 First thing, what brings you to the Munich Security Conference this year? Well, the Munich Security Conference is the benchmark for security conferences in Europe. You have so many senior leaders and people who are genuinely committed to security, not just in Europe, but around the world. So that's the primary reason I like to come is who all of us is here. It's very substantive and this one is the best one I've been to yet. Now, with 2015, we saw a lot of exercise in trying to juncture Atlantic resolve. What were the big impact points from you, sir? Well, 2015 was a great year for the Alliance. Actually, NATO, the most successful Alliance in the history of the world. In just a few months from the NATO Summit at Wales in September 14, through 2015, significant improvements in responsiveness, commitment of allies to enhanced training. And then for the U.S. Army, the arrival of heavy forces, rotational heavy forces, rotational aviation, significant increase in the quality as well as the quantity of National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve participation. Really great effects from the whole Army to do our share for assurance to allies and deterrence against a revengeous Russia. But also, we have improved our force protection, if you will, for our facilities. You know, over half of our families live outside of concerns or bases, so having good transparency with our host nation, security services, men and women and families doing all the proper things so that we can keep having families here, so we can keep training and operating. I actually am very pleased with the progress that we made in that. And what plans do you have for 2016? So in 2016, we're going to continue. You know, we have 30,000 soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Europe. And our mission is to deter Russia, assure allies, protect American interests. When I was a lieutenant, we had 300,000 soldiers in Europe, and our mission was to deter the Soviet Union, assure allies, and protect American interests. So our task now is to make 30,000 look and feel like 300,000. And we do that with putting more responsibility on junior leaders, young officers, NCOs. We rely very much on the National Guard Army Reserve to give us additional capabilities. We work even more closely with our allies. We use German bridges and British bridges, for example. Allied short-range air defense. And of course, we have Allied officers that work in U.S. Army Europe headquarters. The rotational force now is essential for what we do. That's how we get heavy forces and enough aviation over here. So 2016 is going to be more of that. Some great exercises helping us improve our capabilities and interoperability. Excellent. And with the ERI, we're going to see a $3.4 billion coming in. How will that change the user? Well, ERI, European Reassurance Initiative, is a manifestation of the commitment of the United States to Europe. The recognition by the President and the Congress that our strategic interests are very important and strong here in Europe. You know, the old saying, follow the money. So for the Army in Europe, this will give us increased rotational presence. Beginning in 2017, we'll be able to have heel-to-toe longer rotations by rotational forces coming from the States of a heavy brigade combat team. It will also give us the ability to put some heavy equipment for another brigade, a fire brigade and a division headquarters into Army preposition stocks somewhere back in Europe. So that's important for contingencies. I believe it will also give us even more access to the National Guard and Reserve, which is essential for us to do our mission. And then finally, it'll help me, I believe, get my number one shortfall address, which is Army Aviation. Army Aviators, best aviators in the world. I need Combat Aviation Brigade back in Europe. Probably rotational, but you need a patches and lift, U.S. Army lift, to really have a deterrent capability. And last question I have for you, sir. You know, some of the terrorist attacks that we've seen in Europe within the past year, what message would you have for soldiers who serve as members of the Security Service in Europe? Well, first of all, a brand new soldier or someone just arriving in Europe. It's an exciting place to be. We've got a real mission in front of us. Plus, Europe's a great place to serve and live. Bring your family. We've got a very good education system here, very good healthcare here. I am very comfortable with the security posture that we have. We have families putting kids on school buses that move across town to go to a school in another concern. I mean, I wouldn't allow that if I wasn't completely confident in the security situation. And if you are a junior leader, this is the best leadership lab in the Army because you're going to have so much responsibility. It's normal that the senior Army commander in one of our allied countries is a captain, a company, battery, troop commander, he or her, she, with their first sergeant. That's the face of the U.S. Army in many of our allied countries.