WEBVTT 00:00.900 --> 00:02.019 - [Moderator] Ladies and gentlemen, 00:02.019 --> 00:04.686 welcome to the Air Force Update. 00:05.243 --> 00:07.848 Before we proceed this morning we ask 00:07.848 --> 00:10.681 Secretary James, General Goldfein, 00:11.204 --> 00:14.667 General Joseph Vazquez, and Mr. Rick Broom 00:14.667 --> 00:18.834 to proceed onstage as we recognize the Civil Air Patrol 00:19.618 --> 00:23.785 for 75 years of service to the United States Air Force. 00:25.315 --> 00:28.049 Established six days before Pearl Harbor 00:28.049 --> 00:31.489 as part of civilian defense, Civil Air Patrol's 00:31.489 --> 00:35.012 first mission was to help deter submarine operations 00:35.012 --> 00:36.762 off America's coasts. 00:37.557 --> 00:41.187 The situation was so critical at first the US Military 00:41.187 --> 00:45.201 elected to use volunteer civilians flying their own 00:45.201 --> 00:48.914 single engine aircraft armed with military bombs 00:48.914 --> 00:50.977 to aid in the war effort. 00:50.977 --> 00:53.569 By the end of the war CAP would fly more 00:53.569 --> 00:56.319 than 24 million over ocean miles, 00:57.513 --> 01:00.096 report 184 submarine sightings, 01:00.361 --> 01:01.861 and drop 82 bombs. 01:02.899 --> 01:05.641 Throughout the war CAP expanded it's operations 01:05.641 --> 01:08.449 to include dozens of other missions including, 01:08.449 --> 01:12.616 search and rescue, disaster relief, air defense training, 01:13.338 --> 01:17.505 flight training, cadet programs and aerospace education 01:17.519 --> 01:21.102 for teachers and youth at all grade levels. 01:21.160 --> 01:25.327 In 1943, it was transferred to the U.S. Army Air Force 01:26.021 --> 01:28.933 as its auxiliary, creating a partnership with 01:28.933 --> 01:31.850 the Air Force that continues today. 01:32.617 --> 01:36.304 Since 9/11 the Air Force's auxiliary support 01:36.304 --> 01:40.471 to the Air Force has greatly increased in intensity. 01:40.589 --> 01:43.704 CAP's operational forces today include 01:43.704 --> 01:47.871 550 modern civilian aircraft, over 1,000 vehicles, 01:48.720 --> 01:51.053 and 56,000 adults and youth. 01:52.437 --> 01:56.078 Acting as a force multiplier to the Air Force 01:56.078 --> 01:59.911 and other agencies, CAP members also carry out 02:00.016 --> 02:03.758 disaster relief operations along with 90% 02:03.758 --> 02:05.990 of inland search and rescue missions, 02:05.990 --> 02:10.157 tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. 02:10.947 --> 02:13.035 Relying heavily on sophisticated 02:13.035 --> 02:15.924 cell phone and radar forensics technology, 02:15.924 --> 02:20.091 CAP is credited with saving nearly 100 lives each year. 02:21.859 --> 02:25.859 In August 2015 the Air Force formally recognized 02:25.892 --> 02:28.475 CAP as part of its total force. 02:29.925 --> 02:33.425 On December the 1st, 2016 Civil Air Patrol 02:33.891 --> 02:38.058 will celebrate its 75th year of service to America. 02:39.267 --> 02:42.381 Throughout most of those years the U.S. Air Force 02:42.381 --> 02:45.775 has looked to Civil Air Patrol's patriotic volunteers 02:45.775 --> 02:49.942 to help train its own, and to augment its mission manpower. 02:51.294 --> 02:54.406 The United States Air Force wishes to congratulate 02:54.406 --> 02:57.406 and to thank our total force partner 02:57.431 --> 03:00.931 Civil Air Patrol's 56,000 Airmen for their 03:01.269 --> 03:05.436 diligent and devoted service over the past 75 years. 03:08.230 --> 03:10.327 Ladies and gentlemen, please rise 03:10.327 --> 03:12.263 for the presentation of the United States 03:12.263 --> 03:15.763 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award. 03:16.195 --> 03:18.777 The Civil Air Patrol distinguished itself 03:18.777 --> 03:21.479 by exceptionally meritorious service from 03:21.479 --> 03:24.396 One October 2012 to 31 August 2016, 03:26.911 --> 03:29.441 during this period Civil Air Patrol emerged 03:29.441 --> 03:31.941 as a true total force partner. 03:32.351 --> 03:35.101 Flying 36,367 operational sorties 03:37.471 --> 03:39.721 as the Air Force auxiliary. 03:40.110 --> 03:43.480 They were the cornerstone of Air Force rescue operations 03:43.480 --> 03:46.980 executing 2,943 search and rescue missions 03:48.015 --> 03:51.178 for the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. 03:51.178 --> 03:54.511 Flying 5,040 hours and saving 272 lives. 03:58.126 --> 04:00.150 Civil Air Patrol was an integral part of our 04:00.150 --> 04:04.317 homeland defense flying 1,950 air defense sorties, 04:05.329 --> 04:09.329 providing target support for intercept aircraft. 04:09.713 --> 04:12.855 In response to multiple disasters they valiantly 04:12.855 --> 04:17.022 aided relief efforts, flying 3,334 hours in support 04:18.357 --> 04:21.966 of federal and state disaster response authorities. 04:21.966 --> 04:24.650 This included operations in the aftermath 04:24.650 --> 04:28.817 of Hurricane Sandy, involving an amazing 21 wings, 04:29.455 --> 04:33.622 using 23 aircraft, flying 696 sorties, and 1,380 hours. 04:37.071 --> 04:40.321 All the while, capturing 158,000 images 04:40.814 --> 04:44.270 used by emergency responders while ground crews 04:44.270 --> 04:48.437 manned shelters and delivered life-saving supplies. 04:49.345 --> 04:52.330 When historic flooding threatened South Carolina, 04:52.330 --> 04:56.034 Civil Air Patrol volunteers flew 180 search and rescue 04:56.034 --> 04:59.284 imagery sorties capturing 4,480 images. 05:00.951 --> 05:04.951 They supported 959 Air Force and Joint Exercises 05:05.237 --> 05:08.285 including critical training missions simulating 05:08.285 --> 05:12.240 unmanned aircraft systems by using sensor modified 05:12.240 --> 05:15.907 aircraft to prepare Air Force, Army and Navy 05:16.425 --> 05:18.777 Joint Terminal Attack Controllers for their 05:18.777 --> 05:20.944 worldwide combat missions. 05:22.088 --> 05:25.505 Additionally, air crews flew 29,395 hours 05:28.171 --> 05:32.338 helping law enforcement agencies seize 2.9 billion dollars 05:32.680 --> 05:36.847 in illegal drugs and currency leading to 1,530 arrests. 05:38.696 --> 05:42.022 In the classroom, the Civil Air Patrol sponsored 05:42.022 --> 05:45.040 Aerospace Connections in Education Program 05:45.040 --> 05:48.168 has reached 20,000 elementary school children, 05:48.168 --> 05:50.735 elevating academics and fitness 05:50.735 --> 05:53.706 with an engaging science, technology, 05:53.706 --> 05:56.920 engineering and mathematics themed curriculum. 05:56.920 --> 06:00.130 An annual powerhouse at the Air Force Association's 06:00.130 --> 06:03.463 CyberPatriot National Youth Competition, 06:03.725 --> 06:06.766 Civil Air Patrol bested 3,000 other teams 06:06.766 --> 06:10.599 by finishing second in 2015 and third in 2016. 06:12.760 --> 06:15.980 Finally, through their Cadet Encampment Assistance Program 06:15.980 --> 06:20.147 Civil Air Patrol has sponsored 3,700 cadets nationwide 06:20.429 --> 06:22.944 increasing Air Force reach while embracing 06:22.944 --> 06:27.111 diversity and growing camp attendance by 20%. 06:27.622 --> 06:30.806 Civil Air Patrol members provided an incredible 06:30.806 --> 06:34.973 165 million dollars annually in volunteer service hours. 06:36.819 --> 06:38.772 The distinctive accomplishments of the members 06:38.772 --> 06:41.911 of the Civil Air Patrol reflect great credit 06:41.911 --> 06:45.911 upon themselves and the United States Air Force. 06:45.972 --> 06:48.811 (audience applause) 06:48.811 --> 06:52.728 ("Suite One" by Michael Kamen) 07:16.973 --> 07:20.140 Ladies and Gentlemen please be seated. 07:22.351 --> 07:24.853 Artist Rick Broom's painting commissioned 07:24.853 --> 07:28.436 for the Civil Air Patrol's 75th Anniversary 07:28.654 --> 07:32.821 highlights CAP's great partnership with the Air Force. 07:32.974 --> 07:36.921 Mr. Broom is a former CAP cadet and an inspirational 07:36.921 --> 07:39.593 aviation artist who works closely 07:39.593 --> 07:41.843 with our Air Force Academy. 07:41.944 --> 07:45.444 His painting titled, Total Force Partners, 07:45.458 --> 07:48.003 symbolically captures the drama of 07:48.003 --> 07:51.920 a Fertile Keynote mission with a CAP Cessna 182 07:52.786 --> 07:56.953 and an Air National Guard F-16 near Washington, D.C. 07:58.158 --> 08:01.309 No mission highlights CAP support to the Air Force 08:01.309 --> 08:03.741 better than Fertile Keynote missions, 08:03.741 --> 08:06.518 where it provides slow mover targets for 08:06.518 --> 08:09.351 Air Force interceptors nationwide. 08:10.494 --> 08:14.411 ("Suite One" by Michael Kamen) 08:14.957 --> 08:17.957 (audience applause) 08:31.412 --> 08:34.269 Major General Vazquez will now make some remarks 08:34.269 --> 08:38.436 as the Secretary, the Chief, and Mr. Broom leave the stage. 08:42.540 --> 08:46.457 ("Suite One" by Michael Kamen) 08:50.254 --> 08:53.612 - Well Secretary James, General Goldfein, 08:53.612 --> 08:56.676 as your Air Force Auxiliary the Civil Air Patrol 08:56.676 --> 08:59.699 is extremely proud to be considered a member 08:59.699 --> 09:02.016 of the Air Force Total Force, 09:02.016 --> 09:04.572 and to be recognized for our service 09:04.572 --> 09:08.739 with the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award. 09:08.795 --> 09:11.256 This prestigious honor is an inspiration 09:11.256 --> 09:13.839 to our 56,000 volunteer Airmen. 09:15.576 --> 09:19.076 Mr. Broom's exceptional painting is a reminder for all 09:19.076 --> 09:22.493 that your auxiliary is proud to fly these 09:22.617 --> 09:26.390 and other support missions for General Robertson, 09:26.390 --> 09:30.421 General Carlisle, and Lieutenant General Williams. 09:30.421 --> 09:32.375 We are pleased that the painting will be 09:32.375 --> 09:35.126 on display at the Pentagon for many years 09:35.126 --> 09:37.257 where it can be enjoyed by thousands 09:37.257 --> 09:40.924 of Total Force Airmen and Pentagon visitors. 09:41.577 --> 09:45.744 75 years after Pearl Harbor our operational support 09:46.486 --> 09:50.653 to the Air Force takes place every day around the clock. 09:51.415 --> 09:55.303 Our volunteers are trained, professional aviators, 09:55.303 --> 09:57.636 who fly 550 aircraft on many 09:58.254 --> 10:01.366 of the same missions we flew during the war, 10:01.366 --> 10:04.368 homeland security, air defense training, 10:04.368 --> 10:07.618 search and rescue, and disaster relief. 10:08.406 --> 10:11.454 Over one million young Americans have learned 10:11.454 --> 10:14.981 about citizenship, leadership and team work 10:14.981 --> 10:17.064 in the CAP Cadet Program. 10:17.370 --> 10:20.620 Our program with its Air Force aviation 10:21.246 --> 10:24.389 and public service focus, prepares them well 10:24.389 --> 10:28.014 for both military service and civilian life. 10:28.014 --> 10:32.031 And every day we help tens of thousands of teachers, 10:32.031 --> 10:35.281 students, and citizens learn about STEM 10:35.650 --> 10:38.839 and aerospace topics critical to the development 10:38.839 --> 10:41.006 and defense of the nation. 10:41.478 --> 10:44.579 Civil Air Patrol has provided outstanding service 10:44.579 --> 10:46.996 to this country for 75 years, 10:47.321 --> 10:51.154 and we did not get to this point by ourselves. 10:51.359 --> 10:54.737 We stand on the shoulders of generations of volunteers 10:54.737 --> 10:58.879 whose service during times of national and local emergencies 10:58.879 --> 11:03.046 especially World War II, remains our daily inspiration. 11:03.906 --> 11:07.871 All of us in CAP hope this gift is a constant reminder 11:07.871 --> 11:11.788 of our service to the nation and the Air Force. 11:11.967 --> 11:15.967 Thank you, Secretary James, and General Goldfein 11:17.023 --> 11:21.024 for your support and thanks to the thousands of Airmen 11:21.024 --> 11:23.024 we work with every year. 11:23.855 --> 11:26.944 I also want to thank the Air Force Association, 11:26.944 --> 11:30.688 our partner and advocate for allowing us this special time 11:30.688 --> 11:33.976 during their Airspace and Cyber Conference. 11:33.976 --> 11:37.731 It is now my pleasure to present a short video, 11:37.731 --> 11:41.256 produced by a former Civil Air Patrol Spaatz Cadet, 11:41.256 --> 11:44.756 Air Force Master Sergeant, Scott Matthews. 11:45.147 --> 11:47.863 For those that don't know, the Spaatz Award 11:47.863 --> 11:51.455 is the highest achievement that a cadet can earn. 11:51.455 --> 11:53.263 Master Sergeant Matthews is a member 11:53.263 --> 11:56.071 of the Tennessee Air National Guard, 11:56.071 --> 11:58.988 and an Emmy Award winning producer. 11:59.043 --> 12:01.625 His video captures the history, evolution, 12:01.625 --> 12:05.792 and excitement of your volunteer Air Force Auxiliary. 12:09.055 --> 12:09.888 - [Man] Now you've heard of the 12:09.888 --> 12:11.682 Civil Air Patrol, of course. 