hokubu Bus
Company.
•
Annual Student Exchange Program. 28 children from Hokkaido's
Takigawa City and their counterparts from Nago visited Camp Schwab,
and were given an observation tour. Nago Junior Chamber sponsored the
event in cooperation with Camp HQ.
•
Annual Big Brother's (Sister's) Day. 90 children, their chaperons and the
members of Nago City Single, or Solo Parent's Association were invited to
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supported Hikariga
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�interact with their one-day Marine and Sailor brothers and sisters at Oura
Wan Beach.
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Annual Base Open House - every base in Okinawa open its base to local
nationals for food, fun, and fellowship.
Clean-up projects
Bea_c_h_C.Iean_upS During International Beach Cle_an-:IJp_day (Sept)~
\IJ.~g_unit~partigl?~!? in a!Jl~Jan_9_::-~id~peachclean up on-Okinaw~-=::.::.:· ~j
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Annual International Coastal Cleanup Day (Sept. 1999). Approx 60
Marines and Sailors participated in cleanup work at Matsuda-hama Beach,
which borders of Henoko and Schwab.
•
Volunteers from MCB, G-6 participated in Seawall shore and Underwater
clean up.
•
31st MEU, helped clean-up Ishikawa's beaches.
•
MAG-36 participated in Tamari Wart Cemetery Clean-up.
•
40 Volunteers from MCAS Futenma participated in 1999 International
Beach Clean-up Day. They cleaned Seawalls along the Okinawa
Convention Center area - 19 Sep 1999
•
Marines from Camp Courtney participated in the annual Tengan River
Clean up -Aug 1999
•
Marines from Camp Courtney participated in International Clean Beach
Day - Sep 1999
•
Volunteers from 3/12 cleaned Kin-Cho Memorial Stone Area in Feb 1999.
•
3rd MED BN repaired the sandbox in good condition at Kin Ward
Children's Park.
•
3/12 and Reimei-no-Sato joint Ishikawa "Beach Cleaning and Lunch in
March 1999.
•
24 Sep. 1999, 17 Marines from 1st Bn, 2nd Marines conducted a clean-up
around the Henoko Children's park
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2Bn, 4th Marines participated in the Kin Port Clean up in April 1999.
Marines participated in the Holland Park clean-up in July 1999.
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3RD MED BN and Kin Cho Mayor's Staff cut grass along Hwy 104 on 29
April1999.
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5 June 1999, 10 Marines and Sailors from 2nd BN, ih Marines gathered
with the Henoko Dragon Boat Race Executive Committee to conduct
beach cleanup at Matsudahama Beach.
•
60 Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines constructed a mountain path to
lgei district.
•
H & S BN and Kin-Cho staff conducted Hamada park cleaning on 4 June
1999.
•
31 MEU and Ishikawa Reimei-no-Sato (Sheltered Workshop) Ishikawa,
cleaned the beach and participated in a picnic.
•
3RD MED BN and Kin- Cho Chamber of Commerce joint cleanings KinCho bar area ditch in 10 June 1999.
•
3rd Battalion, 1ih Marines Cleaned Kin Town Memorial Tower in 7 Dec
1999.
School Programs
Volunteer English Language Program. A TLC initiative that will place military
service members from each camp into local Okinawa schools throughout the
island to help teach conversational English to elementary age school children.
Other programs (ongoing):
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English Teaching and Assistant Program with Sakata Elementary School.
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Oct 1999, Ill MEF Headquarters Group supported the family day at
Suginoko School.
•
Ms. Brown from G- 6 administers English Tests to 300 Okinawan Students
(Ages 4-18) and Provides English Classes to Okinawan Teachers.
•
Volunteers from 30 FSSG Headquarter and Service Battalion taught
English at Amer-Asian School.
•
Volunteers from 3D FSSG 3D Medical Battalian taught English at Kin
Preschool.
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Volunteers from 3D FSSG gth Engineer Battalion support the Amer-Asian
School children in Oyama, Ginowan City.
•
Marines from MWHS-1 conduct periodic visits to the. Okinawa Children's
Development Center to interface/work with the children.
•
Marines from Camp Hansen provided English Conversation Class at KinCho Suginoko Kindergarten and Nursery School.
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Children's Day Celebration.- The Marines and Sailors from Camp
Hansen and schwab were invited to interact with 55 children of the Kanna
Nursery School by observing Japanese Children's Day
Kakazu Junior High School Band (Ginowan City) practices and performs
on Camp Kinser.
October 1999 - Biannual Sports Fest for the students of Awase School for
the Physically Challenged. Volunteers from the Naval Hospital (Ancillary
Services) collectively spent over 1000 hours of personal time; assisted in the
events and donated soft drinks and served lunch to over 300 participants and
spectators.
August 1999 - Grounds upkeep at Awase School for the physically
challenged. Volunteers from the US Naval Hospital collectively spent over 60
hours of personal time in beautifying the facility's compound.
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July 1999- Summer fest at Awase School for the physically challenged.
Volunteers from the US Naval Hospital collectively spent over 50 hours of
personal time; provided entertainment and refreshment to approximately 200
students, family members and friends.
The First Class Petty Officers Association adopted the local Amer-Asian
School. Their efforts included:
• Hosting a book drive to help support Amerasian Schools need for
textbooks.
• Raised/donated $1000.00 worth of goods and money including (TV,
VCR, and TV stand). ($600.00 cash) to be given.
• Provided support for the schools Halloween party by providing food
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and cooking.
Donated ham and turkey dinner .
Marines from MWSG-17 supported Okinawa Christian School International in
May and July of 1999, to paint 11 rooms and to tile 3 rooms. Total of 107
volunteers and 900 man-hours are invested in this project.
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�Dec 1999, MAG-:36 collected 37 gifts and 16 Marine visited Amer-Asian
School to distribute gifts.
Suginoko Nursery School Sports Day Support- Camp Hansen Marines
played games with the nursery school children at the Kin-Cho Gym.
Sports Day Participation- with Minatogawa Jr. High School.
Children from Courtney Child Development Center visited local kindergarten
for cultural exchange.
Provided a Santa to an Ishikawa preschool.
Universities
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Friendship party held at Bay View Club with Mayo University students and
members of G-8 Summit Citizen's Council.
•
Schwab Marines help Meio University Students to improve their English
speaking skills.
•
English conversational class between students of Okinawa University and
Americans on Camp Foster- 18 Dec 1999.
•
Intercultural Exchange Program -Marines and Sailors from Camp Schwab
and Courtney interacted with local students at Meio University.
Orphanages
•
Several Members of the USNH Staff spent a weekend pai.nting the Misato
En Orphanage.
•
Painting project at the Misato Orphans Home. A group of Navy, AF, and
USMC service members spent 2 days painting the outside of all (5)
buildings, and portions of the interior. The story was covered in the local
press.
•
Volunteers from 3D FSSG, 3D Materiel Readiness Battalion supported
The Tai Chu En Orphanage in Naha for Christmas Party and ground
maintenance.
•
3D FSSG 3D Medical Battalion supported the Misato Orphanagevisitation and grounds repair.
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17 Marines and Sailors from MACG-18 visited Shimazo-no-Oka
Orphanage to interface with children in April 1999.
•
26 Marines_and Sailors visited Shimazo-no-Oka Orphanage to interface
with children in August 28 1999.
•
13 Marines visited Shimazo-no-Oka Orphanage to interface with children
in October 16 1999.
•
16 Oct 99, children from Misato Children's Home were invited to attend
Futenma Flight line Fair 99.
•
Volunteers from Camp Foster conducted a volunteer painting project at
Misato children's home in Okinawa City in 19-20 Nov. 1999.
Hospitals
•
Senior Citizens Hospital - monthly visitation to interface with patients.
Institutions/Sanitariums
•
Airakuen leper Colony- Marines and Sailors from Camp Kinser had a
Christmas Party for the residents.
•
Monsanto (Elderly Workshop for the challenged)- Marines from G-6 on
Camp Foster built playground
•
3D FSSG 30 Materiel Readiness Battalion supported the Tedako Home
for mentally handicapped- Christmas Party and grounds maintenance.
•
Volunteers from 30 FSSG 30 Medial Battalion visited Raemai-no-sato
home for mentally challenged adults.
•
3D FSSG 3D MRB constructed 150ft. of gravel road at Tedako Home for
the mentally challenged.
Nursing Homes
•
Ariake no Sato (Nursing Home) monthly cleaning volunteer service with
G3 troops
•
The 7th Communication Battalion has been supporting the HikarigaOka Nursing Home for five years. The Battalion has sent 20-40 Marines
to conduct yard maintenance and beautification monthly. The Battalion
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also attends their annual Christmas Party. This past year we had over
30+ Marines sing Christmas Carols and enjoy a joint luncheon together.
•
30 FSSG 3D Medical Battalion Supported the Shin Ai-no Oka
(Retirement Home in Ishikawa)- visitation and grounds repair.
•
18 Mar 2000, Volunteers from 3D FSSG H & S Battalion visited Ariakeno-Sato Nursing Home for Ground clean up.
•
Aino Mura Retirement Home: Dec. 1999, 25 Marines from MAG-36
distributed cookies, sang Christmas carols and visited the residents.
•
Marines and Sailors from Camp Foster visited Shinsei-En in Nakagasuku
Village and conducted a volunteer clean up in 21 June 1999.
• ih Comm Bn conduct monthly window washing at Hikc'lri-ga-Oka Nursing
Home.
•
17 Mar 1999, 3RD MED BN, garden weeding and clean-up at Shinai-noOka Nursing Home.
•
3D MED BN, Shinai-no-Oka cleaning and ground golf v;ith the Senior
Citizens in Home.
•
3RD MED BN supported the Shinaino -Oka Nursing Horne Festival.
•
20 Marines and Sailors of 3d Bn, ih Marines conducted general cleanup
work at the Deigo-en retirement Home in Ginoza Village.
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MISCELLANEOUS
•
Volunteers from 3D FSSG 3D Medical Battalion cut Sugar Cane for, local
farmers in Kin Town.
•
Volunteers from 3D FSSG 91h Engineer Battalion harvested sugar cane
with local farmers of lgei District in Kin.
•
On 24 Mar 2000, volunteers from 3D FSSG 9 h ESB assisted Kin Mayor's
office in trimming cherry trees and bushes in Yaka Disctrict.
•
Camp Courtney opened its gate for locals on Halloween night. Children
from Izumi Single Mother's Shelter in Okinawa City and students from
Nago City were invited to the Camp.
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Weekly English classes for the Nago Women's Association began in Oct
1999.
•
Invited local church to Courtney Chapel for a friendship service and
dinner.
•
3RD MED BN, invited 45 Kin-cho single mothers and children to Camp
Hansen to have softball game arid Bar-B-Q.
•
Cultural Exchange- Navy Federal Credit Union Group at Camp Hansen
brought holiday decoration to the Kin-Town Women's Society.
•
Thanksgiving Dinner- Camp HQ hosted a Thanksgiving lunch for the KinCho single mothers and children at Mountain View Club.
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aff m~mber of USNH-Okinawa, receiveC:rrggg NiP,.pon
~ enkokmilc. Japan Association of Good Deeds Cor:n01endation !wvard;\Nhic~.
{wa~ fouoded-iR-1:95:1,-,and is presented to individualswnos·e-g,;;:~orbenevolent
act~bly_l)_e_neJiciaUoJheir_oeigbQQrS or general-pL~Jiicj".
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Volunteers from USNH Okinawa received certificates of Appreciationfrom school
principal and PTA president of Awase School for the physically challenged.
•
Awase School for the physically challenged presented the Commanding Officer,
U.S. Naval Hospital with a framed certificate of appreciation from the school
principal and the PTA president.
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2 Battalion, 3rd Marines received a letter of appreciating from lgei District Chief.
•
~Y-OLY~~~~dla presented a letter of appreciation_to-3-Battaliorl,T2+~1 -I'V'H:irine9
•
A Letter of Appreciation was presented to
Ginoza.
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~:~ia3o~ 3R 0_~D-~N on rs-sep.l-9.§9.
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Col Rushworth and Maj Bohman were presented with certificaies of appreciation
from the Nago City Junior Chamber.
•
ComRel specialist from Camp Hansen was awarded with a certificate of
appreciation from Nago Police Chief in 26 Feb 1999.
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More-thari-150 volunteers from U.S. Army -on-OI<inawajoined!J'eople in ;Yom~--7
[village_ adj~?enft_Q-Torii-Station--irn:rco-mTnonity-cleanup-effort-s1 n 29 Fe5ruary00-.-·
Th-e-day was des1gnated as "Make a Difference Day' by Commander, 101h Area
Support Group, ar~~tJl:l~_v_olunt~-&rs assisted people in Yomitan Village as they
prepare for tneSu-mmit 2000 in July. The mayor of Yomitan Village would like
our volunte~rstojoinhiSpeople-irl one more cleanup prior to the summit.
• U.S. Army on Okinawa will send volunteers to Furugen Elementary School in
Yomitan Village to help the students with their English every other Thursday
starting on 11 May 00. this is a part of the four-service Volunteer English
Teaching Assistants Program, which was proposed at a Tripartite Liaison
Committee Meeting.
