Today's anniversary ceremony marks the 75th anniversary of recruit training here at Cape May. Presiding over today's ceremony is Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Mr. John Teen. He'll be joined by Admiral Steve Pullin, the 33rd Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, and Master Chief Petty Officer Heath Jones, the 14th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, and Captain Warren Judge, Commanding Officer Training Center, Cape May. We also have many distinguished visitors joining us today, including Deputy Mayor Lorraine Baldwin from the city of Cape May. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. State Mechanical Commissioners, Brigadier General Jeffrey Pearson, retired, and Mr. Will Morey, Mayor Frank Sipple, Mayor of Lower Township, and a retired Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army, Mayor William Pekoski, Office of the Mayor, Borough of Woodbine, Mayor Patrick Enzonola, City of North Wildwood, Master Chief Petty Officer Saul's Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Master Chief Petty Officer Tim Beard, Reserve Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Jeffrey Randall, Perspective Commanding Officer, Force Readiness Command, Rear Admiral Timothy Riker, retired, Captain Curtis Odom, retired, 26th Training Center, Cape May, Commanding Officer, Captain Kathy Felger, the 32nd Training Center, Cape May, Commanding Officer, Captain Jonathan Thiel, Commanding Officer of Sector Delaware Bay, Mr. Christopher Chin, District Director of Representative Van Drew's Office, Ms. Wendy Taylor Emerson, Regional Director for Philanthropy for District Five of the Coast Guard Foundation, Mr. Bob Montgomery Coast Guard Foundation Trustee, Ms. Marla Brown, Director of Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation, Mr. Mike Valls, City Manager of City of Cape May, Rebecca Parks, Regional President, USO Northeast Region, Joanne Schultz, Executive Director of USO Pennsylvania in New Jersey, Mr. Brian Laughlin, USO Philadelphia Airport Center Manager, and Ms. Caroline Schultz, Training Center, Cape May's own ombudsman. We sincerely appreciate you all joining us here today. Already joining us on the stage is Command Chaplain, Lieutenant Commander Andrew Colvin, United States Navy, and Training Center, Cape May's Command Mass Chief, Mass Chief Petty Officer Rad Hoffpauer. The Activity Reserve civilian and auxiliary men and women who make up the Coast Guard family at Training Center, Cape May are represented today by the assembled audience and guests. In a short moment on your left, the Recruit Training Regiment will be represented by the Recruit Company Uniform 203. They are in their seventh week of training and are the senior recruit company. Training Center, Cape May historically graduates approximately 3,500 Coast Guard men and women annually who are prepared to carry out Coast Guard operations and missions. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the arrival of official party, bringing our honors and playing of the national anthem. Military personnel, attention. Now, Training Center, Cape May arriving. Now, Mass Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard arriving. Now, Vice Commandant, US Coast Guard arriving. Now, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security arriving. Hand salute, ready to. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the national anthem and the invocation. Hand salute, ready to. Ladies and gentlemen, Chaplain Colvin will now deliver the invocation. Let us pray. Almighty God, Divine Commander of Wind and Sea, Radiant Source of Virtue and our Hope. Thank you for this memorable occasion on which we honor the proud legacy of US Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, birthplace of the Coast Guard Enlisted Corps. As we celebrate the 75th birthday of this remarkable Training Center, we trust the near divine providence to steer her course upon the waters of abundant grace and success undeterred by the gloomy storms of darkness. May the fruits of this esteemed institution keep our nation safe and continue to give hope and deliverance to those in peril at sea. Since the establishment of the US Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May in 1948, its dedicated command and unwavering company commanders have generated the finest Coast Guardsmen in the world to thrive with the incomparable virtues of honor, respect, and devotion to duty. Bless our selfless young Americans who courageously give their lives to face and master the challenges of search and rescue, marine safety, maritime law enforcement, national defense, and marine resource protection. Bless all present and all our guardians of the sea, especially those who now stand the watch. Keep them safe, vigilant, and robust in all their duties. Forever bless our families and loved ones. May your divine light give radiance to our hearts and minds, O Lord, this day and always, as we look forward with the hopeful vision of our future. Amen. Thank you, Chaplain Colvin. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. Training Center Cape May's Battalion Commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Schneider will now lead the battalion as they pass in review. The battalion is now preparing to pass in review. This is a military tradition that demonstrates honor for the official party at the reviewing stand. Own command, each company will pass, perform an eyes right and salute. Training Center Cape May's recruit battalion is led by Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Schneider from Brigantine, New Jersey. He is joined by Chief Curran of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chief Nobel of Smyrna, Tennessee. Whiskey Company is in their fifth week of training. Their lead company commander is Petty Officer Daman from Preach Street, Georgia. His assistant Petty Officer Howell and Petty Officer Lincoln Hawker. X-ray Company is in their fourth week of training. Their lead company commander is Petty Officer Caballo from Waipahu, Hawaii. His assistant are Petty Officer Cologne and Petty Officer Prioli. Victor Company is in their sixth week of training. Victor Company is also our second 10-week beta trainee. Their lead company commander is Petty Officer Kaplman from San Pedro, California. Her assistants are Petty Officer Vasquez and Petty Officer Berg. Nessar between the Atlantic Ocean and Cape May Harbor, Training Center Cape May once belonged to the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy and was an instrumental training area for troops during World War I and World War II. Training Center Cape May was originally named Coast Guard Receiving Center Cape May when it opened on May 31, 1948. In 1982, Training Center Cape May became the service's only recruit training center. In the late 1960s, three 500-person recruit barracks and housing facilities were constructed and named after Coast Guard heroes. Signal and First Class Douglas Monroe, the Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient. Captain Joshua James of the U.S. Lifesaving Service and one of the most celebrated lifesavers in the world. And Captain Michael Healy of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, a legend along Alaska's 20,000 miles coastline. In 1974, the first group of women enlisted and reported to Cape May and mixed gender recruit training began. In the 90s, the Training Center's recruit processing building was dedicated to Petty Officer First Class Charles W. Sexton, a shipmate who sacrificed his life while attempting to save the lives of four people aboard a sinking fishing vessel. Today, the Training Center graduates approximately 3,500 new Coast Guardsmen each year and is committed to developing America's newest enlisted men and women in a manner that secures the trust and confidence of our service and families who trust us with the care of their loved ones. Our women and men also provide the highest level support to our 12 tenant commands that includes operational and support units. Training Center Cape May is the Coast Guard's sole enlisted session source and the fifth largest base in the Coast Guard. Ladies and gentlemen, it is now my distinct honor to introduce Captain Warren Judge, commanding officer of Training Center Cape May and the 33rd commanding officer of Training Center Cape May. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Honor, respect, devotion to duty. With protocol already been established, Deputy Secretary Tien, Vice Commandant Admiral Poole, Mass Chief Pet Officer of the Coast Guard, guess all. I'm Captain Warren Judge and humble and honored to be your 33rd commanding officer of Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, New Jersey. I'm grateful of the trust with the CommonOp, ForceCom and the Coast Guard has put in my abilities to lead this prestigious command. This only happens with the outstanding team we have surrounding each other. With that being said, please join me in a round of applause for the entire staff here at Training Center Cape May. From the beginning of the Cold War in 1948 through today, a large number of Training Center Cape May recruits have been present to help shape the big rock world with the U.S. events, armed conflicts such as Vietnam and Gulf Wars, hurricanes such as Hurricane Katrina, major oil spills such as Exxon Valdez, humanitarian efforts such as the Mario boat lift and migrant rescues, as well as search and rescue and counter drug operations. For the past seven and five years, just about every Tuesday evening, I know some of you in the audience are thinking about what was my Tuesday? A group of volunteers start their voyage to the land of being called a coastie. The potential recruits get off the bus filled with the butterflies, anxiety and nervousness. They immediately take on the task of not only knowing but learning the values of the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard's core values of honor, respect and devotion to duty. Eight weeks later, the recruits are crossing the stage filled with confidence, motivation and dedication that Training Center Cape May and the company commanders have taught them. I remember the day I graduated from bootcamp in 1986. Damage control and chief Evans gave me that look saying, hey, recruit judge, now semen judge or semen apprentice. Go out, have fun and do what you have been taught. Going to my first cutter as a mess cook, understanding and learning and growing and maturing is all phenomenal. And this is what we are teaching the recruits are today, the value of the Coast Guard. While preparing for this anniversary event, I pondered the impact of Training Center Cape May through the past 75 years and came up with three key areas. The first impact is on our greatest resource, our people. Unfortunately, I'm unable to give you the exact number of Coast Guard women and men that have graduated from Training Center Cape May since 1948. But what I can tell you, every one of us has graduated with this regiment, carries a special place in our hearts for what we have learned. Many have gone on to expand their Coast Guard families with wives, husbands, sons, daughters and pets. This is what makes the Coast Guard our Coast Guard. The advances we make today with our diversity, equity and inclusion to display a military service where everyone's treated equal will have it will have a lasting impact on the next 75 years. Number two, the second impact is our facility. If you look around, you will see few buildings on base. They have been around for the past 75 years. Heck, the duration of the land's existence. Today, we are building a better infrastructure for tomorrow. The third impact is in the community. With the jobs for some of our permanent party loved ones, significant others, being a part of a welcoming community through volunteerism economically by shopping local. I would like to end here. Like I do with all my all hands. When I say one mission, the response is one Coast Guard. All right, audience, we ready? One mission, one mission, one mission. Thank you. Simple Baratus. It is now my distinct pleasure to introduce our 14th Master Chief Pet Officer of the Coast Guard, Master Chief Heath Jones. How y'all doing this afternoon? Everybody good? So the last time I was on stage with Captain Judge, he made me and the Commandant do push-ups, but that was before lunch. So I'm trusting, you know, everybody's safe in the front row from my buttons right now. So don't worry about that. Now, it is great to be here in Cape May as Captain Judge and his team here have have harnessed. It's great to be home in Cape May. Every enlisted member of our organization starts their career right here in Cape May, New Jersey.  