Travel pool report #14 - Quote, waiting for remarks

The President stopped by the pool and said about PM Takaichi: "She is going to go down as one of the great Prime Ministers"

Pool was then led to an open elevator and taken to the deck where POTUS will deliver remarks.

Hundreds of sailors are waiting for him, massed around a podium.

A huge sign with the words "Peace through strength" serves as backdrop, flanked by a big US flag and a big Japanese flag. Two F-18s are also positioned behind the stage.

The WH shares this list of greeters and notable attendees

Greeted by:

Admiral Samuel Paparo

Commander, Indo-Pacific Command

Vice Admiral Fred Kacher

Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet

Lieutenant General Stephen Jost

Commander, U.S. Forces Japan

Rear Admiral Eric Anduze

Commander, Carrier Strike Group 5

NOTABLE ATTENDEES: H.E. Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan

H.E. George Glass, Ambassador of the United States to Japan

Secretary Marco Rubio, Department of State

Secretary Pete Hegseth, Department of War

Susie Wiles, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff

Captain Timothy Waits, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON

Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander, Indo-Pacific Command

Vice Admiral Fred Kacher, Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet

Lieutenant General Stephen Jost, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan

Rear Admiral Eric Anduze, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 5

Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of Defense, Japan

General

Hiroaki Uchikura, Japan CHOD, Highest Ranked Commissioned Officer

Admiral Akira Saito, CoS of JMSDF

Vice Admiral Katsushi Omachi, SD Fleet Commander

Vice Admiral Tomohiko Madono, Commandant of Yokosuka District

Kuroiwa Yuji, Kanagawa Governor

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