•
U_.S. ~rmy_oo_Qkin_(!wa_s_end-volupteers to a senior citizens horne in Yomi_tan
for a cleanup quarterly. "JShe last cleanup was held dmlflg the Chnstmas
Holiday"Seaso-1\ana-UTI:~ volunfeers-donated_donuts and Christmas cards to the
senior citizens and s~g -Christmas carols to th~~7
V1llag~
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• U.S. Army on Okinawa holds a joint concert with Japanese Gwund Se!f Defense
Force (JGSDF) once a year and invite people from Yomitan Village including a
handicapped children's school.
• · U.S. Army on Okinawa provided parking space at Naha Military Port for local
community events.
•
Every April, U.S. Army on Okinawa holds Friendship Festival on Torii Station,
and it is a three-day open-post event.
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Every May, members of U.S. Army on Okinawa participate in Naha Dragon Boat
Race.
•
In December 1999, U.S. Army on Okinawa hosted a picnic for tacit farmers on
Torii Station. Approximately 58% of Torii Station is cultivated by tacit farmers,
and there are 965 plots being utilized to benefit the local community.
•
In June 1999, members of U.S. Army on Okinawa joined members of Yomitan
Chamber of Commerce in a cleanup of a highway outside of the n1<:1in gate of
Torii Station.
•
U.S. Army on Okinawa provides a command brief and a tour to various JGSDF
members and supporters from Mainland Japan.
•
U.S. Army on Okinawa invites local officials to various functions such c.1s N~VL-~-~-
Year's Social, Army Ball and~AI'fTlyNavy Football Game on Okinawa every year._.- .. ;
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Members of U.S. Army on Okinawa attend and participate in various local
functions and festivals hosted by Okinawa Prefectural Government, 01\inawa
Office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naha Defense Facilities /-\dministration
Bureau, Yomitan Village, Yomitan Chamber of Commerce, Okinawa City, Naha.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Seoul, Republic of Korea)
I
Fo'r Irrunediate Release
November 22, 1998
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO BASE PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES
Osan Air Force Base
Republic of Korea
3:46P.M.
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THE PRESIDENT:
I think the Sergeant did a fine job under unusual
circumstances.
Let's give him another hand here.
(Applause.)
He did
tell Congressman Abercrombie not to make his introduction too short, but
I think he was a little bit embarrassed by having the truth told.
Sergeant, we thank you for your heroism and your service. We thank two
of your fellow airmen who helped you in that rescue mission, Staff
Sergeant Thomas Metheny and Brian Stump.
(Applause.)
And we thank all
of you for your service. And we thank all of you for your service.
(Applause.)
I want to thank Congressman Abercrombie for his fine remarks.
He's
here with a delegation that includes Senator Max Baucus of Montana,
Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii, Congressman Earl Pomeroy of North
Dakota. Anybody here from North Dakota? There is one man up there with
his hand up. Another one.
The reason I introduce them is it's very
warm here, for them, compared to North Dakota.
(Laughter.)
And
Delegate Robert Underwood from Guam.
(Applause.)
General Tilelli, General Hurd, General Dordal, General Dierker; members
of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces; Ambassador and Mrs. Bosworth; our
Secretary of Corrunerce Bill Daley and the National Security Advisor Sandy
Berger, and all the other members of our administration who are here;
the family members and the men and women of the United States Armed
Forces, I am honored to be here with you,
I'm glad to see you out here
in good spirits.
I'm sorry you've had to wait a while in the cold wind,
and I'm glad we're starting early.
(Applause.)
Let me say that I know that supply is an area of great expertise and
importance -- (applause) -- but just looking around the crowd today, it
seems to me that the parkas are a little unevenly distributed.
~
(Laughter.)
So I' 11 try to give a fa~~--~~ef ~-~~~~h~------ __ --···
D~~··____ l{llha_LLhave-t=o-say-to-you-i-s·simp±e.
\
I am very proud of the work you
do -- U.S. Forces Korea, the 7th Air Force, the 51st Fighter wing, all-~
~--,the 607th. Group, th.e 63lst Air Mobility Support. Squadron, the soldier.s ' 1
~d_air.!!!_e£l.!.._~~e _s~~l()rs, and Marines, the Kore_sm m~litary personnel~\A!:hO ·
are here -- all of you.
And I came, more than anythin~ else, to S?Y on
behalf of all the American people, we thank you for your service to the
United States.
(Applause.)
~ {
As I also look at this vast sea of highly representative and diverse
faces, I am reminded that it was 50 years ago this year, in 1948, when
President Harry. Truman courageously ordered the ii}_teg-r:a·ti-on-of~-Amer-ica !.s.
Armed Forces.
Now our Armed Forces are a model ~~-~nity and diversity
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f~r the entlre world --;people of dlfferent
working_~ogethe_:r:-, , f~r, the common good.
origins corning together,
I am proud of that, and so should you be, because though Harry Truman
made the decision 50 years ago, it is you 50 years later who have
fulfilled his vision and made it work.
Osan Air Base is a community
with stores and restaurants, homes, and classrooms.· In fact, back at
the White House, we looked on the Internet and found the page of the
Osan American High-Sehoo±-.--:Gi-.st:en to-Thi-s.
This is what the students
modestly descril:5ed their website as.
1'he_.y said it is, "the most
masterfully desi1
gned--high--scficio:Cwebsi te of them all."
(Applause.)
I
want to commend the designer for his or her extraordinary confidence.
(Laughter.)
I'd also like to commend the Department of Defense school system, one
of the unsung heroes of our military service.
I thank the teachers and
the administrators here and throughout the world for your commitment to
our children's future.
Osan Air Base is an important symbol of our commitment to liberty.
It was just a few miles from here that United States soldiers first
engaged enemy forces in the ground combat of the summer of 1950. And
Americans gave their lives in the Korean War on the very grounds of this
base.
And Osan Air Base is a vital post in our ongoing determined
effort to protect that liberty, shoulder to shoulder with our strong
Korean allies.
No one should do6bt today our joint commitment to freedom.
It is
stronger than ever.
And Korea under the leadership of President Kim
Dae-Jung, embodies that, for•he as well as any person alive knows that
the struggle for freedom requires strength, courage, and a lifetime of
dedication.
President Kim fac~d prison and persecution, death threats and death
sentences, because he stood up for his belief in democracy and because
he would not give up his hope that true democracy could flourish here in
Korea.
Now our countries_liQSl<_together_rnore_cl.osel.y- than_ey~;r:_before
___ .
(or pea-ce--a:n·d-nurnan rights around the world. And none of that could
h'appen without you, the American and Korean rnili tary forces.
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You have maintained the peace for 45 years.
And let me say, again
not so much to you because you know it, but through you and the media
here to all of the American people back horne-- sometimes it's easy to
forget that even in peacetime~ military work is difficult and dangerous.
Tensions have gone up and down on this peninsula over the years, but
always there are risks.
I talked about just a moment ago the distinguished gentleman who
introduced me and his fellow airmen who risked their lives to aid
others.
Just a few weeks ago, 50 miles from here, four Americans and
one Korean soldier lost their lives returning from important training
missions.
Let me say their names:
Private Joseph Biondo, Private First
Class Joey Brantley, Specialist James Buis, Sergeant Brian Walshxx,
Corporal Kim Yong Ku.
We honor their service.
We mourn their loss in the cause of peace
and security.
May the American people never forget this work is
difficult and dangerous, and we owe you a lot for doing it.
America strongly supports President Kim's strategy of engagement with
North Korea.
In the five years since I last met with our troops along
the DMZ, we have seen some hopeful signs.
There have been peace talks,
and over the summer, for the very first time, United States Command and
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the North Korean military began General Officer talks aimed at
preventing problems along the DMZ.
But, unfortunately, not all has gone well.
Lately, signs of danger
have intensified, with incursions from the North, provocative 1m-i.ssile-------.,
~sts, an~ th~- <:Iuest-ion~ o£--a-su~rpec_t·-und. ergroun£j~stallation .l So we
J
\must rema1n v1g1lant. And t_h§_nks __tg___you, we are.
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One of the greatest threats the world now faces is weapons of mass
destruction.
And though our attention lately has been focused on Iraq's
efforts in that area, North Korea is also a major concern.
Here at
Osan, you are critical to this most dangerous battleground, deterring
and, if necessary, defending against chemical and biological attacks.
I
Let me reaffirm the view of the United States:
North Korea must
maintain its freeze on and move ahead to dismantle its nuclear weapons
program, as it has agreed to do.
It must comply with its obligations
under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
It must halt its efforts to
develop and proliferate chemical and biological weapons and ballistic
missiles.
We will continue to press North Korea to take these steps for peace
and security.
But until it fully commits itself to a constructive role
on this peninsula, we must remain ready. And thanks to you, we will.
America will continue to do what it takes to promote the security of our
citizens and our friends and allies, to be a force for peace as we have
been in Haiti, in Northern Ireland, in Bosnia, in Kosovo in the Middle
East.
Our ability to succeed in promoting peace is uniquely due to the fact
that we can back up our diplomatic efforts when·necess~ry with military
strength. And that depends on you, the finest Armed Forces in the
world.
~-~-~~~-;-~;~~:~--~o tr:~el £:~-;rom home,-~~~-l~h0Urs-;----.
to risk your lives. We ask so much of you families -- lengthy
_ J
career and- s·chool ·transitions :---"-We- owe an awfu-l--l-ot-i-n __
~return -- at least th_e_ t~~~ning an<;l_ ?URROJ;t _yo_l,! ne~g, _the tools to do :__yg_ur-.-j ob~--from-high-tech equipment to the most basic sp-c1re- part·s·~- and '
the quality of life you deserve.
1
<:-se~at-±ons,
I spend a lot of time addressing these issues with Secretary of
Defense Cohen, with General Shelton of the Joint Chiefs, with other
leaders of our military. While our current state of readiness is sound,
we have to ensure we're prepared for the future. To move us in the right
direction I asked the Congress to approve $1.1 billion in additional
funds for readiness and recruitment in this year's budget. And I'm
happy to say the Congress came through.' (Applause.)
We obtained almost $2 billion in emergency funds to cover
unanticipated operations in Bosnia. We shifted another $1 billion in
existing defense funds to readiness needs.
I've asked Secretary Cohen
to prepare budget and policy proposals aimed at addressing these needs
for the long-term, and I've approved pay raises that will significantly
reduce the gap between military and civilian pay.
(Applause.)
I ought
to quit while I'm ahead.
(Laughter.)
I want you to know that, working with Congress and the Joint Chiefs,
we will continue to make our top priority your readiness -- readiness
for our first-to-fight forces like the soldiers I met earlier today from
the Second Infantry Division -- (applause) -- readiness for our sailors
in ships at sea so vital to our efforts, particularly now, to cont~in
the weapons of mass destruction threat of Saddam Hussein; readiness for
our strategic and tactical air forces, crucial in meeting our security
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challenges in the Gulf, in Bosnia, here in Korea, indeed all around the
world.
Thursday is Thanksgiving.
(Applause.)
I know that your loved ones
back home are thinking about you here -- proud of your accomplishments,
your service, your kindness, and your strength.
I'm happy today to be
bringing to you some prepaid phone cards generously provided by AT&T -(applause) -- so you can call your families and friends across the ocean
for free.
(Applause.)
I hope that all Americans -- all Americans, not just those who
receive a call on Thanksgiving Day -- as they sit down to their turkey
and give thanks for all our blessings, will consider the debt of
gratitude we all owe to our men and women in uniform.
You have made the
world a better place and you will continue to do so.
You have made us
very proud and we will continue to be very proud.
I thank you.
(Applause. )
END
I wish you well.
God bless you and God bless America.
3:58 P.M.
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NAME: Staff Sergeant Shane Wehunt, USAF
UN~T:
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Special Operations Squadron
HOMETOWN:
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT:. Developed load_plans~and_then
assisted _3-the-deli-ve~ of more .than 2<l,ooo l~s_._of __:;:_e):._!.~f
·.Lsupi)J:ieS -~or __ ~~e- ~-~y_,__Republic of Viet
Workec;l with
mo:re-than 50 Red C:roaa · and Red Cresc_en_t volunte~rs in the
distribution of this supplies.
Nam.
OTHER IMPORTANT FACT(S): While in Viet Nam, ~et with
Pete Williams and his wife.
Ambassador
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NAME:
GySgt. Michael C. Davis, USMC
UNITT:
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HOMETOWN:
MEF. G-3, Current Operations Center
Yosenlite. California .
SIGNIF:!CANT ACCOMPLI.SliMENT: Served as @ie,fa.~tior.l~.; Chief~
United States Forces, International Forces Ea:st ,Timor from
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His embarKaf::i:on-a:n-d--~~
computer expertise ensured the commander had access to
vital infor.mation and secure communications in the
confusing ·f.irst days in Darwin.
,~_ER_~IM¥_0:RTANT_~~~'l'_(_~) _:_fGysgt.
Davis-de~loyecit~~t
Timor: only three days after hi~~if~_gEI-ve ~irth. /-H:ts·
~person~i-a.wards--fiiC:lude--the -Bronze star~-; /colilbat v DeviceHe is a for.mer drill instructor.
