. >> the ukraine, does that change your equation on what needs to necessarily stay in eucom as well as how do you present that? >> i think it's a great question. we have all often worried about what is the force that we should plan for. for the last 12 to 14 years we have been looking at russia as a partner. we have been make in decisions about force structure basing investments etc. etc., looking to rush as a partner. now what we see is a very different situation. so i think it was illustrative to just take for example what happened on the ukrainian border just some weeks ago. 28 battalion task groups combined arms force there with the air and land forces integrated well. that gives us a good idea to think about what we might face in the future and gives us a baseline for that conversation about what should be our capacity and capability both inside and u.s. forces in europe. >> kai. i am with air force magazine. i am in the same vein wanted to know if you could tell us whether we can expect the esc to give the -- to be completed and also how much more the air force can expect to be i