WEBVTT 00:05.830 --> 00:06.900 So talk mm. 00:07.550 --> 00:10.760 Old now for the department of science a a certainly for the army 00:10.760 --> 00:12.990 and most specifically for the are married are. 00:13.760 --> 00:18.250 Um. More for fray saying lector resting when the country. 00:18.710 --> 00:23.370 I'm tough choices about uh what to do with our nation's budget 00:23.400 --> 00:27.790 and and that relates to us directly through the income not of 00:27.790 --> 00:30.180 the budget that's gonna be a portion to accomplish the mission 00:30.180 --> 00:31.790 was that the nation's asked about us. 00:32.660 --> 00:35.630 Unfortunately. Rolls down. 00:36.170 --> 00:41.740 A conveying no cuts to a lot of facts training of manning the 00:41.770 --> 00:45.110 equipping our forces there were certainly here today to talk 00:45.110 --> 00:48.750 about the civilian a man in portion of of but but I one of the 00:48.750 --> 00:52.560 paper context that this isn't a much larger discussion about 00:52.560 --> 00:56.620 the nation's priorities. Well with regard to its defense and 00:56.620 --> 00:59.450 with regard specifically to it's our minutes are my. Richer. 01:11.540 --> 01:15.790 Away or they'll faces some really difficult choices about its budget. 01:16.370 --> 01:20.870 Um specifically with regard of the or make a bidders a. 01:21.430 --> 01:26.680 Taking cuts from from the soldier formations on active side today 01:26.750 --> 01:29.560 the from about 500 10000 soldiers. 01:30.100 --> 01:34.920 Over the next five year are some more around 450 felt for the 01:34.920 --> 01:38.570 research in the army research that mains a from the strength 01:38.570 --> 01:40.580 today have about 205 Falcon. 01:41.100 --> 01:45.220 Down to about a hundred 95002 more years time. 01:45.940 --> 01:49.410 Uh so it's a those cuts are driven principally by our budget 01:49.880 --> 01:54.890 and than civilian positions are are also subject to the same 01:55.120 --> 01:57.020 uh the same fiscal. Constructs. 02:08.920 --> 02:12.830 What's your work will look for years and relayed in two phases. 02:13.400 --> 02:17.560 Uh. The first the first group will start to shear or in fiscal 02:17.560 --> 02:22.530 year 15 and will involve our military technician population. 02:23.060 --> 02:26.960 That'll last about two years on an starting in fiscal year 17 02:27.400 --> 02:31.320 of lasting for the next three fiscal years Arch civilian departed 02:31.320 --> 02:33.500 the army civilian workforce will be. Affected. 02:46.680 --> 02:49.920 For those important tour masham and we're gonna do every frying 02:49.920 --> 02:50.540 that we can. 02:51.210 --> 02:53.500 Find a place for them and the army richer. 02:54.980 --> 02:59.600 This is a challenging time and it's difficult to gauge how each 02:59.600 --> 03:04.070 situation for every employee because everyone is individual will 03:04.070 --> 03:05.020 work its way out. 03:05.610 --> 03:09.910 But the of my promises to work as hard as we can as an organization 03:10.300 --> 03:13.850 to find a place for everyone who wants to stay with. Us. 03:26.340 --> 03:30.570 The Lay your most directly those employees and positions that 03:30.600 --> 03:36.040 have been identified for elimination world will be effected directly 03:36.500 --> 03:40.370 but but those people standing there left on a right though soldiers 03:40.370 --> 03:42.560 another supply guns a who. 03:43.430 --> 03:47.410 Whose positions remain. I'm are gonna be affected as we make 03:47.410 --> 03:51.890 decisions about what work to pass off will work to stop and how 03:51.890 --> 03:55.120 we're gonna continue to maintain our formations is ready and 03:55.120 --> 03:56.890 able to support the nation's but. Bouts. 04:09.470 --> 04:11.090 Um what were chained. 04:11.740 --> 04:16.390 Good good looks like it's spread across of a wider range of I 04:16.390 --> 04:20.120 will say a goal that has because we have specifically within 04:20.120 --> 04:24.510 the military technician community much of the community located 04:24.510 --> 04:29.780 at our make Tencent such a quick one concentration sites are 04:29.780 --> 04:33.870 there will be some you know larger percentage of the cuts that 04:33.870 --> 04:38.250 would fall to a that that particular crew just just by virtue 04:38.250 --> 04:43.200 of of the the balance of the population is at at that in those. Places. 