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Tom Brokaw calls for 'all hands on deck'

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 01/26/10

He may have been preaching to the choir, but that didn't stop NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw from returning to the refrain of public service when he addressed the Brigade of Midshipmen last night.

Alison Harbaugh — For The Capital NBC correspondent and former anchor Tom Brokaw flashes the Brigade of Midshipmen a smile as he pulls on a Naval Academy warm-up jacket while Brigade Commander, Midshipman First Class Keegan Kinkade looks on. Brokaw spoke as part of the Forrestal Lecture Series.
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"Uncle Sam is grateful for the service you provide for your country. Now, Uncle Sam needs your siblings to step up also," he said to a full Alumni Hall. "All hands must be on deck."

Brokaw was the guest speaker at the January installment of the Forrestal Lecture Series at the Naval Academy. The series was founded in 1970 in honor of the late James V. Forrestal, who served in the Navy in World War I and went on...

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