sarah spradlin. yep. all right. i got it right. i'm a marine corps veteran, and she will introduce her panel. so thank you very much from. thank you. thank you. we are very excited to be here today and i really first want to start out and say that on behalf of this panel, this remarkable group of women that i have the honor and privilege to call my sisters in soft service. we welcome you to this discussion on women soft and before we get started, while i still have the floor, i would like to give a shout out to a group of cadets here that hold a very special place in my heart, because i am very proud graduate of the virginia tech corps cadets. and so to all my hokies, salute pros m and semper fidelis, and i look forward to talking with me here today. we have first and foremost as lieutenant commander kathleen cox. lieutenant commander alex dietrich. major katie hernandez. and last but certainly not least, colonel allison black. and so as we start this panel discussion, we think about we have this amazing opportunity to acknowledge