 Hello everyone. Welcome. Welcome to United States Army Garrison, Italy, home of the Vicenza and Darby military communities. I'm Major General Andrew Rowling, Commander of the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, and the Senior Representative, Senior Responsible Officer for Army Forces located south of the Alps. This Garrison newcomers orientation is an important part of your onboarding experience. The entire team is committed to welcoming you to answer your questions and ensuring you and your family members get settled. You are joining a great community. Regardless of your assigned unit or the patch on your left shoulder, I consider all of us as one team. Vicenza is one of the most sought after assignments in the Army. The Italians are a wonderful host and we all benefit from a decades-long partnership and friendship between the United States Army and Italy. I might be a bit biased, having the good fortune of being assigned to Italy now three times, but I believe Vicenza is the best duty station in the U.S. Army. My family and I love it here, and I hope you will too. As you get in process, you'll be navigating the cultural and language differences inherent in a foreign country. Please remain patient during this process. It will take time, but our team is here to help. I know PCS moves are always stressful, not to mention moving overseas. Toss in COVID-19, and I know this has probably been a challenging time for you and your family. We're glad you made it. You may notice some differences between our COVID posture and that of the installations you're coming from. Our COVID response is aligned with that of our Italian hosts. Hopefully, that limits the confusion between the procedures on and off base. We've had a very successful pandemic response that has been widely recognized by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Army. Our success is thanks to the entire community, which now includes you, remaining vigilant and adhering to mitigation measurement. I meet regularly with the leadership teams from across the garrison, and we make adjustments to our mitigation efforts as necessary. So in addition to supporting our COVID-19 response, I'm going to ask you to do three more things. First, we all have responsibility to maintain our own personal readiness. We've seen COVID-19 degrade our operating environments, and it has also degraded the physical fitness level of some of our soldiers. I ask that everyone, soldiers and civilians, to have a fitness plan to maintain your health, your resilience, and your ability to do your job. Secondly, stay informed. We share updates via the chain of command and official information sources, such as the United States Army, garrison, Italy website, and Facebook pages. Please ask questions if there is something you do not understand. It is imperative that we all stay informed. And finally, while living here, I ask you to be good ambassadors for the United States and for the United States Army. We enjoy a very strong relationship with our Italian hosts, and I encourage you to make the most of this incredible opportunity to live and work in Europe. Please be respectful of our Italian hosts and ensure your actions strengthen our long-standing partnership. I hope you took this assignment because you think it's the best place to be in the United States Army. I know I certainly do. So on behalf of myself and the entire US Army, garrison, Italy community, welcome and thank you for joining the team. We are glad you're here and we look forward to your contributions. Finally, if you see me around base, I hope you'll stop and introduce yourself. We are all one team and I appreciate your time and attention. Thank you and welcome to Italy.