to my right is lieutenant genre tired james duvik, he is a fellow at the institute for the study of war. he is a career infantry officer. i am sorry to hear about that. i am an artilleryman. he commanded the 25th infantry division at forth lewis, and the multi-national security transition command in iraq. then my old friend and colleague, mr. frank hoffman, he is a senior research fellow at the institute for national strategic studies. marine officer. i am sorry about that. >> who has walked and carried a pack as well. >> he has left the naval office for capabilities and readiness. he is published on hive wid warfare. we have been mates and co- conspirators together for many things. we want to ask everybody to turn all cell phones, blackberries and other things off. after the presentations, we will have time for our discussion. let us run through the discussion and then we will open it up to the floor. for questions, there will be microphones present. i will moderate the "q & a" and make sure you are called on in an orderly fashion. the intent today is to talk about a report that was on