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Good morning , ladies and gentlemen .

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Today we pay special tribute to Colonel

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Anthony L . McQueen on the occasion of

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his promotion to Brigadier General .

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The host for today's ceremony is

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Lieutenant General are Scott Dingle ,

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the Surgeon General and commanding

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General United States Army Medical

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Command . Ladies and gentlemen , please

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stand for the arrival of the official

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party and remain standing for national

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anthem And the invocation given by

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Chaplin Weed .

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No .

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I invite you to join me in prayer . Oh ,

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great physician and king of heaven who

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healed the lame man at the pool of

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Bethesda and lead your people out of

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bondage of Egypt . We ask your blessing

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on Tony and Molly McQueen as you lift

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them up to serve the healers of the

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Army . May Tony be an instrument of

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your action in the world with just

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imprudent insight into the needs of

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those he leads . Gird him to

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the enormity and the awesome

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responsibility of the rank of Brigadier

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General . Find him to your will . And

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this in the service of others ,

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for God and country . Oh , man .

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Ladies and gentlemen , please be seated

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and thank you , Chop . Only for those

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inspirational words we would like to

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extend a special welcome to our

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distinguished guests . General Purna ,

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Chief Operating Officer Project Warp

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Speed and its distinguished guest , Dr

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Moncef Slowey and Lieutenant General

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Pappas , director for Operations J

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three . The Joint Staff Colonel McQueen

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is joined today by his wife , Mrs Mild

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Molly McQueen , their Children second

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tenant , Tana McQueen and Miss Lily

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McQueen , his sister Miss Tanya Foreman

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and her husband , Mr Tom Foreman . His

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brother Mr Rick Restivo and his wife ,

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Miss Lori Restivo . We also

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would like to extend a warm welcome to

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the many distinguished military in

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senior civilian leaders . Trusted

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mentors , dear friends , battle buddies

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and esteemed colleagues as well as all

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the not commission officers , soldiers

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ndld civilians , joining us here today

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and view of from both near and far .

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Colonel McQueen and his family are

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honored . And thank you for joining

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them for today's ceremony . Ladies and

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gentlemen , at this time it gives me

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great pleasure to introduce our host

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for today's ceremony . Lieutenant

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General are Scott Dingle .

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This This is a tremendous day , a

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tremendous day , because on this day

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we are going to promote to Brigadier

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General whom I call an

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extraordinary gentlemen Tony McQueen .

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Let's give Tony a hand of applause .

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Right ? Right up front . Thank you .

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Tremendous . To General Pernis , sir ,

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it's good to see you . Thank you for

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your support is always And , sir , you

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got my best . You know , Tony photos .

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And I don't know , Uh uh , Brigadier

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General McQueen is working on a

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tremendous mission under the leadership

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of General partner and Dr Salah . We on

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Operation Warp speed and general

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partner looked out throughout the whole

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army , and he took the Army's best in

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Tony between my 357 to go work for him .

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And so they are doing God's work for

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our country and for the whole of

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government . Approach 10 sir , is we

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Thank you for coming out and supporting

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us and Dr Salary . Likewise . Or thank

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you for coming out and supporting this

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this tremendous day in this tremendous

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officer Jenna . Papa serves good to see

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you . Ah , tremendous leader . Also ,

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who was doing great stuff on the joint

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staff ? Who was Tony's commanding

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general at Fort Campbell , Kentucky ?

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Thank you for supporting this

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tremendous leader and then gentle

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Crosslin , the deputy surgeon general

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who proceeded Tony in commanding

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Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at

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Fort Campbell , Kentucky . also in the

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leadership of general purpose . You

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know , back in the day , back in the

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day , as we say also to chapel , we

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thank you for that that prayer and that

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blessing on this tremendous day . I

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keep saying Tremendous day , and I will

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come back to that . But first , let let

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me focus on the family focus on the

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family . It is said that our families

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are the wind beneath our wings . That

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is because of our families . That

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allows us to soar to great heights that

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even went storms . And when we must

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pass over rivers and mountains and

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streams , it doesn't matter because

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that soldier is soaring because of his

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family because of his family . So

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family members . I thank you for

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allowing Tony to soar , allowing him

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to achieve great heights . As on this

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day , we promote him from a senior

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field grade officer to a

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strategic leader for the United

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States Army at the rank of brigadier

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general , first to his beloved

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better half , better half his wife ,

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Molly . They have been married for 28

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years . This year , let's give Molly

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and Tony round of applause .

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They met at Sam Houston State in

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college , and I was talking with Molly ,

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and I was thinking her upstairs that ,

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you know , man Molly , thank you for

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giving Tony a chance , because if it

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wasn't for you , he would not be doing

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any sword . But he'd be walking with

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the turkeys . But because of Molly , he

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is able to so like like an ego . But

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Molly has been a tremendous a

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tremendous teammate for Tony for 28

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years , plus but in the Army for 28

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years . And serve in the soldiers , the

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family members , the beneficiary

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population , the community and Somali .

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Thank you for your leadership . Thank

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you for your love . For your soldier .

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That has really allowed him to sore toe .

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Unbelievable heights . On many nights

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where we were working late , I'd like

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Tony , You check with Molly . You know ,

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make sure you check in . And so hey ,

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loves you to death , Molly . And he has

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always spoke of of of your being the

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key to his everything , not just some

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things but his everything . And I'm

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sure in his remarks he's going to say

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the same thing , because without you ,

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I don't think Tony would be the man

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that he is today . you were a great

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part of that . A great part of that .

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So thank you , Marty , for giving him a

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chance to his two Children . There's a

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saying that as as as arrows in the

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hands of a strong man , so are the

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Children of our youth and their two

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Children . Tanner and Lily , please

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stand up . Let us see in here they are ,

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Tony . Oh , my gosh , Tony Ahmadi love

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and are so proud of these two

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Tremendous , um citizens , A young

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man , a second lieutenant in the United

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States Army and then Lily who just

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graduated getting to go off to school .

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When we come back to that , you are may

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sit down , please . Let's let's give

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them a round of applause for the

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blessings that

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you are to Mom and Dad and the whole

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family . Tanner , it seems like

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yesterday yesterday that I was given

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Tony off toe to take you off to college ,

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a Texas A and M . And that's I mean ,

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he was He was outside of himself , you

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know , just talking about the venture

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of driving you , Texas A and M . You

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know , one day I asked to you , Dad , I

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said , Well , you know standard gonna

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do ROTC He's in . No , no , no , he's

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not . He's not going to do our on TC .

