 Thank you for for everything and I know this is a you know a right before the holiday season starts and kicks off you know but I would say that we just kind of went through Thanksgiving right you know as we think about Thanksgiving is there's something that you know just always reminds me is how grateful that we are and how grateful I am in Mr. Nitty is for all of you you know and I know that's been a couple weeks ago but it there's not a day that goes by that I don't come to work and I don't and I'm not thankful for this team and for the things that you do for our Army I just want to say thank you and as we move into the season of giving one of the things that we're going to you know think about is how do we give you the support that you all need to continue to provide the support to a force so hopefully these town halls you know and through our interactions daily you know we can raise issues up and we can identify address them and really figure out how we can help you help the team so that's that's my my gift to you all is a big ear to listen to you you know and then the opportunity to figure out how we can you know help you help the team so I just want to say thank you and looking forward to an open dialogue that's in there all right sir I'll just cover the agenda real quick so here's what we'll cover today as always we'll start off with some employee recognition just a couple updates on some programs that are out there will provide an operational update cover some upcoming events and then as always we'll answer any questions that you have so if you can go to the next chart we'll start off with the most valuable players for August so starting off with Mr. Pascarella from ACLC he was a principal advisor and key contributor to developing and executing a new IDIQ contract it's a base plus four years worth 37 million dollars really for training aircraft mechanics and manufacturing aircraft simulation maintenance trainers for our training base he developed the documents and then he did it in a very compressed timeline so great job Mr. Pascarella appreciate all that you you do down at ACLC next Mr. Smith from ALC he was a significant contributed to the data quality efforts using the Army Vantage platform so he created enhanced air checks they really benefited the item managers in the weapon system teams using making sure that they had quality data and also supply availability views that helped them make it improve decisions so great job Mr. Smith miss Dick Dickerson in the G1 she collaborated with all stakeholders really to ensure that award awards packages were correctly submitted and that there were reduced reworks on awards packages and I could just tell you that there's been a big improvement in our the timeliness of our awards I mean from my perspective it used to be I would approve an award and then I might see the certificate two months later now it's within seven days it's in within in the box ready to get back to the employees so we can improve the timeline of giving proper recognition to our workforce so great job Mr. Dickerson she was a part of that but it was a lot of people in the G1 team that improved that process in the G3 Mr. Valerio so he was instrumental in really preparing the facilities for the G3 shop to return back to work so as we did the transition back to work seems relatively easy come back but really there was a lot of to take care of is from you know IT and facilities support so he did all that great job Mr. Valerio's G6 Mr. Latuka really a developer for the SharePoint team he took the lead on multiple projects but one of them was the leader investment for tomorrow the lift program he did a lot of work with SharePoint and some of the management systems that they used to just improve the effectiveness and the asset and success of the program so great job Mr. Latuka in the G8 Mr. Mike Garrett he significantly contributed in support to AMCOM acquisition processes we've improved a lot of those processes Mike was a big part of that really to ensure the success of critical mission functions by setting best practices in the business rules so that our service requirements were tracked reviewed and approved properly and then really the training associated with that to improve the process so good job Mr. Garrett it lead Miss Highland so significant contributions by support of data management and analytics again using data and using the tools and the analytical tools that are available she created a lot of reports to include the the dormant stock reports that improved performance at the depot she was also an integral part of the audit team that provided audit samples to the headquarters as part of our audit readiness program so so great job and then lastly for August Mr. Bruce Klein who's part of the SGS and our protocol team August if people didn't realize was a very demanding month for the protocol team and Bruce was an integral part handling all facets of the protocol duties to include a general O'Connor's promotion ceremony the AMCOM change of command as well as Major General Royer's retirement ceremony a lot occurred in about a 48 hour window and Bruce was in charge of all of that so great job to Bruce and great job to you all the most valuable players for August so along that line I know we we missed September so we're gonna hit some of the September most valuable players that are in there first and foremost I'd like to recognize from ACLC Mr. Aragon for his exception to work and disposition to perform above and beyond his duty description as the only optical instrument repair for the supported organizations Mr. Aragon had the opportunity to learn and troubleshoot and fix two LRS systems bringing it back to fully mission capable and and solving all the thermal imaging problems that in those systems that are in there so his actions significantly increased the ability for the officer basic cost of course at the first to 130th FA to produce the students and educate and train them on the systems in there so great job from Mr. Aragon Mr. Kramer from AOC was instrumental part of a team and responsible for creating that predictive parts warning system now in use for both Corpus Christi and letter Kenny this helps us identify parts that are line stoppers and then have reduced the total number of line stoppers by 5% so no doubt this increasing the effectiveness of our depots across across the board and decreasing costs