WEBVTT 00:00.899 --> 00:04.649 - NDTA US Transportation Command fall meeting. 00:04.649 --> 00:06.379 May I asking you to please rise 00:06.379 --> 00:08.550 for the presentation of the colors 00:08.550 --> 00:11.800 and the singing of our national anthem. 00:11.807 --> 00:14.474 color guard, advance the colors. 01:17.876 --> 01:21.043 ♫ Oh, say can you see 01:21.638 --> 01:25.305 ♫ By the dawn's early light 01:25.422 --> 01:29.089 ♫ What so proudly we hailed 01:29.207 --> 01:33.374 ♫ At the twilight's last gleaming 01:33.596 --> 01:37.404 ♫ Whose broad stripes and bright stars 01:37.404 --> 01:41.119 ♫ Through the perilous fight 01:41.119 --> 01:45.036 ♫ O'er the ramparts we watched 01:45.136 --> 01:48.969 ♫ Were so gallantly streaming 01:49.827 --> 01:53.519 ♫ And the rocket's red glare 01:53.519 --> 01:57.186 ♫ The bombs bursting in air 01:57.420 --> 02:01.337 ♫ Gave proof through the night 02:01.437 --> 02:05.437 ♫ That our flag was still there 02:05.709 --> 02:09.876 ♫ Oh, say does that star-spangled 02:10.609 --> 02:13.442 ♫ Banner yet wave 02:16.297 --> 02:19.964 ♫ O'er the land of the free 02:22.056 --> 02:24.639 ♫ And the home 02:25.533 --> 02:28.116 ♫ Of the brave 02:32.847 --> 02:35.097 (applause) 03:16.219 --> 03:17.636 Please be seated. 03:21.838 --> 03:23.556 Good morning, again, ladies and gentlemen, 03:23.556 --> 03:26.087 thank you all for attending the 2016 03:26.087 --> 03:28.504 NDTA-USTRANSCOM fall meeting. 03:29.222 --> 03:32.563 My name is Buz Buzby, I'm president of NDTA 03:32.563 --> 03:34.536 and I will be your master of ceremonies 03:34.536 --> 03:36.453 over the next two days. 03:36.742 --> 03:38.484 Before we go any further, please join me 03:38.484 --> 03:40.782 in a round of applause for the USTRANSCOM 03:40.782 --> 03:43.244 Joint Color Guard who presented the colors, 03:43.244 --> 03:45.194 and for the four digit chord, 03:45.194 --> 03:47.560 for that stirring rendition of our national anthem. 03:47.560 --> 03:49.810 (applause) 03:55.501 --> 03:57.707 We are very, very excited that you joined us here 03:57.707 --> 04:01.004 in St. Louis in this beautiful and historic facility. 04:01.004 --> 04:04.394 With its obvious ties to the transportation industry, 04:04.394 --> 04:06.561 we believe it's a natural. 04:07.598 --> 04:09.897 As you have no doubt noted from the agenda, 04:09.897 --> 04:12.730 this meeting continues to evolve each year 04:12.730 --> 04:15.897 as we strive to produce a unique venue 04:16.236 --> 04:18.790 for all players in defense logistics, 04:18.790 --> 04:21.368 transportation, and passenger travel 04:21.368 --> 04:24.285 to come together to talk, to learn, 04:24.781 --> 04:27.281 to gain situational awareness, 04:27.452 --> 04:30.470 and to further those critical interpersonal relationships 04:30.470 --> 04:33.326 which are also vital to the smooth operation 04:33.326 --> 04:36.043 of the joint logistics enterprise. 04:36.043 --> 04:39.181 We also acknowledge the economic and policy constraints 04:39.181 --> 04:42.514 that are a reality today and the impact, 04:43.122 --> 04:46.164 that impact the ability of many you to attend. 04:46.164 --> 04:48.857 That said, I'm very proud to say that 04:48.857 --> 04:52.503 we have surpassed the 1,300 registration mark this year, 04:52.503 --> 04:55.011 which is the most we've had in many, many years, so 04:55.011 --> 04:59.178 thank you all for that support (applause) 05:01.768 --> 05:05.685 The topics to be discussed in the next few days 05:05.785 --> 05:08.803 have been developed in discussions among key leaders 05:08.803 --> 05:11.520 and in our NDTA and modal committees, 05:11.520 --> 05:13.795 and USTRANSCOM executive working groups 05:13.795 --> 05:15.628 during this past year. 05:16.721 --> 05:19.182 As you can see from the slide, our greatly expanded 05:19.182 --> 05:21.528 transportation university offerings that 05:21.528 --> 05:25.445 began yesterday and continue today and tomorrow 05:25.684 --> 05:28.882 are a direct result of the very positive response 05:28.882 --> 05:30.740 that we received last year requesting 05:30.740 --> 05:34.907 more of that type of offering and a broader range of topics. 05:35.166 --> 05:37.650 This year we have expanded our university offerings 05:37.650 --> 05:41.733 from 20 classes last year to almost 62 this year. 05:43.339 --> 05:46.497 We are attempting to offer a wide variety of subjects 05:46.497 --> 05:48.750 covering a full spectrum of topics 05:48.750 --> 05:50.750 and levels of expertise. 05:51.234 --> 05:53.626 I encourage all of you to please participate 05:53.626 --> 05:55.543 to your interest level. 05:56.087 --> 05:58.223 As you'll see in this next slide, we have a 05:58.223 --> 06:01.869 high-powered lineup of leaders today and tomorrow 06:01.869 --> 06:04.377 to help us explore this year's theme, 06:04.377 --> 06:07.710 delivering national objectives operating 06:07.790 --> 06:10.785 in an increasingly disruptive world. 06:10.785 --> 06:13.386 Before I ask General McDew to come to the podium, 06:13.386 --> 06:16.567 I'd like to lay out some ground rules for this meeting 06:16.567 --> 06:19.650 and explain its format and structure. 06:23.788 --> 06:25.391 Now there's really no difference here from 06:25.391 --> 06:29.361 in previous years, just a reminder this is a discussion 06:29.361 --> 06:31.753 forum, this is not for decision making, 06:31.753 --> 06:34.562 this is to build situational awareness, this is to 06:34.562 --> 06:37.117 bring us all in at the same level so that we all have a 06:37.117 --> 06:40.112 common understanding of the issues and challenges 06:40.112 --> 06:44.112 that are facing us today and in the near future. 06:44.315 --> 06:45.232 Next slide. 06:47.659 --> 06:51.002 Just for safety's sake, if there were to be a fire 06:51.002 --> 06:53.626 or emergency, you can exit through the doors you came in 06:53.626 --> 06:57.543 at the rear of this room, or out the side here, 06:58.084 --> 07:01.196 the exits marked, and then proceed outside. 07:01.196 --> 07:02.844 Wherever you see a light to the outside, 07:02.844 --> 07:05.344 that's a good direction to go. 07:05.829 --> 07:08.996 The restrooms are as listed out there, 07:09.064 --> 07:10.314 plenty of them. 07:10.411 --> 07:13.848 The breaks, when they occur in between sessions, 07:13.848 --> 07:18.015 will be just right outside the room here in the foyer. 07:18.120 --> 07:21.249 Here's a bit of a lay down you can see. 07:21.249 --> 07:23.379 I think, by now, most of you have found your way around, 07:23.379 --> 07:26.049 it is kind of a spread out facility, 07:26.049 --> 07:29.671 because it is older, it's a little more chopped up than, 07:29.671 --> 07:31.503 say for instance, the Gaylord, but I think 07:31.503 --> 07:34.428 that's part of the ambiance and the charm of the place, 07:34.428 --> 07:36.913 is that we have the old and the new mixed together, 07:36.913 --> 07:39.746 and I certainly encourage you, in your free time, 07:39.746 --> 07:42.623 to explore the property and see all 07:42.623 --> 07:45.290 the lovely things that are here. 07:46.500 --> 07:48.083 Next slide, please. 07:48.984 --> 07:51.213 Continuing education units. 07:51.213 --> 07:54.232 We introduced these last year for those of you who are 07:54.232 --> 07:56.899 still pursuing higher education. 07:57.599 --> 08:00.989 Participation in any of the sessions this week, 08:00.989 --> 08:02.730 in addition to the actual classes, 08:02.730 --> 08:05.865 will earn you continuing education units. 08:05.865 --> 08:08.373 So if you are interested in that, 08:08.373 --> 08:12.540 please contract Irv Varkonyi, at that email address. 08:12.552 --> 08:15.302 It's a simple $25 processing fee. 08:17.545 --> 08:19.681 Northern Virginia Community College has partnered with us 08:19.681 --> 08:22.049 to offer these, and if you're interested, 08:22.049 --> 08:25.632 I encourage you to take advantage of those. 08:26.484 --> 08:27.401 Next slide. 08:28.922 --> 08:31.035 Again, this year, you'll be able to ask questions 08:31.035 --> 08:34.867 from your seat with your smart phone or tablet. 08:34.867 --> 08:36.655 And if you'd not already done so, 08:36.655 --> 08:40.788 I encourage you to download the NDTA app and check it out 08:40.788 --> 08:43.574 in addition to the other features that it'll 08:43.574 --> 08:46.291 bring to you, such as maps and locating data 08:46.291 --> 08:49.374 and ability to link with other folks. 08:49.449 --> 08:52.866 As last year, retired Colonels Dan Silca, 08:52.867 --> 08:55.200 Stan Wilotz, and Ron Marcel, 08:55.816 --> 08:57.604 guys, stand up right here in front, 08:57.604 --> 08:59.020 they're gonna be fielding your questions, 08:59.020 --> 09:01.180 they're gonna be collecting them all on an iPad, 09:01.180 --> 09:05.347 and they'll be asking them of the speakers up here 09:05.406 --> 09:06.915 if you do not feel like getting up 09:06.915 --> 09:09.174 and speaking into a microphone 09:09.174 --> 09:10.345 that are placed around the room here. 09:10.345 --> 09:13.201 So you can still do it the old-fashioned way 09:13.201 --> 09:17.118 or just text your questions to the gang up here 09:17.195 --> 09:19.331 and they'll stand up and be your surrogate 09:19.331 --> 09:21.748 and ask the question for you. 09:22.280 --> 09:25.369 Armed with this information, I know you'll find the next 09:25.369 --> 09:28.369 two days informative and productive. 