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But as I mentioned to you , Tanner , it

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really did seem like it was last year

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that he was driving you . Mom and Dad

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were taken you off the school . And now

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here you are , a graduate of Texas A

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and M , and then Tanner has also

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completed O . C s and is commissioned

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as a second lieutenant general partner .

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You know this in the Quartermaster

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Corps Logistics , but we'll talk

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afterward because we can branch

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transfer you to medical service corps

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like your dad . But he's a tremendous

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leader . He wants to blaze his own

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trail and general partner . You have

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again Ah , an apple that has not fall

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forming far from the tree . And another

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young , tremendous gentlemen who has

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high aspirations , just like his dad .

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You got airborne school in October ,

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and then he wants to go to wriggle

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school after that little burning . And

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so hey , then will be headed off to

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Alaska , where just like his dad , he

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doesn't want to do the easy job . But

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he wants to try to get into the the IBC

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T . He wants to go to a brigade combat

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team and to to lead and be a

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servant leader , just like your dad .

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So 10 . We all are very proud of you

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and a dusting like it was just last

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year . My goodness . Time flies . And

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to Lily , Lily , uh , really Just

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graduated from high school , and she

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will be headed off to the University of

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Tennessee in Knoxville , and ah , just

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another beautiful , beautiful young

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lady who is going to go off and do

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great things . You're gonna cheerlead

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in college too . You're not okay ? She

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was Ah , varsity cheerleader for three

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years . And , uh , Justus Beautiful is

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Molly . Um , and Tony again worships

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the ground that that she walks on as

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well as Tanner . And Mom and dad loved

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both of you all to death . And I was

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telling them I said yes . Give a round

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of applause . Also , I was I was

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telling Molly and Tony that they're

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gonna be in trouble because Tan is

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already out , and and now he's in the

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army . And then now here comes You know ,

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baby girl , the Princess Lily . And

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she's going off to college next weekend .

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Is it this weekend . Sunday , So they

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will be taken her off to college on

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Sunday . And so , Molly , Tony ,

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um , we will have counselors on standby

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to help you through the tough time .

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The tough time . Also with them . We

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have his brother in law and his sister

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Tami . Tanya . Did they make it yet ?

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There we go . Outstanding . Outstanding .

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And then also , we have his brother and

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sister Law Rick , and lower the whole

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family's give the whole family round of

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applause now ,

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Mom and Dad . I know I said that about

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Molly , but I did not forget about you .

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Tony's mom and dad are watching .

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Virtually his dad has spent over 35

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years in the United States Army CW five

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Troy McQueen and his mother , Jeannie .

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Um , Mr Mrs McQueen , I know that you

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are extremely proud of this

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young man . And on behalf of the army ,

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on behalf of Army medicine , on behalf

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of the the multitudes of soldiers and

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civilians and and beneficiaries that

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that he has impacted that he has

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touched their lives in a tremendous

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way . I thank you . I thank you because

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it was you , mom and dad who instilled

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the foundation of what turned out to be

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our newest general officer in the

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United States Army on this day Today I

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know that you are extremely proud and

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rightfully so . Job well done . I wish

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I could have talking to you to see how

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difficulty it really was . But I guess

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I get it from the brother and sister

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afterward to give me the secrets on On

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On how how it occurred also to his in

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laws . Mr . Mrs Thompson , thank you

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for joining . And also , I know that

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you two are just is proud of your son

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in law . Your son in love who was

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taking care of your beautiful daughter

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and the family , the Army family that

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they have become . I know that the

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entire the entire clan is just

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tremendously and just overflowing with

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joy . Tony Tony is a native of Texas ,

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Columbus , Texas . He went to college

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at Sam Houston State University , where

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he met Molly . He met Molly . It was a

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happen chance meeting , and they ended

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up doing softball together . And , you

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know , like I mentioned to Molly .

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Molly , thank you for giving him a

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chance . Thank you . Thank you for not

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giving up on him . but their marriage

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then took a turn into a United States

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Army direction . Tony , initially

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coming out of high school , went to

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junior college and joined the National

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Guard . And as he was on drill , he

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would see these these these soldiers

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walking around too little circles on ,

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you know , like me . What else with

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those circles if you guys were wearing

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and , you know , they told him about

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ROTC , you know ? And so when he

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transferred onto Sam Houston State ,

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one of the first things that he did was

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seek out ROTC . He had no clue what it

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all entailed . But he knew that as a

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soldier , if he was going to serve , he

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wanted to serve and do it right . And

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it also kind of helping pay for college

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to That didn't hurt . But he then

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learned as he joined ROTC that that he

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was . He was bitten by the bug , bitten

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by a bug to be a servant leader . He

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enjoyed the teams . He enjoyed the

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leadership . He enjoyed the camaraderie ,

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a true heart of a servant leader who

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is often not concerned about himself

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but for those who are on the team and

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that he is leading and then who he also

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is working for . After he completed ,

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received his commission from Sam

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Houston State , he embarked upon a

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tremendous career starting out in the

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25th Infantry Division Medical Service

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Corps Officer . That is one of the

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initial assignments that is , a sinker

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fail . You know you're out there on

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your own as , ah , medical platoon

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leader in a division in the brigade ,

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and you're the only one of that type

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leading that particular mission . But

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Tony once again was was bitten by a bug .

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He tracked and wanted to be f A 90 a

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multifunctional logistician . And so he

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didn't take the easy jobs . His career ,

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if you look at his bio , is field with

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many challenging jobs that developed

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this tremendous leader that we have

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standing and sitting before us today .

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He commanded his company command in the

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second Infantry Division . He also had

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key assignments in various various

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operational units . Fourth Infantry

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Division , first Cab division , the

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62nd Med Brigade , the office of the

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Surgeon General to the strategic level ,

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Then Command commanded , then a four

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for a second field support brigade and

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then , ultimately , his Level two at

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Blanchfield at Fort Campbell , Kentucky .

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As I mentioned , he then returned to

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the office of the surgeon general at

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the directive Healthcare operations .

