how difficult it is to take the first step, because that ties into what do you do?  How do you find the purpose in your life? Big daunting questions. Well, you just do the first thing you can think of. And that is going on whatever it is, wag.com, setting up a profile so that you can start to like babysit dogs in Denver once one weekend a month, just to start going out there to see what happens. Like there's, don't look at these things like your life's purpose or these big goals. Look at them as experiments.  You know, and if this thing that you do starts to energize you and you realize you're in Denver and all of a sudden you're meeting these cool people and you realize you just can't wait to get back there once you spend the weekend. There's your indication that, okay, I think I need to move to Denver, but you're just never gonna know until you push through that fear of the unknown. I don't know anyone in Denver. You know, everyone thinks I'm like, I just graduated grad school and I'm babysitting dogs. Like, come on, I'm supposed to be going onto my career. You really have to understand that if people think you're crazy, that's good, right? That is a good sign.  In fact, this isn't even my idea. This is a great quote from Les Brown. He's a legendary thought leader and speaker, but he has this quote that has really stuck with me. It's basically something like this. Imagine you are on your deathbed and in your final hours, ghosts come to the side of your bed and it's the ghosts of the dreams you never fulfilled, the ideas you had but never acted on, right?  The reason people think that it's crazy is because they don't have the key to unlock this gift. Only you have the key to make these things happen. We all have these unique abilities and gifts that we are supposed to act on and most of us push them away and that's why they come back eventually and haunt you at the end of your life. You have an obligation to act on these to because only you can realize them. So you have the obligation to at least try. Maybe they won't work. That's great. Like at least you don't regret not trying. You are at the very least gonna learn something about yourself. At the very least you're gonna grow. So the first step is what stops most people and so I like to make the first step as easy as possible. Write it down. What is it? Because a lot of times we don't even take the time to think about what we really want. So the great thing about writing your list is that you take something that doesn't exist and you make it real. So now you have a reminder. This is like a contract with yourself where you're taking this thing that's intangible. It's a thought and now it's suddenly tangible and as you start to get buried by everything, the chatter that everyone's saying, you shouldn't do it, the obligations that you have, you come back to your list and it points you in the direction that you need to go. The great thing about writing your list too is it starts to build accountability and I told you that the psychologist found three reasons that we don't do these things. One of them is fear. The other is there's no deadlines for personal goals. There's no deadline for your client or friend to move to Denver, right? If he doesn't do it next year, no one's gonna come down and fire him. No one's gonna slap his wrist, nothing happens. So that's why we think, well, I'll do it when I get to it. It's not a good time right now to move to Denver. I'm going through a rough patch in my relationship so I need to make sure or I wanna get the kids through their first year of school or you know, all these things that are perfectly viable, but those things will always be there. So there's no deadlines, we need to create accountability. Writing down your goals, it seems very small, it creates accountability. You're 42% more likely to achieve your goal just by writing it down and it starts to build inspiration because the other problem that we face is we're waiting to feel inspired to go after these things, right? Or we're waiting for the perfect time. So you need to create your own inspiration through action. So you're the architects of your own inspiration just by taking action. You don't need to know how you're gonna move to Denver or what you're gonna do there. You just do the first thing, go there for the weekend, done.  Now that I've moved here, I sort of understand like this is where I wanna be. And so your next step is next time go to this area and that's where you're spending the weekend. And then you start to meet people and then you realize, okay, now I'm gonna start to put together, I'm gonna go to this dinner party or I'm gonna do this. So you start to figure out the next steps as you go. No one has the plan, action is the plan, right? I'm just gonna reiterate that because this is so important. You don't need to know the plan and sometimes we overplan and we forget that action is the plan.


Income Tax 2021-2022, Business Expenses, Pension Plans. Get ready to get refunds to the max, diving into Income Tax 2021-2022. Loser Tax Software, you don't need Tax Software to follow along, but you might want to have the Form 1040, which you can find on the IRS website at irs.gov, irs.gov, starting point, the single filer, Adam Smith, living in Beverly Hills, 90210. We've got the Schedule C business flowing into line A to the page 1 of 1040. Let's follow that flow through by going to the Schedule C. Schedule C, which is, of course, the profit or loss from business, basically an income statement, 120,000 gross. We got the 20,000 expenses to start off with, the 100,000 on the net, then rolling in to the Schedule 1. Schedule 1, which is the additional income and adjustments to income, line number 3, line number 3, totaling up down below, line number 10, then rolling in to page 1 of the Form 1040, and now that's on the 100,000. We also have to deal with the Self-Employment Tax. You'll recall Self-Employment Tax is on the Schedule SE, Schedule SE, Self-Employment Tax, Social Security and Medicare, starting at the 14-129 that's rolling into the Form 1040. You can also see it on page 2 here. There's the 14-129 that rolls in then to the 1040, page number 2. There's the 14,000. It's not the Federal Income Tax, but the Social Security and Medicare, the Employment Tax. Then we also have half of that that's deductible above the line, and we can see that on the Schedule SE calculation, the half taken after 7,065, flowing into Schedule 1, and page number 2 of Schedule 1, number 15. That then is flowing in to the first page of the Form 1040, line number 10. So we got the 100,000 minus the 7,065, Adjusted Gross Income 92935. We got the 12,550 on the Standard Deduction. We also have the Qualified Business Income Deduction, Form 8995. I'm letting the Saltsward do that calculation at this point in time. I'm at the 64308, 64308. We can mirror that in our Excel worksheet, where we have the 100,000 pulling in from the Schedule SE, Schedule SE 120 minus the 20 gives us the 100. That pulls in to the Form 1040 or the first page of the formula. We then have the tax that's calculated on it, the Added Tax, that's the Self-Employment Tax, which is over here on the Additional Tax. We got our calculation for it coming out to that 14-130, the 14-130, then pulling in here. Half of that is the above-the-line deduction, Adjustments to Income, in other words, pulling into this Schedule or coming from this Schedule. That's not the one, this Schedule. There it is, 7,065. That pulls in to our formula. There that is. There's the 92935, matching then what we have on our tax return, 12,550 for the standard deduction that we have here as well. We're pulling in the Qualified Business Income deduction from the return to get to the 64308, 64308 page two doing the Federal Income Tax Calculation for us for the Progressive Tax System, 9,900, 9,900 there, and then the 14-130 to get to the 24-130, there's the 24, I'm sorry, the 24-30, the 24-29, which is a dollar off due to rounding. Let's get rid of this 150. That's not part of our starting point. That's not part of our thing here. That's an old problem stuff. So let's go back on over. That's our starting point. Now if I go back on over, let's say we had some kind of retirement plan that we set up. We can go into the Schedule C, and we can see then on the Schedule C that we have line number 19 here, Pension and Profit Sharing Plans. So that would be the most straightforward kind of data input. So if we had a SEP or a Simple or a Qualified Plans, then we can typically take the deduction here. You can deduct contributions you make to the plan for your employees on line 19 of