so great job to Mr. Kramer Kramer from a G3 Mr. Thompson while receiving aircraft component historical records in preparation for the release of the new AMCOMS safety message Mr. Thompson you know went through numerous historical records to ensure that errors on the UH-60 Blackhawk tail rotor blades which could compromise the safety integrity of the system and of the of the message itself was permanently shortened and stored the useful life for the of the main of the main rotor blades he took the initiative to do a complete historical data review of over 12,000 tail rotor blades spanning four different part numbers and updated the incomplete or inaccurate data you know to ensure that each blade met the aviation requirements so great job saving more than 134 months of flyable hours so far as our blades in service a missile long out of G4 obtained a level 3 op second instructor certification the certification is instrumental and provides us the in-house capability to train level 2 opsec courses which ensures flexibility and saves costs over time so great job from Miss Long Miss Sims from the G6 is commended for outstanding performance while exhibiting expertise in IT software management her ability to utilize problem-solving skills and strategic planning really enabled the success of the support for the entire command and she's doing a great job you know identifying data trans patterns and analyzing specific failure modes to ensure that we've got accurate data and our IT systems are working effectively from the G8 Miss Avery made significant contributions and supportive and comes audit readiness mission her outstanding leadership and superior technical ability enabled us to understand the accounting requirements and ensure that we met our army audit requirements so well done and great great job helping us prepare for the auditability requirements miss mr. Powell from safety stepped into lead to comprehensive reporting effort for the safety office and is responsible for time-sensitive highly visible efforts requiring attention to detail for us to be more accurate and effective and ensuring that we are in compliance with reporting all our information and data during a time you know of significant need and from the safety office so well done by mr. Powell mr. branch from Sam D work tire see to manage and track and capture all incoming nasams requirements so while Sam D was acting as an interim program manager and some and program integrator for the non-standard nasams a air defense critical program obviously a great help to support our UK Ukraine partners you know no doubt about it to having a strategic impact so well done by mr. branch and then finally from usata mr. McMarins made significant contributions in support of the armies calibration repair support activity and mission to ensure that TMD support at Fort Wayne Wright was was done correctly by assuming the roles of the TSC site chief and was instrumental in the continued success of the calibration repair mission for the region certainly enabling the units to maintain a higher level of readiness so we appreciate the the preciseness and the increased TMD availability based off of his leadership so I want to say thank you to mr. branch right if you can go to the next charts the world cover length of service awards for both October and for October and for November so you see there are 22 folks here for 30 years of service 35 years of service and 40 years of service from across multiple organizations my gift to you for Christmas is I'm not going to have you suffer through while I struggle through all these names and butcher everybody's names but I don't want to you know degrade from the fact of the years of service that these folks have contributed to the the United States and to the government so if you go to the next chart and show November here so 22 on the first chart 24 on this chart 46 employees with 30 years of service or greater for the months of October and November and if you add it up and I do the math all the time because it always amazes me almost 1600 years of service 1,585 years of service between these 46 individuals so just phenomenal the level of experience and the level of dedication that our workforce has and you know the CG talked about how great you know the organization in AMCOM performs and a lot of it has to do with the expertise and the dedication of people just like these 46 that we're recognizing today so a round of applause for all of these folks transition to recognizing mysteries I just want to highlight that you know it is really amazing of the quality of people that we have that are dedicated to our nation and to this organization you know you look at you know 1600 years of service you know you think about the impact that they've had you know every day coming to work you know figuring out how to make a difference in the lives of the people to the right and left and the lives of our you know the organizations that we support you know and I just want to say you know again I'm amazed you know but the quality of the people their dedication to our nation and the continuous impact they have across the team so I just want to highlight another round of applause for those that have okay so you know we just recognize MVP's we recognize people for you know their service you know and again this is really one of the you know best things that we get to do is just thank each other for the contributions and the impact they've had and here I'd like to make a you know a special recognition you know of careries and what she has done for this entire team you know there's no doubt about it every single day she comes to work you know and she's looking out for each and every one of you you know she is the eyes and ears of the command to ensure that all of you you know have the opportunities and that you need to be successful you know at your profession and with the way of life that you've chosen to contribute to our great team so she keeps me straight she keeps our team straight you know and you know she is just a tremendous person you know individually and she's an incredible employee that we'd like to recognize so without further ado let's recognize her with the award attention to orders the following individual is awarded the Meritorious Civilians Service Medal Miss Cara A. Reese in recognition of her exceptional service as Director Equal Employment Opportunity US Army