. >> atmel? >> good afternoon. thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before the committee to highlight the posture of the special forces command. i would like to thank you for the strong support of this body and we are a product of the congress. we're well-positioned to meet the expectations of the special operations forces. a special operations command is responsible for the servant components command, the special operations command and the marine corps forces, the nabal's pressure -- special warfare command. we are treating the forces to serve under the operational control of the commanders around the world. the headquarters has many of the responsibilities and the authorities and the characteristics of the defense agency, including a separate budget established by the congress to fund the head of men and material, services and training in the operational activities that are peculiar to special operations. this has also been designated as the command responsible for synchronizing the department of def