WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:02.407 please stand by for the arrival of the 00:02.407 --> 00:03.407 official party 00:08.940 --> 00:11.051 Chaplin brad bombing will now deliver 00:11.051 --> 00:12.051 the invocation . 00:15.340 --> 00:17.620 Asa you would please join me in prayer . 00:17.630 --> 00:20.440 Sergeant Henry asked me to pray for my 00:20.440 --> 00:23.540 heart often I will write the words down 00:23.540 --> 00:25.800 but I'm gonna pray for my heart for you 00:25.810 --> 00:28.000 and for all of you today . So I would 00:28.000 --> 00:30.010 ask that you join me in a word of 00:30.010 --> 00:32.360 prayer . Let's pray together . Heavenly 00:32.360 --> 00:35.850 father we come before you and thank you 00:35.860 --> 00:38.820 for this day . Lord we thank you for 00:38.820 --> 00:41.830 Sergeant Henry for her family that has 00:41.830 --> 00:45.690 joined her here today . Lord we thank 00:45.690 --> 00:49.120 you for the gift of leadership which 00:49.120 --> 00:51.800 has been demonstrated not only in her 00:51.800 --> 00:55.240 life but also in her husband's dantes 00:55.240 --> 00:57.090 life that just pinned on Master 00:57.090 --> 01:00.540 Sergeant a couple of weeks ago , Lord , 01:00.540 --> 01:02.950 your word tells us that promotion comes 01:02.950 --> 01:06.730 neither from the east nor from the west 01:06.740 --> 01:09.610 nor from the south , but God is the 01:09.610 --> 01:13.130 judge . He put it down one and he set 01:13.130 --> 01:16.630 up up another Lord . In your perfect 01:16.630 --> 01:20.490 time You have four ordained this 01:20.500 --> 01:23.460 moment for the Henry family . 01:23.460 --> 01:26.950 Specifically Lord for heather this 01:26.950 --> 01:29.390 day . So God we ask that you would 01:29.390 --> 01:32.450 guide our words Lord and as we move 01:32.450 --> 01:34.617 forward from this place that you would 01:34.617 --> 01:37.530 continue to guide our steps . These 01:37.530 --> 01:40.270 things I ask in the name of my Lord and 01:40.270 --> 01:43.440 savior , jesus christ amen . Yeah , 01:44.440 --> 01:46.218 ladies and gentlemen , the Vice 01:46.218 --> 01:48.329 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 01:49.040 --> 01:51.520 be so comfortable . So I haven't 01:51.520 --> 01:53.687 introduced myself for a family heather 01:53.687 --> 01:55.909 said to make this a family affair . You 01:55.909 --> 01:57.687 must be done . Yes , about 32 . 01:58.240 --> 02:01.360 Paradise richard . Yeah . Uh huh . 02:03.940 --> 02:06.960 How are you ? Yeah . How are you ? 02:07.840 --> 02:09.951 Good to see you . So the folks in the 02:09.951 --> 02:12.173 background . Good to see you guys too . 02:12.340 --> 02:16.270 Folks sitting over here most I 02:16.280 --> 02:19.460 actually don't know everybody . No sir . 02:20.140 --> 02:22.860 It might be . No , you are blessed . 02:24.040 --> 02:27.910 So welcome everybody . Um I'm gonna say 02:27.910 --> 02:30.132 a few words and then we're going to get 02:30.132 --> 02:32.132 to the meat of the business and the 02:32.132 --> 02:34.243 media businesses to to promote a very 02:34.243 --> 02:36.299 special person from specialist first 02:36.299 --> 02:38.243 class in the United States Army to 02:38.243 --> 02:41.450 master . And I'll I'll start off as the 02:41.840 --> 02:43.896 vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 02:43.896 --> 02:46.007 Staff . I get to work with and around 02:46.007 --> 02:48.550 all the services . I'll say I love them 02:48.550 --> 02:50.550 equally . Well maybe I love the air 02:50.550 --> 02:53.220 force a little more . But I love all 02:53.220 --> 02:55.276 the services equally . But there are 02:55.276 --> 02:57.276 certain things about each service , 02:57.276 --> 02:59.053 including my own . That is just 02:59.053 --> 03:02.020 confused . But I don't understand . One 03:02.020 --> 03:04.242 of things I don't understand is the mid 03:04.242 --> 03:07.280 tier ranks were enlisted in the ah in 03:07.280 --> 03:10.270 the army . Uh I also don't understand 03:10.280 --> 03:12.950 all of the 300 words around the Navy 03:12.950 --> 03:15.172 rank . But we'll leave that for another 03:15.172 --> 03:18.080 time betrayal . But when you're a 03:18.080 --> 03:20.480 specialist in the army and a specialist 03:20.480 --> 03:22.970 first class , what the hell does that 03:22.970 --> 03:25.470 mean ? Sergeant first class ? That 03:25.470 --> 03:27.330 means . So , So when you go from 03:27.330 --> 03:29.760 Sergeant 1st class . Master Sergeant . 03:30.340 --> 03:32.396 Everybody understands what that is . 03:33.340 --> 03:36.610 And so as you grow up in the enlisted 03:36.620 --> 03:39.420 force and you go from private to 03:39.420 --> 03:41.640 specialists and the sergeant sergeant 03:41.640 --> 03:43.584 first class , that's the surgeon , 03:44.240 --> 03:46.129 awesome . The entire world source 03:46.129 --> 03:48.240 understanding how important that is . 03:48.240 --> 03:50.240 Because if you look at our military 03:50.240 --> 03:50.150 across the board , it doesn't matter 03:50.150 --> 03:52.094 what services you want to know the 03:52.094 --> 03:54.261 difference in the United States versus 03:54.261 --> 03:56.860 any other military in the world . Yes , 03:57.340 --> 03:59.396 it's the enlisted corps of our force 04:00.240 --> 04:02.630 because the enlisted course for our 04:02.640 --> 04:05.150 force run our force . 04:06.840 --> 04:10.000 One of my most significant learning 04:10.000 --> 04:12.222 experiences came my first assignment of 04:12.222 --> 04:14.660 the pentagon , Which was 30 years ago . 04:15.040 --> 04:16.984 So we'll just get that all the way 04:16.984 --> 04:19.040 right now . That's a long time ago . 04:19.040 --> 04:21.151 But it was at the end of the Cold War 04:21.240 --> 04:23.740 and as the Cold War ended When the Cold 04:23.740 --> 04:26.000 War has been over for 30 years now as 04:26.000 --> 04:28.167 the Cold War ended , one of the things 04:28.167 --> 04:30.222 that we did is we brought the former 04:30.222 --> 04:32.389 soviet leadership to the United States 04:32.389 --> 04:35.160 for the first time because if you 04:35.160 --> 04:38.180 remember we were reaching out uh new 04:38.180 --> 04:40.910 elected officials in Russia , the new 04:40.910 --> 04:43.132 Russian federation , all those things , 04:43.132 --> 04:45.510 we brought the soviet military . Now 04:45.510 --> 04:47.732 the Russian military leadership out and 04:47.732 --> 04:49.843 one of the things I got to do was was 04:49.870 --> 04:52.203 them just andrews air force base in the , 04:53.240 --> 04:55.760 and I was just , I was just a captain 04:56.440 --> 04:58.607 and a major a couple times I got to do 04:58.607 --> 05:01.240 it . And so I would , I would take them 05:01.250 --> 05:03.420 and literally we would just take them 05:03.420 --> 05:05.590 off the airplane at andrews in through 05:05.590 --> 05:07.757 the base , show them the base bringing 05:07.757 --> 05:09.812 in the pentagon and I had him off to 05:09.812 --> 05:11.812 whoever has to do with the pentagon 05:11.812 --> 05:13.757 because I'm just a , just a flunky 05:13.757 --> 05:15.923 action officer being told what to do . 