WEBVTT 00:00.899 --> 00:02.788 Distinguished guests . Ladies and 00:02.788 --> 00:04.955 gentlemen , good afternoon and welcome 00:04.955 --> 00:07.066 to the United States Army Futures and 00:07.066 --> 00:09.121 Concept Center transfer of authority 00:09.121 --> 00:10.899 ceremony . The host for today's 00:10.899 --> 00:13.121 ceremony is the Commanding General Army 00:13.121 --> 00:15.010 Futures Command , General James E 00:15.010 --> 00:17.549 Rainey . Please stand for the rendering 00:17.559 --> 00:19.670 of honors the national anthem and the 00:19.670 --> 00:21.615 invocation given by chaplain Steve 00:21.615 --> 00:22.615 Cantrell . 02:06.879 --> 02:10.380 Let us pray dear heavenly Father . 02:10.649 --> 02:13.190 We thank you for our great country and 02:13.199 --> 02:16.360 for America's army bless this transfer 02:16.369 --> 02:18.470 of authority as we bid farewell to 02:18.479 --> 02:20.929 Lieutenant General mckean and welcome 02:20.940 --> 02:23.162 Lieutenant General . Honey , as our new 02:23.162 --> 02:25.460 leader , we are grateful for the mckean 02:25.470 --> 02:28.529 family and we warmly receive the honey 02:28.539 --> 02:31.360 family . Lord bless the Futures and 02:31.369 --> 02:33.460 Concept Center with increasing 02:33.479 --> 02:35.960 effectiveness in the army futures 02:35.970 --> 02:39.440 command mission and God our faithful 02:39.449 --> 02:42.250 shepherd do bless the future army being 02:42.259 --> 02:45.199 built by this great organization which 02:45.210 --> 02:47.410 in your holy name . I pray . Amen . 02:48.630 --> 02:49.686 Please be seated . 02:53.710 --> 02:55.321 We would like to welcome our 02:55.321 --> 02:57.321 distinguished guests , the soldiers 02:57.321 --> 02:59.154 department of army civilians and 02:59.154 --> 03:01.099 contractor teammates attending the 03:01.099 --> 03:03.099 ceremony today and those joining us 03:03.099 --> 03:05.210 virtually . Thank you all for joining 03:05.210 --> 03:07.266 us . At this time . We would like to 03:07.266 --> 03:09.488 recognize members of Lieutenant General 03:09.488 --> 03:11.599 mckean and Lieutenant General Honey's 03:11.599 --> 03:13.488 families in attendance today with 03:13.488 --> 03:15.710 Lieutenant General mckean is his wife , 03:15.710 --> 03:17.766 Mrs Kim mckean along with many other 03:17.766 --> 03:19.766 family and friends . At this time , 03:19.766 --> 03:22.029 Miss Leah Jones is presenting a bouquet 03:22.039 --> 03:24.940 of red roses to Mrs mckean to thank the 03:24.949 --> 03:26.838 mckean family for their dedicated 03:26.838 --> 03:29.270 service and support to the FCC family 03:38.210 --> 03:40.210 in attendance today with Lieutenant 03:40.210 --> 03:42.543 General . Honey is his wife Mrs Shelley . 03:42.543 --> 03:44.877 Honey and daughter Taylor , his brother , 03:44.877 --> 03:47.043 Colonel Retired Daniel . Honey and his 03:47.043 --> 03:49.043 wife Rebecca and his niece , Second 03:49.043 --> 03:51.099 Lieutenant Kristen . Honey . At this 03:51.099 --> 03:53.043 time , Lieutenant General Honey is 03:53.043 --> 03:55.266 presenting a bouquet of yellow roses to 03:55.266 --> 03:57.266 Mrs Shelley honey and a gift to his 03:57.266 --> 03:59.488 daughter Taylor , welcoming them to the 03:59.488 --> 03:58.389 FCC family . 04:15.419 --> 04:17.399 The United States Army Futures and 04:17.410 --> 04:19.720 Concept Center was created July 1st 04:19.730 --> 04:22.220 2018 under the direction of Lieutenant 04:22.230 --> 04:24.489 General Eric J Wesley , it was 04:24.500 --> 04:26.500 initially established as the future 04:26.500 --> 04:29.859 center by HQ D A General order 2003-10 04:29.869 --> 04:33.149 on October 1st 2003 and subsequently 04:33.160 --> 04:34.993 changed to the Army Capabilities 04:34.993 --> 04:38.200 Integration Center in 2006 . At that 04:38.209 --> 04:40.487 time , it was responsible to the trade , 04:40.487 --> 04:42.098 a commanding general for the 04:42.098 --> 04:43.987 development of the future force , 04:43.987 --> 04:46.098 optimization of future combat systems 04:46.098 --> 04:47.709 capabilities and joint force 04:47.709 --> 04:49.820 integration . The futures and concept 04:49.820 --> 04:51.709 center was established to develop 04:51.709 --> 04:53.709 future concepts requirements and an 04:53.709 --> 04:55.876 integration , modernization pathway to 04:55.876 --> 04:57.720 increase lethality and overmatch 04:57.730 --> 05:00.179 enabling soldiers and units to compete 05:00.239 --> 05:02.899 and if necessary deploy , fight and win 05:02.910 --> 05:06.200 future wars . FCC has organizational 05:06.209 --> 05:07.765 responsibility of the joint 05:07.765 --> 05:10.420 modernization command , 10 capability 05:10.429 --> 05:11.985 development and integration 05:11.985 --> 05:13.651 directorates along with their 05:13.651 --> 05:15.540 associated battle labs across the 05:15.540 --> 05:17.540 United States , which includes more 05:17.540 --> 05:19.262 than 400 military and civilian 05:19.262 --> 05:21.859 personnel . This evening , Lieutenant 05:21.869 --> 05:23.980 General Scott mckean relinquishes the 05:23.980 --> 05:26.147 duties and responsibilities of futures 05:26.147 --> 05:27.980 and concept center to Lieutenant 05:27.980 --> 05:30.149 General David M Honey . As he joins a 05:30.160 --> 05:32.327 long list of distinguished leaders and 05:32.327 --> 05:34.549 soldiers who have faithfully served our 05:34.549 --> 05:36.549 army and nation . As he assumes the 05:36.549 --> 05:38.604 duties of futures and concept center 05:38.604 --> 05:40.438 director , we welcome Lieutenant 05:40.438 --> 05:42.438 General Honey and his family to the 05:42.438 --> 05:45.369 futures and concept center family . The 05:45.380 --> 05:47.547 transfer of authority is a traditional 05:47.547 --> 05:49.602 ceremony that is rich with symbolism 05:49.602 --> 05:51.769 and heritage . The key to the ceremony 05:51.769 --> 05:53.880 is the passing of the unit's colors , 05:53.880 --> 05:55.991 the very heart