12:11.682 --> 12:14.018 This Civil Air Patrol, the CAP, 12:14.018 --> 12:16.518 vigilant civilian volunteers-- 12:17.089 --> 12:19.160 - [Man] With the largest fleet of single engine planes 12:19.160 --> 12:21.578 at their disposal these patriotic patrols, 12:21.578 --> 12:24.618 are now playing a key role in protecting the homeland. 12:24.618 --> 12:26.881 - [Man] The point is World War II could have 12:26.881 --> 12:28.825 turned out a lot differently if not 12:28.825 --> 12:32.658 for the men and women of the Civil Air Patrol. 12:32.797 --> 12:35.625 - [Man] 60,000 volunteers across the country 12:35.625 --> 12:38.474 who man the Civil Air Patrol's missions, 12:38.474 --> 12:40.835 and performing 85% of all 12:40.835 --> 12:43.835 inland search and rescue operations. 12:43.873 --> 12:48.040 ("The Time to Run Part 2" by Dexter Britain) 13:41.036 --> 13:44.703 - [Man] We save lives and we save resources. 13:44.748 --> 13:48.498 We are the experienced and we are the future. 13:48.782 --> 13:52.193 For 75 years we have volunteered to serve our communities, 13:52.193 --> 13:53.026 our states, and our nation as 13:53.026 --> 13:56.776 the Auxiliary of the United States Air Force. 13:57.287 --> 14:00.153 We will continue to do so with honor. 14:00.153 --> 14:02.486 We are the Civil Air Patrol. 14:02.575 --> 14:06.742 ("The Time to Run Part 2" by Dexter Britain) 14:18.701 --> 14:21.701 (audience applause) 14:27.401 --> 14:29.078 - [Moderator] Please welcome to the stage, 14:29.078 --> 14:30.845 the Air Force Association 14:30.845 --> 14:34.095 Chairman of the Board, Scott Van Cleef. 14:34.568 --> 14:38.735 ("Captain America March" by Alan Silvestri) 14:44.634 --> 14:47.085 - Thank you very much, welcome back to the 2016 14:47.085 --> 14:49.585 Airspace and Cyber Conference. 14:49.789 --> 14:52.226 This following presentation is one that 14:52.226 --> 14:54.501 as you can see from the crowd, 14:54.501 --> 14:57.694 is one that everybody looks forward to each year. 14:57.694 --> 14:59.596 Our speaker really needs no introduction, 14:59.596 --> 15:01.794 but he certainly deserves one. 15:01.794 --> 15:03.330 As the Chief of Staff of our Air Force 15:03.330 --> 15:06.394 he's the senior uniformed Air Force Officer 15:06.394 --> 15:09.802 responsible for the organizing, training and equipping 15:09.802 --> 15:13.552 of almost 660,000 active duty, guard, reserve 15:14.462 --> 15:18.458 and civilian Airmen here in the United States and overseas. 15:18.458 --> 15:19.962 As a member of the Joint Chief of Staff 15:19.962 --> 15:22.018 he and the other service chiefs function 15:22.018 --> 15:24.939 as military advisors to the Secretary of Defense, 15:24.939 --> 15:28.421 the National Security Council, and the President. 15:28.421 --> 15:30.443 Now prior to assuming his current position 15:30.443 --> 15:32.294 in July of this year, he served as the 15:32.294 --> 15:35.114 Vice Chief of Staff in the United States Air Force. 15:35.114 --> 15:38.138 Please welcome to the stage, the 21st Chief of Staff 15:38.138 --> 15:40.324 to the United States Air Force and a great supporter 15:40.324 --> 15:42.907 of AFA, General David Goldfein. 15:43.186 --> 15:45.639 (audience applause) 15:45.639 --> 15:49.806 ("Captain America March" by Alan Silvestri) 16:00.449 --> 16:02.199 - Well, good morning. 16:03.489 --> 16:07.291 I cannot tell you, how excited, humbled and honored 16:07.291 --> 16:11.097 I am to stand here as your 21st Chief of Staff 16:11.097 --> 16:13.633 of the Air Force in the 21st Century. 16:13.633 --> 16:15.426 And I got this interesting text shortly 16:15.426 --> 16:17.889 after I was nominated from a buddy of mine, 16:17.889 --> 16:19.922 Lieutenant General, now retired, Darrell Jones 16:19.922 --> 16:21.185 and if you know D.J. you just sort of know 16:21.185 --> 16:22.768 how his mind works. 16:23.619 --> 16:24.780 And he sent me this text and he said, 16:24.780 --> 16:26.276 "Hey, Dave," he goes, 16:26.276 --> 16:29.067 "Holly and I have been thinking a lot about this, 16:29.067 --> 16:32.650 "you're the 21st Chief in the 21st Century, 16:33.418 --> 16:37.010 "tell your OSI team you need to be call sign Blackjack." 16:37.010 --> 16:39.820 (audience laughs) 16:39.820 --> 16:42.403 I think it's actually sticking. 16:43.786 --> 16:46.381 Let me thank AFA for putting on this incredible conference 16:46.381 --> 16:49.037 and I think the title that you've chosen 16:49.037 --> 16:52.110 Airmen Industry Allies a Global Security Team, 16:52.110 --> 16:54.277 could not be more perfect. 16:54.861 --> 16:58.966 And I'll talk about that throughout my session here today. 16:58.966 --> 17:01.605 But I also want to go on record and talk to 17:01.605 --> 17:03.581 not only all the Airmen here, but all the Airmen 17:03.581 --> 17:06.624 that may be listening in, and tell you that I 17:06.624 --> 17:10.457 absolutely believe that this is the number one 17:11.439 --> 17:14.856 best professional development opportunity 17:15.027 --> 17:17.477 than any Airmen will ever get. 17:17.477 --> 17:19.499 This is the only place where I know, 17:19.499 --> 17:20.842 that comes together all of the 17:20.842 --> 17:22.988 senior leaders of the Air Force, 17:22.988 --> 17:26.488 all of the industry leaders and champions, 17:26.619 --> 17:28.869 our international partners. 17:30.226 --> 17:33.893 And so, you can expect as we hand the reigns 17:33.964 --> 17:37.667 from General Van Cleef and he shakes the stick 17:37.667 --> 17:41.167 with Secretary Peters, you can count on me 17:41.203 --> 17:45.370 as a partner to push this as hard as I can for our Airmen. 17:45.939 --> 17:49.603 Because we start our 70th year here in January, 17:49.603 --> 17:52.770 from 1947 to 2017 and so we also begin 17:54.260 --> 17:56.260 a countdown to the 70th. 17:57.507 --> 18:00.445 And so we need to all put our shoulder against the wheel, 18:00.445 --> 18:01.644 to make sure that we continue to build 18:01.644 --> 18:04.299 this professional opportunity as one that's available 18:04.299 --> 18:07.216 to all Airmen across our Air Force. 18:08.979 --> 18:10.557 It's also exciting for me because I get 18:10.557 --> 18:14.724 to introduce to you my teammate in team Blackjack, 18:15.124 --> 18:17.791 who I've now known for 40 years. 18:18.387 --> 18:19.903 I met Dawn 40 years ago in 18:19.903 --> 18:23.333 Kaiserslautern American High School in Germany. 18:23.333 --> 18:26.083 She is my high school sweetheart. 18:26.811 --> 18:29.291 And not only has she been a commander spouse 18:29.291 --> 18:33.458 at all levels, she's also helped raise our two daughters 18:35.314 --> 18:38.215 one of which we've sent into combat. 18:38.215 --> 18:41.930 She'd been a champion for military child education, 18:41.930 --> 18:45.347 throughout, she's been a deployed spouse. 18:46.115 --> 18:47.618 When I deployed for a number of times, 18:47.618 --> 18:50.535 and also for two years as the CFACC 18:52.357 --> 18:56.322 and she's had to experience what every spouse fears, 18:56.322 --> 18:58.836 which is to have the commander and the chaplain 18:58.836 --> 19:02.012 walk up to the front of the door in the middle of the night 19:02.012 --> 19:03.954 and tell her, her husband had been shot down 19:03.954 --> 19:07.282 behind enemy lines and we didn't know his condition. 19:07.282 --> 19:10.314 She's my secret weapon, because I will tell you, 19:10.314 --> 19:13.650 as I traveled the Middle East for two years, 19:13.650 --> 19:15.681 she came over for several of the trips, 19:15.681 --> 19:18.765 and I will tell you that the relationships I've built 19:18.765 --> 19:21.283 when she was with me allowed us to actually 19:21.283 --> 19:25.270 move the ball forward, farther than any other relationship 19:25.270 --> 19:27.103 that I had in the AOR. 19:27.357 --> 19:28.850 And so ladies and gentlemen it's my honor 19:28.850 --> 19:32.017 to introduce to you, to our Air Force, 19:32.276 --> 19:33.644 your first leader of the Air Force, 19:33.644 --> 19:35.874 First Lady of the Air Force, Dawn. 19:35.874 --> 19:37.178 (audience applause) 19:37.178 --> 19:41.345 ("Love Them from St. Elmo's Fire" by David Foster) 19:50.098 --> 19:51.167 It's also a great opportunity to join 19:51.167 --> 19:53.412 an incredible leadership team, 19:53.412 --> 19:55.909 and I want to start with our Secretary. 19:55.909 --> 19:58.092 You know, Madam Secretary, you have been a champion 19:58.092 --> 20:00.759 for our Airmen over your tenure, 20:00.789 --> 20:03.956 and you have stuck to your priorities. 20:04.074 --> 20:06.781 And if there's one that we all know about 20:06.781 --> 20:08.482 that you are passionate about, 20:08.482 --> 20:11.232 it's about taking care of Airmen. 20:11.572 --> 20:14.489 And yesterday was a historic event. 20:14.554 --> 20:17.245 And I think that everyone was here 20:17.245 --> 20:21.245 to see the last Doolittle Raider, 101 years old, 20:23.365 --> 20:27.170 Lieutenant Colonel Dick Cole walk up this ramp 20:27.170 --> 20:29.522 and announce to our Air Force the name 20:29.522 --> 20:33.522 of our new B-21 the Raider was a historic event. 20:35.541 --> 20:39.458 And the fact that we kept it secret is amazing. 20:41.258 --> 20:43.362 But Ma'am I wanted to say that we don't know 20:43.362 --> 20:45.505 whether this is your last AFA. 20:45.505 --> 20:47.289 We're hoping it isn't. 20:47.289 --> 20:49.848 But I didn't want to pass up the opportunity 20:49.848 --> 20:53.409 on behalf of all the Airmen across your 660,000 20:53.409 --> 20:56.640 active guards and civilian reserve Airmen, 20:56.640 --> 20:59.124 to say, thank you for leading us so well. 20:59.124 --> 21:02.124 (audience applause) 21:05.152 --> 21:09.319 ("Waiting for the Lights" By Alan Menken) 21:16.964 --> 21:19.588 I also want to recognize the other 21:19.588 --> 21:21.661 Secretary of the Air Force, because we don't know 21:21.661 --> 21:24.744 whether this is your last AFA either. 21:25.510 --> 21:28.284 But if you know Lisa Disbrow and over the last 21:28.284 --> 21:30.028 past year when I was the Vice Chief of Staff 21:30.028 --> 21:32.564 at the Air Force she and I were wingmen. 21:32.564 --> 21:35.653 And we'd call Lisa and she has a call sign 21:35.653 --> 21:36.989 that she won't accept, but started to call her 21:36.989 --> 21:39.156 the Yoda of the Air Force. 21:39.677 --> 21:43.012 And many of us have climbed the mountain top 21:43.012 --> 21:46.396 to go see our Sensei, and learn about what's 21:46.396 --> 21:47.973 really going on in the Air Force, 21:47.973 --> 21:51.484 and I'm one of those who have been privileged 21:51.484 --> 21:54.151 to go to school on Lisa Disbrow. 21:55.014 --> 21:57.205 And I want to thank you for all of our Airmen, 21:57.205 --> 21:59.404 for your leadership, and for me personally, 21:59.404 --> 22:00.836 for your friendship. 22:00.836 --> 22:01.964 (audience applause) 22:01.964 --> 22:06.131 ("Waiting for the Lights" by Alan Menken) 22:12.382 --> 22:15.795 And it's an opportunity for me to introduce to you 22:15.795 --> 22:18.534 one of the newest members of team Blackjack, 22:18.534 --> 22:21.565 and that's the number two Air Force Officer, 22:21.565 --> 22:24.237 our Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 22:24.237 --> 22:26.737 Not only is he a great leader, 22:27.228 --> 22:30.086 not only is he a brilliant strategist, 22:30.086 --> 22:33.651 but he's actually a really fun guy to be around. 22:33.651 --> 22:36.246 And that's important when you're the Chief, 22:36.246 --> 22:38.371 and you have to have someone that you can 22:38.371 --> 22:40.598 bend your ear with and let him sort of see 22:40.598 --> 22:43.800 what's going on, and so for General Seve Wilson, 22:43.800 --> 22:45.424 Seve welcome to the team. 22:45.424 --> 22:47.632 (audience applause) 22:47.632 --> 22:51.799 (Forrest Gump Suite by Alan Silvestri) 22:58.071 --> 23:00.288 Now if you ever get a hold of my transcripts 23:00.288 --> 23:02.145 from the Air Force Academy, and I hope you don't, 23:02.145 --> 23:05.919 what you'll learn is that math is not my strong suit. 23:05.919 --> 23:07.815 But here's what I do know, 23:07.815 --> 23:10.344 as the 21st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, 23:10.344 --> 23:14.511 I have had 20 air power giants that have gone before me. 23:16.799 --> 23:20.966 Men like Spaatz, Vanenburg, LeMay, Ryan times two, 23:26.034 --> 23:28.794 many have led us through from the days 23:28.794 --> 23:31.106 of the daylight bombing campaign, 23:31.106 --> 23:33.994 to the Cold War and the Berlin Airlift, 23:33.994 --> 23:37.066 to the Space Age, to night operations, 23:37.066 --> 23:39.149 and Precision, and Cyber. 23:40.436 --> 23:43.186 These paintings hang on the wall, 23:43.531 --> 23:45.738 and when I was the Vice Chief, I would always enjoy 23:45.738 --> 23:47.693 walking in and looking at these paintings, 23:47.693 --> 23:50.219 and sort of stopping at General Ryan, 23:50.219 --> 23:53.552 and then looking across at General Ryan. 23:54.150 --> 23:56.256 And just pondering this long blue line 23:56.256 --> 23:58.427 and the opportunity that you have. 23:58.427 --> 24:00.087 But I will share with you that when you become 24:00.087 --> 24:03.890 Chief of Staff of the Air Force it's a different walk. 24:03.890 --> 24:08.010 It's a little bit like walking in a Harry Potter movie. 