i want to thank also from my office, emile and kim for working with all of the committees that had jurisdiction to expedite the fact that this would be done before june 25. and i'm reminded when you gave the facts as to when the north koreans invaded south korea, i was a 20-year-old kid in the barracks in fort lose, washington, when the sergeant screamed that the north koreans had invaded south korea and the second infantry division was slated to go to defend them. i was so anxious to leave i said, where the heck is korea? and i had no idea that a police action involved putting yourself in harm's way. and aby -- away we did go. there was some question whether we could even land because the north korean communists had been so successful that they drove the 25, the 25th divisions that were in japan and the people's republic of south korea to the peninsula, but we were able to push them back. the marines landed and the chinese came and you know the rest of that story. but, how grateful it is to be not just alive but to know that we all participated once again in defending a democracy even in count

emil, the army acquisition executive. i am not in that chain of command. >> let me talk to you in another capacity. under the homes of the host nation contract, there are eight contractors and their required to provide security. the security provisions specify about six security vehicles and 24 guards for every 20 trucks. the host nation trucking companies run 8000 truck emissions per month. -- trucking emissions per month. do you believe that it is appropriate to have trucking contractors that have only two or three of their employees in theater? the believe it is logical to have them in a war zone? >> under the host nation contract that we have with those eight vendors, part of that is that they provide their own private security. they go out and subcontract for that. that is allowable under the terms and conditions of the contract and we put into place. >> howell pro for it? -- how appropriate is it for them to be there if they have never been out on the road? is that correct oversight and management? >> when we visite