Last Friday, we observed the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Also last week, the unveiling of a new monument honoring nine servicemen killed post nine over 11.

The World War on Terror monument sits in Veteran's Park in Lexington.

Family, friends and other Kentuckians gathered to remember the servicemen's sacrifice.

Lance corporal Chase J. Calm Lane was a Lexington native, the United States Marine, a gifted athlete, and a young young man remembered for his unforgettable smile, enthusiasm, and love of life.

When Chase came to our unit, he was one of my younger Marines, and when I first met him, he was, he was quite a character.

Full of life, full of energy, just this new marine.

And everybody took notice of him, and everybody was like, who is this guy?

You know, just such character.

And then shortly after that, we deployed to Iraq in 2005.

We're here to dedicate Lexington's global war on terrorism Memorial.

And inscribed on this memorial are the names of nine sons of Lexington, nine men who wore the uniform of our nation.

Nine men who answered its call during a time of war and who gave their lives for our nation.

Security in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Marine Corps tradition and honor reign supreme.

And so, in the Marine Corps, we have a saying that Marines never die.

We live on through each other.

And that's pretty much the premise of after.

Why, after two decades of his death, the Marines, every year we still gather here in Lexington.

We still meet up with his family.

We make sure we honor him, honor them, honor his service and his sacrifice in this country.

Staff Sergeant Delmar Dale white.

Sergeant Robert Ina was you not.

It's very important that the younger generations coming up in this country remember what happened.

Just like we're taught in history, we're taught about the history of this great country and the sacrifices that it took to to get to where we are today.

We still have a long ways to go.

We're never stopping, and it's just important that we pass that knowledge on to the younger generation.

It's important to recognize the significance of what we as a community are doing here today, because 100 years from now, in this place, when someone walks by and sees these nine names and reads them, they will know that these men lived here.

But they were part of us.

They had families.

They had friends who loved them dearly.

Future is planned and lives they willingly placed in service to something larger than themselves.

It's our commitment from a grateful community and commonwealth to nine families that the names of their loved ones and the price they paid for our nation will not be forgotten.

It's not just a word we say.

Never forget the way we never forget is by talking about it, by sharing it, by constantly remembering 911 and everyone who paid the ultimate sacrifice, including my good friend Lance corporal Chase Johnson, common.