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And as we're General Pirner Telford him

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from us toe over there to go toe

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operation warp speed . I first met Tony

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when I came to Doctor the Surgeon

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General as a directive . Healthcare

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operations in 2013 formerly , you know

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directly . We've passed in the past ,

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but working directly for me , I was a

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directive healthcare operations and

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Tony was the director of operations ,

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and we working for then general whore

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ho and General Sergeant was a 357 And

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it was during that period where General

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Horror Ho had a vision about blurring

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the lines that we had to focus not on

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the fixed facility , but we needed to

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focus on the operational mission and

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support the soldiers . Tony was the

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heavy lifter that had the mission to to

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take the Army Medicine campaign Plan

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one , write it , but yet also

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operationalize it . And as we

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operationalize that campaign plan which

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was a paradigm shift for Army medicine ,

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Tony let it in a phenomenal manner .

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It took many hours because the

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directive operations he just didn't

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have that . But he had everything that

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occurred in between , from hurricanes ,

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disasters , the medical execution of

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the mission in the fixed facilities .

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Also the support to the aim , it in the

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operational units . It resulted in many ,

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many late nights , many late nights and

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in true Tony form , the quiet storm

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that he is . That's where I learned

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that he was really a recovering

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perfectionist , too , because

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everything had to be perfect . But yet

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he did not have an attitude or a drive

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for Perth perfection . He had a a

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work habit that led to him and his

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soldiers , though that followed him in

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a climate that was tremendous , that

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they would just work around the clock

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or whatever it took to get the mission

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done . You know , And Molly , you

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remember some of those late nights and

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you know , Tony would just work and

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work , and sometimes he be into a

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frenzy , and he would still always have

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that calm , cool , collect nous .

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Napoleon called it to Codey , which is

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that calm , cool , collected Snus , or

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that that gift of being able to see out

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over a force and be able to understand

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the terrain . And yet with a confidence

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with a a strength that is just

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impressive . Truly a gift , a truly of

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gift . Tony has that gift . And

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Tony , as you now have elevated to the

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general officer rank continue to

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exercise and perfect that gift .

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Continue to look at just a glance at

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the possibilities that exist within

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people in the mission . In the problem

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set and lead , as you have always led

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to mission accomplishment in that same

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character . Calm , cool , unflappable

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on the outside . I'm not gonna tell him

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the story about what I did . See , you

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kind of lose it . You like The duck is

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cooled on top of this feat of paddling

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underneath . I seen those feet paddling

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but continue to lead . Tony has no one

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else , but you can lead . There's a

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saying that goes to minus club s

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victory and that the mind is a key to

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victory . Continue to use your mind and

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your heart , Tony . As you lead at the

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General Officer level , as you support

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tremendous leaders like general partner ,

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Dr Salary and the entire whole of

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government approach Continue to be that

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that extraordinary gentleman I leave

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you with two quotes . The 1st 1 is one

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of my favorite from general , Matthew

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Ridgway , who planned and executed the

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first major airborne assault in US

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military history , he said . This , he

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said , never have members of any

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military command had a greater

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challenge than we or a finer

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opportunity to show ourselves and our

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people at their best , and thus do

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honor to the profession of arms and to

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those brave men who bred us . Tony ,

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that is , you never have we ,

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in the history of our nation

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encountered the problems that we're

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working through now under great

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leadership . The problems that you work

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through for the United States Army as a

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commander , as 2357 as healthcare

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operations , problem solving .

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Never have we've seen that . But yet

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you have done the army . You have done

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army medicine . You have done your

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family proud . You've done . It's all

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proud by your leadership . And then the

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last quote that I leave you it is never

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forget that in Psalm 75 6 and seven ,

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he said that promotion comes not from

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the east , nor the west nor the south ,

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but it comes from above is God that

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lifts , went up and sits another down .

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You have been tremendously blessed by

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God , you , Molly and the entire family .

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We are extremely proud of you . And we

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cannot wait to pin these stars on your

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soldiers . So let's get it on . Let's

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give him a round of applause one more

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time . All right , Tony , coming

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up here . Let's do it .

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At this time , I asked Molly second

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Tenet , McQueen and Lily to please come

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forward and join Colonel McQueen on the

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stage .

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Okay , ladies and gentlemen , please

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stand for the reading of the promotion

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order .

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Great attention to orders . The

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President of the United States has

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reposed special trust and confidence in

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the patriotism , valor , fidelity and

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professional excellence of Anthony L .

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McQueen . In view of these special

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qualities and his demonstrated

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potential for increased responsibility ,

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he is therefore promoted in the United

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States Army to the rank of brigadier

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general affected the 20th day of July ,

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2000 and 20 by the order of the

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Secretary , the army Please be seated .

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Miley and second Tenet McQueen will now

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place one star shoulder boards are

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Brigadier General McQueen's jacket to

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reflect the rank of Brigadier General .

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Lt

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at this time I asked Miss Tanya Foreman

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and Mr Rick Restivo to please come

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forward .

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Tanya and Rick will now attach the one

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star rank insignia to the EPA . Let's

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hamburger gentleman Queens shirt .

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Lieutenant General Dingle , now present

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Burger Gentleman Queen With his

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certificate of promotion ,

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Burger Gentleman Queen has requested

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Lieutenant General Dingle to administer

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the oath of office . Although it is not

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required by law , it is tradition that

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officers recite the oath of office upon

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promotion . Lieutenant General Dingle

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will now administer the oath of office .

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Please remain seated .

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Wait

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or

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over .

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Where's

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over 28 years ?

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Family

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Now

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at this time , most sergeant major

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champ , please come forward .

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In the early 20th century , the War

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Department initially authorized Army

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General boat flags for use when making

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official visits to enable vessels . In

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1923 the authorization of flags was

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further expanded to include automobile

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flags in office , flags , line officers

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had scarlet flags and staff officers

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normally had branch colors and branch

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insignia . Army Medical Corps General

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officer flags were maroon with white

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stars in 1947 deputy chief of staff for

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personnel authorized all Army general

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officer flags except medical corps and

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chaplain flags to be scarlet with white

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stars and gold fringe while medical

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general officers kept the maroon flag

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with white stars . Lieutenant General

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Dingell and start Major Champ will now

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present Burger gentle McQueen with the

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Army Medical Department . General

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Officer One star flag

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at this time , Ask Miss Lily McQueen to

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please come forward .