It keeps us fired up and I'm going to, by every time I come here and I see these sentinels march in front of us through the passing review, I think of, and I've turned them as the Coast Guard's greatest poet in history, Admiral Charlie Ray.  You know, so sorry, I told you I was going to say that, sir. But that's, that's what these young women and men do. They charge us, they are the future of our organization and we are committed to ensuring that they have everything they need in their professional lives and their personal lives to succeed as they go out and do the amazing missions of the Coast Guard. Mr. Deputy Secretary, I know we were talking about the weather we call you, you mentioned in the Army, it's if it ain't raining ain't training. We just call this beautiful Coast Guard weather. So thank you, Cape May, for, for giving us this great day. And you know, what what our goal is what I'm committed to what the Vice Commandants committed to and the Commandants committed to is we have beyond the shadow of a doubt the most world class staff and team here at Training Center, Cape May, they are the greatest in the world at what they do. We also, as you can see over to your left and behind you, we are bringing the greatest women and men and our nation in to be part of our world class Coast Guard. As Captain Judge mentioned the infrastructure, we are committed to ensuring that we have the world class facilities that we need here to continue to train our sentinels of tomorrow. So that's that's what we're rolling up our sleeves and getting after there. And I will tell you a couple of folks that aren't here that I that I promised I would pass on their condolences. Right before we came out, I got a text from Admiral Fagan and she goes, I'm not happy. And I text her back why ma'am? She goes, I want to be where y'all are. And sorry ma'am, not sorry, but she does really, really want to be here. I promise you that she's doing other important business. And the other is our ombudsman at large, I'm a little partial to my wife. Carol's been traveling for her work. So just couldn't make this out. But she wanted to pass along and say thank you very much for everything you do. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this front row right here. This is like the New York Yankees murderers row as I'm looking around here. I'm looking all these great Master Chiefs of the present. One of the past a dear friend of ours, Bill Hollingsworth, always great to see you here, my friend. Thank you for being so much a part of Cape Mag. And with that, I have the honor of bringing on the stage our 33rd Vice Commandant and someone that we go back a long time in our career together back to Captain Pullen and Senior Chief Jones days back on the Gulf Coast. But it's my privilege to introduce our 33rd Vice Commandant, Admiral Steve Pullen. Thanks, Master Chief and Captain Judge. Thanks for letting me come down here and spend some time with you. It's great to be here. What a great afternoon and good afternoon to everybody. Chaplain, thanks for setting a great tone. Bringing us this great nautical weather wouldn't be a 75th anniversary celebration, as Mckpock said, without some great nautical weather. And it's great to see so many distinguished guests here, our elected officials, our flag officers, our senior list of leaders, those that have walked through the gates of Cape May, and those that have supported others who have walked through the gates of Cape May. So I'm just absolutely thrilled to be here to celebrate the 75th anniversary at the home of the Coast Guard's Enlisted Workforce. And I tell you what, you know, I get to do a lot of cool things. This is one of the coolest things I get to do is spend time with young Coast Guard men and women and see the excellence each and every day that represents our service. And I'll tell you what, to all the recruits that are out there in formation, to the company commanders, to the staff, you guys look sharp. I'm proud of you, common arms proud of you, and we're proud to serve with you. And you guys have an exciting future ahead. And this is one of the most meaningful and special places for our service. And what we do here in Cape May will always be critical to our success demand for Coast Guard missions at home and abroad are expanding. The world is complex. And we provide a unique contribution to the rules based order. It continues to grow. And I've seen that throughout the course of my career. And after these recruits complete their training, they're going to report to operational units. And at units that have been in no greater demand, never busier and never more critical than they are today. Our cutters and our training teams are deployed throughout the Indo Pacific. They're supporting partner nations and allies to uphold that rules based order that I mentioned, to protect natural resources, to ensure the oceans remain free and open for all. They're in the Caribbean, in the Straits of Florida, our cutter and our air and our boat crews protect the safety of life at sea in response to the ongoing surge in a regular maritime migration. And the Eastern Pacific, our sentinels keep America safe by interdicting illegal narcotics before they can reach our shores and infect our communities. And our ports and our inland rivers, our AIDS navigation teams and our buoy tenders maintain the marine transportation system to keep our nation's economic engine running at full speed. And I will tell you, the marine transportation system contributes $5.4 trillion annually to America's prosperity. Along every US coast, from the Arctic to the tropics, our crews are always ready to save lives when disaster strikes. These missions are challenging, but for 75 years, our enlisted workforce has prepared to accomplish all of them through their training here at Cape May. Our sentinels have learned the basics of their profession here. They've endured the heat of summer, the cold of winter and the high energy attention of their company commanders. And I will tell you what, I'm going to pick up on something Mass Chief Jones said. He quoted Charlie Ray. I'm going to quote another person from Arkansas. If you're not inspired by today, and it doesn't burn a fire in your belly, your woods wet. To the recruits here today, each of you, you can be proud to be on this parade field, marching in the footsteps of the thousands who came before you. And thanks to the diligence and the professionalism of the training staff here and with the support of local Cape May community, you're going to complete your training and you're going to go on to conduct Coast Guard missions around the world. And as I said, the Commandant and I are so grateful for you and we're so proud to serve with you. And there is no limit to what you can achieve in our service. Some of you could even return here one day as company commanders to carry on the tradition of excellence that you see. But whatever your Coast Guard journey is, there's never been a better and more exciting time to serve in our Coast Guard. Look at some point, you may even find yourself as a senior leader in the Department of Homeland Security. Just like our Deputy Secretary John Tien. He, like you, started his federal service and the Armed Forces and he served a career as an Army officer. He started out much like you are today, being challenged to perform by his command cadre at West Point during that six week basic training program. When you first report, it's called Beast Barracks. It's a summer training program. Now, Mr. Deputy Secretary, that's only six weeks. This is eight weeks. So I'm not sure who had it worse. Here's my point. The leadership lessons and the sense of service instilled in these first weeks of military training are common to any branch and lay a foundation for a lifetime of service to our nation. So I am so proud and honored to introduce Deputy Secretary Chen. He's a true advocate for the Coast Guard who ensures that as the only military service in the Department of Homeland Security, we will continue to make our greatest contributions to the nation's security and economic prosperity and be a vital part of the Joint Force. We are indeed blessed to have him as our Deputy Service Secretary. So, ladies and gentlemen, it is an immense honor for me to welcome to this podium Deputy Secretary John Tian. Thank you. Admiral Pollan, thanks very much for that introduction. You're right. West Point Beast Barracks is only six weeks. And so that tells me, and my Chief of Staff is out here, and so she's my administrative person who authorizes my travel. It looks like I need to come back to Camp May Training Center and do an additional two weeks uniform. 203, you only have eight more days. I eat lunch with you. I know that so it won't be with you. So I think I need to come back with probably Victor X-ray Company and come back with you. So Captain Warren Judge and Master Chief Petty Officer Rad Huffpar. I look for me in about one week's time. I'll come back and I'll complete my full eight weeks of training. Yeah, Roger that. He says he's sizing me out. Although I think I'm going to have to have a slightly bigger bow size than you. You look pretty lean there, Captain Judge. You know, it is good to travel with Admiral Pollan. Number one, he always brings some kind of aircraft that I can tag along on. Number two, he brings great travel mates like the McPog Heath Jones. But also it means that I don't have to stand up here and be the oldest guy on stage because he graduated from the Air Force, or I'm sorry from the Coast Guard Academy in 1904. I graduated from West Point in 1987. But if you do that math, if you do that math Admiral Pollan and for myself, that's still 36, 39 years. We're only literally 50 percent of the age of the Cape May Training Center. That is remarkable. It's remarkable because it is said that the Coast Guard and eventually the Department of Homeland Security have remained committed not only to the Coast Guard mission, but committed to this mission that is so incredibly important to the United States Coast Guard, to the Department of Homeland Security, and to the United States of America. And the only way we could do that is A, with the Coast Guard support, DHS support, federal government support, the nation support, but also the community support of Cape May. Now I've been told there's a couple folks here who I'd like to acknowledge. I haven't met you yet, but I look forward to meeting you at the reception. I've heard that Deputy Mayor Lorraine Brown is here, so thank you. Cape May County Commissioners for General Retired Jeffrey Pearson is here, Mr. Will Morey, another Commissioners here, as well as somebody who's very special to the Coast Guard, and particularly to Cape May, Ms. Marla Brown, who's a Cape May County community foundation leader, and it was really her and her leadership, my understanding, is that helped Cape May become a true Coast Guard town. I love on the Force Com, on the US Coast Guard.mil website, when you open it up and it says Cape May, the hometown of the Coast Guard, the hometown of the Coast Guard, and I was reminded of that when I got off the airplane, Captain Judge, for a second he paused, he wanted to say hello to all those folks in the blue suits, and I could tell him that to give his tongue, he wanted to say welcome home to me, but I'd never been here. I'm not a coastee, I haven't yet not yet finished my training here at Cape May, so the next time I get off the plane, then you can say to me Warren, welcome home, but the only way we can say that is