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NAME:
Serge~t
Sancha D. Sudbrock, USMC
UNIT: III MEF
HOMETOWN: Fall River, Massachusetts (SFent her for.mative
years i~ Caracas, Ve~ezuela1 with her family)
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT:. Sergeant Sudbrock was the only
female Marine deployed a.s part of U.S.-Forces,
International Force East Timor. While she deployed as an
administrative clerk, and played an_important role in this
function~ ahe.proV'ed invaluable for her written and verbal
Portuguese language skills.
OTHER IMPORTANT FACT(S): Sgt .. Sudbrock is married to a
. Mar.ine who is also stationed in Okinawa~- Her Fr.evious tour
of duty was here in Okinawa, serving with MCAS Futenma.
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NAME: Petty Officer First Class Maximo M. Chi.eo, USN.
UNIT: COMFLEACTS, Okinawa
HOMETOWN: Manila, Republic of the.Philippines
SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPL:tSHMENT; Petty Officer Chico served as
the Command Career Counselor for the uss Belleau wood in
Sasebo, Japan. During his tenure with the Belleau ~cod, he
participated in operations and exercises in the Persian
Gulf, East Timor, and Russia. Because of Petty Officer
Chico' s efforts, the ·. USS BeJ..leau wood received the
CICPACFL'l' Retention.Excellence a."Ward for ~999.
OTHER IMPORTANT FACT(S}: Petty Officer Chico is very active
in .the local co:mmuni.ty. He is a volunteer English teacher
at a locat=---elementa:ry__s_chp_q_l._He~~tl~_~art:icipated
·with the H .• S. Navy's Dragon boat :race team ~ere i.n Okinawa. ·
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NAME: M;aster Sergeant Kenneth Yeung, USA
UNXT: l/l Special Forces Group
HOMETOWN:
'SIGNIFICANT ACCOMP~ISHMEN'l': Master Sergeant Young and hi.s
wife, Sergeant Y~ung, deployed to the Philippines during
EXERCIS~_BAL:CKATAN~~4 s'llb~equ.ently both p:rr_t._ig_ipj~.j:._e!i_i.n~--~-,
~humani tar.ian -assi.stance--ef'forts following the eruption
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UNIT: HHC ~0~ ASG
HO:ME'l'OWN:
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· S'IGNIF:Ic::.ANT. ACCOMPLIS~: Se:qeant Young and. her husband,
Master Se:qeant·Young, deployed to ~e Ph~~~pp1nes during
EXERCISE. BALI::KA'T~ and. --- ' . .
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UNIT: 44~H Fighter Squardron
HOMETOWN: Columbus, Ohio
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SIGN:t-FI:~ ACCOMPLISHMENT_0eo:ed_in_.__Op_er.ati_O_r:J.I SQ~~~~
~!!-were he planned and '·flew_,miss_i_!!!_~~ _il!_vol~ing .::_triltesl
on Iraqi targets.
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OTHER IMPORTANT FACT(S): Graduate of Wright State
University, Payton, Ohio. Capt Thomas and his wife·Michell
have three small children: Emily(6), Jennifer(4), and
Ryan(2).
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NAME: Ms. Safiyyah Ballard, daughter of GySgt.
Syvestor Ballard, USMC.
UNIT:
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senior at Kubasaki High Sahool with a 3.32 GPA, and she was
recently ele~ted President of the student council.
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Activities, Okinawa Ombudsman program and has assisted in
several quality of life initiatives in Okinawa.
Additionally, Mrs. Ayubi taught E~glish as a Japanese High
School and· elementary school~
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Norfolk, Virginia)
For Immediate Release
April 1, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO HAMPTON ROADS MILITARY COMMUNITY
Norfolk Naval Station
Norfolk, Virginia
1:17 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much.
hear me out there?
AUDIENCE:
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I'm just curious, can you all
No.
THE PRESIDENT:
The echo is pretty bad, isn't it. Well, if I speak
louder, is it better or worse? No difference.
I'll do the best I can.
First, I'd like to thank Secretary Cohen and General Shelton for their
truly outstanding service in our administr~tion at a difficult time.
I'd like to thank Admiral Gehman, Admiral Reason, General Pace, General
Keck, and the other leaders of all the forces represented here.
I thank Secretary Danzig, National Security Advisor Berger, and others
who came with me from the White House.
Mayor Oberndorf, thank you for
welcoming me to Virginia Beach.
I'd like to say a special word of appreciation to the members of
Congress who are here -- your representatives, Congressman Scott and
Sisisky; Senator Levin, our ranking member of the Armed Services
Committee; and a special thanks to my longtime friend, Senator Chuck
Robb, who is one of the most courageous members of the United States
Congress and Virginia is very fortunate to be represented by him.
Let me say to all of you,_I_c_ame_h_e_r_e_t_o_day_primarily_to-than-k-t-wo----.._
groups of people -\ our men and women in uniform-] and \their families, /
for the service and--sacrifice -that-ma-kes-Americd strong-:------ -- ·I just met a few moments ago with several members of families -spouses and children of members of four different services who are
deployed away from here now.
They're all over here to my right.
And
whatever it is you would like to say to me today, I think there's a very
good chance they said it.
They did a very good job for you, and I'm
very proud of them.
(Applause.)
I heard about the financial sacrifices and I heard about human
sacrifices.
I don't think that anyone could say it better than this
lady over here with this beautiful baby in the red hat, with the "I
miss you, Daddy" sign.
I thank you.
And this sign, "I love my TR
sailor, support our troops."
I wanted to come here today because I want America to know that the
sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform are fully mirrored by
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their families back home, by the opportunities that are missed to be
with wives and husbands and children on birthdays and holidays, and just
being there for the kids when they're needed at night and in the morning
as they go off to school.
They are fully felt in terms of the financial
sacrifices of the family members left at home to pay the bills and see
to the health care and other needs of the children.
And America should know that and should be very, very grateful to all
of you.
We are grateful and we think all Americans will be grateful as
they know what you do.
Let me also say I had a chance to speak just before I came out here
with the SlOth Fighter Squadron at Aviano Air Base in Italy, part of our
Operation Allied Force in Kosovo, to thank them and to hear of their
immense pride and determination in their mission.
I know that many, many people here have friends or family members who
are working hard in our mission in Kosovo.
I know this port is home to
100 ships, not only the powerful battle groups now at sea led by the
Enterprise and the Theodore Roosevelt, but also ships in the Adriatic -guided missile destroyers like the Gonzalez; fast-attack submarines like
the Norfolk.
(Applause.)
Yes, you can clap for your ships, that's
okay.
(Applause.)
I can't name every ship or every unit, but I know that all of you are
proud of all of them. Again, let me say, too, a special word of thanks
to the family members of those who are deployed in the Kosovo operation
now.
And let me say to all of you, we spend a lot of time -- perhaps more
time than you would think -- in the White House, and at the Pentagon,
talking about our obligations to the families of our service members.
We know that we are asking more and more of you as we have downsized the
military, and diversified and increased the number of our operations
around the world.
We know that the more we ask of you, the greater our
responsibilities to you.
\We know that we owe you the support, the training, the eqUlpmer;t you
need-_ to get the job done. We know >ve owe you fair-pay_,-.:::_de~ent _housing,
and--other support.
Our new defense budget contains not onl~
substantig_l __ pay. raise, but increased funding to keep our readin'ess
·i-a·ror'""sha.rp.
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Since the Cold War ended, we have ask~drn~rid more from our Armed
Forces -- from the Persian Gulf to Korea, to Central America to Africa
-- today to stand with our allies in NATO against the unspeakable
brutality in Kosovo.
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Now, this is not an easy challenge with a simple answer.
If it were,
it would have been resolved a long time ago.
The mission I have asked
our Armed Forces to carry out with our NATO allies is a dangerous one,
as I have repeatedly said.
Danger is something the brave men and women
of our country's Armed Forces understand because you live with it every
day, even in routine training exercises.
Now, we all know that yesterday three Army infantrymen were seized as
they were carrying out a peaceful mission in Macedonia -- protecting
that country from the violence in neighboring Kosovo.
There was
absolutely no basis for them to be taken.
There is no basis for them to
be held.
There is certainly no basis for them to be tried. All
Americans are concerned about their welfare.
President Milosevic should make no mistake:
The United States takes
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care of its own.
(Applause.)
And President Milosevic should make no
mistake: We will hold him and his government responsible for their
safety and for their well-being.
But I ask you also to resolve that we will continue to carry out our
mission with determination and resolve.
Over the past few weeks I have been talking with the American people
about why we're involved with our NATO allies in Kosovo, and the risks
of our mission and why they're justified.
It's especially important
that I speak to you and, through you, to all men and women in uniform
about these matters.
The roots of this_conflict lie in the policies of Mr. Milosevic, the
dictator of Serbia.
For more than 10 years now, he has been using
ethnic and religious hatred as a path to personal power and a
justification for the ethnic cleansing and murder of innocent civilians.
That is what he did first in Bosnia and Croatia, where the United States
with our allies did so much to end the war. And that is what he is
doing in Kosovo today.
That is what he will continue to do to his own
people and his neighbors unless we and our allies stand in the way.
For months, we tried and tried and tried every conceivable peaceful
alternative. We did everything we could through diplomacy to solve this
problem. With diplomacy backed by the threat of NATO force, we forged a
cease-fire last October that rescued from cold and hunger hundreds of
thousands of people in Kosovo whom he had driven from their homes.
In February, with our allies and with Russia, we proposed a peace
agreement that would have given the people of Kosovo the autonomy they
were guaranteed under their constitution before Mr. Milosevic came to
power, and ended the fighting for good.
Now, the Kosovar leaders, they signed that agreement -- even though it
didn't give them the independence they said they wanted, and that they
had been fighting for.
But Mr. Milosevic refused.
In fact, while
pretending to negotiate for peace, he massed 40,000 troops and hundreds
of tanks in and around Kosovo, planning a new campaign of destruction
and defiance.
He started carrying out that campaign the moment the
peace talks ended.
Now the troops and police of the Serbian dictator are rampaging through
tiny Kosovo -- separating men from their families, executing many of
them in cold blood; burning homes -- sometimes, we now hear, with people
inside; forcing survivors to leave everything behind, confiscating their
identity papers, destroying their records so their history and their
property is erased forever.
Yesterday, Mr. Milosevic actually said, this problem can only be solved
by negotiations.
But yesterday, as he said that, his forces continued
to hunt down the very Kosovar leaders with whom he was supposed to be
negotiating.
Altogether now, more than half a million Kosovars have been pushed from
their homes since the conflict began.
They are arriving at the borders
of the country, shaken by what they have seen and been through.
But
they also say -- as a delegation of Albanian Americans, many of whom
have relatives in Kosovo, told me personally in the White House
yesterday -- that NATO's military action has at least given them srime
hope that they have not been 6ompletely abandoned in their suffering.
Had we not acted, the Serbian offensive would have been ~arried out
with impunity. We are determined that it will carry a very high price,
indeed.
We also act to prevent a wider war.
If you saw my address to
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the country the other night and the maps that I showed, you know that
Kosovo is a very small place.
But it sits right at the dividing line of
Europe, Asia and the Middle East; the dividing line between Islam and
Christianity; close to our Turkish and Greek allies to the south, our
new allies, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic to the north;
surrounded by small and struggling democracies that easily could be
overwhelmed by the flood of refugees Mr. Milosevic is creating.
Already, Macedonia is so threatened. Already, Serbian forces have made
forays into Albania, which borders Kosovo.
If we were to do nothing,
eventually our allies and then the United States would be drawri into a
larger conflict at far greater risks to our people and far greater
costs.
Now, we can't respond to every tragedy in every corner of the world.
But just because we can't do everything for everyone doesn't mean that
for the sake of consistency we should do nothing for no one.
Remember now, these atrocities are happening at the door step of· NATO,
which has preserved the security of Europe for 50 years because of the
alliance between the United States and our allies.
They are happening
in violation of specific commitments Mr. Milosevic gave to us, to our
NATO allies, to other European countries and to Russia.
They are
happening to people who embrace peace and promise to lay down their own
arms.
They put their trust in us, and we can't let them down.
Our objective is to restore the Kosovars to their homes with security
and self-government. Our bombing campaign is designed to exact an
unacceptably high price for Mr. Milosevic's present policy of repression
and ethnic cleansing, and to seriously diminish his military capacity to
maintain that policy.
We've been doing this for seven days now -- just seven days.
Our
pilots have performed bravely and well, in the face of dangerous
conditions and often abysmal weather.
But we must be determined and
patient.
Remember, the Serbs had 40,000 troops in and around Kosovo,
and nearly 300 tanks, when they began this, before the first NATO plane
got in the air.
They had a sophisticated air-defense system.
They also
have a problem which has been festering for a decade, thanks to the
efforts of Mr. Milosevic to make people hate each other in the former
Yugoslavia because they are Muslims instead of Orthodox Christians or
Catholics; because they're Albanians instead of Serbians or Croatians,
or Bosnian Muslims, or Macedonians, or you have -~ whatever.
It is
appalling.
For decades, those people lived in peace with one another.