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Lily one now present Burger Gentleman

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queen with his general officer belt .

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The history of the generals belt dates

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back to World War Two . In 1943 the

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Army chief of staff wanted general

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office to look in his words quote

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dressed up . So we ordered the issue of

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belts . The thick black leather belt

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with an 18 karat gold plated buckle

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with an imprint of an eagle was first

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made in 1944 today .

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Okay , today , wearing the belt is at

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the discretion of each General officer .

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Ladies and gentlemen , please stand for

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the rendering of honors presenting

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burger to General Anthony L . McQueen .

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Please be seated . Bernadina McQueen

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went out present flowers and gifts to

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his family as a token of his

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appreciation for the love and support

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and sacrifices made in support of his

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career .

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Ladies and gentleman , I present to you

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the United States Army's newest burger

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to General , please welcome Brigadier

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General Anthony McQueen

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like a mass with glasses .

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Well , good morning , everyone .

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General Purna , Dr Slowey , Potential

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Pappas . Send your Dingle , Jenna

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Crosslin family , friends ,

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teammates . Um , Ali and I so much

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appreciate you being here this morning .

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Your presence here , both in person in

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virtually ah means so much to ah , both

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of us in our family on this very

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special occasion . Well , there

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certainly have been unique times in

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challenging times . Um and you know ,

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is , we're working too . Ah , maneuver

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our way through them and mitigate

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through the cove in 19 . Um , we would

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like nothing more than toe fill this

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auditorium up , but we're certainly

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very thankful for all those that have

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been over to dowel in virtually in

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listen in and watch and participate in

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the ceremony today .

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I also want to say a Ah , a quick , uh ,

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thank you . An appreciation for the

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understanding because it was kind of a

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rushed ceremony a bit , um , but

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ah , it has been said a couple of times

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already . Little leaving and departing

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for ah , going to school at the

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University of Tennessee in Knoxville .

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Bond , I really wanted her to be at the

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ceremony . Um , and when you're tsg and

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you see opening on the schedule , you

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jump on . And so we said we could make

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this happen . And so we way moved out

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and did it . And so this range me to

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where I want to start my comments this

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morning . Ah , I really want to begin

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with . Thank you . And you'll probably

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notice that through my remarks this

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morning , that's kind of the theme is a

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thank you for the many people that have

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touched my life and gotten me to where

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I am here , this here this morning at

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this ceremony in this particular time ,

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Um , I also want to say that , Ah ,

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that I will certainly mention some

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names this morning . Um , but I will

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also certainly miss some names . So

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certainly , hopefully no one that slide .

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But we'd be here all day if I if I went

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through each and every day . That

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certainly has touched my life and got

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me to this point . So let me start off

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first by those that have made the

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ceremony happen . As I said , it was

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kind of rush so immediately upon

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identifying a date . Miss Houston ,

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from the executive services reached out

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to me and started discussing things

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with me in between her and Ah and Mr

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David Watson and from the entire

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executive services . I can't thank you

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enough . I would sit and work all day a

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to the ah HHS , a building supporting

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our mission there . And then evening ,

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I would have a dozen plus e mails from

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Miss Houston and asking questions that

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needed to be answered for the ceremony .

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And by last Friday , I think we had

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everything about 90% locked in . And so

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I was very impressed in about that time .

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She told me Sorry to let you know that

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one of the reasons why I've been

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working this so hard is because I'm

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going to leave this week . I've had it

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planned for about a year now , and I'm

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going to do it . Ah , tag with Mr

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Watson . Mr . Watson picked it right up

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in ah has got across the finish line .

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So to the entire executive services .

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Thank you so much for everything . You

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just It's been quite an experience to

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the , uh to the G 35 17 . You know , as

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soon as she started asking me , but

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that she needed folks toe help and

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assist . I knew exactly where to look ,

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and that was to them . Um , Colonel Tom

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Anton , who's do the narration for us

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today ? Setting in a role that I once

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said it is that John Dingell mentioned ,

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uh , you know , I got spend a short bit

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of time with him when I was a doctor

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Director Felker operations before

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moving on , and Thomas just a superstar .

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So , Tom , thanks so much . I

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appreciate to Ah , tinkle Seth

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French . Ah , and , uh , measure

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McCarthy getting everyone in here today

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and to start major champ for helping ah ,

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with the bringing up the flag . Really

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think the entire G 35 17 ? We're all

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your assistance this morning . It's a

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major Amy Mack . Who would you consider

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a honorary G 357 member this

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morning , but also an o . D . B s

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teammate as well . And she's doing

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phenomenal things for the baby s

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mission as well . To my screaming Eagle

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teammates . Ah , the chaplain , Sean

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Weed and his wife , Kim . Thank you all

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so much for being here this morning .

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As soon as we started the ceremony

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immediately Ah ah thought of you know

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Who would I want to bring in your name

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gained mind immediately , just from the

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experience that Molly and I and the

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family had had it for Campbell . And I

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know Kim and Molly had developed quite

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a relationship . So I can't thank you

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enough for making yourself available

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this morning and coming a blessing this

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ceremony because this journal Dingle

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said I am certainly a blessed person ,

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uh , for the things that have happened

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in my life and for the people in my

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life . So thank you all so much

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while I'm on that theme of screaming

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eagles . Don't Pappas . Thank you so

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much for being here this morning . You

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know , I was I was The Tanner was

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talking this morning . We got on the

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subject of of obstacle course , even

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looking at boots or something . And it

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and I thought back and his commands are

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Major Earl and I just got on the ground .

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I think , within the 1st 2 weeks ,

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first week or 1st 2 weeks of being

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command , we had knocked out to

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obstacle courses there in morning PT

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sessions with all the leaders on Fort

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Campbell . And I'd already told star

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major role . I said you know , whatever

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the division does , we're gonna be side

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by side supporting them . And after

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about two sessions of going through the

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obstacle course at my age , I don't

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know if we're gonna survive this much

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longer . But I thank you for your

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leadership . And it certainly made the

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time before Campbell . Awesome . And

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I'm glad we've been will stay in touch .

