 Ladies and gentlemen, the outgoing Allied Forces North Commander Lieutenant Colonel Gretchen Gardner. Colonel Gangler, Sergeant Major Valenzuela, Colonel Dickerman, Ab North family, a formal good morning to you all and thank you for being here. It is my great honor to be with you all on this exciting day. This tour has been a whirlwind of activity, positive, exhausting and filled with a tremendous amount of learning. It has been an honor working alongside each and every single one of you over the last two years. Your professionalism, your guidance and conversations have been invaluable. When I came into this command, the direction seemed rather straightforward, maintain readiness and organizational effectiveness and always stay focused on people. Do this all while building and strengthening relationships with neighbors and mission partners and mission success will be accomplished and then came the pandemic of COVID-19. Ab North teammates, words cannot express how proud I am of how we built, flew and maintained this hybrid airplane while in flight over the last two years. Our journey was laden with obstacles and hardships, but I truly believe that we persevered and I wish you all the best as life returns to normalcy and you all can hopefully move back to our more normal battle rhythm and additional time to take in the rich culture of this beautiful continent that we reside in. Colonel Gengler and Sergeant Major Valenzuela, thank you for your counsel, support and trust. Thank you for giving us the autonomy to lead and really spread our wings in such a geographically dispersed formation. You have proved such motivation and drive to lead with and a true focus of taking care of our number one priority people. Colonel Gengler, you have been a fantastic boss. I remember you making an anecdotal comment or quote of the skit, some good news during the height of the COVID one of our bugs. That video has become a highlight in the Gardner households that we looked forward to every week. Little videos like this and projects at work that you led, I cannot tell you how much I've appreciated your optimism and desire to tackle hard problems without looking back. I've admired your focus of always finding a solution. You've always been right there when issues came up that required a little more seniority or or was in this very rank heavy formation. I've had to call on that card a couple times. Sir, I've truly loved your winning spirit. Sir Major Valenzuela, thank you for being the most down to earth and common sense CSM. I've truly appreciated your straightforward get after attitude. Thank you for keeping us on our toes and always motivated. Company command teams. It has been an incredible experience leading with all of you. You each bring such unique observations and skill sets to our formation. Leading alongside of you all has been the highlight of my career. Thank you for being on the front lines of our operations and taking care of our soldiers and families with such gusto. I love watching you all solve problems from different perspectives. You all have truly taught me so much. Battalion staff. Keeping our operation moving during a global pandemic has been no small feat at all. As I've said in the past, it's been like going on a deployment without an NTC rotation. Thank you for pulling deployment hours, sometimes 24 seven from your living rooms with kids in tow. Thank you for your unwavering support and your tireless your tireless hours. Your work and dedication has been recognized and is highly appreciated by everyone. Bonnie and Ryan, welcome to this amazing unit. I fully understand it's a lot to take in right now and to wrap your head around. But don't worry. You are surrounded by a world class team of commanders and staff that will enlighten you and take care of you every day. To everyone here today. Thank you for your support and continued professionalism to take care of each other and support our personnel. Thank you for making this battalion a unit that people want to come to for support and expert advice. Thank you for making the mission come true. Fight evil, purge evil, steady, NATO strong.