because of the community support from all of you in this audience, who are in this city, who are in this county, or who are in this town, and folks to include, and not just a count, not just the city, not just the county, but from the federal government. I know we also have a representative here today, a former Marine, or a Marine who comes from Congressman Vanjure's office, thank you to all of you who support the Coast Guard, and in particular Cape May Training Center here. You have made Cape May the hometown of the Coast Guard, and as Mick Pog said, as we rolled on the post, and I could tell, I mean he was getting goosebumps as we rolled on the post, he said sir, this is the birthplace of the Coast Guard Enlisted Corps, and he said it was such pride, and the fact that he could say it with pride, but he could say with pride over a long period of time. Now Mick Pog, you're a little bit younger than us, than me and Admiral Polin, but you've been saying it since the mid-1990s, and so we really do appreciate your leadership. Now over the last, I know Captain Judge is a 1986 graduate of Cape May, and when I took over as the Deputy Secretary, one of the great honors you have to be the Deputy Service Secretary of the U.S. Coast Guard, is you get a chance to have two military aides, two military assistants come and basically support you across a whole breadth of responsibilities, and I thought about it, saying you know I went through a bunch of interview processes, I said sir you can pick across you know the wide breadth of the thousands of Coast Guard officers, O4s, Lieutenant Commanders, you know what's the profile you're looking for, and I said I think what I'm going to meet a lot of Coast Guard officers, I'm going to have you know at that point in time it was Admiral Carl Schultz obviously, and then eventually now very proud of her Admiral Linda Fagan as the comment out, she was then the vice comment on the comment on Admiral Pullin, and I went on some travel very early, and I said but still the admiral's are super important, the officers are super important, but for goodness sake the Coast Guard is represented by 80 percent of the Coast Guard is represented by the enlisted. I know I can't have as my military aides because it's the rank and billet and needs to be lieutenant commander, but I said is there a way for me to understand the Coast Guard through the enlisted aides perhaps through somebody's gone through OCS, so my profile, my threshold was to select two officers who had gone through Cape May, one is here in the audience today, the other one they're on rotation, the first one is a lieutenant commander Bobby Lapult, he's a graduate and this is going to make him old, thank goodness he's not here, doesn't look this old but graduated in 1997 and then went on to be a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The second one who is here today is Lieutenant Commander Brandon Earhart, who went through here after having served in Iraq, the same time I was in Iraq in the 2005 as a Marine and then came here as prior service and then went on to eventually become, go through OCS and become a commission officer and as part of the boat forces now. I asked them as we are planning to come up here, it's actually been a couple months in the making, I said tell me what's special about Cape May and they went through and they said look sir it's the birthplace of the enlisted corps of the United States Coast Guard but for us what it taught us was that the team comes first, that you must have a mentality that the reason you're on the boat, the reason you are standing watch, the reason that you are on Inland River is that you are there to serve and support the American people and that somewhere at some time no matter what the weather is we need to be there and I thought wow Cape May taught you that, we are so fortunate that those two decided to join the Coast Guard, that those two came through Cape May and that those two are going to be joined soon by all of these different companies who are standing before us today within this battalion. We're fortunate that they came through the birthplace of the US Coast Guard enlisted corps. Now, Admiral Pollan was talking about all of the different missions of the Coast Guard. He is absolutely right, he certainly knows it as the Vice Commandant, as someone who's been in service a little bit longer than me, in service for quite a few years and when he was touching on those different missions they really are the missions very representative of and certainly inclusive of the missions of the Department of Homeland Security. The overall mission of the Department of Homeland Security is that with honor integrity we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values. With honor and integrity we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values. When I came in here two years ago after being confirmed by the US Senate I said I need to walk in the steps of all of those who serve in the Department of Homeland Security. Coast Guard's a super important part, it's one of eight big components, and I thought I'm going to start with the Coast Guard. I am their service secretary, I need to see and understand all of the different things that they do. I've not been in the Coast Guard, I've never been in the Coast Guard, but I've only been with the Coast Guard for two years. I thought I'd better get on the accelerated track, and so I did. In Seattle I went and stood on the deck and understood the mission of the icebreaker Keely. Super important to our overall Department of Homeland Security mission up in the Arctic to keep it the kind of area of operations part of the world where we'll have freedom of navigation and making sure that the economic viability of that very important part of the world remains so. Then I went down to Port of L.A. Long Beach where I met with the marine inspectors to make sure that the free flow of trade continued especially from the important eastern part of the world. And I went to San Diego where I got on a UH 60 Jayhawk and flew the trace of the southwest border where the cartels especially the Sinaloa cartel means to do harm to us who have nefarious intent to bring to traffic human beings in particular synthetic opioids like fentanyl across the border. Then I came across the nation. I'm not in all the stops but these big ones. I went to the Ohio Valley sector and stood on the Louisville on the Ohio River and spoke to those who manned the buoy tenders to make sure that that commercial progress and process remain part of the 5.3 trillion dollars that the vice just spoke about. I went down to Miami more than a few times but definitely went afloat with the US Coast Guard Bernard C. Weber who will have an incredibly difficult mission both in terms of counter human smuggling and again in terms of counter narcotics. I had the great privilege of going to Fort Meade, Maryland which is the home of US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency where I met with Coasties who were standing the watch as cybersecurity officials to make sure that the maritime transportation system is secure against the cyber attacks from the likes of Iran, Russia, North Korean China both state and non-state actors. In every one of these places they told me about all of the different stories about how they are serving how they are serving the Coast Guard mission and how they are serving the Department of Homeland Security mission and how they are serving the United States of America. When I came here today I'd never met a recruit who somebody was in holding you know wearing the hat that says recruit on it as I look to the left and to the right and as you did the pass and review but I've had a chance over the last six hours to spend the day with some of you to see the training to see the seamanship training facility over there at the Bernard C Webber building to see you in formation to eat lunch with some of you especially in uniform 203 recruit company. My question to all of you who are standing in formation they're at ease and over here to the right to the senior company uniform 203 what will your stories be what will your stories be for wherever you're going and again at lunch some of you told me you're going to South Carolina some of you're going to St. Louis some of you are going to Key West and into Alaska what will your stories be now the other question I have for you is the question I continue to see in every single hall that I've been walking across with Captain Judge and Master Chief Petty Officer Hoffpar which is are you ready I know you are ready based on what the Master Chiefs has been telling us what the Admiral been telling us and what I've seen with my own eyes both here today and out in the Coast Guard fleet you are absolutely ready to stand to watch you are absolutely ready to be helping safeguarding the American people our homeland and our values and for that for you to become sentinels in the United States Coast Guard the Secretary of the Homeland Security and myself we appreciate you and we thank you thanks thank you Mr. Deputy Secretary Secretary ladies and gentlemen it's now my pleasure to introduce Deputy Mayor Lorraine Baldwin who will offer a few words good afternoon everyone both myself Lorraine Baldwin the Deputy Mayor of Cape May and Zachary Molock the Mayor of Cape May welcome you to Cape May I'm honored to be present with you today to celebrate the 75th anniversary of recruit training here at the training center of Cape May the Coast Guard service members and their families are invaluable to the city of Cape May and I am proud that Cape May is known to be the Coast Guard's hometown it is my privilege to present this proclamation on behalf of Mayor Molock and the city of Cape May and if Captain Judge would come up and you'll read the proclamation and also we're asking Seaman Newman please report to the stage he was not ready for that just so y'all know proclamation recognizing the 75th anniversary of recruit training at United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May whereas United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May formally known as Recruit Receiving Center Cape May officially opened in 1948 and whereas in 1982 Training Center Cape May became the sole accession point for the entire enlisted workforce and whereas the city of Cape May acknowledges the caliber of the service members that Training Center Cape May graduates annually from the Recruit Training Center program and whereas the city of Cape May is proud to be the birthplace of the Coast Guard enlisted corps and the Coast Guard's unofficial hometown and whereas the city of Cape May values its relationship with the Training Center Cape May leadership and the Coast Guard service members that take pride in Cape May County's designation as a Coast Guard community now therefore I Zachary and Mullick Mayor of the city of Cape May New Jersey call on all residents and visitors of Cape May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of recruit training at Training Center Cape May and thank all active duty veteran and fallen members of the United States Coast Guard for their service in witness thereof I have here on two set my hand and it calls the seal of the city of Cape May to be affixed this eighth day of June 2023 thank you Deputy Mayor Baldwin Ladies and gentlemen Deputy Secretary Tian Admiral Poulin Master Chief Jones and Captain Judge will now unveil Training Center Cape May's 75th logo and pose for an official picture the diamond on the logo is recognition of the 75th anniversary as a traditional gift for a 75th anniversary on both sides of the logo are the years Training Center Cape May has been training recruits 1948 to 2023 the slogan brilliant at the basics since 1948 is a nod to the diamond anniversary while acknowledging the years of basic training that has been conducted at Training Center Cape May Ladies and gentlemen Captain Judge would now like to show his appreciation to the official party we'll start with Mr Deputy Secretary the recognition states thank you DHS Deputy Secretary John Tian Admiral Steve Poulin and Master Chief Heath Jones respectively in joining Training Center Cape May and honoring our 75 years of distinguished recruit training dated June 8th 2023 Ladies and gentlemen please rise for the playing of Semper Paratus Ladies and gentlemen please remain standing for the departure of the official party now Deputy Secretary Homeland Security departing and salute ready to now Vice Commandant U.S. Coast Guard departing now Master Chief Petty Officer Coast Guard departing now Training Center Cape May departing Ladies and gentlemen this concludes today's ceremony


