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E >> today is the day we pause during our holiday weekend celebration to remember the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the united states military. this year we have more to be thankful for than most with the death of the terror mastermind osama bin laden still the fight goes on particularly in afghanistan where more than 100,000 of our brave soldiers, sailors marines and airmen continue to fight. it is from afghanistan that we are very pleased to welcome the highest ranking enlisted soldier, command sergeant major marvin hill. command sergeant major welcome. what are your...

About that. >> are we winning? can we look forward to a day where it is a tourist destination for men and women? >> i spend the majority of my time and energy on the security lines of operation so we focus on the security piece and from a security perspective we are standing up training manning equipment afghan and national security forces by the numbers. they are taking on battle space they are taking on responsibilities, and that is part of the transition. i think we are doing pretty good at it. >> i just wondered command sergeant major if you would like to give a shout out to the families b...

About that. >> are we winning? can we look forward to a day where it is a tourist destination for men and women? >> i spend the majority of my time and energy on the security lines of operation so we focus on the security piece and from a security perspective we are standing up training manning equipment afghan and national security forces by the numbers. they are taking on battle space they are taking on responsibilities, and that is part of the transition. i think we are doing pretty good at it. >> i just wondered command sergeant major if you would like to give a shout out to the families b...

Division headquarters, the gladiators. on behalf of a grateful nation, welcome home. of course our thoughts and prayers are with general campbell, command sergeant major schroeder and all the screaming eagles and troops that are still risking their lives in theater. and i am so pleased that ann campbell and marla schroeder and some of the inspiring military spouses are here. where are they at? right over there. we are grateful to you. god bless you. there they are. thank you so much.

>> 2.3 1/2 would be just fine. again he has got all kinds of stuff going on, a lot of movies he's got his hand in and the a.m. bum his seventh coming out this summer. it's 25 minutes past the hour. hello, command sergeant major lloyd with 3rd infantry, iraq. happy father's day to my father, clayton lloyd jr., happy father's day. love you. >> i'm sergeant justin shomanski. >> and i'm lance korcorporal. >> happy father's day to our dad in tennessee. >> we love you, see you soon.