[applause] afterier gen. vaught: graduating from the university anillinois, working for atomic energy company for about five years, i received a letter from an army recruiter telling me that i could get a commission and i could manage and supervise and that is what i wanted to do. so i joined the air force. what can i say? [laughter] brigadier gen. vaught: and when i think back to that time in 1957, when i think about the opportunities open, number one, position,one colonels only one that i could compete for, the director of women in the air force. -- thinkld not be about becoming a general because the law said that women could not be generals or admirals so that was out. the laws i think about that passed in 1948 said we were limited to 2% of the force and at that time we were .7 of 1%. by 1967 during the vietnam war that law was changed. the limit was taken away, the 2% limit and the restriction on promotions was taken away. think at that point in my life 10 years after i had gone in, i immediately thought, i am g