and alan kasey is with us, as well. he's encouraged us to apply some lessons to form a new national service alliance with a common vision, clear goals, and a plan of action to meet them. he is also the author of the best-selling book, my share of the task. how many of you read it, please, hands go up, good, more of you should. and new book team of teams set for release in 2015. so today, the national conference on citizenship is honored to present general stanley mcchrystal with the award commissioned by the major george a. smith memorial fund. this annual award is designed to honor the life and service of major smith, a man who served for 20 years in the u.s. army as a foreign area officer throughout the middle east and spent his retirement working with fema to help hurricane victims restart their lives. his family established the award to recognize an outstanding veteran who defines their citizenship through service to our country both in uniform and beyond. i cannot think of anyone who could better fit that than our