05:15.923 --> 05:18.420 There were two things that the entire , 05:18.430 --> 05:20.541 every single Russian officers thought 05:20.541 --> 05:24.350 was a scam . Number one is that 05:24.360 --> 05:26.580 we would let anybody shot in the 05:26.590 --> 05:29.330 commissary PX This , it couldn't 05:29.330 --> 05:31.552 understand that anybody could go in and 05:31.552 --> 05:33.663 buy food and toilet paper , not gonna 05:33.663 --> 05:33.390 stuff that you didn't have to be a 05:33.390 --> 05:35.501 member of the party . You didn't have 05:35.501 --> 05:37.834 to be anything especially could do that . 05:37.834 --> 05:39.779 And the other thing that could not 05:39.779 --> 05:41.834 understand because that we would let 05:41.834 --> 05:44.560 enlisted members work on our airplanes . 05:45.140 --> 05:47.400 We will let enlisted members manage our 05:47.400 --> 05:49.567 force . We were listening lets members 05:49.567 --> 05:51.590 guard our gates . We would actually 05:51.590 --> 05:53.257 have enlisted members running 05:53.257 --> 05:56.810 operations . That's what we do . And 05:56.810 --> 05:58.977 that's what makes us the best military 05:58.977 --> 06:02.370 in the world because Dante has a master 06:02.370 --> 06:04.592 sergeant soon to be heather is a master 06:04.592 --> 06:06.840 sources . Uh , they want them , they're 06:06.840 --> 06:09.430 about to both go to fort Bragg and fort 06:09.430 --> 06:11.541 Bragg . It's gonna be all different . 06:11.541 --> 06:13.760 The pentagon , but I don't know . Uh , 06:14.440 --> 06:16.551 you're going to see a lot of soldiers 06:16.551 --> 06:19.580 and you're gonna lead soldiers . That's 06:19.580 --> 06:21.524 what master Sergeant in the United 06:21.524 --> 06:23.747 States Army do . So it's pretty excited 06:23.747 --> 06:26.050 about what you're going to go do as you 06:26.620 --> 06:28.850 as you look at where it all started . 06:29.640 --> 06:31.473 It's pretty amazing that we find 06:31.473 --> 06:33.362 ourselves here in the hall heroes 06:33.362 --> 06:35.307 surrounded by the names of all the 06:35.307 --> 06:37.418 Medal of honor winners that have come 06:37.418 --> 06:39.529 before us around a couple more heroes 06:39.529 --> 06:42.160 to recognize the promotion of a very 06:42.160 --> 06:45.330 special young woman uh huh has started 06:45.340 --> 06:47.870 johnsonville south Carolina . What the 06:47.870 --> 06:51.070 heck is johnsonville South ? Very few 06:51.070 --> 06:52.959 people know that because half the 06:52.959 --> 06:55.450 population is in this room 06:57.040 --> 07:00.060 To say that . I think it's a town of 07:00.070 --> 07:03.700 1500 people , maybe 2 , 3 Stoplights 07:03.710 --> 07:07.640 Beijing . Uh , you know , that's a 07:07.640 --> 07:10.950 small town , but that's America 07:11.840 --> 07:14.440 when you think of and in small town 07:14.440 --> 07:18.280 America people grow up learning to love 07:18.290 --> 07:20.179 their town , their family , their 07:20.179 --> 07:22.410 community and their country . And when 07:22.410 --> 07:24.577 it comes time to decide what I'm going 07:24.577 --> 07:27.690 to go do , oftentimes a call to serve 07:28.020 --> 07:30.670 is one of those options and heather 07:30.680 --> 07:33.520 took that off . Right . And she decided 07:33.520 --> 07:35.798 to join United States Army . All right , 07:35.798 --> 07:37.909 you get that became a human resources 07:38.140 --> 07:40.196 specialists , which in the army is a 07:40.240 --> 07:42.240 catch all phrase for people that do 07:42.240 --> 07:44.462 almost anything in terms of taking care 07:44.462 --> 07:46.518 of the people of the force . That is 07:46.518 --> 07:48.660 what they do . They do it remarkably 07:48.660 --> 07:50.882 well . And she started off doing that . 07:50.882 --> 07:53.460 It has done that at Fort brian at fort 07:53.460 --> 07:56.040 Campbell here in the pentagon . And 07:56.040 --> 07:58.096 then she also had a very interesting 07:58.240 --> 08:00.970 detour in Battle Creek Michigan . I 08:00.970 --> 08:03.690 think Battle Creek michigan working for 08:03.690 --> 08:05.960 Kellogg's No , that's not true . 08:07.040 --> 08:10.850 Al Creek michigan as an army recruiter , 08:11.840 --> 08:13.951 uh , and an army recruiters job is an 08:13.951 --> 08:17.280 unbelievably tough job . Uh , but if 08:17.280 --> 08:20.100 you've known heather for any period of 08:20.110 --> 08:23.340 time , I can't imagine a better 08:23.340 --> 08:25.396 recruiter for the United States army 08:25.396 --> 08:28.150 than uh huh because 08:28.740 --> 08:31.000 if I'm a recruiting and I walk into the 08:31.000 --> 08:33.167 office and I'm wondering about whether 08:33.167 --> 08:35.333 the army is going to be good for me or 08:35.333 --> 08:37.556 not and you walk in on the first person 08:37.556 --> 08:39.722 that you see in a uniform is recruited 08:39.722 --> 08:41.667 in that area and that recruiter is 08:41.667 --> 08:43.778 heather , Henry and she sits down and 08:43.778 --> 08:45.944 starts talking to you the next thing , 08:45.944 --> 08:44.630 you know , you're going to love the 08:44.630 --> 08:46.797 United States Army , you're gonna fall 08:46.797 --> 08:48.852 in love with feathers , you're gonna 08:48.852 --> 08:50.908 say that is what I want to be when I 08:50.908 --> 08:53.130 grow up , right , That , that is what I 08:53.130 --> 08:55.186 want to do . And so he said , it was 08:55.186 --> 08:57.241 one of the most challenging times in 08:57.241 --> 08:56.670 her life because the recruiter is a 08:56.680 --> 08:58.736 tough job , You have to go into high 08:58.736 --> 09:00.458 school , you have to go in the 09:00.458 --> 08:59.920 community , you have to go in a number 08:59.920 --> 09:02.087 of different places . Sometimes you're 09:02.087 --> 09:04.364 welcome , Sometimes you're not welcome , 09:04.540 --> 09:06.800 but I can only imagine what it was like 09:06.810 --> 09:09.620 when heather walked into a local school 09:09.620 --> 09:11.509 or when somebody walked into that 09:11.509 --> 09:13.840 recruiting office , that's exactly what 09:13.840 --> 09:15.840 the United States Army would want . 