and soul of a military 05:55.991 --> 05:57.991 unit symbolized in the colors under 05:57.991 --> 06:00.047 which it fights for . They represent 06:00.047 --> 06:02.213 not only the lineage and honors of the 06:02.213 --> 06:04.436 unit , but also the loyalty , integrity 06:04.436 --> 06:06.619 and unity of its soldiers . Today , 06:06.630 --> 06:08.852 Lieutenant General mckean will transfer 06:08.852 --> 06:11.186 authority to Lieutenant General . Honey , 06:11.186 --> 06:13.241 the unit's flag is used to represent 06:13.241 --> 06:15.408 the transfer of authority and identify 06:15.408 --> 06:17.408 Lieutenant General Honey as the new 06:17.408 --> 06:19.574 futures and concept center director to 06:19.574 --> 06:21.297 each soldier and army civilian 06:21.297 --> 06:23.519 professional . Now under his charge and 06:23.519 --> 06:25.741 signify his commitment , dedication and 06:25.741 --> 06:27.299 loyalty to the FCC team 06:29.970 --> 06:31.859 at this time , General Rainy will 06:31.859 --> 06:34.220 conduct the transfer of authority by 06:34.230 --> 06:37.209 authority of army regulation 600-20 . 06:37.299 --> 06:39.579 Lieutenant General David M Honey 06:39.589 --> 06:41.829 assumes responsibility as the futures 06:41.839 --> 06:44.269 and concept center director . Effective 06:44.279 --> 06:46.850 0 9 January 2024 . 07:32.149 --> 07:34.371 Ladies and gentlemen , the Army Futures 07:34.371 --> 07:36.427 Commanding General J General James E 07:36.427 --> 07:38.649 Rainy . All right . Hello , everybody . 07:42.720 --> 07:44.869 Well , uh , if I missed anybody last 07:44.880 --> 07:47.102 time or anybody wandered in , welcome . 07:47.102 --> 07:49.589 And thank you . I appreciate that . Uh , 07:50.119 --> 07:52.230 I thanked everybody last time . I , I 07:52.230 --> 07:54.008 didn't specifically mention the 07:54.008 --> 07:56.230 chaplain , but thank you chaplain for , 07:56.230 --> 07:58.397 for both those I can tell , you know , 07:58.397 --> 08:00.563 all chaplains are awesome . Some got a 08:00.563 --> 08:02.619 little more fire left in them at the 08:02.619 --> 08:04.730 Colonel rank and I can tell you still 08:04.730 --> 08:06.675 giving everything you got . That's 08:06.675 --> 08:08.897 probably our best hope . So , God bless 08:08.897 --> 08:10.952 you . I appreciate that . And , uh , 08:10.952 --> 08:10.679 you know , I was looking around at the 08:10.690 --> 08:12.523 break and another thing , it's a 08:12.523 --> 08:14.829 testament to these two leaders . Uh 08:14.839 --> 08:16.895 Yeah , I've been really impressed by 08:16.895 --> 08:18.895 the amount of , of command sergeant 08:18.895 --> 08:20.950 majors that are here . I mean , I've 08:20.950 --> 08:23.061 been to a lot of these ceremonies but 08:23.061 --> 08:25.228 you know , that , that , that's really 08:25.228 --> 08:25.000 uh indicative of the quality of 08:25.010 --> 08:27.121 leadership we're , we're dealing with 08:27.121 --> 08:29.232 here when , when sergeant majors come 08:29.232 --> 08:32.299 back to , to , to recognize and be part 08:32.309 --> 08:34.142 of a great day and the , and the 08:34.142 --> 08:36.309 commanders that they worked with and , 08:36.309 --> 08:38.539 and worked , uh for , and I cannot 08:38.549 --> 08:41.109 imagine how painful watching 23 stars 08:41.119 --> 08:43.119 in a four star drill and ceremonies 08:43.119 --> 08:45.718 must be for you , Phyllis . So God 08:45.729 --> 08:47.785 bless you , but we really don't care 08:47.785 --> 08:50.007 anymore . So , you're gonna have to , I 08:50.007 --> 08:52.173 didn't embarrass my sharp major said , 08:52.173 --> 08:54.396 don't embarrass me . That was my , that 08:54.396 --> 08:56.451 was my prep . Uh Make sure I got the 08:56.451 --> 08:58.285 right notes . My last speech was 08:58.285 --> 09:00.396 awesome , but I'm sure you don't want 09:00.396 --> 09:02.849 to hear it again . Uh OK . So , uh 09:02.859 --> 09:05.530 changes of command , unlike promotions , 09:05.539 --> 09:07.706 which are about recognizing excellence 09:07.706 --> 09:09.372 in an officer and a family or 09:09.372 --> 09:11.428 retirements , which are coming up on 09:11.428 --> 09:14.049 the 19th , which are about recognizing , 09:14.090 --> 09:16.979 you know , decade long excellence , uh 09:17.000 --> 09:19.260 change of commands are about units . 09:19.650 --> 09:23.330 It's about the unit FCC . Uh 09:23.340 --> 09:26.150 one of my favorites . Um And I had a 09:26.159 --> 09:28.799 great , like most generals II , I had a 09:28.809 --> 09:31.219 great first platoon sergeant , you know , 09:31.229 --> 09:33.451 most great officers . That's one of the 09:33.451 --> 09:35.562 things they have in common . They got 09:35.562 --> 09:37.340 that , that great first platoon 09:37.340 --> 09:39.340 sergeant . And mine was a guy named 09:39.340 --> 09:42.179 Rick Chuck who uh was legendary , but 09:42.190 --> 09:44.246 uh he had this thing , he called the 09:44.246 --> 09:47.280 reverse Pony Express . He , he mentored , 09:47.429 --> 09:49.596 he mentored me as a young lieutenant . 09:49.596 --> 09:52.530 I've kept that for 36 years and y'all 09:52.539 --> 09:54.595 are familiar with the Pony Express , 09:54.595 --> 09:56.539 right ? We got a rider , they ride 09:56.539 --> 09:58.650 every 100 miles or so and get a fresh 09:58.650 --> 10:00.817 horse . But he's coaching to me as a , 10:00.817 --> 10:02.872 as a guy leading our enlisted man in 10:02.872 --> 10:05.095 our great NC OS was , you know , in the 10:05.095 --> 10:07.317 army , we do the opposite . We ride the 10:07.317 --> 10:09.317 hell out of the h you know , and we 10:09.317 --> 10:11.317 just throw a fresh rider on a tired 10:11.317 --> 10:14.320 horse every every couple years , you 10:14.330 --> 10:16.441 know , and he was like , hey , I know 10:16.441 --> 10:18.608 you're here to shock the world , man . 