Aviation and Missile Command from October 2019 to September 2020 Miss Reese superbly managed all aspects of the Equal Employment Opportunity Program driving positive and lasting change in the Command's organizational climate Miss Reese's outstanding achievements dedication and exemplary performance are in keeping with the highest traditions of government service and reflect great credit upon herself the US Army material command and the Department of the Army signed Edward M. Daly General Commanding give your speech I'm sorry I'm nervous I haven't been recognized like this since I started government service so thank you so much it means a lot I was wondering Karen you were trying to run away there for a second all right if we go to the next chart just hit a couple of things to the deox the defense organizational climate survey is still active it'll it's available until the 31st of December everybody should have got an email message with the link in it but we're please encourage everybody to fill out the deox it's one of the ways you have a voice to provide your feedback and your thoughts are specific to AMCOM as a command it takes about 20 minutes I've done mine you could probably do it in seriously 15 to 20 minutes there's a lot of you know radio buttons where you just pick on a scale of what your thoughts are but there are also some places where you could enter comments on what your thoughts are so please again encourage everybody to provide feedback for that next chart just if you're like me in the Thrift Savings Plan if you contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan I always forget every year that you got to renew that if you go to the next chart please so if you're making automatic contributions to your Thrift Savings Plan you have until this Saturday the 17th of December to go on to government retirements and benefits platform do it online it just takes a few minutes to renew that contribution so that it takes effect the first paid period of January if you miss that 17 December date that deduction will not happen in the first paid period you'll have to play catch up throughout the year the IRS did increase for 23 the amount that you can contribute so if you're under the age of 50 this year you can contribute up to 22,500 to your TSP and then if you're over the age of 50 you can contribute up to 30,000 so just a reminder for everybody next slide please hey just uh just a couple quick things I'd like to highlight I know the last couple months have been you know pretty fast and furious and with a lot of things that are ongoing you know continuing support to the war fighter you know obviously I support to Ukraine I'll talk a little bit about that later you know and then implementing all the great initiatives that the team has you know adopted over the last a few years and you all do it so well right so again this is one of the best things that we can do is to have this town hall where one we recognize the great people until you communicate you know some of the broader issues and just say thanks for all your hard work. AMCOM 101 you know we did it you know obviously in conjunction with Cribbins you know it it really enabled us to kind of get a broader audience together but I just want to say thank you to the G3 teams and the protocol team in particular for coordinating and working through the the challenges of synchronizing both of those activities you know in that same week it really was a great opportunity for units from the field to send individuals here you know to kind of understand what AMCOM does and how AMCOM can support you know them and really help them see themselves and figuring out how they can improve their own readiness because there's lots of readiness challenges that the field is facing you know and we're trying to figure out how we can help them help themselves or help them help us help them you know and that was a great opportunity for us to do that so I just want to say special thanks to you know all the investment and time effort and energy you know from the team to coordinate and do all do all that and do it as professionally as you did. The second thing I like to highlight is not just Cribbins but also Luther Jones you know the opportunity obviously to head down to CCAD and you know and really just see the tremendous support from across the community that our depots you know get but also see the tremendous you know output and the systems you know processes and production that occurs at our depots and that's really enabled by the entire team you know I had the opportunity to go up to Lettercandy as well you know earlier you know a couple of months ago and you know our depots are incredible you know and they are enabled by each and every one of you you know here and and they're really a national treasure you know I call them the the national insurance policy you know for our systems and what you do is you enable them you know to be that as we think through you know uh surging to get Patriot Missile Systems ready to to ship to different countries you know it's our depot teams are going to be the backspots stop you know in terms of maintenance support and maintenance capacity to to do that repairing high Mars you know or getting aircraft you know production rates you know increased with our victor models in particular our depots offer a tremendous amount of capacity capability you know and insurance you know for for the nation you know and uh and it was great to have the opportunity you know to head down to CCAD and to Lettercandy but uh to just to be part of uh the the Luther Jones discussion um Mcom campaign plan I you know I just wanted you know highlight today really kind of invested in the people you know investing in you all and recognizing you know you all for what you do uh every single day and if uh you know my I my my challenge is you know working through the recognition policies processes you know let's recognize our people and thank them for what they do education policies you know with high velocity training efforts you know and then really onboarding new personnel you know I'm really pleased to see the team and the team's efforts of really trying to you know help develop educate and enable your success you know across the entire team that's in there so looking forward to more opportunities to do those things you know through the through the campaign method we're going to have a