09:15.840 --> 09:17.729 That's what this country wants an 09:17.729 --> 09:19.896 example of exactly what we're supposed 09:19.896 --> 09:22.760 to do ? And then Michael becomes a big 09:22.760 --> 09:25.130 part of her life ? And then Dante 09:25.130 --> 09:27.241 becomes a big part of her life at the 09:27.241 --> 09:30.480 same or shortly after . And you know , 09:30.480 --> 09:32.536 we're talking the office a while ago 09:33.440 --> 09:37.200 about the ultimate romance , which is 09:37.390 --> 09:40.540 daunting heather because it starts 09:40.540 --> 09:44.370 where all great romances start in 09:44.370 --> 09:45.370 kuwait , 09:47.640 --> 09:50.960 Okay , this is my sister . 09:51.570 --> 09:54.220 And it starts where all great romances 09:54.220 --> 09:56.660 shoot start and that's in church . Mhm . 09:57.440 --> 09:59.670 It starts where all romances should 09:59.670 --> 10:03.410 start . And that's because 10:03.420 --> 10:06.660 Dante places and the other side 10:07.740 --> 10:11.500 and we could see just looking at dawn 10:11.500 --> 10:13.556 to heather . We could see right away 10:13.556 --> 10:15.667 why Dante would be very interested in 10:15.667 --> 10:17.389 heather . But Laura and I were 10:17.389 --> 10:19.389 wondering what the heck is that are 10:19.389 --> 10:21.500 interested ? Yeah . So maybe took a 10:21.500 --> 10:24.190 little while , but don ? T finally 10:24.190 --> 10:27.770 figured out the way others heart and 10:27.770 --> 10:31.380 the way to his heart was food and the 10:31.390 --> 10:34.880 food was again the great romantic meal 10:34.880 --> 10:37.450 of all time . Vienna sausage isn't 10:37.450 --> 10:38.450 captain crunch . 10:41.640 --> 10:44.630 Okay , it's 10:44.630 --> 10:48.490 true . Go . So 10:48.500 --> 10:50.611 don ? T you got a couple of things in 10:50.611 --> 10:54.530 common with me , Let's say we 10:54.530 --> 10:57.230 don't look too bright , but we're 10:57.230 --> 10:59.286 bright enough to figure out what the 10:59.286 --> 11:02.070 right things are in life . And we 11:02.070 --> 11:04.292 figured it out . And you figured out it 11:04.292 --> 11:06.514 was heather . I figured out was Laura , 11:06.514 --> 11:08.570 man . Life gets a whole lot better . 11:08.720 --> 11:10.776 And Mike comes longer than Michael ? 11:10.776 --> 11:12.887 How are you doing ? You were sleeping 11:12.887 --> 11:16.650 down lower . So , did you realize you 11:16.650 --> 11:19.860 fall asleep ? Yeah . Are you asleep now ? 11:22.540 --> 11:24.770 Micro school kids . So you want to know 11:24.770 --> 11:27.570 a funny story the first time I was 11:27.570 --> 11:31.480 trying to get hold of never . Uh , I 11:31.480 --> 11:33.480 was given the number because it was 11:33.480 --> 11:35.960 news about her promotion and to check 11:35.960 --> 11:38.182 on how she's doing a couple things . So 11:38.182 --> 11:40.920 I needed to call her . And so I asked 11:40.920 --> 11:43.490 to call her directly . So I'm on the 11:43.490 --> 11:45.546 phone and I called the number direct 11:46.140 --> 11:49.050 and Mike answer the phone . So mike is 11:49.050 --> 11:51.360 just talking to me like , like , great . 11:51.360 --> 11:53.990 Then finally I go , hey , uh , this is 11:54.000 --> 11:56.222 General Hayden , I'm kind of your mom's 11:56.222 --> 11:58.556 boss because you'll get your mom for me . 11:58.556 --> 12:01.060 Okay click . 12:02.440 --> 12:05.780 So I so I called back . Okay . 12:06.640 --> 12:09.150 And Mike answers the phone . Micah 12:09.160 --> 12:11.216 shouldn't happen again . How are you 12:11.216 --> 12:13.438 talking ? Like every long lost cousin I 12:13.438 --> 12:15.600 said , could you tell your mom that I 12:15.600 --> 12:19.350 called ? Okay click . So I give up 12:19.360 --> 12:22.230 wait for a phone call the next day . Go 12:22.230 --> 12:25.280 back like answers the phone . Hey , all 12:25.280 --> 12:27.447 right , that's fine . That I gave up . 12:27.740 --> 12:29.750 I just gave up . I'm not talking to 12:29.760 --> 12:31.982 heather this time when she goes back in 12:31.982 --> 12:34.204 the office , I will talk to her because 12:34.204 --> 12:36.316 clearly she has somebody watching the 12:36.316 --> 12:40.190 phone a spam away from her at all times . 12:40.190 --> 12:43.790 And that is like , he's just a great 12:43.810 --> 12:47.160 young and the last story I'll tell 12:47.160 --> 12:50.420 about heather . And this is a great 12:50.420 --> 12:54.250 story of talent , motivation and fun . 12:55.540 --> 12:58.610 And when you think about our business , 12:58.680 --> 13:00.569 there are some tough times in our 13:00.569 --> 13:03.050 business . If your daughter's in kuwait , 13:04.340 --> 13:06.507 you're probably not real happy all the 13:06.507 --> 13:08.618 time about wondering what is going on 13:08.618 --> 13:10.562 in court ? Is she going across the 13:10.562 --> 13:12.784 border ? What has really happened every 13:12.784 --> 13:14.896 time you see something bad ? And then 13:14.896 --> 13:16.896 there's , that's , there's a lot of 13:16.896 --> 13:18.951 tough times that come with it on the 13:18.951 --> 13:21.229 altar . It's not all good but holy cow . 13:21.540 --> 13:23.707 We get to wake up in the morning , put 13:23.707 --> 13:25.762 on the cloth of our nation and go to 13:25.762 --> 13:27.929 work with the best people in the world 13:27.929 --> 13:29.873 every day . People that watch each 13:29.873 --> 13:31.984 other's back , people that care about 13:31.984 --> 13:34.240 the people that work to actually put 13:34.250 --> 13:36.750 fun into our business wherever we can . 13:37.840 --> 13:40.230 And one of the things we get to do uh 13:40.240 --> 13:42.462 as vice chairman and as the office sure 13:43.240 --> 13:45.770 the chairman gets to do too is that we 13:45.770 --> 13:49.710 get to take a trip a year with the USO 13:50.100 --> 13:53.200 and normally we go overseas around the 13:53.200 --> 13:55.367 world . And the first one we took , we 13:55.367 --> 13:57.970 hit Romanian Poland and then had to 13:57.970 --> 14:00.081 come back . I had to come back in the 14:00.081 --> 14:02.303 middle of it . The next one we're going 14:02.303 --> 14:04.414 to go the Pacific . That was March of 14:04.414 --> 14:07.930 2021st week . On the way out , Covid 14:07.930 --> 14:10.610 hits the pacific is shut down . We 14:10.610 --> 14:12.832 can't go to Korea , can't go to Japan , 14:13.140 --> 14:15.307 that's okay . We'll go to McCord Lewis 14:15.307 --> 14:17.196 on the way out , Washington state 14:17.196 --> 14:19.418 closes , we end up out of nowhere going 14:21.440 --> 14:23.607 Alaska because Kobe wasn't in Alaska . 14:23.607 --> 14:25.829 And so we hit all the bases in Alaska . 14:25.829 --> 14:27.996 Then we'll go to why where it wasn't , 14:27.996 --> 14:27.650 it will hit all the bases in Hawaii . 