Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm directing my questions to you, Captain Ralph. First of all, I want to thank you for both your service as a chaplain and the work you talked about in your opening statement, which I think is exemplary, of course.
You touched on a couple of things that piqued my interest. One was the need to deal with “stoic culture”, as you phrased it. Obviously, you've been exposed to veterans in the military for decades. Can you explain what you meant by stoic culture?
As a second piece to that, over your career in the military and working with veterans, have you seen change in that? What do the trends look like, in your view?