24:08.010 --> 24:10.751 And I'm pretty sure all the eyes move. 24:10.751 --> 24:13.751 (audience laughing) 24:13.984 --> 24:15.512 And as I walk down the hallway, 24:15.512 --> 24:17.327 I'd look at General McPeak, 24:17.327 --> 24:20.178 and I'm sure there was something in the eyes 24:20.178 --> 24:21.329 they were staring at me, and I would quickly 24:21.329 --> 24:23.417 look to the other side and see the other two 24:23.417 --> 24:25.247 were looking at each other and comparing notes going, 24:25.247 --> 24:26.747 "Who is this guy?" 24:27.575 --> 24:28.543 And that's a little bit what we're here 24:28.543 --> 24:30.210 to talk about today. 24:30.879 --> 24:33.418 I had a chance to go to the Middle East recently, 24:33.418 --> 24:35.623 and I did 10 countries in 10 days just to reconnect 24:35.623 --> 24:37.567 with the region and also get to see our Airmen 24:37.567 --> 24:39.511 and our joint team in action. 24:39.511 --> 24:41.151 And one of the stops I made was in Israel, 24:41.151 --> 24:44.623 and I met with my counterpart General Eshel. 24:44.623 --> 24:48.790 And he hosted a dinner and at that dinner, every former 24:49.103 --> 24:53.270 Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force was present. 24:54.192 --> 24:55.914 And I looked at him during dinner and I asked him, 24:55.914 --> 24:57.711 and I said, "So how often do you all get together? 24:57.711 --> 24:58.544 "How often do you talk?" 24:58.544 --> 25:00.519 And he said, "I call them every week." 25:00.519 --> 25:01.623 I said, "Really?" 25:01.623 --> 25:02.943 He said, "Yeah I call them every week," he goes, 25:02.943 --> 25:05.118 "they're my advisory group because very few people 25:05.118 --> 25:07.695 "have ever walked in these shoes. 25:07.695 --> 25:09.439 "Everyone has great ideas about the Air Force 25:09.439 --> 25:11.303 "but they know the battle lines. 25:11.303 --> 25:12.635 "They know the challenges. 25:12.635 --> 25:14.056 "They've built relationships. 25:14.056 --> 25:15.275 "The know the way ahead." 25:15.275 --> 25:18.933 And I thought, "That is absolutely fascinating." 25:18.933 --> 25:20.487 And so I got home and I was so fired up 25:20.487 --> 25:23.847 I called each one of the Chiefs individually. 25:23.847 --> 25:27.264 And I invited them to come to this forum. 25:27.855 --> 25:32.022 And I asked them to become part of an advisory group for me. 25:32.049 --> 25:33.263 And so I'm proud to tell you that we're going to have 25:33.263 --> 25:36.383 six of our former chiefs here this week. 25:36.383 --> 25:38.657 Now three couldn't be here today, 25:38.657 --> 25:40.399 but they're coming in late. 25:40.399 --> 25:41.831 General Schwartz was here earlier. 25:41.831 --> 25:42.928 General Jumper's coming in late. 25:42.928 --> 25:45.915 General Welsh is arriving later tonight. 25:45.915 --> 25:47.635 But I'm proud to introduce three of our former 25:47.635 --> 25:51.802 air power giants that have led us and they are here today. 25:53.016 --> 25:55.627 And so while they need no introduction, 25:55.627 --> 25:57.814 I would like to introduce them and give us a chance 25:57.814 --> 26:01.251 to say thank you, because they are the giants 26:01.251 --> 26:04.084 on whose shoulders we stand today. 26:05.043 --> 26:07.109 And let me begin by the 12th Chief of Staff 26:07.109 --> 26:09.995 of the Air Force, General Larry Welch. 26:09.995 --> 26:12.995 (audience applause) 26:13.245 --> 26:16.828 ("Planes" by Mark Mancina) 26:24.836 --> 26:26.044 The 13th Chief of Staff 26:26.044 --> 26:29.873 of the Air Force, General Mike Dugan and his wife Eunice. 26:29.873 --> 26:33.456 ("Planes" by Mark Mancina) 26:37.402 --> 26:39.392 And our 14th Chief of Staff of the Air Force, 26:39.392 --> 26:41.309 General Merrill McPeak. 26:41.384 --> 26:43.257 (audience applause) 26:43.257 --> 26:46.840 ("Planes" by Mark Mancina) 26:49.891 --> 26:51.963 Now, Dawn and I have two daughters who are Aggies 26:51.963 --> 26:53.559 and they married their Aggie boyfriends, 26:53.559 --> 26:55.035 and so one of the things you learn in Aggieland 26:55.035 --> 26:58.369 is if you do two things in a row it becomes a tradition. 26:58.369 --> 26:59.674 (audience laughing) 26:59.674 --> 27:01.039 So I'm hoping that this is the first 27:01.039 --> 27:03.887 of a long tradition, next year our 70th anniversary, 27:03.887 --> 27:07.554 our 70th birthday, in our countdown to the 70th, 27:07.554 --> 27:10.045 that we'll be able to bring all nine back here 27:10.045 --> 27:11.257 and gentlemen I look forward to working 27:11.257 --> 27:14.594 with you closely as we move our Air Force forward. 27:14.594 --> 27:16.177 Speaking of Chiefs, 27:17.794 --> 27:21.961 let's talk about our Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. 27:22.345 --> 27:24.762 I'm proud to announce tonight 27:26.523 --> 27:29.329 that I'm going to being the search 27:29.329 --> 27:31.274 for the next Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force 27:31.274 --> 27:32.941 next week at Corona. 27:33.896 --> 27:35.783 Chief Cody and Athena will retire 27:35.783 --> 27:39.950 in late January, early February, and let me just tell you, 27:41.087 --> 27:44.007 I have watched Chief Cody in action. 27:44.007 --> 27:46.567 I've been a fan ever since he became 27:46.567 --> 27:49.102 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. 27:49.102 --> 27:51.752 But I have watched him fight for Airmen 27:51.752 --> 27:53.735 at the highest levels of government. 27:53.735 --> 27:57.902 If there's ever a person that speaks truth to power, 27:58.175 --> 27:59.842 it's Chief Jim Cody. 28:01.271 --> 28:03.350 He has been a great wingman. 28:03.350 --> 28:05.023 He's been an incredible Chief Master Sergeant 28:05.023 --> 28:09.190 of the Air Force, and this being your last AFA Chief 28:09.190 --> 28:10.230 I just want to give us a chance, 28:10.230 --> 28:13.926 all of us here today, to say thank you for your leadership. 28:13.926 --> 28:15.645 (audience applause) 28:15.645 --> 28:19.228 ("Planes' by Mark Mancina) 28:47.281 --> 28:49.948 So I've served with many of you, 28:50.904 --> 28:53.384 and it's been my honor and privilege over the years 28:53.384 --> 28:56.545 to get to know you, but part of what I think 28:56.545 --> 29:00.712 this first speech is about is for me to get to know you 29:01.401 --> 29:05.187 and for perhaps more importantly, for you to get to know me 29:05.187 --> 29:07.687 and what I'm passionate about. 29:07.909 --> 29:11.492 And we're all a product of our experiences. 29:13.326 --> 29:16.409 And for over the course of my career, 29:16.855 --> 29:19.643 if you want to know what I'm passionate about 29:19.643 --> 29:20.955 there are two things. 29:20.955 --> 29:24.705 First of all, for me this is family business. 29:25.326 --> 29:29.493 I'm second generation Air Force, my mom and dad are here, 29:30.187 --> 29:33.910 33 years in the Air Force, retired, Vietnam veteran. 29:33.910 --> 29:36.939 My older brother's a retired Major General. 29:36.939 --> 29:40.360 My younger brother's a retired Lieutenant Colonel. 29:40.360 --> 29:44.527 My daughter's a captain and my nephew's Thunderbird 3. 29:45.438 --> 29:47.438 This is family business. 29:49.438 --> 29:51.937 And I'm also passionate about the business 29:51.937 --> 29:53.770 of joint war fighting. 29:54.822 --> 29:57.822 And the air component's contribution 29:57.822 --> 30:00.989 to the joint fight and the joint team. 30:02.302 --> 30:05.006 Because I've had a rather unique perspective 30:05.006 --> 30:07.533 over my career and every Chief that stands here 30:07.533 --> 30:10.033 brings strengths, brings gaps, 30:11.392 --> 30:13.936 and I think one of the things I bring to the table 30:13.936 --> 30:17.954 to this Air Force, is that since we've been fighting now 30:17.954 --> 30:19.787 for the last 25 years, 30:22.403 --> 30:26.570 it's been my privilege to not have missed a fight. 30:26.752 --> 30:29.216 And so I've had a chance to take a look 30:29.216 --> 30:32.835 at the various campaigns we've been through, 30:32.835 --> 30:34.635 through the lens of a joint war fighter. 30:34.635 --> 30:38.802 From the beginnings of Desert Storm as a Flight Commander, 30:39.296 --> 30:42.119 going through the Balkan Campaigns, 30:42.119 --> 30:45.487 from deploying as a CFACC and then seeing 30:45.487 --> 30:47.176 our Air Force from the outside looking in 30:47.176 --> 30:48.655 as a Director of a Joint Staff, 30:48.655 --> 30:51.655 it's given me a bit of a perspective 30:52.197 --> 30:54.526 on the Air Force and the air component 30:54.526 --> 30:57.886 and what we contribute to the joint team. 30:57.886 --> 30:59.452 So I wanna share a few stories with you, 30:59.452 --> 31:01.856 not to take up the time with war stories, 31:01.856 --> 31:03.791 but more than anything because we're all 31:03.791 --> 31:06.208 a product of our experience. 31:06.521 --> 31:09.792 And these experiences that I will share with you 31:09.792 --> 31:12.435 lead to the foundation of what I believe 31:12.435 --> 31:15.025 as your Chief, and will hopefully give you 31:15.025 --> 31:18.442 some perspective on where I'm gonna focus 31:18.480 --> 31:20.527 over the next four years with 31:20.527 --> 31:23.277 team Blackjack and our Secretary. 31:24.784 --> 31:28.951 You know you can't have a discussion about Desert Storm 31:29.895 --> 31:32.895 without first talking about Vietnam. 31:34.088 --> 31:37.838 Because the reality is we came out of Vietnam 31:38.950 --> 31:41.422 and a certain number of Airmen, 31:41.422 --> 31:45.589 stayed with the company, and they rebuilt our Air Force. 31:48.326 --> 31:50.881 And they took us from the days of the F-4 31:50.881 --> 31:53.104 into the days of the F-15 and the F-16, 31:53.104 --> 31:56.409 and they fought to bring this all-volunteer force, 31:56.409 --> 31:59.826 this very professional force, into being. 32:01.019 --> 32:03.560 And it was those Airmen that led that effort, 32:03.560 --> 32:05.402 not the least of which are our former Chiefs, 32:05.402 --> 32:06.800 they're in the front row. 32:06.800 --> 32:10.300 And many of you that are here in the room, 32:10.776 --> 32:11.904 that allowed us to have the force 32:11.904 --> 32:14.821 that we went into for Desert Storm. 32:17.432 --> 32:18.432 So let's talk a little bit 32:18.432 --> 32:21.515 about Desert Storm and my experience. 32:22.069 --> 32:25.569 Roll to the next one on the bottom please. 32:26.326 --> 32:29.845 So as a young flight commander at Shaw Air Force Base, 32:29.845 --> 32:31.214 we got the call shortly after 32:31.214 --> 32:33.631 Saddam Hussein rolled south. 32:34.103 --> 32:36.495 And then 48 hours later we were rolling forward 32:36.495 --> 32:38.389 and we were launching on our 17 hour sorties 32:38.389 --> 32:40.139 into the Middle East. 32:40.428 --> 32:42.109 And I got a chance as a young captain 32:42.109 --> 32:45.085 to watch an entire wing mobilize for warfare. 32:45.085 --> 32:47.452 And everybody put their shoulder against the wheel 32:47.452 --> 32:51.369 and everybody pushed forward to make it happen. 32:51.619 --> 32:53.436 And whether you want to talk about the services folks 32:53.436 --> 32:54.996 who got that meal ready in the DFAC, 32:54.996 --> 32:56.690 or the munitions loaders and builders 32:56.690 --> 32:59.563 who actually build up the munitions. 32:59.563 --> 33:01.626 And made sure that we had what we need, 33:01.626 --> 33:03.107 because at the time we didn't know whether 33:03.107 --> 33:07.258 we were gonna fight our way in to enemy territory. 33:07.258 --> 33:09.845 Especially as we crossed north of Libya. 33:09.845 --> 33:11.706 If you wanna talk about the air traffic controllers 33:11.706 --> 33:13.042 who put together all the flight plans 33:13.042 --> 33:14.630 and got us off the ground in 33:14.630 --> 33:17.213 a completely calm environment. 33:17.766 --> 33:20.254 So we could mask our deployment. 33:20.254 --> 33:22.959 As though 24 F-16s taking off is gonna mask anything, 33:22.959 --> 33:26.292 but we thought it was masking ourselves. 33:26.911 --> 33:28.389 To the maintainers across the line 33:28.389 --> 33:29.686 both in the back shops and the flight line. 33:29.686 --> 33:33.265 They got our aircraft ready and got us airborne. 33:33.265 --> 33:35.233 And I what I learned as a young captain, 33:35.233 --> 33:39.233 and what I came to believe from that experience, 33:39.460 --> 33:40.553 is that there were literally 33:40.553 --> 33:43.886 hundreds of fingerprints on my aircraft, 33:44.555 --> 33:47.305 that made that deployment happen. 33:48.161 --> 33:52.161 And I came to believe that every airman matters. 33:54.181 --> 33:57.501 Everyone is required to make the mission happen, 33:57.501 --> 34:01.557 and as I taxied out, to launch into the great unknown 34:01.557 --> 34:04.724 as many of us did, lining the taxi way 34:06.393 --> 34:10.560 were all those Airmen, active, guard, reserve, civilian, 34:12.986 --> 34:15.903 industry partners with their logos. 