Hello there everyone and welcome. This is Melissa Armo with the Stock Swoosh and I wanted to tell you that I'm doing a free webinar this week, Wednesday, November 7th. And it's going to be about a low stress trading system.  Most of the days I get up in the morning, try to decide what I want to do before the open or have determine what stocks and what picks I like before the open. And the idea is to take the trading, get out, get in, get out, get in, get out. So, if you have any questions you can email me at melissathestockswoosh.com or call me at 929-3200 gap. The event is November 7th, Wednesday. Time is 430 Eastern Time. It's a free webinar. All you have to do is click on this link and go. There's no password. You will register here and it will take you to the link. You must download the software if you don't have hot com to enter the webinar, but again it is free. So, I try to sign in about 4 o'clock Eastern Time just to make sure you get in in time. It will be an hour-long lecture and I'll be discussing the strategy that I trade, which is gaps. So, when I'm looking for specific gaps in the morning, I'm looking for fast moves or stocks that are going to have fast moves. I really think it's important most of the days when you trade to get in and out quickly because it puts you less at risk. You don't have to worry about the market gyrations and also time is money. It allows you to do other things with your day.  It's about chunking it out. You take it, you out. You take it, you get out. And what we're looking for is momentum moves. So, usually, typically, we're looking for one turn around a day. Sometimes it's less than one turn around. Sometimes it's more than one turn around, but usually I'm looking between 9.30 and 10 a.m. Eastern Time. It's all about results. If you want to trade, whether it's part-time, whether it's full-time, the hours are part-time, even if you trade as a full-time person, but you've got to see results. So, I have a very consistent system that I've been doing for 10 years and I teach people how to do it in a class called the Golden Gap. But you really, if you want a day trade, if you're serious about doing it, then you really need a system that produces results in order to make money trading. You just have to have one. It's one of these things where if you're going to do this for a living, if you're going to even risk any money at all, even if you're going to do a part-time two, three days a week, you have to have consistency. I'm consistently looking for the same thing every day and I'm usually looking for shorts and I'm always looking at gaps. You need a system that produces results to trade at all and I focus on the gaps and I teach a method. My class is called the Golden Gap. This trading system teaches you how to produce results and you can join the live trading room after the class and then follow me. Remember, time is money. You want to get into the market and you want to get out. You want to make the money and you want to get on with your day. So if you have one hour day to trade, my system, the Golden Gap, may be for you. If you desire to make some extra money, just one hour a day is all that you need. This might be for you. You can still have another job. You can still have a business. You can still do real estate things on the side, have a family, whatever you need to do, whatever obligations you have responsibilities for the day. Do you want to trade for a living? Many people do and they just have no idea what strategy to focus on and do you need a consistent strategy each day? The nice thing about gaps is that there are gaps to look at most days in the market. And again, I particularly focus on shorts. This was the month of October was really good month. It was earning season. It's still earning season now. There was a lot of gaps this morning. There's a lot of things to do right now. All November, it's earning season and I think December is going to be a really good month too, particularly for shorting. Huge, huge month. This is advanced trader results, 60 grand in one month and that's because why? Conviction, going after the right thing, holding some of the trades, doing ads of some of the trades. IBM is a good example, didn't give up on it, worked. MMM too. So when you decide that you like something, I talked about this in the class is called Conviction, 100% Conviction. And that means you go after something, you stick on top of it. And it's really not about trading all day. So the class is this weekend. This is the class for November. Only one more class this year, November 10th, 11th and 12th. Time is 90m to 5pm Eastern time. Class of the class is $5,999. If you're interested in signing up, email me at Melissa at the stockswish.com. Don't delay. So day one and day two is the 10th and 11 just so you know, day one is going to be a repeat on the 12th. And the reason I'm doing that is because some people have conflicts with Saturdays and I've already signed up for that and cannot do day one on the 10th, which is a Saturday. I normally only do the class on Saturday Sunday. So if you have conflicts with a Saturday class, this would be the class you'd want to get in on. I haven't done this probably for two years, but I have some people that are interested this time around. So I'm doing it. So if you want to learn, get in, don't delay. If you'd like a trial for the room, you can come in for the rest of the week. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday for free. Email me at Melissa at thestockswish.com for questions. If you want to come to the webinar, if you want to try out the room for the class or if you want to sign up, have a great day, everyone.


Hey everybody, welcome back. Now you are looking at a Sony PVM 1353 MD and this PVM is currently for sale So I'm gonna leave some details in this video quickly about this sale But it will be an auction on eBay now Unfortunately that auction is gonna be limited only to people in the USA So I'm sorry about that But if you want details on the specifics of the monitor, there's gonna be plenty listed in That listing and the links are gonna be in the description for this video So be sure to check it out now. I do have to warn you this sale is only gonna be about a week long Maybe a little bit longer and again, it will be an auction through eBay And I'm gonna start the bid at ninety nine dollars and again This monitor was the monitor that was in the two future proof videos So it has had some capacitor work some cleaning as well as plenty of maintenance and restoration done to it And what you'll see on the screen now for the rest of this video It's first a bunch of screen patterns and test patterns from the 240p test suite and this is being generated through RGB through a super Nintendo and Right into the back of the monitor when you saw me hook it up and These test patterns just show how good the screen is what it's currently looking like and that there's no real issues on it So after we get done running through these test screens I'm gonna show you some different examples of 240p and 480i analog video Through video games on this monitor. So please Check out the auction make sure you watch it and if you're interested in a high quality PVM right now make sure you leave a bid and I thank you guys for watching and I'll see you guys next time with some more retro content


You make of this Irene well, I see over here. There's some rock stuck in the sandstone Yeah, really pretty ones too. Aren't they you could take one of those out and polish it up and make fair earrings There's something out of it. They're agates They're not petrified wood as far as I can tell but they're the same material as the petrified wood And they're sitting here in a sandstone just like the one you were chatting out about a bit And if we look at this sandstone, we can see the layering in it the cross bedding But these are not the big cross beds of a windblown sand dune These are the little curving cross beds of a stream of a river and it was a stream or river that could roll gravel So these are pieces that have come bouncing down this stream. We can see that they're a little bit rounded You know, they've been in the stream and they've been bouncing around but they're not really round it They're still some rough stuff. They sort of semi-rounded is the term for it And what that probably means is that they're being eroded out somewhere fairly close here They they're formed Or they're knocking out they go a little ways in the stream and then they're forming again We know that sort of everything that way for a long ways is about the same age It's about the same sediments these can't have come from some mountain range way way far away or they'd been really rounded Yeah, and the only thing that way that where this stream is coming from Is the same sort of sediment so that says that there was agate forming in these sediments where the petrified wood formed Even without wood and that in turn says that the groundwater is really Desperately wanted to deposit quartz. They want to deposit little crystals of quartz and when they had wood to deposit it in They put it in the wood when they didn't they put it somewhere else They put it in little pockets in the in the mud or something like that But the petrification, you know, why do you get silica going in for the wood? This is ultimately telling us that the groundwater really had silica that it wanted to get rid of the hardwater Deposits that it wanted to make were little quartz crystals. Oh Was it desperate to get rid of tell us when tough? All right, so what do you make of this Irene? I don't know we see some Different rocks here. They have to have been formed right in these rocks that are around us Probably very near the surface very quickly after mugs were put down and then they were picked up again and moved a little ways And then put back down here They're coming from slightly older rocks, but not much because there's a little of this but not too much difference So now What can we say this is the same stuff as the petrified wood? And we can see just by looking at this and what we know about the rocks that this had to be forming right in The mugs where the petrified wood formed


Now, the World Health Organization on Tuesday stated that the R21 Matrix M Malaria Vexin given provisional approval by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFTA still needs to undergo more trials. Nigeria became the second country in the world to approve the use of the Malaria Vexin developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. However, WHO, country representative to Nigeria Dr Walter Moulambol restated the importance and efficacy of the RTSS vaccine adopted by countries like Ghana and Kenya. Moulambol, while speaking, during a media poll at the UN House in Abuja on Tuesday emphasized the need for proper policy funding and education in efforts to get Nigeria and Africa to zero malaria. After approves, provisionally approved, in this speech I mentioned RTSS Malaria Vexin. This is not the one we are talking about, the one that NAFTA gave provisional approval and this is also in a way understandable because to get full approval, you need approval from WHO and that particular vaccine is still being studied. WHO does not have the full complement of data and information to enable it to endorse it or recommend it for use and you've seen the same process during the COVID-19 when we started seeing a new vaccine coming up. There was a dossier that went to WHO with a group of experts to review the evidence before recommending so that we are at that stage.