09:29.316 --> 09:31.754 And now I'd like to introduce our first speaker 09:31.754 --> 09:33.844 and my co-host for this meeting, 09:33.844 --> 09:36.395 General Darren W. McDew, commander 09:36.395 --> 09:39.808 US Transportation Command to make opening comments. 09:39.808 --> 09:41.248 General McDew is a graduate of 09:41.248 --> 09:43.245 Virginia Military Institute. 09:43.245 --> 09:45.822 He had racked up over 3,300 flying hours 09:45.822 --> 09:48.748 in various types of military aircraft. 09:48.748 --> 09:52.765 General McDew assumed command of US Transportation Command 09:52.765 --> 09:56.682 in August of last year just before our seminar, 09:56.736 --> 09:58.733 and he has proven himself to be a strong backer 09:58.733 --> 10:01.983 of NDTA and a very articulate proponent 10:02.448 --> 10:04.491 for the need for strong transportation 10:04.491 --> 10:06.349 and logistics enterprise, 10:06.349 --> 10:09.321 his oft-referred to fourth component. 10:09.321 --> 10:12.618 And General, your fourth component is assembled, sir. 10:12.618 --> 10:14.592 Please join me in welcoming our commander, 10:14.592 --> 10:16.078 General Darren McDew. 10:16.078 --> 10:18.328 (applause) 10:27.087 --> 10:28.670 - So I am typically 10:29.313 --> 10:32.813 not all that nervous anymore when I speak. 10:33.052 --> 10:34.538 I've done this a few times. 10:34.538 --> 10:37.666 I've realized over time I'm not gonna get any better at it. 10:37.666 --> 10:40.754 So that takes the nerves down quite a bit. 10:40.754 --> 10:42.612 However, in this case, I'm gonna be talking 10:42.612 --> 10:44.748 about some topics where the audience 10:44.748 --> 10:47.210 knows a lot more about it than I do. 10:47.210 --> 10:49.973 And as I was listening to that introduction, 10:49.973 --> 10:53.061 which was quite gracious, I realized that there are a few 10:53.061 --> 10:57.144 people in the audience that don't buy much of it. 10:57.194 --> 10:58.982 There's actually one that's not impressed at all. 10:58.982 --> 11:03.149 General Handy, eventually (laughs) 11:04.139 --> 11:07.482 you'll have to give me something. (laughing) 11:07.482 --> 11:09.886 It is great to see you again here, sir. 11:09.886 --> 11:12.753 And if you look in the dictionary, there's a couple names 11:12.753 --> 11:16.143 that stand beside four star general, it ain't Darren McDew, 11:16.143 --> 11:18.256 but one of them is John W Handy. 11:18.256 --> 11:20.748 So let me thank you all for being here and joining us. 11:20.748 --> 11:23.665 I think this is a phenomenal event. 11:23.764 --> 11:25.923 It's a wonderful opportunity to bring experts together 11:25.923 --> 11:28.090 to try to solve something. 11:28.988 --> 11:31.728 And we've got much to solve, I believe. 11:31.728 --> 11:35.696 What I have for you today is a series of thoughts, 11:35.696 --> 11:37.786 comments, not really a presentation 11:37.786 --> 11:39.202 as much as comments and thoughts. 11:39.202 --> 11:41.556 Well let me start with this one, thank you. 11:41.556 --> 11:43.893 I need to thank all the people who put this event together, 11:43.893 --> 11:46.098 but I want to start with the fourth component. 11:46.098 --> 11:48.431 If you haven't heard before, 11:49.038 --> 11:52.544 US Transportation Command has three components 11:52.544 --> 11:54.982 inside the Department of Defense. 11:54.982 --> 11:56.041 Military Sealift Command, 11:56.041 --> 11:58.718 everybody knows SDDC and Air Mobility Command. 11:58.718 --> 12:01.713 But I have dubbed you, our commercial partners, 12:01.713 --> 12:03.153 our fourth component, 12:03.153 --> 12:05.707 because I care as much about your readiness, 12:05.707 --> 12:08.958 I care as much about your viability and your capacity 12:08.958 --> 12:10.816 as I do the other three components. 12:10.816 --> 12:13.532 So it's very, very important for us as a community 12:13.532 --> 12:16.319 to think of you when we talk about 12:16.319 --> 12:19.360 the totality of US Transportation Command. 12:19.360 --> 12:21.842 I think transportation university that started, 12:21.842 --> 12:23.792 I think, last year or the year before 12:23.792 --> 12:26.209 is really a phenomenal event, 12:26.602 --> 12:27.972 so much so that I'm 12:27.972 --> 12:30.039 thinking about teaching a class next year myself. 12:30.039 --> 12:31.618 Now my problem is I don't know 12:31.618 --> 12:34.427 what I'm actually qualified to teach, 12:34.427 --> 12:37.344 but that's never stopped me before. 12:37.678 --> 12:40.023 So I'm gonna challenge some of the folks down here. 12:40.023 --> 12:42.760 Chip Jaenichen taught a class this year, 12:42.760 --> 12:45.221 so I'm gonna challenge the folks down here in the front row, 12:45.221 --> 12:47.304 you know, find something, 12:47.729 --> 12:50.579 Kurt, find something that you can do 12:50.579 --> 12:51.926 and maybe teach a class next year, 12:51.926 --> 12:55.362 I think it's that important for the future of this community 12:55.362 --> 12:59.529 and this industry for all of us to grow our successors, 13:00.262 --> 13:03.141 and I think it's very, very important. 13:03.141 --> 13:05.088 The team that put this together, Bill Flynn 13:05.088 --> 13:08.452 and, of course, Buz, what a great leadership team 13:08.452 --> 13:10.751 we have the opportunity to have. 13:10.751 --> 13:12.910 Thank you both very much for your leadership 13:12.910 --> 13:14.735 and what you've done, and the community of people 13:14.735 --> 13:16.082 who put this event together. 13:16.082 --> 13:18.149 This just doesn't happen. 13:18.149 --> 13:19.774 I can vaguely remember what it's like 13:19.774 --> 13:21.260 to put an event together. 13:21.260 --> 13:22.802 It's been a few years where I've actually before 13:22.802 --> 13:25.125 since I've actually done work like this, 13:25.125 --> 13:27.853 but it's very, very important, thank you very, very much. 13:27.853 --> 13:31.353 We've got our NDTA committee chairs who do 13:31.359 --> 13:34.282 Yeoman's work behind the scenes, all the time, 13:34.282 --> 13:37.533 between conferences to make sure that we have 13:37.533 --> 13:40.200 the right topics being addressed, and we're working 13:40.200 --> 13:42.661 on things that have value to the industry, 13:42.661 --> 13:44.496 so thank you very much. 13:44.496 --> 13:46.376 We also have a couple people that are not here. 13:46.376 --> 13:49.804 Well, one person's not here and that's Alan Estevez. 13:49.804 --> 13:52.799 Alan has not been able to make it today, 13:52.799 --> 13:56.886 and with the election, his term limits will probably be up. 13:56.886 --> 14:00.415 But what a tremendous advocate, and I have personally 14:00.415 --> 14:03.527 appreciated his role modeling and mentoring he's been 14:03.527 --> 14:05.733 doing for me for the last year plus that I've been 14:05.733 --> 14:08.237 in this job, so thank you, Alan. 14:08.237 --> 14:09.813 We'll talk about Chip Jaenichen, 14:09.813 --> 14:11.879 who has also got term limits, 14:11.879 --> 14:15.084 but what a wonderful partner he has been. 14:15.084 --> 14:16.918 You don't know, but Chip actually attends 14:16.918 --> 14:19.658 my component commanders conferences. 14:19.658 --> 14:22.205 And not just as the maritime admin but as a senior leader in 14:22.205 --> 14:25.154 industry who adds value to the things we're talking about. 14:25.154 --> 14:27.237 So thank you again, Chip. 14:28.149 --> 14:30.634 We've got dozens of military leaders. 14:30.634 --> 14:34.279 My compatriot in crime for a dozen or plus years, 14:34.279 --> 14:35.946 Andy Busch, is here. 14:37.225 --> 14:40.725 I'm always stuck next to him in a picture. 14:44.029 --> 14:47.529 And although in my mind I'm as tall as he, 14:47.953 --> 14:51.036 the picture never quite bears it out. 14:51.087 --> 14:52.434 Thanks again, Andy, for being here. 14:52.434 --> 14:55.601 And the component commanders are here, 14:55.662 --> 14:57.171 and you'll get a chance to meet all of them 14:57.171 --> 15:00.091 during the day, and they're all up here in front, smiling. 15:00.091 --> 15:02.824 And I believe three of my best partners, 15:02.824 --> 15:06.268 one, is our senior enlisted leader, Matt Caruso, 15:06.268 --> 15:08.355 our chief of staff, Dave Clarkson, 15:08.355 --> 15:11.954 and the best deputy I've ever had in my entire career, 15:11.954 --> 15:14.371 Steve Lyons, he is this close 15:14.462 --> 15:16.807 to being deputy of the quarter, he is this... 15:16.807 --> 15:19.057 (laughing) 15:21.080 --> 15:24.413 The package I put in on him last quarter 15:25.004 --> 15:27.790 almost made it, I just fell short on, I guess, 15:27.790 --> 15:29.880 apparently, the write up wasn't as good as it needed to be 15:29.880 --> 15:34.047 'cause he didn't get TCDC of the quarter, once again. 15:35.053 --> 15:38.304 Any time now, Steve, you're gonna get there. 15:38.304 --> 15:41.253 But before I go too much further, there is an icon 15:41.253 --> 15:45.003 that is noticeably absent from both ATA a few 15:45.555 --> 15:49.380 days ago and here, and that's General Cassidy. 15:49.380 --> 15:50.898 Some of you know that General Cassidy 15:50.898 --> 15:52.654 passed away back in February. 15:52.654 --> 15:54.976 We're gonna reconvene here in November 15:54.976 --> 15:58.643 at Arlington to inter him, and what an icon. 15:59.733 --> 16:01.614 29 plus years ago, he was our first 16:01.614 --> 16:03.544 US Transportation Command commander, 16:03.544 --> 16:05.167 he was the first to be dual-hatted as the 16:05.167 --> 16:07.417 TRANSCOM and AMC commander. 