 Well, you know it has been an honor and a privilege to have had the opportunity to serve our Navy for more than 33 years and To have served as a Master Chief Petty Officer for the last four years. But you know what? Every dog or should I say every mickpaw has their day and I think my day is about to come So on September 2nd of this year I will retire from active duty and I will relinquish the reins as the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy And I think you might know who that person is Yeah, well, I do But before I say so just a couple points one I could not be more grateful for our time together and Speaking for the entire Navy. I think that I say for all of us That you have done a tremendous amount to make our Navy more professional more capable It's over over your 33 years of service has been just a tremendous demonstration of leadership of selflessness of courage and dedication and so I Think we can all give mickpaw and steven's a round of applause Thank you and then Continuing on is sitting in here in front of the senior enlisted Academy the the course in-house right now I will tell you that Through this interview process through this selection process it just validated to me why the United States Navy is the envy of the entire world in terms of The Chief Petty Officer Corps the Chief Petty Officer cadre that is the magic ingredient You are the magic ingredient that makes our Navy the most capable Navy in the world and so this process has been extremely gratifying to see not only how Capable each of the of the folks that interviewed was but really they symbolize how capable all of you are and how Deep our benches as a Navy Chief Petty Officer Corps And so why don't you give yourselves a great round of applause and for all those Chief Petty Officers and Master Chief Petty Officers that are hanging on by a thread now waiting for me to say this name Give yourself a quick round of applause Okay, so I think the time has come first. I want to thank everybody who was a part of the Selection process everybody who interviewed just a stunning amount of talent a stunning amount of experience and leadership capability But at the end of all that The next Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy is going to be Fleet Master Chief Giordano who was out there at the Naval Forces Europe Naval Forces Africa so congratulations, Geo. I look forward to serving with you and we'll see you in town about mid-August and We'll hook you up with big pot Stevens and get you into the saddle on to September. That's right. That's right. All right