 Before we begin this ceremony, I would like to acknowledge that we are holding this ceremony at a time of great sadness for the 101st Airborne Division. On Wednesday evening, two H860 Black Hawk helicopters crashed, killing all nine aboard both aircraft. Please join me in a moment of silence and prayer for our comrades and their family members. At this time, Lieutenant General Burdila, Romanian Land Forces Command, Lieutenant General Pana, Chief of the Romanian Air Force, Brigadier General Svinu, Commander, Information and Public Affairs Director, will present the 2nd Brigade Combat Team with the Romanian emblem of honor of the Defense Staff Streamer. Today's transfer of authority ceremony between the Strike Brigade and the Bastogne Brigade signifies the completion of a successful deployment for strike as the unit will case its colors in preparation for redeployment, while Bastogne will encase the unit colors signifying the assumption of the mission. For most organizations, the challenge of being a trailblazer in a new area of operations may have proved difficult to overcome. Yet led by the superb command team of Colonel Ed Mathides, Command Sergeant Major Doug Walker and now Command Sergeant Major Gary Lynn, strike soldiers have embodied the motto of the 5-0 deuce earned when it was formed more than 80 years ago, that a strike soldier fights where they are told and wins where they fight and when they did.