 Marines are the mission. The strength of our corps is and always has been the individual Marine. Yes, our equipment is important, but it's the individual Marine that defines our corps. The past several years have been a period of great transition. We've come full circle from the time of growing the Marine Corps to meet the requirements of fighting two wars simultaneously to our current state of downsizing. Throughout both transitional periods, we've worked in a responsible and measured manner ensuring that our operational and organizational requirements are met while still maintaining faith with the Marines and their families who have sacrificed so much during their time in our corps. Unfortunately, during this time, there have been unavoidable hurdles that both our Marines in uniform and civilian Marines have been forced to face. The sequestration and budget cuts have proved challenging. However, throughout these challenging fiscal times, you have all maintained your professionalism and dedication. And I'm happy to say that despite these temporary fiscal setbacks, the Marine Corps has been able to maintain our Marines' compensation levels and to ensure their families are taken care of. I want to make it clear that we will not turn our back on the wounded warriors. The Marines receiving care from the wounded warrior regiment range from the Lance Corporal who was T-boned by a drunk driver to a master sergeant that's fighting stage IV cancer. In fact, more than 50% of our wounded ill and injured are not combat injured. Aside from compensation and caring for the wounded, we have added and revamped programs that better provide for Marines and their families as we have fought these two wars. We have an entire branch dedicated to family and Marine programs. Examples are the exceptional family member program, school liaison, family advocacy, casualty assistance, child and youth programs, and relocation support to name but a few. Today we're a core of about 191,000 Marines. But we also have more than 272,000 family members and independents. The care of each of these individual Marines and their family members is what we do in manpower and reserve affairs. And I take pride in our team and what they have achieved. Our Polar Star will remain the individual Marine and their family.