34:16.383 --> 34:19.966 As we all taxied by, every one of them gave 34:20.827 --> 34:23.910 a little salute, a thumbs up, a wave. 34:26.308 --> 34:28.558 They were all there for us. 34:29.706 --> 34:30.882 And so what you need to know about me, 34:30.882 --> 34:32.538 first and foremost, is that I truly believe 34:32.538 --> 34:34.705 that every airman matters. 34:35.394 --> 34:36.818 When we got into theater and we were again 34:36.818 --> 34:39.118 facing the great unknown, it was interesting for us 34:39.118 --> 34:41.874 because we had one combat veteran in the entire squadron, 34:41.874 --> 34:43.844 it was our Squadron Commander at the time, 34:43.844 --> 34:45.427 Colonel Billy Deel. 34:46.183 --> 34:49.193 And it actually is true that you can mission plan 34:49.193 --> 34:51.045 in for whatever time is left to you. 34:51.045 --> 34:54.796 Because we mission planned one mission for seven months. 34:54.796 --> 34:57.410 And as the mission planner, I remember working with 34:57.410 --> 34:59.617 General North, who I know he's here, 34:59.617 --> 35:02.052 and he would talk off to Riyadh and he would take 35:02.052 --> 35:04.618 some kind of contraband with him, I'm not sure what. 35:04.618 --> 35:06.363 And he would come back with stacks of maps 35:06.363 --> 35:07.441 and we would plan, and we would plan, 35:07.441 --> 35:09.281 and then we'd rehearse, and we would train. 35:09.281 --> 35:10.874 And we would plan again, and we'd go out and rehearse, 35:10.874 --> 35:12.250 and we'd have these conferences and talk 35:12.250 --> 35:14.491 to our joint partners, and when it came time 35:14.491 --> 35:16.408 for the actual mission, 35:18.047 --> 35:21.130 none of us knew how we were gonna do. 35:21.351 --> 35:24.649 We were all wondering, what's this combat thing 35:24.649 --> 35:26.482 going to be all about? 35:26.673 --> 35:27.756 Are we ready? 35:27.977 --> 35:29.227 Are we trained? 35:31.375 --> 35:35.175 And that pilot's prayer, that every combat veteran, 35:35.175 --> 35:38.207 whether it's a pilot or anybody else always prays which is, 35:38.207 --> 35:40.293 "Please God don't let me let my buddies down. 35:40.293 --> 35:42.626 "I hope I'm ready for this." 35:42.653 --> 35:44.402 And we take off and we launched for the first mission 35:44.402 --> 35:45.917 and we get across the line and a voice 35:45.917 --> 35:47.399 that I'm not sure exactly where it came from. 35:47.399 --> 35:50.173 Some voice came on and said, actually on the radio, 35:50.173 --> 35:51.685 "The Iraqi military has been informed 35:51.685 --> 35:54.185 "you have crossed the border." 35:54.285 --> 35:55.166 And I remember thinking at the time, 35:55.166 --> 35:58.666 "Well hell, now I'm just gonna die tense." 35:58.957 --> 36:01.957 (audience laughing) 36:02.417 --> 36:04.580 But in actuality heart rate's through the roof 36:04.580 --> 36:05.477 and we're in the great unknown, 36:05.477 --> 36:06.716 we are in our first combat sortie 36:06.716 --> 36:10.066 and we look out and here we got our Commander from Vietnam, 36:10.066 --> 36:12.477 MiG killer Colonel Delineast calling out things 36:12.477 --> 36:14.365 to us like it's a walk in the park and he says, 36:14.365 --> 36:16.725 "Hey there's triple-A, anti-aircraft artillery 36:16.725 --> 36:19.702 "right 2 o'clock," and we all looked at it. 36:19.702 --> 36:21.552 And he said, "There's a surface to air missile left 10," 36:21.552 --> 36:23.959 and we sure enough we saw surface to air missiles. 36:23.959 --> 36:25.267 And we saw them exploding above us 36:25.267 --> 36:27.434 and we all stared at them. 36:28.127 --> 36:29.081 And then we hear, "Splash MiG-29," 36:29.081 --> 36:31.540 and we see it actually an aircraft 36:31.540 --> 36:33.790 hit the ground and explode. 36:33.881 --> 36:38.048 I will tell you I remember that moment in my cockpit. 36:38.861 --> 36:42.580 And you can't imagine the calm that came over my cockpit 36:42.580 --> 36:44.748 when I recognized and realized that I was in 36:44.748 --> 36:47.011 a very familiar environment. 36:47.011 --> 36:49.619 I had heard all these radio calls, 36:49.619 --> 36:53.202 I'd actually seen triple-A and SAMS, smoke, 36:54.384 --> 36:57.009 hadn't seen an airplane hit the ground yet, 36:57.009 --> 36:58.895 but everything else the formation, 36:58.895 --> 37:01.502 the radio calls, the environment, the intensity, 37:01.502 --> 37:02.937 the adrenaline, I'd seen it all 37:02.937 --> 37:06.104 at Nellis Air Force Base at Red Flag. 37:06.534 --> 37:08.982 And what I realized in my cockpit, 37:08.982 --> 37:12.065 "Okay, I can do this," and we went in 37:12.302 --> 37:14.469 and we crushed the target. 37:14.814 --> 37:17.854 And when I came back and talked to all my flight mates, 37:17.854 --> 37:18.997 afterwards I said, "What did you think?" 37:18.997 --> 37:22.497 They said, "Man, it's just like Red Flag." 37:23.520 --> 37:26.603 So for those who built that exercise, 37:27.192 --> 37:30.775 to give young aviators the first 10 sorties 37:31.433 --> 37:33.118 so they could survive combat, 37:33.118 --> 37:35.868 gentlemen and ladies, it worked. 37:36.419 --> 37:38.419 And so I came to believe 37:40.942 --> 37:45.109 that high-end training, against the most difficult threat 37:45.879 --> 37:49.639 in the most difficult environment is nothing short 37:49.639 --> 37:51.472 of a moral obligation. 37:53.216 --> 37:56.299 And we had proved it in Desert Storm. 37:56.689 --> 38:00.856 It wasn't too many years later when we had a tragedy 38:03.214 --> 38:06.297 in a place called Bosnia Herzegovina, 38:07.905 --> 38:10.413 and it culminated in a massacre of 8,000 38:10.413 --> 38:14.580 young Muslim men outside a city called, Srebrenica. 38:16.151 --> 38:17.751 And NATO could not sit still, 38:17.751 --> 38:20.251 the world could not sit still. 38:20.824 --> 38:24.391 The CFACC at the time, in charge with building 38:24.391 --> 38:26.783 an air campaign, in that environment 38:26.783 --> 38:30.623 was a guy named at the time Lieutenant General Mike Ryan. 38:30.623 --> 38:33.623 And his aid was Major Dave Goldfein. 38:35.806 --> 38:38.238 And I got to work with him to actually build 38:38.238 --> 38:41.486 a campaign and if you're the aid to camp 38:41.486 --> 38:43.190 one of things you know is you have a cell phone 38:43.190 --> 38:44.806 with a speed dial, and on the speed dial is all 38:44.806 --> 38:46.435 of the network of the folks that the 38:46.435 --> 38:49.518 CFACC has gotta call and get to know. 38:49.890 --> 38:51.507 And one of the folks I had on that speed dial 38:51.507 --> 38:54.674 was a guy named, General Rupert Smith. 38:56.494 --> 38:59.921 And General Smith was the Land Component Commander 38:59.921 --> 39:02.784 in Bosnia in charge of the UN Forces, 39:02.784 --> 39:06.951 while General Ryan was the Air Component Commander. 39:07.128 --> 39:09.616 And over a series of meetings, 39:09.616 --> 39:11.255 some of them secret meetings that we flew 39:11.255 --> 39:14.088 into Sarajevo or Kiseljak and met. 39:14.735 --> 39:18.902 These two men formed a relationship of trust and confidence. 39:20.224 --> 39:22.406 And had some really difficult discussions, 39:22.406 --> 39:24.322 not the least of which was what will we do 39:24.322 --> 39:26.572 if we end up with hostages? 39:27.470 --> 39:29.615 And how will we as an air and land component 39:29.615 --> 39:31.577 work together to work through all of 39:31.577 --> 39:34.074 the branches and sequels that may occur 39:34.074 --> 39:36.407 as we execute this campaign? 39:37.614 --> 39:41.558 And that relationship between the Air Component Commander 39:41.558 --> 39:43.054 and the Land Component Commander, 39:43.054 --> 39:47.221 was absolutely central to the success of that campaign. 39:47.527 --> 39:51.202 And what I came to believe is that in the business 39:51.202 --> 39:54.785 of joint warfare it's trust that we rely on 39:56.469 --> 40:00.469 to be able to build and execute joint campaigns. 40:00.933 --> 40:04.100 And it's trust that's built over time. 40:04.441 --> 40:08.608 And it's trust that you've got to invest in as a leader. 40:08.742 --> 40:11.215 And it's trust that you've got to invest in and demand 40:11.215 --> 40:14.132 at all levels of your organization. 40:14.251 --> 40:16.971 When the campaign ended we went up to NATO 40:16.971 --> 40:20.604 for a NATO Summit, and General Ryan of course, 40:20.604 --> 40:22.771 we had had the Dayton Peace Accords, 40:22.771 --> 40:25.939 and General Ryan was being congratulated by so many 40:25.939 --> 40:27.431 who came up and slapped him on the back 40:27.431 --> 40:28.411 and shook his hand and said, 40:28.411 --> 40:31.435 "It was a great campaign, congratulations." 40:31.435 --> 40:34.339 And I'll never forget as his aid walking around with him 40:34.339 --> 40:36.099 his response he would look at them and he'd say, 40:36.099 --> 40:39.516 "You know what, if it results in a better 40:42.054 --> 40:44.982 "world and a better condition on the ground 40:44.982 --> 40:47.565 "for the folks that live there. 40:47.584 --> 40:50.167 "Then it will all be worth it." 40:51.583 --> 40:53.078 And so what I learned as a young major is 40:53.078 --> 40:57.161 that we take our values when we go into conflict. 41:01.061 --> 41:04.311 And despite the actions of our enemies, 41:05.029 --> 41:09.196 we must remain a moral force for good on the globe. 41:09.941 --> 41:12.582 Regardless of pressures that may come, 41:12.582 --> 41:15.060 in terms of the nature of the campaign 41:15.060 --> 41:17.276 or what the enemy is doing. 41:17.276 --> 41:20.526 We can never back away from our values, 41:21.198 --> 41:25.365 when we go into conflict and I learned that from Mike Ryan. 41:25.488 --> 41:26.858 It wasn't that many years later when we saw 41:26.858 --> 41:29.943 ethnic cleansing again, and this time it was in Kosovo 41:29.943 --> 41:34.110 in a neighboring country, but now, I'm a Squadron Commander. 41:36.582 --> 41:38.413 And now you have a different question. 41:38.413 --> 41:40.693 When you're a young captain you're wondering, 41:40.693 --> 41:42.878 "Am I ready, am I trained, am I gonna let my buddies down? 41:42.878 --> 41:43.798 "Am I gonna be able to do the mission 41:43.798 --> 41:45.299 "that I've been trained to do?" 41:45.299 --> 41:46.790 "Am I ready for this?" 41:46.790 --> 41:47.910 As a Squadron Commander you have 41:47.910 --> 41:50.230 a little bit different question. 41:50.230 --> 41:51.295 You start asking your question, 41:51.295 --> 41:53.502 "Have I trained them enough? 41:53.502 --> 41:55.686 "Was I hard enough on them? 41:55.686 --> 41:58.853 "Did I give them the skills they need? 41:58.878 --> 42:02.545 "Am I ready to send them into this conflict? 42:03.068 --> 42:05.818 "Am I ready to lose one of them?" 42:07.412 --> 42:09.072 And I remember General Deel or Colonel Deel 42:09.072 --> 42:10.680 telling us one time during Desert Storm, 42:10.680 --> 42:12.251 he says, he looked at us and he goes, 42:12.251 --> 42:13.699 "You know you're like my kids," he says, 42:13.699 --> 42:14.985 "You're not the best I've seen. 42:14.985 --> 42:16.024 "You're not the worst I've seen. 42:16.024 --> 42:17.321 "But you're all I got." 42:17.321 --> 42:20.321 (audience laughing) 42:21.082 --> 42:24.363 And you know you feel like that as a Squadron Commander. 42:24.363 --> 42:27.113 And you know what, they do great. 42:28.416 --> 42:29.957 And as I led them in to that first night sortie 42:29.957 --> 42:31.493 and then back I got them all in a room 42:31.493 --> 42:32.614 and we're debriefing and I said, 42:32.614 --> 42:33.447 "Okay, what do you think? 42:33.447 --> 42:34.280 "How did you do? 42:34.280 --> 42:35.113 "What do you think?" 42:35.113 --> 42:37.586 And they all looked at me and said, 42:37.586 --> 42:40.336 "Sir, it was just like Red Flag." 42:41.036 --> 42:45.119 History may not repeat, but it sure rhymes a lot. 42:48.170 --> 42:49.867 And so another experience that I had, we had there, 42:49.867 --> 42:51.261 which was really fascinating is 42:51.261 --> 42:53.928 that we were fighting from home. 42:54.174 --> 42:56.046 Because as you know from that campaign 42:56.046 --> 42:58.101 we actually our families were there, 42:58.101 --> 43:00.804 but it wasn't a calm environment. 43:00.804 --> 43:02.686 There were many who didn't like us there, 43:02.686 --> 43:05.197 and did not want to support the effort. 43:05.197 --> 43:08.994 And in fact we had a car bomb go off in Aviano downtown. 43:08.994 --> 43:10.085 We had threats against us. 43:10.085 --> 43:11.808 We got briefs to tell us exactly what to do 43:11.808 --> 43:13.767 if we thought our house and our home 43:13.767 --> 43:16.600 and our family was being targeted. 43:16.663 --> 43:17.993 And it was a fascinating experience 43:17.993 --> 43:19.719 that you would go out, fly a mission, 43:19.719 --> 43:21.721 get shot at, come home, and then have someone look at you 43:21.721 --> 43:25.221 and say, "Hey, the grass is getting high." 43:27.101 --> 43:28.161 And so Dawn and I had this code, 43:28.161 --> 43:30.212 I said, "Hey, honey look I can't tell you 43:30.212 --> 43:34.379 "because it's classified, when the war's gonna begin. 