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Thank you , Max . Good morning all . 

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It's great to be here on the West Coast 

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representing the Department of War and 

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participate in this truly historic 

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event . I want to start by thanking 

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President Trump and Secretary Hegseth 

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for the leadership that they bring to 

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the Department of War and the 

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government at large to really drive 

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government and industry to move fast 

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and create opportunity for innovative 

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things like our event here today . I 

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also want to thank the organizations 

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and leaders who made today possible , 

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including our air crews and our hosts 

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here at March Air Reserve Base . The 

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Department of War is excited to be 

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supporting this airlift in 

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collaboration with our colleagues at 

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the Department of Energy , including 

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the airlift capability featuring the 

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C-17 behind me on the runway and the 

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associated ground support to safely 

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transport this unfueled reactor module 

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for testing and evaluation purposes . 

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Today's activity aligns with a broader 

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initiative to improve the speed , 

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safety , and effectiveness of advanced 

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nuclear reactor testing and to better 

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understand the logistics , 

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certification , and handling 

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requirements associated with these 

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systems . For the Department of War to 

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deploy transportable mic nuclear 

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microreactors , many logistic scenarios 

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need to be tested through 

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demonstrations like these to develop a 

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robust understanding of the challenges 

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involved . This activity marks a 

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tremendous milestone in the meaningful 

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logistics trials that will inform the 

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department's understanding of the 

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capabilities required to harness 

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advanced nuclear power . Most 

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importantly , it gets us closer to 

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deploying nuclear power when and where 

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it is most needed to give our nation's 

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war fighters the tools to win on the 

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battlefield . Thank you all for being 

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here . I'd like to turn it over to my 

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colleague . 

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I President 

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One of President Trump's core missions 

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when he assumed the presidency was to 

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unleash American energy dominance . 

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He recognized that more energy made 

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America stronger economically , job 

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opportunities in our country , stronger 

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militarily , better able to project 

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power abroad . He led this effort with 

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4 large executive orders . To move all 

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the things out of the way that had 

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strangled American energy ingenuity . 

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We've had years of energy subtraction 

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policies that directed our industries 

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overseas and raised energy prices for 

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Americans who are rightfully frustrated 

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by that . One of President Trump's 

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boldest proclamations was that this is 

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America . We can build things , we can 

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innovate , we can do things in this 

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country . And in fact he set out a very 

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bold goal . This is just 12 months ago . 

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He said by the 250th anniversary of our 

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Declaration of Independence , meaning 

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July 4th of this year , we're going to 

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have multiple nuclear reactors critical . 

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People thought that was crazy , 15 

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months away . We've built two reactors 

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in 40 or 50 years , yet we're going to 

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have 3 reactors critical by July 4th . 

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Well , I think you can see standing 

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behind me . President Trump was serious , 

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and the United States entrepreneurs , 

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the United States military are standing 

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up to make it happen . The Department 

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of Energy that I run has done all sorts 

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of efforts in enrichment and fuel 

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fabrication and changing regulations 

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and rules to unleash American ingenuity . 

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Today is history . A multi-megawatt . 

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Next generation nuclear power plant is 

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loaded in the C-17 behind us . We're 

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going to fly it to Utah today , and it 

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will be critical running all of its 

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nuclear systems by July 4th of this 

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year . God bless President Trump's 

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leadership . God bless the United 

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States military and Department of 

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Energy , and God bless the United 

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States of America . Now I 

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introduce the chaplain . 

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Would you bow your heads with me as I 

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pray to my God . Gracious and holy God 

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to celebrate this day , this day that 

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has brought great minds and great 

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company . Together to provide 

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energy for our war fighters , Father 

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God , we are thankful for them . And 

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Father , we celebrate this event . We 

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bring it before you and your people 

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celebrate your gift to us . And this 

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God and pray for the truth and this 

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mission . Lord , Father , the airmen 

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that worked . Security forces guard . 

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Father God forgiveness . Thank you , 

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Father , we thank you . We 

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44 . The 

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just takes over and makes things happen . 

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Father God , we understand . Mhm . 

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means mission resilience means 

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glorifying resilience , and we 

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celebrate this on this day . We pray 

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this all in your heavenly name . Amen .