For ten
years and more, now, a dictator has sought to make himself powerful by
convincing the largest group, the Serbs, that the only w·ay they can
amount to anything is to uproot, disrupt,' destroy and kill other people
who don't have the same means of destruction -- no matter what the
consequences are to everybody around them; no matter how many innocent
children and their parents die; no matter how much it disrupts other
countries.
Why? Because they want power, and they want to base it on the kind of
ethnic and religious hatred that is bedeviling the whole world today.
You can see it in the Middle East, in Northern Ireland.
You can see it
in the tribal wars in Africa.
You can see that it is one of the
dominant problems the whole world faces.
And this is right in the
underbelly of Europe.
We have to decide whether we are going to take a stand with our NATO
allies, and whether we are prepared to pay the price of time to make him
pay the price of aggression and murder. Are we, in the last year of the
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20th century, going to look the other way as entire peoples in Europe
are forced to abandon their homelands or die? Are we going to impose a
price on that kind of conduct and seek to end it?
Mr. Milosevic often justifies his behavior by talking about the history
of the Serbs going back to the 14th century. Well, I value the history
of this country, and I value what happened here in the 18th century.
But I don't want to take America back to the 18th century. And he acts
like he wants to take Serbia back to the 14th century -- to 14th century
values, 14th century ways of looking at .other human beings.
We are on the edge of a new century and a new millennium, where the
people in poor countries all over the world, because of technology and
the Internet and the spreading of information will have unprecedented
opportunities to share prosperity, and to give their kids an education,
an~ have a decent future, if only they will live in peace with the basic
human regard for other people -- that is absolutely anethetical to
everything that Mr. Milosevic has done.
anethetic
So I ask you -- you say, what has this got to do with America?
Remember, we fought two world wars in Europe.
Remember that the unity,
the freedom, the prosperity, the peace of Europe is important to the
future of the children in this room today.
That is, in the end, what
this is about.
We're not doing this on our own.
We could not have undertaken it on
our own.
This is something we're doing with our NATO allies.
They're
up there in the air, too.,_ If there's a peace agreement, they've agreed
to provide 85 percent of the troops on the ground to help to monitor the
peace agreement and protect all the ethnic groups, including the Serbs.
This is something we are doing to try to avoid in the 21st century the
kind of widespread war, ·large American casualties and heartbreak that we
saw too much of in the century we are about to leave.
So this is not just about a small peace of the Balkans.
But let me ask
you something.. When we are moved by the plight of three servicemen,
when we stay up half the night hoping that our rescue teams find that
fine pilot who went down when his plane was hit, when we see a sign that
says, "I love my TR sailor" or "I miss my Daddy," we remember that all
political and military decisions ultimately have a human component that
is highly individualized.
Think how you would feel if you were part of the half million people
who lived peaceably in a place, just wanted to be let alone to practice
your religion and educate your children and do your work -- if people
came to your house and your village and said, pack up your belongings
and go; we're going to burn your property records, we're going to burn
your identity records. And if your husband or your son is of military
service age, we might take them out behind the barn and shoot them dead
-- just because you have a different religion, just because you have a
different ethnic background.
Is that really what we want the 21st
century to be about for our children?
Now, that is what is at stake here. We cannot do everything in the
world, but we must do what we can.
We can never forget the Holocaust,
the genocide, the carnage of the 20th century. We don't want the new
century to bring us the same nightmares in a different guise.
We also want to say again how proud the United States is that each of
NATO's 19 members is supporting the mission in Kosovo in some way-France and Germany, Turkey and Greece, Poland and Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Britain, Canada -- all the others. And this is also
important.
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Let me finally say-- I'd like to read you something.
Near the end of
the second world war, President Roosevelt prepared a speech to give at a
holiday honoring Virginia's famous son, Thomas Jefferson.
He never got
to give the speech.
But it still speaks to us, his last words. And to
those of you who wear the uniform of our nation and to those of you who
are part of the families of our uniformed service members, I ask you to
heed these words.
After the long war was almost drawing to a close, these were Franklin
Roosevelt's last words that he never got to deliver:
"We as Americans
do not choose to deny our responsibilities.
Nor do we intend to abandon
our determination that within the lives of our children and our
children's children, there will not be a third world war.
We seek
peace, enduring peace.
More than an end to war, we want an end to the
beginnings of all wars."
That is what we are trying to achieve in Kosovo.
That is what many of
you in this room, perhaps, and your colleagues, did achieve in Bosnia.
We want to end a war that has begun in Europe, and prevent a larger war.
And we want to alleviate the burdens and the killing of defenseless
people.
Let us heed President Roosevelt's last words.
Let me say again, for those of you who serve and for those of you who
serve as family members, and who sacrifice as wives and husbands and
children:
I thank you for your service and your sacrifice, and America
thanks you.
God bless you.
(Applause. )
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Bossier City, Louisiana)
For Immediate Release
April 12, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE PERSONNEL AT BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE
Barksdale Air Force Base
Bossier City, Louisiana
9:55A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much.
Let me begin by thanking
Secretary Cohen and General Shelton for their truly outstandingleadership on behalf of our nation's military.
They are eloquent and
profound representatives of what is best about this country, and I thank
them.
I want to thank Senator Breaux, Senator Landrieu, Representative
McCrery for their support for you and for our country.
I would like to
acknowledge in the audience today or here with us are other members of
Congress -- Congressman Bill Jefferson and Chris John from Louisiana;
and Congressman Thornberry and Congressman Sandlin who come from the
neighboring state of Texas to be with us.
So I thank all of them for
their support.
I would like to thank the Air Force Chief of Staff, General Mike Ryan,
for coming down here with me; the Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Whitt Peters; my National Security Advisor Sandy Berger.
We also have
the FEMA Director here, James Lee Witt, because, you know, you've had
some pretty tough natural disasters here recently, and we're here doing
double duty.
And General Marcotte and General Smoak, thank you for welcoming me here
and for giving me the chance to meet with some of the fine people with
whom you work who have also been involved in our work over Kosovo.
I this the Adjacent General Bennett Landreneau, who is representing
Governor Foster; Treasurer Ken Duncan; and the Mayor of Bossier City,
George Dement, and the Mayor of Shreveport, Keith Hightower, for coming
to meet me as well.
Now, the nice thing about speaking last is that everything that needs
to be said has been said, but not everyone has said i-t .. __ (.Laughter_.J __
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The conflict in Kosovo in which we are involved is really about two
things:
first, what you know and see every night -- all those hundreds
and thousands of innocent people uprooted, many of them killed, some of
them dying from disease in refugee camps, some families divided forever
-- not because of anything they did, but because they happen to be
Albanian instead of Serbian;· Muslim instead of Orthodox Christian.
It
is a human tragedy that touches everyone.
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But there is a second issue here as well. And that is whether we and
our allies in Europe are going to allow that kind of problem -- hatred
based on race or ethnicity or religion -- to be the defining force of
the next 20 or 30 years.
In other words, whether we're going to go into
the 21st century, this great modern time, where all our kids can do
amazing things on the Internet, where all of our planes can do amazing
things with high technology, and have all of the tools of the modern
world put at the service of the most primitive hatreds known to man.
Or
whether our European allies -- 18 other countries in NATO, and their
friends and sympathizers across Europe -- will stay united with us, and
with our neighbors to the north in Canada, and say, we would like the
21st century to be different for our children; we would like to nip this
conflict in the bud before it destabilizes all of Europe; we would like
to see us make a statement that we don't want the 21st century to be
defined, and we don't want American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and
marines, to die on distant battlefields in large numbers because we
walked away from these ethnic, religious and racial atrocities. And
that's what's going on.
Now, I wanted to come here to Barksdale today for two reasons.
One is,
you're involved -- with the B-52s and what we're trying to achieve
there.
The other is, Barksdale has a rich heritage of being part of an
allied effort, where Amer.ica does not act alone, but with others who
love freedom and are prepared to defend it.
This base was named for Lt. Eugene Barksdale of the U.S. Army Air
Corps, who flew combat missions alongside British pilots in World War I
with enormous skill and bravery.
This base was where Jimmy Doolittle's
famed bomber unit and so many others, including French pilots, trained
to fight for freedom in World War II.
It was from this base during the
very large coalition effort in the Gulf War that crews launched the
longest strike mission in the history of aerial combat, 35 nonstop hours
in the air, ~hen B-52s left Barksdale to strike at Saddam Hussein's war
machine and returned safely here.
Now, you have this new mission -- one that echoes the allied
achievements of the past and embodies our determination to create a
better future.
As I said, I met earlier with air crews who have
returned from Kosovo, where, with the aircraft from other NATO
countries, they struck at the Serbian forces who have so brutally
attacked the civilian population of Kosovo.
The forces are working to save innocent lives, to protect the peace and
freedom and stability of Europe, to stand against the notion that it's
okay to uproot, destroy and murder people because of their race, ethnic
background or religion.
I am grateful for your service and grateful for the sacrifice of your
families.
We are all -- those of us in positions of responsibility -committed to support you.
I listened very, very carefully today when
the crew members talked to me about the challenges of maintaining a
long-term career in the military today; about the challenges they face,
the challenges their families face; the challenges that relate to
income, the challenges that relate to health care, the challenges that
relate to housing, the challenges that relate to operations tempo.
We are working on that. We know that, now that we have downsized the
military, and the economy in the civilian sector has picked up, we're
going to have to work harder to get and keep good people.
Our new
budget provides for an increase in pay and more money for housing and
other quality-of-life supports, for more support for training and
equipment.
It is the first sustained increase in overall defense
spending since 1985.
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There's something else that, since it is now April the 12th, I think I
ought to do.
Our tax laws give the President the authority to issue an
executive order granting tax benefits to Americans serving in a combat
zone or supporting combat efforts.
I want you to know that I will issue
that executive order for our forces who are working to save Kosovo.
(Applause. )
This will mean that for military personnel serving in the combat zone,
most or all pay for each month served will be tax-free, not withheld
from paychecks, not subject to IRS claims later.
They will also be
eligible for some additional pay for service.
There's another advantage to the executive order that will apply not
only to personnel in the combat zone and others deployed overseas, but
also for some civilian personnel as well, including accredited
journalists and relief workers.
It will suspend the time for filing tax
returns and related obligations to the IRS. With our citizens working
so hard to protect the people of Kosovo, they shouldn't have to worry
about their taxes.
Now, Secretary Cohen will work out all the details with the Treasury
Department as soon as possible -- (laughter) -- he's got 72 hours.
(Laughter.)
You all have to have quicker turnaround than that.
So he's
going to fight with the tax person for you.
Let me say again, I know I speak for all of the members of Congr~ss
here in saying they support this.
We have had remarkable bipartisan
support from the leadership in Congress for this -- Congressman Archer
and Rangel, Senators Roth and Moynihan who have made it quite clear that
they support what we are doing.
Let me just say one other word or two about this mission, because more
of you will be going in the days ahead.
Hundreds of thousands of these
Kosovars are now refugees.
There have b~en thousarids of innocent
victims.
Many are just dying because they're stuck in these refugee
camps and can't get adequate health care or support, some of them from
severe dehydration.
There is also the possibility that Albania,
Macedonia and other countries around there receiving these refugees will
be destabilized because they have ethnic problems of their own.
There
are also countries, believe it or not, in the Balkans that have worked
hard to resolve their ethnic differences and they have things going
pretty well.
Pretty soon, their malcontents may wonder whether they
could have gotten a better deal by behaving in a more constructive way.
We've learned the hard way through two world wars and through what we
saw in Bosnia that with these kinds of conflicts, if you don't halt
them, they spread, to be stopped later at greater cost and greater risk.
I have worked hard for the last six years to build in the aftermath of
the Cold War a Europe that is united, democratic and at peace for the
first time in history.
The two great world wars of the 20th century
started in Europe .. We have learned that so much of our liberty, our
safety, our prosperity depends upon an alliance with a democratic
Europe.
That's what NATO has been all about.
We know in the years ahead when we're going to have to fight terrorism,
wheri we're going to have to fight organized crime and drug trafficking,
when we're going to have to fight the spread of weapons of mass
destruction, when we're going to have to join together with countries to
fight the spread of disease and environmental problems across national
boundaries that we will have to work with Europe.
That is why we have taken new members into NATO.
That is why we've
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expanse of Europe.
That's why we are adopting new missions, to be ready
when somewhere, someone again challenges the peace and stability of
Europe.
That is what Mr. Milosevic has done.
Keep in mind, before Kosovo, he started wars of ethnic hatred in
Croatia and in Bosnia, with a quarter of a million killed and more than
2 miilion refugees. And the fighting there did not end until we and our
allies acted.
Now, we did everything we could possibly do to avoid the conflict which
is now occurring. We worked and worked and worked for a peaceful
solution.
Last year, we stopped the threatened assault in October. We
had a peace agreement.
The Kosovar Albanians agreed to sign it, even
though it didn't give them everything they wanted.
Mr. Milosevic
rejected it because he had 40,000 troops and nearly 300 tanks on the
border and already in Kosovo, and he knew that he could move his troops
and his tanks at will, and do to the Kosovars what he had supported
being done to the other ethnic minorities in the former Yugoslavia.
