President Biden, first lady celebrate early Thanksgiving at Fort Bragg
BRAGG TONIGHT TO GIVE THANKS
FOR THE TROOPS SERVICE.
AS BRIAN SHOWS US, THE FIRST
COUPLE CAME NOT JUST TO SPEAK,
BUT TO SERVE.
>> THIS VISIT COMES THREE
MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR
IN AFGHANISTAN.
>> Reporter: FT.
BRAGG IS A FITTING PLACE, GIVEN
ITS INTEGRAL ROLE IN THAT
MISSION.
>> HI, I'M JILL BIDEN.
>> Reporter: INSIDE A HANGAR AT
HOPE ARMY AIRFIELD, FIRST LADY
JILL BIDEN WAS THE FIRST TO
TAKE THE MIKE.
SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER SON, BEAU
BIDEN.
HE SERVED IN MANY COMBAT ZONES.
>> THAT'S WHY WE COME TO SAY
THANK YOU TO YOU, WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT
YOU DO.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST LADY
THEN INTRODUCED HER HUSBAND WHO
ALSO WALKED AMONG THE SOLDIERS
AND AIRMEN.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOUR
FAMILIES AS WELL BECAUSE THEY
STAND AND WAIT, AND I KNOW HOW
HARD IT IS TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO
IS NOT AT THE TABLE ON A HOLIDAY
, THAT THEY ARE IN HARMS WAY.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAYS HE IS STILL AMAZED THAT HE
CAN SERVE AS THEIR COMMANDER IN
CHIEF.
>> THE FINEST MILITARY THAT THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
THAT IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
YOU LITERALLY ARE.
YOU ARE THE FINEST THE WORLD
HAS EVER SEEN, AND I AM SO
PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
YOU.
>> Reporter: AFTER BRIEF
REMARKS, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
THE FIRST LADY SERVED DINNER
WITH THE TROOPS.
HE SCOOPED STUFFING, SHE SERVED
MASHED POTATOES.
THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT LIFT
MORALE.
>> DURING THE HOLIDAYS IT'S
HARD TO BE AWAY FROM FAMILY,
THE FACT THAT HE IS MAKING THE
TIME TO BE HERE IS IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: THE TROOPS ARE
THEMSELVES THANKFUL THAT THEIR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ON BEHALF
OF A GRATEFUL AMERICA, CAME TO
SAY THANK YOU. BRYAN MIMS,