New Mexico Commissioning: Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, U.S. Navy Director, Naval Reactors 27 March 2010

摘要

Thank you Ms. Stiller for your kind introduction. Congressmen Scott, Heinrich, and Nye, Secretary Rumsfeld, Admirals Greenert, Harvey and Giambastiani, fellow flag officers, and honored guests: Welcome, and thank you for your participation in today's ceremony.rnMr. Casey, Mr. Mulherin, NEW MEXICO Commissioning Committee, the Electric Boat-Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding team, officers and crew of NEW MEXICO, congratulations on the superb effort that has brought us to this day in the life of this ship, the State of New Mexico, and our Nation-a day USS NEW MEXICO starts living her motto-defendemos nuestra tierra-we defend our land.