The stories we are hearing now are truly chilling:
Serb security
forces herding Albanian villagers together, gunning them down with
automatic weapons and setting them on fire.
Telling villagers, leave or
we will kill you.
Separating family members.
Loading up buses and
trains, carrying some to the borders and some to be slaughtered.
Confiscating identity papers and property records, seeking, literally,
to erase the presence of these people in their own land forever.
We must not let that happen. We must stand against that. As I speak,
Secretary Albright and the other NATO foreign ministers are in Brussels,
reaffirming our common commitment to do what is necessary to prevail.
There are a lot of people who didn't think that an alliance of 19
countries could do what we have done and could stay together as we have
stayed together, would have the patience to endure the inevitable
progress that the tanks and the prepositioned troops would make, and the
patience to deal with the bad weather and the patience to deal with all
the questions to stay the course.
But when American B-52s like the ones
here at Barksdale take to the skies, they're joined by British Harrier
jets, German and Italian Tornadoes, French Mirages, Canadian and Spanish
F-18s, Dutch, Danish, Belgian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Turkish F-16s.
We are united in this effort.
And we are united in our humanitarian effort. And I say to all of you:
I am very proud of you.
I hope you ~re proud of your mission.
This is
America at its best.
We seek no territorial gain; we seek no political
advantage. We have promised, if we are a part of a multinational force
in Kosovo, we will protect the Serb minority with exactly the same
vigilance as we stand up for the Kosovar Albanian majority.
This is
America trying to get the world to live on human terms, so we can have
peace and freedom in Europe, and our people will not be called to fight
a wider war for someone else's madness.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
(Applause.)
I also want to thank the American people for their work in the
humanitarian relief effort, and I thank our forces for their support.
Thousands and thousands of Americans have called the number I announced
a week ago, the 1-800-USAID-RELIEF.
It's hard to believe, it's an
11-digit 1-800 number, but it works.
A pastor friend of mine called me the other day to say, just
spontaneously, his church had taken up a donation for the relief in
Kosovo and had collected $15,000 last Sunday.
This kind of thing is
happening all over America, and I am very grateful for that.
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As I said, our government is doing its part there, and when I
introduced Mr. Witt I said that we are trying to do our part in helping
Louisiana deal with its disaster, as well -- expanding aid and
individual assistance for families in affected parishes.
It's ironic,
but I think it's appropriate that under the leadership of Mr. Witt, our
Federal Emergency Management Agency is playing a vital role in both the
Kosovo relief efforts and the work here in Louisiana today.
Let me say one final word. Mr. Milosevic can end this tragedy
tomorrow.
What has to be done is clear: Withdraw the forces, as he,
himself, promised to do last October; have the refugees come home freely
and in security; establish an international force to protect all the
people of Kosovo, of whatever ethnic or religious group; and let the
people begin to work toward the self-government that they were promised
and then robbed of years ago.
This is not complicated.
The United States seeks no territorial
advantage.
I will say again:
Europe seeks only stability, security,
freedom and democracy for those people.
He can end it tomorrow.
But
until he does, he should be under no illusions that we will end it from
weariness. We are determined to continue on this mission. And we will
prevail-- because of you and people like you.
(Applause.)
The last thing I want to say is something you know very well here at
Barksdale.
You are the proud heirs of a great tradition -- a tradition
of serving the United States, and a tradition, as I said at the
beginning of my remarks, of doing it in cooperation with freedom-loving
allies from other nations.
You are doing it again.
Make no mistake
about it:
You are doing two things.
You are trying to save the lives
of innocent people, and you are trying to do it in a way that creates a
21st century world that you can be proud to have your children live in.
Thank you, and God bless America.
END
(Applause.)
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Rarnstein Air Base, Germany)
For Immediate Release
May 5, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AFTER DINNER WITH TROOPS
Rarnstein Air Base, Germany
8:10 P.M.
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·THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much.
General Jumper, General Wooley,
ladies and gentlemen, let me, first of all, say that I know I speak for
all the people in our group -- the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of
State, General Shelton and others -- in saying that we are delighted to
be here and very proud of you.
I have been to Rarnstein at least three times since I've been
President . . I was trying to think, it may be four.
But I feel a
special affinity for this base.
I flew from here into Bosnia in 1995,
when the people who were stationed here then did so much to restore
freedom and peace to the people there.
There are a lot of things I'd like to say, as briefly as I can.
First
of all, I'd like to tell you I had a real good time tonight taking all
the pictures and
(laughter.)
I like having the opportunity to look
our men and women in uniform in the eye and see where you're from and
hear a little about your views.
I thank especially the people who had
dinner with me at the table over there tonight.
I got questions about
the Middle East peace process and the Situation in Iraq and the
long-term prospects in Kosovo and -- Q Pay raises.
THE PRESIDENT:
and pay raises, that's right.
(Laughter.)
And
they did a very good job.
I want you to know, the guys at the table
they did a good job, because we talked a lot about how the Air Force
and the Navy and this year probably the Army will be down on their
recruitment goals, and the reenlistment problems, and how we face the
converging pressures of a very, very strong economy in the private
sector -- the strongest it has been maybe ever -- certainly in a
generation, and a very much increased operations tempo for people in
the military, taking people away from their families more frequently
and often for extended periods of time. And if that results in -those two things result in our not meeting our enlistment or
reenlistment quotas, obviously, that only aggravates the op tempo
problem further.
I think there is strong, overwhelming bipartisan support in the
Congress this year to make some ~hanges in pay, in retirement, in
enlistment and reenlistment bonuses. And those three things plus some
other things we're going to do, I hope will help to keep more of you
in the service, and I hope will help to get more young people corning
in.
The job market is very, .very strong out there, as all of you know.
And particularly after you've been in the service for a while and
you've gotten the invaluable training that you get, I understand the
temptations and the lures of taking those offers which wouldn't
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require you to be away from home so much and so far.
But I can tell you this:
The· United States military, because of
people like you, can do things for a troubled world that no one else
can do.
And I am profoundly grateful.
(Applause.)
You're taking
those supplies into the refugees in Macedonia and Albania -- you must
have talked to some of them, you must know what they have been through.
And if you were involved in the operation in Bosnia, or you talked to
anybody else who was, you must know what they were put through and what
it is that NATO is trying to stop in the heart of Europe.
At the end of the Cold War, the question was, do we need a NATO. And
the 19 allies decided that, yes, we did; that if we wanted Europe to be
free and united and at peace, we needed NATO and that would be our
mission. And I wish there had been nothing for us to do -- nothing for
you to do.
I wish none of you reservists or Guard people had to be
called up or had to volunteer.
But it happened.
And it is truly
ironic that after all the wars i~ the 20th century, that here in Europe
we would still be fighting over religious and ethnic bigotry, being
used to dehumanize people to the point of justifying killing them,
burning them, looting their homes, running them out, burning their
villages, eradicating every last vestige of historical, cultural
records, burning their houses of worship.
And that's not the world I
want your children to live in.
And if your children are wearing this uniform of our Armed Services, I
don't want them to have to fight a war because we didn't nip in the bud
a cancer that can never sweep across Europe again.
So this is profoundly important. And the humanitarian aid you're
taking to those desperate people is profoundly important.
They are
good people.
They have their dignity.
You are enabling them to keep
what they can when most of them are running out of their country with
nothing but the clothes on their back.
I just want you to know that back home people do know what you're
going through, they do know what a sacrifice it is.
We will do
everything we can to make it better.
In the Congress this year, I do
believe there was overwhelming bipartisan support to respond to the
problems you face and the challenges you face ~nd the private market
you face.
But nothing can ever compensate or take the placelof the profound
sense of satisfaction you must get when you go to bed at night knowing
that you did something that was good and decent, not because your
country wanted to dominate another people or control land, but because
we want our children and their children to live in a decent world.
Thank you and God bless you.
END
(Applause.)
8:20 P.M.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Spangdahlem, Germany)
For Immediate Release
May 5, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO AIR BASE PERSONNEL
Spangdahlem Air Base
Spangdahlem, Germany
1:36 P.M.
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THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much.
Secretary Cohen, thank you for
your remarks and your remarkable leadership. We're glad that you and
Janet are here with us today, and there for the men and women of
America's military services every day.
Secretary Albright, thank you for being able to redeem the lessons of
your life story by standing up for the freedom of the people in the
Balkans.
To the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hugh Shelton -- I was
looking at General Shelton standing up here -- you know, he's about a
head taller than I am. And I thought to myself, he not only is good, he
looks good.
He looks like the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(Applause.)
But what I want you to know is, however good he looks, he's
better than that in the job that he does.
I thank General Clark for his leadership. Ambassador Kornblum,
National Security Advisor Sandy Berger. Our USAID Director Brian Atwood
is doing so much for the humanitarian relief.
Brigadier Scott Van
Cleaf, thank you.
Chief Master Sergeant Daniel Keene, thank you for
making all of us feel so welcome here today.
I'd like to
citizens who
Band and the
and women of
delighted to
this will be
thank the distinguished German public officials and
are here. And I'd like to thank the Spangdahlem Oom-pah
Gospel Choir.
(Applause.)
Thank you.
I thank all the men
Team Eifel and all your family members who are here.
I am
see so many children here today.
(Applause.)
And I hope
a day they will long remember.
The 52nd Air Expedition Wing is crucial to our mission in Europe.
There are so many to thank -- the Stingers and Hawks, the Panthers -(applause) -- your guests here, the crews of the Flying Knights.
(Applause.)
All the hundreds of base operations and support personnel
here, working day after day and now night after night.
We ask so much
of you and you never let us down .
.Ever since the end of the Cold War, this base has been busy with the
challenges of a new era, training new allies, planning new missions,
helping people in need like the earthquake victims in Turkey whom the
52nd Civil Engineer Squadron assisted last summer. A few years ago, you
helped to end the cruel war in Bosnia. And I'm sorry you have to do it
all over again, but I'm proud of the job you're doing today in Kosovo.
Earlier this year, some of you in the 22nd Fighter Squadron flew
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support for Operation Northern Watch.
Since this conflict in Kosovo
began, we have been depending on you more than ever.
It's meant more
hardship and more hard work for you. Many of your loved ones are right
now flying out of Italy and, of course, these F-117 Stealth fighters and
their crew are here from Holliman Air Force Base in New Mexico. And
they're a long way from their families.
Night after night -- to Serbia, punching through enemy defenses,
putting ordinance on target, returning home to debrief, rest, and then
do it all over again.
That takes courage and skill, and a lot of
support that we must never take for granted -- refueling in midair,
evading antiaircraft fire, pinpointing targets, seeking, often at great
personal risk, to avoid civilian casualties, coordinating with crews
from other nations, rescuing a downed pilot as one of your squadrons did
just a few days ago. And for the base personnel and the loved ones,
always the anxious waiting for the aircraft to return.
One thing I have tried to make sure the American people understand in
the years that I have been President is that your jobs have inherent
dangers, even when not directly engaged in conflict. As many of you now
know, just yesterday we lost two brave Americans in a helicopter
training accident in Albania. And today we grieve with their families
and pray for them.
I came here more than anything else to say on behalf of your fellow
Americans, we thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
Though
you're far from our shores, you are close to our hearts every day.
I also would,like to thank the people of Germany, who are our allies
in this cause and who do so very much to make all of you feel at home
here in this wonderful country.
I just came from an operations briefing and a tour of the aircraft
you fly from this base.
I want to talk just a little bit about why
you're flying.
And I want all of you, particularly who have children
here, who think about the world they will live in in the 21st century,
to think about why you're flying.
Our mission in Kosovo has nothing to do with trying to acquire
territory or dominate others.
It is about something far more important
-- creating the kind of world where an innocent people are not singled
out for repression, for expulsion, for destruction just because of their
religious and ethnic heritage.
You look around today at the people we have in uniform here. We have
people from all different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
We have people
from all different religious heritages. And I think America's military
is stronger because we try to get everybody's talents and put
everybody's talents to the best possible use -- not weaker. And I can
tell you for sure that our country is stronger when we reach across all
the lines that divide us and celebrate our differences, but say that
what unites us is more important.
All the differences that exist among people in the world, especially
differences of religion, make life more interesting and more
enlightening when they are limited by an understanding of our common
humanity.
But when people throw away that understanding of our common
humanity and make differences the only thing that matter, and make them
so important they justify literally dehumanizing other people so that
their lives, their children, their property, their history, their
culture, even their faith in God do not matter -- that makes life
unbearable and it makes civilization impossible.
And that is what we are fighting against in Kosovo, the same thing we
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fought to stop in Bosnia. And if we want Europe to be undivided and
democratic and at peace for the first time in history, and if we don't.
want your successors to have to come to this continent and fight another
bitter war, then we must stand in Kosovo for the elemental principle of
the common humanity of every breathing, living person in this continent.
(Applause. )
The Alliance in which we are privileged to serve, NATO, is comprised
of 19 democracies with 780 million people, tied together by a respect
for human rights and the richness of all people; tied together in a
conviction that we will build a Europe that is for the first time in
history undivided, peaceful and free.
Kosovo is an affront to
everything we stand for.
Two months ago there were 1.8 million ethnic Albanians living there
now nearly 1.5 million have been forced from their homes, their
villages burned, their men often separated from their families and
killed, some of them bundled and set on fire, the records of their
family history and property destroyed.
