When you think of phone calls from the president of the United States, you usually think of winning the Super Bowl or astronauts returning to earth. However, for two Navy commanders stationed out in the Mediterranean Sea, what they did last week definitely earned a call from President Donald Trump.
According to a news release from the Navy, the president gave a call Sunday to the commanders of the USS Porter and USS Ross, the two destroyers that fired the missiles at Syria’s Shayrat air base last week.
“The president called to thank the commanding officers, Cmdr. Russell Caldwell and Cmdr. Andria Slough, and their crews for their professionalism and quick response to the tasking to conduct a cruise missile strike against Shayrat airfield in western Syria April 7,” the news release read.
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Trump had previously tweeted his congratulations to the crews who participated in the missile strike.
Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United States, and the world, so well in the Syria attack.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2017
“Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United States, and the world, so well in the Syria attack,” Trump said Friday, according to the U.K. Express.
Both Cmdrs. Caldwell and Slough were quick to praise the men and women under their command.
“The success of this mission hinged upon our sailors’ excellent training, technical knowledge and dedication to their work,” Cmdr. Caldwell stated in the news release. “It was a distinct honor to hear firsthand from our commander in chief that these operations had a direct impact in support of his national objectives.”
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“In general, the president was impressed with Porter’s precision and lethality. It was obvious he was extremely pleased with our performance and is glad we’re out here patrolling in U.S. 6th Fleet,” Slough added.
.@POTUS @RealDonaldTrump calls #USSPorter and #USSRoss commanding officers to thank them and crews – https://t.co/UGLxaRTdMh #SyriaStrikes pic.twitter.com/Rd41Y3Wycv
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) April 10, 2017
And deserving of a call they definitely were. Excellent job, guys. Our hats are off to you.
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