10:18.608 --> 10:20.719 But there was a dude here last year , 10:20.719 --> 10:20.409 there's gonna be another dude here next 10:20.419 --> 10:23.489 year . Steady , steady there , 10:23.500 --> 10:26.320 lieutenant . So Dave 10:27.059 --> 10:30.469 because uh because FCC is a well ridden 10:30.479 --> 10:33.070 horse right now . Uh General mckean is 10:33.080 --> 10:35.330 a lot of things and , and he's 10:35.340 --> 10:37.840 compassionate leader , but , but he 10:37.849 --> 10:41.690 drives uh his organization that 10:41.700 --> 10:43.644 in a way that is indicative of the 10:43.644 --> 10:47.429 tremendous responsibility that FCC has . 10:48.179 --> 10:50.235 I used to say FCC is one of the most 10:50.235 --> 10:52.570 misunderstood organizations in our 10:52.580 --> 10:55.460 great army . I , I now say it's the 10:55.469 --> 10:58.080 most not understood organ . It's not 10:58.090 --> 10:59.757 even like you have to kind of 10:59.757 --> 11:01.868 understand something to misunderstand 11:01.868 --> 11:03.868 it . You know , a large part of the 11:03.868 --> 11:05.979 army doesn't even understand what FCC 11:05.979 --> 11:08.146 does . And that's OK because they know 11:08.146 --> 11:11.070 exactly what they do . But let me brag 11:11.080 --> 11:13.302 on them a little bit . So the chief has 11:13.302 --> 11:16.010 got four priorities . Uh You're well 11:16.020 --> 11:18.131 familiar with them . One of them is , 11:18.131 --> 11:19.687 is transformed , continuous 11:19.687 --> 11:23.070 transformation . Another one is build 11:23.080 --> 11:25.302 the profession . John Britto is sitting 11:25.302 --> 11:27.413 here . So the chief's got four things 11:27.413 --> 11:29.524 he has to do . He's given one to each 11:29.524 --> 11:33.159 Acom . So of AFC , we have six 11:33.169 --> 11:35.479 essential functions that we do in army 11:35.489 --> 11:38.200 futures command . And three of those 11:38.210 --> 11:40.440 six are done by FCC 11:41.380 --> 11:43.840 concepts , requirements and 11:43.849 --> 11:46.440 experimentation . So if the chief wants 11:46.450 --> 11:48.672 to do four things , he's counting on me 11:48.672 --> 11:50.894 to do one of them and you're doing half 11:50.894 --> 11:52.770 of them here in FCC . That's how 11:52.780 --> 11:55.549 important this organization is not to 11:55.559 --> 11:57.781 speak for my , my dear friend , General 11:57.781 --> 12:00.460 Britto . But a big part of FCC is the 12:00.469 --> 12:04.039 CDS who live on centers of excellence , 12:04.390 --> 12:07.400 who make sure that those coe commanders 12:07.450 --> 12:09.159 have the time to focus on the 12:09.169 --> 12:12.450 profession and , and they're able to do 12:12.460 --> 12:14.229 transformation , doctor and 12:14.239 --> 12:16.406 organization training and leadership . 12:16.406 --> 12:18.461 So , I mean , I would offer that FCC 12:18.461 --> 12:20.517 has to win for trade do to win , but 12:20.517 --> 12:22.719 they have to win for us to win . And I 12:22.729 --> 12:24.562 just want to thank all the great 12:24.562 --> 12:26.729 teammates here from FCC . You guys are 12:26.729 --> 12:29.270 just absolutely phenomenal at what you 12:29.280 --> 12:31.613 do . And that's , that's why we're here . 12:31.613 --> 12:33.336 And uh you know , sometimes an 12:33.336 --> 12:35.447 organizational change is about fixing 12:35.447 --> 12:37.669 stuff , but when we get it right , this 12:37.669 --> 12:39.558 is about taking over an excellent 12:39.558 --> 12:42.090 formation that's been incredibly well 12:42.099 --> 12:44.210 led and incredibly successful , which 12:44.210 --> 12:47.030 gives you an opportunity to , you know , 12:47.039 --> 12:49.095 I mean , you're not taking over from 12:49.095 --> 12:51.372 somebody who fell out , you know , the , 12:51.372 --> 12:53.595 the Scott just had a leg and is handing 12:53.595 --> 12:55.706 you the baton with some fresh legs so 12:55.706 --> 12:58.890 you can ride that pony a little bit . 12:59.190 --> 13:01.400 Uh And , and II , I will , I will talk 13:01.409 --> 13:03.520 more about Scott and his great family 13:03.520 --> 13:07.010 and his retirement , but AFC in general 13:07.020 --> 13:10.000 and FCC is unique . Um And , and I'm 13:10.010 --> 13:12.066 glad to see so many of our great d A 13:12.066 --> 13:14.121 civilian teammates here is , we're , 13:14.121 --> 13:17.200 we're a 90% civilian organization , 90% 13:17.210 --> 13:19.488 that's pretty unique , bigger than any , 13:19.488 --> 13:22.150 any proportional unit in the army . And 13:22.159 --> 13:24.326 that's awesome for us because what you 13:24.326 --> 13:26.492 get with those great DD A civilians is 13:26.492 --> 13:29.349 two things , deep expertise in what 13:29.359 --> 13:32.309 they do and continuity . You know , we 13:32.320 --> 13:35.359 in uniform come and go . Uh A and our 13:35.369 --> 13:37.536 civilian teammates have the ability to 13:37.536 --> 13:39.549 do something for decades and your 13:39.559 --> 13:41.726 organization is FCC , is full of those 13:41.726 --> 13:45.400 folks . Um But , but uh 13:45.789 --> 13:49.469 what that means is the 10% like anybody 13:49.479 --> 13:52.599 in uniform in AFC is there for one 13:52.609 --> 13:55.280 reason , their war fighting excellence 13:55.289 --> 13:57.859 and their tactical experience and their 13:57.869 --> 14:00.400 ability to , to lead and drive change . 14:00.619 --> 14:02.675 So , Scott is , is absolutely that , 14:02.679 --> 14:04.846 you know , he's good at this but , but 14:04.846 --> 14:07.012 he , you know , he's not a acquisition 14:07.012 --> 14:09.123 fellow as honorable as that is , he's 14:09.123 --> 14:11.346 not a technical guy , he's smarter than 14:11.346 --> 14:11.260 me , but he ain't , you know , nobody 14:11.270 --> 14:13.326 thinks he's genius or anything , you 14:13.326 --> 14:17.010 know , he is here because he's , you 14:17.020 --> 14:19.242 know , he can do math , but I mean , it 14:19.242 --> 14:21.464 looks not get carried away . But , uh , 14:21.464 --> 14:23.520 but he's here because , um our whole 14:23.520 --> 14:25.742 career together and we're , we're close 14:25.742 --> 14:27.798 friends . I mean , I'm not , I'm his 14:27.798 --> 14:27.549 boss , technically right now , but I 14:27.559 --> 14:29.837 mean , we grew up together in the army , 14:29.837 --> 14:31.809 uh when he was commanding 166 in 14:31.820 --> 14:34.719 Baghdad in the darkest time of that war 14:34.729 --> 14:36.785 when we were , you know , it was how 14:36.785 --> 14:39.007 many casualties did we take today ? Not 14:39.007 --> 14:41.140 did we ? Uh , Scott was the guy that 14:41.150 --> 14:43.539 everybody who was going to war called 14:43.599 --> 14:45.821 and said , hey , man , you know , coach 14:45.821 --> 14:47.988 me up a little bit on this , that kind 14:47.988 --> 14:51.340 of pure credibility as a war fighter . 