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  • 24/5/2025

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00:00Graduating today is cadet Ricky McMahon, Ricky's great-grandfather.
00:09Stand up wherever you are, Ricky, because you're going to like this.
00:12Ricky's great-grandfather served in World War I, his grandfather served in World War
00:19II, and his uncle, father, and mother all graduated from West Point.
00:25Where is Ricky?
00:32In 2004, when Ricky was just a little, little, tiny boy, who would think about that Ricky,
00:38a little, tiny boy, his dad, Lieutenant Colonel Michael McMahon, made the ultimate sacrifice
00:45for our nation in Afghanistan.
00:48Today, Lieutenant Colonel McMahon rests not far from here in the West Point Cemetery.
00:56Last year, two decades after losing his father, Ricky placed a gold chip from his dad's 1985
01:03class ring into a crucible along 87 other rings were with it, of past West Point grads that
01:13were melted down to forge those now worn by the class of 2025.
01:18Do you all know that?
01:19Do you know that, what you're wearing?
01:22I want one.
01:24Ricky, I want one.
01:27Each of you will carry Michael's memory with you always as you continue the legacy he gave
01:33you.
01:34It gave you something that would be so proud, he would be so proud.
01:38He is proud as he looks down to Ricky and his mom, Jeanette, you embody what this place
01:45is all about.
01:46And I know Michael, he's up there, he's smiling broadly.
01:51So proud.
01:52I'm proud of you today, you know that.
01:55And he's a man that couldn't be, and he is a man that couldn't be more proud.
02:00And I want to just, I just love that story and everybody's ring, they're going to remember
02:04you, they're going to remember your family, and most importantly, you're going to remember
02:08a great tradition.
02:09It's a great tradition of West Point and of winners.
02:15Thank you very much.
02:16It's great to meet you.
02:18You can sit down.
02:19You want to come up?
02:20Come on up.
02:24Come on up here.
02:30That's nice.
02:33Handsome guy.
02:34They're all good looking here.
02:35I don't know what's going on.
02:37The whole crowd is beautiful.
02:39Thank you very much.
02:41I'd like to thank my mother.
02:51I'd like to thank my family.
02:53And I'd like to thank G3.
02:55Go Gophers.
03:05These are good looking people, I'll tell you.
03:07General, what's going on over here?
03:09Look like all a bunch of male models.
03:11I can't stand it.
03:12I can't stand it.

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