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It was another Cold December in DC . I

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was shopping for a used Studebaker when

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she walked in looking like a woman in

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charge . Actually , she was the woman

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in charge and she knew it . What are

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you doing ? I had to come up with

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something fast , not fast enough . Wait

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a minute . How does she know what I'm

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thinking ? Well , I am the assistant

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Secretary for Financial Management and

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Comptroller and everybody knows .

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Ah well , that would explain some of

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the looks I got in the hallway . What

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can I do for you ? I realize that

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you're new to the army financial

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management and controller community and

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you have a lot to learn . We are an

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army of professionals around the globe

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dedicated to improving and modernizing

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the army . Not only for 2030 but beyond ,

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I need you to get out of your black and

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white world after all . It is the

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holidays , ma'am . The world is black

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and white . It's far more than that .

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And in order for you to be all that you

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can be , I need you to capture the

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spirit of the financial management

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community . Here's a list of the people

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to go talk to suspects . What ? No ,

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they're all soldiers and civilians

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across our financial management

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community . Go talk to them and bring

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some color to your world . You sure

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could use it . It was a list of

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major players . I knew they couldn't

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change my mind . But when the boss

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gives you an order , you either do it

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or find a place to lay low until she

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forgets it . I can still hear you .

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I figured if I was going to start

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anywhere , I'd start at the beginning

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where all finance soldiers start at .

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Fort Jackson . According to the file ,

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that's where officers and enlisted

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soldiers learn what it takes to support

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and serve the army's soldiers ,

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civilians and their families around the

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globe . Excuse me , sir ? Yes ,

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please be respectful and switch to

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headphones , but I'm not playing any

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music . Um , we can all hear

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you . I'm so sorry .

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Sorry about that . It's just , just a

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moment .

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Heyday , payday ,

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payday , wake up Malone , wake up , sir .

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He must have had too much eggnog . Wake

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up , Malone ,

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falling asleep , I guess . Well ,

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Malone hoping he'd keep you waiting for

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too long . Yeah , long enough to fall

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asleep . You know , we can hear you

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right . Oh , you too . Uh

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Sorry , I heard that you were here on a

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mission to capture the holiday Spirit

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of the Finance Corp , sir . Do you even

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know what we do here at the schoolhouse ?

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We trained soldiers on finance

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operations and resource management at

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all echelons in any environment and all

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seasons . Exactly . Sorry . Major , we

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train finance and control the soldiers

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to enable our army to win decisively

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and defeat any adversary . Ok . Wow . I ,

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I didn't realize all of that . Now ,

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don't get all sappy on me . The school

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house is the center of gravity for all

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finance corp soldiers . They

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continuously come back here to train

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and develop , to keep pace with our

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ever changing army . Ok . Listen , we

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need to wrap this thing up . I have to

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attend a regimental affiliation CS M .

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Please show our guest the door so you

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can come with me . All right . Hey ,

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Malone , sir . Keep the change . You

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built the animal . Thank you , sir .

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The Finance Corps has an amazing

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history in the entire community , both

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civilians and military do incredible

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work , but I'm missing something . What

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is it ? What am I missing ? You're

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missing the obvious Malone . Why do I

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even have inner thoughts ? We all do ?

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Yours just happened to be on the alien

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speaker ? Well , Colonel Williams , I

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understand what we do in the finance

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and controller community essentially .

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I even understand why we do it . What I

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don't understand is how that colors the

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army and what any of this has to do

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with the spirit of the holiday . It's

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very simple without the Finance Corp ,

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nothing gets done in the army .

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Absolutely nothing . Look at United

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States Army financial management

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command alone . We deliver precision

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enterprise , wide financial operations

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to integrate synchronize and sustain

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the battlefield throughout the joint

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strategic support area . And with our

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new FM 4-80 do any day down , we are

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leading the way to transform ,

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modernize and innovate in this command .

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CM I not only

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that , we're hits together with a SAF

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MS C like come and send a slay as we

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directly support them in their role as

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a principal advisor of all financial

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management matters from acquisitions to

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pay , Everybody relies on us to do our

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job and to do it . Well , we know

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money's tight and we have to prioritize

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but we leverage our relationships

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around the world and as part of a

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sustained community to ensure our war

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fighters have what they need to fight

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and win our nation's war . See , Malone ,

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we provide the means for the army to

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have its color and you know what our

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favorite color is . I figured you of

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all people would know Mr Grinchy Rich .

