So today I think what you'll see by the landing course is largely an air movement from amphibious shipping here into the area that we'll be training today.

As a commander of the landing force, we have to be able to project forces ashore from the ship to take on any sort of mission, whether that's a noncombatant evacuation operation or whether that's combat operations or whether that's humanitarian assistance, disaster relief.

And we use what's called ship-to-shore connectors.

And those ship-to-shore connectors that we use to bring forces ashore are typically some sort of surface vessel, like a hovercraft, or some sort of boat.

And then we also have air assets that we can use to bring people ashore.

So like the Admiral said, when the seas get sloppy out there and the seas get high, the conditions are sometimes not met or they're exceeded for those surface borne connectors that we use to bring surfaces ashore.

And then we have to flex to something else, which is what you see here, which is air.

So they're doing a combination of defensive and offensive operations, projecting combat power from the disparate mount sites, the urban centers that are in this training area, as well as conducting patrolling in the tree line as well.

Not only the building, but talk about the symphony and just how important it is to America and to us as a city.

This is probably my number one civic passion in Cincinnati.

When I came to Cincinnati, the orchestra was in a little bit of a tough place immediately right after the Great Recession, as everybody was.

I was really eager to get involved in something in Cincinnati that was going to be a global ambassador for Cincinnati.

If you talk about the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra abroad, you would be surprised by how many people are familiar with it.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has one of the deepest Rolodexes of recordings.

So as a result, if you listen to classical music across the world, you're going to hear the Cincinnati Symphony.

Any other big swings you'd like to see us

Okay.

Um, and so they, um, now just to put it in perspective, Richard Henderson did the Transylvania Purchase March 17, 1775.

The American Revolution breaks out two months later.

So the beginning of 1776, all of the Cherokee are aligned with the British, and they get together and plan an attack on the Watauga settlement.

James Robertson is appointed, elected captain of sev- of 50 expert riflemen, probably the best militia that man's ever known, with, uh, long rifles that were the superior weapon of the day.

They then are attacked by the Cherokee.

Dragging Canoe goes up north and at- attacks one settlement.

Now, would this be somebody who they had been kind of, uh, battling at times?

And so what are the other occasions that are people using as an excuse to do this?

Prior to the pandemic, I did a ceremony with a young couple because they're looking at different reasons.

They're looking at different situations.

They're breaking away from tradition.

And I think from the high cost of the budget that is involved in weddings and looking at the opportunity of creating a more low-key party aspect, which doesn't really turn out to be that.

One of the other aspects I had was the bride's bridal shower ceremony.

But due to the fact that her mother was not going to be able to travel south for the wedding ceremony on the beach, they decided to plan a simple surprise wedding at a restaurant, inviting the men over afterwards for a whiskey tasting.

Now, Rob, when you talk to the couples that are planning this, is that what they're telling you about what their desire is to do this? Is the surprise a big part of it?