the Schedule. So if I jump in over there, then we're going to say Contributions Made. Let's just say 10,000 on the Contributions, and then jump back on over, and there is that. So that's fairly straightforward now. But however, we might set this up and say, if you are a sole proprietorship as we are here and you deduct contributions you make to the plan for yourself, that goes on line 16 of Schedule 1. So that means that, and that's part of the reason that of course many people are going to set up, say a Simple or a SEP. They're basically saying, hey, if I was an employee working for a business, I would have access to generally a 401k plan if it was a large company, because that's a big benefit that they often offer, and I would get to put more money into that plan and possibly have a matching thing and everything with it. If I'm a sole proprietorship, then if I don't have anything set up, I only have the IRA to contribute into. And the problem with the IRA or one problem is that it has a limited amount. I want to put more money in than the IRA will let me put in. Usually the contribution limits are much higher for some kind of plan. I don't want to set up a 401k plan possibly for my business because it's too complex to set up. The administration work is too complex, so possibly I set up a SEP or a Simple, mainly primarily might be your first thought for a small business, so that I can put more money into it. And so then you make your decision on the SEP and the Simple possibly for that, and so that I could possibly give benefits to the employees as well so they can have more that they can put in than possibly under just an IRA. And then we can choose which plan like a SEP or a Simple would be best for us and then try to figure out how much we're going to be able to put money into the plan. So once we figure that out, which you want to then think about how you're going to set up the plan, when do I have to put in the contribution?  So when do you have to put the contribution in? And then how do you actually do it logistically? Well, then we could finally get to this component. You could go to the Schedule 1, Page Number 2, and we're looking for the contributions to the plan, which is 19, which is going to be line 16. So 16, so whatever our contribution is, we can then put that component here. And I'm going to go to, let's say it was a, I'm going with a SEP here. Now you can then use the software to kind of figure out how much you can put in. And this is what's kind of nice. Like if you could set up your plan so that you can then determine how much you made because that's often going to be one of the limits in terms of calculating how much you can put into the plan, then kind of like with an IRA, you would have the capacity to do that last-minute planning to see how much you could put in. So if I was to say in software, say I want to max out the plan by putting a 1 here, then it'll basically put the maximum amount of the deductible amount here, which you could see is much higher than the IRA. And that's going to be, again, one of the big points for small businesses oftentimes to get themselves access to higher contributions, as well as benefiting any employees as well. So then if we add that up, that's going to add up to the 2386. We're going to pull that over to the first page of the Form 1040. So now we've got the 90,000, the 2386 here to get us to the gross income of the 66914, the 66914. If we were to mirror that on our software over here, we could say, okay, the contribution we made to the Schedule C fairly straightforward. We put whatever else the contribution was, and that was 10,000. And that's going to adjust our Schedule C income to the 90,000 pulling over here. And then our contribution that we made to our portion of the plan is an adjustment to income, which we could say we got student loans. We got all this stuff. Let's add another, insert another, and we put in, what did we call it here? What's it called? What's it called? What's it called? It's called self-employment, self-employed, SEP, simple. Let's call it that. Self-employed. Oh, I have that somewhere. It's already up there. Self-employed, SEP and simple is already there somewhere. So, and I said that we put that in at the 16728. 16728. 16728. Roger that. Copy out. Going on to page one again of the Form 1040, I mean. So now we've got the 66914 for the A to the G to the I. Adjusted gross income. Otherwise, 66914. And so that looks good. And then we've got the new business credit, 10873. I'm going to put here 10873 to get to the 43491. 43491, 43491. Page two, calculate in the tax then at the 5313, 5313. We're going to say this is 5313. And our calculation of the self-employment, is that calculating properly? It is. Roger that. Roger out. 101829. 1830 off by a dollar. That is okay. That is okay. So that's going to be the general ID. Now you might, if when you first kind of set this thing up, you could have that qualified credit as well. And that credit is on form 8881, I believe. So you can look at the instructions for more detail on this, but it's a credit for small employer pension plan, startup costs, and auto enrollment. You may also be able to claim a tax credit. If you begin a new qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plan, including a 401k, a simple plan or a SEP, the cost equals 50% of the cost to set up the administer, the plan and educate employees about the plan up to a maximum of $500 per year for each of the first three years of the plan. So qualified startup costs, we have to determine the startup costs. And if I just basically put up the startup costs that were like 1000, let's say, or 10,000, that's kind of a lot for startup costs. Let's put 1000 in there. See what that, see what we get. It's going to cap it at the 500. So there is the 500 that is pulling over to then form 3800. So that's pulling over to form 380, general business credit. So the general business credit then, and we've got the 500 that is pulling over then to the form 1040. And we're going to go to page number two. And now we've got that $500 ultimately pulling in here from schedule number three. I should have gone to schedule number three. So there's schedule number three for the general business credit that's pulling into the form 1040 page number two. Remember, it's a credit, not a deduction. So you get kind of the more of a benefit. The full $500 being affected as opposed to a decrease in the income on that. So if you're setting up the plan, then you could take into consideration that as well. And you could take a look at more research on it by going into the instructions for form 8881 on the IRS website, irs.gov, irs.g, to the O, to the V, G-O-V.


this is one of these victories that if this turns out to be a special season you'll look back and go that was a pretty good one so down five nothing they went six five it's a gritty gritty win for the Yankees and you could have said okay sabati didn't have it down five runs you know you just look forward to tomorrow night louise ago was huge coming out of the bullpen Yankees took advantage of the angel bullpen which was shaky Garcia walking a bunch but at the end of this let me you getting that big hit RBI and Tyler Wade being a part of it great win for the Yankees and as we mentioned coming into this game LeMay who seemed lost he was really red hot right at the beginning of the season and he's been reaching and not going to right field which is where his money is made and he found it all today again he did and you know he pulls breaking balls and he blocks off fastballs the other way and that's what we saw tonight a double in an RBI on a breaking ball sacrifice fly to center field and then finally the hit to right field which is a game winner and we mentioned Tyler Wade and you know he's become an important player for this team he's been in left field for two straight games with Clint Frazier's ankle injury so the bottom line is he was embarrassed when he got kind of picked off a second base with the hidden ball track and he came through in the ninth he did and embarrasses the right word I mean he obviously that's a play that can't happen it did happen and it turned out they were Yankees were in position to extend on in that inning so you got to feel good for him the base hit first of all was huge stealing a base early in the count was probably even bigger and then LaMahoe had the opportunity to drive him in and I will tell you this if you look at the Yankees and they were struggling there and they've lost so many players and we talked about the war that they've lost that's on the IL this year it's really amazing what they've done now that they're not beating world beating teams but they certainly are teams on their schedule and to win six in a row with a makeshift lineup I think that's pretty amazing you know we've been talking about the rotation has been so good a big reason why they've won a lot of those games so Matthew was off tonight I mean it wasn't sharp stuff wasn't great couldn't locate so they found a way to pick him up which is the side of a really good team at this point finding ways to win it's all the matters all right so it's to knock it tomorrow as the Yankees try to go seven in a row and sweep this four game set and really start this West Coast swing off with a really good series


