 And now, for your strong Europe spotlight. On a recent trip to Europe, Major General Greg Vadnais, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, sat down with Army Europe Public Affairs to discuss the National Guard's enduring importance and vital role in the European region. There's three core functions we have in the Guard. We fight our nation's wars. We defend the homeland. And we build global partnerships. And we got to go places to do those things. That's what our country expects of us. And that's what we're doing. We're not going to passively defend our nation by sitting back and training one weekend a month at home station. We're our Army and our Air Force. And our services go, we've got to go. And we defend the shores of our nation by being forward deployed. And the alliances that we have formed, we have got to support. That is not a passive exercise. For more information, visit er.army.mil.