war game here you know in January maybe move to February for our OIB modernization efforts across AMC you know and that's really going to help generate what the investment strategy is you know going forward you'll see Congress has just authorized an increase in funding for OIB modernization where that falls in between CCAD, Lettercandy and the rest of the organic industrial base you know it will have a tremendous impact as we continue to refine and build the you know the modernization for our organic industrial basis to provide the capacity and capability you know for the broader team as we think about you know onboarding new pieces of equipment you know that's going to have an impact on our ability to maintain the supply availability but also to repair and maintain those systems over the time as well as maintaining our current systems that we have so I'm looking forward to the continuous improvements with our modernization efforts and the continued investment you know from our nation to ensure that we have that capacity and capability for the future I talked a little bit about you know support to the UK in defense and you know I would just say I really appreciate you know the unsung heroes that are working through you know long hours you know and ensuring that we can meet those requirements to support our national objectives right you know you know our national objectives have been clear you know and we get presidential directives every week you know and usually every Monday morning at 06 we're already ready to respond to you know and support our nation's political objectives and our presidential directives that we get every week and it's not lost on me you know the hard work it takes to get that done you know when you start thinking about missile systems that we haven't used since 1993 you know getting those things out from storage you know qualify them understanding the safety operational risk you know and creating you know ways to employ them out of you know stuff that's been divested for years you know it's a it's a herculean effort that I know is ongoing every single day to ensure that we have the repair parts availability to support you know the the consumption requirements and to ensure that we've got you know the right quantity of missiles you know and systems you know that we manage and maintain you know delivered to the point of need at the time of need has really been inspirational on the watch and I just want to say a lot of that is going on you know below the radar and I just want to say thank you all for what you do to make it make it happen and make it happen so seamlessly across across the board you know the the reality is is that the support to Ukraine is going to continue right until our national policy hasn't changed you know and then you know just from an unclassified standpoint you can say that you know we are making a tremendous difference you know in the in the fight for freedom you know by people that don't want to be oppressed you know and want to have the right to choose their own way of life you know and there's no doubt in my mind that you know if it didn't stop in Ukraine you know it would continue to spill over to other parts of the world where you know where we would have you know a significant challenge to you know to or significant amount of casualties and you know challenges to ensure that we can maintain our current world order as peacefully as we have been for the last you know 80 plus years so I just want to say thank you for all you do to make that happen you're making a huge difference and we are making a huge difference for the Ukrainians as they continue to fight for their way of life right next all right so some upcoming events and know uh the holidays are coming up a little bit more of a relaxed schedule coming but then the new year you know it starts kicks off hot and heavy so on the 12th of January first of all we'll have a Army material command change of responsibility between Command Sergeant Major Delgado who's outgoing and then Command Sergeant Major Jimmy Sellers will come in and become the new AMC Command Sergeant Major he's currently up at DAG-4 as a Sergeant Major in the DAG-4 so he'll be coming to the team that same day currently scheduled but likely will be rescheduled Miss Wicker the AMC EDCG will be coming to AMCOM that'll be a full day event so we'll start out in the morning and talk to her about some of our supply chain and depot maintenance as a kind of a small group and then she really wants the opportunity to do some some professional development meet with some of the junior employees and just have a session with them question and answer we'll have a working lunch with some of the senior directors with Miss Wicker and then we'll close the day out talking to her about some of the initiatives and some of the key programs that we're working here inside of AMCOM so an opportunity to really highlight to her some of the great work that you're doing the aviation senior leader form will take place down to Fort Rocker the 23rd and the 25th and also that same time frame here in Huntsville we'll have the OIB modernization war game so General Connor talked about OIB modernization team's been working it a while this is an opportunity for us to again go through all of our facilities projects and make sure that all our timelines for projects are married with both funding and requirements so it's it's that'll be a two-day event the 9th through the 11th of February we'll participate once again this is third year in a row we'll participate in the the BAEA conference black engineer of the year award conference it's a great recruiting opportunity for us we've had great success attending and participating in that conference and then the end of February we've got two summits the military aviation and they are dominant summits as well as the AUSA hot topics which will take place the end of February so that's the some of the key events coming up the beginning of the calendar year and with that sir I think we're ready for question and answers yeah only one thing to highlight this occurred last week but for those that don't know Lieutenant General Mohan just took over as the the DCG for AMC and you know he's a tremendous leader who comes with a tremendous amount of experience but we're blessed to have him on board and we're looking forward to you know he understands you know the operational