Hey guys, it's Nate, AKA the Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. The FIFA 22 market was cheaper than ever this last year with especially prices at the beginning of the game being so cheap that we all lost so many coins. What I wanna do today in the video is look at some price predictions I have for FIFA 23 Ultimate Team as we are about to get on our Ultimate Team accounts for the first time in the next seven to eight days whether you're getting on with the web app or early access, we are gonna be on a brand new market and I think that prices could be cheap this year in FIFA 23 as well. I think EA liked the market last year in 22. I think they'll keep it pretty similar this year in FIFA 23. So with that being said, I wanna take a look at a lot of players today. Some of the most popular players like Mbappe, Messi, Ronaldo, some other lower tier players like Renato Sanchez, maybe Ed or Militao and look through how much I think they could cost in the first week or so on this game. So if you're excited for the video today, hit the thumbs up and subscribe if you're new. Let's get right into it and talk about some prices because we've got a lot of FIFA player ratings released. We're still learning about a few and even one of the players we'll look at today hasn't had a confirmed rating yet. It's only a leaked rating from earlier in August when people were able to get on the game somehow on Xbox, of course EA making mistakes early on. But what I wanna mention to kind of just cover first is these prices we're gonna talk about today on a lot of these cards are gonna be first week prices. Prices that in the first week of the game we should see on the web app, on the early access, because of course after that and as we know, prices are gonna be dropping all year long. 1.7 mil for Mbappe at his peak. A few months later, he's under a million coins, right? We're gonna take that into account today. These price predictions are going to be for the early, early game. And what this will be helpful for is kind of allowing you to set a goal or a target maybe how many coins you need to have and save up for and maybe even how much work you need to put in or if you're gonna spend FIVA points, how many FIVA points you're gonna spend to maybe get enough coins to buy some of these players that you want. So let's talk about, again, we have so many downgrades with the ratings in FIVA 23 this year, especially on the top tier, right? We've got guys like Neymar and Ronaldo and Messi having big time attribute stat downgrades on their cards. And there's many reasons for that. We've talked about a lot of that and I think it's gonna impact their prices a lot as well. Let's start with Cristiano Ronaldo. How much is Ronaldo gonna cost this year in FIVA? Last year, his first year being on Manchester United again and especially his card in FIVA looking really good. 87 pace, 80 at dribbling. He started off at 1.7 to 1.5 to 1.7 million coins was that first week, first two week price for Ronaldo. This year, it's gonna look way different in my opinion for this card. In my opinion, this year, Cristiano Ronaldo, I'm just gonna shoot the price right out at you. I think this card is gonna end up being under a million coins because if you think about it, last year, he was the clear cut number one striker in the Premier League. He still has the highest base overall shooting statistic at 92, but he now has Erling Holland and of course the in real life hype of Erling Holland getting many special cards at the beginning of FIVA 23, most likely as well to compete with him and they've got other great strikers in the game. Now, Lemondalski, Benzema looking great, other Premier League cards like Hyunmin Sun might be position-changeable to a center forward or a striker card in game and people will of course want to play a card like Sun at striker. I think that for that reason and of course the big downgrade on Ronaldo's card, he is gonna end up being somewhere around eight to 900,000 coins in the first couple of weeks and it's crazy because before FIVA 22, Ronaldo was always the most expensive player in FIVA. I mean, you go back to like FIVA 20, FIVA 19, FIVA 18, Ronaldo was always that guy because he's just very high rated, hard to pack and always really good in the game and we have a new number one in town. Last year was the first year that Ronaldo was kind of had competition and was actually overtaken by Mbappe very early on as one of the most expensive players as the most expensive non-icon or promo item in the game, Golden Mbappe, let's talk about him next. What could his price be this year? Last year he was 1.7 million coins, of course, very popular in FIVA 21, maintained that in FIVA 22. This was like the guy that everybody was aiming for as a gold card to get in their teams. Of course, Mbappe this year looked cracked again. He's gonna have a great card, one of the joint highest rated players in FIVA 23. I think this year though with the PSG links being so important and we're gonna talk about this for a couple of other players here in a second.  I think that Mbappe's card this year is going to be over 2 million coins. I think he really is because besides an icon or maybe like Hero Ginola, like what card is gonna come close to this guy in the early stages of the game? I think this is the guy. I think he's gonna be 2 to 2.2 million coins early on. Also, as we're going through a lot of these players, we're gonna start rapid firing through a ton of players today. Let me know down in the comments who you want to see get reviewed. We're gonna do multiple of these price prediction videos. So put me some names down in the comments and we'll go through a lot more players in the coming videos. Now, let's keep it with the PSG theme. Let's talk about Messi, 91 rated Messi. Of course, big downgrade, big pace downgrade. And similar to Ronaldo, I think his price is gonna take a really big hit as well. Last year on FIFA 22, gold Messi was around 800 to 900,000 coins and 700K on the Xbox in the early game stage. Now, another aspect of the market that's obviously changing this year is the cross-platform aspect.  But with a big time pace downgrade for Messi, but still with the PSG links being pretty hype, I think Messi's gonna be cheaper this year, but I also think he's gonna maintain some value because of those PSG links. My fearless forecast for later on Messi in FIFA 22, sorry, FIFA 23, I'm gonna say this Messi card is gonna end up being about five to 50 to $600,000 coins in that first week. Think about it, you might only have to have two million coins to buy Messi and Ronaldo in FIFA 23, but with those same two million coins, you might only be able to afford one Mbappe, which is kind of crazy to think about. Now, one more PSG player, a part of the big three, of course, Neymar. 