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And I'm glad you reviewed here this

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morning . Thanks so much . The General

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Purna . Doctor Slowey . Sir . Um you

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know , I've had the opportunity to ah ,

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to service you a far . Ah , you know ,

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and you get to come visit while I was

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at the for a second . Briefly . But I

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will tell you , getting to serve with

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you now , side by side . It's like OPD

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session every day . And I just really

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appreciate your mentorships air and

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having me a part of the team . Thank

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you , sir . Thank you for being here

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today , Dr Slowey . I would tell you if

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if the army could just go ahead and put

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some four stars on you , they should go

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ahead and do that Because watching you

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as well each and every day is slow . So

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impressive how you lead us to the

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mission that we have . And I am 100%

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confident we will make the mission .

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And I thank you for making time in

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coming here today . Thank you , sir .

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10 John Dingell . Sir . Thank you for

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hosting this today . I know your your

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schedule very well from being a 357 And

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so for you to be able to make some time

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this morning , actually , I truly

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appreciate it is John Dingell said our

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paths had crossed , but the first time

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I actually really got to truly work

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with him . Ah was back in 2012 13

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timeframe when I was the g three g 33

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he was the director Hilker operations

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on . And then I got the good fortune of

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he took the regional command Atlantic ,

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and once again , was was my boss's . I

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commanded Blanchfield and ah , and then

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once again , coming back up as the

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director of al crops . Um , certainly

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the thing I'm so impressed . A zoo . I

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tried toe taken as much mentorship as I

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can . Um , you talked about servant

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leadership as well , but just the way

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you're able to place a vision on the

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organizations that you served with and

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in executed . Ah , and build the team .

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He builds tremendous teams , and I'm

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glad I've got to be on those teams . Ah ,

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and at least in the past few years on .

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And I just can't thank you enough

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served for your mentorship . Thank you

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so much for the entire Oh , tsg

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met calm . Ah , staff . So

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as John Dingell said , I really had

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enjoyed my time serving at kind of the

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division below level . I've served in

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multiple divisions , brigade combat

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teams and had really enjoyed that . And

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so in 2012 when I was coming out of of ,

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ah , Italian Command , I was commanding

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a brigade support battalion in Korea .

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Um , my branch manager , the time

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contacted me , ended up being three

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phone calls . The first phone call he

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allowed me to , uh he listened as I

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spoke and said , I really didn't want

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to go to Washington , D . C . The

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second phone call . He still allowed me

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to talk and he listen a little bit ,

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but I could tell he was starting to

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push back . And by the third phone call ,

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I was in the listening boat and he

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basically said you're going to

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Washington , D C . And so I

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tell young soldiers Now , um , when and

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if you get that opportunity and that

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the timing's right , um don't pass up

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coming Teoh Washington So you need to

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come and experience it and get

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understanding how the Army works and

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how the army runs . Um , but I also

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benefited because I got Teoh to meet a

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tremendous team then and and then I

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returned again in 2019 coming out of ah ,

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out of command of Blanchfield . Once

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again , I thought I was going to the

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joint staff . Um , and they threw ah

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singer on me . And about a week before

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I was headed out , I got the call

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saying , You're gonna goto t 00 t s she

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again . And so , uh , you know , we

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stay flexible , but I want to highlight

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two individuals from those those

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particular times once Mr Bushman . Ah ,

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he's currently currently serving as ah ,

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the chief of staff for O . T S t met

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Calm . When I came in , he was the

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director of health care operations . Um

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and he's probably held most positions

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throughout the entire without the tire

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organization , but he's always been a

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great mentor . Someone that I looked

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upon Teoh get wise advice from . And so

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hopefully he's able to watch and I want

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to thank him to Joe Crosslin . Ma'am ,

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thank you so much . I got to Ah , first

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meet you taking command of Blanchfield

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and you transitioning and in coming

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here toe tsg But it's been even more

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awesome getting to work with her as the

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deputy surgeon general . Um and there

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were many times as , ah , John Dingell

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said I was the defeat . We're going

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much faster below than above . A lot of

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that was Jenna Jenna across and keeping

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me keeping me calm , especially during

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this cove . It pieces were trying to

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work through many Chinese a man thank

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you and appreciate you being here this

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morning .

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So , as I said , the theme there this

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morning is is being thankful . And I'm

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certainly thankful for the

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opportunities that the Army's provided

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me and provide to my my family as well .

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And there's really no greater team that

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I'd want to be a part of . Um and so I

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was ah , jointing . We talked about

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this the way in , and he mentioned it a

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little bit . I was , ah , raised in a

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really small town . Ah , Columbus ,

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Texas . And so I would tell you that

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even myself and they were fighting many

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out there , it probably never saw me

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leaving Columbus , Texas , and thought

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I would be there today . Um , and it

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was through it was through Really ?

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Molly in the Army , that's gotten me to

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where I am today . Or else I probably

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still would have been that that Ah , a

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little boy coming out of high school ,

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not really knowing what I want . You

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know , people don't believe me . When I

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came out of high school , my friends

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were going to college . I thought it

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was the thing to do . And so I said ,

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Let's go and I joined the junior

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college and it went from there . Um ,

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but it's amazing as I look back on

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where I was and where I am today and

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how many people have touched my life

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getting me there . And certainly it

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starts with Molly . I I often tell the

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soldiers I served with that . It's

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about the opportunities that you're

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presented , and when those

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opportunities come , um , you don't

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always have to walk through that door ,

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but you should be prepared to make that

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you should own that decision , not

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someone else . You should be able to

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say yes . I want to go and do that , or

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no , I don't . Ah , and have some

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ownership in that in that decision

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making process . And so I want to

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highlight a few of those opportunities

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through my career that I think it

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really changed my life and have gotten

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to this point where it was when it was

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occurring . I couldn't see it , but as

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I look back on it , they were There

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were huge moments , um , in my life ,

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and they really also cement the fact

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that , you know , it's really about the

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people that we serve with and so many

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of . You know , um , my time coming up

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in the Army has really been not not the

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traditional . Ah , what you would see

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of ah , even just army officer or

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medical Service Corps officer . Um ,

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but I can I could truly tell you I've

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gotten to serve in the assignments that

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I wanted to , and I can actually sit

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here and say that I've truly , never

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had a bad assignment . Um , and I've

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enjoyed every minute of it um So the

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first opportunity that presented itself

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to me was I was at the 2015 for

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Division had been serving majority my

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time . There was a medical attune

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leader in First Brigade , 3 to 2 , and

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I knew it was time to PCs and move on .