What's up money geeks, mr. V here welcome to another video guys Into this video. I want us to talk about This massive news that came out last week with till it till it ducks Actually merging with live on go virtual health companies to create this massive Virtual healthcare delivery system. So Before we get started guys if you're new to the channel, we talk about how to earn money How to save money how to invest and build wealth? So if that's something that interests you go ahead and hit that subscribe button and the notification bell So you don't miss out on your content and also guys. I apologize. You probably see that I'm not in the studio. So I'm actually on the road. So that's why you don't see my full setup Apologize you can see a few videos like this as I'm doing some trips But when I get back to the studio, we're gonna get back right on track. So Again, this is the news that came out last week Which I mean if you don't know about these two companies it would again in the virtual Health healthcare space till it ducks is massive. I mean like they occupied a space So let's take a look at till it does as a company just so you understand that perspective So take everything that you do at a hospital Where you go in you talk to a doctor you talk to a nurse and they do all the other little things that they do With a physical Interaction convert that into the virtual space. So you get on your computer You're talking to a doctor Across maybe sitting somewhere in California or somewhere in New York I mean just all over the place. You don't know exactly where the doctors are located But they can diagnose and talk to you and provide some treatment. So So till it ducks has been leading that space.  They provide that mental health Medicare experts that can come in a certified board certified experts that you can talk to That have the knowledge that can help you in the provide when wellness and also some kind of preventive ways for people to manage their the health so Tilly health uses a lot of AI to kind of, you know predict or even help doctors Give prescription to their clients. So they have been exploding Even this whole covert thing did impact them as much as other companies again guys as we shift from, you know, being able to go into the hospital In the physical form into this virtual space You're gonna see companies like this really to begin to grow even more than they are doing right now, which is awesome So till eight dogs is like the really really leader in that space now comes in Livongo, so so Livongo is another one that It's a virtual health healthcare company, but they have a specific niche They help people with chronic diseases. They help people Manage and cope with your chronic diseases. So Again, if you take it from a perspective of healthcare, I would say Livongo is a subset of Tilly dogs because they have that specific niche and so they use the same thing they use a lot of AI to be able to help patients manage their conditions and provide them with ways to navigate and Live comfortable lives just because somebody has a condition doesn't mean that they have to suffer a certain way So Livongo comes in and give them all the necessary tools that they need to be able to live Comfortable life. So those are the two companies. I just want to give you guys those backgrounds. So now the merger is Tilly dogs and Livongo coming together So you're taking two massive companies combining them in my opinion creating something even even bigger That that we don't know so I want us to talk a little bit about the benefit of This and then we're gonna jump into their presentation for the merger and see some of the some of the things that Anticipate happening and when this merger is gonna close we're gonna take a little bit about that but again guys This is a merger between two companies that already do excel in the virtual healthcare space Like I mentioned earlier. So This is not like what was struggling and the other one is coming to build them out So they're just merging to form even so more of a giant in that space. And so I'm I'm personally super excited about This merger because we combine these two companies It's giving you even more so information from a data standpoint from an AI standpoint bringing in more Knowledge across the board. So Tilly dogs is gonna Expand Livongo user base or membership base because there's probably people on Tilly dogs that didn't really know about Livongo of people that on Tilly dogs that they can actually now recommend Livongo Okay, if this is what you're struggling with this is another platform that we have that can actually manage your condition and give you You know the comfort to live comfortably with that particular condition So I think those are those are again to me those are the things that I see as benefit One of the things that you have to look at is that this this deal Would not only strengthen the global presence of Tilly dogs But it would also increase its membership in the high growth Medicaid and a Medicaid Market so people coming from Livongo and we're gonna jump on on Tilly dogs now And that would really again increase their membership, which is which is good So so combining Tilly dogs help will also give Livongo access to a platform through which it will be able to reach Untapped population so these people like I said there's people on on Tilly dogs That don't know that Livongo does exist So now these people are gonna be be exposed and give you giving that opportunity to be able to use Livongo Again, we know there's a lot of people with chronic condition. So that is What we're gonna talk about so now let's let's jump into the actual presentation here That they they actually put together for the merger. So As of August fit that is that's when this whole thing went down. So Key merger consideration. So again, if you look at it right here So the transaction is valuing Livongo at approximately 18 Point five billion dollars mean I guess that's huge and then after the merger or when the merger goes through What you're gonna get as far as the the the share price. It would be so you'll get zero point five nine two times the share of Tilly dogs at that at the time when the merger completes and then plus $11 and 33 cents per share of Livongo. So let's do let's do the math here real quick. So let's if we go on It's on Yahoo right now as of close love Dave. I think they are Friday Taylor dogs was actually trading at a hundred and ninety three dollars and seventy two cents, right? so if you take a hundred and ninety two dollars and seventy two cents, let me bring up my calculator here so we can Should do the math here. So a hundred and ninety three dollars and seventy two cents So what we want to do is we want to multiply that by this amount right here So multiply that so multiply that by Point five Ninety two that would give you that value right there. So now for every share of Livongo you want to add eleven dollars eleven point three three dollars so you'll get a hundred and twenty six dollars worth of a Share of the combined company. So that's the way it's gonna. It's gonna. It's gonna play out so so for every for every share of Livongo that you own let's say at that price Everything that at the end of the day you end up with a hundred and twenty six dollars so Taylor dog shareholders will own 58% of the combined company and Livongo shareholders will own 43% of the combined company Management board. I'm not gonna go into the details and then one important information here is the closing date So this deal is expected to close by the end of Q4 2020 again is subject to shareholder approver Which is I'm pretty sure in my in my opinion. It's a done deal already. So again details about the compelling Strategic rationale for to making the move Why did they think it's a significant? I'm gonna I'm gonna put this if you want you can request I'll put a link to This presentation in the description below you can actually go spend some time actually read the details Of the transaction and how you see if it works out for you So again, this is just kind of a breakdown of both companies So tell it again, let's just go through this tell it dogs Leader in vitro health marketplace for writing the most comprehensive vitro care solution Whereas Livongo is leading the vitro Care provider focus mostly and managing chronic conditions. So my personal opinion again I see Livongo as a subset of till a dog's which makes this merger Excellent, so it's not like they're coming with two conflicting Businesses it's already something that it's a marriage that was meant to be so read there are the details here And just kind of see What each company is bringing to the table and how that would benefit them and how it would allow them to actually To actually grow which I think it's something that you Again spend some time to kind of read through it. So More details about I'm gonna I'm gonna skip here because this is just details about the different products If you go down to their finances down here You can see here revenue Yet today your revenue gross margins. So details about the finances are here. You can actually read through it One key thing that was actually mentioned It's just the fact that right now there the approximate revenue for 2020 for the combined company would be about 1.3 billion dollars guys, this is This is this is great. This is a massive massive company And so I'm super excited about this one.  V You've talked about this. This is great. What does that mean for us as investors? So my personal opinion again, this is my personal opinion This is a company that has huge potential. So let's go take a look at Just the two companies as individual companies before this merger actually took place. So Look at telly dogs Right here, let's just go to 2020. So if you look at telly dogs right here This is the See March. So if you look at March, this is where we had that crash. Look at his stock He didn't drop that much. So before prior to that it went from a high of 146 and dropped down to 116. That's the most it dropped from there It has already keeps squeezing up some pullbacks, but it's just been moving up and up and up, which is good So now let's take a look at the Vongo. So the ticker symbol for the Vongo is L Lvgo So let's bring that up Again, look at the Vongo. So if you go back in March when we had that crash Look at where the Vongo was at. See 25 dollars. So in March around March 20 when we had a serious crash, this is it. It was down to 21 from there Look at this stock. So if you were bought the Vongo in March This is how much you would have made one of my good friends Kevin Foy actually, you know Pointed me to do this because he works in health care So when this stock was up to a thing about 90 dollars He pointed this to me and told me this thing is the future of health care So thanks for thanks for that info Kevin. I really appreciate it But guys to me, I think this is an opportunity to jump in and buy this stock There is there's a tremendous amount of potential because we're moving more into the virtual space Who who knows how long this covert thing is gonna be around for and even after that? Life is not gonna be the same because if you live in a rural area Why would you want to drive three or four hours to go see a specialist? Why you can use you have internet You can just call them and they'll talk to you and unless it's really really needed before you can drive to them That's just my personal take. So my recommendation. I think this is a this is a buy And I definitely would pick up some shares Immediately after the merger or I can pick up some shares because after the merger Because this is the thing after the merger you would be buying a little bit of the cheaper price if the if the price of Teledux keeps dropping but the price of teledux keeps going up Then that might not come out. You might not come out on top in my opinion So I'll wait to buy immediately after the merger But you have to set your alarm and so that as soon as it starts trading on that the new company You should be able to jump in and buy so question of the day guys. What do you think about this major? Do you think this is so crazy? Two big companies coming together. It's not good. It's monopoly or you think Mr. V This is a great investment opportunity The the future of healthcare is virtual and I don't want to miss out on it Let me know in the comment section again guys if you're new to the channel We talk about how to earn money how to save money how to invest and build wealth So if that's something that interests you go ahead and hit that subscribe button and the notification bell So you don't miss out on your content and also if you're looking to start investing Right now we currently recommend Weibo and we both doing a promotion where you get two free stocks The first one is between two to about two hundred and fifty dollars just for signing up And the second one is between twelve and fourteen hundred dollars just for the passing a hundred dollars So definitely take advantage of that opportunity and as always guys Stay motivated


You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. Johnson County Trail Town will be holding a hiking with friends hike along the Kiwanis Trail on Penceville Lake on Saturday, January 6th. We live in one of the most beautiful places around. You only have to come here once to see that and it's just an opportunity to get out and enjoy the beauty that we have around us. The hike is an excellent way to beat the seasonal blues and enjoy the beauty of the area. The hiking with friends event is also a good way to kick off a New Year's resolution or just get out and meet new people. There is such a thing as seasonal effective depression where the days are shorter. It's oftentimes cloudier and people just start getting the blahs. And a great way to combat that is to get outside and get moving to meet some other people, to see the trees and the lake and maybe even run into a rabbit or two. That could be very good for your mind. The hike will begin at 11am on Saturday, January 6th at the Kiwanis Trail. For more information, you can visit the Johnson County Trail Town Committee Facebook page. For mountaintop news, I'm Kelcey Fidell.