04:55.670 --> 04:59.930 I'm from More reserve in washington d.c. to this had the worst 05:00.020 --> 05:04.170 for bread a ought to be a many of our headquarters across the 05:04.170 --> 05:06.730 operational functional trending in support of my hands. 05:07.250 --> 05:11.490 Uh we have tried to protect to some extent those operational 05:11.490 --> 05:14.960 one functional commands as wells just the treading in support 05:15.130 --> 05:17.620 of different levels to ensure that they can generate the right 05:17.620 --> 05:21.640 in a span you just the army can be a part of our nation's defense establishment. 05:33.250 --> 05:38.650 Okay. Loyal can bald our military technician population. 05:39.260 --> 05:44.570 A and will take place soon fizz clear 15 and 16 were will reduce. 05:45.100 --> 05:50.710 About 500 positions each year. A poll from about 9000 where we 05:50.710 --> 05:51.870 are today to. 05:52.740 --> 05:57.630 Round eight faust about 11% reduction of men are a a civilian 05:57.630 --> 06:02.960 cuts will be the second phase starting in fy 17 and running through 06:02.960 --> 06:04.200 fiscal year nineteen. 06:04.760 --> 06:10.440 Of taking us from about 30 500 civilians down to about 30 100 06:10.440 --> 06:14.550 some 410 us the number of positions about yet about a loving 06:14.550 --> 06:17.100 person a that'll be reduced during a pretty. Tall. 06:28.790 --> 06:33.010 Going for the which we approach the where will be taking I'm. 06:33.540 --> 06:34.260 There you go. 06:35.410 --> 06:41.800 But no normal attrition were a opiate people retire the or voluntary 06:41.830 --> 06:44.980 your resigns where people take other jobs that will allow us 06:44.980 --> 06:49.120 to manage there's no almost transparent way to the workforce. 06:59.840 --> 07:04.930 Okay. Russian that that is the people who leave our military 07:04.930 --> 07:09.320 technician formations averages between 10 to 12% a year to that 07:09.320 --> 07:12.090 mains uh if if we stopped all hiring today. 07:12.740 --> 07:16.910 That over the next 12 Masa we'd crater thousand. Vacancies. 07:18.370 --> 07:21.240 But our target to to reduce is only five hundred. 07:21.820 --> 07:25.860 Tracy you we still made the Halle folks to fill those ranks but 07:25.860 --> 07:28.650 to perform those skills emissions that are necessary to curry 07:28.650 --> 07:31.680 to reading this an area that's the so that that's why we're still higher. 07:32.420 --> 07:37.260 I'm a Also along the with that the civilian the population are 07:37.260 --> 07:41.750 attrition their runs about 5% a year. So that it with the populace 07:41.750 --> 07:45.460 or about 3000 total civilians. We could generate about a hundred 07:45.460 --> 07:49.270 and 50 vacancies over the next 12 months jokes. So that the problem 07:49.270 --> 07:53.600 is not necessarily one out of creating for having enough positions 07:53.920 --> 07:58.380 work worm. We reach for the challenges it is other the right visage. 07:58.970 --> 08:02.710 So what happens with attrition as you you don't manage it necessarily 08:03.090 --> 08:07.080 a and you can achieve or or what happens what results is sometimes 08:07.080 --> 08:11.900 skill one bounces soap. So maybe you known to many senior technicians 08:11.900 --> 08:16.130 and one craft ariel would leave an organization this than becomes 08:16.130 --> 08:19.020 a challenge of how the we matters a drawdown responsibility. 08:19.760 --> 08:22.930 To ensure that we have the right skills and the right places. 08:23.160 --> 08:25.720 So one half the higher those skills to make sure we maintain 08:25.720 --> 08:27.820 those capabilities inside of our formation. 08:28.520 --> 08:32.160 And some cases we may actually have positions under vacant today. 08:32.510 --> 08:36.030 But we don't eliminate because we need the scale inside of our 08:36.030 --> 08:39.270 for my actions and that's a difficult to witness but it's about 08:39.390 --> 08:42.510 keeping the skills and capabilities inside the organization. 08:42.850 --> 08:47.020 So that we can match that with that the requirements a to generate 08:47.020 --> 08:49.020 redding us and ready for my. Actions. 09:02.690 --> 09:07.310 The so old achieve the objectives we need to in terms of maternal 09:07.310 --> 09:10.800 and strike goals there will be some instances though we're we're 09:10.800 --> 09:13.250 gonna have to use these tools a voluntary. 