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Good morning . Ladies and gentlemen ,

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welcome to the senior executive service

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induction ceremony for Miss Ashley

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Evans . Today , the men and women in

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the office of the Assistant Secretary

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of the Navy Financial Management and

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Controller pay special tribute to Miss

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Ashley Evans on the occasion of her

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appointment to the senior executive

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service . The presiding official for

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today's ceremony is the honorable

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Russell Rumbaugh , Assistant Secretary

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of the Navy FMNC . Ladies and gentlemen ,

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please rise for the arrival of the

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official party .

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Please be seated . I would now like to

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introduce your presiding official for

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today's ceremony , the Assistant

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Secretary of the Navy F MC , the

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honorable Russell Rumbaugh . Ok .

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And of course , the most important

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thing to do is to thank all of you for

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being here and celebrating Ashley .

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It's her day . That's the whole purpose

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of being here . And we're thrilled to

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have her . I'm still gonna cheat and

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use her as a prop to talk about what

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her arriving means for FMNC . And I

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think there's two big implications I

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want to draw out . First .

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We're big on data and transformation .

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I'm regularly surprised the other mill

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dps don't have systems separate . Uh We

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spend more than anybody else . We spend

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2 to 3 times more than the other

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components on audit even more for our

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systems . The numbers get a little bit

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funky but we're about three times as

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much as DL A spends five times as much

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as the army spends some of the other

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defense agencies . If you believe them ,

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it's like 17 times as much . Uh ,

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we are doubling down by bringing Ashley

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in to emphasize that we're doing this

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and we're gonna keep doing this

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specifically , er P plus , not only are

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we migrating now , we're gonna do it in

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an even bigger way in the future . Uh

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She's already on it . Uh You can see

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that from where she came from , right ?

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She helped create Ivanna . Uh she , her

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work in the private sector before she

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came over , the government focused on

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transformation . She's up to this

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challenge and I think everybody who

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knows her , knows that us choosing her

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emphasizes how much we care about .

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Second EMNC is the

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place to be . Uh I believe all of you

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are here because you think highly of

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her and you know that she's a rock star ,

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nothing warms my heart than the voting

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with your , your , her feet and her

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choosing to bet on her career on her

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doing something for the nation by

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coming to FMNC . Uh I

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hard to emphasize how big a deal CDA O

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is , right ? I mean of the deputy's

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baby , I think it's uh babies . It's

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really close to her favorite baby that

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walk away from that level of high level

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attention uh when she was at

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Comptroller during the , during those

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initial stage , that was lots of free

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reign , right ? Like literally , please

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just go write the entire dod FM

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strategy for me . Uh huge amount of

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rain . She has clearly been trusted and

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valued in the past and to have her

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choose to come to FMNC to come to the

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Department of the Navy and know that we

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are going to get things done because of

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what she's bringing . It's a huge

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testimony I think to the organization

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and absolutely is us recognizing her

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awesomeness and we do recognize you . I

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hope I've said it already the talent ,

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the expertise , uh the Pozen

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put her first two months and said , hey ,

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you know , you're great . We know , you

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know what you're talking about , but

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now you gotta come be Department of the

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Navy , you gotta learn like , what's

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the difference between a captain in the

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Marine Corps and a captain in the Navy ?

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You gotta know all these things , uh

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you know , lines , not ropes , ladder ,

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wells , not stairs , right ? You gotta

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learn all these things . It's like ,

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yeah . Yeah . Yeah , I'm , I'm reading ,

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I'm on it . Uh And I believe that

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she'll do it . Uh Nevertheless , when I

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did my inca and emphasized the bean's

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point of like joining the culture of

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the Department of the Navy , which she

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said all the right things about when I

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then was like , ok , and let's talk

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about , er , P plus all of a sudden she

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started talking about 10 times faster ,

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wanted to come , came back every single

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time instead of just being like , yes ,

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absolutely . You know , she was very

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pleasant and amenable and then all of a

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sudden she sped up when we got to her

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subject matter and she couldn't wait .

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Uh , we recognize how

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awesome you are . Uh The flip side of

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what I said about FMNC being the place

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to be is we are very proud that

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today and with us is where you're going

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to be inducted into the SES ranks . We

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have no doubt you will live up to it

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and we are proud to be the place to

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first pluck you and give you that

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responsibility . Uh We do

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expect big things of you , but we

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promise to empower and resource you and

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give you what you need to go change the

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world and make our nation more secure .

