research. first of all, thank you so much for being here. i want to start with you because i know so much of your advocacy and your work in your organization is about gender equity specifically within the armed forces. does this path clearing work when these two women -- does it help eliminate any of the barriers that are going on right now in the armed forces? >> it does. it's a huge game changer and i want to say these women have relieved generations of work and collective trauma on the service women's community. we are elated and so proud of them. they accomplished the requirements of ranger school at the same standard, the same level, the same thing guys did. as you mentioned, that's part of the story that they won't be able to go on and be assigned to the ranger regiment if they choose to. that's really the final bit of the end of sex discrimination in the military, it's up to secretary carter as to whether