gen. perkins: the unit in poland is my old unit. that is very much in conjunction with of this, -- with this, we are rotating the division, poland one of our great nato allies. we're trying to provide options as well as a deterrent for fierce competitors in that area. as i was coming into the army, we had formally -- we have forces firmly station in europe -- stationed in europe. the station in poland is from for carson, colorado -- fort carson, colorado. we move them around. they have been in the baltics, romania, places like that. it is providing a lot of different options. with that requires for the army is enough to have a much more agile army. when i was growing up, you were stationed here and you would fight in one location. our army is smaller now than when i was a lieutenant but our requirements are even larger than when i was a lieutenant so we have to be more agile with our army. it have to have many more capabilities. no more one trick ponies. these are called icons. i cannot have units or icons that can do one thing. the