89 rated, another big downgrade for him in terms of pace across the whole card, looks a lot worse than last year. I think that Neymar this year is gonna take a big price drop like Messi, like Ronaldo did, from a 91 rated with 91 pace and being about a million coins around the same price point as Messi was last year. I think this Neymar is gonna be around the same point as Messi this year as well, but actually a little bit more expensive. I said five 50 to 600 for the Messi card, I'm gonna say about 600 to 750K for the Neymar card. Again, I really just think the PSG links this year, when you get to the upper echelon of players, before you start to think about promo cards and informs and maybe even some foot heroes and icons, these are the types of players you're gonna be fitting in your team, Neymar and Mbappe and Messi, and I really do think that Neymar card is still gonna be very good this year, but of course, as we have talked about, he's got competition for the best left wing card in the game. There's a lot of options, but specifically the best Brazilian left wing card, we've been talking a lot about this 86 rated Vinny Jr. Flashed onto the scene last year in real life and in FIFA with insane cards, his early game informs, his player of the month, his Tots card at the end, insane and saints cards with this Vinny Jr., very overpowered in FIFA. He's gonna be cracked this year as well. Still gonna have those five star skills, not gonna have the five star, five star, but we'll have the four star weak foot we would imagine for Vinny Jr. Now, this is one thing I wanna talk about with Vinny. It's hard to really look at last year in FIFA 22 and again, you've seen me using a lot of FIFA 22 prices to compare for these guys. Vinny this year, I look back to his 83 rated inform from last year, it started off at 150K, had a crazy rise all the way to 353.60 and then dropped off like crazy, but especially with the Real Madrid links and how important the chemistry system is this year and learning how to get 33 out of 33 chemistry on your full team. What I kinda wanna show you in a second here is how it's gonna be pretty easy to fit Vinny and a team, but I think there's gonna be a couple key players you're gonna have to have if you wanna get him in your squad. I think this Vinny this year is gonna be around probably 300 to 350, maybe 400,000 coins in the first couple of weeks. Seriously, it's all about the high pure guys. I really think he's gonna be around that price. It's hard to look at his informs and kind of give a guesstimation on what that might be. His second inform was 300K, but that was in November, right? And of course, this gold card is gonna start off in the game, no informs for him unless maybe today in the game versus Athletic on Madrid, he goes off and does something crazy for maybe team of the week, one worthy performance, but I think 300 to 400K for Vinny is a pretty safe bet. We're gonna keep the Real Madrid train rolling here for a second and talk about a really interesting card, Karim the Dream Benzema. Can you believe that at the start of FIFA 22, this guy was 15K? Literally, he was fodder at the beginning of FIFA 22 because he was always seen as too slow and not usable in teams. Well, all that has changed with his brand new FIFA 23 card, finally eclipsing the 80 pace threshold, which makes his card look good and unusable. Does it make it look insane though? I don't think it makes him look insane and that's why I think his price isn't gonna be that crazy, right? He is gonna be a top, let's say five striker in the game, but his pace being only 80 does lack him a little bit when it comes to like the top tier of the most top tier. So in my opinion, this Benzema card this year is probably gonna be around 150,000 coins. He is 91 rated, he's gonna be very hard to pack, he's gonna be pretty rare in the market. But I think that even if you think about the Real Madrid links, I think people are gonna use other cards to link Vinny instead of Benzema. I think they could say, okay, I'm not gonna use Benzema, I'm gonna use a more overpowered striker than him and then still be able to get Vinny in the team. And I'm gonna show you a couple ways how people might do that. Now, let's talk about Edder Milletow. This is gonna be how everybody gets Vinny into their teams and this is gonna be one of the most in-demand center backs at the start of FIFA 23. 86 pace, 85 defense, 82 physical, massive upgrade and massive hype. Basically, this would be the equivalent of a perfect link to Vinny, right? In the old chemistry system and a perfect link at FIFA 23 between these two guys, check this out. If you put both Vinny and Furlan Mendy, sorry, not Furlan Mendy, if you put Milletow in a team and you look at what this does, boom. Two chemistry points instantly for both of those players because they both, you know, two players in the same club gets you a Ken point and two players in the same nation gets you a chemistry point as well. Watch when I add Furlan Mendy as a left back. They are maxed out on chemistry and if I had one more French player for Furlan Mendy, let's add Nkunku in here. Very high player to start the year, boom. Mendy, Milletow, Vinny, all on max chem and then let's say you wanna start building out with some other Bundesliga players and get some links to Nkunku or some other French cards. You can very easily do that and get very easy chemistry. So I think that that Vinicius and Edder Milletow link is gonna be so OP this year. So overpowered and I think that with the stat increase, the rating increase, 84 rated, gonna make him a little bit less rare in packs. He's pretty hard to pack how it is already. I think that Milletow is gonna be the most expensive he has ever been. Last year he was 45,000 coins but again, like I said, being that Brazil Real Madrid with all the link potential and hype there, I think this year he is gonna be 100,000 coins. He is giving me like a couple years ago Veran vibes seriously. Veran's kind of falling out of favor and with this rating, we're gonna talk about that in a second. This card to me looks disgusting. I think so many people are gonna wanna have him in their squad and especially with the links that we just looked at here, he's gonna be very, very popular in the early stages. Now, speaking of Ferlan Mendy who is also in this team, I'm gonna look at his price very consistently around 100K. Last year, between 100 to 125,000 coins before of course dropping off a lot throughout the rest of the year. I think it's gonna be a same similar year for Ferlan Mendy. Speaking of a guy who's hard to pack, this guy is almost like a dinosaur in packs.  No, it's the exact opposite and it probably is because his value is so much. I think Ferlan Mendy is gonna be even more expensive because of those links that we just looked at. This year in FIFA 23, I think he's gonna be between 125 to 150,000 coins and again, if you think about the most elite left-backs to start the year, you've got guys like Cancelo, Teo Hernandez, Alfonso Davies and Ferlan Mendy. He is a top three most meta and overpowered left-backs to start the year. Non-icon or hero, of course. That card to me, 150K in these first couple of weeks of FIFA 23. Let's keep moving on. Let's talk about that Veran card like I was mentioning because this has been like the most overpowered center-back for the past couple of years and everybody goes out and try to get this card, especially if they're running prem teams. But this year, the France links are gonna be pretty important and he's got them, right? But 300,000 coins last year for arguably the most meta and the most popular center-back to start the game last year in FIFA 22. He got a big downgrade though. This isn't an official release card because this is from the early leaks that we talked about in the beginning of, at the end of August when people were getting on the Xbox version of FIFA. But those leak ratings were actually pretty close to spot on. This is what Veran's card could look like. Obviously, not as good. He did get a bit of a pace downgrade, just a small downgrade, minus two overall and minus one pace, minus two defense, minus two physical. But I think that's gonna have a pretty big impact on his price this year. So this 84 rated Veran card I have down in my notes only about 100 to 150,000 coins. And that's also because we've had some other really, really nice French center-backs like Kunde come up, the Milital, the Tamori. There's more competition for an insane level center-back and even more center-backs in the prem, like Kula Bali. We're gonna talk about his price here in just a second as well. Actually, let's do that right now. Why not? Kalidu Kula Bali, transferring to Chelsea. I mean, you think about the top three Premier League center-backs. You've got Van Dyke, you've got Kula Bali, you've got Veran. You could throw Ruben Diaz in there, but he just does not have the pace. That's the problem with him, right? I've got Kula Bali in here at around 100,000 coins. Last year, he was a very cheap beast at 30K in the beginning stages of the game in the Serie A. Serie A is always undervalued. It's something to remember about the start of FIFA. But since he's moving to the prem, if you're, a lot of people in FIFA just try to build the best Premier League team right off the bat, this guy's in your squad. Especially if you're going Van Dyke and Kula Bali at center-back, I think with his higher rating and with his new Chelsea links, which are very valuable, his nation links aren't that valuable unless you're trying to, I don't know, what kind of hybrid you're gonna make with Senegalese players that often, besides a couple of few specific ones. But with those Chelsea links for Kante and some other, maybe some pretty good