14:28.210 --> 14:30.432 And that will be the trip . And then we 14:30.432 --> 14:33.150 took a stateside trip this year and you 14:33.150 --> 14:35.350 get to travel with the team and the 14:35.350 --> 14:37.150 vice chairman . When I'm in the 14:37.160 --> 14:40.050 pentagon , I'm going 100 mph , 28 14:40.050 --> 14:42.161 different directions . Brandy has got 14:42.161 --> 14:44.217 the worst job in the world trying to 14:44.217 --> 14:46.050 maintain the calendar because it 14:46.050 --> 14:47.994 changes literally at least a dozen 14:47.994 --> 14:50.440 times every day . It's just so you 14:50.440 --> 14:52.662 actually never seen , but we go on this 14:52.662 --> 14:54.440 trip , the whole At least three 14:54.440 --> 14:56.607 quarters of teamwork , you get to know 14:56.607 --> 14:59.030 each other . So you get to know heather 14:59.030 --> 15:00.974 and you get to know what makes you 15:00.974 --> 15:03.141 think and we come together as a team . 15:03.141 --> 15:05.770 And when you're on a uso trip , you 15:05.770 --> 15:09.160 have comedians , athletes , actors 15:09.540 --> 15:12.670 and a bad and the band we got was this 15:12.670 --> 15:16.390 country band . They look at , uh , and 15:16.430 --> 15:19.650 the two leads of low caste , our our 15:19.800 --> 15:22.660 Preston and chris and there there are 15:22.670 --> 15:24.726 good guys and they love this country 15:25.140 --> 15:27.362 and they were an overnight sensation in 15:27.362 --> 15:30.840 2017 when they had their first hit . Uh , 15:30.850 --> 15:33.560 but They formed as a band in 2003 . 15:34.640 --> 15:37.660 So they play for 14 years and every 15:38.240 --> 15:41.210 dive bar honky tonk , you know , 15:41.210 --> 15:43.266 wherever they could get a job , they 15:43.266 --> 15:45.432 play just to try to stay above water . 15:45.432 --> 15:47.599 They couple times they became homeless 15:47.599 --> 15:49.821 a couple of times they didn't make it . 15:49.821 --> 15:51.932 They almost gave up and they sold the 15:51.932 --> 15:54.099 song and somebody else recorded it and 15:54.099 --> 15:56.099 everything was good . And , And now 15:56.099 --> 15:58.321 they're a big band with 3 # one hits in 15:58.321 --> 15:57.720 there . They're hitting the road with 15:57.720 --> 15:59.887 the USO because they love this country 15:59.887 --> 16:01.998 and that's what they're doing For the 16:01.998 --> 16:03.831 cool part about the band is that 16:03.831 --> 16:06.053 because they had that 14 years in every 16:06.053 --> 16:08.053 place you could , they can stand in 16:08.053 --> 16:10.276 front of group of people and they start 16:10.276 --> 16:12.331 playing their big country hits . And 16:12.331 --> 16:14.387 every once in a while we look at the 16:14.387 --> 16:16.553 crowd in there crowd at the end of the 16:16.553 --> 16:18.910 first number one song is going and you 16:18.910 --> 16:21.140 realize this is not a crowd is going to 16:21.140 --> 16:23.960 like the country music . So they have 16:23.960 --> 16:26.130 learned to play just about every kind 16:26.130 --> 16:27.797 of music that you can imagine 16:28.340 --> 16:32.170 everything for boy bands to old time 16:32.170 --> 16:35.860 rock and roll , to R and B 16:36.240 --> 16:39.540 and wrapped . And one of the songs that 16:39.540 --> 16:43.360 they decided to do in the middle of the 16:44.030 --> 16:47.770 show was Song by TLC from the late 16:47.770 --> 16:49.659 90s , I think if I remember right 16:49.940 --> 16:53.570 called don't go chasing waterfalls 16:54.830 --> 16:56.941 and in the middle of that is a wrap . 16:58.010 --> 17:01.960 And so you know , they , they actually 17:01.970 --> 17:04.780 don't do wrap that well , countryman . 17:04.790 --> 17:08.700 So they're asking around to 17:08.700 --> 17:11.410 the audience and others who knows the 17:11.410 --> 17:13.632 rap too . Don't go chasing waterfalls . 17:14.540 --> 17:16.890 Yeah , at some point , red heather 17:16.900 --> 17:17.450 razor 17:19.540 --> 17:22.960 raise your hand just like this , 17:23.540 --> 17:26.250 she knows it and they put her up on 17:26.250 --> 17:28.306 stage and she's panicked . Now she's 17:28.306 --> 17:30.472 pulling the words up on the phone , oh 17:30.472 --> 17:32.528 my gosh , I'm gonna , I'm gonna . So 17:32.528 --> 17:34.528 they go through the whole thing and 17:34.528 --> 17:37.860 they hit the rap and heather awesome , 17:37.870 --> 17:41.740 awesome . Were spectacular . And so 17:41.870 --> 17:43.870 as soon as the band saw that , they 17:43.870 --> 17:45.960 said from this point on your initial 17:46.340 --> 17:48.460 every night when we do that , we're 17:48.460 --> 17:50.970 bringing you up and uh you're gonna be 17:50.970 --> 17:53.192 the rock star in this house as it comes 17:53.192 --> 17:56.780 up , you know , battle rescue . And she 17:56.780 --> 17:58.558 does the rap , don't go chasing 17:58.558 --> 18:00.613 waterfalls . So if the family hasn't 18:00.613 --> 18:02.447 heard her that rap sometime this 18:02.447 --> 18:05.780 afternoon , to see the reason I say 18:05.780 --> 18:08.460 it's a cool story is because it's fun . 18:09.440 --> 18:12.080 It shows that she'll stand up and do 18:12.080 --> 18:15.670 what neither , but she cares 18:15.680 --> 18:19.270 about the people that she's , she wants 18:19.550 --> 18:21.550 the soldiers that were visiting the 18:21.550 --> 18:23.439 airman that were visiting the the 18:23.439 --> 18:25.606 entire force to have a good time . She 18:25.606 --> 18:28.960 wants b with the team , She wants to 18:28.960 --> 18:31.840 make the team better . Every team that 18:31.840 --> 18:34.020 heather Henry has been with since 18:34.020 --> 18:36.980 before she was heather all the way up 18:36.980 --> 18:39.910 to this day . She has made better and 18:39.910 --> 18:42.132 the work she does in the joint staff is 18:42.132 --> 18:44.132 remarkable working for the the vice 18:44.132 --> 18:46.500 chairman of the chairman , you don't 18:46.500 --> 18:48.611 get any higher than the military than 18:48.611 --> 18:50.722 that . And so there's challenges that 18:50.722 --> 18:53.880 come with that those demands . The 18:53.890 --> 18:56.001 things that come into my office can't 18:56.001 --> 18:58.001 be incorrect . Everything has to be 18:58.001 --> 19:00.600 ready . You have to do that . You have 19:00.600 --> 19:02.600 to have discipline to do that . You 19:02.600 --> 19:04.656 have to make sure that everything is 19:04.656 --> 19:03.870 right . You have to hold people 19:03.870 --> 19:05.759 accountable . And sometimes those 19:05.759 --> 19:07.703 people are three star generals and 19:07.703 --> 19:09.926 animals and you're and you have to call 19:09.926 --> 19:12.148 down their office and say , hey this is 19:12.148 --> 19:14.314 not right , we're gonna have to adjust 19:14.314 --> 19:16.426 that . Now . She's got a team all the 19:16.426 --> 19:18.426 way for the vice chairman that will 19:18.426 --> 19:20.537 protect her if there's an issue . But 19:20.537 --> 19:22.814 nonetheless that's what you have to do . 