 Good morning. My name is Betty Anderson. I am the retirement service officer here at Redstone Arseneau. I'm located in building 3494 room 112. Today, I have with me the Retirement Council. To my right, I have Lieutenant Colonel Russell Brownfield. To my left I have Sergeant Major Darnell Pell. Today, we will be talking about the Retirement Appreciation Day. I've been with the council for like 10 years and we were on the 51st annual Retirement Appreciation Day, and this is just where we like to give back to the retirees and show appreciation for all their service to the military and the communities. So we try to do this through the retiree appreciation day events by honoring them. Just like Sergeant Major Pell just mentioned it's it's an opportunity to give back. I've been in the military for quite some time over 35 years and really enjoyed my time in the military, but taking off the uniform and actually being a part of the retirement community is just as rewarding if not more rewarding only because of and I say that only because of the benefits and the opportunity to actually participate in the Arseneau's activities and along with the RSO, ensuring that information gets out to our retirees and we're able to service them as much as we can during the Retirement Appreciation Day. So it's great. It's wonderful and we've got one coming up here shortly on the 21st of October this year. Doing this event if you come social distance is preferred, but masks is optional. So once you come, if you feel that you want to wear your mask, you can do so. Retirement Appreciation Day is a culmination of all the things that have we've done course of the year to pull this all together and how this typically starts is is that Ms. Anderson is as the retirement service officer pulls us all together in a room and we look at all of the things that retirees need for that particular day. So coming up on on the 21st of October is we have the health fair which includes the flu shots. We have legal who's going to assist in wills or in time other preparation. We have the commissary and the PX that are going to be doing various events and then of course we have our briefing various briefings and speeches that are going on at the beginning of the day. We start at about nine until about 11 o'clock. During that period, you the retiree gets the information that is critical for you for the upcoming year. We have the Military Officers Association that MOAA that speaks on the legislation that's coming up and it's a really informative period of time. On the 21st, we will also provide breakfast and lunch for the retirees. So make sure that you attend these meetings because it will have a lot of pertinent information for you and your family members. Information that have been updated throughout the years to make you more informative of what is happening within the military retirement system. Now you're only right now today looking at three people that make up the MRC but there are many more of us that make up the MRC and we meet quarterly to look at all the things that we're doing when I say all the things that we're doing we look the things that make up the retiree appreciation day. With that in mind we're always looking for new members so if you are interested in joining the military retiree council there will be a application form in the bulletin that you will receive here shortly and you fill out that bulletin fill out that form send it in and we will add you to the email list and we will make you a member of the council. It costs nothing to be a member and you can be a voice for the other retirees in the community. So come on out on both the 20th and the 21st. And don't you forget on the 20th we will have legal, we will have the ID card section and we will have the army finance PEM reset available for you. On the 21st we will have the benefit briefing along with the health fair. So make sure you come out to these events because we are looking forward to seeing you. As a soldier you are a soldier for life and you're going to always be a soldier forever. Soldier for life, soldier forever.