43:34.778 --> 43:35.661 "But I can tell you when it'd be 43:35.661 --> 43:38.078 "a good night for a potluck." 43:39.021 --> 43:40.547 And so the officer in command called us in 43:40.547 --> 43:42.387 and said, "Okay we're going tonight." 43:42.387 --> 43:43.327 And so I called Dawn and I said, 43:43.327 --> 43:46.744 "Hey, it could be a night for a potluck," 43:47.283 --> 43:49.366 and she said, "I got it." 43:50.371 --> 43:51.875 And so she called all the squadron spouses 43:51.875 --> 43:53.427 and all the squadron spouses came in, 43:53.427 --> 43:55.714 and I at the same time got together the LPA, 43:55.714 --> 43:57.715 the Lieutenant's Protection Association 43:57.715 --> 43:59.632 and I gave them a task. 43:59.819 --> 44:00.787 And I told the Lieutenants I said, 44:00.787 --> 44:03.123 "Okay, I got the mission, I need you to plan 44:03.123 --> 44:04.723 "the departure so we can actually fly over 44:04.723 --> 44:06.267 "this spot, which is my home because 44:06.267 --> 44:07.366 "we're gonna have all the spouses 44:07.366 --> 44:08.390 "of the entire squadron are gonna be there 44:08.390 --> 44:10.310 "when we fly over them." 44:10.310 --> 44:12.871 And sure enough we did and 24 F-16s loaded for bear 44:12.871 --> 44:16.272 with full afterburner and 20 seconds apart, 44:16.272 --> 44:19.439 we all flew over our house and all the spouses 44:19.439 --> 44:21.367 were standing there in the yard with I'm sure 44:21.367 --> 44:23.950 a little bit of liquid courage. 44:25.504 --> 44:28.421 Cheering us on as we went into war. 44:28.743 --> 44:31.993 And I came to believe that our families 44:32.996 --> 44:35.829 are the best deal our nation gets. 44:36.489 --> 44:40.656 They exhibit an incredible amount of courage, sacrifice, 44:43.166 --> 44:45.365 and it's a very special kind of courage 44:45.365 --> 44:47.584 when they endure the long hours, the hardships, 44:47.584 --> 44:50.334 the separations, the deployments, 44:51.080 --> 44:55.247 that have become so much a part of today's military service. 44:56.017 --> 44:58.649 And so I truly believe families are the best deal 44:58.649 --> 45:01.566 our nations get and how appropriate 45:01.586 --> 45:05.746 that this week, having just told those two stories, 45:05.746 --> 45:08.829 that our NATO Air Chiefs are meeting. 45:09.273 --> 45:13.440 It was our honor to host them at our house at Air House. 45:14.451 --> 45:17.784 And gentlemen all I can tell you is that 45:17.788 --> 45:21.752 we stand with you, this is the strongest alliance 45:21.752 --> 45:25.628 on the planet, and we have stood with you before 45:25.628 --> 45:27.820 as you have stood with us, and we will stand with you 45:27.820 --> 45:30.891 in the future and thank you for being here this week. 45:30.891 --> 45:33.891 (audience applause) 45:44.196 --> 45:46.696 9/11 it changed us. 45:49.903 --> 45:52.070 It changed us as a nation, 45:52.182 --> 45:54.682 it changed us as a joint team, 45:54.752 --> 45:57.335 and it changed us as a service. 45:59.081 --> 46:02.331 And we all know where we were that day. 46:04.568 --> 46:07.002 For me it was an opportunity (mumbles) to go down range 46:07.002 --> 46:10.050 and become the CFACC the air component commander. 46:10.050 --> 46:12.383 And to join this joint team, 46:13.329 --> 46:14.738 and I thought when I went into the job 46:14.738 --> 46:17.128 that my primary responsibility was actually 46:17.128 --> 46:19.981 to place air over the top of the battlefield 46:19.981 --> 46:21.937 and make sure this mature ground fight 46:21.937 --> 46:23.609 that we had it about right, and the scheduling, 46:23.609 --> 46:27.300 and we had the right asset, with the right capabilities, 46:27.300 --> 46:28.833 right where it was needed. 46:28.833 --> 46:30.568 And I certainly did concentrate some on that, 46:30.568 --> 46:33.168 but that's not actually what I did every day. 46:33.168 --> 46:35.668 What I learned, is that my job 46:37.686 --> 46:40.773 at the end of the day was to be the regional 46:40.773 --> 46:44.940 multi-domain, multi-component, coalition friendly, 46:45.783 --> 46:49.950 leader of command and control for the combat and commander. 46:50.561 --> 46:52.081 And when I looked at that CAOC, 46:52.081 --> 46:54.248 that Air Operation Center, 46:55.314 --> 46:57.234 it struck me that there was no parallel 46:57.234 --> 47:00.484 on the planet for doing the integration 47:00.498 --> 47:03.498 of joint activities and joint fires. 47:03.531 --> 47:07.418 I didn't just have a liaison element from the Army, 47:07.418 --> 47:11.585 I had 50 soldiers in a battlefield coordination detachment. 47:13.431 --> 47:17.598 They were linking us to every aspect of the ground campaign. 47:18.015 --> 47:20.319 I didn't just have a liaison officer from SOF 47:20.319 --> 47:23.184 I had an entire cell of special operators, 47:23.184 --> 47:24.815 that ensured that we were taken care of. 47:24.815 --> 47:28.565 Every component had a representational force. 47:30.442 --> 47:32.632 I didn't just have a coalition cell that was 47:32.632 --> 47:36.465 off to the side, my CAOC Director was a member 47:37.340 --> 47:40.923 of the coalition team, so I came to believe 47:41.649 --> 47:44.399 that in our bloodline, as Airmen, 47:45.947 --> 47:47.645 bringing together the joint force 47:47.645 --> 47:49.356 and becoming the connective tissue for 47:49.356 --> 47:52.523 joint and combined arms is who we are. 47:54.806 --> 47:57.632 Having a networked approach to warfare 47:57.632 --> 47:59.965 is absolutely natural to us. 48:00.823 --> 48:02.313 The example I would offer you would be 48:02.313 --> 48:04.150 a personnel recovery event. 48:04.150 --> 48:06.150 If I say the word PR perhaps the first 48:06.150 --> 48:09.233 thing that comes to mind is an HH-60. 48:10.071 --> 48:11.614 But let's talk about what actually happens 48:11.614 --> 48:13.142 when you do a personnel recovery event, 48:13.142 --> 48:14.166 that we've done over and over again, 48:14.166 --> 48:17.666 and we continue to do it today down range. 48:18.328 --> 48:20.916 So God forbid, someone either steps on an IED, 48:20.916 --> 48:24.129 has an injury, what's the first thing to happen? 48:24.129 --> 48:25.122 Well actually the first thing that happens 48:25.122 --> 48:28.341 is we apply immediate medical care at the point of injury 48:28.341 --> 48:31.718 and in terms of the golden hour medically, 48:31.718 --> 48:33.757 it may be the most important medical care 48:33.757 --> 48:37.462 that's ever applied is in those first few minutes. 48:37.462 --> 48:39.342 And then while somebody's applying medical care 48:39.342 --> 48:42.509 to stabilize and keep the wound clean, 48:42.729 --> 48:45.829 someone jumps on a handheld radio and makes a radio call. 48:45.829 --> 48:47.945 Now you can be in the mountains of the Hindu Kush 48:47.945 --> 48:49.760 with 10,000, you know you're in a valley, 48:49.760 --> 48:50.957 you've got mountains all around you, 48:50.957 --> 48:53.653 there's no way you've got a line of sight 48:53.653 --> 48:55.743 to have this little handheld radio with a battery 48:55.743 --> 48:56.967 about this big, key the microphone and have 48:56.967 --> 49:00.467 somebody answer you from Qatar miles away. 49:03.197 --> 49:04.947 How does that happen? 49:05.068 --> 49:07.596 Well, the signal is bounced off an airborne layer 49:07.596 --> 49:09.165 it's amplified it goes up into space, 49:09.165 --> 49:10.583 it's bounced off a couple of satellites, 49:10.583 --> 49:12.036 it comes back down here and everybody 49:12.036 --> 49:13.684 in the command and control architecture 49:13.684 --> 49:16.287 and in the network gets the call. 49:16.287 --> 49:17.620 And then what happens? 49:17.620 --> 49:19.787 Somebody jumps on the net, 49:20.104 --> 49:21.373 and they start researching and finding out, 49:21.373 --> 49:22.688 "Okay who is the victim? 49:22.688 --> 49:23.521 "What's the blood type? 49:23.521 --> 49:24.354 "What's the injury? 49:24.354 --> 49:25.340 "What do we have going on?" 49:25.340 --> 49:27.642 And then they're communicating this back and forth. 49:27.642 --> 49:28.996 At the same time that's happening, 49:28.996 --> 49:30.340 they're spinning up the helicopters 49:30.340 --> 49:31.685 and the crew chiefs are getting the helos 49:31.685 --> 49:34.044 ready to go and the PJs are loading their gear 49:34.044 --> 49:36.351 and making sure they have everything that they need 49:36.351 --> 49:39.293 because they may be doing surgery on that helicopter 49:39.293 --> 49:41.626 as they have to save a life. 49:42.909 --> 49:46.125 But that's not all if it's in enemy territory 49:46.125 --> 49:47.573 we've already moved ISR over the top 49:47.573 --> 49:49.293 and we're cataloging where the enemy is 49:49.293 --> 49:50.493 and where the friendlies are and where 49:50.493 --> 49:52.878 the ingress route is egress route is gonna be. 49:52.878 --> 49:55.982 But that's not all we move a Sandy overhead. 49:55.982 --> 49:57.566 Who's now going to orchestrate airborne mission 49:57.566 --> 49:59.117 command to pull all the elements together 49:59.117 --> 50:01.179 to make sure that happens, and we do this correctly. 50:01.179 --> 50:05.346 But that's not all, a C-17 is getting spun up right now 50:06.310 --> 50:07.734 and a critical care team is being loaded 50:07.734 --> 50:09.830 and is going to the first chunk of concrete 50:09.830 --> 50:11.767 where we're going to receive that helicopter. 50:11.767 --> 50:15.934 And all of that goes together in a matter of minutes. 50:16.760 --> 50:20.174 And so when you hear me talking about the network, 50:20.174 --> 50:22.470 and the networked approach to warfare of the future 50:22.470 --> 50:25.970 and combined arms and the information age. 50:27.297 --> 50:28.369 You need to think no more than 50:28.369 --> 50:31.119 that personal recovery vignette. 50:31.875 --> 50:35.375 To indicate why this is so natural for us. 50:36.695 --> 50:40.603 The other thing I came to believe, as the CFACC, 50:40.603 --> 50:42.383 is that we have got to create the environment 50:42.383 --> 50:45.182 and have the environment where innovation 50:45.182 --> 50:48.215 and ideas can get from the lowest level 50:48.215 --> 50:51.848 to decision makers, and not get lost in the bureaucracy. 50:51.848 --> 50:54.431 I cannot tell you the number of 50:54.566 --> 50:57.196 tactics, techniques, and procedures we are executing 50:57.196 --> 51:01.029 in the war today, that have come from the mind 51:01.268 --> 51:04.935 of a young staff sergeant in the space cell. 51:05.303 --> 51:07.143 A young guardsman, a young reservist, 51:07.143 --> 51:09.893 a young civilian who had an idea. 51:11.325 --> 51:12.661 I don't even have to go farther than just 51:12.661 --> 51:16.828 the Bagram emergency room, where a young technician 51:18.075 --> 51:21.198 asked the question, "What would happen if 51:21.198 --> 51:22.903 "we actually kept the emergency room 51:22.903 --> 51:24.869 "at body temperature 98.7? 51:24.869 --> 51:25.779 "What would happen there?" 51:25.779 --> 51:28.323 And what we learned was, that if you actually 51:28.323 --> 51:30.862 keep the emergency room and you're handling trauma 51:30.862 --> 51:32.283 at the same temperature of the body 51:32.283 --> 51:35.003 when you open the body up, or it's already been open, 51:35.003 --> 51:37.692 you can actually save tissue, you can save organs. 51:37.692 --> 51:39.364 And if you go to emergency rooms across the nation 51:39.364 --> 51:42.947 right now, guess what, they're all at 98.7. 51:44.018 --> 51:45.414 So how do we create an environment 51:45.414 --> 51:47.591 where that kind of innovation, 51:47.591 --> 51:50.662 that kind of ingenuity, can make it through the system 51:50.662 --> 51:52.306 to decision makers to those who can do it? 51:52.306 --> 51:56.141 So I came to believe that innovation is in our blood. 51:56.141 --> 51:59.641 We have been breaking barriers since 1947. 52:01.040 --> 52:02.630 And as we step into our 70th year 52:02.630 --> 52:06.547 that's our theme, breaking barriers since 1947. 52:07.389 --> 52:09.443 It's who we are and it's what the nation 52:09.443 --> 52:11.610 expects of this Air Force. 52:12.784 --> 52:16.951 So based on my experiences what I've come to believe 52:16.970 --> 52:20.540 based on what I believe is the future of combined arms, 52:20.540 --> 52:23.873 and staying true to our strategic vision 52:24.193 --> 52:26.360 which is all laid out in the Strategic Master Plan 52:26.360 --> 52:29.376 and the Air Force Future Operating Concept. 52:29.376 --> 52:31.017 What you need to know about me is that I'm into 52:31.017 --> 52:33.441 evolution not revolution, I am not coming in 52:33.441 --> 52:35.524 with both guns a-blazing. 52:38.085 --> 52:40.869 We will stay true to our long term vision. 