The number of people dislodged there in two months is equivalent to
the entire population of the state of Nebraska -- kicked out of house
and home without warning, at gunpoint.
It is -- and those of you who
were involved in Bosnia will remember this very well -- it is the
culmination of a deliberate, calculated, 10-year campaign by Mr.
Milosevic to exploit the religious and ethnic differences in the former
Yugoslavia, to preserve and enhance his dictatorial power.
His so-called ethnic cleansing has included concentration camps;
murder; rape; the destruction of priceless religious, cultural and
historical sites, books and records.
This is wrong. It is evil.
NATO,
after the Cold War, said that we would stand for the freedom and unity
of Europe.
This is occurring in the heart of Europe on NATO's doorstep.
We must repudiate it; We must reverse it. And we intend to do that.
(Applause. )
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Now, when Mr. Milosevic started this campaign against unarmed people
in Kosovo, with 40,000 troops and nearly 300 tanksy he may have thought
our Alliance was too divided, our people too impatient, our democracies
too weak to stand against single-minded despotism.
Every day, you prove
him wrong.
NATO is now more united.
Our objectives are clear and firm.
Secretary Cohen said them; I want to say them one more time.
This is
not complicated.
The Kosovars must be able to go home, safe, and with
self-government.
The Serbian troops must be withdrawn, and instead
there must be an international force with NATO at its core, but,
hopefully, with many other nations participating to keep the peace and
protect all the people of Kosovo, Albanians and Serbs alike.
We have no quarrel with the Serb people.
I say that again: We do
not want to be guilty of the sin we are standing and speaking against.
We have no quarrel with the Serb people. America has many great Serbian
Americans.
They were our allies in war.
Our quarrel is with ethnic
cleansing and systematic killing and uprooting, and the bigotry and
death brought on by religious hatred.
That is what we stand against and
what we seek to reverse.
But for that to happen and for those people to go home and have
self-government, there has to be an international security force with
NATO at its core that will protect everybody there. We will continue to
pursue this campaign in which we are now engaged.
We will intensify it
in an unrelenting way until these objectives are met.
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You know, the gentle hills of this region, the Eifel region and the
Mosel Valley, are peaceful today, thanks in no small measure to 50 years
of Alliance and commitment, of which you are the most recent
manifestation.
But we mustn't forget that here, where we now are, there
was a landscape of violence for thousands of years, from the time Trier
served as a Roman capital just south of here.
For two millennia,
Europeans fought each other in the contested terrain around this base.
Two millennia.
Now, when you drive across these beautiful hills and you see these
beautiful hills and you see these beautiful fields, war is unthinkable
here and in most of Europe, because of what your forebears did. And you
can now look forward to a day not long from now when, in the Balkans and
throughout Southeastern Europe, human rights are respected and the men
and women of Spang are honored for doing your part to turn the dream of
peace and human rights into an everyday reality.
This base was built in the aftermath of the second world war at the
dawn of the Cold war.
Because of allied vigilance, the war we then
feared would occur never happened.
Now, planes are actually flying into
combat from this base for the very first time -- to protect the future
your forebears worked so hard to build.
I know this is hard.
I know too many of these pilots are flying long
hours with too little rest.
I know the stress and anxiety must be
unbearable.
But when you wonder what it is like, next time you're in a
meeting of American service personnel, look around at your differences,
at your racial differences, the differences of background, the men and
women together, the differences of religious faith -- and thank God you
live in a society that honors that, because we are united by things that
are more important. And look at these little children here and think
how terrible it would be for them to live in a world where a person
could gain, increase and keep political power by teaching young people
like them to kill other young people because of their religious faith or
their ethnic background.
That has no place in Europe or any other civilized society. And you
have a chance to prove the dreams of the people that fought World War I I
and that held together during the long Cold War to prove those dreams
can be realized in Europe in your lifetime. And if you do, the people
who wear the uniform of the United States military, 10 or 20 or 30 years
from now will not be called upon to spill their blood in another war
because of some dictator's mad schemes to dehumanize a whole people.
That is what you're fighting for and that is what you will be grateful
that you did for your children and the children of this continent.
Thank you so much, and God bless you.
END
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
Knob Noster, Missouri
For Immediate Release
June 11, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE PERSONNEL
Whiteman Air Force Base
Knob Noster, Missouri
11:50 A.M. COT
THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you very, very much.
General Lyles, thank
you for your introduction and your service.
I'd like to thank General
Barnidge for making me feel right at horne.
You can tell he's pretty
proud of you -- and he makes a good speech, doesn't he? I didn't know
whether he was a politician or a General the first time I met him.
(Laughter.)
I've got the coin, General.
(Laughter.)
I think I know
the rules.
You got yours?
(Laughter and applause.)
Actually, ladies and gentlemen, when I discovered these coins I
decided one way I could always remember the men and women of our
military is to keep every coin I receive visible. And for as long as I
have been President, I have done that. And if you saw the speech I gave
last night on Kosovo, when the camera zooms in I have three racks of
these coins behind me.
I now have nearly 300 of these, from every unit,
every enlisteq_per.~on,_e_v_e_ry offi~er, every commander that has <?iven me
one of these, '1-~s_tlll have the colns. And every one wno-cornes_lnto the
<;>val-Offi·ceseesthern all -- to remember you and what you do for---our~
cpuntry. ~nd this will be on that desk· tonight._~:~hen I get hc5ine;;-and-_,I
than~u- for it very much.
(Applause. )
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--I want to thank my good friend, Congressman ~ke Skelton, for
representing you so well and representing all of America 's military
families and military interests so well.
I'd like to thank my National
Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, who did a lot of work in planning and
executing our efforts in Kosovo and others who have come here with me
today.
There are a large number of congressmen here, and I want to
acknowledge all of them, because I think it's important that you know
you have broad support. We have four members from Missouri here -- in
addition to Congressman Skelton, Congresswoman Pat Danner, Congresswoman
Karen McCarthy and Congressman Kenny Hulshof from Missouri.
They are
all here.
I'd like to ask them to stand and be recognized.
(Applause.)
We have Congressman Norm Dicks from Washington and Congressman
Steny Hoyer from Maryland, as you heard, two big supporters of the B-2
program.
We have Congressman Leonard Boswell from Iowa and Congressman
Dennis Moore from Kansas, two of your neighbors here. And we have two
congressmen who carne all the way from New York State -- Congressman
Eliot Engel and Congressman Peter King.
I'd like to as the rest of the
members of the national delegation to stand, I thank them for being
here.
(Applause.)
We all carne down from Washington today on behalf of your fellow
Americans to salute the men and women of Whiteman Air Force Base, to
thank you for a job well done, to honor you for the way you honor
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America.
Over the past few mo~ths, our nation has faced an extraordinary
challenge -- a decade of brutal policies in the former Yugoslavia -and, in particular, in Kosovo -- exploded into a humanitarian
catastrophe when Serbian troops evicted over 1 million people from homes
they had lived in with their families for generations.
It was the
culmination of a long campaign by the Serbian President, Mr. Milosevic,
to exploit ethnic and religious differences to strengthen his power over
the people of the former Yugoslavia.
Now, in nearly every country, at some point or another there are
demagogues who have tried to exploit people's ethnic, racial and
religious differences.
The difference here is that he wasn't just
calling people names.
This exploitation involved mass murder, mass
rape, mass burning, mass destruction of religious and cultural
institutions, and personal property records -- an attempt to erase the
very presence of a people from their land, and to get rid of them dead
or alive. We have come to call it ethnic cleansing.
The International
War Crimes Tribunal prosecutor indicted Mr. Milosevic and the leaders
who worked with him for war.crimes and crimes against humanity.
It is
that which the B-2s from Whiteman flew to reverse.
I asked you, our Armed Forces, and our NATO allies, to act when all
of our diplomatic efforts failed -- after Mr. Milosevic had already put
40,000 troops and 300 tanks in and around Kosovo.
I asked you to act
early because the world community took four long years to mobilize
itself to stop the aggression in Bosnia, and by the time it happened,
there were a quarter of a million people dead, and 2.5 million refugees.
And the great dream that we all had, after World War II and after
the Cold War, that finally Europe would be free and undivided and at
peace, and Americans would never have to go there in large numbers to
fight and die again, was threatened by the oldest demon of human society
-- our fear and hatred of people who are different from us.
That is
what he exploited, in a systematic way, to threaten the future -stability and peace of Europe and the security of the United States, and
to do unspeakable humanitarian horrors to innocent civilians.
So when diplomacy failed, we and our NATO allies acted. We
attacked the Serb forces with air power for 79 days with three goals:
first, to return the refugees with security and self-government; second,
to get the Serb forces out of Kosovo; and, finally, to have an
international security force, with NATO at its core, to deploy to
protect all the people of that troubled land -- the ethnic Albanians and
the ethnic Serbs
Today, the three objectives have been achieved.
The Serbian forces
are withdrawing, an international force with NATO at its core is
preparing to enter, and very soon the refugees will go home. Mr.
Milosevic accepted these conditions for one ·reason -- you made him do
it.
(Applause.)
Thanks to you and the others who flew and supported
our air mission and those of our NATO allies, he ran out of room and he
ran out of time. And thanks to you, the century is ending -- not with
helpless indignation over such unspeakable cruelty, but with its
opposite -- a ringing affirmation by a free people of human dignity.
It was not an easy campaign.
Kosovo is a long way from Whiteman
even in a B-2. We had to coordinate all the details with 18 NATO
allies.
The Serbs had sophisticated air defenses.
They placed innocent
civilians around military targets.
The weather was often downright
atrocious, especially when we began the operation.
Yet, day after day, with remarkable precision, our forces pounded
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every element of Mr. Milosevic's military machine-- from tanks to fuel
supply, to anti -aircraft weapons, to the military and pol-itical support.
Most Americans will never know how hard this was or how hard our forces
worked T::-the-pi-lots-,-t-he-e:r:ews, __the_p_eop_le _}'V_llQ _lJ!a_~~_! t happen on the
ground.
But--I-want--you~ ~:'? ~n_<?~~CI_t~~- ~r_e '!_e~Y_ proud--:o·f-you -~
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I'd like to single out ;-£~~-gro-ups-for--special th_a[l_k:s today--pilots ,_the __crews' --the __w_eap_Olle~rs I the maintenance per sonne~-WhO -are---part of the B-2 team stationed here--a:t-Whiteman--shoulQ___l::ake special
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pride in proving what a truly remarkable aircraft can do :---Fryi-ng-..- ----- -.J
30-hour sorties, dropping ordnance, returning to base, night after night
-- and, as our Commander said, as far as we know, they still don't know
you were there.
Listen to this:
the B-2s from Whiteman flew less than
one percent of the total missions, but dropped 11 percent of the bombs.
(Applause. )
-lhe
We honor the pilots and. the crews, but we should never forget that
for every two-man mission, about 60 people from the mission planning
cell work two or three days to make sure nothing went-wr·ong~--That' s - ]
what I call teamwork.
You put real meaning into tH~ 509th's ~Qt~Q,__ _
Follow Us.
A lot of good people are about to follow you back home to
Kosovo, and I thank you for it.
(Applause.)
I would also like to thank the Reservists of the 442nd for all you
do.
I know how badly some of you wanted to take your Warthogs over to
Serbia.
I assure you, you're doing a fine job protecting us, just by
being ready to drop everything at a moment's notice.
And I want to
thank the people who make Whiteman such a fine place to live and work,
including the Missouri National Guard.
And, lastly, I want to pay special tribute to the families who give
strength and support to our airmen and women who do such a difficult
job.
(Applause.)
The wives, the husbands, the children of our military
personnel are a part of our military team, and they serve our country in
a very special way.
The statistics of Operation Allied Force tell the story better than
I can.
There were 30,000 sorties.
Two planes were lost, but every
single crew member returned safely -- an extraordinary testament to your
courage and skill. Of course, we cannot forget the two Army airmen we
lost while training in Albania, and I hope you will remember them and
their families in your prayers -- Chief Warrant Officer David Gibbs and
Chief Warrant bfficer Kevin Reichert.
Let me say one other thing that I hope will try to illustrate what
this is really about.
I'm proud to be in Whiteman today for many
reasons.
For over half a century, the brave airmen of this base have
been crucial to our efforts to build peace and support freedom.
We may
be far from Europe here in the heartland, and I suppose it's unlikely
that Knob Noster will ever be invaded by a foreign power.
(Laughter.)
But you have always been close to the front lines, and the people
in that small community have supported you in being close to the front
lines.
The 442nd Fighter Wing supported the 0-Day landings 55 years ago
last Sunday.
The 509th Bomber Wing distinguished itself in the Pacific
theater.
Whiteman was a bastion of strength throughout the Cold War.
Ten years ago, for example, who would have thought that a former leader
of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, would come here to have you sing
"Happy Birthday" to him?
(Laughter.)
Or that he would have the gall to
accuse General Barnidge of singing off-key.
(Laughter.)
In this decade, in the wake of the Cold War, our men and women and
uniform have played a crucial role, and so have you.
And with the B-2,
you have been even closer to the front lines.