19:22.814 --> 19:25.180 She does it with this positive attitude 19:25.190 --> 19:28.910 and a smile and she makes every 19:28.910 --> 19:31.570 place she's ever been there just like 19:31.570 --> 19:33.920 she made us all better . Just like she 19:33.920 --> 19:36.560 and don ? T make for better everywhere 19:36.560 --> 19:40.330 she goes a better place . So for the 19:40.330 --> 19:43.360 family for Dante for like for the dad 19:43.370 --> 19:45.703 for the whole family , aunts and uncles , 19:45.703 --> 19:47.960 cousins , everybody is here . Thank you 19:47.960 --> 19:51.520 for coming . Thank you for actually 19:51.530 --> 19:54.840 giving your daughter , give your 19:54.850 --> 19:57.072 daughter to the Joint staff . Thank you 19:57.072 --> 19:59.900 for your wife , your mom . That's a 19:59.910 --> 20:03.190 pretty special day . So the first thing 20:03.190 --> 20:05.190 we're gonna do is we're gonna pin a 20:05.190 --> 20:07.270 decoration on 31st class . 20:09.140 --> 20:12.550 We'll have member in the rain . 20:12.940 --> 20:16.860 Right ? Make her Mhm 20:18.140 --> 20:21.460 Good story . Alright here we go . The 20:21.460 --> 20:24.530 Defense meritorious Service medal is 20:24.530 --> 20:27.080 presented to sergeant . First class 20:27.090 --> 20:29.760 heather L . Henry . United States Army 20:30.140 --> 20:32.810 Sergeant first class heather L . Henry . 20:32.820 --> 20:35.160 United starts States Army distinguished 20:35.160 --> 20:37.410 herself by outstanding meritorious 20:37.410 --> 20:39.490 service as the joint requirements 20:39.500 --> 20:41.940 oversight committee , secretariat , 20:41.950 --> 20:43.960 noncommissioned officer in charge . 20:44.340 --> 20:46.173 Joint capabilities , Development 20:46.173 --> 20:48.310 Division for structure , resource and 20:48.310 --> 20:50.660 Assessment directorate and also as 20:50.660 --> 20:52.716 administrative assistant to the Vice 20:52.716 --> 20:54.938 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . 20:54.938 --> 20:58.420 From july 2018 to june 2021 . 20:58.430 --> 21:00.360 While serving in the J . C . D . 21:00.360 --> 21:02.520 Division , Sergeant Henry provided 21:02.520 --> 21:04.900 executive level support to 10 general 21:04.900 --> 21:07.230 and flag officers in support of the 21:07.230 --> 21:09.450 directorate's requirements process . 21:10.040 --> 21:12.860 She also prepared and executed over 60 21:12.860 --> 21:15.810 J rock meetings and 200 J . C . D . 21:15.810 --> 21:18.230 Boards . In this role , she screened 21:18.230 --> 21:20.397 thousands of attendees for appropriate 21:20.397 --> 21:22.800 security clearance is up to and 21:22.800 --> 21:25.380 including top secret meetings processed 21:25.380 --> 21:28.320 over 60 J . Rock memorandum , made room 21:28.320 --> 21:30.900 and video teleconference arrangements 21:30.910 --> 21:33.530 and acted as the primary action officer 21:33.530 --> 21:35.790 in the execution of the director and 21:35.790 --> 21:37.846 vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 21:37.846 --> 21:39.750 Staff level events . As the 21:39.750 --> 21:41.806 administrative assistant to the vice 21:41.806 --> 21:43.861 chairman . She expertly reviewed and 21:43.861 --> 21:46.460 prepared more than 1200 staff actions 21:46.470 --> 21:48.990 which aided strategic decisions , 21:49.000 --> 21:51.380 advanced national security policy and 21:51.380 --> 21:53.436 bolstered the creation of the United 21:53.436 --> 21:55.660 States Space Force Sergeant Henry 21:55.660 --> 21:57.800 planned and executed 20 vice chairman 21:57.800 --> 21:59.830 missions and coordinated the United 21:59.830 --> 22:02.080 Service organizations around the world 22:02.080 --> 22:04.510 tours . As a result of her hard work 22:04.510 --> 22:06.910 and dedication . This tour touched six 22:06.910 --> 22:09.000 locations in eight days and ensured 22:09.000 --> 22:11.590 more than 30,000 service members and 22:11.590 --> 22:13.701 their families were able to enjoy the 22:13.701 --> 22:15.800 usos , time honored tradition of 22:15.810 --> 22:17.830 entertaining Americans and overseas 22:17.830 --> 22:19.820 locations . The distinctive 22:19.820 --> 22:21.709 accomplishments of Sergeant Henry 22:21.709 --> 22:23.940 reflect great credit upon herself . The 22:23.940 --> 22:26.010 United States Army and the office of 22:26.010 --> 22:28.010 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 22:28.010 --> 22:30.070 Staff signed johnny heighten . Vice 22:30.070 --> 22:32.014 Chairman , Joint Chiefs of Staff . 22:39.640 --> 22:41.584 Now we're going to break the rules 22:41.584 --> 22:43.751 slightly . We're gonna hold our breath 22:43.751 --> 22:42.850 and take her from that . There's a 22:42.860 --> 22:43.860 decent picture . 22:48.440 --> 22:49.440 Good . 22:58.540 --> 23:02.460 So now we're going to promote evidently . 23:03.540 --> 23:06.970 Right . I'm sorry 23:06.970 --> 23:09.770 sir . So why don't we help doctor ? 23:10.240 --> 23:12.690 Okay . Uh huh . Going to bring the 23:12.690 --> 23:14.857 balloon . It's okay . This is a family 23:14.857 --> 23:17.079 event . We're just having a good time . 23:17.079 --> 23:18.970 Mm This is important , but it's 23:18.970 --> 23:22.620 important for families here too . You 23:22.620 --> 23:24.870 ready sir ? The President of the United 23:24.870 --> 23:27.610 States has reposed special trust and 23:27.610 --> 23:30.100 confidence in the patriotism , valor , 23:30.110 --> 23:32.680 fidelity and abilities of sergeant . 23:32.680 --> 23:35.590 First class heather , L . Henry in view 23:35.590 --> 23:37.812 of these qualities and her demonstrated 23:37.812 --> 23:40.090 potential for increased responsibility . 23:40.090 --> 23:42.810 She is therefore promoted from sergeant 23:42.810 --> 23:45.110 first class to master sergeant in the 23:45.110 --> 23:48.030 United States Army signed General James 23:48.040 --> 23:50.070 C . McConville . United States Army 23:50.070 --> 23:51.070 Chief of Staff . 24:04.040 --> 24:06.830 Mhm . That is a sharp uniforms . 24:28.240 --> 24:31.060 Your mother look the car . 24:33.140 --> 24:37.140 Well for you . How come when 24:37.140 --> 24:39.196 I call you on the phone to talk hold 24:39.196 --> 24:41.760 thank you . 