requirements he's been at AMC before you know and he'll be a tremendous asset for AMC moving forward but okay all right open it up to any questions Merry Christmas out here the would you believe there are no questions on telework online don't do not believe there's definitely questions online it's Christmas not April fools but to start out sir the army just announced the down select in the award for the flora contract and the question becomes what does that mean really for AMCOM and what does that mean for CCAD and the future of CCAD sir yeah no really really good question right so you know so the army obviously just announced you know the award winner being the for flora you know being the Valor 280 you know so as the as the Valor 280 becomes you know the the aircraft that will replace some not all some of the UH 60s in the fleet there's a couple of steps that we've got to take you know through the development of the the aircraft and the continued transition from prototype you know through production we will continue to update validate and ensure we have a good life cycle sustainment plan you know for that aircraft and understand you know what those requirements are and continue to shape the you know the understanding of what was in the requirements document now what is coming to fruition for real and then once we think through the you know the the depot source of repair you know and what capabilities do we need to modernize and put at CCAD you know and then how do we ensure that we've got the ability and the capability I'm sorry the capability and the ability to maintain those that aircraft in the system that's part of that OIB modernization effort that's in there so there's a lot of work to do right you know so just because the announcement was made there's a lot of work to do to determine what those requirements are and we'll continue to upgrade you know modernize and ensure that we're in position to support that aircraft as it comes into the field okay sir the next next question deals with the supply chain optimization efforts and with that transition in the supply chain optimization is there a path forward for employees who would like to continue their direct support role to the warfighter i.e. in the pms is there a way that they can pursue that moving forward by the focus on LMP and supply metrics I think ultimately you know there's no change to the support right it's just changing how we support you know and how we how we manage the supply chain yeah so you know a survey was put out and a lot of data was a survey to each individual employee was sent out that got their feedback there was a lot of data that was taken into consideration to determine initially what people will go into what billets so that's there was there was a methodology to figure that out that that's the starting point though the the the goal ultimately is to give everybody opportunities to experience all of the different jobs to build the experience and the breadth of the workforce so I don't know the specifics on who asked the question what job they're in or what they're going to but the but the opportunity to do multiple jobs as well as to continue or return to a previous job is there yeah and then just again we're still going to support you know the pms we're going to support all the customers it's just how we're doing it is just changed a little bit thank you sir um there's a few questions along the same line but any idea on the share point and when we're going to get away from read only okay we just happened to have the expert on that here in the room hold on bruce bringing you a microphone so everybody could hear glad you didn't throw up bruce hey surely perky g6 and i know everybody is being very patient it was as we stay read only in the aep unfortunately across the board there are a lot of issues that took place when the migration from traditional just the hosting over to microsoft as your cloud environment there have been some technical problems uh they got their heads down coloring as how to fix some of those a lot of it is dealing with microsoft a lot of it is dealing with a company called nintex on workflows and i personally am asking we need timelines we need to know when are these problems going to be fixed okay and this is affecting all of amc and the depots we chose to stay and read only simply because uh actively trying to work on trying to execute workflows and things behind the aep that are working correctly exacerbates the problems that we're already having okay and there are several places that wish they would have stayed in read only so um working to get more timelines um i'll work with the chief to make sure that you know we're in sync as to our understanding and uh that's what we know so far okay so we got amc totally engaged on we got issues give us some help here thanks sir along the same lines of uh on the technology issues there's some employees that are concerned they don't have the computers or they need an upgrade um is there any way ahead for you know the purchase of computers or can we do it at a smaller scale i guess is really the question to support their their efforts at their desk show the question again who i guess better question who should they talk to to yes so it depends on where the employee is to you know dictates who they talk to but generally that that's come up numerous times here in the last month about availability of computers or the time that it takes to get new employees um computers or computer upgrades so i will get with the g6 we'll lay down whatever the the the plan is or the status and then we'll post something back out on on the question and answer board thank you sir um is there any word on the repeal of the vaccination mandate moving forward as we see that especially as we see the ndaa moving through congress so there has not been any official word on any repeal for the vaccine mandate sir understood um now and i and i don't know what the timeline would be for you know that to be resolved that you have anything you want to add on that we're still waiting on the passage of the national prince operation act there's land generator only advice and military this line may not expect the least that does become law and folks do their part and it will be eventually includes millions of dollars in the mandate but again it's up to the department and the aggregated law yeah will minor yeah just repeat on the