operations in kandahar, afghanistan, in support of operation freedom sentinel. kern colonel toby, where is toby, thank you, toby. i hear so many good things about you, toby, that's good news. but toby maxit, happy thanksgiving to all of you. and i have to say this directly to the folks in afghanistan, everybody's talking about the progress you've made in the last few months since i opened it up. we opened it up, we said go ahead, we're going to fight to win. we're not fighting anymore to just walk around, we're fighting to win. and you people are really -- you've turned it around over the last three to four months like nobody's seen. and they are talking about it. so thank you very much. brave incredible fighters. direct support team gulf of the marine corps special operations is also on the line. these great marines are