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[Festive holiday music]

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During this holiday

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season, we'd like to express our sincere
appreciation to all those hardworking

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military medical personnel
and civilian to ensure our service members

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and their families receive quality
medical care each and every day.

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In addition, you also play a vital role
in mission readiness.

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The challenges we face with COVID 19
and the past couple of years

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proved to be a daunting task.

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However, each and every one of you show
that you are up to that challenge,

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and we appreciate your continued
resilience.

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In addition to maintaining mission
readiness, we also currently have the war

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in Ukraine, our recent transition
to Medical Readiness Command Europe

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and the transfer of many civilian
employees to the Defense Health Agency.

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Lots of moving parts, to say the least.

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As you celebrate this holiday season,
we ask you that you please keep

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our deployed service members

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and their families in your thoughts
and prayers.

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For our families to yours,

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we wish you all a wonderful holiday season
and a very happy

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new year.

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[Festive holiday music]