16:07.499 --> 16:09.171 And he is that picture when you look 16:09.171 --> 16:10.681 under four-star general. 16:10.681 --> 16:13.792 He is the role model and legend that you'd expect. 16:13.792 --> 16:16.924 An airlift legend, father of TRANSCOM, 16:16.924 --> 16:19.013 passed away in February, but his legacy and his 16:19.013 --> 16:22.798 fingerprints live on today in US Transportation Command. 16:22.798 --> 16:26.351 He's obviously gonna be remembered as a husband, a father, 16:26.351 --> 16:28.905 a grandfather, and a friend to many. 16:28.905 --> 16:31.134 And I just want to take this opportunity 16:31.134 --> 16:32.969 here to salute him, and I found this quote, 16:32.969 --> 16:35.058 at least the team found this quote. 16:35.058 --> 16:39.225 Says, "I'm lazy enough to work hard in all the right areas. 16:40.236 --> 16:42.350 "I sometimes hate to go to bed." 16:42.350 --> 16:44.509 And that was what he said after he retired, and I will say, 16:44.509 --> 16:48.509 with the nectar of the gods, rest well, General. 16:52.311 --> 16:53.811 That's a good one. 16:57.094 --> 17:00.427 So 29 years later, after General Cassidy 17:01.196 --> 17:05.363 helped stand up TRANSCOM, it's remained a busy command. 17:06.607 --> 17:09.001 The last 12 months have been just as busy as the 17:09.001 --> 17:10.501 previous 29 years. 17:11.138 --> 17:14.805 So take a look at this video and you'll see. 17:19.770 --> 17:22.744 - Chinese military has deployed an advanced 17:22.744 --> 17:24.811 surface to air missile system 17:24.811 --> 17:28.387 on one of its contested islands in the South China Sea. 17:28.387 --> 17:29.458 - We have the top stories today. 17:29.458 --> 17:32.009 As much as defense capabilities should be boosted 17:32.009 --> 17:34.540 taking into account NATO's aggressive actions 17:34.540 --> 17:36.398 as it encroaches on Russia's borders. 17:36.398 --> 17:38.441 - We saw tragic evidence today 17:38.441 --> 17:41.181 of the growing insurgency in Afghanistan. 17:41.181 --> 17:44.037 Six American service members were killed. 17:44.037 --> 17:46.336 - [Newscaster] The Americans being held hostage by Iran 17:46.336 --> 17:48.881 have just left Iranian airspace on a plane 17:48.881 --> 17:51.462 headed for Switzerland and then Germany. 17:51.462 --> 17:53.777 - The Pentagon has urged hundreds of US military families 17:53.777 --> 17:55.960 to leave Turkey amid new concerns 17:55.960 --> 17:57.887 about their safety in the country. 17:57.887 --> 18:00.581 - An attempted coup leading to chaos, death, 18:00.581 --> 18:03.998 and instability in Turkey, a key US ally. 18:04.574 --> 18:07.222 - The US and Russia are closing in on an agreement for a 18:07.222 --> 18:08.805 ceasefire in Syria. 18:09.567 --> 18:12.121 - Most residents of South Sudan's capital 18:12.121 --> 18:15.465 pinned down by gunfire and heavy explosions 18:15.465 --> 18:18.048 amid a fifth day of a shelling. 18:18.530 --> 18:20.926 - Paris has woken after its long night 18:20.926 --> 18:24.130 of unimaginable slaughter at the hands of 18:24.130 --> 18:26.213 Islamic State terrorists. 18:26.267 --> 18:28.449 - [Newscaster] And now Air Force One coming in for a landing 18:28.449 --> 18:30.742 in Havana at Jose Marti Airport. 18:30.742 --> 18:34.159 There, a historic trip by a US president. 18:34.420 --> 18:37.985 - FOX News alert the extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew 18:37.985 --> 18:42.068 is right now on a path of destruction in Florida. 18:42.145 --> 18:43.665 - ISIS is facing another battle 18:43.665 --> 18:46.533 for territory, Kurdish forces are fighting to retake 18:46.533 --> 18:48.200 villages near Mosul. 18:52.803 --> 18:53.970 - Pretty busy. 18:54.196 --> 18:57.279 What amazes me time after time is how 18:57.841 --> 19:01.255 you don't even take the time to pat yourselves on the back. 19:01.255 --> 19:03.505 That's logistics in action. 19:03.553 --> 19:05.899 That is the thing that makes us different from every other 19:05.899 --> 19:08.964 military in the world, is our ability to do those things. 19:08.964 --> 19:11.657 But we move on to the next thing quite rapidly 19:11.657 --> 19:12.679 and we never stop. 19:12.679 --> 19:15.930 So I am proud to get a chance to call myself 19:15.930 --> 19:18.786 the TRANSCOM commander, because I'm the only 19:18.786 --> 19:21.874 commander that gets thanked by all the other COCOMs 19:21.874 --> 19:24.629 Every combatant commander thanks me personally 19:24.629 --> 19:26.069 for the things that you do. 19:26.069 --> 19:29.827 So on behalf of eight COCOMs, our secretary of defense, 19:29.827 --> 19:32.332 thank you very much for making all of those things happen 19:32.332 --> 19:35.095 and doing it knowing that you'll never 19:35.095 --> 19:37.626 get in the history books by name. 19:37.626 --> 19:41.543 Nowhere that it say logistics made that happen. 19:41.919 --> 19:45.239 As a matter of fact, I think most pundits and most media 19:45.239 --> 19:47.073 try to ignore the term altogether 19:47.073 --> 19:49.442 when they're writing the story, because it's 19:49.442 --> 19:50.673 the less than sexy part. 19:50.673 --> 19:52.902 I find it pretty sexy myself, but 19:52.902 --> 19:54.365 thank you very much for doing it. 19:54.365 --> 19:57.194 I'm proud to lead TRANSCOM, and I'm amazed at what this 19:57.194 --> 20:00.329 logistics machine is capable of doing. 20:00.329 --> 20:02.047 And I remind people all the time, 20:02.047 --> 20:05.380 we don't move stuff, we provide options. 20:06.506 --> 20:08.270 The world is still troubled, 20:08.270 --> 20:10.105 and in a troubled world, there's still, 20:10.105 --> 20:12.357 no matter what the pundits say, one number 20:12.357 --> 20:14.690 everyone in the world calls. 20:15.025 --> 20:18.670 It sits on the desk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 20:18.670 --> 20:20.759 And at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 20:20.759 --> 20:23.198 the occupant of that residence 20:23.198 --> 20:25.566 knows that they've got this enterprise 20:25.566 --> 20:28.352 to provide options that nobody else can do. 20:28.352 --> 20:29.444 So thank you very much. 20:29.444 --> 20:33.111 Now I describe what we do in two basic ways. 20:33.902 --> 20:36.387 We can have an immediate force 20:36.387 --> 20:38.871 right now through our air assets 20:38.871 --> 20:41.170 or we can have that decisive force, 20:41.170 --> 20:43.817 and that decisive force is delivered 20:43.817 --> 20:45.466 by a maritime force. 20:45.466 --> 20:47.133 Take a look at this. 20:57.815 --> 21:00.482 (intense music) 23:09.078 --> 23:11.328 (applause) 23:17.042 --> 23:19.118 I was told last year that my video 23:19.118 --> 23:21.161 didn't have enough rail in it. 23:21.161 --> 23:23.411 (laughing) 23:24.722 --> 23:27.195 There's more rail in there this year, so 23:27.195 --> 23:29.612 please get off my CAG's back. 23:30.293 --> 23:32.901 There's rail in the video this year. 23:32.901 --> 23:34.654 I'm starting to decide that I know all 23:34.654 --> 23:36.727 about all the forces now. 23:36.727 --> 23:40.699 But it's to deliver an impact on the battlefield. 23:40.699 --> 23:42.092 That's what we're about. 23:42.092 --> 23:44.152 That immediate force is a deterrent value 23:44.152 --> 23:48.216 I still believe that keeps people from coming on our shores. 23:48.216 --> 23:50.259 They know that, immediately, we can get some place 23:50.259 --> 23:54.154 at the time of our choosing and deliver an impact. 23:54.154 --> 23:58.321 And an overwhelming decisive force will be right behind it. 23:58.937 --> 24:01.143 That is very, very important. 24:01.143 --> 24:03.953 And, you know, if you think about back a few years ago, 24:03.953 --> 24:06.051 whether you're sailing, on the roads, 24:06.051 --> 24:08.733 you're sailing, you're flying, you're driving on the roads, 24:08.733 --> 24:10.219 it really doesn't matter. 24:10.219 --> 24:12.982 Each of us has a personal journey that we're on. 24:12.982 --> 24:17.022 And my personal journey started about 150 years ago 24:17.022 --> 24:17.855 it seems. 24:18.485 --> 24:20.902 And the road was quite clear. 24:21.458 --> 24:23.454 Back then I was a young lieutenant 24:23.454 --> 24:26.241 in a command called Strategic Air Command. 24:26.241 --> 24:28.493 And my road, my path looked very, very clear. 24:28.493 --> 24:31.625 I would go to my first assignment in Loring, Maine. 24:31.625 --> 24:34.016 I would freeze my butt off, and then I would go 24:34.016 --> 24:37.290 onto the schoolhouse where I would teach people to fly 24:37.290 --> 24:39.707 the venerable KC-135 A Model. 24:39.818 --> 24:41.838 I would be dual-qualified in the R model. 24:41.838 --> 24:45.229 Path was clear, I would then go to SAC Headquarters 24:45.229 --> 24:46.062 in Omaha. 24:46.922 --> 24:50.637 But what's funny is that it got a little cloudy after that. 24:50.637 --> 24:53.888 My Cold War mentality, my waiting for the big one, 24:53.888 --> 24:57.305 sitting on alert in a SAC alert facility. 24:57.975 --> 25:01.388 All that changed when things went different. 25:01.388 --> 25:03.638 The Berlin Wall comes down, 25:04.453 --> 25:08.286 SAC goes away, Air Mobility Command stands up. 25:08.470 --> 25:11.094 Then I get into AMC and I'm now flying this new thing 25:11.094 --> 25:14.066 called a C-17, and back and forth we go 25:14.066 --> 25:17.317 to the desert, because Saddam Hussein rattled his saber 25:17.317 --> 25:19.453 a number of times and we responded. 