From Iraq to Haiti to
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Bosnia to Kosovo, our men and women in uniform have shown dictators they
can't shatter their people and threaten their neighbors with impunity.
But this is the point I want you to think about.
You helped to put the lie to Mr. Milosevic's campaign of ethnic
cleansing and killing in two ways, not one.
First, and most obviously,
you did it with the power of the bombing campaign.
But, second, you did
it with the power of your example. What do I mean by that? His whole
justification for power has been to tell the Serbian people that they
cannot and should not have to live with the Bosnian Muslims, with the
Kosovar Albanian Muslims, with the Croatian Catholics; that the only
pure and great people, worthy to be part of Greater Serbia, are those
who share their ethnic background and their faith; that their country
can only be great when everybody's just like everybody else.
Well, look around here.
You put the lie to that by the power of
your example. And make no mistake about it, it is even more powerful
than the power of our bombs.
(Applause.)
I invite the people of this world today who say that people cannot
get along across racial and ethnic and religious lines to have a good
look at the United States military -- to have a good look at the members
of the United States Air Force in this hangar today. We have proved
that when people are bound together by shared values, their differences
make them stronger, and make our community stronger; that everyone has a
contribution to make, and everyone is a child of God, worthy to be
developed to the fullest of his or her own capacity; and that our
differences make our lives more interesting, even more fun, as long as
we recognize that fundamental+y, what is most important is our common
humanity.
Make no mistake about it:
every day you get up and go to work,
every day you work through a difference you're having with somebody who
comes from a different part of the country or a different background
than you do, every day you learn to live by performing your mission
better, working together you put the lie to the idea that has driven Mr.
Milosevic's power, and that of every other dictator in this century who
tried to get people to hate others because they had a different color
skin, because they had a different ethnic background, because they
worshiped God in a different way.
And make no mistake about it
in a world that is smaller and
smaller and smaller, where we are growing closer through the Internet,
through links of trade, through shared culture, where people will become
more vulnerable to orie another through open borders, it is a very
important thing for the safety and security of the United States for us
to be able to hold up for the whole world the example of our men and
women in uniform and say:
this is the future we should all seek in the
21st Century.
(Applause.)
Yes, I am very proud of the B-2s~
I am proud of the cooperation
across the services.
I know the Air Force is grateful for the radar
jamming provided by Navy and Marine aircraft -- the Navy TLAMS fired
from ships in the Mediterranean that made the flights safer.
The Army
and Marine units taking care of the refugees.
I'm grateful for all of
that cooperation; but, fundamentally, I am most grateful for the power
of your example.
In our military, we have Asian Americans, African Americans, Latino
Americans, European Americans of every stripe, including Albanian
Americans and Serbian Americans.
I don't want anybody to get the idea
that we have a grudge or bad feelings about the people of Serbia, they
were our allies in World War II.
They fill many neighborhoods in some
of our largest cities. We cheer for them .on professional sports teams.
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Many of us know them as our friends.
This is not about a people, this
is about a rotten idea that needs to be wiped from the pages of history
that you have helped to do.
And I say to you, we have to keep· working on it.
If we want to be
a force for good around the world, we've got to keep working to be good
at horne. We've got to keep working to live up to the ideas of our
forinders, that we are all created equal, that we have a constant
obligation throughout our lives to broaden the circle of opportunity and
deepen the meaning of freedom and draw closer together as a national
community.
These past months were a defining moment for the forces of freedom
in our Alliance.
This was the longest and most difficult military
campaign NATO ever engaged in, in its entire 50 years,
Mr. Milosevic,
who believed that strength comes from everything being the same, thought
that his campaign for a greater Serbia would break the unity of the
incredible diversity of the NATO Alliance.
He thought open societies
with free dissent -- where, as you know, everybody in America was free
to tell me I was wrong about this from the get-go -- he thought that
made us weak.
But he turned out to be wrong.
He turned out to be wrong, yes,
because the B-2 is a great aircraft, and the people flying the fighters
out of Germany and Italy did a brilliant job. And the ships firing the
TLAMS were great. And because the leaders were strong and tough and
they hung together, that's fine, and that had a lot to do with it.
But what made all that possible? How did we get to that moment in
the first place? Because we had made a decision as a free people to
respect the inherent dignity of every person, to give everybody a
chance, to learn from people who are different, to be on the same team.
Let me tell you, that is something money can't buy and propaganda can't
erase, and it is an example that I hope the world will see all the more
clearly in the aftermath of your success in Kosovo.
Think what would have happened if we hadn't done this. Mr.
Milosevic's victory would have been a license for despots around the
world to deal with ethnic minority simply by murdering or expelling them
from their land. Whenever people had trouble with people who were
different, they said, well, just get rid of them.
Kill as many as you
want -- nobody will do anything; and if you run them out of your
country, the rich countries will take care of them, anyway; just
ethnically cleanse everyplace so you will never have to think about or
look at or consider the interest of anybody that's the slightest bit
different from you.
But, instead, we end the 20th century and begin a new one with a
respect for human rights and human dignity and international law.
This
is not America's first victory over tyranny and, unfortunately, it
probably will not be our last.
But it is a moment for all of you to
thank God for the opportunity we have had to live in our country and
serve our country at this moment in history, to reap the benefits of its
opportunities and to have a chance to move it a little closer to its
ideals.
As we celebrate the victory, I also ask you to remember this:
there are challenges ahead. We still have to win the peace.
Those
folks have to go horne, and they've got to have a roof over their head
before it gets too cold to be outside. We've got land mines to take up,
and businesses to rebuild, and a future to make .
. That work, too, can be dangerous for those who follow in your
footsteps in the peacekeeping missions.
But it is very much in our
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interest to help them rebuild, and to draw together -- to teach them
what we already know -- that if they have something to look forward to,
and something to work for, and something to get up in the morning and
smile about, it's a lot easier for people with superficial differences
to find common interests. And so we have to be a part of that, as well.
Whenever I come to Missouri -- a state I've always loved, since I
grew up to the south, in Arkansas -- I think of President Truman, who
was the President when I was born, and whom my family idolized.
Congressman Skelton knew Harry Truman, and I think that we would all
admit that Harry Truman knew something about standing up for what he
believed in.
President Truman would be very, very proud of the Whiteman
family today.
(Applause.)
·
In the final days of World War II, Harry Truman said, "It is easier
to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than it is to kill the
ideas which gave them birth and strength.
Victory on the battlefield
was essential, but it was not enough.
For a good peace, a lasting
peace, decent people of the earth must remain determined to strike down
the evil spirit which has hung over the world for the last decade."
Well, the decent people of the world are determined to rebuild
Kosovo and the Balkans.
Think about the spirit.
If you don't remember anything else I said today, remember this:
your victory was achieved for two reasons.
One, the power and skill and
courage of our pilots and our crews, and the awesome capacity of our
planes and our bombs.
But, two, the power of the example that you set
in our military -- a stern rebuke, on a daily basis, to ethnic
cleansing, and a reaffirmation of the moral worth, and the sheer joy, of
working together as equal human beings for a good cause.
Thank you, and God bless you.
END
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Aviano, Italy)
For Immediate Release
June 22, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO OPERATION ALLIED FORCE TROOPS
Aviano Air Base, Italy
9:26 P.M.
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THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you very much. Well, Captain Davis, you are
a pretty tough act to follow -- (laughter) -- and not short of
self-confidence, either. That's good.
(Laughter and applause.)
I'd
like to begin by saying that Hillary and I are delighted to be back in
Aviano. We have been here several times to thank ,you, but never on an
occasion more important than this.
I thank the Italian Minister of Defense, Mr. Scognamiglio, and his
government and his Prime Minister, for their leadership, their strength,
and their support for NATO during this operation.
They have been
terrific, and I thank them.
(Applause.)
I would like to also say a special word of appreciation to our NATO
Commander, our SACEUR, General Wes Clark, who led this conflict to a
successful conclusion.
Thank you, General Clark.
(Applause.)
I want to thank Colonel Durigon, the Italian Base Commander;
Ambassador Tom Foglietta, Ambassador to Italy; Ambassador Lindy Boggs,
our Ambassador to the Holy See. And, General Leaf, I want to thank you
for your leadership and your remarkable statement here today.
(Applause. )
We have been on a long trip to Europe.
I have been, at various
times, with not only Hillary and Chelsea, but with Secretary of State
Albright and National Security Advisor Berger, a large number of other
people, on a long, long week very important to America.
But I did not
want to leave without having the chance to thank those of you who
protect our freedom every single day, who fought for human dignity and
won its cause in Kosovo.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
(Applause.)
Since the beginning of Operation Allied Force, I have actually
to six other bases involved in this effort in the United States
-- Norfolk, Barksdale, and Whiteman, in America; Spangdahlem, Ramstein,
Ingleheim in Germany.
But I wanted to come here to say a special word
of thanks to the 16th Air Force, the 31st Air Expeditionary Wing,
because of what you have done in Kosovo, because of the role this base
played in Bosnia.
You have repeatedly put your lives on the line to
save the lives of innocent civilians and turn back the tide of ethnic
cleansing.
Thank you again for this noble endeavor.
(Applause.)
trav~led
In 79 days you did prove that a sustained air campaign under the
right conditions can stop an army on the ground.
The Serb forces have
withdrawn from Kosovo; 20,000 allied KFOR troops are already in.
You
also stopped a vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing and made it possible
for us to reverse it.
Protected by a peacekeeping force that includes
NATO, Russia and many other nations, the refugees are going back home.
They have given new meaning, and you have given new meaning, to the
motto of the 31st Fighter Wing.
Thanks to you, they "return with
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honor."
(Applause. )
Now that the conflict has been won, it.is imperative that we and our
NATO allies and the others working with us win the peace. No one thinks
it will take hold without difficulty. As more and more light is shed on
those burned villages and even more mass graves than we dared to
imagine, we become more and more appalled by the dark vision of Mr.
Milosevic, and more and more certain we were right to stop it.
We have to win the peace with the same qualities with which you won
the conflict -- with determination and patience, with discipline and
precision. We learned yesterday again that this, too, is a dangerous
mission as we mourn the loss of two British soldiers who gave their
lives trying to clear mines out of a house where they were placed solely
to kill the returning refugees.
But thanks to you, the worst is already over in Kosovo. And
tomorrow's dictators in other places will have to now take a harder look
before they try to destroy or expel an entire people simply because of
their race or religion.
General Leaf called you a championship team -- those are words well
chosen. As he said, over 30,000 sorties flown, about 9,000 from here at
Aviano, with zero combat fatalities; two planes down, both from here.
In each case, the pilot recovered, first in six hours, the second in an
hour and a half.
That is a truly astonishing record.
(Applause.)
And, of course, we remember our two Army airmen who died in a
training exercise in Albania.
But I know, and I want the American
people to know, that we could have had many more los~es but for your
skill and courage.
Because I kn6w that there were many occasions when
our pilots avoided firing back at those who were firing on them because
they were firing from heavily populated civilian areas. And I am
grateful for that, as well.
So many of you deserve acknowledgement.
I wish I could name you all.
I probably will miss someone, but I'm going to do this anyway, because I
love to hear you cheer when your names are called.
(Laughter.)
It does
me a lot of good -- you know, we've been up for a week and we're a
little tired and you get my adrenaline flowing.
So thank you to the Buzzards of the SlOth Fighter Squadron.
(Applause.)
The Bushmasters of the 78th.
(Applause.)
The Black
Panthers of the 4 94th.
(Applause.)
The Triple Nickle.
(Applause.)
The Star Warriors and Patriots and Yellowjackets from the Navy.
(Applause.)
Playboys and Seahawks from the Marines.
(Applause.)
The
men and women deployed to Aviano from about 90 bases around America and
Europe.
(Applause.)
And the crews here from Spain, Canada, Portugal
and the United Kingdom.
(Applause.)
You have to teach them to scream
with the same fervor with which you scream.
(Laughter.)
I want to thank the people on the ground, the maintenance personnel,
the weaponeers, the·air traffic controllers and the Italian citizens who
work on this base and make its success possible.
(Applause.)
I do want the American press to note that some of you have
demonstrated abilities that will serve you well when you return to
civilian life.
The 31st Civil Engineers -- (applause) -- built a tent
city here in just four days. And it is the envy of all the urban
planners back horne in America.
There's no crime.
(Laughter.)
Decent
sanitation and extremely low unemployment -- congratulations.
(Laughter
and applause. )
I want to again, in front of all of you, express my profound
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gratitude for our remarkable NATO Alliance of 19 nations.
This was a
difficult, difficult struggle for many of our countries.
It is a
tribute to their people and to their leaders. When I visited
Spangdahlem in Germany in May, I spoke with pilots who told me how good
it felt to look out of their cockpits and see aircraft from the other
NATO nations lying beside them.
Now, under the leadership of General Jackson, with all 19 NATO
nations working, with the Russians and with many other countries, we are
there in Kosovo to guarantee security, self- government and a chance for
all the people to rebuild.
Again, I want to say I am particularly grateful to Prime Minister
D'Alema and the Italian people for giving us the chance to call Aviano
home, and for their solidarity throughout this operation. All of you
now that Kosovo was not a distant crisis for the people of Italy, it was
an immediate threat and a difficult one, indeed.
