 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I am Master Sergeant Ron Sparrow and will serve as Master of Ceremonies for today's event. Welcome to West Point and the graduation ceremony for the class of 2022. The soundtrack for today's ceremony is provided by the West Point Band assembled on the field to your right. Established in 1817 the West Point Band's core mission is to provide world-class music to educate, train, and inspire the core of cadets. As the Army's oldest continuously serving active band, the West Point Band traces its lineage to the field musicians left to maintain the tradition of military music after the Revolutionary War. Over the next 200 years it evolved into one of the most capable and versatile professional performing groups in the world. The West Point Band is under the direction of the band's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Todd Addison. Please give a round of applause for the West Point Band. Before we commence today's ceremony I have a few announcements that will help your understanding of proper courtesies for today's event. After the class of 2022 marches into Mikey Stadium you will hear the order sound attention. Marking the official start of the graduation ceremony, it is customary to rise at the Buol call of sound attention for the arrival of the official party and our guest speaker, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley. After the official party has been announced and has arrived at the platform please remain standing and render appropriate courtesies for honors to the chairman and for the national anthem of the United States of America. Uniformed service members will salute. Military veterans are encouraged to salute and civilians are asked to please show the same courtesy to our nation by removing your hat and placing your right hand over your heart. We encourage you to join in the singing of our national anthem. At its completion we ask that you remain standing for the invocation. As a courtesy please rise when the chairman completes his address to the class of 2022. The chairman will then present diplomas to the cadet first captain, the class president, the Army Athletic Association trophy winners, the class valedictorian and those cadets awarded summa cum laude. The remaining cadets will receive their diplomas alphabetically by company. Cadets in the first and second regiments will be seated on the north side of the stadium to your left. The commandant of cadets and the dean of the academic board will present diplomas on that side of the dais. Cadets in the third and fourth regiments will be seated on the south side of the dais to your right. The superintendent will present diplomas on that side of the dais. During the ceremony you will be asked to rise for the arrival of the official party, the national anthem, the invocation, the singing of the song the core, the singing of the alma mater, the administration of the oath of office to the graduating class, the singing of the army song and for the benediction. At the conclusion of today's ceremony, the class of 2022 will participate in the time on our tradition of the cadet hat toss. Children may participate in this ceremony provided that they meet the following criteria. They must be four to 10 years old, between 42 inches and 54 inches tall and accompanied by a parent or guardian who is 18 years or older. The child must be accompanied from the initial screening point to the completion of the hat toss. Once the distribution of diplomas to the graduating class begins, those wishing to participate in the hat toss may move to the screening point at gate three in the northeast corner of the stadium. All participants must enter the screening point to participate in the hat toss. Parents or guardians and children may enter the staging area only after the child meets the criteria for participation. Parents or guardians must remain on the field in the appropriate staging area for their children to participate. However, parents are not authorized to collect a hat or accompany their child to the hat toss collection area. Children may only pick up one hat. Participants will take all directives from the officers, non-commissioned officers, event staff, security personnel, and cadets directing the event. Following the ceremony, shuttle bus transportation will be available from Mikey Stadium to Buffalo Soldier Field, Central Area, and Calot. The shuttle will run a continuous loop to these stops until approximately four p.m. The buses will board outside the east side of the stadium directly behind the dais. For this service, it is recommended to depart through gate three in the northeast corner of the stadium. For our ADA guests and those with limited mobility, transportation is available at gate one outside the southeast corner of the stadium to Clinton lot and Central Area. Be courteous and cautious as you leave the stadium. Bar pinning ceremonies will begin at 2 p.m. Finally, we want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to enjoy today's ceremony. As a courtesy, we ask that you remain considerate of those around you as you take pictures or video. We would also like to remind you that Mikey Stadium is a non-smoking, non-vaping, non-smokeless tobacco facility and to silence your cell phones during the ceremony. We thank you for your understanding. Following these important guidelines will ensure everyone has a great experience today at the United States Military Academy. In just a few moments, the class of 2022 will march into the stadium from the east side of the field. The first and second regiments will enter on the north side of the stadium and the third and fourth regiments will enter on the south side of the stadium. When today's ceremony is complete, please remain in your seat until the official party has departed the area. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Once again, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mikey Stadium here at West Point. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the United States Military Academy class of 2022. Ladies and gentlemen, the West Point class of 1972 will present commemorative Second Lieutenant bars to members of the class of 2022 as they take their place in the long gray line. The class of 1972, which just celebrated its 50th class reunion here at West Point, has developed a special relationship with the class of 2022. Since June 2017, members of the class of 1972 have engaged with and supported the class of 2022 every step of the way from our day to graduation. The cadet phase of bonding and mentoring between these two classes culminates today when the class of 1972 presents a set of Second Lieutenant bars engraved with 72-22. The representatives of the class of 1972 presenting the bars have distinguished records of service to the armed forces and the nation during times of war and in peace. I will introduce them to you now. On the north side of the dais, to your right, Colonel John H. Northrup, U.S. Army retired class of 1972 president and former West Point Association of Graduates board member. Lieutenant general Gary D. Spear, U.S. Army retired and on the south side of the dais, to your right, Major Robert J. Curran, U.S. Army retired class of 1972 class scribe and the leadership giving officer for the West Point Association of Graduates. Colonel Joseph W. Adamczyk, U.S. Army retired class of 1972 vice president and chair of the 50-year affiliation program. Gentlemen, we welcome you back to attend this special graduation ceremony. It is a pleasure and honor to have you here with us today. Ladies and gentlemen, how about another round of applause for the class of 72 and their outstanding dedication to the class of 2022. Ladies and gentlemen, and members of the class of 2022, just as the long gray line represents the connection of all graduates throughout the academy's storied history, today's faculty processional recognizes the dedication and academic excellence of all United States Military Academy faculty, both past and present. Please welcome representatives of the faculty of the United States Military Academy. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the platform our distinguished guests. United States Senator for the state of Iowa, the Honorable Joni Ernst. United States Representative and West Point Board of Visitors Chairman, the Honorable Steve Womack, the Commandant of Cadets, Brigadier General Mark C. Quander, the Dean of the Academic Board, Brigadier General Shane R. Reeves, the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Mr. Mike Buddy, the Director of the Character Integration Advisory Group, Dr. Jeff Peterson, the United States Corps of Cadets Command Sergeant Major, Command Major Robert T. Craven, members of the Academic Board and other senior Academy leaders. Sound attention. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the entrance of the official party. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 25th Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Christine E. Wormuth, the 40th Chief of Staff of the Army, General James C. McConville, and the 60th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Lieutenant General Daryl A. Williams. Ladies and gentlemen, the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the invocation by Father Matt Pavlikowski. The Lord's is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples. It is he who set it on the seas, from the waters he drew dry land. But in the midst of a seemingly worsening world, with many troubles at home and afar, a few reported to West Point's Our Day in 2018. Halfway through, many found themselves stranded throughout our country and around the world as a few fought through an invasion by a foreign-born flu and finally returned to our home here on the Hudson. As communist countries and other unsteady actors unjustly invade and threaten their neighbors, many felt and feel pain and fear as a few finished their preparations for lives of service and excellence to our country and to the world. God, I know you came as a ransom for the many. Come and be with us today and smile upon these ceremonies for the class of 2022, who for the many stand the few. Amen. Please welcome the 60th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Lieutenant General Daryl A. Williams. Senators Ernst, Congressman Womack and Davidson, Secretary Wormuth, General Milley, Admiral retired Mullen, General McConville, distinguished guests, members of the staff and faculty, family and friends, ladies and gentlemen and last but certainly not least, the 1,014 graduates of the class of 2022. Good morning and welcome to West Point and the United States Military Academy. We are so glad to have you here today as we celebrate the graduation of these outstanding young men and women and commission them as the newest officers and leaders of character in the United States Army. First, I'd like to acknowledge the members of Proud and True 72, the 50-year affiliate class for our 2022 graduates. Gentlemen, thank you all for gripping hands with these new leaders over the past four years. We are grateful for your support and mentorship to them and for showing them the strength and resilience of the long gray line. And of course, a very special welcome to friends, families of our graduates here today. We are so honored to have you here in person to cheer on your cadets. Thank you for entrusting your sons and daughters to us these past four years. And thank you for the love, support and encouragement you've given them along the way. They are here today because of it. Class of 2022, congratulations. The past 47 months has been a tough, rigorous and challenging experience to develop you as leaders of character, prepared to support and defend the constitution of the United States, prepared for a career of selfless service and prepared to fight and win our nation's wars. From the moment you first stepped off the bus on our day to your final exam, you have faced and overcome every challenge and adversity head on with grit, toughness, energy and motivation. And by your continual and relentless pursuit of excellence, you've grown in skill, in knowledge and in character. And through it all, you've never quit. Always embrace the winning matters mindset and become stronger, more resilient and better leaders. And now, as you complete your West Point experience and commission as a new Second Lieutenants, you are prepared to take on the awesome responsibility of leadership in the world's greatest fighting force, the United States Army. You will lead in an army transforming the faces to face the challenges of the 21st century and ready to answer our nation's call anytime, anywhere. You will lead our nation's best talent, America's sons and daughters, and put your people first as you build cohesive teams of training, discipline, fit soldiers, your soldiers, teams built on trust, dignity and respect, who are ready to fight and win in the crucible of ground combat. And you will lead with the resolve and fortitude that has defined the generation of soldiers who have always answered our nation's call. And today, as you graduate and take your place in the long gray line, you grip hands of generations of graduates, past and present, leaders of character who answered their nation's call to serve, guided by the values of our army and the ideals of this institution. Duty, honor, country. Class of 2022, you are ready, ready to lead, ready to fight, ready to win. And as you serve, protect and defend the United States of America. Madam Secretary, Mr. Chairman, Chief, it's an honor to present these outstanding young leaders and warriors to you in this morning as the newest officers in the United States Army. Join me in a round of applause for these people. It is now my great pleasure to introduce this morning's commencement speaker, General Mark A. Milley, is the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's highest ranking military officer and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense and National Security Council. Prior to becoming Chairman in 2019, General Milley served as the 39th Chief of the United States Army. A native of Massachusetts, General Milley graduated from Princeton University in 1980, where he received this commission from Army ROTC. Additionally, he's an honorary member of the West Point Class of 1980. General Milley has had multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout the last 42 years. He's a tremendous leader. I've been privileged to call my boss and a mentor throughout my career. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome General Mark Milley. Thank you. Thank you, Darrell. I appreciate that. And how's everybody doing today? What a great day. And I know, or at least I heard, that Admiral Mike Mullen is in the crowd, one of my Chairman, but he's also the Chief of Naval Operations. So when I say, go Army, that was pretty weak. Come on Class of 22, you can do a little bit better. When I say, go Bank also, Senator Ernst and Congressman Womack up here on the Dias and I particularly want to give a shout out to Secretary Wormuth and our great current Chief of Staff of the Army, General Jim McConville. So thank you all for your leadership. And I want to thank Darrell Williams. As you know, he's going to be moving on, but he's done a tremendous job here as the soup. And Darrell, thank you for your leadership of the United States Military Academy. So I want to give a, not only a round of applause for the Class of 22, but I want the Class of 22. I didn't do really well in drill and ceremonies in my honorary class. So I'd like you all to stand up and do an about face and give a big round of applause to your families because they're the reason you're here right now. All right, now the Sergeant Major just walked up behind me. He said, I have to give the command of about face and then take your seats. So about face and take your seats. Very good. They did teach us something about drill and ceremonies at Princeton, but not much. Hey, look at your class earned your motto, the first West Point class ever to have a motto in Latin, pro multis pouchy president. And I know that every single one of you, especially the 56 of you who are on the five year program. I know that you know what that means for many stand the few. So keep this phrase in your mind and close to your heart. And here you have become a team and you're going to be drawing upon each other for the rest of your lives. And your commitment is not just to a job. It's to a calling, a way of life. Your parents today up in the stadium, they see their sons and daughters on the field before you. But your nation sees soldiers, leaders who are going into the infantry and the Calvary and engineers, intelligence, logisticians and all the other branches. You will be critical to the joint force. I should have said you're going in the infantry and all the other branches. Was it 136 infantry? It should be 236. We'll fix that afterwards. In all seriousness, you represent the quality that gives America our unique strength. You are what makes the United States undaunted by the difficult and motivated by the impossible. And the strength of our nation, this experiment in liberty is captured in another simple Latin phrase that's familiar to all of us. E pluribus unum. Out of the many come one. And you are a living example of that American experiment. 112 years after West Point was founded in the summer of 1914, a pistol shot in Sarajevo cast the world into the cataclysm of deadly global conflict unleashing destruction on a scale yet unseen by humanity and setting the conditions for the Second World War only 20 years later, the bloodiest war in all of human history. In fact, between 1914 and 1945, three short decades, the first and second wars laid waste to countries everywhere. 150 million people were killed in World War I and World War II. The most violent three decades ever recorded, all in the conduct of Great Power War. To give us a sense of what Great Power War means, consider for a moment that 26,000, 26,000 soldiers and Marines were killed in only six weeks from October to November 1918 in the battle of the Musargon in World War I. Consider also that 26,000 US troops were killed in the eight weeks in the summer of 1944 from the beaches of Normandy to the liberation of Paris. At the same time, 18,000 more Americans were killed in the Central Pacific in the Marianas campaign when my father was hitting the beach. In total, in that summer of 1944, 58,000 Americans were killed in action in the air, at sea, and on land in five theaters of war in only eight weeks. That's the human cost of Great Power War, the Butcher's Bill. At the end of World War II, the leaders of 1945 designed our current rules-based international order. And we are now in the 77th year of the Great Power Peace that followed World War II and the structure is currently under intense stress. It will be your generation that will carry the burden and shoulder the responsibility to maintain the peace, to contain and to prevent the outbreak of Great Power War. When America faced its darkest days, it was West Point graduates who stood ready to answer the call. Revolutionary change is going to occur while you are in service. And right now at this very moment a fundamental change is happening in the very character of war. We are facing right now two global powers, China and Russia, each with significant military capabilities and both who fully intend to change the current rules-based order. Yet again, in Ukraine, we are learning the lesson that aggression left unanswered only emboldens the aggressor. Let us never forget the massacre that we have just witnessed in Bucha, nor the slaughter that occurred in Mariupol. And the best way to honor their sacrifice is to support their fight for freedom and to stand against tyranny. As we are entering a world that is becoming more unstable, the world you are being commissioned into has the potential for significant international conflict between great powers, and that potential is increasing, not decreasing. We are also on the cusp of a change in the fundamental character of war. The nature of war is not going to change. It's immutable. It's still a political act. It's a decision by humans to impose their political will and their opponent by the use of violence, as you all studied here. War will still be characterized by chance and fog and friction, and its causes will likely still adhere to the city's famous analysis of fear, pride, and interest. But the character of war, how wars are fought, where wars are fought, with what weapons, technologies, organizations, and doctrines, in short, the ways and means of war, that is undergoing a fundamental profound and significant change as you get commissioned. The organizations and weapons and doctrines of the military in 2025 and all the way out to 2050, in that quarter century, in that short period of time, it's going to be fundamentally different than anything we've seen before. Think of the difference between the smoothbore musket and the rifle, or the rifle and the machine gun, the difference between muscle power and machine power, the shift from guidance to radio and internet, the shift from sale to steam, the shift from dumb bombs to smart bombs. That is the type of fundamental shift in the character of war that is occurring right now, and it's a result of a variety of geopolitical and economic and societal and technological developments, some of long duration and some relatively recent. