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today is an important day for the 

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sustainment Center for Air Force 

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Material Command , for the Air Force 

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for the nation frankly . And what we're 

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gonna do today is we're gonna transfer 

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command from one commander to another 

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and we're going to do in such a way 

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that there's not gonna be a break in 

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power . I don't expect that we're gonna 

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skip a beat . Uh as we as we transfer 

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the baton from General Miller to Gerald 

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Hawkins today , readiness is too 

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important to leave the chance . That's 

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why we have a process for generating 

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readiness . I'm proud of what the 

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sustainment center has done um being 

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focused on art of the possible . I know 

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under General Hawkins leadership , 

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it'll continue uh and it'll get us the 

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readiness that we need . So it's been 

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an honor to be the sustainment center 

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community . And thank you . I look 

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forward to getting the work as General 

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Richardson's challenged me to do . I am 

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so excited to be in this role at this 

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time . I look forward to maturing this 

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great center into the middle of the 

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21st century in an era of zero fail , 

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integrated deterrence and strategic 

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competition . Thank you and blessings 

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to you all