 I am Chief Master Sergeant Bill Hensley. I am the Chairman here for the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Paul Ari Ruck. We are here today to pay tribute to the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Paul Ari, at Ruck March as a representation of him and 6,000 American service members who were POWs during World War II and traveled across this country during austere conditions. It's important because first it's heritage. It's the hierarchy and the tradition of what we do as a service. It pays tribute to the first Chief Master Sergeant and the second thing is it builds on resiliency and shows us that our tradition and who we are and we've made it through hard times. We had all services here from the United States military, also had the German military and also civilians. I think the most important part that we're trying to portray here is first of all our tradition and our history as a service. The second part is that resiliency and overcoming obstacles in your career and your life and just paying tribute to that. Fight to live! Let's go!