Good morning, Honourable Prime Minister. Namaskaram. Bihumana Petta, Pradhanamandrisaham. My name is Rubish Kashyam. I am a 9th grade student at Swami Atmananda Government School. My question is, how can I explain the right ways of testing? Thank you, sir. Thank you, Rubish. Honourable Prime Minister. Thank you, Rubish. Honourable Prime Minister. I have been asked to tell you to tell me how can I explain the right ways of testing? You can ask any of the students, who are in the community who are in the community. I will ask every one of them. Please ask your question. Honourable Prime Minister. My name is Bihumana Petta Pradhanamandrisaham. I am a 9th grade student at Swami Atmananda Government School. I am a 9th grade student at Swami Atmananda Government School. ḱᴃᵗᵇᵈᵏᵃᵉᵏᵁᵗᵄᵉᵗᵔᶔᵒᵉᵉᵃᵝᵇᵉᵉᵗᵜᵏᵞᵈᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵜᵉᵉᵏᵉᵉᵜᵝᵉᵉ ᶤ� forens ᵖᵏᵇᶘᵈᵕᵇᵐᶦ ὕᶜᵏᵜᶜᵒᶦ�zzaᵉᵄᶜᵂᵈᶤᶦ� governors ᵒᵥᵖᶦᶦᵓᶜᶔᵜᶜᶕᶔ。 ᵗᵗᵜᵇᶦᶙᵉᶯᶕᶕᵉᵖᶼᵗᵂᶕᶦ� Favorous Ἐᶔᵜᵒᶘᵅᵗ In that school, teachers and students who are in the same school, I feel that my education should be good. Because, I bought money from his teachers and started coaching. They are also helping him. We can help and copy. There are teachers like that. Otherwise, I will tell you. That is the reason. Secondly, I don't have time to study some subjects. I have seen that in the way of the law, I have seen that in the way of the law. Some of the people in Manikur will study that. Some of the people in Manikur will make a copy. Some of the people in Manikur will make a copy. Sometimes, I feel that instead of copying, they are using the way of copying. They are very good students. Instead of copying these subjects, at the same time, some of the people in Manikur will be able to study some of the subjects. Some of the people in Manikur will make a copy. Some of the people in Manikur will make a copy. But, it is very creative to make a copy. Instead of copying the ska, at the same time, they will make a copy from the way of the law. So, if the way of the law is in the way of the law, that is better for the learner. Otherwise, I know the bottom line here is사 scen continent. Not lapse historic way. ώ� ὕ᠜ῦᠤ ὒἆἅἒἋἒἒἄἔἀἐἒἄἔἯἎἱἜἉἉἅἔἜ sen ὂἆἇἓἔἜ἗ἢ ἭἉἛ἗἗Ἃ.... ἈἁἒἄἅἈἒἣἜ἗� datasets excitement ὁἄ� influenced ὒἊ�什么 हոἀἋἉ἗� continuously like what your are Actions. A lot looks good on the Page you readingzeptzam India ideal 27 8 8 ये तो उरिक्केलिम अंगने चिंदिके रिधू। वग्यकेलिम सोप्रत्कले अंगने चैएगा ये रिधू। उन से में ख़ोंगा के आपकी महनत आपकी जिंदगी में रंगल आएगी हो सकता है कोया साभी फाल्तु दो चार मार साभ से उपर लेजाएगा लेकिन वो कभी भी आपकी जिंदगी के रुकावट नहीं बन पाएगा आपके भीटर की जो ताखव है आपके भीटर की जो ताखव है बही ताखवत आपको आगे लेजाएगी क्रिपा करके आपको अच्छा प्रडा मिलेगा दलवा


The digitization of learning is indispensable. Universities have to digitize their teaching and learning materials to cope with the global competition. Universities which are resistant to digitization will soon disappear, or simply free your lecture. These are just some of the remarks associated with the digital developments concerning teaching and learning in the 21st century. Remarks to which I fully subscribe. I'm convinced that the digitization of teaching and learning involves many benefits, from administrative to content-related aspects. During my visits and workshops at several universities, however, I found out that there are still large groups of teachers who have little or no ideas about what digitization actually is, and even more so, and that surprised me a lot, they cannot foresee the benefits of using digital teaching and learning scenarios. For this reason, I have decided to start this video series dealing with the benefits of digitization, where each follow-up video will look at a particular aspect. For example, we will look at general administrative aspects of digitization. We will see how digitization may help to overcome traditional problems of teaching and learning. We will argue on the basis of the digital content. In fact, the content debate is one which will stretch over several videos. We will look at digitization from the learner perspective as well as from the teacher's angle, and will finally also include new formats of digital assessment. You see, this is a lot and far too much for one single educational video. So I hope you join me and share my arguments in favor and perhaps also against digitization. See you soon.


I'm Karl Stothman, Director of Library Services at AMBS. Our library and bookstore team has traditionally hosted book signings for new books related to AMBS. Since we couldn't do that in person, we decided to do it on Zoom instead. Today, it's our pleasure to have with us Dr. Sarah Wanger-Shank, author of the new book, Tongue Tied, Learning the Lost Art of Talking About Faith, Harold Press 2021. Sarah Wanger-Shank is a theologian, preacher, and the author of six books. She served as president here at AMBS for almost 10 years, where her blog, Practicing Reconciliation, was lauded as a steady and deeply theological resource in anxious and polarized times. Shank earned degrees from Eastern Menai University, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. For nine years, she and her husband, Gerald Shank, served as students and teachers in the former Yugoslavia, and she has served on the faculty and administration of Eastern Menai Seminary. Hello, Sarah. I wonder if you could please tell us a bit of the story of how this book came to be and what your writing process was like. Greetings, Carl, and everyone listening in. So happy to be invited into this AMBS library bookstore event to talk about Tuntai. Let's hope I'm not Tuntai in the process. But I, yes, a bit of the story about how this book came to be, I sort of, looking back a bit into my personal history and then the more recent events, as a young adult, I was a very sort of private reserved person who found it challenging to speak up verbally. And I really found my voice through writing. And one of the first big adventures in writing was my first book called, and then there were three and owed to parenthood in, oh, I'm not gonna remember the date right now. It was in the early 80s.  I am a daughter of the women's liberation movement. And much of what that movement was concerned about was that women find voices outside the home, meaningful work, standing. And here I was a mother and experiencing a lot of learning as a mother. And so my writing voice was in trying to reframe, sort of a narrative reframing of the meaning of liberation. And it evolved into this book project. And that has led to sort of many more projects that involve reflection on the meaning of words and how we use words. And the next book was, Why Not Celebrate? How we use words to communicate about faith in daily down-to-earth ways. Along with practices, I am a practical theologian. And so my entire adult life really has been involved in trying to find words, ways to communicate, ways to embody faith that are authentic and bring true with who we really are. And that this particular book grew out of an invitation from acquisitions editor, Valerie Weaver-Zerker at Harold Press. She's moved on to Fortress Press, but she invited a proposal. She'd seen a column I did on a concern that we're losing our ability to talk meaningfully about faith. And in the AMBS window, she saw that column and said, would you like to write about this creative book proposal? Well, I was very intrigued by the idea, said I didn't have time, but a year later as I was approaching retirement, suddenly I was alive to this possibility and checked back with her, she was still open to proposals. So I sent that to her and she gave good feedback. I got good feedback from AMBS's David Kramer. And to my surprise, Harold Press offered me a contract based on that book proposal and extended chapter outline. I really enjoyed the big picture mapping of what this might include. And then in retirement was able to dive in, do significant research, write individual chapters, seek broad feedback after I had a first draft, much of which came from wise persons at AMBS, family members and others, significantly revised. And then here we have the final draft, which didn't take a lot of further work after Harold Press received it. So that's in a nutshell, sort of the long history and then the more recent prompts from Valerie and good feedback from a whole circle of wise people. Great, thank you so much. I think that leads right into the next question that I had, which is something about the experiences that prepared you for writing the book specifically, how your service as president at AMBS during a polarized time. How did that inform your understanding of the need for reclaiming this lost art? Yes, well, I was involved at AMBS when I wrote the proposal, where a community where talk about faith happens every day in deeply profoundly meaningful ways. AMBS is a community where, there was a lot of freedom and joy and breaking words open and examining their sort of multivalent, many layered meanings. And I had that community as my base when I went out and met many diverse people who come from all over. And my way of approaching things was to listen deeply, to meet people where they are, to hear what we had in common, what is it you care about? Sometimes I heard from people who were very concerned about what AMBS was teaching or about things in general and used words like biblical authority, AMBS is too political, caring about mission, evangelism, who are the evangelicals? What does it mean in herency? You know, these kinds of words were bandied about. And my challenge was to listen to where people were coming from. What was behind the words? How do we open them? How do I reframe things so that we can find common ground, find what it is we share in faith? How do we find a language that names what is at the heart of what motivates people and invites their loyalty and trust? Yeah, thank you. That's difficult work. And thank you for accompanying us at AMBS through that time. And I know your book talks in detail about this, so I don't want to do too many spoilers here, but I wonder if you can briefly speak to some of the factors that have caused Christian communities, maybe beyond AMBS, to lose this art of speaking about faith. Well, it is, yeah, that's a big part of it. Part of where I go early in the book, the first third of the book or so is to try to examine what it is that makes us reluctant to talk about faith. Now, there are so many complex reasons and it's nuanced differently for everyone, but I try to tease out some of those things that I'm in touch with that make it hard to talk about faith. Some of it is because faith talk seems so out of touch with reality. It has a sort of virtual reality to it, an artificiality with a kind of pious denier that doesn't connect with real moral issues of our day, like racism, sexism, climate change, political and church polarization. That's so we want nothing to do with it because it's unreal, it's artificial. I think another reason is because God is really incomprehensible in many ways God is beyond understanding. So how are we to talk about someone who in many respects is unknowable and who are we to, you know, deign to say something about God when there's so much mystery and unknown. Another reason is because much talk about God has been hurtful, hateful, hypocritical and judgmental. So again, we want nothing to do with it. God words have been used in damaging ways.  