24:52.040 --> 24:55.210 Now we're gonna do small thing . Why 24:55.210 --> 24:57.266 are still standing then ? We'll have 24:57.266 --> 24:59.210 you take a seat . This is the most 24:59.210 --> 25:02.060 important part of officer , most solemn 25:02.060 --> 25:04.320 brooks . We're just going to say a few 25:04.320 --> 25:07.640 words , the few words is the oath . But 25:07.640 --> 25:10.400 everybody here takes you go through . 25:10.870 --> 25:13.630 So if you've served , I'll ask you to 25:13.640 --> 25:15.696 think about the words as we say them 25:15.696 --> 25:17.584 and apply them to your own life . 25:17.584 --> 25:19.640 Because the important thing about in 25:19.640 --> 25:21.696 these words , we swear an oath to an 25:21.696 --> 25:23.751 idea , an idea that was written on a 25:23.751 --> 25:26.260 piece of paper a long time ago , we're 25:26.260 --> 25:28.371 the only nation in the world . As far 25:28.371 --> 25:30.482 as I know , we don't swear an oath to 25:30.482 --> 25:33.860 the king or queen or a dictator or 25:34.340 --> 25:37.550 even the country . We swear an oath to 25:37.550 --> 25:39.772 the Constitution of the United States . 25:39.772 --> 25:43.390 Any ideas that are in and the first 25:43.390 --> 25:45.390 words of the constitution , I think 25:45.390 --> 25:47.880 they're really instructive because they 25:47.880 --> 25:50.270 say right at the beginning with the 25:50.280 --> 25:53.200 people in order to form a more perfect 25:53.200 --> 25:55.610 union because they knew right from the 25:55.620 --> 25:58.080 beginning we were not first and we are 25:58.080 --> 26:00.650 not perfect to this day , we are still 26:00.650 --> 26:02.761 trying to figure out how to form that 26:02.761 --> 26:04.594 more perfect union . And we have 26:04.594 --> 26:06.872 challenges in this country to this day . 26:06.872 --> 26:08.983 But the ideals that were written down 26:08.983 --> 26:10.706 that have been changed through 26:10.706 --> 26:10.430 amendments that have been changed 26:10.430 --> 26:12.319 through violence , that have been 26:12.319 --> 26:15.040 changed through fighting to preserve 26:15.040 --> 26:17.151 the ideas of the constitution is what 26:17.151 --> 26:20.660 we swear . So a master Henry 26:21.540 --> 26:23.670 would face me raise your right now . 26:24.040 --> 26:27.670 Well , I do solemnly swear , I swear 26:27.690 --> 26:29.634 that I will support and defend for 26:29.634 --> 26:31.579 instance , the Constitution of the 26:31.579 --> 26:33.801 United States , the Constitution of the 26:33.801 --> 26:35.912 United States against all of it's all 26:35.912 --> 26:38.079 enemies foreign and domestic , foreign 26:38.079 --> 26:38.000 and domestic that a bear true faith 26:38.010 --> 26:40.066 bear true faith leads us to the same 26:40.066 --> 26:42.177 and it leads you to the same and that 26:42.177 --> 26:44.399 will obey the orders that I will obey . 26:44.399 --> 26:44.350 The orders of the President of the 26:44.350 --> 26:46.572 United States , of the President of the 26:46.572 --> 26:48.294 United States and the officers 26:48.294 --> 26:50.072 appointed over and the officers 26:50.072 --> 26:52.128 appointed over in accordance with in 26:52.128 --> 26:54.294 accordance regulations and the uniform 26:54.294 --> 26:56.350 code of military justice regulations 26:56.350 --> 26:58.406 and the uniform code of military . I 26:58.406 --> 26:57.360 understand 27:03.560 --> 27:06.580 that's not , I have a couple other 27:06.580 --> 27:10.270 things to give you And so this is 27:10.280 --> 27:12.770 labeled Sergeant 1st class okay , 27:13.840 --> 27:17.420 because it's from when you so one of 27:17.420 --> 27:19.420 the things I like to do is give the 27:19.420 --> 27:21.587 folks that work on my personal staff a 27:21.587 --> 27:23.864 copy of the constitution time . I mean , 27:23.864 --> 27:26.031 so you always remember that , that was 27:26.031 --> 27:25.560 just 27:30.440 --> 27:31.440 yeah , 27:31.840 --> 27:36.840 ladies 27:36.840 --> 27:38.896 and gentlemen , colonel drexler from 27:38.896 --> 27:40.896 the assistant Chairman of the Joint 27:40.896 --> 27:42.951 Chiefs of Staff Office would like to 27:42.951 --> 27:42.840 present Master Sergeant Henry with a 27:42.850 --> 27:45.050 farewell gift okay 27:46.740 --> 27:49.090 mhm you can say yes please , I would 27:49.090 --> 27:51.670 like to have . Okay , okay , 27:52.640 --> 27:55.360 totally not cool . 27:55.940 --> 27:58.218 Unfortunately when someone is promoted , 27:58.218 --> 28:00.440 they also move on to better and greater 28:00.440 --> 28:03.360 things that Henry was going to for grab . 28:03.840 --> 28:06.007 She worked for the vice chairman , she 28:06.007 --> 28:08.300 worked for the J and lucky for us , 28:08.940 --> 28:11.520 when are y in one petty officer 28:11.520 --> 28:13.742 Ellenberger left . Sorry , can we still 28:13.742 --> 28:15.798 had some time here And she came over 28:15.798 --> 28:17.687 and work for the assistant to the 28:17.687 --> 28:19.909 chairman of the Joint Chiefs . Recently 28:19.909 --> 28:22.020 retired the effective block over . So 28:22.020 --> 28:24.187 from the kind of general model and all 28:24.187 --> 28:26.353 your friends here on the joint staff , 28:26.353 --> 28:26.240 we want to present you with a picture 28:26.240 --> 28:27.351 from the pentagon . 28:40.940 --> 28:43.218 Ladies and gentlemen , Master Sergeant , 28:43.218 --> 28:42.950 Henry 28:51.940 --> 28:52.940 everyone . 28:55.740 --> 28:57.684 How's everyone doing ? Well , that 28:57.684 --> 29:00.170 sounds good . Okay , Okay , 29:01.840 --> 29:03.960 distinguished guests , family and 29:03.960 --> 29:06.450 friends . I would be remiss if my first 29:06.460 --> 29:08.920 order of Thanks wasn't a guy . Now , if 29:08.920 --> 29:11.440 I cry , I'm still tough . Okay , I want 29:11.440 --> 29:13.740 you to know that . Okay . I would be 29:13.740 --> 29:15.820 remiss if my first order of thanks 29:15.820 --> 29:19.120 wasn't a God . God has been , as we say , 29:19.130 --> 29:21.890 better than get to me . There isn't a 29:21.890 --> 29:25.320 word in any language that can describe 29:25.330 --> 29:28.670 the magnitude of how God has kept me . 29:29.540 --> 29:32.190 Mhm . I can go on about how amazing God 29:32.190 --> 29:34.620 is , but the look is , Michael's face , 29:34.620 --> 29:38.000 he's telling me to hurry up during the 29:38.000 --> 29:40.222 height sir being the Vice chairman over 29:40.222 --> 29:42.890 the entire military is an extremely 29:42.890 --> 29:45.112 demanding job . But I want to thank you 29:45.112 --> 29:47.334 for taking some time out of your day as 29:47.334 --> 29:49.446 you fight the issues we are facing in 29:49.446 --> 29:51.612 our nation to officiate the ceremony . 