14:51.400 --> 14:53.233 Uh , and that soldiers and NC OS 14:53.239 --> 14:55.406 benefited from that as leaders trusted 14:55.406 --> 14:57.628 him , but he's also one of the , one of 14:57.628 --> 14:59.572 the best drivers of change . And I 14:59.572 --> 15:01.628 talked about it earlier . You know , 15:01.628 --> 15:03.739 we're at the point in life where this 15:03.739 --> 15:05.628 isn't managing change and leading 15:05.628 --> 15:07.572 change . I mean , you got to drive 15:07.572 --> 15:09.683 change to have the effects and you've 15:09.683 --> 15:11.739 made a lasting impact that's gonna , 15:11.739 --> 15:13.739 that's gonna transcend and echo for 15:13.739 --> 15:15.850 generations both in the people you've 15:15.850 --> 15:17.850 role modeled for and the way you've 15:17.850 --> 15:20.229 moved this organization and being great 15:20.239 --> 15:22.590 at your job at this level is not 15:22.599 --> 15:24.821 something that distinguishes you . It's 15:24.821 --> 15:27.043 an expectation . But what Scott is also 15:27.043 --> 15:30.770 great at is is he and FCC have made AFC 15:31.080 --> 15:33.690 better ? And Scott , you've made me a 15:33.700 --> 15:36.710 better officer . Um I need Candor 15:36.719 --> 15:38.969 Scott's 10 plus in that skill , you 15:38.979 --> 15:41.312 come in and shut the door and say , hey , 15:41.312 --> 15:43.368 boss , you know , you don't , you're 15:43.368 --> 15:45.479 wrong and , and that's invaluable and 15:45.479 --> 15:48.070 it was always genuine and , and kind . 15:48.469 --> 15:50.525 So thank you for everything you've , 15:50.525 --> 15:52.525 you've accomplished . You know , we 15:52.525 --> 15:54.691 grade commanders on three things . Did 15:54.691 --> 15:54.539 you accomplish a mission ? Did you take 15:54.549 --> 15:56.716 care of your people doing it ? Did you 15:56.716 --> 15:58.827 leave your organization ? Better than 15:58.827 --> 16:00.938 you got it and , and you crushed it . 16:00.938 --> 16:03.271 Absolutely . All three . So , thank you . 16:03.271 --> 16:05.216 And Kim kind of like I was talking 16:05.216 --> 16:04.650 about Shelley . I've known you a long 16:04.659 --> 16:08.289 time . Uh , and , and the grace 16:08.299 --> 16:11.479 by which you , you carry yourself 16:11.489 --> 16:14.460 selflessly and , and , you know , uh , 16:14.469 --> 16:16.469 you know , those days I was talking 16:16.469 --> 16:18.636 about at Scott , that was , that was , 16:18.636 --> 16:20.747 that was care teams that was spending 16:20.747 --> 16:20.280 time with families that , that just 16:20.289 --> 16:22.456 lost the most important thing in their 16:22.456 --> 16:24.511 life . The , the way you're pursuing 16:24.511 --> 16:26.567 your profession , the way you raised 16:26.567 --> 16:28.640 your awesome army kids . And , uh , 16:28.650 --> 16:30.706 anybody who knows Scott knows that , 16:30.706 --> 16:32.761 you know , he wouldn't be here if it 16:32.761 --> 16:34.928 wasn't for you and I'm sure he'll talk 16:34.928 --> 16:37.094 more about that . But thank you also . 16:37.094 --> 16:39.206 And Dave and Shelley , I talked , you 16:39.206 --> 16:41.428 talked about you and Taylor and , and , 16:41.428 --> 16:43.706 and Matthew . But , but the same thing , 16:43.706 --> 16:46.070 um , our army is so awesome . I mean , 16:46.080 --> 16:48.330 there's , you know , you , you , you 16:48.340 --> 16:50.562 can't , I , I'm like , what the heck am 16:50.562 --> 16:52.673 I gonna do when mckean leaves ? We're 16:52.673 --> 16:54.673 doomed . We're gonna be ok , Dave's 16:54.673 --> 16:56.673 gonna pick it up , you know , it'll 16:56.673 --> 16:58.840 take him 30 days to , to learn the FCC 16:58.840 --> 17:00.840 and then we're just gonna go to the 17:00.840 --> 17:03.062 next level , our ability , whether it's 17:03.062 --> 17:05.173 non commissioned officers or officers 17:05.173 --> 17:07.118 to just replace one superstar with 17:07.118 --> 17:09.118 another and keep going . Is it , it 17:09.118 --> 17:11.340 makes me really , really confident that 17:11.340 --> 17:13.507 the army is gonna get through a little 17:13.507 --> 17:15.729 bit of disruption we're dealing now and 17:15.729 --> 17:17.896 it's gonna be the greatest army in the 17:17.896 --> 17:20.118 world , you know , tomorrow 2030 2040 . 17:20.118 --> 17:22.284 And you're absolutely the right person 17:22.284 --> 17:24.451 to do that . And , and Shelley , I , I 17:24.451 --> 17:26.618 know you're gonna keep making Dave way 17:26.618 --> 17:28.784 better than he would be if you weren't 17:28.784 --> 17:30.840 helping him . So I appreciate that . 17:30.840 --> 17:30.698 Dave's also a great war fighter , 17:30.708 --> 17:32.875 unquestioned . You know , chief talked 17:32.875 --> 17:34.597 about it . I talked about it , 17:34.597 --> 17:36.930 commanded a ranger battalion , which is , 17:36.930 --> 17:38.986 you know , for us , infantry folk is 17:38.986 --> 17:40.819 kind of the the pinnacle of , of 17:40.819 --> 17:42.986 tactical level war fighting . He was a 17:42.986 --> 17:45.097 phenomenal brigade commander and just 17:45.097 --> 17:47.060 finished up just , just absolutely 17:47.219 --> 17:50.260 crushing uh division command of our , 17:50.510 --> 17:52.566 probably the second best division in 17:52.566 --> 17:54.566 the army out there at Fort Carson . 