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And back then we had the Old Division

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Medical Operations Center . I probably

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had seen the chief of that , which was

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a major time major Steve challenge a

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handful of times , but someone said You

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need to go talk to the D Mark chief

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about what your next assignments gonna

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be . And so I went and we start on the

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advanced course and he said , Well , he

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said , You got two options . He said ,

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There's a There's the amen advanced

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course that you can go to or there's

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this new course called Clo AC , he said .

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I think they're like in the first class

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of it may be second class of it , I

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said , Well , what's the difference ?

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He said , Well , if you wanna go the

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aim advanced course , you can expect to

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be wearing bees , RB uniforms , the old

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green uniforms all the time because you

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want to go to CLO act , you're going to

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stay and be to use . I said , Well ,

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sign me up for Chloe . So I really

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think once again jumping into something

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really had no idea what was going into

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but headed off the Fort Lee , Virginia .

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And I will tell you it's probably

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because I look back on . It's probably

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one of the best courses at the time ,

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Um , that I have been through , um ,

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and learned a tremendous amount . But

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that kind of set me on my path for

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starting Teoh work and get assigned to

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multifunctional assignments . Um ,

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so again , a few years later , I was

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serving at Fort Sam Houston as advanced

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course instructor again knew I needed

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to depart and move on . Um , and I was

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getting some help from folks . Um , and

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I have been assigned to go to the first

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Met brigade and work in the in the ESRI

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shop about a week before heading

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out the PCs . I get a phone call again

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from the branch manager . He says ,

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Would you like to be a battalion ? Is

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three for four support for Support

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Battalion ? I said , Absolutely . Sign

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me up . So we had still headed up to

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Fort Hood when fourth Entravision was

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still there ? Um , the battalion

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commander of time . When I arrived , I

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quickly realized he didn't even know

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it's coming in the baton Commander Time

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was now Lieutenant general retired wash ,

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Um , and there was a support operations

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officer there by the name of Tyler

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Rosen Baugh . And so I got toe to serve

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in that great team and learn from both

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of them for about a year on . And then

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I got pulled up to ah to general line

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and worked in the division surgeon's

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office there . So a great assignment ,

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their fourth Infantry Division , but ah ,

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move forward a few more years after CGs .

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See , I was coming out and I told the

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branch manager I said , I want nothing

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more than to be a X . So can you give

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me an exo job ? DiNozzo job ? No , we

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don't have any . So I said , Well ,

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just send me to Fort Hood . I said , I

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I've been to Fort Hood . I'll find ,

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find the XO job . And so I went toe to

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Fort Hood . I was working as the deputy

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division surgeon for the first Calvary

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Vision . They went over the first Met

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Brigade No , sorry , we don't have any

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exo jobs over here . At the time we

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were standing up the fourth Brigade

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Combat Team at Fort Bliss and the

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division leadership put all the game

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battalion commanders and staff on a bus

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and headed out to to , ah , to Fort

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Bliss . And I get a phone call from the

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division surgeon of Time , Jason Wyman .

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And Jason said , Hey , I'm sitting here

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next toe this guy named Tyler Ossabaw

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and he's commanding the 1/15 BSB and he

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needs an XO . He wants you . And so

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I said , Absolutely . Sign me up . Um ,

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I'm pretty sure that Ah Tyler got a

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counseling or something from General

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Funk at the time . Who was the brigade

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Brig Brigade Combat Team commander on

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going in and tell me I was selected

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before it went through the proper

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process . But again , people that you

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know people that you know opportunities

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and ensuring that you're that you're

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there and ready to go . Um , the

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next was my first look at at Battalion

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Command . I really rustled with ,

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You know , I was a medical service

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corps officer . Should I be commanding

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a medical type unit , or should I be

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trying to opt in and command a

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logistics battalion . My very first

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look , I only opted in for medical

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commands and ah , bore results come out

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and nothing . I was crushed . I was

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like , Wow , I feel like I've done

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everything . Uh , you know what's going

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on ? So I went got some sage advice ,

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and they said , Neil , what are you

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doing ? They looked at my or be and

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assignments I had . Why ? Why are you

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not opting in for logistics , man ? So

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the very next . Ah , the very next year ,

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um , I I put in for a logistics command

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was fortunate . Toe get the thrill .

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Second brigade support Battalion . Um ,

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where ran into some tremendous leaders

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and Ross Davidson . Um and we had just

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a tremendous team there that I got to

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serve with people like Mike Adams , Ted

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Stevens , Rod Minty Pete Pazos

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Ah , and Isa Guan . And so another

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great experience . And then we were

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really kind of led by now Brigadier

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General retired Chuck Taylor , who was

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the d c g m their Camp Casey . But just

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you know , if I wouldn't have went and

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talked to someone probably would not

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have that opportunity toe open up and

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in the the Ah , the last guy was

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the , um , getting opportunity . Go in ,

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command . Army feel support begin in

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Hawaii . It was originally slated for

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Kuwait . I get a phone call . Well ,

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you might not be going to quit . You

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might be going Hawaii , which I thought

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was a really bad joke of the time when

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they when they mentioned it . Um , but

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going there and ah , getting to

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establish a brigade sized element . Ah ,

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and doing some great missions for

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United States Army Pacific . Ah , and

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then finally getting the opportunity

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toe command , the hospital Blanchfield .

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So those are just a small glimpse of

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the military experiences that have

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really kind of molded me today , Kind

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of a nontraditional of way of coming up .

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And as I said , as I stressed , always

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be ready for those opportunities . And

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I think all those that helped me

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through all those decisions and next I

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just want to move through my family

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members who have really helped me and

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have sacrificed so much . Um ,

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you might join Dingle , highlight of my

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in laws , and ah , I say I've got the

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absolute best in laws with Mike and

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Maryland . um , there . Like , if they

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are another set of parents to me and to

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Molly in and our family . Um , and

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they've always been there force and so

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supportive of us that , you know ,

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they've especially early on , they'd

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come out toe PCs , moves and help us

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and unpack and and kids being delivered

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in helping them . And so I just can't

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thank you enough . And while I know

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your own watching virtually I just want

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to say thank you . Wish you were here

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and know that we're thinking about you

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to bow and Anne Marie and to be Jane .