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States essentially was the unchallenged global military, political, and economic power, and we were experiencing what some have labeled as a unipolar moment. That has changed. You're entering a different world. The United States is under significant challenge in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In Europe, we see a revanchist Russia as we have just witnessed another invasion in Ukraine. In Asia, we are in the third decade of the largest global economic shift in 500 years, resulting in a rapidly rising China as a great power with a revisionist foreign policy backed up with an increasing capable military. Also in Asia, we are faced with a rogue North Korea that is rapidly increasing their missiles and deliverable nuclear weapons. In the Middle East and parts of Africa, we continue to see instability from terrorism in many places. And lastly, the maturity of various technologies that either exist today or in the advanced stages of development when combined or likely to change the character of war just by themselves. Information technology that exploded in the 1800s has been an upward curve for over 150 years. The ubiquitous effect is almost unbelievable. No matter where you are in the world today, you can be observed from some device. And as you all know, what can be seen can be hit. And the proliferation of information technologies is also rapidly diffusing political power once held by nation-states and is accelerating instability. You'll be fighting with robotic tanks and ships and airplanes. We've witnessed a revolution in lethality and precision munitions. What was once the exclusive province of the United States military is now available to most nation-states with the money and will to acquire them. There's a wide variety of technologies developing in synthetic fuels, 3D manufacturing, medicine, human engineering and enhancement of which will have significant military implications as well. And finally, there is the mother of all technologies, artificial intelligence, where machines are actually developing the capacity to learn and to reason. These rapidly converging developments in time and space are resulting in that profound change, the most profound change ever in human history. And whatever overmatch we, the United States, enjoyed militarily for the last 70 years is closing quickly. And the United States will be, in fact, we already are a challenge in every domain of warfare and space and cyber maritime air and of course land. So what are the implications for you? The first thing is to understand the basic outlines of this future world. Although we cannot determine the exact environment we're going to be in in the 30s and 40s and 50s or beyond, we can through rigorous analysis determine what the world will look like. There's surely going to be a lot of surprises along the way in development of forces and weapons, but the structure and organization of our joint forces is going to have to change drastically and we know that. And all of us are going to have to be open-minded, you most of all. We can no longer cling to concepts and organizations and the weapons of the past. We may not have divisions and corps. We may not have tanks and bradlies and carriers and man fighters and bombers. Additionally, the battlefield will be highly complex and almost certainly decisive in urban areas against elusive, ambiguous enemies that combine terrorism and warfare alongside conventional capabilities, all embedded within large civilian populations. In this world, your world, you are going to have to optimize yourselves for urban combat, not rural combat. That has huge implications for intelligence collection, vehicles, weapons design, development logistics, commo and all of the other aspects of our profession. The battlefield is going to be non-linear, compartmented, and units are going to have non-contiguous battle space with significant geographical separation between friendly forces. You're going to be much more lonely on a future battlefield. This type of battlefield is going to place a very high premium on independent, relatively small formations that are highly lethal and linked to very long-range precision fires. The exact details we don't know yet, but we need to change. We need to change our current methods of thinking, training, and fighting. A joint war fighting concept currently under development will help guide us as a road map to the future, but we need to chart that course very fast. And for speed, we need to look no further than the incredible, then the incredible innovative work that the Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas has done in paving the way for the future. The new concepts they've developed in the weapon systems. In just 36 months, they brought 24 new programs into low-rate production, a record of innovation in scale and scope and speed, unprecedented in U.S. Army history. Technology will change, but this institution is about you. It's about people and the ones who are going to follow you into battle. You are our most valuable asset. You are our most significant asymmetric advantage. You represent what is inherent in the United States military, for we come from a society of improvisers, a society of tinkerers, a society of innovators and problem solvers and tech savvy at a very early age. And independence of action comes natural to all Americans. Self-starting initiative, sustained for boundaries and rules, non-linear critical thinking and an aggressive will to win coupled with an eternal optimism to overcome all obstacles and achieve the objective. All of that is hardwired in our national DNA, and it's hardwired into the heart and soul of the American soldier. In the absence of supervision, the willingness to disobey specific orders to achieve the intended