It's, you know, there is a doctrine of how you talk about God. There are prescribed ways, right and wrong ways.  And so, you know, I think one of the biggest or most pervasive reasons is something because we haven't heard faith talk modeled very well. We haven't heard friends or family members talk about God in ways that feel trustworthy, that are down to earth, that are embodied, that are honest about, you know, what we don't know as well as what we think we know as, you know, we've come to believe. So those are some of the reasons I think we found it hard to talk about faith, talk about God. Yeah, that really resonates for me. So I appreciate that little nugget of what's in the book. And yeah, I think another direction I wanted to explore a little bit is that you talked here about modeling of family and friends and so forth.  I'm wondering how your own family sustained and challenged you as you wrote and as you prepared for this. Yeah, well, family is a huge part of my story. I, you know, grew up in a family that was rich with language and stories and poetry and scripture. And so I felt sustained by that family history, that family experience as a child and into adulthood. That serves as a kind of seedbed for where I went. And then in the more immediate timeframe, you know, I am retired, I have grandchildren coming by a lot, grandchildren are here a lot. And I think about how does one sort of personify and talk about faith and God and the wonder of the beautiful world. So they provide sort of everyday opportunities to reflect on why this matters for their life and flourishing. My family, my husband in particular so provided support for me, space to be alone, to reflect, to do the reading and deep reflection that's needed. And family also were among those who provided great feedback to me. They know me, you can't get away with much with family. And so, you know, the level of transparency and engagement that they offered me was a great gift. Great. Yeah, I'm inspired by that narrative around family and what it can be. And so, one of my kind of wonderings as I worked through the book was that a kind of powerful part of your own ministry has been truth telling. And this comes out in various ways in the book. But speaking personally, I'm someone who resists truth because I want everyone to just be happy. And that's sometimes behind my reluctance to speak truthfully about faith in context where people might disagree with me. And so I can kind of be like the perfect evangelical when I'm with fundamentalists and the perfect enough stick when I'm with atheists, but not tell that story convincingly and truthfully. I'm wondering how someone like me might move beyond the desire to please others and speak that truth. Wow. Oh, yes, truth telling, Carl, how do we do it? How do we, you know, I think I certainly have grown in my ability over the years as I've become more confident in my own voice and where I stand. There is a great deal of that, you know, maturation and maturing in finding one's footing and where one can stand with some measure of confidence and humility. Becoming more humble is a big part of the aging process. And as I think I say in the book, I love the definition of humility that I got from feminist theologian, Rosemary Radford, Ruther, who said in class one day, humility is, you know, not being down on yourself for, you know, giving in, but it's about realistic self knowledge. And, you know, I find in truth telling that there is a great deal of self examination that happens, what do I know, what don't I know, where have I, where can I improve in how I give a clear transparent response to my regrets, my failures, along with what I have learned and what I am confident about and what I have seen and heard and would love to tell you about. So one of, I had an interview, oh, several weeks ago with a talk show host based in Arizona called The God Show. Apparently it's an institution in Arizona. And one of the questions he said was, well, you know, what if you, in addition to, you know, around the table, you never talk about sex, politics and religion because it'll turn into a pie fight. He says, well, okay. So you're being also sort of nice and polite about things. One of your grandson came home and said, you know, my teacher is really, is a Hindu and talking, you know, very, very attractive ways about the Hindu faith. And I'm rather drawn to what it means to be a Hindu. And how would you respond to your grandson whom you love so dearly? I said, well, you know, this goes to one of my first principles. First listen, listen, tell me, dear grandson, what is it that you're drawn to? Tell me your experience and what it is that attracts you.  This is how God has come near to me in Jesus Christ.  And so learning to both listen deeply and appreciate where the other is coming from. What is it, what are the, what is motivating? What are the fears? What is captured the imagination? And then going to what allowing, you know, what has captured my loyalty, captured my faith, my trust. So that's sort of a long answer, but there is the wisdom, the maturation, the humility that comes from age that frees one certainly has freed me to say, this has been my experience. This is what I have learned. This is what I regret and what I now see and being authentic and honest, transparent with that in a way that is full of conviction and love and the authority that comes with experience backed up by the wisdom tradition, drawing on the wells of scripture, all of that, become a part of what one can offer in those moments of honest sharing. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. And I think all of us are on a journey of learning these things, some of us newer at it than others. And so thank you for being a teacher along the way. Another question here, taking this in a slightly different direction is kind of what, how current events, things like COVID-19 and systemic racism that we're really coming to the fore as you wrote this book, how that shaped your understandings in your book project even. Yeah, great question. I think in certainly writing this project, when these things, writing this book while these, some of these things were blowing up in very explicit, painful ways, helped me reflect more deeply on how language is used to create systems of oppression, racism, doctrine of discovery, colonial forms of mission. You know, I'm very familiar from experience of how Swiss, German, ethnic, Mennonite enclaves, you know, their bishops had powerful ways to use language to control and to silence, to marginalize, to privilege some voices over other voices. And certainly much of what was done and intended was, was, was for good, but had the adverse effect of marginalizing and silencing. So I've seen how words control for good and words can be used to speak prophetically, to counter the dominant narratives with alternative, liberative, justice-oriented narratives. One of my chapters focuses on fortifying words needed in hard times. We need words, so we're not merely tossed to and fro as Paul says in Ephesians, blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery and craftiness in deceitful scheming. What is the alternative to being manipulated by conspiracy theorists, hate-filled, scare-mongers, racists? Well, it is to learn to speak the truth in love. And certainly the hard times, pandemic times, times when these terrible, deep, deep, enduring systemic wrongs in our nation need people fortified with words to speak the truth in love. Amen. Well, that's a great place to transition here to our audience and some of the questions that you all have for Sarah about her book. And so you can put your questions in the Q and A. And we'll attend to them right away. While you all are thinking about what you might want to say, I have a real brief question, hopefully, for Sarah, which is who do you hope will read this book and what impact do you hope it will have on the church and beyond? Well, of course, I hope that everyone will read it. But primarily, you know, leaders, pastors, book discussion groups, small groups, Sunday school groups, people from a more evangelical background, from so-called progressive circles. I hope we can, in a variety of book groups, Sunday school groups, adult study groups, around our tables in our living rooms, in our church gathering rooms, get in touch with what makes us reluctant because many of the reasons are different for different people and then begin to invite each other to be more upfront about what it is, you know, we wonder about God, about God has disappointed us. How have we felt disillusioned? How have we sensed God show up? Where have we seen God at work? How can we give each other, I mean, yeah, in these small group gatherings, create the space to be explorers together in naming how we see God at work, or miss or wish God would show up? Thank you. I hope the same thing. After having been through the book myself and gotten a taste of it, I want to talk about it with people. So if some of you want to be a part of a small group with me, maybe we can do that. Yeah, I like this vision of people sharing their experiences around this and learning together about how to talk about faith. I think maybe people are feeling a little bit shy and that's okay. If you haven't gotten questions in, oh, we do have a question. Let me go ahead and ask you, how significant is the practice of leadership contributing to our inability to speak about faith? So yeah, what is the role of leadership in all of this? Yes, I think this goes back to my comment about, we haven't seen it modeled perhaps as much as would be helpful. I think leadership can invite the conversation in general, around the book's themes and invite people to speak There's a great illustration I use in the book, drawing on, oh, what is your name? This is the time of day. Just remember forgetting right now, the author, Lilian Daniel, Pastor, the United Church of Christ congregation, she said our congregation, she writes about how they decided to have the practice to experiment with and engage with the practice of testimony. And the definition for testimony was to talk about some experience of the week in the congregations open like time and not omit God. And she said that sounds like a strange caveat for a church and yet she said in her congregation it was challenging to bring God into the frame or who knows, all the reasons that perhaps some of which I identified. And she said, so this was a practice that, I mean, she is a leader, obviously a leader who invited a particular kind of engagement by her congregation in the practice of public testimony that includes God in the frame. And people, people rose to it and it spilled over into conversations over coffee and in the fellowship room where there was more and more engagement around how folks were experiencing God in the everyday. So leadership, I think helps to create, I mean it's hugely important in creating space for people that invites people to name their hunches about God, their experience of the transcendent, their surprises, their