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00:00necessarily get the warmest welcome home and we'd like to today take that
00:05take that opportunity to welcome them home. Jeannie come on up. We have pins
00:13for the Vietnam War veterans and Jeannie will pin each of the veterans.
00:20And while Jeannie's doing that I'll also just tell you Jeannie's father is still
00:33unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. He is a naval aviator missing in the Gulf of
00:39Tonkin. She was about two years old when her dad went missing so for her this is
00:47like welcoming home her dad.
01:17We do have a couple or one significant administrative announcement for you if
01:29you're if you parked in the hotel and you would like a voucher we were able to
01:35negotiate a reduced rate for ten dollars for the parking. If you'll see Mr. Greg
01:40Hayes in the back. Greg if you can wave and let people know if you'll find Greg he
01:45can give you a voucher for your parking to get a reduced rate. Next slide please.
01:54Today's agenda is up on the screen but you also have a copy of it in your booklet.
01:59In addition to the booklet that you are giving and it's in your registration
02:04folder there's a copy of all of the briefings that will be presented today as
02:09well as a survey form and registration form. We would very much appreciate your
02:17feedback on the survey and the registration form that's in your folder is
02:23in if you're interested in reaching out to other members who are here today we
02:30want your contact information there's a signature block to release your
02:34information so we will share that with other attendees if you so desire. Also in
02:44just to bring your attention to the poster that's on this podium but also you'll see
02:52that there's a poster card on each of your your places on the back of that poster
02:59is also information about our 2026 family update schedule. There's information
03:07about the contacting for your service casualty offices QR code for access to our
03:15website. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter recognized National POWMI recognition day.
03:22it's observed on the third Friday of each year in September and each year we
03:29develop a poster to recognize the recognition day and for the first time this
03:35year that poster was developed the one that you see up here and that's on your
03:39cards was was developed by a gold star daughter you just met Jeannie if you could
03:46just stand she she developed our poster for us this year we also have with us
03:56today mr. Dustin guy who is the chief of staff for the Louisiana Office of
04:01Veterans Affairs if you could sir please stand and be recognized
04:08we get tremendous support from the Veterans Affairs and we couldn't do this
04:13mission without them so sir thank you very much. By now that you should have met
04:19your service casualty officers they were kind of milling around when you were
04:25getting your registration they're the folks that you talk to on the phone often
04:31they're the ones that you send emails to if you have questions about your cases
04:37they're kind of your first point of contact and they're the advocates that
04:42interface with us on your on your questions for the army families today we
04:49have mr. Greg Thorne and he's got a team of nine casualty officers with him today
04:55for the Navy is mr. Richard Jenkins he has a small team of casualty officers with him
05:02and the Marine Corps is even smaller with mr. Chuck Williams and mr. Donovan
05:08Mansfield the Air Force is a little bit different than the other services they
05:13have both casualty and mortuary are separated and today miss Sandra called has
05:20a team of two additional members with her so before you leave today if you would
05:25take the opportunity to meet those individuals and make that connection now
05:33it's my pleasure to introduce you