purpose, the willingness to take risks, to meet the intent, the acceptance of failure in practice in order to learn from our experimentation. These are all the qualities that you will have to demonstrate. And finally, there is character. On a non-contiguous, non-linear battlefield with very little higher command supervision and maximum decentralization, we must, we have to, develop leaders who have incredible character under the intense pressure of ground combat. And there is no greater crucible than ground combat. Leaders who will make the right moral and ethical choice along with the right tactical choice in the most emotionally charged environment you will ever face. Each of you are those leaders. So in short, the next 20 or 25 years is not going to be like the last 20 or 25. The accumulating challenges we face and the changing character wars, unlike anything our nation has faced before. Globally, there's an increase in nationalism and authoritarian governments, regional arms races and unresolved territorial claims, ethnic and sectarian disputes in an attempt by some countries to return to an 18th century concept of balance of power politics with spheres of influence. So I went back in time a little bit to when I was you 43 years ago and I recalled some lyrics from Bob Dylan. And we can feel the light breeze in the air and right now as we sit here on the plane at West Point we can see the storm flags fluttering in the wind and we can hear in the distance the loud clap of thunder and a hard rain is about to fall. So let us let us here and now in the present let us commit to not march into that abyss blind to the changes. Let us be prepared for the first battle as you march off the plane of West Point into your future. Let us have the vision to change to prevent war from happening in the first place by maintaining the peace through strength of our military and the example of our values. It is up to us here today when you graduate as you get commissioned to commit you the class of 2022 you're going to lead us as a nation to the environment I just described. 20 years from now in 2042 many of you are going to be colonels or brigadiers 40 years from now one of you is going to be the chief of staff of the army and another one is going to be the chairman but no matter how long you serve or no matter rank you rise to your job is going to be to deter great power war and maintain the great power peace. Lastly you're about to take an oath as a commissioned officer in just a few minutes. You've already taken this oath when you first entered the academy. This oath is going to be your forever North Star and by taking this oath you're publicly stating that you're willing to suffer grievous wounds. You're publicly stating that you're willing to separate from your family for unknown periods of time to lose an eye or an arm or a leg to make great sacrifice. In fact, 1,628 of you cadets who graduated before you have been killed in action. They sacrifice all of their tomorrows for today. They laid the last full measure of devotion and the altar of freedom to protect the values enshrined in our constitution. And this is the essence of the long gray line. You are connected to them to each other and to all who come before you and all who will follow you. And if there's one message you remember from today it's the message of your oath. The message of what we stand for the message of why we fight and embedded within the documents that we call the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence is the idea, the idea that is America. And this idea is simple but it's incredibly powerful. It's so powerful that the Nazis were deathly afraid of it. We defeated Imperial Japan because of it. The Communist feared that the Soviet Union collapsed because of it. The fascist in Italy and the terrorists of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, they hate it. They hate this idea. And we take an oath not to a person, a king or a queen, not to a dictator or a tyrant or a would-be dictator. We don't take an oath to a religion or a tribe or even a country. No. We swear an oath to an idea an idea that is America. So what is this powerful idea? We'll look around you as you sit in front of me. Look around you right now and you can see that idea. Just look to your left and your right. And the idea is that every single one of you, it doesn't matter if you're male or female or gay or something in between. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you're black or you're white, Asian or Indian. It doesn't matter the color of your skin. It doesn't matter if you're Catholic or you're Protestant or you're Muslim or Jew. It doesn't matter if you don't believe at all. It doesn't matter where you came from what your last name is, what your country of origin is. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. Famers are common. None of that matters. The idea that's in that document. The idea for which you are willing to die. The idea that's in this Constitution that has propelled our nation to some of our darkest days. All it says that in this country in these United States under these colors of red, white and blue no matter who you are every single one of us by the grace of the almighty God in heaven is an American and every single one of us is born free and equal and you will rise or you are going to fall based on your talent, your merit, your attributes, your hard work, your perseverance and you're going to be judged by the content of your character not the color of your skin. And we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and all women are created equal and they are endowed by their creator with the certain inalienable rights and among those are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is what you are committing yourself to today in just a few minutes. That is what you are all about. That is why you will fight. That is why you will win and you will never, ever, ever turn your back on that constitution no matter what the price is to yourself. That's what guides every beating heart in the long great line today and that's what's guided it ever since the first day. So it's now time for you, the class of 22 to take the torch and protect and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. Lieutenants, we are proud of you. You have a difficult and dangerous road ahead and no one should underestimate it but you also have the opportunity the opportunity to navigate through those dangerous roads ahead and to lead our nation's most precious resource the young men and women who don the cloth of this nation the American soldier. We all have faith and confidence in each and every one of you. Congratulations to you and your family. May God bless West Point. May God bless the United States Army and may God bless the United States of America. Thank you. General Milley on behalf of the class of 2022 we'd like to present you this golden eagle as a token of appreciation. Thank you so much, sir. Please remain standing for the singing of the core. Ladies and gentlemen, the Dean of the academic board Brigadier General Shane R. Reeves Class of 2022 your education has prepared you to be a leader of character sworn to uphold the values embodied in our Constitution. So on behalf of the academic board I present these graduates and recommend each as worthy of the Bachelor of Science degree. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will present diplomas to the cadet first captain the class president the Army Athletic Association trophy winners the class valedictorian and those cadets awarded summa cum laude. Will the members of the class of 2022 now come forward to receive their diplomas? Congratulations. Top cadet, cadet first captain and brigade commander Xavier M. Williams class president Brendan Q. Nickturn Army Athletic Association trophy winner Stephanie C. Dahlahide Army Athletic Association trophy winner Jillian L. Schiffer Henry H. Thompson Travis J. Nichols class valedictorian Veronica M. Lucian Reed A. Bauer Emma S. SanMartin Richard J. Russell III Mitchell R. Cook Hannah M. Blakey Krista R. Flinkstrom Peyton A. Visconti William D. Dickerson Harris A. Williams Reese D. Warnes Kyle S. Ralph Samantha S. Huell Zachary T. Zaylor Anna E. Tovkacz Nicholas D. Eisenhower Mackenzie C. Curtin Aiden W. Roberts Clara J. Bartram Andrew J. Fonseca Lee Hao Tan from Singapore Kirsten J. O'Keeffe Jack M. Ames Sarah J. Guzzo Daniel M. Marks Isaac D. Hagberg Michael C. Matthews Eric S. Kulkarni Caroline R. Vincent Danielle K. Cross Sam D. Hassek Hunter C. Cochran Ari Morel Leah L. Erickson Christina M. Hughes Ryan P. Kreiser Daniel J. Walton Josiah B. Spain Francesco E. Latore James D. Jang Duncan R. Day Rogan W. Norell William D. Nauman Paul A. Lubke Michaela D. Rankin Mary G. Arnold Adam D. Johantas Parabda O. Jansson Kyle B. Stacks Miller C. Cronk Chase D. Plagans Jack H. Nuss Vincent A. Gaspari Ava R. Luskin Mackenzie M. Burns Thomas H. Moore Tasia Stevens Felita W. Zang Emily S. Minner Thomas A. Bat First Regiment Daniel P. Andreo Third Regiment Seth A. Adio Briar J. Bears David V. Bucklin James A. Bealer Cole T. Chappell Cooper R. Brooks Keona L. Conroy Humphrey Cole V. Canary Margaret C. Covey Hollis E. Clark Richard P. Zena III Mackenzie K. Cope Jack J. Fisher Jade L. Estelle Jordan M. Huck Savannah R. Fagan Diego E. Hutepane Dominic O. Garrison Samuel F. Jurgelite Reagan D. Greer Michael P. Kafka Helen R. Hedrick Daniel J. Kim Bradley M. Loughlin Ethan Kim James K. Mathis Jada A. Lester Ethan L. Mercado Nicholas J. Mazzaro Jordan A. Palomino Hope J. Mosley Marshall D. Plunkett Mary Jo Pigeon Thomas L. Paulimas Natalia K. Rivera-Rivera Paul A. Rocha Steven W. Rodey Lowe L. Seychow Katelyn A. Rook Luke E. Sanders Altarik A. Samuel Carson M. Smith Jillian R. Shullery Landry I. Sanger Paul F. Stanley Strider S. Sully Dennis A. Tysher Adam Tollicoll John A. Tichner IV Jonathan J. Topping Joshua N. Williams Nathaniel A. Wilson Nicholas J. Williams Ethan D. Berengan David W. Woodward Alexander D. Bartow Jack T. Bortus Robert J. Carroll Aiden J. Burns Wyatt J. Flynn Patrick J. Delaney Jr. Vaden A. Fowler Nicholas S. Dennis Donovan P. Hinton Aaron C. Doehart Mallory J. Byrd Charlton P. Epperson Brennan C. Hudson Zorian D. Flowers Evan J. Jackshaw Connor W. Prudenthal Nathaniel W. Jones Jr. Raimundo Gonzalez David W. Kim II Morgan C. Hebbard Blaine R. Madsen Jordan T. Jones Mason R. Matuk Robert R. Jorgensen III Maxwell J. Macaulay Dean M. Kepnang Lauren G. McMahon Sam F. Kesty Casey J. Noonan Bom Joon Kim from South Korea Brielyssa F. Norman Tessa N. Kimbler Theodore J. Pritchard Anais L. Leone Kelly Rinaldo A. Romero Benjamin K. Lundquist Bradley J. Schweiker Zachary A. Mitchell Gavin B. Shapiro Josie A. Olson Lean Tree Rachel E. Orr Francis C. Veery Court H. Pease Madeleine R. Whaley Ryan M. Smith Rihanna C. White Owen N. States Mateus A. Williams Dillion J. Taylor Courtney J. Zeiler David J. Uzka Jack T. Brown Joseph P. Watts Nathan C. Bynton Isaac J. Antony Joshua D. Caldwell Matthew D. Bassett Mora E. Callahan Lillian B. Brown Palmer L. Chinchin Cassie J. Dailey Edward E. Crutchfield III Alexander L. Denhoff J. A. DeRosia Reagan B. Fleming Alexandra G. DeMarco Riley K. Fry Drew A. Durkin Clavis L. Gilbert II Michael J. Fallon Kevin C. Hamilton Jr. Hans W. Fota Ryan T. Hogan Chase T. Gedney Thomas M. Katzinas Enrique I. Gonzalez Brendan M. Kanespol Patrick M. Hockmeister Philip N. Miranda Christopher C. Hinsley Ian C. Morris David J. Wang Jackson T. Morris Claire E. Jones Andrew P. Morrison Douglas S. Jones Paul G. Russell Edward W. King Sarah C. Rutherford Makayla B. Lowe Cheedo I. Rakhanda Matthew P. Mien Ryan C. Spencer Brandon M. Mixon Angela Joy Bantris Joseph D. Moore Ariana M. Atkins Mills Mitchell N. Potter Catherine R. Buckingham Anna Seary Ainsley C. Burrell Dominic Schultz Jack T. Collard Nicholas D. Tavisoli John M. Cote Shayla J. Thornton R. Clayton E. Szynski Amir Udler Alexander E. Evangelista Elias C. Utz Samantha C. Fusik Cameron J. Barla Kyle S. Hamrat Marshall H. Beatty William P. Hogan Gabriella F. Boatwright Matthew W. Horace Mackenzie L. Borchers James P. Irish Hunter L. Gravel Jason Y. Johnson Steven P. Butts Jake T. Lanham Carter R. Davis Kevin Lee Samantha L. Dimeo Quentin T. Marmo Sarah R. Gallison Grace O. Martin Timothy O. Higgins Daniela L. Mendoza Joshua L. Jackson Ryan J. Miller Polacrid Karki Andre M. Panko Piljan Wack Marshall J. Pratt Mason Lee Hunter C. Richard Amanda L. Martin Chloe E. Schretzman Ryan K. Matz Matthew J. Small Grace Reinhard Timothy R. Stewart Jr. Brendan T. Stanton Justin R. Young Elias A. Stevenson George S. Zang Rondell T. Thomas Dorian A. Bailey William T. Waters Caldwell B. Bryan Terrell L. Wetzel Elise G. Bonapane Creighton A. Wise Alyssa H. Chalaras Christopher T. Blaine Paige M. Cooper Maxwell R. Brough Maria M. Crawford Lauren A. Karag R. Davy Delaney L. Carter Benjamin T. Delebel Alondra M. Koyasu Dante M. DeAngelis Razvenci Kresta Caden A. Foster Noah A. Daigle Ryan P. Griffin Dr. Dawson Charisma G. Henry Logan K. Docherty Andrew T. Hip Joseph R. Doran III Trevor D. Hunt Chloe J. Foster Christina N. Huynh Brandon D. Harder Caleb C. John Catherine J. Kaiser Benjamin A. Kelly Corinne M. Curse William P. Kiley Thaddeus S. Lepcio III Benjamin V. Lehan Landon D. Long Benjamin M. Meary Joseph W. Maddock L. Norris Joseph D. McDermond Nicholas L. Shriver David S. Mitchell Connor R. Urquhart Malcolm O. Morrison Sean L. Wilson Matthew S. Musser Michael Y. Altenberg Rodrigo R. Altolozega Dylan C. Parsons Breanne M. Barrett Maraj S. Villas Brenna M. Bolman Samuel J. Worley Jerry S. Cable Colton W. Whitstall Michael G. Cassis Jacob A. Burgess Jimmy H. Chung Edmund S. Cameron Andrew R. Dunham