17:56.719 --> 17:58.949 It was the best when I was a DC G and G 17:58.959 --> 18:02.359 three . So me , so it's one bravo maybe , 18:02.689 --> 18:04.467 but Dave just had an incredibly 18:04.467 --> 18:06.356 successful division command which 18:06.356 --> 18:08.467 caused the chief and the secretary to 18:08.467 --> 18:10.633 decide that , you know , he's gonna be 18:10.633 --> 18:12.800 in the army for a while . Uh And , and 18:12.800 --> 18:14.967 we're blessed with that , that ability 18:14.967 --> 18:17.300 to lead the ability to fight . You know , 18:17.300 --> 18:19.467 that , that's a prerequisite . But now 18:19.467 --> 18:19.349 you get to take that to the next level 18:19.359 --> 18:21.415 and start learning the institutional 18:21.415 --> 18:23.415 army in a way and I , I know you're 18:23.415 --> 18:25.526 coming back to the army . But , but I 18:25.526 --> 18:27.692 mean , you're gonna be the person that 18:27.692 --> 18:29.859 figures out what the war is gonna look 18:29.859 --> 18:31.915 like in 2030 to 2040 . What the army 18:31.915 --> 18:34.026 needs to be able to do ? You're gonna 18:34.026 --> 18:36.248 write that concept experiment with it . 18:36.248 --> 18:38.470 Turn that into requirements that we can 18:38.470 --> 18:40.692 hand off to make sure that , that , you 18:40.692 --> 18:42.581 know , anytime we go to war , the 18:42.581 --> 18:44.803 United States army is going to dominate 18:44.803 --> 18:46.915 the land domain and , and , and it is 18:46.915 --> 18:48.979 gonna win and that , that's a big 18:48.989 --> 18:51.045 responsibility that I know you're up 18:51.045 --> 18:53.378 for . You're the perfect person to lead , 18:53.378 --> 18:56.670 uh FCC Scott . Thanks again , Kim , our 18:56.680 --> 18:58.680 major , everybody . God bless you . 18:58.680 --> 18:59.680 Thank you , 19:07.339 --> 19:09.339 ladies and gentlemen , the outgoing 19:09.339 --> 19:11.450 futures and concept center director , 19:11.450 --> 19:14.790 Lieutenant General Scott mckean . Mm . 19:14.839 --> 19:18.689 Mm . Well , I guess we're a good 19:18.699 --> 19:20.921 evening now . We've , uh we've exceeded 19:20.921 --> 19:23.032 the good afternoon piece . But , uh , 19:23.032 --> 19:25.088 again , just thanks for everyone who 19:25.088 --> 19:26.977 showed out here and , and a great 19:26.977 --> 19:29.032 ceremony honoring the honey family . 19:29.032 --> 19:31.088 I'm so appreciative to be able to be 19:31.088 --> 19:33.310 here and see that uh as part of this uh 19:33.310 --> 19:35.532 transition . But uh General Rainey star 19:35.532 --> 19:37.699 major , General Britto Michelle , star 19:37.699 --> 19:39.921 Major Harris , everyone . Maria , I'm a 19:39.921 --> 19:42.143 great ranger classmate here . Um Thanks 19:42.143 --> 19:44.199 for being here on this special day . 19:44.199 --> 19:46.255 And as General Rainey said , this is 19:46.255 --> 19:48.477 about the organization . It's not about 19:48.477 --> 19:50.421 individuals . Uh We've had a great 19:50.421 --> 19:52.310 chaplain , chaplain Cantrell , my 19:52.310 --> 19:54.366 favorite chaplain . Thanks for , for 19:54.366 --> 19:56.477 being here and honoring us and having 19:56.477 --> 19:58.699 two prayers ready to go . It's always , 19:58.699 --> 20:00.921 uh , you know , and the band , you guys 20:00.921 --> 20:00.680 have continued to knock it out . Second 20:00.689 --> 20:02.689 rendition sound just as good as the 20:02.689 --> 20:04.910 first , so well done . Um But hey , 20:04.920 --> 20:07.060 it's been a great honor and privilege 20:07.069 --> 20:09.180 and I mean , that honor and privilege 20:09.180 --> 20:11.520 to lead FCC over the last three plus 20:11.530 --> 20:14.910 years . Um It's been quite a journey as 20:14.920 --> 20:17.520 well . And so , you know , the 20:17.530 --> 20:20.189 conditions at the o on the onset of 20:20.199 --> 20:22.930 taking over uh this position were kind 20:22.939 --> 20:25.050 of interesting . So starting with the 20:25.050 --> 20:27.050 interview with the Secretary of the 20:27.050 --> 20:29.272 Army at the time on the saint com chief 20:29.272 --> 20:31.383 of staff and , you know , things were 20:31.383 --> 20:33.439 kind of rolling in that , you know , 20:33.439 --> 20:35.606 2020 period . And um we're like in the 20:35.606 --> 20:37.772 middle of a briefing with J so getting 20:37.772 --> 20:39.772 ready to talk about an operation in 20:39.772 --> 20:41.939 Syria to go kill somebody really bad . 20:41.939 --> 20:41.560 And uh , hey , the Secretary of the 20:41.569 --> 20:43.839 Army is waiting for you on BT C for 20:43.849 --> 20:45.960 interview , you know , so we can roll 20:45.960 --> 20:48.071 down there and we do an interview and 20:48.071 --> 20:50.293 he says , ok , I'm gonna hire you , but 20:50.293 --> 20:52.660 you gotta go to Austin at first . I'm 20:52.670 --> 20:54.837 like , well , what's wrong with that ? 20:54.837 --> 20:57.114 That , that's not a bad . He goes , no , 20:57.114 --> 20:59.226 but everybody else is staying in Fort 20:59.226 --> 21:01.170 Eustis . I go , well , my sergeant 21:01.170 --> 21:03.392 major is my sergeant major gonna move . 21:03.392 --> 21:05.726 No , just you , you know , and I'm like , 21:05.726 --> 21:07.837 OK , so that was an interesting start 21:07.837 --> 21:09.948 to this . That time was uh COVID , if 21:09.948 --> 21:12.003 we all remember the , the mask , the 21:12.003 --> 21:14.170 great mask time , right ? So COVID was 21:14.170 --> 21:16.226 an interesting piece . Um And at the 21:16.226 --> 21:18.920 time that the mission of FCC was still 21:18.930 --> 21:22.900 kind of forming . Uh And as I 21:22.910 --> 21:25.132 was selected to come to this position , 21:25.339 --> 21:28.800 much like Dave experience coming here , 21:28.939 --> 21:30.828 there was a little bit of a delay 21:30.828 --> 21:32.995 because of , you know , surprise shock 21:32.995 --> 21:35.161 for everybody . The promotion list was 21:35.161 --> 21:37.680 held up uh back then , but this time , 21:37.689 --> 21:39.910 it wasn't for me , but it was for the 21:39.920 --> 21:42.780 person replacing me at Centcom . So for 21:42.790 --> 21:45.359 five months , this great organization 21:45.689 --> 21:48.400 uh ran under the great leadership of 21:48.410 --> 21:50.410 then , you know , Brigadier General 21:50.410 --> 21:53.609 Brown and uh saw Major Biggs who were 21:53.619 --> 21:55.730 just great leaders and kept the , you 21:55.730 --> 21:57.730 know , the ship running during that 21:57.730 --> 22:00.449 time frame . But uh as we were in this 22:00.459 --> 22:02.750 little interim period , I asked General 22:02.760 --> 22:05.280 Brown , I said , tell me what we do . 