25:19.453 --> 25:22.286 It seemed every Thanksgiving and every Christmas, 25:22.286 --> 25:23.369 we responded. 25:25.142 --> 25:28.045 And then the world changed altogether after 9/11 25:28.045 --> 25:29.693 when we were attacked. 25:29.693 --> 25:33.524 And the world, the road got foggier and foggier. 25:33.524 --> 25:36.941 Recent conflicts have been all about COIN 25:37.144 --> 25:39.233 and contingency operations. 25:39.233 --> 25:42.150 We have built a strong joint force, 25:42.554 --> 25:45.851 but I see there's still challenges awaiting us. 25:45.851 --> 25:47.778 The geographically isolated 25:47.778 --> 25:51.861 conflicts that we've come to know and some enjoy, 25:52.190 --> 25:55.673 this last 15 years really of sustainment operations 25:55.673 --> 25:58.090 versus deployment operations. 25:58.615 --> 26:02.782 We're organized to combat geographically isolated problems. 26:02.941 --> 26:06.862 We've got CENTCOM's AOR that you're all familiar with. 26:06.862 --> 26:09.529 But our future conflicts will be 26:10.508 --> 26:12.412 crossed those regional boundaries, 26:12.412 --> 26:15.329 they'll be trans-regional in nature 26:15.845 --> 26:19.119 and we have to think differently about it. 26:19.119 --> 26:22.702 Tomorrow's conflict, if you look at a large 26:23.601 --> 26:27.684 country East of Eastern Europe that I won't name, 26:28.988 --> 26:32.308 and let's say something starts to happen in that area 26:32.308 --> 26:34.816 of the world, you instantly involve 26:34.816 --> 26:37.566 at least five combatant commands. 26:37.718 --> 26:40.635 EUCOM of course, PACOM is impacted, 26:41.782 --> 26:45.365 STRATCOM is impacted, CYBERCOM is impacted, 26:45.543 --> 26:46.797 and it goes without saying that 26:46.797 --> 26:49.380 TRANSCOM is impacted instantly. 26:49.653 --> 26:52.403 And then what about our homeland? 26:53.113 --> 26:54.901 There's nothing around the world that will happen 26:54.901 --> 26:57.966 in the future that won't instantly have us 26:57.966 --> 27:01.008 take a look at our posture here in the homeland. 27:01.008 --> 27:03.400 The uncontested access we've always enjoyed 27:03.400 --> 27:06.817 is not something we can count on forever. 27:07.068 --> 27:09.235 We're gonna have contested 27:09.335 --> 27:13.002 strategic lines of communication everywhere. 27:13.863 --> 27:16.277 We've had a distinct technological advantage. 27:16.277 --> 27:19.482 We've been fighting these guys for the last 15 years. 27:19.482 --> 27:22.358 And they've not been without their own troubles, 27:22.358 --> 27:24.216 but that's a different fight. 27:24.216 --> 27:26.734 Then once you start talking about a peer, 27:26.734 --> 27:29.604 someone that could match us with technology, 27:29.604 --> 27:33.354 numbers, that's a different fight altogether. 27:34.070 --> 27:36.996 Our freedom of movement and the dominance that we've enjoyed 27:36.996 --> 27:40.579 in all domains: air, space, cyber, surface, 27:43.451 --> 27:45.216 we won't have that anymore. 27:45.216 --> 27:48.883 We've enjoyed pure dominance in every domain 27:50.742 --> 27:52.575 for the last 15 years. 27:53.552 --> 27:55.552 So what's got to change? 27:55.874 --> 27:58.823 One of the things we've got facing us 27:58.823 --> 28:00.573 is our own attitudes. 28:00.773 --> 28:02.190 Now let me stop for a second and tell you 28:02.190 --> 28:04.628 just a brief story if you don't mind. 28:04.628 --> 28:06.509 I'm gonna walk out here and 28:06.509 --> 28:09.592 go back, I told you about the KC-135. 28:09.759 --> 28:11.733 Now I flew that airplane about 150 years ago 28:11.733 --> 28:15.900 and it was the A model, long before the R model existed. 28:15.959 --> 28:18.709 And when I got into the airplane, 28:20.603 --> 28:23.436 really? (laughing) 28:25.502 --> 28:28.419 No, we didn't have color film then. 28:30.890 --> 28:33.629 The world was in black and white. 28:33.629 --> 28:34.712 Deal with it. 28:35.789 --> 28:38.456 And yes, those engines are real. 28:40.735 --> 28:43.243 But back in the SAC days when I got checked out 28:43.243 --> 28:46.947 in the KC-135, when I first got out to Castle Air Force Base 28:46.947 --> 28:48.755 and I was being taught how to fly the airplane, 28:48.755 --> 28:50.589 the first thing they taught me to do 28:50.589 --> 28:52.563 was to sit down in the airplane. 28:52.563 --> 28:54.049 And when I sat down in the right seat, 28:54.049 --> 28:56.632 the first thing I did was this. 28:56.766 --> 28:58.321 Any aviators in the room? 28:58.321 --> 29:00.504 What is that? What am I doing there? 29:00.504 --> 29:02.254 Putting a headset on. 29:02.292 --> 29:03.871 The second thing they taught me to do was 29:03.871 --> 29:06.538 after I did this was to do this. 29:06.541 --> 29:08.701 Anybody know what that is? 29:08.701 --> 29:10.951 I'm uncovering my left ear. 29:12.369 --> 29:13.647 So you had a headset on 29:13.647 --> 29:15.852 which was supposed to help your communication, 29:15.852 --> 29:17.664 maybe help with hearing protection. 29:17.664 --> 29:20.331 Why am I uncovering my left ear? 29:21.007 --> 29:24.212 Because the other pilot sat in the seat and did this 29:24.212 --> 29:26.000 and uncovered his right ear. 29:26.000 --> 29:26.833 Why? 29:27.114 --> 29:30.114 So that we could yell at each other. 29:31.410 --> 29:33.058 Or because back in the days, 29:33.058 --> 29:35.705 there was a little bit of problem in the 29:35.705 --> 29:38.260 KC-135 radio system, and let me, 29:38.260 --> 29:39.746 and I don't want to get too technical 'cause 29:39.746 --> 29:43.746 this front row won't be able to stay with me, so 29:43.902 --> 29:46.294 the technical aspects of what actually was going on 29:46.294 --> 29:50.461 with the radios is that the KC-135 A model radios sucked. 29:52.122 --> 29:54.351 I know that's highly technical, 29:54.351 --> 29:57.518 but suck is a maintenance term of art. 29:58.206 --> 30:01.898 And so because they were that bad, if you used 30:01.898 --> 30:04.359 the interphone, sometimes you would cut out 30:04.359 --> 30:06.867 really important transmissions, 30:06.867 --> 30:09.212 so it was better for the pilots, for a lot of things, 30:09.212 --> 30:11.929 to yell at each other across the cockpit. 30:11.929 --> 30:14.265 And I was raised that way and I thought I would probably 30:14.265 --> 30:16.755 die that way, and then one day I was moved off 30:16.755 --> 30:18.422 to another airplane. 30:18.613 --> 30:19.863 And guess what? 30:20.145 --> 30:22.467 In the six or seven airplanes I've flown since, 30:22.467 --> 30:25.217 they have a thing called hot mic. 30:25.997 --> 30:28.133 They have solid state radios, radios that actually 30:28.133 --> 30:31.300 don't cut out important transmissions. 30:31.882 --> 30:34.635 You're actually enhancing everybody's situational awareness 30:34.635 --> 30:37.212 by actually talking on the interphone. 30:37.212 --> 30:38.715 And so I'd gone off and flown those, 30:38.715 --> 30:40.944 and then I came back and when I came back 30:40.944 --> 30:43.098 to Air Mobility Command as 18th Air Force commander 30:43.098 --> 30:44.793 and I decided to checkout in the 135, 30:44.793 --> 30:46.464 I said, I'm going home. 30:46.464 --> 30:48.415 I'm going back, it's the R model, but I'm going home. 30:48.415 --> 30:50.198 And I go back out to Altus, 30:50.198 --> 30:52.799 and my young captain puts me in the airplane, 30:52.799 --> 30:55.748 and I had forgotten the lessons from 150 years prior, 30:55.748 --> 30:57.280 why should I need to know 30:57.280 --> 30:59.788 those lessons from 150 years prior? 30:59.788 --> 31:02.505 Been 20 years plus, things had to be different. 31:02.505 --> 31:04.734 So I sit down in the airplane, I'm in the left seat, 31:04.734 --> 31:08.472 and I go like this, crank up the engines, we take off. 31:08.472 --> 31:11.561 The muscle memory comes back, the young captain is shocked 31:11.561 --> 31:14.556 that the old guy can actually fly an airplane. 31:14.556 --> 31:16.367 We're flying around, I'm actually showing him things that 31:16.367 --> 31:18.527 he didn't know existed in the airplane, 'cause they had 31:18.527 --> 31:20.941 stopped teaching certain things in the airplane. 31:20.941 --> 31:23.078 But I noticed after a couple patterns, 31:23.078 --> 31:25.771 he wasn't as impressed with me as I was with myself. 31:25.771 --> 31:28.021 (laughing) 31:30.438 --> 31:32.598 He was giving me a little stink eye. 31:32.598 --> 31:35.098 You guys understand stink eye? 31:35.454 --> 31:38.454 So I'm an observant general officer, 31:38.723 --> 31:41.417 I say, captain, why are you giving me stink eye? 31:41.417 --> 31:44.417 "Sir, I'm not giving you stink eye." 31:44.714 --> 31:48.714 I said, captain, I know stink eye when I see it. 31:48.847 --> 31:51.514 That's stink eye directed at me. 31:51.727 --> 31:54.644 "Well, good sir, one simple reason. 31:55.883 --> 31:58.971 "You sat down in the seat and you didn't do that." 31:58.971 --> 31:59.888 I go, what? 32:00.295 --> 32:01.874 "Yes, you just sat down and did that. 32:01.874 --> 32:03.624 "You didn't do that." 32:04.053 --> 32:06.636 I said, you guys still do this? 32:06.979 --> 32:08.860 He goes, "Absolutely, sir. 32:08.860 --> 32:10.941 "You know, left seat, you do this, 32:10.941 --> 32:13.152 "and the right seat, you do this. 32:13.152 --> 32:14.662 "And, sir, you didn't do it. 32:14.662 --> 32:17.541 "And, you know, that's what we do in this airplane." 