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KJ5-ILQ returning. Yeah, real quick while I'm thinking about it. George, yeah, I wasn't saying that there's two classes. I probably said it wrong. There's not two classes or two subsections in the military. I guess Bill probably said it better than I could have, is that there are those who have whatever we call regular jobs and those who don't. Maybe that's a better way to put it. Now, inside the military, yeah, there's some fun ribbing going on. Just like I'm in the Army and I make fun of Marines. One of my best friends is an O-311 Jawhead, so I get to make fun of Marines because, you know, he's a Marine. It doesn't mean I have any less respect for them whatsoever. In fact, without those support teams, you're right. Nobody would be able to do anything they can do without them, period. They are as valuable as anybody else. I just wanted to be crystal clear on that. My point was it doesn't matter what sex you are. It doesn't matter which rank you are. When a standard is set, you should meet it. For everybody who continues to say that we want them for their experience and not for their body, I would just like to remind you the military is supposed to be filled with people with self-discipline. Leaders in charge cannot have the self-discipline to keep themselves in physical shape. Some sort of a physical shape other than a circle, we don't want them in the military. They can become civilian advisors and get paid probably more money. They can go work for the DOD as a civilian, be as fat as they want to be. See, what we're doing is we're saying that these generals can get fat, or these admirals can get fat because they've earned that right. No, they didn't. They're doing their job just like anybody else. I also don't believe police officers or firefighters should be fat. I think that that hurts people in jeopardy. It's not being mean, I don't think. It's just a standard. I mean, I have sent it for myself, and I don't want it to drop below par. I was getting really fat. I'm 5'10". I was 236 pounds or so. Pretty fat, and I took steps to fix that. Everybody can do that, and I understand that. And I'm not trying to ask everybody to do that. I'm saying if you're going to be in a position of leadership in our military, do not ask somebody below you to do something you're not willing to do yourself. You don't send soldiers into a minefield unless you're ready to lead them into the minefield. You don't tell soldiers to lose weight unless you're ready to meet that. There are exceptions. Civilians are accepted. The president is a civilian. The Secretary of War is a civilian. The Secretary of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, they're all civilians. That's the whole purpose of civilians. They lead the military. My time is up. KJ5ILT. Back to you now.