 The event today marks the culmination of a four-day celebration, commemorating the 100-year anniversary of women entering the Marine Corps for the first time, as well as the 32nd birthday of 4th Crew Training of Time. And the theme for this field meet is PFT events past and present, so we showcased as many PFT events as we could from Marine women's PFTs from 1969 to present. The battalion, my drill instructors, my officers, we've been working really hard to prepare the recruits for the new PFT standards coming up in January. So they basically keep the intensity moderate, and we keep the volume relatively high, and by volume I mean repetitions. So we just do more pull-ups and stop short of failure. What the physical fitness test perfectly illustrates is how women's service evolved from free of Marine to fight to full utilization of our force, where all Marines are judged by what they can do and not what we think they can do. I was so proud. First of all, the participation was incredible, but the new Marines, especially Private Pascar, who just finished the crucible, crushed the Oak Horse. We were so proud of her. I was just thinking that I needed to beat everyone else and I needed to complete it. It's a little tough to come from the crucible, but I can push through it. There's a lot of motivation out here. She showed not only strength and skill and agility, but more heart than I think I've ever seen out here, and it was a great way to finish off our celebration.