gen. dempsey: what department of defense systems support? >> yeah. gen. : i may have to phone a friend here. [laughter] deanie dempsey: the policy and freshman rosemary williams. i know who heads it. [inaudible] yes, and family policy. that's the one. they are definitely connected to the kids. she runs a for him and she puts out information, and in turn we give her information or issues to be worked. gen. dempsey: now, that's the office and she's kind of a person who runs the office, but i'll tell you the support group is for military families are the chiefs of staff of the services and their senior enlisted leaders and their spouses. gen. dempsey: one of the reasons we travel is to interact with counterparts around the world. but when we travel domestically, my principal purpose is to make sure that we are giving our young air men, soldiers, marines, and coast guard members what they need and find out what is going right and, importantly, what is not going right. then we get back on the airplane and i am trying to fall asleep and she is wearing me out. ya

gen. dempsey: thank you. [applause] gen. dempsey: the greatest gifts we get is to see you all together doing what doing. so thank you very much. deanie dempsey: thank you. [applause] general griffin: general dempsey, general dempsey, before you leave, i want to tell you there were wonderful words for children of any age and adults of any age. i want to thank both of you for your service to this nation and a tremendous job you have done in defense of this nation, in support of the military and again in support of the military child education coalition. you have been special friends to them. i know you well and i just want, from the bottom of my heart, much for what you do not only what you do for , military children in military families, but for the armed forces. gen. dempsey: thanks. [applause] >> till we meet again. >> ashton carter spoke to that group on friday. he spoke about ensuring educational opportunities and support for children of military families. he also highlighted an effort to partner with nonmilitary schools t