 The CNO presented the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award to Commander Richard Messi and the Commander Leif Molo at the Pentagon December 4. The annual award, which requires nomination from their fellow peers, symbolizes excellence in both personal example and leadership in the officer community. This Stockdale Award, it's about people, people who are willing to lead and people who are willing to step forward and say, I want to write about somebody who is my peer, who I think is extraordinary, and taking the time to do that in this busy world is remarkable in its own sense, and that's what we're about here today. Both officers credit their success to the people they lead. Absolutely they deserve the recognition, they inspired me every day by their courage, their perseverance, their dedication. It was an absolute honor and privilege to serve as their CEO, so the credit all goes to them. I'm really overwhelmed and very, very proud of my crew. We had had some other successes in the recent past, and this really was another success and another testament to the great things that that crew has done. From the Defense Media Activity, I'm Perry Officer Mark Loico.