health of our military families is a national security imperative. and the leadership here at mildenhall understands this, too. in preparation for our visit, colonel panagnon wrote this about you, and i quote. you may be familiar with the term military dependence, but i will tell you over the past 15 months, it became abundantly clear just who exactly was dpent depending on whom. our military families already versed in sacrifice are the true, unsung heroes. end quote. [ applause ]