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UNDISCLOSED LOCATION - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, met with more than 1,000 service members assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and their coalition partners from five nations at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 7, 2016.
Brig. Gen. Daniel Orcutt, 380th AEW commander, and 1st Lt. Karen, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron officer in charge of the Sentry Aircraft Maintenance Unit, greeted Biden and the second lady on stage.
Dr. Biden’s expressed her appreciation for the sacrifices made by each service member in attendance, and their families back home, during her opening remarks.
“We are here for one simple reason and that’s to say thank you to every single service member and their family,” said Dr. Biden. “On a daily basis each of you show the world what words like service, strength and sacrifice really mean.”
Karen, a Wilmington, Delaware native, met Biden before he accepted the position of vice president, and introduced him following Dr. Biden’s remarks. Biden nominated Karen to attend the Air Force Academy almost a decade ago when he was senator for Delaware.
“I want to thank Brig. Gen. Orcutt for welcoming me and my family here today,” he said. “I know your ops tempo out here is pretty high and you got better things to do than come see Jill and me, but we never pass up an opportunity wherever we are around the world to try and see our warriors.”
During his remarks, he reminded the audience, comprised of members from all branches of the U.S armed services, and coalition partners, how valuable they were to in the fight against Da’esh.
“We are taking the fight to Da’esh now, and pursuing all those who would do harm to America,” said Biden. “You are the instrument in a strategy to reclaim territory that they have taken and destroy their financial assets. We have to squeeze the heart of Da’esh in Iraq and Syria so they can’t continue to pump their poison into the region and the rest of the world.”
Before closing, Biden stressed again his opinion of the men and women serving their country before taking time to shake hands and personally greet members of the audience.
“You’re the finest generation of warriors the world has ever, ever known,” he said. “Thank you very very, very much.”
| Date Taken: | 03.07.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 03.07.2016 14:01 |
| Story ID: | 191409 |
| Location: | (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION) |
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