players, like I don't know what a bombing starter rating's gonna look like, but specifically Kante, for sure. You know, I think this Kula Bali is gonna be around 100,000 coins, big new addition to the Premier League in defense. Now speaking of Premier League, let's move on to arguably the most hyped Premier League player at the moment, Erling, Brout, Holland. And you know, we're gonna do a prediction for his gold card price right now, but here's what I'm thinking, I even tweeted about this yesterday, this man is on an absolute terror. He has got not only a player of the month card coming soon, that's confirmed, by the way. He has won the Premier League player of the month for August, so what I wanna do is I wanna look at a price prediction for his player of the month, his gold card, and he could even get an inform, right? He scored a goal in Man City's game yesterday in their win, the 3-0 win. He's getting a once-to-watch card, so there could potentially be two to three versions of Holland in the first couple weeks of FIFA, and I tweeted out jokingly yesterday, I said, when's this guy's gold card ever gonna be in packs if he keeps it up at this rate? Again, it's gonna be crazy, but again, with that being said, cards that are out of packs when they have a special card in packs, like a team of the week. If we look at Vinny's gold card last year at the beginning of FIFA, it was like max price, 30K, because he had that team of the week one inform, then his price quickly dropped off very fast, right? I think that Erling Holland's card, especially with the once-to-watch going out of packs for that, the player of the month, that's an interesting scenario. We don't know too much about SBC yet, how much it's gonna cost, should be pretty expensive. If he does get a team of the week one card in 89 rated, then I think his gold card's gonna be obviously like extinct, you're like 400, 500,000 coins, maybe more, but seriously, when the market calms down a little bit, I think this Holland card is gonna be 300K. I think it's gonna be a 300K card, just because of the hype.  And again, it really does depend on what the meta of the game is. If people like the short, very agile, dribbling, left stick dribbling type strikers, or if it's a crossing meta, or if the big strong body can hold up in the box, you can pass it in, take a dribble and just shoot, and maybe get some goals that way with strength, being the main way of scoring. He can be very overpowered. He was very popular at the beginning of the year last year. So it's gonna be interesting to see what his gold card price is, depending on what other specials he gets. But this player of the month, man, I mean, think about Cristiano Ronaldo's early player of the month at the beginning of FIFA 22. EA is gonna make it very expensive, I think, to get this Erling Holland done. I have a price written down here at 1.2 million coins, maybe even a little bit higher. One mil to 1.2 mil coins, there's really not no knowing about what this SBC price could be, because a player of the month, let's say he doesn't get any in forms. Let's say it's gold card, he gets a player of the month, and then the ones to watch. I mean, a player of the month, Holland would go to a 90 rated card, because under 90 rated cards, when they get a player of the month, they get a plus two, that's been EA's rule in the past. So a 90 rated Holland in the first week of FIFA, like EA is gonna make this guy really expensive, especially with all the IRL hype. So that's why I'm saying a million coins, even though fodder at the beginning of the game is pretty cheap, they're gonna make it pretty hard to get him done. So just keep an eye out for that. But again, what we're doing and talking through all this stuff is just giving you guys some ideas and kind of just creating some conversations around how many coins you might need to acquire these insane cards early on. Now, there's so many players that we're gonna look at here, we're almost done, but I have to have two different web browsers pulled up. So here's the second one, right? I wanna rapid fire through some of these guys here at the end. Christopher and Cuckoo, one of the biggest and most hyped French players in the last year of football with an insane year for Leipzig. He got a big upgrade, he got the five star skill move upgrade as well. His card was dirt cheap at the beginning of the year, last year, 81 rated. It was like, again, not that good. He had a lot of special cards, player of the months, he kind of burst it onto the scene. I think this 86 rated in Cuckoo this year is gonna be the budget Mbappe. With the five star skills, he might only have a three star weak foot, but 88 paced, 88 dribble. He even has good defending stats. Like you could play this guy as a box to box if you really wanted to, depending on his work rates. So versatile, French links, five star skills, really hype IRL and last year in FIFA. I think this guy is gonna be about two to 300,000 coins because of that. Kingsley, Colman, another five star skill addition to FIFA 23 in the Bundesliga as well. There's a lot of great left mids, right? If we think about it, you've got Colman, you've got Mane now in the Bundesliga. You've got other great cards like Hyunmin Sun. Again, we've already looked at Neymar and at Vinny. There's a lot of competition on that left side for sure, for great attackers. But I still think within a five star skill upgrade, based off of last year, he was around 40 to 50,000 coins. I think Kingsley Colman is gonna end up being around 60 to 80K this year with that hype and the French links as well. Last two cards to talk about before we do more. Again, drop down below in the comments if you wanna want me to look at any more of these.  Renato Sanchez, 80 rated, but PSG. Last year, he was extinct. He went extinct again at 27K and then EA kept updating his price ranges and after a couple days, his price just absolutely tanked because again, the supply was mad and that's something that we're gonna talk about a lot in the early stages of FIFA 23 is like FIFA 22, there's gonna be a lot of crazy supply. But with the PSG links and with an even better card than last year, basically, I mean, it's about the same card. Let's be honest, not better about the same minus one pace but the PSG links are so huge. I think that's actually gonna have a positive impact on Renato Sanchez's price. I'm saying 30 to 40,000 coins in FIFA 23 in those first couple of days and Alan St. Maximon as well. A rating boost, a bit of a stat downgrade on pace only. His dribbling went up, massive shooting boost which makes his card look so much better aesthetically instead of seeing 60s shooting, you see 73. So 90 paces still there, that's nice. I think Alan St. Maximon, a pretty nice first two-week card is a left-sided Premier League attacker, very overpowered with pace, somewhere around 30,000 coins. So drop down in the comments who you wanna see more in these videos, what kind of players you wanna see. One, a couple of last two things. If you're going to Footbin right now, they just added this thing called FIFA 23 Upgrades and Downgrades and it shows all of the cards that are in the game that have been official, ratings released already. Go ahead and click through some of these, it's kinda cool. Good work by Footbin on this stuff, really nice to see Reese James plus 12 shooting. Some of the stuff that you may be missed, Bonucci minus 10 pace, Kunde plus three pace, that's maybe a card we'll look at in the next video. Carval Hall plus two pace, minus one overall, kinda boosting the pace on those full backs again we see, right, that's pretty common. So that's one thing I would say if you're looking through a lot of these ratings and figuring out a starter team, go on this Footbin page, it's under the Players tab drop down, FIFA 23 Upgrades and Downgrades, take a look there. Also, hopefully we get the whole database today on Sunday. That was an early leak from about a week ago from Footcamp. I know that some of this stuff has changed, but hopefully on today, on the 18th, today on Sunday we get that full database with all of the FIFA 23 players and we can start to build some starter teams and look at a lot of investing opportunities on the high tier, on the low tier and everywhere in between. So that's gonna be the video for today guys. If you did enjoy it, smash a thumbs up on the video, comment down below again if you have any questions, thoughts, comments or who you wanna see featured in another Price Reactions video and of course, subscribe if you are new. It's been Nathan Foot Account and I'll catch you guys later. Peace out.


Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today's change of command ceremony where Lieutenant General John S. Koloshevsky will relinquish command of 5th Corps and the Task Force Victory Area of Operations to Lieutenant General Charles D. Kastanza. General Daryl A. Williams, the commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, will officiate today's ceremony and has deferred honors to Lieutenant General Koloshevsky. Please join me in welcoming Voyevoda Agata Sobchak, Lieutenant General Marek Sokolovsky, and Mr. Daniel Lawton, a warm welcome to all of our families, distinguished guests, allies, and partners. Thank you for being here today. The commander of troops for today's ceremony is Colonel Fred Dente, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps. The color guard is from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion and is led by Command Sergeant Major Philip Blaisdale, the 5th Corps Command Sergeant Major. The music for today's ceremony is performed by the 3rd Infantry Division Band under the direction of Sergeant 1st Class Ryar and the Polish Air Force Band under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Joks. And I'm your voice of victory, Sergeant 1st Class Brian Chapman. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we ask all who are able to please rise for the arrival of the official party and to remain standing for the rendering of honors and the invocation by Chaplain Felsenberg. Let us pray. May Almighty God join us for today's ceremony and bless all those in attendance. Although times may change and may leaders may come and go, it is your divine presence in our lives that remains constant and forever certain. Nevertheless, it is incumbent upon us to salute leadership, those who have been chosen to lead America's finest as well as the service members of our ally and partner nations who train and serve alongside 5th Corps. The countless lives saved by 5th Corps' ability to deter aggression and the credit and merit for its ability to do so has sat squarely and reliably on the shoulders of one man above all others for over three and a half years. We thank God for affording us to the superior leadership of Lieutenant General Kulaszewski and we pray that divine blessings be upon him and his family in all future endeavors. Having excelled under his command, 5th Corps now stands poised to embrace Lieutenant General Costanza. We ask that the Lord blesses leadership, enabling 5th Corps to go from strength to strength. Watch over him as he leads through times of both trial and triumph. Lastly, we ask our Heavenly Father that he who makes peace in heaven above grant peace here on earth for us all and let us say Amen. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, specialist to set from 2nd Calvary Regiment and member of the Victory Corps in the United States Army, Europe and Africa best squad competition winner is presenting a bouquet of red roses to Mrs. Buffy Kulaszewski. Red roses are symbolic of her devotion and dedication to the soldiers, families and civilians of 5th Corps. They also represent 5th Corps' love and appreciation for her many contributions to the command and the community during her tenure here across Task Force Victory. Ma'am, your presence will be missed. Now, a ceremonial shell casings are being presented to Lieutenant General Kulaszewski as we bid him farewell and Lieutenant General Costanza officially welcoming him to the Victory Team. These shells were fired in a 21 gun salute by a firing detachment in Fort Knox, Kentucky in honor of this change of command. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we ask all that are able to please stand for the playing of the Polish National Anthem, followed by the United States National Anthem. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, please welcome the acting GenCon commander, Lieutenant General Marek Sokolowski. Many wise words were said today, which would be difficult for me to top. So, I will be the short brief. Today we say goodbye not only to a great commander, but above all to a great friend. A man who, thanks to his Polish roots, understood the specifics of our country. A man of Allied armoured forces, but also to the Polish-American-USA relationship. I hope that General Kulaszewski has not yet said the last word in a beautiful career. I wish him, with all my heart, good luck, Johnny, good luck, Jan. Thank you very much, well done. Thank you for the cooperation and relationship between the Polish Army and the USA Army. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Daniel Lawton. Jendovere, good morning. It's a privilege to join you on this important day for Fifth Corps. Ladies and gentlemen, the Commanding General of the United States Army, Europe and Africa, and General Papas, Commanding General of the United States Army Forces Command, thank you especially for being here. And to our friends in Poland, especially Pani Wojde, Agata Sobczyk, and General Sokolowski, thank you for being such gracious hosts to U.S. troops. Today, we're honoring Lieutenant General Kulaszewski and his contributions as the commander of the U.S. Army Fifth Corps. It's the culmination of 35 years of service. General, thank you. Thank you for everything you've done for our country, for Poland, and for freedom around the world. And we also welcome the new Victory Six, the call sign for the commander of Fifth Corps, Lieutenant General Charles Konstanza. Ambassador Burzynski regrets he could not be here today for this change of command ceremony, but he wanted me to share his congratulations, his personal congratulations, and well wishes to both of you. We also thank and we also know that your work could not be done without the true support of your families. So thank you to Buffy Kolaszewski. Thank you for being such an advocate for Fifth Corps families. We know you've gained a lifelong friend here in Poland. And to General Konstanza, I know you will find a welcoming community here. This is a critical time in history. President Biden has called it an inflection point. Russian President Putin's brutal war of aggression threatens more than just the sovereignty of Ukraine. It's an assault on transatlantic peace and security.  In Fifth Corps, Fifth Corps has stepped up in a big way. You are a key part of the United States' pledge to protect every inch of NATO territory. And I know President Biden was so pleased to host President Duda and Prime Minister Tusk on March 12th at the White House on the 25th anniversary of Poland's accession to NATO. In Fifth Corps, you are a key part of ensuring the enduring legacy of 75 years of collective defense, an anniversary and milestone that we are celebrating in July this year at the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. There's been no more successful defensive alliance in the history of mankind than NATO. Under the command of General Koloshevsky, Fifth Corps has taken the lead on warfighter exercises. And this training has shown our ability to function seamlessly with Poland as well as other allies and partners. It shows that we are building an interoperable force to deter potential adversaries. In Fifth Corps has also helped launch the European Heimars Initiative, a series of conferences and workshops that help ensure that Poland can effectively man, train, sustain and fight with this important weapon system. In general, I know you've carried Ambassador Brzynski's message forward that every soldier, every American soldier here is also a diplomat. And you've inspired the American soldiers coming to Poznan to adhere to this message. And I know they are grateful and so respectful to our Polish hosts. These actions and so much more are the reason that President Duda awarded General Koloshevsky the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland last year. This is an incredible honor that also reflects all of Fifth Corps' work in strengthening our ironclad friendship with Poland. Under President Biden, the establishment of a permanent headquarters here in Poznan was truly historic. And we've also established our first permanent garrison in Poland right here in Poznan. And the Army prepositioned stock facility in Powietz is scheduled to be fully operational this year. And I'm confident that our cooperation with Poland will grow under the command of General Konstanza. He recently served as the commander of the Third Infantry Division. Coincidentally, they are currently stationed in Bolesławicz, where General Nori, who replaced General Konstanza, is working. Thank you, General Nori, for being with us as well today. So, General Konstanza, you are surrounded by old friends and you are surrounded by new friends here in Poland. We're looking forward to working alongside you as you deepen the special and strategic friendship between the United States and Poland. Gratuluję, congratulations, and best wishes to General Kolaszewski, his family, every success to General Konstanza and his family. Thank you so much, Barczu Cenkuje. Headquartered in Fort Knox, Kentucky and executing operations across the greater European continent, United States Army Fifth Corps is America's only permanently forward deployed corps. From Scandinavia to the Black Sea region, Task Force Victory is the Army's premier war fighting corps, providing sustained assurance and deterrence operations against enemy threats in Eastern Europe. The corps remains focused on building allies and partners' capabilities and capacity to respond to crisis, and if deterrence fails, defend the sovereignty of NATO territory alongside our allies and partners. The change of command is an event that is rich with symbolism and heritage. The focus of the ceremony is the passing of the organizational colors. The organizational colors represent not only the lineage and honor of the unit, but also the loyalty and unity of its soldiers. The colors are the commander's symbol of authority and represent the responsibilities to the organization. Wherever the commander is, there too are the colors. Today, the Fifth Corps Command Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major Philip B. Blaisdale, the custodian of the colors, will pass the colors to the outgoing commander, Lieutenant General John S. Kolaszewski, for the last time. The outgoing commander then relinquishes his command by passing the colors to the senior commander, General Daryl Williams, the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Commanding General, who is his senior in the chain of command. The senior commander then passes the colors, and hints the command to the incoming commander, Lieutenant General Charles Costanza, where he will serve as the new commander of Fifth Corps. This time-onored process is complete. He passes the colors back to the Command Sergeant Major, charging him with maintaining the symbol of the command. According to the authority of Army Regulation 600-20, the under-signed assumes Command Fifth Corps and Task Force victory, effective 08 April 2024. Ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. RAF Commanding General, General Daryl A. Williams. Unseat colors! Viadva Sobchik, Major Jaskowski, Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Lawton, General Retired Mika, my good friend, Drew Papas from U.S. Forces Command. Good morning and Jindobre! I'd like to also get a hand for the 3rd ID Band and the Polish Armed Forces Band. Colonel Yokes, good to see you again. Aren't they great? Also to the Soldiers on Parade, thank you. You make us all proud. It's a great day to be here in Camp Kosciuszko, named after a hero of the American Revolutionary War, a Polish officer that came to the United States aid at our time of need. It is fitting that we conduct today's ceremony at a location that commemorates Polish-American cooperation as we face renewed threats together. I stand before you today with immense pride and gratitude as we reflect upon the exceptional tenure of General John Koloszewski as the commanding general of United States Army 5th Corps. But today, as we bid farewell to John, we also extend our heartfelt appreciation to his dedicated wife, Buffy, who has stood steadfastly by his side throughout his remarkable journey. Buffy, your unwavering support and sacrifices have enabled John to serve with distinction, and for that, we are proudly grateful. Joining us virtually are John and Buffy's three daughters, Kelly, Emily, and Chrissy. Their support from afar is a testament to the strength and resilience of the Koloszewski family. I would also like to acknowledge the other civil officials and general officers assembled here to mark this occasion, but especially Major General Chris Norrie, commanding General of the Third Infantry Division, who is here today to honor his brother-in-law, John. Activated in 1918, during World War I, U.S. 5th Corps played pivotal roles in both World Wars, notably in D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Throughout the Cold War, it stood ready to defend the full, the gap. It later contributed to troops in the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi freedom and enduring freedom, supporting numerous major campaigns and operations. It's back in Europe at a critical part of our ally deterrence posture. With a legacy of adaptability and excellence throughout its history, it has demonstrated resilience, professionalism, and a commitment to mission success. With names of former commanders etched into our history books, including Samaral, Jiro, Abrams, Starrie, Pow, and now John Koloszewski, 5th Corps has had a wealth of leadership. Now for a few of my thoughts. John's strategic timing and personal commitment ensured the Corps met urgent operational needs in Europe, achieving full certification within a year of activation and establishing Victory Corps forward here in Poznan, as the U.S.'s only forward Corps. John brought 5th Corps back to Europe. The Corps and its two divisions integrated with our allies and partners, executing its assure and deter mission in support of NATO. I cannot think of a better example to demonstrate the strength and resilience of 5th Corps than its contribution to the newly formed multinational forward land forces battle groups following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Amidst all these achievements, Lieutenant General Koloszewski fostered enduring relationships with our allies and partners, enhancing interoperability and reinforcing European security architecture. Today, as a key component of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, 5th Corps continues to uphold its tradition of service and remains ready to meet current and future challenges. 5th Corps, forward in Europe, is perhaps more important than ever before. It's here for the long term, focused on NATO's eastern flank, ready to turf and if need, respond to Russian aggression as part of SACIR's new regional plans. We're going to build infrastructure. We're going to continue to build and train lethal war fighting teams and, of course, continue to build great relationships with our allies and our partners. Speaking of allies and partners, John, a few words from one of our friends to show you how much your work meant to our NATO allies. From Lieutenant General Pasi Wallamaki, Commander, Finnish Army, and I quote, Victory Six and Victory Support and Cooperation with the Finnish Army has been essential as we integrate into NATO. Today, our readiness with our allies and our war fighting capabilities within the Alliance are better than before. Victory Six, my friend, John, it's been a privilege and honor to serve shoulder to shoulder with you. I wish Buffy and your family health and happiness. Today we are stronger together because of your determined and pragmatic leadership. And that's just one example. All of our allies last night and through the last few days as John has made his tour have echoed that similar sentiment. So as we bid farewell to Lieutenant General John Koloshevsky and his family, we also extend a warm welcome to Lieutenant General Charlie Casanzo. As you assume the role of commanding General Fithkor, I offer my heartfelt congratulations. Your appointment comes at a pivotal moment as we transition to NATO regional plans and we have complete faith in your ability to lead Fithkor with distinction and honor. I would like to recognize that your family and the support they give you, including your two daughters, Claire, who's a data analyst and Emma, who is in medical school at Emory.  A little bit about Fithkor's newest leader. With a distinguished career spanning over decades, Charlie has commanded units at all levels, including as commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division. He has served in various operational deployments and combat tours, including Operation Joint Guard Bosnia Herzegovina, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Inherent Resolve. With the wealth of military education and experience, Lieutenant General Casanzo brings invaluable leadership and expertise to his new role. We know that your leadership and guidance will build upon the strong foundation laid by your predecessors. As you embark on this new journey, Charlie, rest assured of unwavering support and commitment to the success of Fithkor under your command. As you take the helm, I offer you one piece of advice and guidance. Army senior leadership refers to us as the tip of the joint force spear. Your most important job is to keep that spear sharp. You are truly at the tip of NATO's spear.  To strengthen security and stability, to increasing deterrence, to building interoperability with our allies and partners, and if necessary, to defeating current and future threats to the NATO Alliance. Charlie, I extend my best wishes to you, your family, and the Fithkor team. I know you are ready for the challenges we face, and I look forward to facing them with you. Welcome aboard and Godspeed. Thank you. Stronger together for the soldier. Ladies and gentlemen, Lieutenant General John S. Koloshevsky. Sergeant Major Blaisdell, if it's okay, can I just kind of tell him to shake it out here real quick? So go ahead, please just shake it out there. Go ahead, stand at ease. Go ahead. There you go. All right. Okay. No push-ups there, General Norrie. No squats there, Pat. So, okay. Well, good morning. My name is John Koloshevsky, and I'm a Fithkor soldier. Today is a special day. A celebration for this storied organization, and most importantly, our allies and partners. It is also a very humbling day for my family and me. We thank you all for being here. I, too, would like to first welcome our distinguished host country leaders, led by the acting Gencom commander, Lieutenant General S. Koloshevsky. Please pass on my best to both the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, as well as the Polish chad, General Kokula. I know both tried to make today's ceremony, but we're unable. Welcome to the U.S. State Department, led by our Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Lawton. Welcome to our allies and partners from around Europe. Thank you for your steadfast support of our soldiers and our mission. I want to also give special recognition to the SACUR and the Commander of U.S. European Command, General Cavoli. Today's host and Landcom and USERAF Command in general, General Williams. And to our FORSCOM Commander, General Papas and his predecessor, General Mike Garrett. Gentlemen, you have my deepest appreciation and thanks for your steadfast leadership, your support, and for always providing direction, purpose, and motivation to me, this corps, and our units. A special recognition to all the civilian and military leaders from across Poland, especially the city of Poznan, and also U.S. Army Garrison, Poland. And then back across the Atlantic to Fort Knox and its surrounding communities for being such great hosts for our 5th Corps Headquarters soldiers, Department of the Army civilians, and families. Our job would be much more difficult if not for your tremendous support, so thank you. The Command Sergeant's Major Blaisdell in Bohannon. So our Major Williams, Fred Dente in the 5th Corps Staff, the Color Guard in both bands. So just on the bands, Lieutenant General Yokes has not been demoted and pushed over to the band. This is actually a family affair. So Colonel Yokes and Brother Adam Lieutenant General Yokes are with us here today. But thank you all of those that have participated in coming together for this special occasion. We are so proud of each one of you. To my fellow U.S. senior leaders, including Tony Agudo, Major General Reagan, Mr. Meis, and to my 5th Corps Deputy Commanding Generals, Major Generals Tomolson, Kingsbury, Jablonski, and Lambert. Thank you for your friendship, leadership, and wise counsel. By my count, I have had 10 Deputy Commanding Generals during my ride with the Victory Corps to include two former DCGs with us today, Lieutenant General Adam Yokes and Major General Matt Van Wagonen. I've also had the privilege