52:40.869 --> 52:42.693 But there are three elements of that vision, 52:42.693 --> 52:45.670 and all of these can be found in the Strategic Master Plan. 52:45.670 --> 52:47.415 There are three elements of those that I have come 52:47.415 --> 52:50.998 to believe are foundational and if we focus 52:51.997 --> 52:53.248 on them over the next four years it will 52:53.248 --> 52:55.792 actually set us up to be able to do the work 52:55.792 --> 52:57.190 that we need to do as an air component 52:57.190 --> 52:59.463 for the joint team and for the nation. 52:59.463 --> 53:01.581 And there are three key areas I call my focus areas. 53:01.581 --> 53:05.414 The first one is about revitalizing squadrons. 53:05.823 --> 53:09.406 Because I believe that is at squadron level 53:11.293 --> 53:14.710 where we succeed or fail as an Air Force. 53:15.357 --> 53:17.013 It's where our culture resides, 53:17.013 --> 53:17.846 we are not the service that says, 53:17.846 --> 53:20.846 "We're Airmen before anything else." 53:21.347 --> 53:22.628 We're the service that in five minutes 53:22.628 --> 53:24.109 of any conversation you're gonna hear men say, 53:24.109 --> 53:24.980 "Well I'm a Bulldog," or, 53:24.980 --> 53:26.055 "I'm a T-bolt" or, 53:26.055 --> 53:27.054 "I'm a this," or, "I'm a that." 53:27.054 --> 53:28.680 Because we align ourselves, we tend to align 53:28.680 --> 53:30.263 with our squadrons. 53:31.166 --> 53:33.422 It's where Airmen are developed. 53:33.422 --> 53:36.310 It's where Airmen and families thrive. 53:36.310 --> 53:39.630 It's where training and innovation occurs. 53:39.630 --> 53:40.702 And I believe it's the way where 53:40.702 --> 53:43.733 we make the most difference as leaders. 53:43.733 --> 53:45.604 And so I did this unscientific survey 53:45.604 --> 53:49.771 some years ago and that's code for I called my dad. 53:51.283 --> 53:52.197 And I said, "Hey Dad, when you were flying 53:52.197 --> 53:53.803 "in the mid '60s tell me a little bit 53:53.803 --> 53:54.787 "about how long it took you to 53:54.787 --> 53:58.419 "plan, brief, debrief, execute, a typical mission." 53:58.419 --> 54:00.605 He said, "How about five, six hours." 54:00.605 --> 54:04.085 I said, "Okay, so you got a copy of your yearbook 54:04.085 --> 54:05.252 "or anything I can look at?" 54:05.252 --> 54:06.789 And sure enough he had one and I dusted it off 54:06.789 --> 54:07.782 and looked at it, and sure enough I had 54:07.782 --> 54:09.392 a squadron organizational chart and it has 54:09.392 --> 54:12.055 a Squadron Commander, had the ops officer, 54:12.055 --> 54:13.617 had flight commanders it had that whole org chart, 54:13.617 --> 54:14.617 and I looked at it and I said, 54:14.617 --> 54:17.289 "Well now I've got the UMD, the Unit Manning Document 54:17.289 --> 54:20.789 "from a 1966 squadron," and I put it down. 54:21.718 --> 54:23.945 And then I took a look at technology over time 54:23.945 --> 54:25.449 and what I found was interesting, 54:25.449 --> 54:29.547 that for a period of time up until about the F-15, F-16 54:29.547 --> 54:33.532 technology in mission growth would happen on a linear scale. 54:33.532 --> 54:36.807 And then what happened is we started getting mission growth 54:36.807 --> 54:40.084 and technology added through software updates. 54:40.084 --> 54:42.174 And it went from a linear path of mission growth 54:42.174 --> 54:44.475 that we could actually keep up with, 54:44.475 --> 54:48.058 to an almost exponential path that occurred 54:49.499 --> 54:51.059 as a result of someone being able to come out 54:51.059 --> 54:54.309 to the flight line and inject some software upgrades 54:54.309 --> 54:56.036 to our weapons system and now we would be 54:56.036 --> 54:58.044 into a new mission growth. 54:58.044 --> 54:58.965 And another thing that happened, 54:58.965 --> 55:02.510 was with that mission growth came security increases. 55:02.510 --> 55:03.684 And many of you lived through this where we went 55:03.684 --> 55:05.204 from open planning, mission planning, 55:05.204 --> 55:08.455 to SCIFs, to vaults, and what happened of course was 55:08.455 --> 55:11.820 now less people can get back to actually support and help. 55:11.820 --> 55:14.927 Because they don't have the security clearances. 55:14.927 --> 55:16.157 And so if you look at the trend lines, 55:16.157 --> 55:17.589 the trend lines at squadron level we're sort of 55:17.589 --> 55:19.364 going in the wrong direction because over this time 55:19.364 --> 55:21.948 over the last 15 to 20 years we've continued 55:21.948 --> 55:23.997 to have to take manpower to be able 55:23.997 --> 55:26.245 to balance over time as the budget has gone down. 55:26.245 --> 55:28.648 So if the numbers of people are coming down, 55:28.648 --> 55:30.904 and the technology is driving into mission growth 55:30.904 --> 55:32.931 and increased security levels, you can see 55:32.931 --> 55:35.181 at the squadron command level is where we 55:35.181 --> 55:38.764 maybe we have taken the brunt of that risk. 55:39.902 --> 55:41.580 And go back to where I believe, which is that's 55:41.580 --> 55:45.080 where we succeed or fail in our Air Force. 55:47.068 --> 55:49.127 So we're gonna take a look at squadrons, 55:49.127 --> 55:53.127 and oh by the way, if you take a look at the UMD 55:53.533 --> 55:55.183 and ask yourself the question, 55:55.183 --> 55:56.557 what does it look like today in terms of the total 55:56.557 --> 55:58.396 amount of time mission planning required for the 55:58.396 --> 55:59.868 weapons systems that we have today? 55:59.868 --> 56:03.368 And the average F-16 block 50 is 15 hours, 56:04.218 --> 56:06.203 for a one and a half hour sortie, 15 hours. 56:06.203 --> 56:07.978 I went out to Red Flag recently and it was 56:07.978 --> 56:11.728 a 48 hour drill to do a two hour bolt period. 56:13.867 --> 56:15.917 So if you see those trend lines and you ask yourself, 56:15.917 --> 56:18.504 well what does a UMD look like now for a squadron, 56:18.504 --> 56:20.928 versus then based on all the change? 56:20.928 --> 56:23.112 And the answer is we actually have not changed it 56:23.112 --> 56:25.888 in over 50 years, so when we talk about 56:25.888 --> 56:28.249 revitalizing squadrons we're actually not talking 56:28.249 --> 56:29.625 about taking manpower and money 56:29.625 --> 56:32.125 and throwing it at this issue. 56:32.274 --> 56:34.375 Quite frankly we don't have it. 56:34.375 --> 56:36.168 This is to step back and ask ourselves 56:36.168 --> 56:37.508 the fundamental question, 56:37.508 --> 56:41.675 "What does a 21st century squadron need to look like?" 56:42.228 --> 56:44.405 I think it looks different. 56:44.405 --> 56:48.572 I think there may be a civilian military mix to it. 56:48.982 --> 56:52.140 I think we may want to leverage the great gift 56:52.140 --> 56:55.536 of General Welsh and Secretary James and Chief Cody 56:55.536 --> 56:57.286 which is that we have one Air Force 56:57.286 --> 57:00.813 with three components that are joined at the hip. 57:00.813 --> 57:02.646 And we oughta look at that and take a look at that 57:02.646 --> 57:03.696 at the squadron level and see if there's 57:03.696 --> 57:06.601 a different mix that we oughta look at. 57:06.601 --> 57:09.136 And we have to redefine what a 21st century squadron 57:09.136 --> 57:13.303 looks like due to the missions of the 21st century. 57:14.541 --> 57:15.877 And so we're gonna take a look at that 57:15.877 --> 57:17.647 over the course of this next four years. 57:17.647 --> 57:21.049 And here's the beauty of squadron command, 57:21.049 --> 57:22.155 if you get it right you become 57:22.155 --> 57:24.655 a Squadron Commander for life. 57:26.559 --> 57:29.351 Because every week or two weeks you get an email, 57:29.351 --> 57:33.518 out of the blue, and many of you have witnessed this. 57:34.209 --> 57:35.810 And it's from somebody who writes you an email 57:35.810 --> 57:37.265 and finds you on the Global and says, 57:37.265 --> 57:39.765 "Hey, I just want to check in. 57:40.031 --> 57:42.327 "You don't remember me but I served in your squadron 57:42.327 --> 57:45.228 "way back when and you made a difference for me, 57:45.228 --> 57:46.364 "and I just want to check in and tell you 57:46.364 --> 57:49.327 "what I'm doing and see how you're doing." 57:49.327 --> 57:51.399 It's the great blessing of life. 57:51.399 --> 57:52.375 And when you're a Squadron Commander 57:52.375 --> 57:53.650 and you're standing up there on your final day 57:53.650 --> 57:54.483 and you're looking out on your squadron 57:54.483 --> 57:56.215 and you don't remember a single mission you flew 57:56.215 --> 57:57.897 or anything you did, what you do is you look down 57:57.897 --> 57:59.397 and you see faces. 57:59.471 --> 58:01.721 And every face has a story. 58:02.150 --> 58:03.967 And you look at that crowd and you see that 58:03.967 --> 58:05.015 tech sergeant and you look at him 58:05.015 --> 58:07.265 and you say, "that's John." 58:07.831 --> 58:09.790 I gave John an Article 15. 58:09.790 --> 58:12.623 (audience laughs) 58:12.705 --> 58:15.038 I hope it works out for him. 58:16.039 --> 58:19.466 There's Sue, she was having some real issues 58:19.466 --> 58:21.854 with her family and the Squadron Commander Manual 58:21.854 --> 58:23.576 doesn't say you're supposed to get involved 58:23.576 --> 58:26.001 with the family to give them the resources 58:26.001 --> 58:28.433 and the tools they need to pull that family together. 58:28.433 --> 58:31.496 But you know what, we did it, me and the shirt. 58:31.496 --> 58:33.641 And they're still together, God bless them, 58:33.641 --> 58:35.081 I hope they make it. 58:35.081 --> 58:36.829 And you walk through that entire formation 58:36.829 --> 58:39.858 and every face has an individual story. 58:39.858 --> 58:43.831 And you touched the life as a Squadron Commander. 58:43.831 --> 58:47.998 So the way I look at this, the org chart is reversed. 58:48.018 --> 58:50.029 The chief's at the bottom. 58:50.029 --> 58:52.054 Squadron Commanders are the top. 58:52.054 --> 58:54.336 The staff is there to support Squadron Commanders 58:54.336 --> 58:58.503 who are entrusted with the mission of our Air Force. 58:59.222 --> 59:02.943 And it's that Squadron Commander senior NCO team 59:02.943 --> 59:05.733 that is gonna help us succeed or fail in the future. 59:05.733 --> 59:09.900 Second focus area, strengthening joint leaders and teams. 59:15.065 --> 59:17.041 For some number of years we actually were focused 59:17.041 --> 59:19.815 on violent extremism and it's almost the singular 59:19.815 --> 59:21.406 focus of this nation and I talk to you 59:21.406 --> 59:23.822 as the director of the joint staff 59:23.822 --> 59:25.953 who prepared the chairman to go to the Oval Office 59:25.953 --> 59:26.922 and prepared the chairman for 59:26.922 --> 59:28.748 National Security Council meetings. 59:28.748 --> 59:30.332 And I used to track about what the percentage was 59:30.332 --> 59:33.928 between violent extremism in the Middle East 59:33.928 --> 59:35.215 and every place else in the globe 59:35.215 --> 59:38.244 and for a number of years it was an 80-20 split on average. 59:38.244 --> 59:40.676 80% violent extremism in the Middle East, 59:40.676 --> 59:43.124 20% every place else in the globe. 59:43.124 --> 59:46.041 And then in 2014 the world changed. 59:46.492 --> 59:48.222 China got active in the South China Sea. 59:48.222 --> 59:50.889 Russia went into Eastern Europe. 59:51.926 --> 59:53.196 Iran continues to be active. 59:53.196 --> 59:56.846 North Korea continues to try to pursue a nuclear weapon. 59:56.846 --> 59:58.692 And of course violent extremism continues 59:58.692 --> 01:00:00.855 to be a challenge that we face and I do not believe 01:00:00.855 --> 01:00:04.728 we will get relief from, anytime in the next several years. 01:00:04.728 --> 01:00:07.096 But the dialogue changed, and I give Secretary Carter 01:00:07.096 --> 01:00:09.234 a lot of credit for changing the dialogue 01:00:09.234 --> 01:00:12.872 in Washington, D.C. from violent extremism at 80% 01:00:12.872 --> 01:00:14.601 to more of a 50-50 discussion against 01:00:14.601 --> 01:00:18.768 China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and violent extremism. 01:00:21.312 --> 01:00:23.115 And for if you take a look at each one of those 01:00:23.115 --> 01:00:24.560 campaigns and walk yourselves through, 01:00:24.560 --> 01:00:26.448 what are the domains that are going to be 01:00:26.448 --> 01:00:29.198 absolutely required for every one 01:00:30.053 --> 01:00:31.823 of the operational campaigns? 01:00:31.823 --> 01:00:33.646 And even in this unclassified setting you can look 01:00:33.646 --> 01:00:35.706 and walk yourself through 'em. 01:00:35.706 --> 01:00:37.422 And I would submit to you the United States Navy, 01:00:37.422 --> 01:00:38.724 the United State Air Force, have got to be 01:00:38.724 --> 01:00:41.701 joined at the hip with trust and confidence 01:00:41.701 --> 01:00:43.546 as we take on the China campaign. 