29:51.612 --> 29:54.350 That little on me . I want to thank you 29:54.350 --> 29:56.700 for explaining displaying how important 29:56.710 --> 29:59.240 integrity is by never using your rank 29:59.250 --> 30:02.370 or position to pin the rules as my 30:02.370 --> 30:04.660 family and I had to . Fort Bragg . One 30:04.660 --> 30:07.220 thing I will miss is going on the yours 30:07.230 --> 30:10.170 uso tour with you as you serenaded us 30:10.170 --> 30:12.780 with your baritone boys thinking I'll 30:12.780 --> 30:16.650 fly away your glory while watching the 30:16.650 --> 30:20.450 sea a break dance . I will never 30:20.450 --> 30:22.740 forget that and I pray that God blesses 30:22.740 --> 30:24.962 you and Miss Flora tremendously in your 30:24.962 --> 30:27.890 upcoming journey Chaplin . Thank you 30:27.890 --> 30:29.946 for the fervent , fervent prayer . I 30:29.946 --> 30:32.057 told you to pray for your heart but I 30:32.057 --> 30:35.550 didn't mean for you to make me cry . I 30:35.560 --> 30:37.750 know you Miss Fort Bragg so I'll make 30:37.750 --> 30:39.972 sure to keep you updated on all the new 30:39.972 --> 30:42.083 things the great place has to offer . 30:42.340 --> 30:44.229 But as you already know , there's 30:44.229 --> 30:46.396 nothing new under the sun , especially 30:46.396 --> 30:49.890 at Fort Bragg . Next I would like to 30:49.890 --> 30:52.860 thank the entire protocol team who put 30:52.860 --> 30:55.130 this whole shindig together . Miss 30:55.130 --> 30:57.360 Natalie Bradshaw darling , You are 30:57.360 --> 30:59.770 nothing short of amazing . I know you 30:59.770 --> 31:01.826 had family matters to handle , but I 31:01.826 --> 31:03.770 want you to enjoy your family time 31:03.770 --> 31:05.937 knowing that your hard work is shining 31:05.937 --> 31:08.048 even when you aren't present senior . 31:08.048 --> 31:10.159 Kay , thank you so much for being the 31:10.159 --> 31:12.326 lovely EMC on this afternoon there are 31:12.326 --> 31:14.548 two other personnel who have influenced 31:14.548 --> 31:16.770 me in the protocol office and that's Mr 31:16.770 --> 31:18.437 Hollywood himself , mister Ed 31:18.437 --> 31:22.160 Akaki and Mr Alex . 31:22.160 --> 31:25.990 Signer mister Ed I know you retired 31:26.000 --> 31:29.780 many , many , many , many , many , many , 31:29.780 --> 31:32.890 many , many , many months ago , but 31:32.890 --> 31:34.834 your advice on leadership is still 31:34.834 --> 31:37.730 valuable to this day as my mother in 31:37.730 --> 31:41.420 law says the truth never gets old Alex . 31:41.420 --> 31:43.587 Thank you so much for stepping me back 31:43.587 --> 31:45.476 to reality when I needed it . You 31:45.476 --> 31:47.642 always advised me to be true to myself 31:47.642 --> 31:49.980 and I appreciate that To my very first 31:49.980 --> 31:52.630 home , the joint staff J eight . I just 31:52.630 --> 31:54.797 want to say thank you for showing me a 31:54.797 --> 31:56.852 whole new side of the military where 31:56.852 --> 31:59.074 the sausage is really made learning how 31:59.074 --> 32:01.290 acquisitions work has changed my life 32:01.300 --> 32:03.740 in the outlook on the army . Special 32:03.740 --> 32:06.210 recognition to MR Wilson Cunningham who 32:06.210 --> 32:08.530 always seemed to be on the same page as 32:08.530 --> 32:10.800 me . That's our jefferson . Thank you 32:10.800 --> 32:14.790 for replacing me but seriously 32:14.800 --> 32:17.022 I want to wish you well in your journey 32:17.022 --> 32:20.260 on becoming an army warrant officer to 32:20.260 --> 32:22.470 my favorite people at the Jsp . Mr 32:22.470 --> 32:24.637 Luther Tate and mister Cris Castillo . 32:24.637 --> 32:27.800 I know y'all are tired of me . I'm not 32:27.800 --> 32:29.744 tech savvy at all , but thanks for 32:29.744 --> 32:32.078 thanks for never complaining to my face . 32:32.078 --> 32:34.540 Um if I call it or flags you down in 32:34.540 --> 32:36.750 the hall for help if you went back to 32:36.750 --> 32:38.850 your office to complain or complain 32:38.850 --> 32:40.961 during your saturday saturday morning 32:40.961 --> 32:44.290 golfing time . I totally understand to 32:44.290 --> 32:47.260 the vice squad . We were different in 32:47.260 --> 32:49.980 so many ways but I love how are 32:49.990 --> 32:52.590 differences meshed to get the job done 32:52.590 --> 32:54.810 while we have fun and look good doing 32:54.810 --> 32:56.770 so . And our vice squad jackets 32:58.040 --> 33:01.340 as we watched the sunset in hawaii 33:01.350 --> 33:04.050 only to come back to being on lockdown 33:04.050 --> 33:07.060 for a year due to covid Colonel Summers 33:07.060 --> 33:10.120 Commander luis Corey DJ chris flow 33:10.130 --> 33:13.750 Grundy peeves , marv matt lisa francois 33:13.760 --> 33:17.160 named ivy Felix brandy kelly trilogy . 33:17.160 --> 33:19.560 Nikola will ELISA doc rob and 33:19.560 --> 33:22.890 especially my doula trail . Thank you 33:22.890 --> 33:25.001 so much for taking care of me and the 33:25.001 --> 33:27.112 majority of my making the majority of 33:27.112 --> 33:28.890 my time here on the joint staff 33:28.890 --> 33:31.057 enjoyable . I learned so much from you 33:31.057 --> 33:33.001 all and I'm proud to call each and 33:33.001 --> 33:34.946 every one of you , my brothers and 33:34.946 --> 33:37.001 sisters . Lieutenant General Waddell 33:37.001 --> 33:39.112 being your illicit e . A . Has been a 33:39.112 --> 33:41.112 blessing from all the knowledge you 33:41.112 --> 33:43.168 gave me each and every day I think I 33:43.168 --> 33:45.446 have a possibility of winning jeopardy . 33:45.446 --> 33:47.557 I've never seen a more humble general 33:47.557 --> 33:49.557 officer in my life . Thank you Miss 33:49.557 --> 33:51.890 Donna for being as we country folks say , 33:51.890 --> 33:54.500 y'all colonel drexler , Thanks for 33:54.500 --> 33:56.600 taking care of me whether it was 33:56.600 --> 33:58.900 personal issues or professional . You 33:58.910 --> 34:01.250 always reiterated inward indeed that I 34:01.250 --> 34:03.417 could always depend on you . Thank you 34:03.417 --> 34:05.820 for that . I could always count on you 34:05.820 --> 34:07.764 to make sure I went to the gym and 34:07.764 --> 34:10.100 right as well . When I pulled out a box 34:10.100 --> 34:12.322 of nerves , you pulled out granola bars 34:12.322 --> 34:14.560 and protein bars . The rattling of your 34:14.560 --> 34:16.860 rappers made me feel convicted Each and 34:16.860 --> 34:20.470 every time I lost £12 so thank you . 