And today we are going to have a hearing entitled hashtag me tood moment, a examination of Sexual Assault and perceived retaliation in the department of defense and at ft. Hood. The hearing will now come to order. That we are here to discuss a pernicious military culture that time and time again sap ora sea report after sapl ora report, exposed an environment that is d for Sexual Harassment. Where women are stigma, afraid t the harassers because of a stigma, fear of retaliation and oft rasism and worse, fear they wont bee believed. And the harassers wont be helds accountable. By declaring hashtag i am aken t Vanessa Guillen, thousands of Service Members and veterans have taken to the streets and social media demanding safety and respect. Demanding that the rules of the, quote, old boys club, and the quote, locker room talk, are no longer the price of admission. Lo demanding that the sexually explicit language in the motor pool, in the field, or in the l office stop. Demanding that the