Samantha K. Chen Cedric J. Everhart Marco A. Kopat Catherine B. King Michael M. Devine Matthew S. LaPointe Alex J. Moeller Catherine H. Gloss Mitchell C. Monahan Heather P. Graham Luke A. Pengelli Nolan H. Green Holden S. Quinn Matthew D. Hawkins Utah Y. Rinson from the Kingdom of Bhutan Samuel A. Hepilani Nathaniel C. Sanborn Michael J. Ianelli Waverly K. Schnetzler Sydney S. Johnson Nicholas C. Schultz Casey L. Comar Samuel H. Shaw Kyle A. Kovac Stonewall T. Sisk Blake A. Ladoo Jocelyn M. Stearns Simon J. Lee Jacob D. Sapaia Benjamin A. McAfee Miles R. Walker Matthew D. McNamara Maggie L. Weir Paul A. Murray Thomas R. Pohamas Jeremiah B. Adams David A. Ryan Adam D. Black John R. Weigand Jr. Amelia R. Blackwell Cole S. Wyman Alexandra C. Bowles Kamate D. Yau Lialyn J. Berger III Dora L. Zoller Kalyn Q. Bird Micah J. Bibb Jackson R. Colehauer James W. Burns Steven B. Cooper II Eric T. Butte James E. Cox II Nicholas T. Calhoun Cedric L. Cunningham Jr Akesha D. Chai Madeleine G. Freedlin Joseph E. Salanti John M. Gillan Nola J. Dix Zachary R. Glenn Lawrence M. Dowd John A. Gray John D. Feeney Holton R. Greenfield Madeleine O. Gilmore Dylan V. Hill Zachary C. Kimbrough Kevin Lee Dean P. Kleinfelder Alexander K. Nguyen Clayton J. Leonard Ransom K. Redman Rosalba Martinez James E. Sales Garrett J. Matthews M.E.R. Shakat Hunter W. Me Joshua L. Scherner Allard H. Peng Justin I. Vargas Julia K. Queen Thomas F. Wassel Emily E. Robinson Thomas J. Whiting Harmon A. St. Germain Heinemann M. Andres II Matthew D. Sanders James B. Collaway Jacob R. Schroeder K. Wood J. A. Schiffler Garrett A. Dever Eric C. Smith Max O. Dorman Chloe P. Tran Alisa D. Fallon Jacob A. Wicker Sydney M. Gadsden Christopher R. Williams Jillian C. Gonzales Michael N. Arnold Jr Joshua A. Hensley Michael S. Bigelow Alexander S. Inman Nicholas P. Cheshire Matthew P. Jabloner Jordan N. Dingle John J. Kim Elizabeth G. Ernst Mason A. Cullenchak Morgan P. Ernst Andrew R. Krar Maya S. Ginsburg Benjamin S. Lowry Marcus V. Hartman Evan K. Lee Shane C. Hickman Brody R. Low Aiden D. Hockrock Patrick T. McTiernan Jersey B. Holly Nathan T. Miles Sebastian N. Karpinski Maggie K. O'Neill Gregory D. Lair Tyler J. Obrick Mora Gian O. Mylad Julia E. Osborn Julian A. McDuffie Casper T. Plack Devin S. McNeil Paul B. Tan Armando M. Melendez III Malachi T. Williams Christopher J. Miranda Justcard Augustine Andrew P. Quattel Elizabeth S. Bradley Lissa Lauren M. Rockleader Michael J. Byrne Donald B. Seafrey Tyler K. Cooper Benjamin J. Spyro Derek E. Durth Luke K. Stoner Nicholas J. Dalio William K. Gilmore Joseph D. Waddington Thomas C. Hannah Berman M. Wilson Bryce A. Hill Matthew J. Weiser Allison M. Ingram Michael J. Ainsworth Chandler C. Jones Jessica J. Berry Michael A. Jones Azir Bin Abdullah Benjamin T. Kinker Jacob C. DeLuzac Caleb G. Coyne Alexander M. Enriquez Andrew K. Kratz Mark G. Fishpatcher Tyler J. Lashay Sierra M. Gordon Amanda L. McDonough Nestor T. Grubb John C. Mendoza Angelica D. Pepper Kiara Pearson David Jung James K. Pryor II Isabella S. Reef Ethan C. Caster Rachel M. Ritler Carter A. Kowalewski Andres H. Rodriguez Jacob T. McGaffey Zachariah T. Shalio Gunner J. Phillip Corey S. Sheff Blake E. Stevens Marco C. Rizzi Natalie C. Stralkas Jeffrey J. Ross Jaylin M. Thomas Dominic M. Spigarelli Fourth Regiment Noah E. Aaron Evan L. Tabor J. Chase Nicole J. Watland Christopher D. DeBroon William M. Watson William W. Eklund Euston Zayn Jonathan A. Byler Second Regiment A.J. A. Harry Herron Jasmine M. Haynes Anna H. Bedford Averro L. Howard Jr. Rebecca L. Buchel Sebastian L. Jaggett Robert T. Chappell Jackson J. Jones Nolan W. Cockrell Sokyon Jung Francis H. Kakabas Matthew F. Donzie Tanner R. Kublik Kyle J. Dudi Soo Jung Lim Colin M. Gross Brock H. Nathan Sijun Hwang Deanna R. O'Grince Jakata M. Jack J. Ortman the Fourth Michael B. Jackson Andrew M. Fan Vincent M. Cacholo Cameron B. Smith Eric C. Pesea Cooper A. Smith Nicholas M. Kotak Kendra M. Strom Tyler M. Long Rebecca M. Syrup Steven D. McCarty Liam J. Thayer Thomas J. Messner Luke A. Whitman Oyefe O'Ola O. Omelade Nicholas P. Ajbe Adam G. Palmer Joseph A. Palumbi Connor P. Beckman Tyler J. Radevich Christopher M. Cameron Sinyunak Shin Leah M. Cobb Donovan R. Smith James S. Crane Cameron A. Thompson Joshua C. Damer Eliana C. Vargas Joshua M. Davis Sierra M. Weston Chase A. Desidero Taub Alexa S. Zammett Aaron C. Flowers Andrew J. Allen Jamir W. Gibson Lauren E. Anderson Thomas D. Gover Abigail E. Green Matthew O. Armstrong Gavin M. Green Timothy S. Bitsberger II Craig A. Hamilton Jenna P. Vostick Ryan D. Herbrick Caleb O. Burnett Thorin M. Sean Jabari D. Laws Jasmine M. Conroy Humphrey Isaac J. Dixon The Ford Daniel A. Lynch Rachel Ford Randy P. Mackenzie III Skyler S. Franz Scott R. Murphy Joseph P. Hanyan David K. Enkansa Brandon M. Phillips Jacob C. Hancox Pawat from Rosca from Thailand James R. Johnson III Colin J. Rickman Peter S. Kell Giovanni R. Sierra Olaf Korachuk Alexis M. Villanueva Jungun Lee Kennedy D. Warren James F. McGuire IV Andrew T. Zidler Abram A. Marvel Steven D. Andreen Nicholas J. McDonald Brett R. Boswell Peter T. Ogonsania Jr Spencer D. Cohen Joshua M. Dale Dennis J. Rice Christopher B. Frazier Lindsey J. Scammon Mitchell A. Gilley Jack K. Stecker Evan W. Lee Andre W. Walden Joshua O. Lloyd Robert J. Abshire Maxwell P. McKendry Jacob J. Barnes Brian T. Meaghan John Anthony G. Bartley Morales Zachary J. Ortman Zachary T. Bolan Illy Park William E. Cobble Sean P. Raftery Kirsten N. Combs Isabella P. Regine Lauren E. Barpole Sean P. Rogers Kirby L. Horn Kaylee A. Rosenberger Robert C. Kirkland Isabella M. Salem Blake P. Leone Joseph W. Schupler Charles E. Marashlian Robert J. Simons Emily E. McCoo Zachary R. Ward Cameo R. Moody James M. Balarjan Jalen R. Moy Jackson T. Beale Benjamin R. Ostrander Rachel A. Carlton Austin J. Packard Aiden P. Christensen John R. Ponzi Jr. Javier A. Fernandez John H. Redman Bianca E. Greer Matthew T. Rushing Wesley F. Hacker Mark S. Salat Zane B. Hampton Samuel L. Shroyer Cameron D. Holloway J. Spencer Hunter A. Jackson Miriam G. Tolston Andrew S. Kim Brandon E. Walters Mark S. Kim Nicholas A. Wandy Thomas E. Knight III Lakin P. West Connor R. Kratzes Madeline E. Allen Cody A. Lockard Garrett K. Brown Kane J. Lounsbury Joseph C. Chellis Nicholas Manesis Megan D. Colpo Alliun A. Mbouch Nanna K. Donkwa Michael A. Mboni Kirsten M. Douglas Hunter B. Makosh Tyler B. Harman Maximilian D. McHale Declan G. Henryx Katelyn J. Murray Thomas S. Hilt Sunju Myung Bliss Hutchings Preston L. Pounds Colin R. Jones Alejandro R. Kiro Starbo Catherine L. Leewalk Alexi N. Rengel Cole J. Lindell Thomas H. Sonny III Madison Laverso Davis E. Ulrich Jonathan T. Meinke Nanki Burma Caroline M. Raymond Valentina M. Vincent John J. Scully Michael A. Acevedo Race L. Turner Emily L. Barnhorst Taylor H. Ufford Garrett W. Bates Steven