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Jenny . Thank you , Um , to my

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brother Alan , who wanted to be here so

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bad . And I know he's probably watching

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Think him Ah , to Rick and Lori being

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here this morning . They had the

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opportunity come out Hawaii when I took

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the for a second . And I appreciate

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that . And ah , and so assumes just

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came out . Rick . Rick actually reached

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out to me immediately . Was like , Hey ,

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let us know when and I'll be there .

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And so I want to think Rick is Well ,

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Rick Rick served as well , often 10

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plus years in the Navy , s +01 of

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thinking Foreign service . He's A and M

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graduate as well . And ah has been

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tremendously successful with his

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businesses in Houston , Texas . And so ,

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Rick Laurie , I appreciate you being

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here today . Appreciate your service

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and thank you to my sister . Tania and

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Tom Get a little worried . I saw you

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walking into beginning . And so , um ,

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Tanya is definitely the , uh I'm I'm

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the introvert of the family time . Just

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certainly the extra vert of the family

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if you get to meet her . But she's

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always been there 110% for me and

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supporting me and everything I do .

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This is really the first function that

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she's been ableto make it too . And so

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if you had to be at one , I'm so happy

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that you're able to make it this

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morning . And so thank you so much for

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flying in this morning and being here

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and experiencing this with me today to

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my mom who Ah , you know , again , I'm

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a firm believer that things happen for

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a reason . And so when I was originally

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going toe , Blanchfield was actually

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slated for a different hospital at

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first and then got for Campbell . Um ,

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and My mom currently lives in Dixon ,

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Tennessee . So it put us less an hour

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away from her and she's going to She

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was going through and still is going

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through some medical things . And so it

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was great to be close to her at the

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time . And so I know she's watching

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this morning and just want to say thank

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you to Mom . Thank you . I love you .

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And I appreciate you being on and toe

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Hank Hanks of Vietnam veteran . Ah ,

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nice states Marine . Hank , thank you

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for listening in as well this morning .

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Ah , until my my dad and dallying I

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know my dad wanted so bad to be here ,

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and we were looking at every option of

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private planes and everything else .

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And at the end of it , I really made

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the decision . Um , that , you know , I

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I didn't want to take the chance of of

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exposing him , and and I want him

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around on the search for a lot of a lot

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more years . Um and so we'll have a

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celebration . Ah , when we can make it

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there and do it safely . But my dad's

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been my biggest mature . You heard it .

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He served as a as a cheap one . Officer

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five . He actually made it to the rank

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of some first class . Ah , I kind of

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had the warn officer pushed on him . He

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did not want to do it . Um , and once

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he did it , he tells me to . This day

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was the best year made . So , um , but

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he's certainly my hero . He's my mentor ,

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and I really wanted him here . Ah , and

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Dad , as I told you , I will . We

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didn't present the pistol this morning .

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I'm saving that for you when we get to

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actually do the ceremony and tallying .

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Thank you so much as well for your

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support over the years and it finally

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bring it . Teoh Immediate family

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to Lillian Tainer . So very proud of

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you both . Um , you know , Lily has

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been It's been quite a year for you .

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You not getting ableto walk across

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stage for a high school graduation . Um ,

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and now having to go through everything

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as you get ready to head off to

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University of Tennessee . But I will

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tell you , out of all the McQueen's ,

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she's absolutely the strongest . She

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probably should be the one that ah

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joins the military as well because

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she's determined she's strong and she's

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gonna be successful in whatever she

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ends up deciding to do with her life .

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And so I love you . And thank you for

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being here this morning , participating

59:29.172 --> 59:32.740
in the ceremony to Tanner . And so

59:33.250 --> 59:35.306
is it his mission ? We headed off to

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Texas A and M , and , uh , he finished

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school and he started talking to me

59:39.472 --> 59:41.583
about the military . And I said , You

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know , you're you're a grown man now ,

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these are decisions that you have to

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make . And so he made it . He had it .

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He actually we were , Ah , I was able

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to go home last Christmas from here and

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he headed off . I think he actually

59:53.320 --> 59:55.376
shipped out on New Year's Eve before

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Jackson s . So he's had quite a six

59:57.376 --> 01:00:00.450
months off the basic training off to O .

01:00:00.450 --> 01:00:03.110
C s and and now toe to Fort Lee . And

01:00:03.540 --> 01:00:05.818
the timing is , this really worked out .

01:00:05.818 --> 01:00:08.040
He's got to each one of them , and even

01:00:08.040 --> 01:00:10.262
with the Kobe and everything going on ,

01:00:10.262 --> 01:00:12.318
he's he's made it . And I can't tell

01:00:12.318 --> 01:00:14.429
you how proud I am to see you sitting

01:00:14.429 --> 01:00:14.400
there with the second lieutenant bar on ,

01:00:14.410 --> 01:00:17.020
so I know , great things are awaiting

01:00:17.020 --> 01:00:19.290
you . And , uh , just keep doing the

01:00:19.290 --> 01:00:21.234
things you're doing . You're doing

01:00:21.234 --> 01:00:23.346
phenomenal . And I love you . I thank

01:00:23.346 --> 01:00:25.760
you for being here this morning . It

01:00:25.760 --> 01:00:26.730
finally tamale .

01:00:29.710 --> 01:00:31.654
You know , has this been said many

01:00:31.654 --> 01:00:34.620
times ? Um , I would not be here today

01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:38.550
without you . Um , she sacrifices

01:00:38.550 --> 01:00:40.740
so much . Um , you know , I think this

01:00:40.740 --> 01:00:43.120
last PCs move , we just did . I think I

01:00:43.120 --> 01:00:45.120
counted up in the 16 . 17 and maybe

01:00:45.120 --> 01:00:47.342
more , but I've never seen someone that

01:00:47.342 --> 01:00:49.710
can Ah , that can take a house down and

01:00:49.710 --> 01:00:51.877
take a put a house together as quickly

01:00:51.877 --> 01:00:54.610
is you do again . A lot of that . Where

01:00:54.610 --> 01:00:57.320
Lily gets it from is from Mali . She's

01:00:57.320 --> 01:00:59.780
the strongest person that I know . Um ,

01:00:59.780 --> 01:01:01.836
and if you've been around her for 10

01:01:01.836 --> 01:01:03.590
minutes , uh , you know , she

01:01:03.590 --> 01:01:05.812
immediately knows who you are , and she

01:01:05.812 --> 01:01:07.923
lights up a room as soon as she walks

01:01:07.923 --> 01:01:10.370
in . She sacrificed so much from me ,

01:01:10.690 --> 01:01:13.120
and and I am forever indebted tour and

01:01:13.120 --> 01:01:15.460
will never be able to pay her back . Um ,

01:01:15.810 --> 01:01:17.866
for everything that she's she's done

01:01:17.866 --> 01:01:19.880
for this family and from we meet

01:01:19.890 --> 01:01:22.910
specifically , um , Baby , I love you .