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It's green , of course , green back

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green to be specific .

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I know it's gonna help you out , Malone ,

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head on down to our auditorium and have

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our G six patch you into our newly

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commissioned holiday hotline . I think

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there's some people out there that can

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help explain this a little bit better

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than what we can . All right , ma'am .

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I'll go down there right away . Who the .

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I get taught a lesson here . We can

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still hear your thoughts , Malone .

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Hello .

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Hello . I was told to come down here

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and all right .

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All right that I can do .

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Guten tag from the beautiful wintry

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Germany . Greetings y'all from Sweet

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Home Alabama . Greetings from Austin ,

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Texas , the home and headquarters of

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the United States Army futures

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community . Happy holidays from

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Indianapolis , Indiana . I am Colonel

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Sean mcmurtry the 45th finance Center

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director . Let's say you pay masters

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out here in Hawaii . Uh What would have

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been Finance Battalion ? I am

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Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Mitchell . I

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am the commander for the 27th Finance

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Battalion which is a compo two unit of

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New York City . Lieutenant Colonel

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Damien Buffet . Happy holidays . Uh

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From the 131 30th theater of Finance

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Battalion of the North Carolina Army

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National Guard . The A MC G eight leads

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the way for the army Material Command .

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We secure the financial and manpower

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resources required to execute the A MC

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mission in the current year , the prior

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year in the palm and the budget years

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and we lead the development and

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implementation of the standard

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processes , controls and documentation

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that enable audit compliance . We're a

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multi capable battalion providing this

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a support and internal control

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assistance to our assigned TSC . The

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106 Finance Battalion is spread across

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Europe and Africa supporting commanders

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requirements and funding needs as the

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forces flow in and out of theater as we

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stay out here in the Pacific

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campaigning West International Dateline ,

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providing our special capability to the

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army , allow them procure good services

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for their unanticipated requirements

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and maintain their operational tempo .

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However , the mission and purpose of

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the army futures command is to

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transform the army to control war

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winning future regs . As the

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operational arm for the United States

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Army Financial management command , the

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45th Finance Center delivers predictive

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and precise theater opening and setting

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conditions for finance operations

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globally . Not only have we provided

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immense support to civil support

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operations in recent years for COVID

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and asylum missions , but we continue

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to frequently deploy our companies

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overseas to provide vital dispersing

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military pay CV S and resource

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management support for global

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contingency operations . The G eight

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brings clarity to resourcing issues .

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And this year we put three excellent

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stocking stuffers in the army stocking .

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We downgraded three off material

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weaknesses , real property , general

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equipment and environmental and

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disposal liabilities on behalf of the

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soldiers , families and civilians of

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army fugs command sergeant major by and

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I want to wish you all a blessed

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holiday season and happy New Year .

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Thank you for all that you do and happy

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holidays . Meli Kki Maa from Hawaii .

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Happy holidays

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and happy holidays .

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Wow . I barely recognized you .

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Obviously you found what you were

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looking for . I did . I had no idea

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that the finance and controller

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community was so complex and

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encompassing as it is and now that

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we're getting ready to celebrate our

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250th birthday , we're needed now more

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than ever 2/50 . You , you mean the

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army birthday this year . So the army

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birthday is important . But the Army

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Finance Corps was founded just two days

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after the army itself . So it's our

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250th birthday as well . Just two days

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later . That's right . So , doesn't

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that mean you have work today ? Oh , I

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do , I do . I have to spread the news

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of our 250th birthday . Hey , everybody .

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We're turning 250 we don't look a day

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over 240 happy birthday while he's

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getting that . I just wanna say thank

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you to you all . This will be my last

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holiday season with the finance and com

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controller community . And I know that

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if it weren't for you , our army

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wouldn't be able to accomplish any of

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the missions set forth for us . So ,

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while we have a moment , please take

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the time to enjoy the holiday season

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with your friends and families and keep

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yourself safe as we head into the new

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year . And as we mentioned this June

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16th , the Army's Finance Corps will

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celebrate its 250th birthday and you

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are the reason we've made it this far .

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The army says be all you can be . But

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the Finance Corps lives that every day .

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I'm proud of all of you . Happy

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holidays and happy birthday . I

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shall probably settle him down before

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he burns himself out over the next six

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months . Thank you for all your support .

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Keep being amazing .