M. Valenti Reese H. Camp Spencer L. Walsh Alexander M. Craig Karen R. Yan Monica L. Davis Justin M. Altrouji Sean M. Eckert Matthew E. Buchanan Ezra N. Grant Nibuchi N. Buhenzwa Tommy L. Hall III Justin A. Corozo Andrew J. Harvey Eric M. Celia Brandon C. Hernandez Noah T. Cirillo Anaya Halai from Albania Keller W. Conroad Connor S. Hobe William G. Constantine John M. Johnson IV Liam M. Davenport Jake T. Killian Jolie Duong Noah P. Kim Timothy J. Foss David S. Lee Christopher R. Fox Conrad W. Markert Ezra L. Harris Dylan J. Nunn Che Chi Hu Lauren L. Ausby Jay Macias Brandon V. Palmatier Kobe E. Mack Caitlin P. Schwording Ashley N. Merritt Kiara S. Sweeney Sean A. Michael Spencer R. Alexander Alexander W. Murphy Sarah M. Bonn Anessa J. Ridley Thomas C. Brown Justice G. Robertson Andrew R. Corkery Robert A. Rosaza Brennan B. Coulson Maxwell A. Sackett Mackenzie K. Crandall Kevin A. Simbrat Jr. Calvin L. Eisenberg Taylor M. Sullivan Roxanna O. Gazinski John F. Swanton John C. Gordon John M. Terrell Matthew A. Gray Anna K. Venage Devon M. Greenfield Kevin A. Wrabelich Jr. Emma R. Hampel Mercy E. Allen Oren K. Harble Colin J. Beeleck Roy A. Hopgood Curtis D. Clute Gavin O. Jones Patrick N. Dominic Christopher X. Kyle John H. Ellesher Payton W. Laughlin Patrick R. Hettler Daniel J. Kilbasa Rick F. Massey Jacob J. Kibuski Jessica J. Min Margot E. Kavaznik Nolan R. Pierce Nikita Y. Larichev Bradley D. Pease John J. McGory III William D. Porter Minna T. Mohamed Deanna A. Powell Joshua C. Moore Cody S. Quelland Jaden J. Pittman Minky Sayo Grant D. Raleigh Alexander P. Sobeski Taylor R. Sherlemore Jackson D. Turner Amelia I. Schrader John Christopher A. Watson Kishan T. Sullivan Danielle K. Wortman Phoenix C. Tabasso Evan Zhang Shirley C. Tang Jonathan G. Andrews Jake T. Bowman Michael Belsberg Luke R. Windisch Maxwell A. Blackman Caitlin E. Zoner Robert E. Bolin Daniel J. Alemo Cameron B. Ceruto Alexander A. Amaya Naomi A. Collin James W. Ariel Raph L. Horton III Olivia A. Carter Eleanor D. Drexler Austin L. Chambers William J. Anglish Dominic P. Creno Madison E. Faust William G. Efranga John A. Flaherty Alexander Ghazani Wyatt L. Fornstrom Zachary R. Harding Brooks H. Jose Shania K. Harris Cameron T. Jones Gabrielle H. Ingram David Kim Michael J. Kaler Tucker S. Martin Jack J. Kotak Michelle McIntosh Daniel B. Lore Rebecca L. McNeil Thomas E. Lubno III Madeline G. Asuna Patrick D. McClain Clayton N. Porcaro Eric J. Manning Mark D. Cuisnell N. M. McCulloch Nicholas J. Cerna David R. McDonald III Carissa N. Swanson Darby M. Nelligan Luke D. Turner Liam M. O'Malley Finnean E. Baye Epiphany V. Onuma Donkeen John P. Wharton Benjamin D. Pyle Jane Y. Yan Kirk R. Ruro Cade M. Barnard Mark J. Salisman Casey T. Buck Shannon R. Almenera Christopher A. Burleson Yariah N. Armstrong Jacob G. Casale Austin T. Arnett Wilson A. Cado Margaret R. Ballou Rachel L. Dodson Luke J. Beach Tyler E. Gaten Rory A. Blanketship M. Golden Ethan N. Burby Danielle L. Heider David R. Gorshine Leo E. Henry Brent M. Halk Nathaniel L. Holloway III Blake W. Paverin Chris Jyn Nicholas B. Jones Robert D. Powell Michal Kaminski from Poland Kiana D. Jackson Jason Lee Noah H. Knapp Nicholas A. Listerman David T. Martin Jason L. Longwell Sean T. McNulty Steven M. Lopez Alexander O. Mensa Jack W. McCorrick Jan V. Andrejczyk Christina E. Mackey Daniel J. Pidi Matthew A. Martin Oscar K. Pereira Massimo D. Manguito Blake D. Rhimes Hannah C. Percher Jonathan P. Reimers-Peters Ethan J. Rabb Michael I. Roberts Stone M. Sawyer David Y. Song Peter J. Schrader Matthew A. Tilke Lauren E. Stovar Taylor M. Topping Conrad Z. Barbry Andrew I. Watts Paola A. Bow Joshua A. Barnes Jordan B. Coleman Jackson R. Barnwell Kaylee J. Conrad James L. Belucci Phillip T. Dainty Seth B. Bolden Isaac J. Ford Hayden C. Bollinger Adam M. Thucque Kobe M. Budak Tai A. Hoeman Jordan M. Davis Emily R. Ayanati Jared A. Duquesne Victoria M. Kearns Emily P. Donalo Kyle D. Craig Mackenzie M. Doyle Jacob D. Lauck Samantha S. Edwards Nicholas E. Mackie Mallory B. Iken Gerardo A. Marengo Sarah G. Furch Calvin R. McKee Chase M. Harkins Natalie A. Murphy Megan E. Hutter Tavares M. Pearson Jr Esther J. Kang Rahul Pushpala Franklin T. Lee Nicholas A. Ramos Thomas J. Luzo III Ramsey R. Ruabia Anthony T. LaRico Mulangario D. Rugema Joshua J. Mitchell Garrett E. Smoot Josiah S. Wright Benjamin C. Sullivan Joshua C. Ridden Ian A. Chelta Brandon M. Roy Ellington M. Ward Carissa A. Stubblefield Sean A. Welsh Brendan J. Thiel Benjamin D. Westberg John C. Walden Crystal Jung Tristan S. Williams Darian L. York Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the singing of the Alma Mater. Please remain standing while the Oath of Office is administered to the Class of 2022 by the United States Military Academy Commandant of Cadets. Brigadier General Mark C. Quander. Raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, state your full name. Having been appointed an officer. Having been appointed an officer. And the Army of the United States. And the Army of the United States. And the grade of Second Lieutenant. And the grade of Second Lieutenant. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. That I will support and defend the Constitution. That I will support and defend the Constitution. Of the United States. Of the United States. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. That I take this obligation freely. Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. And that I will well and faithfully. Discharge the duties of the office. Discharge the duties of the office. Upon which I am about to enter. Upon which I am about to enter. So help me God. So help me God. Please lower your hand. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing and join in the singing of the official army song, The Army Goes Rolling Along. Please remain standing for the benediction by chaplain Keith Good. I invite you to join me as we bless the class of 2022. Oh Lord, it is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step in looking back on the steps that have made up this incredible 47 month journey. We cannot help but be thankful for the memories that have been made along this path, both the good and the bad, for beast and buckner, for social runs and ring weekends, for friendships made and hearts broken. Lord will even be thankful for COVID challenges and yodel. It has been an incredible thousand mile journey. But Lord they have now crossed this stage and now they step out into the world to begin again. In this journey of life, Lord, I ask that you bless these few with a leadership that is strong, with lessons that are deep, love that is real, and laughter that is lasting. Dear Lord, bless them. Keep them. Make your face smile upon them. Dear Lord, give them your peace. Amen. Days. Read. Coming on, take charge. Lieutenant Pratt, dismissed the graduating class.