09:13.900 --> 09:18.300 Early retirement and a separation and set of to hopeless achieve 09:18.700 --> 09:22.790 targeted reductions in some specific skills or in some places 09:22.790 --> 09:26.110 where many were not able to uh I reduce the strength as much 09:26.110 --> 09:29.880 as we'd like a that I don't believe was one of the have to be 09:29.880 --> 09:35.110 broad but but more specific and targeted uh as commanders an 09:35.280 --> 09:39.450 deem that nate baby those tools to achieve that that jaqcui's 09:39.450 --> 09:40.130 we set out. 09:52.370 --> 09:56.610 What's. Out one miss interviewed. But um I would save. 09:57.500 --> 10:03.110 Error number tools. I'm starting way of a our retirement seminars 10:03.160 --> 10:08.260 a that that we're gonna be offering I'm with a employee assistance 10:08.260 --> 10:11.970 programs with our reach to other defense and army agencies that 10:11.970 --> 10:15.300 are sibling personnel staff will do without reach to civilian 10:15.300 --> 10:20.500 higher a companies to the system placement if need be um. I I 10:20.500 --> 10:23.680 guess what I would say is this is probably question we are exploring 10:23.680 --> 10:26.920 more debt with the supreme personnel folks unpicking yet take 10:26.920 --> 10:30.530 time to to explain the depth and breadth of those um. Programs. 10:40.800 --> 10:41.440 We for. 10:43.130 --> 10:47.130 So for solved. So one of them scheduled alone in the first months 10:47.130 --> 10:49.930 of their sheer it with the first of a hoses october twentieth 10:49.930 --> 10:53.940 and 20 not this mocked by and falling on I'm both in different 10:53.940 --> 10:57.970 locations and there and at different times um next month in on 10:58.000 --> 11:01.130 november that Widow began again until january fairport march 11:01.160 --> 11:05.380 and april of we can get those specific dates and locations to 11:05.540 --> 11:06.720 provide them an. Pratt. 11:18.360 --> 11:20.930 Leclair polar cool. Marmor what but happen. 11:21.830 --> 11:26.280 Um we well we know we got some relief from from the budget control 11:26.280 --> 11:30.150 act of 2000 eleven. So that that's the thing that we call sequester ration. 11:30.750 --> 11:34.990 We got some relief and fiscal year for pain and 15 almond facts 11:35.170 --> 11:38.440 about the act carries on told 20 20 for it. 11:39.230 --> 11:40.120 And so. 11:40.760 --> 11:44.610 To to say aim for certain that something will or will not happen 11:44.890 --> 11:48.500 that because at this point very difficult given a isfan and varma. 11:49.010 --> 11:52.360 Up the defense department in the army answered with your mirrors 11:52.360 --> 11:57.450 are referred doing no signs printing to help planning a develop 11:57.630 --> 12:01.990 contingency is an alternative those and can be postured should 12:01.990 --> 12:06.080 we need to a but but there's going to the pot all this is we 12:06.080 --> 12:09.190 live in interesting times. I wish things could be more predictable 12:09.420 --> 12:10.000 but they're. Not. 12:24.180 --> 12:28.360 And best or acer worse. I'm your civilian personnel are in poor 12:28.360 --> 12:32.420 human resources. I'm personnel advisors are are another great 12:32.420 --> 12:37.960 resource up we will be providing gel from the command a additional 12:37.960 --> 12:42.540 information to commanders on the staffs to ensuring that they've 12:42.540 --> 12:44.810 got the most current information up to date. 12:45.320 --> 12:49.110 Out will be providing materials a and a number of other forms 12:49.110 --> 12:52.390 and form soak for giraffe. One town halls adjusted three of them 12:52.390 --> 12:56.390 last week a bird a look to see how we can get out into the command 12:56.740 --> 12:59.540 now with our staff. So that we can be there to answer coarsens 12:59.540 --> 13:03.430 directly from employees uh and and that will use. 13:04.010 --> 13:08.540 Other mp other means a media up to make that information available 13:08.570 --> 13:11.300 at the end of the day we need to be in walked abuse transparent 13:11.300 --> 13:12.580 is we can about the us. 13:13.100 --> 13:16.770 Because this does affect a sort of access each a deeply in some 13:16.770 --> 13:20.930 cases a very personal one and a i've been very serious uh