 If you could just state your first and last name and then spell it out for me. Yeah, absolutely. I'm Captain Brian Kesslering, that's B-R-I-A-N-K-E-S-S-E-L-R-I-N-G, and I'm the commanding officer and flight leader of the Blue Angels. Awesome, well, so this is your guys' first time back since 2015, how exciting is that? Well, it's phenomenal. To be able to get out here after almost eight years away is something that the team has truly blessed. This is a hub for the Navy and Marine Corps. To be able to come out here is truly special. There's so much history that goes back here, so much naval aviation history. If you think really the first days of naval aviation were kind of solidified after the attack at Pearl Harbor, it's important upon the world and our military and our nation. So to come out here and be able to represent over 800,000 active duty reserve and civilian support personnel in this community per se is actually fantastic. And then on top of that, we represent everybody who's ever served, and it's no better fitting place than to come back out to Hawaii to be able to do that. So we're pumped to be here. It's our 76th anniversary. The second year flying the Super Hornet and the C-130J Super Hercules, which we call Fat Albert, lovingly, of course, and it's the first time we're going to ever have these platforms over the skies of Hawaii, and we're pumped to do it. That's awesome. And I heard you guys took a couple of cancellations during COVID and a little bit of a break. So how does it feel to be back in full swing after COVID? Yeah, we did much like the rest of the nation. We were on a pause for mirror shows and some of those public events, but we were grinding away practicing the whole time, right? So it's a very perishable skill. But out of the days of COVID, what we've seen this year is absolutely record crowds. It's been sellouts and I think that just the nation wanting to get out is also a chance for the nation to see our team, which they haven't seen. We've also had an increased level of excitement after the Top Gun 2 movie came out. You see a lot of those t-shirts around. So I get some of that interest in naval aviation, which is warranted. It's a fantastic thing to be a part of. Including myself. I'm a Top Gun fanatic. So yeah, speaking of like crowds, big crowds, how does it, how excited are you to see like the whole island come out together to watch you guys? Well, it's unbelievable. I mean, even just flying in here, I mean, County Bay Bay is one of the most beautiful places on earth and to be able to come in here and do an air show over this part of our nation is fantastic. We look forward to bringing our air show to the Hawaii public and invite them to come on out and have a great time. I know we're going to have a great time. And I hope you guys do. And speaking of beautiful places to fly, other than Hawaii, where is your favorite place that you guys have come on? Well, of course, it's my hometown back in Fargo, North Dakota. But the second best is probably, I don't know, they're iconic. They're fantastic places all across this nation. One of the wonderful things about this particular tour is we go to 32 show sites a year. 300 days a year is all around this great nation. And being in the Navy and Marine Corps, we get a chance to see the world. But Selma, we get a chance to spend that much time across the nation. And each and every place, each and every locale that we go to is special for its own reason. Yeah, there's definitely some great places. It's tough to beat Hawaii, though, as far as the iconic and beautiful, beautiful area that it is. I agree. And be able to be on the go all the time. Do you guys ever get a break? Not in this particular tour. So about 300 days a year is what we're on the road, whether we're in our training out in California or we're on the road here doing our air shows. But you know, it's part of the Navy and Marine Corps life and we're blessed and honored to be able to represent our brothers and sisters in arms and do that for them. Awesome. All part of the job. I heard that you guys are quite a team. Could you tell me a little bit more about how you get on the team and how close you guys are? Well, absolutely. That's a great question. And I'll tell you. We have 141, both the Navy and Marine Corps personnel that, at a minimum, probably have six to seven years of service all the way up to myself, having almost 22 years of service for the country. And I'll tell you, they all apply. It's all a volunteer job to apply to come here. And they go through a rigorous application process. Obviously, it's very competitive. Once we select those folks, they go through another six to six months plus of training to be able to wear their crest and to do their first air show. And it's very special. A lot of times, units and different organizations will talk about a family bond. But in the Blue Angels, it truly is. We spend so much time together that truly it's a family ties. And one of the coolest things about this job is the ties that we have inside this team. We have 141 personnel that are hand selected that represent areas of expertise, whether it be administration, medical, logisticians. We've got maintenance professionals, flight engineers, as well as public affairs folks. And certainly air crew as well, that all are required to put on the air show that you'll see this weekend. And how does it feel to be a leader on this team? Well, it's fantastic. I'll tell you, it's cool as is. I mean, this is definitely some awesome airmanship that you'll see this weekend if you come to the air show. But as much as a testament is to airship, airmanship, it's even a greater testament to teamwork. It's all about teamwork here. And to be the leader of this team and to be able to work around these folks is something that I absolutely cherish. There's a thing we have in the Blue Angels. It's called Glad to Be Here. We say it a lot. And really what it means is we have a relentless pursuit of optimism as well as perfection. And it's tough to have a bad day in the Blue Angels, whether you don't have enough sleep or maybe you're feeling under the weather you walk into this and everybody's going to pick you up, raise your spirits and get you ready to rock to conquer the day. One thing's for sure, I'll definitely be at this show. And what do you have to say to the community or the other little boys and girls looking up to you guys in the sky? Well here, if I was to simplify our mission for the American public in one word, it's too inspired.