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- Speaker 2: And by the way, one thing that Lester and, you know, being a good leader that you are with this group, one thing you said very clearly, because we've opened it up to other parts of public safety. And you said, look, if you were a dog tag, we're not going to get into how many ribbons you had and where you served. We're not going to get into that. If you are a vet and you serve the country, you're welcome. And I love that about your group because some of these groups can become kind of a pecking order. It's almost like you fall back into rank and, you know, years of service and hash marks and. No, There's something for everybody, feel like. you know, when you open it up in that way to not only veterans, but also veteran supporters, veteran family members, people who just want to be involved in the veteran community in a genuine way, you know, then it's great to be able to be involved in creating that ecosystem or that environment where people can come and connect with the resources that resonate with them. And if they were somebody who didn't, you know, necessarily see heavy combat maybe, then, you know, like maybe it's just other resources that they're looking for that can help them with employment or starting a business. But then if it was someone who experienced a lot of maybe combat related trauma, there's going to be those resources plus other resources that can help them in other areas too. And it's just a matter of making the community aware that those resources are there. We're definitely not about trying to reinvent anything that's already there, you know, because there's no. There's no point in spending time doing that when there's already an abundance of resources. It's just a matter of promoting the, you know, the partnerships that can already be created.