32:17.541 --> 32:20.188 I said, captain, why do you do that? 32:20.188 --> 32:24.105 He said, "I dunno." (laughing) 32:33.423 --> 32:36.605 How many things do we today we have no idea why? 32:36.605 --> 32:39.553 It adds no value to a discussion today. 32:39.553 --> 32:43.036 What happened was a technique had been perpetuated 32:43.036 --> 32:45.953 over years, technology had changed. 32:46.798 --> 32:50.513 The world had changed, the airplane had changed, 32:50.513 --> 32:52.742 but some things didn't change 32:52.742 --> 32:54.763 and they added little to no value 32:54.763 --> 32:57.706 and they were perpetuated over time. 32:57.706 --> 33:01.873 By the way, this is not a story about airplanes or headsets. 33:03.377 --> 33:06.071 What baggage are you carrying forward and perpetuating 33:06.071 --> 33:09.020 that add no value in tomorrow's fight? 33:09.020 --> 33:10.273 Well, I'll tell you right now 33:10.273 --> 33:12.140 that the chairman we have right now is 33:12.140 --> 33:14.534 snapping us all in a different direction. 33:14.534 --> 33:18.701 He has got us realizing that the globe isn't regional, 33:20.246 --> 33:23.032 that the fight we will face is not a regional fight, 33:23.032 --> 33:24.402 it is a global fight. 33:24.402 --> 33:27.235 Now, good for us, it's in our DNA. 33:27.676 --> 33:30.857 I love it, for a fact, when all the combatant commands 33:30.857 --> 33:34.464 love to tally how many countries are in their AOR. 33:34.464 --> 33:35.464 That's cute. 33:37.692 --> 33:41.859 There are 196 in the world, and that's what we care about. 33:42.986 --> 33:44.867 It's the globe is our AOR. 33:44.867 --> 33:46.534 So part of that DNA. 33:46.980 --> 33:48.628 Now with our current chairman, 33:48.628 --> 33:50.416 there are times when we don't get 33:50.416 --> 33:51.926 four star selections right. 33:51.926 --> 33:53.806 Now General Handy would tell you we missed on this one, 33:53.806 --> 33:55.056 that's alright. 33:57.614 --> 33:59.820 But we got the chairman right. 33:59.820 --> 34:02.955 And he is forcing us to look at things in a different way. 34:02.955 --> 34:05.532 The Marine Corps loss was the country's gain, 34:05.532 --> 34:09.294 and this global, trans-regional nature of war, 34:09.294 --> 34:11.825 we have to consider all the disruptive influences 34:11.825 --> 34:13.636 that we're gonna face. 34:13.636 --> 34:17.584 We have got to better leverage speed, range, and flexibility 34:17.584 --> 34:19.882 that is inherent in some of the things we do, 34:19.882 --> 34:22.042 and look at how we do things smarter, 34:22.042 --> 34:26.209 and how we command and control in a different way. 34:26.407 --> 34:28.451 We need to tweak the authorities 34:28.451 --> 34:30.076 and look at some of the investments we're putting 34:30.076 --> 34:32.243 in to command and control. 34:32.816 --> 34:35.695 They do not, right now, align themselves 34:35.695 --> 34:38.862 with a global fight, with an adversary 34:39.457 --> 34:42.406 that won't wait for us and stop at the boundaries 34:42.406 --> 34:43.823 of a COCOM's AOR. 34:45.053 --> 34:47.816 I don't see one stopping at a boundary, 34:47.816 --> 34:50.370 and we have to make sure we understand that. 34:50.370 --> 34:54.537 Cyber should get much more of our attention than it does. 34:54.666 --> 34:57.313 Many of you and us are starting to talk about it. 34:57.313 --> 34:59.423 Let me tell you where we are in TRANSCOM. 34:59.423 --> 35:03.463 We've gone from cyber awareness to cyber knowledge. 35:03.463 --> 35:05.130 Now it's scaring us. 35:06.784 --> 35:07.945 If you get to knowledge, 35:07.945 --> 35:10.940 it should scare you a lot more than it does. 35:10.940 --> 35:12.960 And if you think this is an IT problem, 35:12.960 --> 35:15.127 you're in the wrong place. 35:15.700 --> 35:18.974 This is an operational issue, this is a CEO issue, 35:18.974 --> 35:21.141 this is a commander issue. 35:22.898 --> 35:25.151 Just like logistics, it's too important to be 35:25.151 --> 35:27.234 left to the logisticians. 35:28.329 --> 35:31.162 This is that important, I believe. 35:31.254 --> 35:33.205 The DOD protections that we have out there, 35:33.205 --> 35:36.107 I'm a little bit more comfortable with, but I will tell you, 35:36.107 --> 35:38.917 I'm completely uncomfortable with the information sharing 35:38.917 --> 35:42.000 that goes from the DOD infrastructure 35:42.307 --> 35:44.807 to the dot com infrastructure, 35:45.651 --> 35:47.901 and even sometimes dot gov. 35:48.205 --> 35:50.341 I am less comfortable with that information sharing, 35:50.341 --> 35:53.008 even more uncomfortable with how 35:54.544 --> 35:57.627 we're looking at some of these things 35:58.189 --> 36:00.356 through Homeland Security. 36:01.278 --> 36:03.484 Right now, FBI has the lead in this. 36:03.484 --> 36:06.084 And this is no knock on the FBI. 36:06.084 --> 36:08.035 The charter they've been given is to look at this, 36:08.035 --> 36:10.868 sometimes it's a commercial issue. 36:11.541 --> 36:15.001 But for me, it's a war fighting capacity issue. 36:15.001 --> 36:17.926 Not your commercial viability I'm concerned with, 36:17.926 --> 36:21.177 it's your war fighting capacity, and we've got to look 36:21.177 --> 36:23.760 very, very differently at this. 36:24.219 --> 36:25.798 Some people believe that 36:25.798 --> 36:29.465 when it gets really bad we can simply unplug 36:29.490 --> 36:33.657 and start over, it's grease pencils and clip boards. 36:34.295 --> 36:38.221 I don't think that's an option in every one of our cases. 36:38.221 --> 36:41.262 We had, recently, some issues with some of the 36:41.262 --> 36:43.933 airline industry, and there was a mechanical issue that 36:43.933 --> 36:48.100 caused a company to have to go back to manual reservations. 36:50.156 --> 36:54.150 Can you imagine going completely manual in your company? 36:54.150 --> 36:56.567 In how you run your business? 36:56.611 --> 36:58.278 They got through it. 36:59.026 --> 37:02.044 But sometimes we look at that as a commercial issue. 37:02.044 --> 37:04.794 If I'd had to activate the craft, 37:05.342 --> 37:08.759 it's no longer just commercial viability. 37:09.080 --> 37:10.729 And was it truly mechanical? 37:10.729 --> 37:13.860 I won't doubt anybody's veracity, what I'm saying is, 37:13.860 --> 37:16.027 not every one of these is, 37:16.345 --> 37:19.678 and we've got to look at it differently. 37:19.990 --> 37:21.473 The business environment changes 37:21.473 --> 37:24.396 we're also facing is another challenge. 37:24.396 --> 37:26.579 And you know it better than I. 37:26.579 --> 37:29.829 We've got shortages across the spectrum 37:29.829 --> 37:32.079 when it comes to man power. 37:32.453 --> 37:35.890 And that man power shortage is not just because 37:35.890 --> 37:37.678 of what technology may or may not be doing 37:37.678 --> 37:40.116 or whether we're behind, but it is 37:40.116 --> 37:42.899 literally getting after, will we have the right people 37:42.899 --> 37:45.430 for the right job going into the future? 37:45.430 --> 37:47.513 And in the right numbers? 37:47.799 --> 37:48.797 I'm concerned. 37:48.797 --> 37:51.026 You see the numbers like I do. 37:51.026 --> 37:53.412 But I'm not sure every industry at every company 37:53.412 --> 37:55.432 is looking at it the same way. 37:55.432 --> 37:57.522 Emerging technologies are also 37:57.522 --> 37:59.635 creating, potentially, cyber vulnerabilities. 37:59.635 --> 38:03.025 So if we fix the problem we have with man power 38:03.025 --> 38:06.206 with technology, and we have more of a connected 38:06.206 --> 38:08.992 internet of things, well then what? 38:08.992 --> 38:11.848 If you're not baking cyber security into every one of those 38:11.848 --> 38:13.975 thought processes in every process, 38:13.975 --> 38:17.412 we got more issues that we're baking in to what we do. 38:17.412 --> 38:19.545 However, we have to use autonomy. 38:19.545 --> 38:22.355 Artificial intelligence, we have to use them. 38:22.355 --> 38:25.095 Big data analytics are something we have to do. 38:25.095 --> 38:27.512 Our adversaries are going to. 38:27.742 --> 38:29.742 And we will have to win. 38:30.412 --> 38:32.850 But we've got to get ahead of them, 38:32.850 --> 38:35.520 not matching them is no longer good enough, 38:35.520 --> 38:38.516 we've got to stay ahead of them in these. 38:38.516 --> 38:41.070 And we've got to find ways to challenge the way we think 38:41.070 --> 38:43.737 about all of these new concepts. 38:45.087 --> 38:49.254 You can't just put your headset on the way you were taught. 38:51.054 --> 38:54.221 Maybe you don't need a headset at all. 38:54.328 --> 38:56.581 Now let's talk about something we may be all 38:56.581 --> 38:58.044 a little bit more familiar with. 38:58.044 --> 39:00.461 And I found these statements. 39:01.689 --> 39:04.174 The American public is tired an eager to move on 39:04.174 --> 39:06.490 after recent wars and is weary of engaging 39:06.490 --> 39:08.765 in another conflict around the world. 39:08.765 --> 39:11.432 Our peer nations are on the rise 39:11.784 --> 39:14.129 and their capabilities are growing. 39:14.129 --> 39:17.658 Our military is not large enough nor properly equipped 39:17.658 --> 39:19.377 to meet the modern enemy. 