to serve with three of the best non-commissioned officers in our Army in Command Sergeant's Major Webb, Harris, and now Phil's Blaisdell. Your support and friendship were invaluable. And Lord knows I needed the help. Same with the first class staff led by Fred Dente in our own HHBN, led by Jordan Bradford in Command Sergeant Major O'Malley. Thank you. I know it has not been easy keeping up with me in the mission. But you've done it in spades. And finally, I've had the privilege to serve alongside the leadership of six different U.S. divisions in countless brigades, including 12th Cab, 41st Fab, 2CR, and 4th S-Fab. All with unique personalities and contributions to the mission. To my successor, Lieutenant General Costanza Charlie, first congratulations on your promotion. Third Star looks good. And you wear it well. You could not be inheriting a finer set of national relationships or a finer group of soldiers. I am so glad that the Army picked you to lead this Corps into the future. I rest well knowing that task force victory is in such capable hands. Almost exactly 75 years ago, as of this past Thursday, 4 April, the founding document of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formally signed in Washington, D.C. by its 12th inaugural members. The party's words were, and I quote, determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage, and civilization of their peoples founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law. They seek to promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area. They are resolved to unite their efforts for collective defense and for the preservation of peace and security. Today, these words still ring true with the ironclad commitment of now a full 32 treaty members who will gather later, as mentioned, this summer in Washington, D.C., for the next NATO summit and to reaffirm this commitment. Today's ceremony, like everything this headquarters and its troopers do, also reaffirms the United States commitment to European security and prosperity, specifically to NATO's Eastern flank. Make no mistake, security is not a given. More than at any other period in the last 30 years here in Europe, we face dangers and uncertainty. Russian aggression in Ukraine threatens the freedoms and values for which previous generations fought so violently. I am certain, however, that the United States and our allies and partners will always face this aggression head-on. Victory Corps was purpose-built for this mission and has not and will not waver. Fifth Corps played a critical role in here in Europe from World War I through the Cold War until its inactivation in 2013. And starting again in August 2020, our colors were unfurled in the beautiful Polish city of Kraków at Kaczuszko's mound, named for the same Polish and American hero as this fine camp that we call home. The list of accomplishments since our initial activations is long, achieving full operational capability in a short 12 months, during a global pandemic, immediately responding to Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, conducting numerous exercises, war games, and war-fighting symposiums with many of the allies and partners in attendance today, and expanding our relationships and network of friends as we move forward. The 24th of February 2022 changed Europe forever. It created the most complex threat environment seen in several generations. Despite this, the 32 members of the Alliance stand as one. The mission is important. The threat real and our service right here right now matters. While there is still work to be done, the consequence of anything but victory is high. And through it all, you did it with a sense of purpose and flair, understanding that failure was never an option. Whether a rotational unit or an assigned unit, you exemplified our promise, America's promise to honor our treaty obligations and to defend this alliance. And we continue to invest our most precious resource, each of you on the field today, and the thousands of soldiers you represent. We also recognize that our success is not what we have done individually, but because of what we have accomplished collectively, shoulder to shoulder alongside our European friends and sister units. To those who have joined us during warfighter exercise, other command post exercises, multinational training events, and warfighting symposiums, especially those who have made the trip, the long trip, to celebrate with us in person, to include the commanders, the deputy commanders, and chiefs of staff or representatives from all 10 NATO corps to General Mika, Lieutenant General's Marlowe, Sokolowski, Von Sondra, Jokes, Jakob, Gowen, Perin, Tomesku, Major General's Cleese, Dan Palm, Wagner, Rank, Radvelis, as well as all five Polish-based division commanders and the many others that are in attendance that I may have missed. I simply want to say thank you.  It was a Polish chad, General Kukala, who recently said it best, you can always count on me. You can always count on me and I have. So thank you. Today I hand over this corps with pride, believing that our service together has made a positive difference to secure the peace in Europe. This collective team will succeed against whatever challenge they may face. And Charlie, I look forward to seeing you take the corps to new heights and I'm confident you will. And finally, a special thank you to my wife, Buffy, for your love and your devotion and to our three daughters, Kelly, Emily, and Chrissy. I know these last three years, three and a half years have not been easy, but your support for me in this outfit has been critical.  You are simply the finest people I know. And thank you for everything that you've done. And to Marne Six, Major General Chris Norrie, who has also had the unfortunate distinction of being my brother-in-law. Thanks, Chris, for your support on this journey together.  I know that if my father were still here with us today, he would be beaming with pride. And just to be clear there, Pat works, CG 82nd Airborne Division, and all of the assigned brigades, 3rd ID got hit with just as many tasks and asks as you. There was no special family discounts to the 3rd Infantry Division, regardless of what you might hear. But in closing, thank you again for the privilege of serving with such a noble collection of professionals. I have been humbled to stand in your ranks. My deepest appreciation to the Corps and to the Army for allowing me the honor of a lifetime. And to Poland, and as a Polish-American myself, thank you. It truly has been a privilege to lead this formation from right here in Poznan. My name is John Koloszewski, and I will always be a 5th Corps soldier. Thank you. Victory, it will be done stronger together. Ladies and gentlemen, the Commander of 5th Corps and Task Force Victory, Lieutenant General Charles D. Costanza. Distinguished guests, family, friends, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here. To my family, my friends, and those I've been fortunate enough to have served with, both here in the United States, both here and in the United States, thank you for the love and support over the past 33 years that helped make this day possible. First, I want to recognize and thank John and Buffy Koloszewski, who over the past three years, through hard work and much personal sacrifice, quickly built 5th Corps from the ground up in order to assure our NATO allies deter Russian aggression and maintain peace and freedom in Europe. John and Buffy, thank you for everything you've done, not only over the past three years, but over a career spanning over three decades to service to our country, our soldiers, Department of Army, civilians, and their families. Thank you. Let's give John and Buffy one more round of applause, please. I am proud, once again, to be part of the 5th Corps family, the Victory Corps, America's 4th Deployed Corps. 5th Corps's origins in its history has always been tied to Europe. As General Williams described, 5th Corps had a connection to Europe since it was established in 1918 as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War I. It fought to help free Europe in World War II, and its forward presence in Europe during the Cold War contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union. Now 5th Corps is once again forward-deployed in Europe during another challenging and critically important time as 5th Corps, with our NATO allies, deter Russian aggression and continue to maintain peace in Europe. I'm also proud to be part of my new Polish family. I might have to change my last name. It's Italian. It's not Polish, but we'll work on that, right, General Yokes? Okay. As Poland is now my new home, I look forward to learning from you all, training with you all, and if required, fighting alongside you as we once did in World War II, the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan.  NATO is the most successful defense alliance in history, and I am blessed to be served as part of the NATO family during what is perhaps the most critical and dangerous time in the alliance's history. We are truly stronger together. I look forward to continuing to build wartime readiness with you, our NATO partners. In order to deter Russian aggression and if required, defeat that aggression should deterrence fail, in order to defend every inch of NATO territory and create a more peaceful and prosperous future for all of us, for our children and for our grandchildren. Before I walk off, I would be remiss if I did not recognize the best damn band in the land, the Third Infantry Division Band. Great to see you all again. General Williams, recognizing that Fifth Corps is the tip of the spear, as you described, I promise that I will keep that spear sharp. It will be done stronger together. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we ask all who are able to please rise for playing the Fifth Corps song and the Army song and then remain standing for the departure of the colors. This concludes today's ceremony. The combined band will now play a special dedication to Lieutenant General Koloshevsky, my way by Frank Sinatra. Please join General Williams in congratulating Lieutenant General Kostanza in a receiving line in Building 52 and bid farewell to Lieutenant General and Mrs. Koloshevsky on the parade field. Please remember to visit the iLab before 1300 and also visit one of the armored transport displays located around the track provided by the Polish Army. Thank you for attending. It will be done. Victory.