 Morning, my name is Lieutenant Colonel Adam Horne. I'm the commanding officer of HMH 461, the Iron Horse. I'm from Lexington, North Carolina. The Iron Horse are proud to be the first squadron to accept and steward a new helicopter into a fleet squadron. We're working hard to learn and develop the proper procedures, best practices to transition a fleet squadron from the CH-53E to the CH-53K. The Marines and sailors of HMH 461 worked hard alongside headquarters Marine Corps, the program office, industry partners, and countless others to be manned, trained, and equipped to operate our initial four aircraft after our recent completion of our interim safer flight inspection. I'm proud to lead a squadron of amazing Marines and sailors through a time of transition and new experiences. We're learning every day, but in the end, quality maintenance and operation of helicopters remains the same. We focus on brilliance and the basics and writing the blueprint for future squadrons on how we transition from the CH-53E to the CH-53K. The CH-53K is a more powerful, safer, and easier to maintain helicopter that will allow the wing commander more capacity to sustain the MAG TAF in an austere environment. The Marines and sailors of the Iron Horse are proud to be here at a time which is pivotal to the success of the CH-53K. However, we have a long lineage of Marines who have developed a culture here that's not unfamiliar to great accomplishments. We continue to exemplify our motto of mission first, people always. The CH-53K is a more powerful, safer, and more easily maintained helicopter. While much more powerful than the CH-53E, its modern design makes it much easier to fly and maintain. The overall capacity of the CH-53K is higher, allowing the MAG TAF commander the ability to transport anything needed to sustain the warfighters over greater distances. The CH-53K is another step forward in the modernization of our Marine Corps. The CH-53K will not only be able to lift more and for longer distances, but it can communicate across a large spectrum, and will feed information from the battle space back to the MAG TAF commander. Its increased maintenance efficiencies will allow it to be more available and operate longer with less logistical support.