01:00:43.546 --> 01:00:45.674 Certainly there's going to be a combined arms 01:00:45.674 --> 01:00:47.102 with all components playing, 01:00:47.102 --> 01:00:48.626 but the United States Air Force and Navy 01:00:48.626 --> 01:00:52.564 have got to be joined up in air, space, and naval activity. 01:00:52.564 --> 01:00:53.995 If you look at the Russia campaign 01:00:53.995 --> 01:00:55.667 the United States Air Force and the United States Army 01:00:55.667 --> 01:00:59.078 have got to be joined at the hip with trust and confidence. 01:00:59.078 --> 01:01:00.986 The Navy will absolutely be in there, 01:01:00.986 --> 01:01:02.546 and the Marines will be there, 01:01:02.546 --> 01:01:04.051 but it's gonna be our two services 01:01:04.051 --> 01:01:06.657 that are gonna have to be leading that campaign together. 01:01:06.657 --> 01:01:08.354 And if you look at the Iran campaign it's gonna 01:01:08.354 --> 01:01:10.416 have to be the United States Air Force and Navy. 01:01:10.416 --> 01:01:11.766 And if you look at North Korea it's gotta have 01:01:11.766 --> 01:01:14.042 us and the Army, and if you look at violent extremism 01:01:14.042 --> 01:01:16.100 it's gonna have to be the United States Air Force 01:01:16.100 --> 01:01:17.513 and the other services primarily 01:01:17.513 --> 01:01:19.276 conventional air and unconventional ground 01:01:19.276 --> 01:01:22.943 as we continue to go after violent extremism 01:01:23.105 --> 01:01:27.272 as they migrate from a physical to a virtual caliphate. 01:01:28.465 --> 01:01:31.072 And the one domain that's central to every one 01:01:31.072 --> 01:01:34.405 of those campaigns is the air component. 01:01:35.456 --> 01:01:39.226 And if you buy my logic then you also understand 01:01:39.226 --> 01:01:43.059 why I believe that we have got to be a service 01:01:43.232 --> 01:01:47.024 that's ready to stand up and lead these campaigns. 01:01:47.024 --> 01:01:49.249 And so it's all about strengthening joint leaders 01:01:49.249 --> 01:01:53.416 and teams and I'll start first with the leader piece. 01:01:53.592 --> 01:01:55.047 And oh by the way, I put this slide up 01:01:55.047 --> 01:01:57.714 because please don't misread me. 01:02:00.537 --> 01:02:03.193 We are, this is not about, building from zero. 01:02:03.193 --> 01:02:05.536 We've got incredible joint leaders. 01:02:05.536 --> 01:02:09.119 To watch General Selva and his interactions 01:02:09.240 --> 01:02:10.988 in the National Security Council 01:02:10.988 --> 01:02:13.655 is nothing short of outstanding. 01:02:15.071 --> 01:02:18.943 To watch General McDew manage trains, planes, automobiles 01:02:18.943 --> 01:02:20.771 in the entire of industry of 01:02:20.771 --> 01:02:23.596 transportation command is phenomenal. 01:02:23.596 --> 01:02:26.283 And there's only one reason that I can think of 01:02:26.283 --> 01:02:27.943 that General Lori Robinson is the 01:02:27.943 --> 01:02:29.589 commander of northern command responsible 01:02:29.589 --> 01:02:32.427 for defending the homeland the number one 01:02:32.427 --> 01:02:35.051 mission of the United States Military. 01:02:35.051 --> 01:02:37.645 And that's because she has run joint operations, 01:02:37.645 --> 01:02:39.133 understands command and control better than 01:02:39.133 --> 01:02:39.987 anybody on the planet. 01:02:39.987 --> 01:02:41.107 She's done that in the Middle East, 01:02:41.107 --> 01:02:42.156 she's done that in the Pacific, 01:02:42.156 --> 01:02:44.966 and now she does it for the homeland. 01:02:44.966 --> 01:02:48.049 And this is cool, as we talk in here, 01:02:49.247 --> 01:02:51.718 General John Hyten is testifying 01:02:51.718 --> 01:02:53.258 before the Senate Armed Services Committee 01:02:53.258 --> 01:02:56.091 to be the next Stratcom Commander. 01:02:56.667 --> 01:02:59.251 So we have got incredible joint leaders on our team. 01:02:59.251 --> 01:03:00.532 But now let's talk about how do we strengthen 01:03:00.532 --> 01:03:03.782 joint leaders and teams for the future. 01:03:04.053 --> 01:03:05.833 So we got to take a look at what point in our careers 01:03:05.833 --> 01:03:10.000 do we get exposed to joint planning and joint war fighting? 01:03:11.105 --> 01:03:12.832 Because the reality of our business is 01:03:12.832 --> 01:03:14.520 that we tend to stay a little bit longer 01:03:14.520 --> 01:03:16.641 in the technical career field because it takes longer 01:03:16.641 --> 01:03:18.858 for us, 10 to 12 years sometimes, to get to the point 01:03:18.858 --> 01:03:21.784 where we're instructors in our various career fields. 01:03:21.784 --> 01:03:24.465 And that leaves a fairly short period of time then 01:03:24.465 --> 01:03:27.193 to get exposed to the business of joint planning, 01:03:27.193 --> 01:03:30.193 joint leadership, and joint warfare. 01:03:30.417 --> 01:03:31.864 And so we're gonna step back and take a look 01:03:31.864 --> 01:03:35.749 at the development of our officers and our enlisted corps. 01:03:35.749 --> 01:03:37.929 And take a look at what do we need to tweak here 01:03:37.929 --> 01:03:40.277 to ensure that we are actually looking at the business 01:03:40.277 --> 01:03:42.252 of combined arms, and how do you bring 01:03:42.252 --> 01:03:45.752 together the various components and either 01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:48.920 join with or lead a joint task force 01:03:49.455 --> 01:03:52.788 to be able to optimize those components? 01:03:53.167 --> 01:03:57.126 And build a campaign that's truly joint in nature. 01:03:57.126 --> 01:03:59.308 As the director of the joint staff I ran the tank 01:03:59.308 --> 01:04:03.309 for the chairman and what I saw in play in the tank 01:04:03.309 --> 01:04:05.604 was that each service would come into the tank 01:04:05.604 --> 01:04:09.263 and would approach a problem a little bit differently. 01:04:09.263 --> 01:04:12.180 And our culture derives in my mind, 01:04:12.332 --> 01:04:15.718 from the domains that we are responsible for 01:04:15.718 --> 01:04:17.132 for controlling and exploiting. 01:04:17.132 --> 01:04:19.455 For us it's air and space and so we look at a problem 01:04:19.455 --> 01:04:22.372 and we tend to bound it from above, 01:04:22.393 --> 01:04:25.241 and we determine what it is that we need to bound this 01:04:25.241 --> 01:04:26.715 and control it and then we look to how 01:04:26.715 --> 01:04:29.369 we can crush it from the outside in. 01:04:29.369 --> 01:04:30.657 And our soldiers will look at it from 01:04:30.657 --> 01:04:33.185 a center of mass and how do I mass against 01:04:33.185 --> 01:04:34.920 the objective and then once I've controlled 01:04:34.920 --> 01:04:38.046 the objective how do I work it from the inside out? 01:04:38.046 --> 01:04:41.171 And then Navy brings its culture of command at sea 01:04:41.171 --> 01:04:42.626 and if there's one service that understands 01:04:42.626 --> 01:04:46.626 mission command and giving orders to a commander 01:04:46.915 --> 01:04:49.706 and then having that commander execute, 01:04:49.706 --> 01:04:51.010 you don't have to go any farther than the 01:04:51.010 --> 01:04:53.920 United States Navy and its submarine force. 01:04:53.920 --> 01:04:55.194 And if you take a look at the Marines 01:04:55.194 --> 01:04:57.797 and the Marine air ground task force, 01:04:57.797 --> 01:05:00.858 and how they think about doing combined arms. 01:05:00.858 --> 01:05:02.864 But each of us approaches the same problem 01:05:02.864 --> 01:05:04.371 slightly different and what I've learned 01:05:04.371 --> 01:05:06.994 and come to believe is that all those voices 01:05:06.994 --> 01:05:09.124 need to be at the table, in the room, 01:05:09.124 --> 01:05:11.212 and in the dialogue for us to actually 01:05:11.212 --> 01:05:14.330 present to the commander-in-chief truly 01:05:14.330 --> 01:05:16.830 joint and executable options. 01:05:18.638 --> 01:05:20.817 And so that means we strengthen the path 01:05:20.817 --> 01:05:24.131 that we go on to be able to build joint leaders 01:05:24.131 --> 01:05:27.349 who are able to have that airman's voice in the dialogue 01:05:27.349 --> 01:05:30.932 especially at the level of campaign design. 01:05:31.048 --> 01:05:33.965 So that in campaigns of the future, 01:05:34.168 --> 01:05:36.751 they are truly joint in nature. 01:05:37.320 --> 01:05:39.640 And all of those cultures are in play 01:05:39.640 --> 01:05:42.723 to get to the best possible solution. 01:05:43.004 --> 01:05:44.112 We also have to take a look at how we 01:05:44.112 --> 01:05:46.272 present forces to a Combatant Commander. 01:05:46.272 --> 01:05:48.664 I'm a bit concerned that over time, 01:05:48.664 --> 01:05:51.153 over the last 15 years we have migrated into sending 01:05:51.153 --> 01:05:55.320 too many single Airmen into combat for their first time. 01:05:57.197 --> 01:05:58.613 And while we will never be the service 01:05:58.613 --> 01:06:00.064 that says, if you want an airman you get 01:06:00.064 --> 01:06:01.856 an entire squadron, because that's not what 01:06:01.856 --> 01:06:05.192 the nation needs we have to be more flexible than that. 01:06:05.192 --> 01:06:07.136 I think the pendulum has perhaps swung a little bit 01:06:07.136 --> 01:06:11.303 too much to sending individual Airmen into combat. 01:06:11.750 --> 01:06:13.694 And what happens when you send an individual Airmen 01:06:13.694 --> 01:06:17.400 into combat is that single airman has got to go 01:06:17.400 --> 01:06:18.978 through all the process and procedures 01:06:18.978 --> 01:06:22.658 to get themselves into the theater, join a team there, 01:06:22.658 --> 01:06:25.533 build the lexicon of the joint community that 01:06:25.533 --> 01:06:29.700 they're joining, and we do that very well, very quickly. 01:06:31.413 --> 01:06:33.456 But I'm concerned that now I'm in combat, 01:06:33.456 --> 01:06:35.985 I have a significant experience, a combat experience, 01:06:35.985 --> 01:06:38.193 and then I come home and I'm back from my team 01:06:38.193 --> 01:06:40.632 into a individual airman, and I come home, 01:06:40.632 --> 01:06:43.243 and the question I've asked is, "Who do I talk to?" 01:06:43.243 --> 01:06:45.779 "Who do I share my experiences with?" 01:06:45.779 --> 01:06:49.779 "Who can relate to what I've just gone through?" 01:06:50.292 --> 01:06:52.754 So under the leadership of General Carlisle, 01:06:52.754 --> 01:06:53.874 we're gonna take a look at getting back 01:06:53.874 --> 01:06:56.853 into the business of deploying as teams. 01:06:56.853 --> 01:06:57.997 Now I don't know what that team size 01:06:57.997 --> 01:07:00.664 looks like it may be just three. 01:07:01.042 --> 01:07:02.867 They will have an established team lead 01:07:02.867 --> 01:07:04.522 and that team lead will be responsible for making sure 01:07:04.522 --> 01:07:08.022 that team is organized, trained, equipped. 01:07:08.950 --> 01:07:09.783 It will deploy together. 01:07:09.783 --> 01:07:10.885 It will employ together. 01:07:10.885 --> 01:07:12.170 And perhaps the most important thing, 01:07:12.170 --> 01:07:16.337 is it will re-deploy and it will re-integrate together. 01:07:17.080 --> 01:07:18.644 And so we're gonna shift that pendulum a little bit 01:07:18.644 --> 01:07:21.050 and get back into the business of team deployments, 01:07:21.050 --> 01:07:23.089 and the last part of this is taking a look at us 01:07:23.089 --> 01:07:25.951 as an Air Force, as an air component, 01:07:25.951 --> 01:07:27.937 given the China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 01:07:27.937 --> 01:07:31.360 and violent extremism challenges that we face. 01:07:31.360 --> 01:07:33.432 The nation requires its Air Force to be able 01:07:33.432 --> 01:07:36.432 to step up and lead these campaigns. 01:07:37.240 --> 01:07:39.328 And so we're gonna start with Ninth Air Force in AFCENT. 01:07:39.328 --> 01:07:42.919 We're gonna build that into a core JTF staff. 01:07:42.919 --> 01:07:47.086 And we're gonna certify that commander as a JTF Commander. 01:07:48.250 --> 01:07:52.104 And that commander, that core staff, is going to build 01:07:52.104 --> 01:07:55.281 the lexicon and the daily battle rhythm of the JTF 01:07:55.281 --> 01:07:57.536 into its daily operations and because the wings 01:07:57.536 --> 01:08:00.703 of Ninth Air Force plug into that NAF, 01:08:01.274 --> 01:08:04.920 my hope is that the lexicon will then drive into wings. 01:08:04.920 --> 01:08:07.717 And then we will look over time at how we bring 01:08:07.717 --> 01:08:09.670 the business of joint war fighting more and more 01:08:09.670 --> 01:08:11.623 into our daily operations. 01:08:11.623 --> 01:08:15.222 So as we join, build joint and strengthen joint leaders, 01:08:15.222 --> 01:08:16.966 we're actually strengthening joint teams 01:08:16.966 --> 01:08:20.584 at the NAF and the wing level as we go forward. 01:08:20.584 --> 01:08:22.878 Because the traditional JTF stands up in 01:08:22.878 --> 01:08:26.211 approximately eight weeks from a crisis. 01:08:27.782 --> 01:08:29.702 This is an example of one and I think Burt Field's 01:08:29.702 --> 01:08:33.702 in the audience that he led as the JTF Commander 01:08:34.733 --> 01:08:36.983 when the tsunami hit Japan. 