and sandy and thanking them more fully for their extraordinary contributions to their nation to our nation there are other things we are going to miss. we are going to miss marty s incomparable singing voice. he will not be singing today. but i m going to put my request in early for a final number at your farewell. but on behalf of myself our entire national security team and our armed forces thank you. and to beanie and mary we are grateful for your family service. [ applause ] my choice for the next chairman of the joint chiefs general joe dunford is one of the most admired officers in our military. a native of boston joe is the very definition of boston strong. the son of a retired boston