39:19.377 --> 39:21.582 Military leaders warn of a looming conflict 39:21.582 --> 39:24.226 with emerging great powers, and our current technology 39:24.226 --> 39:26.920 and tactics are focused on winning the last war, 39:26.920 --> 39:29.822 and we know we're not ready for the next one. 39:29.822 --> 39:31.796 Our senior-most military leader goes before the 39:31.796 --> 39:33.646 Senate Appropriations Committee 39:33.646 --> 39:37.008 seeking to restore funds from the house, and says, 39:37.008 --> 39:39.398 "I hope you will agree with me when I say that 39:39.398 --> 39:42.085 "further reductions in this bill will seriously 39:42.085 --> 39:44.752 "endanger the national defense." 39:45.522 --> 39:48.689 Headlines read, "People demand peace." 39:52.070 --> 39:53.320 Sound familiar? 39:54.531 --> 39:58.664 This is not the headlines today, this was 75 years ago. 39:58.664 --> 40:02.147 That quote was from General George Catlett Marshall, 40:02.147 --> 40:04.121 chief of staff of the United States Army, 40:04.121 --> 40:05.621 VMI class of 1901. 40:10.948 --> 40:14.198 With a war-weary nation looking at him, 40:16.033 --> 40:19.377 he knew what he was facing in the future, potentially, 40:19.377 --> 40:21.072 and he wasn't ready for it. 40:21.072 --> 40:23.022 He didn't focus on the things he couldn't control. 40:23.022 --> 40:24.877 He didn't focus on those things like, 40:24.877 --> 40:26.247 "I don't have enough money. 40:26.247 --> 40:27.779 "I don't have this and I don't have that." 40:27.779 --> 40:31.100 He said, "What can I do with what I have?" 40:31.100 --> 40:34.683 He put together the largest, most extensive 40:34.908 --> 40:37.764 exercise, called the Louisiana Maneuvers, 40:37.764 --> 40:40.271 known in our history and probably still to this date 40:40.271 --> 40:42.454 to get after those things in tactics 40:42.454 --> 40:44.869 and procedures that we needed to change 40:44.869 --> 40:47.539 to look at things in a different light. 40:47.539 --> 40:50.906 He also had a black book where he was able to find 40:50.906 --> 40:52.741 the leaders of tomorrow, 40:52.741 --> 40:55.225 and who could achieve the kinds of successes 40:55.225 --> 40:58.476 he thought we would need in the fight we were gonna face. 40:58.476 --> 41:01.726 It was people like Bradley, and Patton, 41:02.818 --> 41:06.985 and a young lieutenant colonel named Dwight Eisenhower. 41:07.021 --> 41:10.968 His little black book had identified those people 41:10.968 --> 41:14.968 that could make a difference, and boy, did they. 41:16.866 --> 41:19.560 I hope we're finding those folks, 41:19.560 --> 41:22.143 and I hope we have enough time. 41:23.298 --> 41:25.798 He grew that innovative force. 41:29.074 --> 41:31.657 And we benefit today from the fact that he had that 41:31.657 --> 41:32.841 thought through the interwar years. 41:32.841 --> 41:34.606 There's some debate over whether this 41:34.606 --> 41:38.689 is, in fact, the interwar years and where we are. 41:38.879 --> 41:41.386 Debate the title, don't debate the fact that we need 41:41.386 --> 41:43.453 to do some things differently. 41:43.453 --> 41:45.775 Our nation is at a crossroads, and I think it's very 41:45.775 --> 41:48.942 similar to where we were 75 years ago. 41:49.444 --> 41:51.696 Interwar or not, we're at a crossroads. 41:51.696 --> 41:55.612 And after 15 years of war, we do, in fact, have the most 41:55.612 --> 41:59.444 battle tested, battle hardened force we've ever had, 41:59.444 --> 42:02.323 but does it prepare us for the next war? 42:02.323 --> 42:04.970 We need to focus on some of the opportunities. 42:04.970 --> 42:07.387 Find new ways to do business. 42:07.594 --> 42:10.589 It was not that recent, not that long ago that I 42:10.589 --> 42:14.756 were looking at a BCT, brigade combat team, moved to Europe. 42:15.883 --> 42:19.041 And we didn't realize that we didn't remember how to 42:19.041 --> 42:20.708 do it all that well. 42:21.201 --> 42:22.640 You go, "Well, we've been at war for 15 years." 42:22.640 --> 42:25.241 Well, we've been at sustainment of the war for 15 years, 42:25.241 --> 42:28.422 not deployment of the force for 15 years. 42:28.422 --> 42:30.755 It's a different proposition 42:30.860 --> 42:33.484 and we're gonna have to realize that. 42:33.484 --> 42:35.817 Who in the world is our next 42:38.079 --> 42:40.246 Eisenhower, Jobs, Cassidy? 42:44.069 --> 42:45.254 Who's out there? 42:45.254 --> 42:47.320 Well I think that they're here. 42:47.320 --> 42:49.921 I think that they're in this audience. 42:49.921 --> 42:53.338 I walked many a mile at this small school 42:53.357 --> 42:55.264 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, 42:55.264 --> 42:56.634 called the Virginia Military Institute, 42:56.634 --> 42:58.910 and every day for four years I walked through the 42:58.910 --> 43:02.556 Stonewall Jackson Arch, and there was a simple statement 43:02.556 --> 43:05.528 up on that archway that I remember, as a matter of fact, 43:05.528 --> 43:07.107 it impacted us so much in my class, 43:07.107 --> 43:09.545 it's on the side of our rings, and on my ring it says, 43:09.545 --> 43:11.795 (mumbling) 43:12.145 --> 43:14.395 it's a bit molded over now. 43:14.697 --> 43:16.647 But you can see it more clearly on the slide here, 43:16.647 --> 43:20.814 and it says, simply, you may be whatever you resolve to be. 43:22.916 --> 43:26.376 I think we need to resolve to be better than we have been. 43:26.376 --> 43:29.627 We have to resolve to have exercises that matter. 43:29.627 --> 43:30.927 We have to resolve to make sure that 43:30.927 --> 43:34.016 we can never go into an exercise saying, 43:34.016 --> 43:36.036 "We're not gonna get anything out of it. 43:36.036 --> 43:37.313 "We can't afford it." 43:37.313 --> 43:38.915 We have to resolve to be more innovative 43:38.915 --> 43:40.665 than we've ever been. 43:40.773 --> 43:43.141 And we have to stand up and realize that we've got enemies 43:43.141 --> 43:46.485 out there that can challenge us in every domain. 43:46.485 --> 43:50.152 But don't believe all the pundits out there. 43:51.291 --> 43:53.869 We're still the strongest nation in the world. 43:53.869 --> 43:55.796 We're still the best equipped, the best trained, 43:55.796 --> 43:58.536 the best led, the best experienced 43:58.536 --> 44:01.453 ever in the history in our history. 44:02.251 --> 44:05.362 I would tell any adversary right now that chooses they might 44:05.362 --> 44:08.695 want to confront us that I'll bet on the 44:09.031 --> 44:11.214 sons and daughters and sisters and brothers 44:11.214 --> 44:14.720 that join our military and that join your force, 44:14.720 --> 44:17.228 I'll bet on them every single day. 44:17.228 --> 44:19.294 But we've got to give them better 44:19.294 --> 44:20.757 than we've been giving them 44:20.757 --> 44:23.149 for the last 15 years, and it's been good 44:23.149 --> 44:25.007 but it won't be good enough. 44:25.007 --> 44:26.840 And you're the answer. 44:27.654 --> 44:30.237 Forums like this is the answer. 44:30.626 --> 44:32.876 Solutions are in this room. 44:33.551 --> 44:36.291 I believe the future is, in fact, bright, 44:36.291 --> 44:39.655 and I know you're gonna take us down the right road. 44:39.655 --> 44:42.465 I'm absolutely convinced it and I'm looking forward 44:42.465 --> 44:44.764 to being there with you as we travel down this road. 44:44.764 --> 44:46.426 Thank you very much and let's have a good conference. 44:46.426 --> 44:48.676 (applause) 44:59.383 --> 45:01.466 I know I went over a bit. 45:02.727 --> 45:04.050 I thought it was pretty subtle for Buz 45:04.050 --> 45:06.967 to put a clap right in front of me. 45:09.462 --> 45:10.795 If I can get the component commanders 45:10.795 --> 45:13.628 to come up here for just a second. 45:23.171 --> 45:26.838 If my tall brother wants to join us as well. 45:32.273 --> 45:35.106 And if Dr. Jaenichen will come up. 45:38.009 --> 45:41.863 We talk about partnering and all those kinds of things, and 45:41.863 --> 45:45.946 not every marriage is wonderful every single day, 45:47.181 --> 45:50.014 but in the long run it's worth it. 45:50.246 --> 45:52.312 And this has been a partnership that I think has been 45:52.312 --> 45:55.395 exceptionally good for our community. 45:55.865 --> 45:57.865 Hey you, you, down here. 45:59.998 --> 46:02.645 That's not really often I can do that. 46:02.645 --> 46:05.571 And just on behalf of all of us, we want to say 46:05.571 --> 46:08.264 thank you very much for being an exceptional partner. 46:08.264 --> 46:10.238 We are going to miss you. 46:10.238 --> 46:13.854 The fact that you're one of us is even helpful. 46:13.854 --> 46:16.431 You've understood us, you've been a strong advocate 46:16.431 --> 46:18.739 and a more powerful friend and ally, 46:18.739 --> 46:21.258 and we've got a couple things for you. 46:21.258 --> 46:24.758 First, this, I think you're gonna like it. 46:25.644 --> 46:27.362 Yeah. (laughs) 46:27.362 --> 46:28.907 Thank you very much. 46:28.907 --> 46:30.006 And I think each one of those guys 46:30.006 --> 46:32.173 has something for you too. 46:45.935 --> 46:47.114 Ladies and Gentlemen, Chip Jaenichen. 