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We can't wait to see what you do .

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Thank you for joining us .

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Please rise as honorable Russell Rabah

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administers the oath of office to Miss

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Ashley Evans

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to me . Please raise your right hand

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and repeat after me . Hi . Hi State

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your name . Ashley Evans . Do solemnly

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swear , do solemnly swear that I will

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support and defend the Constitution of

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the United States that I will support

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and defend the Constitution of the

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United States against all enemies ,

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foreign and domestic , against all

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enemies , foreign and domestic , that I

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will bear true faith and allegiance to

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the same that I will bear true faith

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and allegiance to the same that I take

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this obligation freely , that I take

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this obligation freely without any

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mental reservation or purpose of

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evasion , without any mental

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reservation or purpose of evasion . And

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that I will well and faithfully and

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that I will well and faithfully

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discharge the duties of the office ,

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discharge the duties of the office of

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which I am about to enter , of which I

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am about to enter . So help me God , so

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help me God .

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Please repeat it .

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The emblem of senior executive service

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as reflected by the lapel pin

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symbolizes the key role senior

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executive service members play in

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managing important departmental

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programs .

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Ok , good .

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You said it was your day . We were

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serious about it .

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Thank you . I should do

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you , ladies and gentlemen , I

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present the newest ses in the office of

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the Assistant Secretary of the Navy

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Financial Management and Controller

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this Ashley Evans .

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Good morning , everyone to

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my family , friends , colleagues

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from all different parts of my life and

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career . I wanna thank you very much

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for being here to celebrate today .

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They say that the company you keep and

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the people you surround yourself with

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reflect your own values and character .

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As I look around this room , I am

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humbled by the incredibly talented ,

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passionate , caring and selfless

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leaders you are my mirror .

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As I thought through what I wanted to

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share with you today , I reflected on

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each stage of my career . And most

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importantly , the people who impacted

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me the most who taught me , supported

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me imparted wisdom , and in many cases ,

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pushed me to see things in myself and

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in the world that I wasn't ready to see .

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Many of those people are here in this

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room today , to my parents who have

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taught me everything I know about being

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a person of character , to my mentors

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across the public and private sector ,

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who always saw something more in me

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than I saw in myself and helped me to

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find it specifically David

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who came here from Boston , New York .

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Thank you for being here today . Um to

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Paul to Greg Steve many

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more to my wonderful friends along

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the way who keep me honest and grounded

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and of course to honorable Rumbaugh and

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to Miss Jenkins for taking a chance on

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me and granting me this opportunity .

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I am indebted to all of you because if

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there's anything you've all taught me ,

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it's that no one accomplishes anything

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alone . And so today is not

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just about me , it's about a moment

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that reflects what we have all

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accomplished together and will continue

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to accomplish as I embark on the next

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chapter . It is my opportunity to pay

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all of that forward and I plan to make

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taking care of our people a priority

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today and for the past four years since

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I accepted my first government job with

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the dod . It has truly been an honor to

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work side by side with so many talented

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driven individuals , especially our war

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fighters who put their lives on the

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line to protect and serve our nation .

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In this role as the Director of Data

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and Digital Transformation . I have the

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privilege of working with many of you

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on some of the Department of Navy's

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biggest data and systems challenges and

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frankly these challenges underpin our

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decision advantage and national

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security . As a nation , we will have

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the privilege of working on mo

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modernizing Navy's er P system and

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creating accurate , timely and reliable

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data and analytics that achieve

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decision advantage . Our ability to

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understand and predict where our people ,

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equipment supplies and dollars are is

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national security and our ability to

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modernize relies on all of us to do it

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together to my Navy team

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as we set sail on this journey together .

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I once again could not have dreamt of a

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better team to work with you all drive

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and motivate me to be the best I can be

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every day and I hope to do the same for

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you . I look forward to continuing this

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journey working for the Department of

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Navy , our people and our nation .

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Thank you for this opportunity and

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thank you all for being here today .

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Ladies and gentlemen , thank you for

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joining us today . Congratulations to

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Miss Evans and her family . We asked

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that Miss evans' family come to the

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front for a quick round of family

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pictures . Immediately following guests

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are welcome and congratulate Miss Evans

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and join her family for refreshments in

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the rear of the hall . Thank you . In

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this concludes today's ceremony

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is .