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(morse code tapping)

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(slow triumphant music)

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- [James] And you're blooming where you're planted,

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just like everybody says.

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I have not ever tried to manage my career

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to a point of finding the next job.

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It was just always enjoy the moment

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and do the best you could.

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And that's exactly how I got to this job.

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It was all the way through Lieutenant,

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all the way up to three stars.

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It was the ability to do good work and work hard,

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and stay dedicated to the effort.

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And folks would go ahead and recognize that

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and give me another opportunity.

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(triumphant music)

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As the introduction stated,

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I've only been in this job for about a month and half,

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and I'm learning a lot of things,

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but what I think I need to do most

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is being able to go ahead and get out to the units,

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the men and women that revere what service has commanded.

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Find out what's going on at their units,

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at their organizations and what's on their mind.

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(triumphant music)

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Today, we are building the future force we need.

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(triumphant music)

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- [Voiceover] Declaring you,

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Lieutenant General James F. Jackson,

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a leader among leaders,

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who's established new standards of leadership,

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while serving as the chief of the Air Force Reserve

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and commander, Air Force Reserve Command.

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(triumphant music)

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- And one last time, thanks for all you do.

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Thank you.

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^(applause)