101st airborne division, hello! general, thank you for that great introduction, great because it was brief! more importantly, thank you for the extraordinary leadership you have shown here at one of the largest army bases in america. let me just say i make a lot of decisions and one of the best decisions i made was choosing one of the finest vice presidents in our history, gentleman, joe biden. and i thank general colt for welcoming me today along with your great command sergeant major wayne st. louis and the