 To be a chaplain is to be an advocate for every soldier's First Amendment rights for the free exercise of religion. It's to bring the soldiers to God and bring God to the soldiers. We are the ones that the Army has tasked to care for the souls of the soldiers. When you make a decision to be a chaplain, then the minister of presence is always on top, tops the list. Why? Because you're always there for soldiers. First of all, to bring God to soldiers and soldiers to God at all times. So nobody stops eating. At the Army we have a very diverse chaplain corps of all different faith groups. So as I say, we perform and provide for everybody so we're able to perform for our own faith groups and provide for everybody else. And having a chaplain corps with people of so many different backgrounds enables us to do that at the highest level. Every soldier, regardless of faith, regardless of background, regardless of practice, should be free to participate in any faith group they want. Or not participate in any faith group they want. And chaplains are here as a stalwart protection to that First Amendment right. The chaplain is just not only there for the spiritual, but also for moral, religious, ethical. So just imagine what happens if a soldier has no support in regards to the no guidance, no leadership, in regards to religion, spirituality, moral, ethics, and general counseling to be ready for the mission. So that's why the chaplain should be available. Availability is fundamental. And that is what we explore in a minister of presence. We talk a lot about freedom in the United States and it's something very close to us. Our hearts as Americans is freedom. But a large part of that freedom, the First Amendment, of course, is our ability, our freedom to practice our individual religions. So the chaplain corps really has a unique opportunity to help soldiers to live out the same freedoms that they're sworn to protect. George Washington, the first branch that was created was the infantry. You need soldiers, boots on the ground if you've got an army. If you don't have soldiers, you don't have an army. But the second group that George Washington wanted was he wanted chaplets to care for the souls of those soldiers. The legacy of the chaplain corps is that we are defending the values and the real impetus behind the founding of this country to begin with. Before America existed, we were just a colony of Great Britain. But we said in the Declaration of Independence that we wanted a separate equal station, which is the laws of nature, and nature's God provides. Further, it goes on to say that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. And endowed by their Creator with certain means, undoubtable and unalienable rights. Our rights aren't given to us by a nation. Our rights are given to us by God. And they're unalienable, not able to be taken away. And they're certain, undoubtable truths of human existence. The chaplain corps is here to help remind people.