WEBVTT 00:04.640 --> 00:06.970 I was in their family . It really boils 00:06.970 --> 00:09.290 down the leadership . The reason I say 00:09.290 --> 00:11.512 leadership is because we can look at it 00:11.512 --> 00:13.623 one way or the other , we can look at 00:13.623 --> 00:15.734 it from a negative aspect to say that 00:15.734 --> 00:18.120 uh we're downsizing the force , we're 00:18.120 --> 00:20.231 taking away the budget or we can look 00:20.231 --> 00:22.398 at it from a positive side to say that 00:22.398 --> 00:24.820 it's given us an opportunity to look at 00:24.820 --> 00:27.042 different ways of doing things . Bottom 00:27.042 --> 00:29.590 line is this , we are going to change , 00:29.600 --> 00:31.767 this is gonna change us and we need to 00:31.767 --> 00:33.990 help in that direction of that change , 00:34.000 --> 00:36.333 leadership needs to be involved in this , 00:36.333 --> 00:38.389 needs to be at the at the very front 00:38.389 --> 00:41.120 end of this , to to define what it is 00:41.120 --> 00:43.009 that we're going to do , that has 00:43.009 --> 00:45.231 mission impact . If it doesn't have any 00:45.231 --> 00:47.398 value to the mission , then we need to 00:47.398 --> 00:49.564 consider whether we do it or not . But 00:49.564 --> 00:51.564 the bottom line is it's got to have 00:51.564 --> 00:53.231 some type of mission impact . 00:55.720 --> 00:58.080 I truly believe that we we train the 00:58.080 --> 01:01.890 way we fight today . We do this through 01:01.890 --> 01:03.834 through a whole spectrum with with 01:03.834 --> 01:05.760 joint and coalition partners . I 01:05.760 --> 01:07.816 believe that we're going to see that 01:07.816 --> 01:09.816 even more so in the future , if you 01:09.816 --> 01:12.300 look at how we do some type of FSC 01:12.300 --> 01:15.340 training , uh it is in a joint 01:15.350 --> 01:17.730 environment , I believe you're gonna 01:17.730 --> 01:20.200 see that continue to expand with our 01:20.200 --> 01:22.570 coalition partners . Certainly we do 01:22.570 --> 01:25.670 some training with them . Uh I think 01:25.670 --> 01:27.781 that's going to continue to expand as 01:27.781 --> 01:29.781 well as we look at , you know , not 01:29.781 --> 01:32.003 just building capacity with our partner 01:32.003 --> 01:34.170 nations that also helping to build our 01:34.170 --> 01:36.350 capacity . I believe that you're also 01:36.350 --> 01:38.128 gonna have to look at how we do 01:38.128 --> 01:40.183 exercises in the future are exercise 01:40.183 --> 01:42.350 that we do in the future . We're going 01:42.350 --> 01:44.572 to have to get every every dollar value 01:44.572 --> 01:47.360 out of each , each objective . If we're 01:47.360 --> 01:49.527 not looking at from that angle , we're 01:49.527 --> 01:51.830 gonna miss the experiences that we have 01:51.830 --> 01:53.608 today , we have the most combat 01:53.608 --> 01:55.830 hardened force that we have ever had in 01:55.830 --> 01:58.052 our history as an air force and we need 01:58.052 --> 01:59.997 to capitalize on that . We need to 01:59.997 --> 02:02.219 utilize that experience that our airmen 02:02.219 --> 02:04.330 have and continue to train those that 02:04.330 --> 02:05.663 come after us as well . 02:08.440 --> 02:11.040 Answers through the A . F . Next 02:11.040 --> 02:13.790 construct . This is an evolution of the 02:13.800 --> 02:16.310 air expeditionary force . What we're 02:16.310 --> 02:18.920 looking at in the A . F . Next is the 02:18.920 --> 02:22.720 fact that it's about teaming . It's 02:22.720 --> 02:24.720 about leadership and what I mean by 02:24.720 --> 02:27.350 that is the fact that we will we will 02:27.360 --> 02:30.830 again train as we fight , We will train 02:30.830 --> 02:33.950 as a team and we will continue to focus 02:33.950 --> 02:36.228 on that leadership . So in other words , 02:36.228 --> 02:39.880 as we partner with other like squadrons , 02:39.880 --> 02:43.130 if you will we will be able to take 02:43.220 --> 02:46.300 unit are parts of a unit and parts of 02:46.300 --> 02:48.411 another unit that we have paired with 02:48.411 --> 02:50.578 have teamed with and those will be the 02:50.578 --> 02:52.633 deployed forces . Another thing that 02:52.633 --> 02:54.744 this is going to allow us to do is be 02:54.744 --> 02:56.411 able to talk within the joint 02:56.411 --> 02:59.230 environment much more clearly on what 02:59.230 --> 03:01.900 we do as an air force . Currently , we , 03:01.900 --> 03:04.067 you know , if you look at an iceberg , 03:04.067 --> 03:06.011 you see just a small piece of that 03:06.011 --> 03:08.460 iceberg , when all actuality , there's 03:08.460 --> 03:10.970 an awful lot of airmen that are doing 03:10.980 --> 03:13.780 great things for America . And in those 03:13.780 --> 03:15.930 things that those airmen are doing 03:15.940 --> 03:18.700 necessarily get counted through the a . 03:18.700 --> 03:20.756 F next construct , we're going to be 03:20.756 --> 03:23.120 able to reflect the fact that we have 03:23.130 --> 03:25.241 airmen involved in a lot of different 03:25.241 --> 03:27.420 operations , within a lot of different 03:27.420 --> 03:29.690 combatant commands uh affecting the 03:29.690 --> 03:31.560 battle space every single day . 03:34.580 --> 03:36.950 Yeah , first of all , I I absolutely 03:36.950 --> 03:38.950 believe in the technology today . I 03:38.950 --> 03:40.920 think , I think it allows us an 03:40.920 --> 03:44.560 opportunity to communicate with people , 03:44.560 --> 03:46.727 but also there's a barrier there . And 03:46.727 --> 03:49.060 that just the simple fact of , you know , 03:49.060 --> 03:51.310 the the analog versus leader , analog 03:51.310 --> 03:54.410 versus digital , you know , and how how 03:54.410 --> 03:57.210 you communicate across those digital 03:57.210 --> 04:01.020 networks . The fact is that as you 04:01.030 --> 04:03.252 communicate with people through digital 04:03.252 --> 04:05.419 means , you're not necessarily picking 04:05.419 --> 04:07.940 up some of the non verbals that people 04:07.950 --> 04:10.490 are trying to relay as well in their 04:10.490 --> 04:13.490 messages . So that's I believe one of 04:13.490 --> 04:15.940 the barriers and as we call ourselves 04:15.940 --> 04:18.162 digital natives today , we've got to be 04:18.162 --> 04:20.273 able to work through that . I like to 04:20.273 --> 04:22.440 call it the art of confrontation . The 04:22.440 --> 04:24.496 fact that we just simply communicate 04:24.496 --> 04:26.496 with each other and we've got to be 04:26.496 --> 04:28.607 able to , you know , confrontation is 04:28.607 --> 04:30.551 not always bad , but being able to 04:30.551 --> 04:32.718 communicate with folks to be to enable 04:32.718 --> 04:35.051 us to , to get the mission accomplished . 04:35.051 --> 04:37.273 There's things that happen every single 04:37.273 --> 04:39.650 day that we are going back and forth 04:39.650 --> 04:42.020 with negotiating with with other shops 04:42.020 --> 04:44.510 with other airmen . How do we do that ? 04:44.740 --> 04:47.770 And we've got to understand the analog 04:47.780 --> 04:49.780 piece of this as well , even though 04:49.780 --> 04:52.120 we've much further advance in our 04:52.120 --> 04:55.550 digital means . Mhm . 04:56.140 --> 04:58.760 Answer thank you for what you're doing 04:58.760 --> 05:01.870 today . We have multiple deployment 05:01.870 --> 05:04.680 locations that we have airman at many 05:04.680 --> 05:08.570 that just simply go on , said and we 05:08.570 --> 05:10.681 rely on our airmen every single day . 05:10.681 --> 05:13.430 Our joint coalition partners rely on 05:13.440 --> 05:15.720 airman every single day . And we would 05:15.720 --> 05:17.831 just say , thank you for your service 05:17.831 --> 05:19.887 to your nation . There's another one 05:19.887 --> 05:21.720 other element that should not go 05:21.720 --> 05:23.942 without saying and I would be remiss if 05:23.942 --> 05:27.090 I , if I didn't say a special thank you 05:27.090 --> 05:28.923 to all those family members that 05:28.923 --> 05:31.720 sacrifice every single day . A special 05:31.720 --> 05:34.060 thank you to you that that you continue 05:34.060 --> 05:36.480 to serve right along our sides every 05:36.480 --> 05:38.424 single day . And we were certainly 05:38.424 --> 05:40.591 proud of each and every one of you and 05:40.591 --> 05:42.647 thank you for continuing to serve as 05:42.647 --> 05:41.060 well .