22:05.800 --> 22:07.911 He goes , let me get back to you next 22:07.911 --> 22:10.199 week's VTC . I'm gonna tell you what we 22:10.209 --> 22:13.579 do . A a and so that was the 22:13.589 --> 22:15.849 beginnings of building a foundation . 22:15.859 --> 22:17.970 And you'll hear this theme throughout 22:17.970 --> 22:20.026 here , building a foundation to make 22:20.026 --> 22:21.859 sure that FCC could do what army 22:21.859 --> 22:24.410 futures command needed to transform the 22:24.420 --> 22:27.709 army . Uh We were stood up requirements 22:27.719 --> 22:29.869 during that phrase , uh As much as 22:29.880 --> 22:31.491 everyone thinks FCC has done 22:31.491 --> 22:33.810 requirements forever , General Murray 22:33.819 --> 22:37.020 gave that mission to uh FCC during this 22:37.030 --> 22:39.086 period . And the great Larry Larimer 22:39.260 --> 22:41.469 who's now at , at devcom stood up , 22:41.479 --> 22:43.890 transformed the organization stood up A 22:43.900 --> 22:46.790 F I and then we had requirements . And 22:46.800 --> 22:49.133 then General Murray as I arrived , said , 22:49.133 --> 22:51.244 congratulations , promotion . All the 22:51.244 --> 22:53.356 great remarks that you just heard for 22:53.356 --> 22:53.319 Dave . And then he said , oh , by the 22:53.329 --> 22:54.996 way , I'm gonna give you army 22:54.996 --> 22:56.885 experimentation as something that 22:56.885 --> 23:00.219 you're gonna do . Ok . And then , you 23:00.229 --> 23:02.562 know , the last little nugget was , hey , 23:02.562 --> 23:04.618 this whole MD O concept , we've been 23:04.618 --> 23:06.785 working for the last , you know , five 23:06.785 --> 23:08.951 years . We need you to transition that 23:08.951 --> 23:08.869 the doctrine and give it to C so they 23:08.880 --> 23:11.319 can write 30 , so I was like , OK , so , 23:11.329 --> 23:13.385 so good times , good start , right . 23:13.385 --> 23:15.551 You know , but as I got here , there's 23:15.551 --> 23:18.250 two themes that persisted , empowered 23:18.260 --> 23:21.449 people will make a difference and 23:21.459 --> 23:23.479 driving change requires a strong 23:23.489 --> 23:26.140 foundation . Tho those are the two 23:26.150 --> 23:29.819 things that really , as I look at FCC , 23:30.189 --> 23:33.680 I see it in spades and the staff took 23:33.689 --> 23:36.040 on the challenge of this distributed C 23:36.050 --> 23:38.239 two where , you know , the , the 23:38.250 --> 23:40.472 director of the organizations is Austin 23:40.472 --> 23:42.528 Texas , the staff , the starter made 23:42.528 --> 23:44.639 everybody's in Fort Eus Virginia . We 23:44.639 --> 23:46.694 got seeded in 12 different locations 23:46.694 --> 23:48.750 around the country . We got this JMC 23:48.750 --> 23:50.917 thing out in El Paso , easy business , 23:50.917 --> 23:52.810 right ? But uh they took on the 23:52.819 --> 23:54.869 challenge and ab a uh absolutely 23:54.880 --> 23:57.102 excelled because of the leaders that we 23:57.102 --> 23:59.269 had here . And it started with General 23:59.269 --> 24:01.436 Brown and S Major Biggs and then there 24:01.436 --> 24:03.719 was Guy Jones and S A major Rob Olmer 24:03.729 --> 24:05.770 who's now in Korea and you know , 24:05.780 --> 24:08.002 finishing now with Colonel Pete Glass . 24:08.002 --> 24:10.113 Colonel promotable Pete Glass and S A 24:10.113 --> 24:12.329 major justice , their leadership , 24:12.339 --> 24:14.228 their steady leadership helped us 24:14.228 --> 24:16.599 continue this mission . Uh Even through 24:16.609 --> 24:19.079 the challenges of operating uh 24:19.089 --> 24:22.900 distributed the uh the concepts 24:22.910 --> 24:25.949 team , no one cared about concepts . 24:25.959 --> 24:28.126 You know , we got here . It was like , 24:28.126 --> 24:30.292 what is concepts ? You know , it's all 24:30.292 --> 24:32.403 this crazy stuff , nobody understands 24:32.403 --> 24:34.626 it . Move on . But in the leadership of 24:34.626 --> 24:36.626 B General Step Step A hearn and her 24:36.626 --> 24:38.292 team , the doc team , they've 24:38.292 --> 24:40.070 transitioned concepts and drove 24:40.070 --> 24:42.181 concepts where now the Future Studies 24:42.181 --> 24:44.403 program is under the army's premier war 24:44.403 --> 24:48.030 uh fighter type of uh event . And , 24:48.560 --> 24:50.727 you know , they transitioned the , the 24:50.727 --> 24:53.949 MD O doctrine over to , to C A and 24:53.959 --> 24:55.959 they're already working on the next 24:55.959 --> 24:58.015 concept . And just , just because of 24:58.015 --> 24:59.626 the leadership of a bunch of 24:59.626 --> 25:01.292 strategists who nobody really 25:01.292 --> 25:03.459 understands and they're a little kooky 25:03.459 --> 25:05.626 but they're great people and uh Dave , 25:05.626 --> 25:05.560 you're gonna love them . There's some 25:05.569 --> 25:08.079 great , great nights on this stuff . I 25:08.089 --> 25:10.311 talked about Larry Larrier starting off 25:10.311 --> 25:12.533 the requirements , piece requirements . 