there are other issues on the stove as well for ucom. we're supporting other combatant command through our forward presence in europe, africom and monitoring of unrest in north africa. centcom with force flee in and out of -- flow with monitoring situation on the ground in irrake and syria. transcom and socom and their missions as well. we are assisting opcw in ridding the world of syrian chemical weapons. a recent highlight in these efforts that the cape ray will arrive in the port tomorrow to transload syrian chemical weapons from the danish vessel. and then transit to international waters to neutralize the chemical agents in a safe and environmentally soundmanner. concurrently we have also been engaging in ongoing operations with nato in defending our partner turkey. and our commitment to the defense of israel. make no mistake, our operational tempo is high but the spirit and morale of our forces is high as well. every airman, soldier, sailor and marine i've had the opportunity to meet is fully up on our mission and eager to do their