46:47.114 --> 46:49.364 (applause) 47:04.232 --> 47:07.506 - Now the components are welcome to stay or 47:07.506 --> 47:11.012 move around a little bit while I talk a little bit. 47:11.012 --> 47:13.799 As they are kind of getting organized and into place, 47:13.799 --> 47:16.399 I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge our next 47:16.399 --> 47:20.566 generation of logisticians and transportation professionals 47:20.625 --> 47:23.249 who are here with us this morning. 47:23.249 --> 47:26.779 We'd like to recognize, in particular, some 47:26.779 --> 47:29.472 new potential partners with NDTA. 47:29.472 --> 47:31.305 We're reaching out new 47:32.093 --> 47:35.181 emphasis to try and bring in and partner with 47:35.181 --> 47:37.619 universities that have logistics and 47:37.619 --> 47:40.220 transportation in their curriculums. 47:40.220 --> 47:43.076 We have a few with us here this morning. 47:43.076 --> 47:47.070 We have some students and faculty from St. Louis University 47:47.070 --> 47:49.113 and the University of Kansas. 47:49.113 --> 47:52.457 And we also have six outstanding young Americans, 47:52.457 --> 47:54.868 midshipmen from the US Merchant Marine Academy 47:54.868 --> 47:56.029 at Kings Point, 47:56.029 --> 47:59.536 who traveled here to participate with our meeting this week. 47:59.536 --> 48:01.649 Would all of our students that are here in the auditorium 48:01.649 --> 48:04.232 please stand and be recognized. 48:06.148 --> 48:08.398 (applause) 48:15.929 --> 48:17.762 Thanks for being here. 48:17.833 --> 48:21.130 Now please to welcome our first round table of the meeting, 48:21.130 --> 48:23.266 and it's been a few years since we've asked all three 48:23.266 --> 48:25.821 TRANSCOM military component commanders 48:25.821 --> 48:27.818 to share their perspectives 48:27.818 --> 48:30.441 on their particular part of the enterprise. 48:30.441 --> 48:33.403 And we have two new commanders who are recently 48:33.403 --> 48:35.411 just taken over their duties. 48:35.411 --> 48:37.477 Joining them on stage this morning 48:37.477 --> 48:38.914 for the discussion is the director of the 48:38.914 --> 48:41.886 Defense Logistics Agency, a key partner 48:41.886 --> 48:44.510 in a joint logistics enterprise. 48:44.510 --> 48:46.808 Our moderator is none other than General McDew's 48:46.808 --> 48:49.086 stalwart deputy, keeper of the flame, 48:49.086 --> 48:52.086 and runner-up deputy of the quarter, 48:52.244 --> 48:54.217 Lieutenant General Steve Lyons. 48:54.217 --> 48:57.552 A listing of the panelists is on this next slide. 48:57.552 --> 49:00.878 I'll let General Lyons and his round table get right to it. 49:00.878 --> 49:02.710 Let's welcome him to the meeting, please. 49:02.710 --> 49:04.960 (applause) 49:11.812 --> 49:14.250 - Well, good morning, you know it's always tough 49:14.250 --> 49:18.417 to follow your keynote, particularly when it's your boss. 49:18.592 --> 49:22.052 And I've pretty much resolved myself that... 49:22.052 --> 49:24.635 Whoops, I'm making a mess here. 49:28.135 --> 49:29.635 That I may only be 49:31.125 --> 49:34.042 one of one for TCDC of the quarter. 49:35.046 --> 49:37.786 Which one it is, top or bottom, is yet to be determined 49:37.786 --> 49:39.286 so I'll let the... 49:39.872 --> 49:41.985 Well it's a great crowd, I'll tell you I'm really impressed. 49:41.985 --> 49:45.068 And I want to start by thanking NDTA, 49:45.445 --> 49:48.324 Buz, Bill Flynn, your chairmanship, 49:48.324 --> 49:51.343 all the co-chairs that worked so hard throughout the year 49:51.343 --> 49:54.510 to bring to fruition the fall meeting. 49:54.872 --> 49:59.039 Really a great turnout of DOD and the fourth component. 50:00.372 --> 50:03.020 How about a round of applause for NDTA for 50:03.020 --> 50:07.187 all the work that they do. (applause) 50:11.936 --> 50:15.393 I also acknowledge, you know, as the boss talks about the 50:15.393 --> 50:17.622 fourth component, and I think it's just a great 50:17.622 --> 50:21.476 characterization of our partnership with industry, 50:21.476 --> 50:25.168 there are significant divergent interests in the room 50:25.168 --> 50:27.751 across the business enterprise. 50:28.001 --> 50:31.531 But it's never lost on any of us at TRANSCOM 50:31.531 --> 50:34.642 that every one of you business partners come together 50:34.642 --> 50:37.392 for these forums for one purpose, 50:37.661 --> 50:40.888 and that's the purpose of national defense. 50:40.888 --> 50:43.953 And you have proven yourself over and over 50:43.953 --> 50:47.436 and over again, and so for that I just want to say 50:47.436 --> 50:50.292 to the fourth component, to our industry partners, 50:50.292 --> 50:52.823 thanks for all you do, and a round of applause 50:52.823 --> 50:54.527 for industry partners as well, please. 50:54.527 --> 50:56.777 (applause) 51:02.155 --> 51:05.096 Now if you could go to the first slide. 51:05.096 --> 51:07.263 I only have one, actually. 51:07.831 --> 51:08.914 Two, I guess. 51:10.159 --> 51:14.060 The boss talked considerably about the power of the 51:14.060 --> 51:17.056 joint deployment distribution enterprise. 51:17.056 --> 51:18.310 Really, a strategic advantage 51:18.310 --> 51:20.919 between the United States of America. 51:20.919 --> 51:23.752 I don't think any other nation can 51:23.938 --> 51:27.855 deliver what this great enterprise can deliver. 51:32.191 --> 51:34.503 I often use that globe like the boss does, 51:34.503 --> 51:37.054 probably 'cause the boss uses it first, 51:37.054 --> 51:39.678 but it is a good icon, I think, of the complexity 51:39.678 --> 51:42.395 of the global distribution network. 51:42.395 --> 51:46.505 And that complexity consists of both military networks 51:46.505 --> 51:49.005 and commercial proxy networks, 51:49.035 --> 51:52.054 of various routes, and modes and nodes, and providers 51:52.054 --> 51:55.721 all underscored by IT and C2 infrastructure, 51:57.000 --> 51:59.484 access, regional access, all the things that it takes 51:59.484 --> 52:02.317 to make this great enterprise run. 52:03.827 --> 52:07.426 And it enables us to deliver an immediate force tonight 52:07.426 --> 52:08.772 and a decisive force when needed 52:08.772 --> 52:12.355 as the boss so eloquently pointed that out. 52:12.923 --> 52:14.618 General McDew highlighted a few of the challenges 52:14.618 --> 52:16.701 out there on the horizon. 52:17.218 --> 52:21.135 Today, we sit, I think, well postured and ready 52:21.468 --> 52:23.885 against a high-end scenarios, 52:26.808 --> 52:29.558 but, as he very well pointed out, 52:30.175 --> 52:32.033 the future isn't what it used to be 52:32.033 --> 52:34.099 and it's changing quite rapidly 52:34.099 --> 52:36.203 with great-powered competition. 52:36.203 --> 52:37.875 The need for global integrated operations 52:37.875 --> 52:40.267 and global integrated planning 52:40.267 --> 52:44.184 and continuous day-to-day gray zone operations. 52:44.748 --> 52:47.906 So it's imperative, I think, that this group, 52:47.906 --> 52:51.668 we commit ourselves to maintaining logistics overmatch 52:51.668 --> 52:53.918 as a US strategic advantage 52:55.127 --> 52:57.914 to ensure that we can support deterrents 52:57.914 --> 53:02.081 and to ensure that we have stability across the globe. 53:02.418 --> 53:05.182 Today, we have an exceptional panel 53:05.182 --> 53:07.689 of component commanders and the director of DLA. 53:07.689 --> 53:09.500 These are the leaders, the seniors leaders of 53:09.500 --> 53:13.667 the Department of Defense, that execute day in and day out 53:14.214 --> 53:17.381 across the joint logistics enterprise. 53:17.627 --> 53:19.737 And so we have an opportunity to listen to the perspectives, 53:19.737 --> 53:23.904 and we've got a creative question and answer as well. 53:24.056 --> 53:28.223 And first up is the commander of our air component, 53:28.491 --> 53:31.693 Air Mobility Command, General Dewey Everhart, 53:31.693 --> 53:33.883 responsible for providing global 53:33.883 --> 53:36.391 rapid air mobility and sustainment 53:36.391 --> 53:38.641 for America's armed forces. 53:39.758 --> 53:41.801 General Everhart has over 33 years 53:41.801 --> 53:43.530 in the mobility air forces 53:43.530 --> 53:46.247 with more than 4,000 flying hours 53:46.247 --> 53:48.997 in the C-130, the C-17, the C-21, 53:49.425 --> 53:51.375 and a number of other aircraft. 53:51.375 --> 53:53.512 He served as United States Air Force Aide 53:53.512 --> 53:55.857 to the President of the United States. 53:55.857 --> 53:59.479 He is known for his genuine caring leadership. 53:59.479 --> 54:02.475 An airman's airman as they call him. 54:02.475 --> 54:04.123 Sir, thanks for being on the panel today. 54:04.123 --> 54:06.538 Please welcome General Dewey Everhart. 54:06.538 --> 54:08.788 (applause) 54:14.874 --> 54:18.078 - So I just want to kind of give you the state 54:18.078 --> 54:20.078 of Air Mobility Command, 54:20.493 --> 54:22.003 and I can give it to you in a nutshell right now 54:22.003 --> 54:23.753 in about two seconds. 54:24.069 --> 54:26.972 Life is good at Air Mobility Command. 54:26.972 --> 54:28.055 Life is good. 54:29.085 --> 54:31.585 But it doesn't go without some 54:31.592 --> 54:34.356 challenges that we have in the future that 54:34.356 --> 54:36.356 is on my mind right now. 54:36.933 --> 54:38.860 Number one, I agree with General McDew. 54:38.860 --> 54:41.925 Thank you for what you do each and every day 54:41.925 --> 54:43.411 as a fourth component. 54:43.411 --> 54:46.616 I would tell you, Air Mobility Command cannot do its job 54:46.616 --> 54:48.450 without the industry partners. 