that 13:20.930 --> 13:24.050 we want to be able provide as much information as early as we 13:24.050 --> 13:28.370 can of allow people to make decisions uh that bass suit them 13:28.370 --> 13:29.940 and that's an a personal such a. Wage. 13:42.410 --> 13:47.540 A which And what's what russia where the them last email message 13:47.540 --> 13:51.180 to the work force to provide as much information as echoed as 13:51.180 --> 13:55.560 early as wicked I'm to the work force by recognising made the 13:55.560 --> 13:58.680 Vatican to get out and actually followed a pulse a face to face 13:58.680 --> 14:01.940 with folks and to this last week we did do three town halls and 14:01.940 --> 14:05.840 frankly one I explained about the the same kinds of things about 14:05.840 --> 14:09.810 explain hear about our tricia numbers folks Kroll O K. I get it. 14:10.370 --> 14:13.420 Uh they understand and they can I see that the case that's made 14:13.420 --> 14:14.240 and that that's not. 14:14.810 --> 14:18.220 That's not hard for them to understand a frankly most of the 14:18.220 --> 14:21.370 discussion that we have was about other arrest orders related 14:21.370 --> 14:25.650 to how we can or can't use military technicians a and duty it's 14:25.650 --> 14:29.190 not about the that the trends transformation. We're gonna have 14:29.190 --> 14:29.920 to go through. 14:30.570 --> 14:33.170 As I said most of them really do see it is bingo rel totally 14:33.170 --> 14:37.020 transparent because they they understand that that the test attrition 14:37.020 --> 14:39.950 does happen. It's been a part of their natural evolution now 14:39.950 --> 14:41.640 over over many. Years. 14:52.250 --> 14:55.090 The One worry. 14:55.930 --> 15:00.260 Back to the local introspective laying that are race on data. 15:00.290 --> 15:01.920 So we'll why we exist. 15:02.510 --> 15:07.330 And for what purposes the nation needs us specifically with regard 15:07.330 --> 15:08.620 to the are murderers are. 15:09.230 --> 15:13.690 Of this idea of of lifesaving life sustaining force bringing 15:13.690 --> 15:15.020 that concept to life. 15:15.630 --> 15:20.440 And operational lodging it for army leaders and for the nation's leaders. 15:20.960 --> 15:25.310 Of this is really at a great time for us to be able to reflect 15:25.310 --> 15:30.370 on that and to bring defer means a math loads of employment of 15:30.370 --> 15:33.790 our force to make that concept a reality up I'd. 15:34.780 --> 15:38.260 It's challenging because we are going to difficult times one 15:38.260 --> 15:42.530 one areas anc's kimono workforce and and frankly I feel it too. 15:43.100 --> 15:46.910 Uh. But it also provides a chance to have a little bit more intellectual 15:46.910 --> 15:47.960 dialogue about. 15:48.800 --> 15:53.330 What the what the the purpose of a our forces for and how we 15:53.330 --> 15:54.080 aren't for. It. 16:06.860 --> 16:09.470 Okay so it is a member of is tame. 16:10.200 --> 16:12.770 Um and everyone of them is a brand pork. 16:14.150 --> 16:17.800 Well I remember and I know that every one of them has a family. 16:18.740 --> 16:22.820 Oh and everyone of them the us ties to their community. 16:23.560 --> 16:28.790 And so to the extent that this is going to create a upset are 16:28.820 --> 16:30.080 work challenges. 16:30.940 --> 16:35.940 In the family or in the community. I'm a higher price sincere way. 16:36.560 --> 16:40.850 A hope and pray that that we can do it that we will do all we can. 16:41.420 --> 16:43.580 Um to to help folks to that. 16:44.390 --> 16:47.460 Um and them the mission that we have as it has an are mirrors 16:47.460 --> 16:47.780 are are. 16:48.440 --> 16:51.860 Uh oh has a part of our larger army and as a part of the department 16:51.860 --> 16:52.410 of finance. 16:53.070 --> 16:56.460 To maintain the security this nation there is no higher calling. 16:57.130 --> 17:01.660 Uh that we have um it is a difficult job in a difficult task 17:01.690 --> 17:03.860 every day there's nothing easy about it. 17:04.370 --> 17:07.500 Um but I gotta tell you just in the visits that i've made in 17:07.500 --> 17:10.950 the nine months about that and or i've been hugely impressed 17:10.950 --> 17:15.970 by the dedication of loyalty and a thing credible talents of 17:15.970 --> 17:19.000 our professional civilian workforce to thank you..