25:12.533 --> 25:14.756 If there's one thing that's hard , it's 25:14.756 --> 25:16.922 requirements and , you know , we won't 25:16.922 --> 25:19.033 get into what it , what it is and all 25:19.033 --> 25:18.569 that kind of good stuff . But let's 25:18.579 --> 25:20.746 just say we were blessed to have Larry 25:20.746 --> 25:22.800 Larrier and the fed team put that 25:22.810 --> 25:24.921 together so that we can actually move 25:24.921 --> 25:27.589 our army forward . And then our G three 25:27.599 --> 25:29.599 and JMC teams , joint modernization 25:29.599 --> 25:31.766 command . You want to talk about small 25:31.766 --> 25:33.800 and powerful joint modernization 25:33.810 --> 25:37.300 command is about 270 people . And right 25:37.310 --> 25:40.199 now today you have them out in Europe , 25:40.209 --> 25:42.153 you have them out in the Pacific . 25:42.153 --> 25:44.479 They're over in Centcom . They're 25:44.489 --> 25:46.545 getting ready for one of the largest 25:46.545 --> 25:49.390 experiments uh that we do since 25:49.400 --> 25:52.349 2002 out at Camp Pendleton and a 25:52.359 --> 25:54.650 national training center . And this 25:54.660 --> 25:58.050 team of of 270 plus are 25:58.060 --> 26:00.229 engaging with four stars in the 26:00.239 --> 26:02.239 theaters . The theater commanders , 26:02.239 --> 26:04.550 they're trying to solve these combatant 26:04.560 --> 26:06.969 commands , most challenging problems to 26:06.979 --> 26:09.459 ensure that we stay safe as a nation . 26:09.719 --> 26:12.530 277 folks , that's a pretty good return 26:12.540 --> 26:14.651 on investment . And so guys like Toby 26:14.651 --> 26:17.989 Mag Zig , uh Joe Escandon and now Zach 26:18.000 --> 26:20.250 Miller have just absolutely excelled 26:22.079 --> 26:24.190 to , to make all this happen though . 26:24.190 --> 26:26.412 It took a group of folks who have to be 26:26.412 --> 26:28.635 able to operate without a lot of direct 26:28.635 --> 26:31.459 guidance , but they get plenty of it . 26:31.469 --> 26:33.636 They get plenty of guidance , not from 26:33.636 --> 26:35.469 me , but from a lot of different 26:35.469 --> 26:37.302 organization , that's our seeded 26:37.302 --> 26:39.580 directors . And these folks have again , 26:39.580 --> 26:41.358 teams that are doing just about 26:41.358 --> 26:43.969 everything for everyone in the army , 26:43.979 --> 26:46.030 whether it's the army staff , uh 26:46.040 --> 26:49.890 whether it's a uh COECG general 26:49.900 --> 26:52.689 rainy myself , uh General Beagle out at 26:52.910 --> 26:54.839 C AC , everybody has a task for a 26:54.849 --> 26:58.310 seeded director and uh and they're out 26:58.319 --> 27:00.263 here right now and they're kind of 27:00.263 --> 27:02.486 shaking their heads because yeah , they 27:02.486 --> 27:04.319 love it . Uh But what a group of 27:04.319 --> 27:08.089 professionals uh that every day 27:08.099 --> 27:11.000 ensure that we have the best 27:11.010 --> 27:14.949 capabilities and organizations to 27:14.959 --> 27:17.689 provide our soldiers and commanders the 27:17.699 --> 27:19.755 best opportunity to accomplish their 27:19.755 --> 27:22.369 mission and survive on the battlefield . 27:23.250 --> 27:25.520 And I can't think of a , of a bigger 27:25.530 --> 27:27.089 task , a bigger burden of 27:27.099 --> 27:29.619 responsibility than what we give these 27:29.630 --> 27:31.979 group of colonels and , and ses is to 27:31.989 --> 27:33.822 take on . And so I'm just really 27:33.822 --> 27:36.890 thankful . So overall , the FCC team 27:36.900 --> 27:39.589 has built a strong foundation for our 27:39.599 --> 27:43.150 army to transform and modernize this 27:43.160 --> 27:46.109 foundation . Army can move fast now 27:46.119 --> 27:49.150 because of that foundation . And I 27:49.160 --> 27:51.510 can't think of someone who's better to 27:51.520 --> 27:54.040 ready to take this foundation and move 27:54.050 --> 27:56.920 it fast than Dave . Honey . Uh Dave and 27:56.930 --> 27:59.310 Shelley , welcome to the FCC team . Uh 27:59.319 --> 28:01.541 I know they're just excited to have you 28:01.541 --> 28:03.652 here . They're really excited to have 28:03.652 --> 28:05.949 you here at Fort Eustis today . We'll 28:05.959 --> 28:08.126 see what tomorrow is a tasking start . 28:08.126 --> 28:10.348 We'll see how that goes on , but I know 28:10.348 --> 28:12.626 you're gonna be an awesome piece , Kim . 28:12.626 --> 28:12.489 And I just wanna welcome you and say 28:12.500 --> 28:14.556 thanks for your leadership and , and 28:14.556 --> 28:17.010 you know , godspeed as you guys take on 28:17.020 --> 28:19.540 this job and move on forward . Um I'd 28:19.550 --> 28:22.219 like to close with kind of a special 28:22.229 --> 28:24.340 thanks , a team that supported me the 28:24.340 --> 28:27.430 last uh three years at uh some exos , 28:27.439 --> 28:30.489 John Poole , Jay Milli and uh Varman 28:30.609 --> 28:32.720 Chung , my two aides , Matt Pratt and 28:32.729 --> 28:34.920 Nick Drake , Doctor J Vettel , who 28:34.930 --> 28:36.986 really kind of saved my butt because 28:36.986 --> 28:38.986 she explained everything that I was 28:38.986 --> 28:41.097 supposed to be doing . Uh MS Shan Een 28:41.097 --> 28:43.319 who just , just a great NCO and uh Miss 28:43.319 --> 28:45.430 Roll Tide , uh Barbara Calhoun who uh 28:45.430 --> 28:47.680 took care of everybody here in FCC . 28:48.099 --> 28:50.099 But with all that , I couldn't have 28:50.099 --> 28:52.266 done any of this with my lovely wife , 28:52.266 --> 28:54.321 Kim . Uh , you know , the bag always 28:54.321 --> 28:56.543 stayed kind of right there by the front 28:56.543 --> 28:58.655 door as we changed out laundry and we 28:58.655 --> 29:00.877 went from one trip to the next trip and 29:00.877 --> 29:00.609 all those things . But Kim is just an 29:00.619 --> 29:03.369 awesome uh army spouse . I'll talk more 29:03.380 --> 29:05.602 here . I don't wanna take any more time 29:05.640 --> 29:07.918 because I know she wouldn't want me to . 