34:20.940 --> 34:24.490 Okay . I am overjoyed seeing that the 34:24.490 --> 34:26.720 majority of the personnel in the 34:26.720 --> 34:29.140 audience are my family . I need some 34:29.140 --> 34:32.120 tissue . Y'all one thing about my 34:32.120 --> 34:35.860 family is that they will show up 34:38.940 --> 34:40.884 as Marvin . Gaye and Tammi Terrell 34:40.884 --> 34:44.130 saying ain't no mountain high . Ain't 34:44.130 --> 34:46.790 no valley low . Ain't no river wide 34:46.790 --> 34:49.350 enough baby when you need me calling , 34:49.840 --> 34:52.062 no matter where you are , no matter how 34:52.062 --> 34:55.690 far . Mm I've learned love , 34:55.700 --> 34:57.840 Brazilian see forgiveness and that 34:57.850 --> 35:00.050 family is everything for my family . 35:00.840 --> 35:03.062 There are two occasions with family are 35:03.062 --> 35:05.810 most likely present in our lives . And 35:05.810 --> 35:07.977 that is where we were born And when we 35:07.977 --> 35:10.340 back , I've grown to learn that when 35:10.340 --> 35:12.507 you have family between those two days 35:12.507 --> 35:14.760 it makes life even more beautiful . I 35:14.760 --> 35:17.500 love you all dearly and I want to send 35:17.500 --> 35:19.980 a special shout out and love to all 78 35:19.980 --> 35:23.890 of my first cousins . I'm serious . 35:24.640 --> 35:28.230 We have had a lot of first cousins To 35:28.230 --> 35:30.286 the flag guys sitting in seat number 35:30.286 --> 35:33.270 two . The sunshine of my life . There 35:33.270 --> 35:35.670 were most resilient child . I know Mica 35:36.340 --> 35:38.600 Michael is only four and our next move 35:38.600 --> 35:40.970 will be his third duty station . Right 35:41.340 --> 35:43.610 mike . I know you get annoyed waking up 35:43.620 --> 35:45.870 early in the morning . Wow , it's still 35:45.870 --> 35:49.590 nighttime outside money . As you say 35:49.600 --> 35:52.270 while extremely annoyed . Mommy look at 35:52.270 --> 35:54.381 the other houses , the lights are off 35:54.381 --> 35:56.548 but they are sleeping . Why aren't you 35:56.548 --> 35:59.790 sleeping like them while I agree with 35:59.800 --> 36:02.750 each and every word you say 36:03.530 --> 36:05.697 thanks for hanging in there with mommy 36:05.697 --> 36:08.200 and having my back through it all . You 36:08.200 --> 36:10.367 have about five more years with this . 36:10.730 --> 36:12.952 I pray that the early mornings and this 36:12.952 --> 36:15.230 unorthodox way of living isn't in vain . 36:15.230 --> 36:17.286 I pray that you know that I love you 36:17.286 --> 36:19.490 and everything I do is for you to the 36:19.490 --> 36:21.546 handsome message sergeant sitting in 36:21.546 --> 36:24.200 seat number one . My number one I love 36:24.200 --> 36:26.470 you . I want to congratulate you are 36:26.470 --> 36:28.570 becoming on being promoted to max's 36:28.570 --> 36:30.870 surgeon as well . You couldn't let me 36:30.870 --> 36:34.830 All right you , huh ? Yeah . 36:35.430 --> 36:37.670 There are times where I had rough days 36:37.680 --> 36:40.013 and when you ask what was wrong with me , 36:40.013 --> 36:42.069 I couldn't really explain due to the 36:42.069 --> 36:44.291 clearance of the information and I know 36:44.291 --> 36:46.513 this frustrated you all do . But thanks 36:46.513 --> 36:48.569 for trying to do what you could with 36:48.569 --> 36:50.513 little information . Thank you for 36:50.513 --> 36:52.680 choosing to do life with me and I know 36:52.680 --> 36:54.902 and do great things together To the man 36:54.902 --> 36:57.124 that has taken care of and provided for 36:57.124 --> 36:59.560 me for over 14 years . Uncle Sam . I 36:59.560 --> 37:01.560 want to thank the army for reposing 37:01.560 --> 37:03.727 special trust in me to lead the troops 37:03.727 --> 37:05.782 of today and tomorrow at the rank of 37:05.782 --> 37:08.004 master Sergeant , I want to thank every 37:08.004 --> 37:10.227 soldier that I led that led me my peers 37:10.227 --> 37:12.227 and even the ones I've had conflict 37:12.227 --> 37:14.449 with . I have grown from each and every 37:14.449 --> 37:16.560 situation . I want to shout out three 37:16.560 --> 37:18.782 of those soldiers . Next chastity Isaac 37:18.782 --> 37:21.004 and lock I don't have to say or explain 37:21.004 --> 37:23.171 how grateful and impactful you all are 37:23.171 --> 37:25.116 because you already know I want to 37:25.116 --> 37:27.227 thank every soldier , airman , Sailor 37:27.227 --> 37:29.870 Marine Guardsmen Guardian and civilian 37:29.880 --> 37:31.880 that I've worked with or even had a 37:31.880 --> 37:34.102 conversation with during my tour here . 37:34.130 --> 37:36.352 If you've ever walked the halls with me 37:36.352 --> 37:39.260 you know I speak to everybody so that's 37:39.260 --> 37:41.840 a lot . There are too many of you to 37:41.840 --> 37:44.062 name but just know that from the bottom 37:44.070 --> 37:46.490 of my heart . I think it will miss you 37:46.490 --> 37:49.720 all with the military is never good bye . 37:49.730 --> 37:52.340 It's always to you later . And in the 37:52.340 --> 37:54.750 words of the dog Father Snoop Dogg , 37:55.130 --> 37:57.463 last but not least . I want to thank me . 37:57.930 --> 38:00.330 I want to thank me for believing in me . 38:00.820 --> 38:02.931 I want to thank me for doing all this 38:02.931 --> 38:04.876 hard work . I want to thank me for 38:04.876 --> 38:07.098 having no days off . I want to thank me 38:07.098 --> 38:09.320 for never quitting . I want to thank me 38:09.320 --> 38:11.487 for always being a giver and trying to 38:11.487 --> 38:13.598 give more than I received . I want to 38:13.598 --> 38:15.653 thank me for trying to do more right 38:15.653 --> 38:17.876 than wrong . And I want to thank me for 38:17.876 --> 38:20.042 just being me at all times . Thank you 38:20.042 --> 38:21.153 all . God bless . I 38:21.153 --> 38:26.980 think 38:26.990 --> 38:29.120 this concludes today's ceremony . 38:29.130 --> 38:31.186 Master Sergeant Henry and her family 38:31.186 --> 38:33.408 sincerely thank you for joining them in 38:33.408 --> 38:35.408 celebrating this special occasion . 38:35.408 --> 38:37.630 Please join us in congratulating Master 38:37.630 --> 38:39.963 Sergeant Henry in the front of the room . 38:39.963 --> 38:39.830 Right ? 38:40.320 --> 38:45.530 All 38:45.530 --> 38:47.697 right , stand up here . If we can come 38:47.697 --> 38:51.040 up and give her a hug . Uh huh mm hmm 38:51.720 --> 38:51.950 and 38:55.420 --> 38:58.150 right , Sandra , which is what you know 38:59.520 --> 39:01.700 I need . I hit him officers . 39:04.120 --> 39:06.330 Yes , I think . Mhm . 39:08.240 --> 39:11.980 Yes . Thank you so much . Oh 39:11.990 --> 39:14.157 yes . Well to to you out there . Thank 39:14.157 --> 39:17.900 you so much . Yeah . Make sure to make 39:17.900 --> 39:19.900 sure to grab a gift bag on your way 39:19.900 --> 39:20.530 through .