microphone for for the outstations uh bottom line we're still waiting for the ndaa to pass once it passes we'll have an opportunity to kind of think through and figure out how do we implement that law and the applicability of it to both military members and civilian members that's it all right thank you sir all right uh now on to telework the uh anyway would you mind addressing some of the disparity between the telework agreements that are in existence throughout the command and what is the way forward on telework and specifically how do we make it more equitable across the organization yeah so i think um you know we're still we only issued guidance right you know and the guidance was to help you know leaders at echelon you know fix or reduce the disparity between you know the the different directorates you know so that that was the that's the reason why i actually issued the guidance we're still in arbitration with the union until we can come to you know an agreement of resolution moving forward you know the guidance is hey you know follow this guidance to help reduce the inequity across the teams you know across uh you know the the directorates you know and there was a similar question that the union had submitted on why is there inconsistency across the command with within organizations on telework so ultimately when we laid out the guidance and the cg put out his guidance you know the first step was identify is the job eligible for telework so depending on you know what job you do you may or may not be eligible for telework if it is eligible for telework it's up to the supervisor to determine um the the telework schedule based on mission requirements and the cg put out there's some left and right limits um it did allow you know telework for the employees within within a band um so you know some of that inconsistency depends on what job you're in it depends on what your mission requirements are at the time um but to the best of our ability um until we can you know finalize the policy um the cg put out guidance to help reduce some of that inconsistency but i don't think we'll ever get to a cookie cutter for every single employee this is what it is because it's just the the operation is so large the mission is so complex that we'll never get to that everybody's on the exact same amount yeah you know and just to follow up you know the comparison other you know that that's where the risk is in the comparison other because not everything is similar right so if you think through situational leadership and you know allowing the leaders at echelon to make the decisions to have that determination of whether or not the that position is eligible you know for telework uh and or the mission allows telework you know that that comparison other may or may not you know work as you start looking across other other staff sections or other directorates um so yeah i agree with mr nitty that we we're never going to get to a place where it's one cookie cutter solution for everybody and just one other thing on telework guidance because there has been some confusion out there i just want to clarify so supervisors have the ability to approve um a hundred percent telework for up to four weeks for medical purposes right so there's some flexibility there if there are situations you know a supervisor can say yes you meet the condition up to four pay periods um but beyond that a hundred percent telework or remote work must be approved at the dcg level um sir is there any change to the the current covid status or the or the policies in in accordance with covid on the installation and really the question being for notifying employees of uh fellow employees that have fallen sick or anything else i don't know there is no change to any of the covid policies and that and that was kind of involved with another one that came from the unit as far as practices of informing employees when someone else tests positive for covid in their directorate i think it's probably along those same lines so you know there has been no change bottom line is we keep personal information private so we're not going to say mister or missus whoever um if we know somebody is positive we will notify people that were in the workplace that somebody in that area was positive we do not quarantine work areas we're not cleaning or sanitizing i should say work areas so just because somebody came into the office um and they you know tested positive will notify the work force that this person um any individual not specific person was positive in the work area for their we're not going to coordinate off the the office or bring in you know a crew to sanitize it okay sir uh i think in the interest of time the last question really on here uh for you is uh for remote work request documents that have been put out is there a limit to the number of approvals that there will be for the organization a limit to the number of you mean total approvals for the that's right no so every every case will be taken on a case by case basis based on the merit of that case there's no limit on what how many will or will not be approved so everyone that comes up will be taking a face value based on that individual's circumstances um and a decision will be made based on that yeah no cookie cutter solutions and no no quotas just uh individual case based off the merits of the case perfect all right well you know last couple of times i you know share a little bantering with uh sergeant's major about the you know my new york football giants and his cowboys will that hasn't worked out very well for me so you know he's not here today but you know i'll just say the cowboys have a really good team you know we'll see what happens in the playoffs but my giants they got a lot of work to do so but in all seriousness uh this is a you know this is a great workforce and it's a great workforce because of all of you and i just want to say it's an honor to serve with each and every one of you i'm very thankful for you and i hope you have a great holiday season you know have an opportunity to spend time with family friends and really uh you know just uh reflect on you know just how much of a difference you make uh you know in this world and in this organization and to the soldiers and people that are counting on you uh so i'm gonna say thank you and thank you thank you uh you know for what you do and just enjoy enjoy your holidays very christmas