commander, colonel dan thole. [ cheers ] >> your senior enlisted leaders command sergeant leader chris grecacommand sar genth leader chris farris, chief sergeant leader matt lusung. and most of all i want to salute all of the spouses and military families on base, because let's be honest, they are the force behind the force. [ applause ] >> i . . . i spent time with some of them last night, and it's clear why our military is the finest fighting force in the history of the world, and it's because our military families are serving right alongside of you. i know we have got some air force in the house. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's great to be at the home of the 6th air mobility wing. [ applause ] >> 927 air refuelling wing, sentcom, so com, we have got some army, navy, marines, coast guard. [ applause ] [ laughter ] >> we love our coast guard. [ laughter ] >> now, i'm not here to give a long speech. what i really wanted to do is just come down and shake some hands. i just received a briefing from general austin and met with your commanders. met with representatives from more than 40 nations.

your senior enlisted leaders, command sergeant major chris greca, command sergeant major chris burns, chief major ergeant matt lucera. [cheers and applause] and most of all i want to salute all the spouses and military families on base because let's be honest, they're the force behind the force. cheers and applause] i spent time with some of the them last night. it's clear why our military is the finest fighting force in the history of the world, and it's because our military families are serving right alongside you. i know we've got some air force in the house. [cheers and applause] great to be at the home of the sixth air mobility wing. 927th air refueling wing. sent come. socom. we've -- centcom. socom. we've got some army here. navy. marines. coast guard. [laughter] we love our coast guard. now i'm not here to give a long speech. what i really wanted to do was just come down and shake some hands. i just received a briefing from general austin and met with your commanders. met with representatives from more than 40 nations. it is a true team effort here at mcdill. and i came here t