1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,389 --> 00:00:08,149 Their world is falling apart . They're 3 00:00:08,159 --> 00:00:11,479 crying out for hope . They are looking 4 00:00:11,489 --> 00:00:13,711 for freedom . A freedom . The world has 5 00:00:13,711 --> 00:00:16,329 never known . These are the stories of 6 00:00:16,340 --> 00:00:18,562 those who made the journey to America . 7 00:00:18,562 --> 00:00:21,040 Some chose their expedition and yet 8 00:00:21,180 --> 00:00:23,291 others were forced from their homes . 9 00:00:23,291 --> 00:00:26,569 Still all yearned in earnest for the 10 00:00:26,579 --> 00:00:28,523 one thing that binds us together . 11 00:00:28,523 --> 00:00:32,279 Freedom and freedom alone . As John 12 00:00:32,290 --> 00:00:34,400 Adams said , narrow is the way that 13 00:00:34,409 --> 00:00:36,939 leads to liberty . Few nations have 14 00:00:36,950 --> 00:00:40,180 found it and as more and more made 15 00:00:40,189 --> 00:00:42,522 their way to this new and promised land , 16 00:00:42,522 --> 00:00:44,745 they found a world that still wanted to 17 00:00:44,745 --> 00:00:47,959 repress and oppress them tyranny found 18 00:00:47,970 --> 00:00:50,360 with a tax , a musket and a whipping 19 00:00:50,369 --> 00:00:53,549 hand . But liberty at all hazards must 20 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,330 be supported . Adams decried possible 21 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:59,700 for all who take a stand but who who 22 00:00:59,709 --> 00:01:02,810 would take that stand ? We the people 23 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,040 when those shots first rang out in fury 24 00:01:06,050 --> 00:01:09,050 at Lexington and Concord , a fledgling 25 00:01:09,059 --> 00:01:11,589 nation found on give me liberty or 26 00:01:11,599 --> 00:01:15,459 death was born and men and women from 27 00:01:15,470 --> 00:01:17,620 all walks answered the shot heard 28 00:01:17,629 --> 00:01:20,230 around the world knowing well , their 29 00:01:20,239 --> 00:01:22,819 venture could cost their fame , fortune , 30 00:01:22,830 --> 00:01:25,889 families and future . A price nearly 31 00:01:25,900 --> 00:01:29,029 too high to afford . What were they 32 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,629 willing to sacrifice ? Absolutely 33 00:01:31,639 --> 00:01:34,480 everything formed in fire . Our army 34 00:01:34,489 --> 00:01:36,139 was America's first national 35 00:01:36,150 --> 00:01:39,080 institution bringing together 13 into 36 00:01:39,089 --> 00:01:42,819 one nation indivisible . But their task 37 00:01:42,830 --> 00:01:44,497 did not end with the American 38 00:01:44,497 --> 00:01:46,719 revolution . Our American soldiers will 39 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:49,389 be called upon time and time again to 40 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,250 defend our sacred constitution . This 41 00:01:52,260 --> 00:01:55,629 is our oath . This will defend from our 42 00:01:55,639 --> 00:01:57,806 army's birth . We knew soldiers needed 43 00:01:57,806 --> 00:02:00,199 to be provided for . So just two days 44 00:02:00,209 --> 00:02:01,987 later , a Paymaster General was 45 00:02:01,987 --> 00:02:04,339 appointed , giving birth to our beloved 46 00:02:04,349 --> 00:02:07,180 United States army . Finance . Now , 47 00:02:07,190 --> 00:02:09,369 anywhere in the world where the first 48 00:02:09,380 --> 00:02:11,779 wave hits the ground will be there . 49 00:02:11,789 --> 00:02:14,210 When you hit that distant shore , we 50 00:02:14,220 --> 00:02:16,649 live our model proudly to support and 51 00:02:16,660 --> 00:02:19,270 serve . From inception to the end of 52 00:02:19,279 --> 00:02:21,460 World War II , our core remained the 53 00:02:21,470 --> 00:02:23,419 same paying soldiers , they paying 54 00:02:23,429 --> 00:02:26,910 allowances and travel . But in 1920 55 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,100 Congress made dispersing , auditing and 56 00:02:30,110 --> 00:02:32,419 budgeting the finance department's aim 57 00:02:32,979 --> 00:02:34,949 in World War Two , the independent 58 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,330 department rejoined the army and found 59 00:02:37,339 --> 00:02:39,979 out the game had changed . We became 60 00:02:39,990 --> 00:02:42,250 more than just a paycheck . We became a 61 00:02:42,259 --> 00:02:44,148 critical node in our nation's war 62 00:02:44,148 --> 00:02:46,449 machine . A key part in our army's 63 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:49,350 history . Tirelessly working to fund 64 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,582 the fight with both procurement and pay 65 00:02:51,582 --> 00:02:53,740 the 1 36 finances versus section 66 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:55,806 finance soldiers found themselves on 67 00:02:55,806 --> 00:02:58,139 the front landing on the beaches . Just 68 00:02:58,149 --> 00:03:00,470 hours after the first wave of D day , 69 00:03:00,479 --> 00:03:02,679 our finance pool was there close at 70 00:03:02,690 --> 00:03:05,009 hand . They established a legacy that 71 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:08,720 we must live up to today from Saratoga 72 00:03:08,729 --> 00:03:11,270 and Gettysburg to Normandy in Baghdad . 73 00:03:11,449 --> 00:03:15,190 We were there today . Our nation faces 74 00:03:15,199 --> 00:03:17,800 a re emergence of peer competition . We 75 00:03:17,809 --> 00:03:20,509 will be contesting all domains to China 76 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,279 and Russia . And we will rise to meet 77 00:03:23,289 --> 00:03:25,067 this challenge with our largest 78 00:03:25,067 --> 00:03:27,067 transformation since the end of the 79 00:03:27,067 --> 00:03:29,122 Cold War to build the army in 2013 . 80 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:32,399 This is our course new mission . So I 81 00:03:32,410 --> 00:03:34,729 ask again , who will take the stand ? 82 00:03:35,369 --> 00:03:39,270 Will it be you for 248 years ? We 83 00:03:39,279 --> 00:03:41,390 defended the land of the free and our 84 00:03:41,390 --> 00:03:43,830 army and finance for our older nation 85 00:03:43,839 --> 00:03:45,929 to protect . It takes soldiers , 86 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:48,559 civilians and our truck and families as 87 00:03:48,570 --> 00:03:51,119 one team . So no matter what your 88 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:53,241 status or walk in life , there's just 89 00:03:53,241 --> 00:03:56,369 one question , will you be all you can 90 00:03:56,380 --> 00:03:56,729 be ?