This is Jocco Podcast number 93 with Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink. Good evening, Echo. Good evening.

I was lucky and blessed to have had the honor to serve in the United States military during the time of war.

I fought alongside US Army soldiers, sailors and Marines on violent battlefields.

And I saw with my own eyes my generation of warriors uphold the proud tradition of the American fighting man.

America's military has a storied history of bravery, ingenuity and grit.

But its most important tradition is the tradition of victory.

America's military wins wars. It is as simple as that.

If our nation deems it morally right and existentially necessary, then our military is unstoppable.

Of course, and rightfully so, the credit for victory is often given to the men on the front lines.

To those that are taking the fight to our nation's enemies in close combat.

That credit is well deserved.

But it is not the only credit that needs to be bestowed.

Because it is a simple fact that many of the most critical victories in America's history were won not only on distant bloody battlefields, but were also won right here at home.

In factories, fields and farms.

You see, our ability to produce, to design, grow, build and manufacture has been just important to our nation's victories as our ability to fight.

And throughout history, when Americans marched to war, we marched wearing boots made by American hands.

And we wore uniforms that were cut and sewn in factories like this one.

Our body armor, helmets and weapons have been the products of American work ethic, skill and determination.

The best planes, ships and vehicles in the world that carry us to war and then support us on the battlefield, they only exist because Americans built them.

Without the American worker, there can be no American soldier.

So let us never forget that the freedom we cherish so dearly is a gift not only from our American servicemen and women.

But it is also a gift from the American worker.

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