29:07.918 --> 29:10.140 But just to say that she's a great army 29:10.140 --> 29:12.029 spouse . She's a great behavior , 29:12.029 --> 29:14.029 health nurse who helps take care of 29:14.029 --> 29:16.199 folks out there . And she's continuing 29:16.209 --> 29:18.369 to do that today even , you know , at 29:18.380 --> 29:20.459 her young age of 29 she's still like 29:20.469 --> 29:22.849 taking on some folks of challenges , 29:22.859 --> 29:24.637 you know , in the middle of the 29:24.637 --> 29:26.748 hallways with Chokeholds and all that 29:26.748 --> 29:28.970 kind of good stuff . But uh no , Ki Kim 29:28.970 --> 29:31.026 is my true hero and , and everything 29:31.026 --> 29:33.192 that she represents the model she does 29:33.192 --> 29:35.192 for other spouses to include junior 29:35.192 --> 29:37.359 spouses that we had the opportunity to 29:37.359 --> 29:39.303 mentor and , and try to provide an 29:39.303 --> 29:41.839 example uh during their formative years . 29:41.849 --> 29:43.920 So thanks to you all , it's been a 29:43.930 --> 29:46.520 great ride and I appreciate the 29:46.530 --> 29:48.770 opportunity to help our future army 29:48.790 --> 29:50.957 succeed in everything that it's tasked 29:50.957 --> 29:52.568 with . Thank you very much . 30:00.469 --> 30:02.636 Ladies and gentlemen , the futures and 30:02.636 --> 30:04.802 concept center , Director , Lieutenant 30:04.802 --> 30:06.136 General David , honey , 30:12.880 --> 30:14.769 distinguished guests , ladies and 30:14.769 --> 30:16.769 gentlemen , thank you for attending 30:16.769 --> 30:18.602 this ceremony . First to my army 30:18.602 --> 30:20.760 teammates from futures and concepts , 30:20.949 --> 30:23.005 army futures command , trade doc and 30:23.005 --> 30:25.300 the army acquisition corps and the army 30:25.310 --> 30:27.839 staff . Thanks for what you've done and 30:27.849 --> 30:29.960 what you continue to do in support of 30:29.960 --> 30:32.016 our army and our great nation . It's 30:32.016 --> 30:33.738 great to be back in the army's 30:33.738 --> 30:35.627 modernization enterprise . Having 30:35.627 --> 30:37.738 served in army futures command at its 30:37.738 --> 30:40.420 inception and having invested energy 30:40.430 --> 30:42.374 and effort in delivering signature 30:42.374 --> 30:44.670 modernization capabilities . I have a 30:44.680 --> 30:47.319 deep respect for all who commit to 30:47.329 --> 30:49.273 making tomorrow's army better than 30:49.273 --> 30:51.780 today's informed by this experience . I 30:51.790 --> 30:54.040 also know that it's not an easy task , 30:54.969 --> 30:57.569 frustrating , might best describe the 30:57.579 --> 31:00.250 melee applying limited resources 31:00.260 --> 31:03.790 against many gaps . This might even be 31:03.800 --> 31:05.689 more profound when you , when you 31:05.689 --> 31:08.540 endeavor to yield capabilities that you 31:08.550 --> 31:11.439 yourself might not see delivered in 31:11.449 --> 31:14.140 your professional lifetime . And when 31:14.150 --> 31:16.099 talking about our future , it's 31:16.109 --> 31:18.109 important to maintain perspective . 31:18.869 --> 31:21.060 After all the future will come , 31:21.630 --> 31:24.479 there's no stopping it to maintain 31:24.489 --> 31:27.670 perspective , simply stated who you are , 31:28.079 --> 31:30.599 what you do and why you do . It is 31:30.609 --> 31:33.260 important . Victory on a future 31:33.270 --> 31:36.420 battlefield is not guaranteed , it is 31:36.430 --> 31:39.369 hard earned and hard fought , but 31:39.380 --> 31:41.547 today's efforts and investments in our 31:41.547 --> 31:43.650 future will make a difference and 31:43.660 --> 31:46.650 tomorrow is worth protecting general 31:46.660 --> 31:48.650 rainy sir . Thank you for your 31:48.660 --> 31:50.716 confidence in me . And thank you for 31:50.716 --> 31:52.771 this incredible opportunity to serve 31:52.771 --> 31:54.882 once again in army futures command to 31:54.882 --> 31:57.560 the mckean Scott and Kim . Thank you 31:57.569 --> 31:59.625 for the warm reception and the great 31:59.625 --> 32:01.625 transition . Your leadership in the 32:01.625 --> 32:03.513 modernization enterprise has been 32:03.513 --> 32:05.680 impactful for this command and for our 32:05.680 --> 32:07.760 entire army . And Shelley and I wish 32:07.770 --> 32:09.937 you both the very best in retirement . 32:10.209 --> 32:13.150 So major justice . Thank you . Last 32:13.160 --> 32:15.271 time we crossed paths , it was in the 32:15.271 --> 32:17.410 Mojave desert investing in army 32:17.420 --> 32:19.829 readiness . I look forward to investing 32:19.839 --> 32:22.469 in the army's future with you and to 32:22.479 --> 32:24.146 everyone who played a part in 32:24.146 --> 32:26.201 organizing this ceremony . Thank you 32:26.201 --> 32:28.368 for making this event very special and 32:28.368 --> 32:30.312 to my teammates at the futures and 32:30.312 --> 32:32.312 concept center across the country . 32:32.819 --> 32:35.390 Again , thanks for what you do each and 32:35.400 --> 32:38.010 every day . I'm honored and humbled to 32:38.020 --> 32:40.569 serve with you . Lastly , as we bark on 32:40.579 --> 32:42.746 this next phase of our remarkable army 32:42.746 --> 32:44.912 journey , I owe everything to the love 32:44.912 --> 32:46.801 and support of Shelley Taylor and 32:46.801 --> 32:48.746 Matthew . I love you all so much . 32:48.746 --> 32:50.968 Thanks again for the future . This will 32:50.968 --> 32:50.910 defend 33:02.349 --> 33:04.571 ladies and gentlemen , please stand and 33:04.571 --> 33:06.682 sing along as the band plays the army 33:06.682 --> 33:08.849 song . The words are in your program . 34:20.158 --> 34:23.529 Be ready . Ladies and gentlemen , this 34:23.539 --> 34:25.761 concludes today's ceremony . We welcome 34:25.761 --> 34:27.650 you to , we invite you to welcome 34:27.650 --> 34:29.872 Lieutenant General , honey , as the new 34:29.872 --> 34:31.817 FCC director and his family at the 34:31.817 --> 34:33.928 front of the ballroom . Thank you for 34:33.928 --> 34:36.095 attending today's ceremony . Forge the 34:36.095 --> 34:38.150 future , bring the hammer be all you 34:38.150 --> 34:37.319 can be .