spencer. chief brian thomas is here and perhaps others but if i could ask all of those officers to stand. and then if we could, have all of the active duty service men and women that are here today also stand but let's give our military leaders a great -- [ applause ] and if you guys can stay standing, if you guys can stay standing, then also, could we have all of the veterans in the room, anybody who ever served at any time in your life, all of the veterans, if you could please stand. [ applause ] i want to give a ssh specialout shout to tribal leaders. one thing that everybody should know, you know, in our country the group that volunteers and enlists and searches the a higher percentage than any other group in the country is american-indians. native-americans, right there. [ applause ] it's also an incredibly special honor today that we've got private first class lynn oz with us. this gentleman served in world war ii and served with distinction. he won the medals for bravery, the bronze star, the purple heart. answer just last year, the country of france awarded lynn aas the highest mi