The threat is now
receding before a new vision of Southeastern Europe, one in which the
pull of our common humanity and the promise of shared prosperity are
more powerful than the old forces of hatred and division.
I want to say a special word of appreciation to all of you in our
Armed Forces for just being here.
If you think about -- I want you to
really think about it -- you think about what Kosovo is all about.
People were taught to hate people who were from a d~fferent ethnic group
than they were, who worshiped God in a different way.
They started out
by being afraid of them and misunderstanding them.
Then, they came to
hate them. And then after hating'them for a good while, they came to
dehumanize them. And once you decide that someone you're looking at is
no longer a human being, it's not so hard to justify killing them, or
burning them out of house and home, or torturing their children, or
doing all the other things you have heard.
It all starts -- it all
starts with the inability to recognize the inherent dignity and equality
of someone who is different from ourselves.
The composition of our Armed Forces, with people from every race,
every ethnic group, every religious persuasion, from all walks of life,
that make up American society -- the fact that our military has all of
you in it is the most stunning rebuke to the claims of ethnic cleansing.
(Applause. )
Now, we're going home.
(Applause.)
I hope it's ·home you're cheering
for and not the fact that I'm about to quit speaking.
(Laughter.)
But
I just want to say to you, you make possible, by defending our interests
and advancing them, the work of the United States at the end of the Cold
War, at the dawn of a new century and a new millennium, that is
profoundly important.
Just think of what your country has been doing in the week.
I went
to Coiogne, Germany, to meet with the other large industrial powers of
the world to plan for the new century, to change the financial rules so
that we don't have other financial crises like the one we've had in Asia
which causes big problems back in America, as well as for the people who
are caught up in it; to provide dramatic increases in debt relief to the
poorest countries of the world, to lift the burden of debt off their
backs they can't pay anyway, as long as they'll put the savings into
keeping their children alive and educating them and giving them good
health care and ending the scourge of poverty in their country; to
planning for the future of Kosovo and all of Southeastern Europe.
Yesterday, I went to Slovenia, where I saw what we can build here
a thriving nation which embraces democracy, rejects bigotry and looks
toward the future together.
That's what we can do for all the Balkans,
for all of Southeastern Europe.
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And I have just come from Macedonia, from the refugee camps,·· from the
children singing and chanting "USA, USA, USA, USA," knowing they are
going to go home, knowing they don't have to go to bed at night afraid,
knowing you have given them a chance to reclaim their lives in their
native lands.
And I met with our KFOR forces from the United States and Spain and
France and Great Britain and Portugal. And they are very proud to be
succeeding you to make sure that this mission is finally won.
(Applause. )
Now, I know this has been difficult for many of you.
To sleep 10 to
a tent, work 12-hour shifts, six days a week.
Hard for a young pilot to
leave a wife and two young children, going off into uncertain skies.
Hard for some of you to spend last Father's Day alone, waiting to hear
your child's small voice a long way away on a telephone.
I want you to know that I am absolutely certain that you are building
a better world for your children and that they will come to know that -if not now, then someday -- they will understand what their fathers and
their mothers who wore our uniform have done in the last year of the
20th century to save the people of Kosovo, to defeat ethnic cleansing,
to start the new millennium in the right way -- as a time of human
rights and human dignity, and allied confidence that together we can
build a future worthy of our dreams for our children.
You have done that.
I want you to know that your children will know
it. And I, personally, am profoundly grateful.
Thank you, God bless
you and God bless America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Aviano, Italy)
For Immediate Release
November 23, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE U.S. TROOPS
FOLLOWING THE THANKSGIVING WEEK MEAL
Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo
THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you. Well, the people at my table said that
the speech I gave to the other troops was piped in here, which means it
either was or it wasn't, and if it was, you heard it, and if it wasn't,
you get relieved of hearing it.
(Laughter.)
Let me say to all of you
how very grateful I am for your service here and for the power of your
example here. As I said to the other troops, NATO won the military
victory, but now the people of Kosovo have to win the peace, and you
have to help them win it -- not only by doing your jobs, but by setting
a good example.
This was a war caused by·a man's determination_ to drive a whole
people out of a country because of their ethnic and religious
background.
It's the opposite of everything we believe in, everything
we live by, and everything the United States military stands for.
And you just look around this room today. We just celebrated
Thanksgiving, with, I bet you, conservatively, 25 different ethnic
groups represented among the American military forces here in this room
maybe 50, maybe it's more.
We are interested and proud in and proud of our background, and. we
should be, but we know that our common humanity and our shared values
are more important.
That's the message that the children need to get
here in Kosovo.
And the more you work with people and the more you let
children see you working together, having a good time, being proud of
what you're doing, doing your job, living the American creed, you will
also be fulfilling your mission by doing that.
Kids are not brought up hating each other because they're
different, they have to be taught to do that.
They've taught
generations of people on this land, good people in both communities to
do that, and now they've got to stop and you've got to help them. And I
can't think of a better Thanksgiv\ng present that you could give to
them.
Let me also say that I was very honored-- I've got four members of
the Congress here who voted for this, but I was. very honored to sign the
legislation which raised the pay and improved the retirement of members
of the military.
(Applause. )
\
But let me also say that we are well aware that in this good
economy, with the training you've gotten in the military, that you're
not serving for the money, but we think you ought to be properly
compensated and have a good retirement, and it ought to be an incen~~v.e ____~
f_or-you-t·o-st-~y if you're so inclined.
But we honor your service> we
,__,
\need you,_and on Thanksgi vi rig, those of us who came here will be h~~
\-~nd-~ou will be a long way from home.
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But you will be in our hearts, and I hope you know that what you're
doing is a great, great gift to your country.
Thank you very much.
(Applause.)
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Aviano, Italy)
For Immediate Release
November 23, 1999
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE TROOPS AND OFFICERS OF
U.S. TASK FORCE FALCON,
INCLUDING TROOPS OF THE 1ST INFANTRY,
"THE BIG RED ONE,"
Base Theatre/Fest Tent
Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo
1:13 P.M.
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THE PRESIDENT:
AUDIENCE:
Thank you.
Hello.
Hello!
THE PRESIDENT:
From the reception you gave my daughter, I thought
he was going to say I was Chelsea's father, too.
(Laughter.)
Thank
you.
I want to thank all of you for making us feel so welcome.
I want
to introduce the people who came with me: our Secretary of State,
Madeleine Albright.
(Applause.)
Our NATO Commander, General Wes Clark.
(Applause.)
My Chief of Staff, John Podesta.
(Applause.)
National
Security Advisor Sandy Berger.
(Applause.) And four members of the
United States Congress: Representative Jack Kingston from Georgia.
(Applause.)
Representative Peter Deutsch from Florida.
(Applause.)
Representative Carolyn Maloney from New York City.
(Applause.)
And
Representative Eliot Engel from New York City.
(Applause.) And
Chelsea.
(Applause.)
Let me say that we are honored to be with you.
We thank you for
your service. We're looking forward to eating a big, early Thanksgiving
dinner with the men and women of Task Force Falcon.
(Applause.)
I want to salute some of the troops for what they have done at Camp
Bondsteel and Camp Monteith. And also I want to thank those from other
nations in our multinational Brigade.East.
I want to visit you now, at
this season of Thanksgiving, not only because you're doing a hard job, a
long way from hom.e -- but because here we've got a lot to be thankful
for.
Thanks to you we have reversed ethnic cleansing. We have a
successful military mission which was brilliantly executed, with no
combat casualties. And now, we have a chance -- not a guarantee, but a
chance -- to work with these folks to build a lasting peace in the
Balkans.
Now that Operation Allied Force .is over, there is a new struggle
underway, and Camp Bondsteel is on the front lines. Operation Joint
Guardian will protect and deepen the peace we are working so hard to
make permanent.
You certainly haven't wasted any time.
The story of Bondsteel
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reads like something out of the settling of the Old West.
Not long ago,
this was a hay field.
Soon after NATO came into Kosovo, it became a
beehive of activity.
Between the Army engineers and the Navy Seabees -(laughter and applause) -AUDIENCE:
(Cheer.)
THE PRESIDENT: Well, anyway, somewhere -- (laughter) -- somewhere
between the Army Engineers and the Navy Seabees, you move over a half a
million cubic yards of Earth.
You brought enough gravel to lay a
two-lane road all across the state of Missouri. (Applause.)
In less
than five months, you built 160 sea huts, a chapel, a gym, a hospital,
mess halls, a PX, a barber shop and an aviation area.
(Applause.)
I want to salute a few of the responsible units.
Don't be shy.
The Headhunters of the Engineer Brigade First Infantry Division.
(Applause.)
The Blue Devils of the 3504 Parachute-- (applause) - - I
just want to note for the press that the Blue Devils of the 3504
Parachute Infantry Regiment are also known as ''devils in baggy pants."
(Applause.)
The Steel Tigers of the 177 Armor Battalion.
The Bone
Crushers of the 2nd Platoon Bravo Company.
The Blue Spaders of the 126
Infantry Regiment.
The Hellcats of the 299th Forward Support Battalion.
(Applause.)
The Eagles of Task Force 21 Aviation Regiment.
(Applause.)
The Spartans of the 793rd Military Police Battalion. (Applause.)
The
Dagger Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division. (Applause.)
The Navy
Seabees of Battalion 3.
(Applause.)
You did pretty well.
(Applause.)
Let me say to all of you, I know that a lot of your assignments are
still dangerous.
I appreciate the hard work you have done to protect
all the people of Kosovo, including the Serbs.
I appreciate your ,
pursuit of local thugs, like the mad mortar-man.
I appreciate your
constant mediation between people who have a long way to go toward
reconciliation.
I'm told that children routinely say, "We
Well, they love the United States because they
them their freedom back, we gave them a chance
the children a chance to have a different life
lived.
love you, United States."
love you, because we gave
to go home.
We're giving
than their parents have
But let me just say this -- I say this every time I speak to a
group of American servicemen and women overseas -- the biggest problem
in the world today, with all the modern technology, all your_fanq,r___ __
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And once you
do that, you don't feel bad about killing them.
Now that's what this
whole deal is about.
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And you see this problem in our inability to solve the peace in the
Middle East, although we're getting there.
But it's been a long time
coming. We may be about to have a final breakthrough in the Irish civil
war-- been 30 years coming. Almost 800,000 people were killed in a
hundred days in Rwanda by people of two different tribes, one hacking
the other to death with machetes -- they hardly had any guns at all.
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All you've got to do is look around the room today, and you see
that our military is a stunning rebuke to that.
This is the American
idea in flesh and blood, all of you.
You come from all different
backgrounds, all different races, all different religious faiths, all
different walks of life. And you're here working together as a team.
You can appreciate your differences.
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- - --~Now, the most important thing you can do, besides keeping these
people alive and having security, is to teach that to the children and
to their parents by the power of your example and your own testimony.
Because I am telling you, what they're going through here today is an
example, but by no means the only example, of the worst problem the
world faces on the eve of a new millennium. And it violates everything
we in America stand for.
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Kosovo. \B_lJt the peace can only be won by the human heart.
And ·'every
day they see-you---~-every-day -these "litt·l·e-·old -kids··see ·you-·working
together -- even if they don't speak our language, even if they never
met any African-Americans or Hispanics before, even if they don't know
any Asians before-- they can see.
They have eyes.
They'll get it.
You just show up and you be yourself and you do what you're supposed to
do and you treat them right, the power of your example will show them
that they do not have to be trapped in the pattern which led to the
slaughter of a quarter of a million people in Bosnia, 2.5 million
refugees there, almost 1 million refugees here, though we acted quicker,
and because we acted quicker, they all came home.
But now that they came home, they've got to learn how to win the
peace. And I say that to the other nations who are here represented.
I
want people to see Americans working with you.
I want these children to
know that the world is a better place when people are proud of their own
race and ethnicity and religion, but respectful of others; when they are
secure enough in who they are that they don't have to put anybody else
down, hurt anybody else, torch anybody else's church or mosque just to
feel that they matter.
This is the most important issue in the whole
world today.
And just by getting up every day, going to work,' keeping the kind
of morale that you manifested today with your cheers and your pride, you
are a rebuke to the biggest problem in the world, and the power of your
example can do more than anything else to help us to win the peace.
Thank you, God bless you, and Happy Thanksgiving.
(Applause. )
(A gift is presented to the President.)
THE PRESIDENT:
You all know I have an important job, because I'm
your Commander-In-Chief, right?
(Applause.)
Wel1, tomorrow, because
I'm also the President and I have broad executive authority, I get home
at 10:00 p.m. tonight, we're all dog-tired,_ but I've got to get up and
go to work tomorrow because I have to do something that every president
has been doing since the 1920s.
I have to pardon the Thanksgiving
turkey.
(Laughter.)
And they bring me a big turkey and we let one go
so we can eat all the others.
(Laughter.)
And they put this turkey in
a petting zoo for children to see in the Washington area.
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Anyway, it's always a great deal.
I just say, when I go into the
office tomorrow to pardon the turkey, I'm going to take the falcon and
put it on my desk so all of America can see when my desk is on
television what you're doing.
Thank you.
(Applause.)
END
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