wanderings, their disappointments and questions. Leadership is key to making it safe for people to do that. And to modeling how that can be done authentically, transparently, honestly. Thank you. We have questions just popping in here. So I think I'm going to go to a question about have you learned to talk differently about God in retirement than as an administrator? Oh, well, what a question. I think retirement, I mean, sort of when you're not representing a community like AMBS, you might be a little more free to speak your mind. Not that I wasn't honest in my role as president, but I needed to think of the whole community I was representing, which any professional does, who's representing an institution. So now I'm an ordinary person, a retiree, and don't have all of that responsibility to represent a broader community other than the body of Christ. So I am always hoping to speak as someone who seeks to be Christ-like and to speak honestly, but not feeling the responsibility to speak in a way that reflects the mission of an institution, honestly. I don't know if that's where the question was going, but there is greater freedom in retirement simply to represent oneself and one's own perspective on things. I like the answer. Okay. Another question here. Given our contemporary society and given the various ways the biblical writers talk about salvation, have you come across some new metaphors to articulate our faith? The various ways that we talk about salvation, new metaphors to represent our faith? Yeah, articulate our faith. Well, I think metaphors is what it's all about. Metaphors are powerful ways to frame ideas. I can talk about authors that have been helpful to me. New metaphors, you know, I think about trees a whole lot. My love for trees is elevated exceedingly by walking among so many and my husband and I did a walk of our two-acre place to map the trees and discovered some 261 trees, 136 of which he has planted and there are 40 varieties of trees. So I think a lot about biblical metaphors that, you know, relate to trees. Trees planted by the stream. Trees that provide fruit and shelter and host life. And in that sort of way of thinking, the Robin Wall Kimmerer and her braiding sweetgrass is a book that I think was a paradigm shifting book for me. I couldn't say right offhand what particular metaphor she uses, but it invites us to listen much more to the natural world. And, you know, as people of faith, we know the biblical invitation to hear the trees clapping their hands and the rocks crying out. So salvation is a much more whole kind of thing than has sometimes been communicated to us about a salvation that is all about transporting us to another world. There's a salvation that has to do with all of creation and living in harmony and ways that honor the creator and celebrate and exalt the creator of this beautiful earth, which we want to share in the process of saving for the salvation of all species. So we are getting close to our time for our prize drawing. I think we'll take one more question and then transition into that. But for those of you who have questions who haven't been answered yet, we will have some more time for further questions and answers with Sarah after we do our prize drawing. So, yeah, we'll take the time we need to continue this conversation. So, a question here. Are there settings where we can unlearn our tongue tidiness? What do you suggest for learning something new? Settings where we can unlearn our tongue tidiness. You know, I go back to saying where we're at. What is it that ties your tongue in the settings where you normally live and work and mingle? Those are the settings that you can begin. They are your normal daily settings. How do you listen? How does one invite questions? How does one invite questions that bring people into wandering and identifying wanderings about God and disappointments? So, those settings, I think, how do you learn to not omit God when you use Lily and Daniel's invitation? Not to bring God in as an add-on, but to somehow out of your own aliveness to God, not omit God when you delight in the food, delight in some life-giving event, delight in the presence of someone you love, delight in your work. Those are the settings where we can start by not omitting God. To go deeper, I think we can form table groups, small groups, book study groups, where we explore the reluctances and give each other permission in a safe space to become more, more honest, more open. Great. Thank you so much. I think we'll go over to Brandon for a prize drawing from the AMBS bookstore. Brandon, are you ready for that? Carl, you're mute. A question here. How do we reconcile talking about our faith and postmodern thinking, things like relativism? How does that dialogue happen, that reconciliation between faith and postmodern thinking? Good question. I think postmodernity helped us see that all of the truth that we're able to grasp is perspectival. It's from how we see it. It's our own take on truth. That doesn't mean truth isn't truth, but as we speak of it, it is from our perspective. And so, yeah, this goes back to what I said about humility. Humility has to do with saying, this is true as I understand it, but it is not only true as I understand it. Here is the wisdom of the generations that is articulated in the tradition. And here is the wisdom of the scriptures that are open for us by these interpreters. Relativism is, you know, this being tossed about by every wind of doctrine. That is the wisdom of the generations by every wind of doctrine. And that, you know, is not rooted and grounded necessarily in a living tradition, in an experience, an engagement with scripture that is well informed, that pays attention to context and to the best interpreters out there. So, yes, all of what we say must be premised by this is my best understanding of things. But let me tell you again, the others who I draw on and listen to that help to reinforce and undergird and elaborate on what I have seen and come to believe. So we are not entirely at sea, but we can't dig in and say, this, I've got it, absolutely certain. No, no, that has been, that has been detrimental in a big way. The need for certainty and a dogma and a kind of take on what truth is. Thank you. This next question is from someone who knows you well. Indeed, being able to use words and to talk about faith is important, and I am one who values words a lot too, given that I grew up in your family. But is there a place for those who are willing to give it words can equally be of value? Living one's faith is incredibly important. And thank you for the question. I'm guessing this is my sister Betty, who is the first prize winner. May have missed other family members on the wheel. Living one's faith gives real resonance and the words are used. But living one's faith does not go far enough. We would not know the story of Jesus if there was only a lived kind of embodied thing going on.  So, yes, we are vulnerable to all the manipulators out there, the scaremongers, the conspiracy theorists, every wind of doctrine that is floating around there. If we cannot articulate and talk about what it is, we believe and know about Jesus the Christ, who showed us who God is. Yeah, it doesn't go far enough, the embodiment, but the reverse is true. If you talk about Jesus and don't line up body, spirit, and mind with integrity to map in a resonant way with what you say, then that also doesn't work. We want to be people of integrity, heart, soul, mind, body in line with the good news of Jesus Christ. Thank you. Another question here. That's come in. Previous books you've written include written liturgy and prayers. What do you think is the role of writing down words about God, either for personal or corporate use? Yes, writing down words of God about God. I had to write before I could speak. I would tell you every time I speak I live with tremendous regret about everything I didn't say as well as it should have been said. That I somehow misrepresented the goodness, beauty, and wonder of God. Or misrepresented the beauty of this or that interpretation of God. I don't think I've ever thought about writing. I'm more tired at writing because I could be more precise. I think often writing can include nuance and poetry and texture. It can become something in the liturgy that we repeat over and over again. It sinks deeper and deeper into our mind. You hear them differently and more deeply each time you listen. Writing also doesn't allow one to say things that bring the body. When I'm talking with you now I'm using my hands and my eyes. You can hear whether I'm stressed or whether I'm able to laugh. There is a more full body way that when we speak in person, there is a resonance and authenticity that can ring true in a way that written words you may not hear or associate with the person who is speaking them. There is a coming together of person and word in person. Writing words on a page come to have a life of their own. They can be very disconnected from bodily practices, bodily embodiment of what those words are. They can be misused in terrible ways because they are disconnected from the body life of a living, breathing community. They can be misused in terrible ways. They can be misused in terrible ways. They can be misused in terrible ways. They can be misused in terrible ways. Those are for both possibility and good and for misuse and abuse. Both ways. Thank you so much. We are almost at our time here. a copy for a friend or a church group, Brandon is going to drop a link into the chat for where you can buy the book if you don't have one already. So we, yeah, we want you to spread the word and hopefully lots of people will be energized by this work that Sarah has started. And a reminder to the folks that won prizes to hang on for us a bit here. I think we could take one really, really quick question before we have to sign off if anyone has one. Okay, well, I think we've attended to a lot of substantive questions. And so I think we can call this enough as well. A question that came in, housekeeping kind of question, are you having a book signing somewhere because we would like to actually have that embodied signature of the book, is that possible? Yeah, not that I'm aware of, you know, some virtual events but there's something in September with Virginia Menonite Conference that's planned. I imagine there'll be some book signings there, but I don't know for sure. So far it's been virtual events. But thank you for asking and thank you for this opportunity, Carl, Brandon, everyone who's helped to make it happen, you know, the talking about faith is all about learning to share wisdom with each other about how to live the good life, how to flourish as human beings and by so doing honoring our creator. So thank you all for listening in and spread the good word about this book and I hope you form circles of conversation around the book and let me know questions or feedback or suggestions. Going forward, I welcome your counsel, your wisdom. Thank you so much, Sarah. It's been such a pleasure talking with you about the book and yeah, I'm looking forward to keeping that conversation alive. So yeah, thanks to everyone who came and this was a beautiful time of conversation.