 My name is Rich Burns. I come from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and I'm the contingency manning officer working in the N1 Directorate on the CNE, CNA, and C6F staff. I'm being recognized as civilian in the spotlight. I'm incredibly honored to receive this. I work with a phenomenal bunch of individuals, and to be even considered in their company, I'm incredibly humbled. Primarily, I'm responsible for ensuring the commander of C6F staff is properly postured to undertake joint task force operations or joint force maritime component commander operations. The ATSEE demo 15, ASD 15, was one of my personal highlights. I was fortunate enough to be the MBARC officer, and what we did there on the Mount Whitney was we served as the observation platform to watch USS Ross shoot an SM-3 defensive ballistic missile shot. I'd like to thank the leadership here at CNE, CNA, C6F for the great amount of guidance that they provide to us, the spectacular efforts of the team that I am so fortunate enough to be involved with, and the support of my wife and my three kids back home.