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Recipients of the medal of honor, and then frankly you have those very personal moments where you remember some troops like johnny markham and jason friedwald that died on the operating table. you never forget those. so to me memorial day is really about remembering the incredible sacrifice of all the soldiers, sailors and airmen and marines and civilians that have fought in all of our wars and taking just that extra minute to say a little prayer for their families, for those that were their friends so we never forget the service and sacrifice of the incredible men and women. >> last year spec...

>> so, you've lost a lot of brave americans who served under your command. i know on memorial day you're thinking about them and their families. is there any specific person or incident when you think of memorial day. >> well, you know, unfortunately, jake, in my time after 9/11 in both iraq and afghanistan we did lose a lot of soldiers, well over 400 of them and i tend to think more of the mass casualties the ones we had with extortion 17, turbine 33, ones that crashed during operation red wing in 2005 and extortion 17 on august 6th in 2011 and we lost a lot of great soldiers, army aveiators ...