01:01:23.110 --> 01:01:25.443
Our anniversary's next week on the 15th .

01:01:25.540 --> 01:01:27.762
And so we're looking looking forward to

01:01:27.762 --> 01:01:31.580
that . And , um , I I just love you so

01:01:31.580 --> 01:01:32.636
much . Thank you .

01:01:37.810 --> 01:01:41.280
So I'm gonna wrap up here in Ah , e

01:01:41.280 --> 01:01:45.230
can't . Ah . You , um the things that

01:01:45.240 --> 01:01:47.407
kind of keep going to my head on , You

01:01:47.407 --> 01:01:49.800
know what keeps you going ? What makes

01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:52.910
you keep having that drive and just a

01:01:52.920 --> 01:01:55.142
couple of small things that occur to me

01:01:55.350 --> 01:01:58.930
recently ? Um , it's things like ,

01:01:59.510 --> 01:02:01.343
you know , a couple months ago ,

01:02:01.343 --> 01:02:03.343
walking to the Pentagon and running

01:02:03.343 --> 01:02:06.430
into a security guard , Um , who 20

01:02:06.430 --> 01:02:09.310
plus years ago I was a spittoon earlier ,

01:02:09.770 --> 01:02:11.990
he remembered me and made a point to

01:02:11.990 --> 01:02:13.546
come and grab me and have a

01:02:13.546 --> 01:02:15.768
conversation with me about that time is

01:02:15.768 --> 01:02:17.823
serving with him and the opportunity

01:02:17.823 --> 01:02:19.768
and as opportunity , er , it's the

01:02:19.768 --> 01:02:21.920
times when you when you run into ah ,

01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:24.920
to a soldier , which I did just ah ,

01:02:24.930 --> 01:02:27.260
past six months and they seek me out .

01:02:27.260 --> 01:02:29.430
We were at a fitness center , and they

01:02:29.430 --> 01:02:31.486
want to come up . And I thought this

01:02:31.486 --> 01:02:33.597
individual was getting out . We had a

01:02:33.597 --> 01:02:35.597
conversation about staying in , and

01:02:35.597 --> 01:02:35.580
they ended up doing it in the you know ,

01:02:35.580 --> 01:02:37.636
they come and seek you out until you

01:02:37.636 --> 01:02:39.747
know , I stayed the Army because that

01:02:39.747 --> 01:02:41.858
conversation that we had together and

01:02:41.858 --> 01:02:41.310
here's what I'm doing . And here's

01:02:41.310 --> 01:02:43.510
where I'm going . Those kind of things

01:02:43.510 --> 01:02:45.830
that drive me toe want to continue to

01:02:45.830 --> 01:02:49.240
serve and do things with this great

01:02:49.240 --> 01:02:52.730
team . I love this team . I love this

01:02:52.730 --> 01:02:55.940
family , and I so look forward to

01:02:55.940 --> 01:02:58.051
working towards making a difference .

01:02:58.100 --> 01:03:00.380
Um , you know , is we're working things

01:03:00.380 --> 01:03:02.980
with an army medicine and being a part

01:03:02.980 --> 01:03:05.100
of that , I so look forward to that ,

01:03:05.390 --> 01:03:07.279
um , and just asked that the army

01:03:07.279 --> 01:03:09.340
continues to hand me the jersey and

01:03:09.340 --> 01:03:11.396
that I get to continue to start with

01:03:11.396 --> 01:03:13.618
the first team . Intendant , there were

01:03:13.618 --> 01:03:15.340
the first team , but I want to

01:03:15.340 --> 01:03:17.451
participate , and I want to be a part

01:03:17.451 --> 01:03:19.562
of the team and keep getting after it

01:03:19.562 --> 01:03:21.729
can . Thank you for being here today ,

01:03:21.729 --> 01:03:23.784
both in person and virtually . And I

01:03:23.784 --> 01:03:25.784
promise , ah , that once we get the

01:03:25.784 --> 01:03:28.010
opportunity Ah , and we we get the

01:03:28.010 --> 01:03:30.760
vaccine for this . Ah , for this coded

01:03:31.340 --> 01:03:33.640
that we will have a a Ah , gathering

01:03:33.640 --> 01:03:35.973
together a party and celebrate properly .

01:03:36.380 --> 01:03:38.560
But thank you so much . I hope all of

01:03:38.560 --> 01:03:41.000
our past cross soon . Um , army

01:03:41.000 --> 01:03:44.320
medicine is his army strong and winning

01:03:44.320 --> 01:03:46.090
matters . Thank you .

01:04:00.560 --> 01:04:02.782
Ladies and gentlemen , please stand for

01:04:02.782 --> 01:04:04.727
the playing of the Army song . The

01:04:04.727 --> 01:04:06.949
words are printed on the program so you

01:04:06.949 --> 01:04:06.910
are able to follow along at the

01:04:06.910 --> 01:04:08.966
conclusion of the Army song . Please

01:04:08.966 --> 01:04:10.966
maintain social distancing and come

01:04:10.966 --> 01:04:12.854
forward to congratulate Brigadier

01:04:12.854 --> 01:04:15.021
General McQueen and his family . Thank

01:04:15.021 --> 01:04:17.188
you for attending today's ceremony and

01:04:17.188 --> 01:04:16.460
have a great army day .

01:05:28.230 --> 01:05:30.397
Think of Asian German . This concludes

01:05:30.397 --> 01:05:30.030
our ceremony .