WEBVTT 00:00.349 --> 00:02.571 Ladies and gentlemen , the commander of 00:02.571 --> 00:04.849 the 173rd Infantry Brigade combat team , 00:04.949 --> 00:06.460 Colonel Mark E . Bush . 00:09.720 --> 00:11.831 Uh , when I first showed up in 2004 , 00:11.989 --> 00:14.211 Colonel Josh , Lieutenant Josh Casper , 00:14.211 --> 00:16.100 set the standard , really hard to 00:16.100 --> 00:18.211 follow , uh , both the and in words , 00:18.211 --> 00:20.211 um , but I do appreciate that at no 00:20.211 --> 00:22.433 point between then and now had you ever 00:22.433 --> 00:22.270 made it feel like there need to be 00:22.270 --> 00:24.381 competition . So , so thank you for , 00:24.381 --> 00:26.659 for that , Josh . Ladies and gentlemen , 00:26.659 --> 00:28.826 honored guests , friends and family of 00:28.826 --> 00:30.937 our sky soldiers , thanks for sharing 00:30.937 --> 00:33.048 today with us . Um , I am humbled and 00:33.048 --> 00:35.270 honored to have my lifelong heroes here 00:35.270 --> 00:35.139 in attendance , my mother , my father , 00:35.270 --> 00:37.492 my sister . Um , they each instilled in 00:37.492 --> 00:39.270 me at an early age the value of 00:39.270 --> 00:41.540 patriotism , loyalty , hard work , 00:41.590 --> 00:43.812 commitment to duty in each other . Um , 00:43.812 --> 00:45.757 and then I also have my , my daily 00:45.757 --> 00:47.990 heroes , my wife and my daughter A and 00:47.990 --> 00:49.990 Amanda , um , they're demonstration 00:49.990 --> 00:52.212 patience , and yeah , there , there's a 00:52.212 --> 00:54.379 theme , um , is a constant reminder of 00:54.379 --> 00:56.601 the support , love , and sacrifice that 00:56.601 --> 00:59.470 I'm so appreciative of . Yeah Uh 00:59.930 --> 01:02.208 precious who are not deserving of , um , 01:02.208 --> 01:04.374 and those words don't appropriately do 01:04.374 --> 01:07.589 justice to just really how awesome . Uh , 01:07.599 --> 01:09.440 2004 , I was equally humbled and 01:09.440 --> 01:11.329 honored to report to the 173 as a 01:11.329 --> 01:13.551 lieutenant . Um , over those succeeding 01:13.551 --> 01:15.440 three years , I learned the value 01:15.440 --> 01:17.551 really the necessity of understanding 01:17.551 --> 01:19.162 environment , organizational 01:19.162 --> 01:21.384 requirement standard , um , translating 01:21.384 --> 01:23.551 that understanding into understood and 01:23.551 --> 01:25.662 executable orders , and then stepping 01:25.662 --> 01:27.773 out of the way to enable talented and 01:27.773 --> 01:27.239 empowered NCOs and paratroops to 01:27.239 --> 01:29.400 execute successfully . Very , very 01:29.400 --> 01:31.567 fortunate to have some of the men that 01:31.567 --> 01:33.678 taught me those lessons in attendance 01:33.678 --> 01:35.678 today to include one that just pass 01:35.678 --> 01:37.733 colors and . So gentlemen , um , for 01:37.733 --> 01:39.900 those lessons then it have endured for 01:39.900 --> 01:42.610 today . Thank you very much . Today , 01:42.970 --> 01:45.192 today , I remain humbled and honored to 01:45.192 --> 01:47.081 return to the 173rd , humbled and 01:47.081 --> 01:48.692 honored to share the task of 01:48.692 --> 01:50.914 safeguarding the legacy entrusted to us 01:50.914 --> 01:53.137 by the thousands that came before , and 01:53.137 --> 01:53.099 I'm humbled and honored to rejoin the 01:53.099 --> 01:55.099 paratroopers standing for you , the 01:55.099 --> 01:57.377 many that they represented aren't here , 01:57.377 --> 01:59.543 um , that are ready , they are here to 01:59.543 --> 02:01.543 address threat and uncertainty that 02:01.543 --> 02:03.655 awaits for us on the horizon , and it 02:03.655 --> 02:05.599 is an honor that I look forward to 02:05.599 --> 02:07.488 earning every day . Ls lead , sky 02:07.488 --> 02:07.980 soldiers , airborne .