01:08:37.431 --> 01:08:40.075 Eight weeks on average, between a crisis 01:08:40.075 --> 01:08:42.325 and the JTF being stood up. 01:08:42.542 --> 01:08:44.072 That is not the time for us to learn 01:08:44.072 --> 01:08:45.458 the lexicon and the business of 01:08:45.458 --> 01:08:48.480 joint war fighting and join engagement. 01:08:48.480 --> 01:08:50.689 So now you understand why I want to bring that 01:08:50.689 --> 01:08:52.815 as a second focus area into our daily 01:08:52.815 --> 01:08:55.174 battle rhythms as an Air Force. 01:08:55.174 --> 01:08:56.424 And then third, 01:09:00.400 --> 01:09:01.502 I shared with you the experience that I had 01:09:01.502 --> 01:09:05.085 at the CAOC, multi-domain, multi-component, 01:09:06.492 --> 01:09:10.075 networked, integrated, command and control. 01:09:12.605 --> 01:09:15.812 I truly believe that we, as an Air Force, 01:09:15.812 --> 01:09:19.164 not only get this, but we can be the connective tissue 01:09:19.164 --> 01:09:22.164 for the joint force as we go forward 01:09:22.918 --> 01:09:26.524 and move into the Information Age of warfare. 01:09:26.524 --> 01:09:28.932 Some would say we're already there and I agree, 01:09:28.932 --> 01:09:31.268 but there are still so many of our processes 01:09:31.268 --> 01:09:33.564 that are in the Industrial Age. 01:09:33.564 --> 01:09:37.340 And for our industry partners, this is a partnership 01:09:37.340 --> 01:09:39.343 that we have to work together. 01:09:39.343 --> 01:09:41.588 Because it starts fundamentally changing 01:09:41.588 --> 01:09:44.425 the way we think about procurement. 01:09:44.425 --> 01:09:48.592 Because if you start with the common mission system 01:09:48.771 --> 01:09:51.881 and then think about how the platforms and the sensors 01:09:51.881 --> 01:09:54.964 that we procure fit into that system, 01:09:55.490 --> 01:09:58.169 it gives you a new way of thinking. 01:09:58.169 --> 01:09:59.976 The future of combined arms in my mind 01:09:59.976 --> 01:10:02.559 is a connection of three grids. 01:10:02.569 --> 01:10:05.848 First there's a sensing grid, and it operates 01:10:05.848 --> 01:10:09.041 in six domains; air, land, sea, space, cyber, 01:10:09.041 --> 01:10:10.452 and I put undersea there because you've 01:10:10.452 --> 01:10:13.202 gotta think about it as a domain. 01:10:13.336 --> 01:10:15.497 And a significant portion of that sensing grid 01:10:15.497 --> 01:10:18.664 we own as the United States Air Force. 01:10:19.749 --> 01:10:21.289 And so as we pull this sensing grid 01:10:21.289 --> 01:10:22.500 together and figure out, 01:10:22.500 --> 01:10:25.309 how do you take all of the elements of the 01:10:25.309 --> 01:10:29.316 intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance enterprise 01:10:29.316 --> 01:10:33.483 from the entire joint team and the inter agency team? 01:10:33.756 --> 01:10:37.923 How do you fuse that information in ways that allow us 01:10:39.255 --> 01:10:41.486 to be able to get decision quality information 01:10:41.486 --> 01:10:45.228 to decision makers faster than our opponents?" 01:10:45.228 --> 01:10:49.395 And how do you do that in a way that's coalition friendly? 01:10:50.140 --> 01:10:51.812 And then once you have that information and you can 01:10:51.812 --> 01:10:53.421 actually operate it at a faster speed, 01:10:53.421 --> 01:10:55.132 and oh by the way, this is not about throwing 01:10:55.132 --> 01:10:57.127 more analysts at this, this is about thinking 01:10:57.127 --> 01:10:59.724 about a common mission system, common data, 01:10:59.724 --> 01:11:02.692 common architecture, and thinking about how we can 01:11:02.692 --> 01:11:06.602 take the information and through artificial intelligence 01:11:06.602 --> 01:11:10.685 machine-to-machine learning go through the volume 01:11:11.274 --> 01:11:13.450 of information available to us and allow us 01:11:13.450 --> 01:11:16.075 to operate at a pace as a global chess master 01:11:16.075 --> 01:11:20.242 with a global force in a way that outpaces our adversaries. 01:11:20.490 --> 01:11:24.657 Because one of the things our adversaries doesn't have 01:11:25.068 --> 01:11:27.651 is alliances, and partnerships. 01:11:28.234 --> 01:11:31.484 That is an asymmetric advantage for us, 01:11:32.458 --> 01:11:34.002 and then if you take a look at the effects grid 01:11:34.002 --> 01:11:35.186 you have to create effects that are 01:11:35.186 --> 01:11:36.546 attributable, non-attributable. 01:11:36.546 --> 01:11:37.814 Sometimes I want them to know it's me, 01:11:37.814 --> 01:11:39.027 sometimes I don't. 01:11:39.027 --> 01:11:41.306 Conventional, unconventional, man, unmanned, 01:11:41.306 --> 01:11:44.639 penetrating, unpenetrating, old and new. 01:11:44.931 --> 01:11:46.953 How do we tie those together so that when we have, 01:11:46.953 --> 01:11:51.120 when we want to apply the military instrument of power 01:11:51.200 --> 01:11:53.728 we're able to lift and shift, and operate on the global 01:11:53.728 --> 01:11:56.256 chessboard on a global scale, as a global power, 01:11:56.256 --> 01:11:59.006 with a globally engaged military? 01:12:00.872 --> 01:12:03.289 And to our industry partners, 01:12:04.280 --> 01:12:07.342 this starts with a common system that we all tap into. 01:12:07.342 --> 01:12:11.342 And how do we think about that as we go forward? 01:12:12.817 --> 01:12:15.102 And it's the connection of these grids, 01:12:15.102 --> 01:12:17.862 the sensing grid, the effects grid, 01:12:17.862 --> 01:12:20.846 and what pulls it all together is the foundation 01:12:20.846 --> 01:12:24.962 is multi-domain, multi-component, command and control. 01:12:24.962 --> 01:12:27.682 If you look at the CAOC today and look on the floor, 01:12:27.682 --> 01:12:31.484 actually what you would see would be individual cells. 01:12:31.484 --> 01:12:32.804 The space cell is operating on 01:12:32.804 --> 01:12:36.471 proprietary software, hardware, data rights. 01:12:38.274 --> 01:12:39.832 And then right next to it on the floor is 01:12:39.832 --> 01:12:42.402 the personnel recovery cell and in fact 01:12:42.402 --> 01:12:43.979 if you look below the floor you would see 01:12:43.979 --> 01:12:46.600 a big gateway that we put together that actually allows 01:12:46.600 --> 01:12:48.665 the information to flow back and forth. 01:12:48.665 --> 01:12:51.544 And it's far too slow for the future of 01:12:51.544 --> 01:12:54.711 combined arms and the Information Age. 01:12:54.995 --> 01:12:56.272 So what we have to think about is, 01:12:56.272 --> 01:13:00.272 how do we connect that architecture in new ways, 01:13:01.406 --> 01:13:03.077 as we look forward to the future? 01:13:03.077 --> 01:13:04.437 We've done this before. 01:13:04.437 --> 01:13:07.770 We've been breaking barriers since 1947. 01:13:08.158 --> 01:13:09.144 General Ryan taught me that if you were going 01:13:09.144 --> 01:13:12.434 to succeed in anything you have to have three things; 01:13:12.434 --> 01:13:13.790 you have to have a single person in charge 01:13:13.790 --> 01:13:16.540 because committees solve nothing, 01:13:17.857 --> 01:13:19.369 you have to have a plan that's written down 01:13:19.369 --> 01:13:21.595 that's articulated in English that's deeper 01:13:21.595 --> 01:13:24.801 than PowerPoint that the staff understands, 01:13:24.801 --> 01:13:27.511 and you have to have that calendar placed, 01:13:27.511 --> 01:13:30.261 or that plan placed on a calendar 01:13:31.102 --> 01:13:34.019 with key milestones and objectives. 01:13:34.024 --> 01:13:35.782 And so the timeline we're on as a rolled out 01:13:35.782 --> 01:13:37.464 the first paper on squadrons, is the next one 01:13:37.464 --> 01:13:40.964 on joint command and control and building, 01:13:41.446 --> 01:13:44.086 strengthening joint leaders and teams is coming out next 01:13:44.086 --> 01:13:47.003 will be out at about the next week. 01:13:49.070 --> 01:13:50.384 As we're putting the plan in place, 01:13:50.384 --> 01:13:52.246 and then we've already picked the three 01:13:52.246 --> 01:13:55.163 task force leads for each of those. 01:13:56.175 --> 01:13:57.727 And so if you pull up the next slide, 01:13:57.727 --> 01:13:59.344 here's who they are. 01:13:59.344 --> 01:14:03.313 For revitalizing squadrons, General Steve Davis, 01:14:03.313 --> 01:14:06.563 Brian Killough, Chance Saltzman, Salty, 01:14:07.048 --> 01:14:08.828 these three general officers will drive to work 01:14:08.828 --> 01:14:11.770 every morning worried about delivering on this success. 01:14:11.770 --> 01:14:14.389 And their job right now is to build the team, and matrix, 01:14:14.389 --> 01:14:17.564 across the major commands and the MAJCOMs 01:14:17.564 --> 01:14:18.972 and make sure that we organize ourselves 01:14:18.972 --> 01:14:20.980 so we can build this plan, place it on a calendar, 01:14:20.980 --> 01:14:23.348 get started on One January and we're gonna keep 01:14:23.348 --> 01:14:27.515 relentlessly focused on this for the next four years. 01:14:30.589 --> 01:14:34.089 My sense is that we may not have the exact 01:14:35.323 --> 01:14:38.038 prediction right when it comes to the future 01:14:38.038 --> 01:14:42.205 of combined arms and the global challenges we face. 01:14:42.684 --> 01:14:45.124 History would suggest that maybe 01:14:45.124 --> 01:14:47.373 China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, violent extremism 01:14:47.373 --> 01:14:50.123 we don't have that exactly right. 01:14:51.100 --> 01:14:53.767 But I would suggest to you this, 01:14:54.496 --> 01:14:58.579 if we focus on these we'll be ready for the next. 01:14:59.211 --> 01:15:03.378 And this is one thing I know with absolute, 100% clarity. 01:15:05.947 --> 01:15:09.864 We have from right now until then to get ready. 01:15:10.235 --> 01:15:12.485 And it will take all of us. 01:15:13.671 --> 01:15:17.088 Airmen, industry, allies, joint partners, 01:15:19.066 --> 01:15:21.316 all of us working together, 01:15:24.430 --> 01:15:27.285 to present to Combatant Commanders, 01:15:27.285 --> 01:15:31.452 to our Secretary of Defense, and our Commander-in-Chief, 01:15:33.710 --> 01:15:37.793 the air component where squadrons are revitalized 01:15:38.957 --> 01:15:41.790 as the heartbeat of our Air Force. 01:15:42.893 --> 01:15:45.677 Where our Air Force consists across the board 01:15:45.677 --> 01:15:49.201 of joint leaders and teams that can step in 01:15:49.201 --> 01:15:52.451 in a crisis and lead a joint task force 01:15:52.980 --> 01:15:55.037 if the nation calls upon us to do it. 01:15:55.037 --> 01:15:59.204 From humanitarian relief, to the business of combined arms, 01:16:00.334 --> 01:16:02.742 and that the connective tissue of the joint team 01:16:02.742 --> 01:16:05.409 and the future of combined arms, 01:16:05.804 --> 01:16:08.758 the multi-domain, multi-component, coalition friendly, 01:16:08.758 --> 01:16:12.038 command and control has moved forward because 01:16:12.038 --> 01:16:16.205 we've been the connective tissue for the joint team. 01:16:16.209 --> 01:16:18.976 Because it's one of our five core missions. 01:16:18.976 --> 01:16:22.639 We're one Air Force, we're three components, 01:16:22.639 --> 01:16:25.007 we're five core missions, and we are 01:16:25.007 --> 01:16:27.924 the finest Air Force on the planet. 01:16:29.175 --> 01:16:32.351 And I could not be prouder to lead this 01:16:32.351 --> 01:16:34.890 as your 21st Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 01:16:34.890 --> 01:16:35.723 Thank you. 01:16:36.422 --> 01:16:40.005 ("Planes" by Mark Mancina) 01:17:01.709 --> 01:17:03.816 - [Moderator] General Goldfein can't thank you enough 01:17:03.816 --> 01:17:07.373 for this presentation, what a great professional development 01:17:07.373 --> 01:17:08.956 event it is indeed. 01:17:09.163 --> 01:17:12.996 And we always try to link today with yesterday 01:17:13.354 --> 01:17:17.385 in our Air Force so for a small token of appreciation 01:17:17.385 --> 01:17:20.515 we have this book from 1917 it's called 01:17:20.515 --> 01:17:22.722 Victor Chapman's Letters From France 01:17:22.722 --> 01:17:24.906 and it has to do with the Lafayette Escadrille, 01:17:24.906 --> 01:17:27.656 it's 100th Anniversary this year. 01:17:28.163 --> 01:17:30.521 So we hope you'll enjoy this-- 01:17:30.521 --> 01:17:32.226 - [General Goldfein] Thanks. 01:17:32.226 --> 01:17:33.787 - [Moderator] And one other minor thing, 01:17:33.787 --> 01:17:35.531 but I think you'll enjoy this as well. 01:17:35.531 --> 01:17:38.801 You started talking about 70th anniversary, 01:17:38.801 --> 01:17:40.378 and your lead turning that, 01:17:40.378 --> 01:17:42.796 so we got the appropriate hat for 01:17:42.796 --> 01:17:46.218 Air Force 70 years, to lead during your effort 01:17:46.218 --> 01:17:48.868 for celebrating it next year, thanks so much. 01:17:48.868 --> 01:17:50.113 - [General Goldfein] Thank you. 01:17:50.113 --> 01:17:51.026 (audience applause) 01:17:51.026 --> 01:17:54.693 ("Planes" by Mark Mancina)