54:48.450 --> 54:52.421 I rely on you on innovation, I rely on you to help open up 54:52.421 --> 54:55.838 new realms of possibility, and I open up, 54:55.947 --> 54:58.498 I rely on you to tell me what is 54:58.498 --> 55:01.052 I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong. 55:01.052 --> 55:03.862 In the enterprise, to be able to execute exactly 55:03.862 --> 55:07.612 the priorities that were set up for us to do. 55:09.664 --> 55:12.265 But what is going on right now that 55:12.265 --> 55:14.912 keeps me up at night, or what is driving me 55:14.912 --> 55:17.048 to take a look at the things that we're doing. 55:17.048 --> 55:18.859 The first thing that happens, 55:18.859 --> 55:21.413 if I can have the next slide please, 55:21.413 --> 55:24.664 I'd like to just go over these quickly for you 55:24.664 --> 55:26.150 in the time that I have. 55:26.150 --> 55:28.483 One, the budget constraints. 55:29.006 --> 55:31.305 As I look at modernizing our force, as I look 55:31.305 --> 55:32.814 at the things that we're trying to do 55:32.814 --> 55:34.971 in Air Mobility Command to make sure that we're staying 55:34.971 --> 55:37.989 viable and to make sure that we can meet the nation's needs, 55:37.989 --> 55:40.489 the continuous CR, as you know 55:41.280 --> 55:44.601 and can imagine, is affecting all of us. 55:44.601 --> 55:47.079 I will tell you it also affects how I modernize, 55:47.079 --> 55:48.829 it also affects how I 55:49.215 --> 55:51.298 reach into global access. 55:52.721 --> 55:56.506 I will submit to you that with the KC-46 program, 55:56.506 --> 55:58.256 it's doing very well. 55:59.618 --> 56:03.535 Some of us were on the initial cadre, the C-17, 56:03.599 --> 56:06.849 and that program was tremendously good, 56:07.709 --> 56:11.292 but it was not without its fits and starts. 56:11.587 --> 56:14.559 This program with the KC-46, I will submit to you I think 56:14.559 --> 56:17.485 is even better because of the experiences that we've had 56:17.485 --> 56:20.457 in the past and the lessons that we learned, 56:20.457 --> 56:23.707 and also because of the fixed cost buy. 56:24.866 --> 56:26.538 That's allowed us to stay where we are, 56:26.538 --> 56:28.604 it's allowed us to work with our industry partners, 56:28.604 --> 56:29.762 it allows us to work with Boeing 56:29.762 --> 56:32.618 as we bring on that airplane, but I will also tell you 56:32.618 --> 56:36.240 and submit to you that I believe that test is discovery, 56:36.240 --> 56:40.407 and at the end of discovery, we will have a better aircraft. 56:40.558 --> 56:42.833 And so we're sitting comfortably well, but then I have 56:42.833 --> 56:46.833 to turn around and ask ourselves, is 179 enough? 56:48.589 --> 56:49.756 Is 179 enough? 56:51.816 --> 56:53.117 Where you stand is where you sit, 56:53.117 --> 56:55.787 so as Air Mobility commander, I put my hat on, I say, 56:55.787 --> 56:59.954 of course 179 is not enough, give me all you can give me. 57:00.056 --> 57:03.052 And I'll tell you, our NATO partners and our world partners, 57:03.052 --> 57:06.802 anybody who uses gas, 'cause nobody kicks ass 57:06.824 --> 57:09.241 without a tank of gas, right? 57:11.701 --> 57:15.509 I will submit to you that we need more tankers. 57:15.509 --> 57:18.179 Now what I didn't say is when I need more tankers, 57:18.179 --> 57:20.524 I didn't say that I needed a stealth tanker 57:20.524 --> 57:23.473 with a laser on it to be able to get us out of dodge. 57:23.473 --> 57:25.586 I did not say, no matter what you read, 57:25.586 --> 57:28.372 what I did say is I want a leap in technology. 57:28.372 --> 57:29.766 I want to be able to leap the technology 57:29.766 --> 57:32.363 for 20 years down the road, and I want actually want 57:32.363 --> 57:34.363 to go straight to the Z. 57:35.448 --> 57:37.592 That's where I want to head, that's where I want to head 57:37.592 --> 57:41.745 as long as our budgets allow us to be able to do so. 57:41.745 --> 57:44.661 Global airspace compliance, we are sitting very good 57:44.661 --> 57:47.726 in our budget, I've got budgeteers who have done a great job 57:47.726 --> 57:50.018 in moving us in the right direction to make sure 57:50.018 --> 57:52.351 we're gonna be FAA compliant 57:53.971 --> 57:56.388 by the January 2020 timeline. 57:57.152 --> 57:59.799 We looked at industry, I asked for your help 57:59.799 --> 58:01.966 and you answered the call. 58:02.516 --> 58:04.211 You brought on and said, "Hey, we can do this 58:04.211 --> 58:05.930 "with a software program, it doesn't need 58:05.930 --> 58:07.230 "to be a hardware program." 58:07.230 --> 58:08.818 And off we went with it. 58:08.818 --> 58:10.826 We're sitting pretty well with compliance, 58:10.826 --> 58:12.913 and that's across our entire mobility fleet: 58:12.913 --> 58:16.163 tankers, airlifters, executive airlift. 58:16.393 --> 58:20.560 So we're doing pretty comfortable with that one too. 58:21.060 --> 58:22.914 What I'm not comfortable with is if we have a 58:22.914 --> 58:24.081 continuous CR. 58:24.766 --> 58:25.834 What that's gonna do and it 58:25.834 --> 58:28.338 potentially break programs apart. 58:28.338 --> 58:30.962 I have moved programs and shifted programs 58:30.962 --> 58:33.013 across the fight app so I can pay the 58:33.013 --> 58:36.846 immediate bills, but I will submit to you that 58:37.565 --> 58:41.732 any more tweaking of that, I am cutting into the bone. 58:42.464 --> 58:43.764 There's no more fat, 58:43.764 --> 58:46.226 there's no more muscle, I'm cutting into the bone. 58:46.226 --> 58:48.969 So we're watching this very closely as it comes up, and 58:48.969 --> 58:51.517 we're working hand-in-hand with congress 58:51.517 --> 58:53.882 to make sure that the budget stays viable, but, 58:53.882 --> 58:56.614 then again, allowances to shift things around, so 58:56.614 --> 58:57.864 we're okay now. 59:00.794 --> 59:02.791 We're getting ready to go into more deliberations 59:02.791 --> 59:04.945 in about three more weeks and then we'll see how 59:04.945 --> 59:07.112 we prepare out from there. 59:07.423 --> 59:08.793 The second thing I want to talk to you about 59:08.793 --> 59:11.579 is the national shortage of pilots. 59:11.579 --> 59:13.019 And I will tell you, it's just not pilots, 59:13.019 --> 59:15.317 I call it the domino effect. 59:15.317 --> 59:17.105 And that's affecting me right now. 59:17.105 --> 59:19.474 What you'll see is you'll hear and if you watch the news, 59:19.474 --> 59:21.865 they'll tell you, "Hey, there's a fighter pilot shortage, a 59:21.865 --> 59:24.129 "fighter pilot shortage, there's a fighter pilot shortage." 59:24.129 --> 59:25.893 Yes, there is a fighter pilot shortage, 59:25.893 --> 59:27.333 but I will submit to you there's also 59:27.333 --> 59:29.500 a mobility pilot shortage. 59:29.698 --> 59:32.183 There's also a maintainer pilot shortage. 59:32.183 --> 59:35.643 There's also an air traffic controller shortage. 59:35.643 --> 59:36.734 Maintainer pilot shortage. 59:36.734 --> 59:38.472 You know, maintainer shortage. 59:38.472 --> 59:40.472 There's also a potential 59:40.609 --> 59:42.878 of air medical evacuation shortage. 59:42.878 --> 59:46.047 There's also end route structure shortage. 59:46.047 --> 59:49.205 Everything that's in my portfolio, it's a domino effect. 59:49.205 --> 59:52.038 When the economy gets better, then 59:53.570 --> 59:56.728 people will sit there and go, "Do I stay in the 59:56.728 --> 59:59.073 "how I get paid in the military or do I move out?" 59:59.073 --> 01:00:02.045 It's a personal decision that they make. 01:00:02.045 --> 01:00:04.378 60% of my lift capacity 01:00:04.948 --> 01:00:08.839 and my movement capacity is in the guard and reserve. 01:00:08.839 --> 01:00:11.394 And if you look at the effect of pilots 01:00:11.394 --> 01:00:14.366 that we have right now, we are in a detriment right now 01:00:14.366 --> 01:00:16.366 of about 423-ish pilots. 01:00:18.917 --> 01:00:19.962 And you're, "How is that possible, 01:00:19.962 --> 01:00:21.956 "you're sitting pretty good." 01:00:21.956 --> 01:00:23.319 On the active duty side I am, 01:00:23.319 --> 01:00:24.942 but how did I sit pretty good? 01:00:24.942 --> 01:00:27.442 I shut down two C-17 squadrons 01:00:28.332 --> 01:00:31.665 who haven't been absorbed as pilots yet. 01:00:31.863 --> 01:00:33.472 But once this system shows it, 01:00:33.472 --> 01:00:37.555 it starts in our declining mode, so I watch this. 01:00:37.930 --> 01:00:40.646 There's something about a communicator, a cyber operator, 01:00:40.646 --> 01:00:43.646 who is qualified as a staff sergeant 01:00:45.496 --> 01:00:47.560 and then can go out to industry and make 01:00:47.560 --> 01:00:49.477 six times their salary. 01:00:51.623 --> 01:00:53.956 This is an industry shortage 01:00:55.199 --> 01:00:56.848 depending on where you stand and where you sit. 01:00:56.848 --> 01:01:00.613 At least it is for me in the military, so I watch that 01:01:00.613 --> 01:01:03.671 closely and I just don't know how to get after it. 01:01:03.671 --> 01:01:05.204 We're working with some things. 01:01:05.204 --> 01:01:08.315 Thank you so much for our airline partners 01:01:08.315 --> 01:01:09.636 and our vendors who are helping us 01:01:09.636 --> 01:01:11.441 in the commercial aviation industry 01:01:11.441 --> 01:01:13.667 for coming up with hard solutions to us 01:01:13.667 --> 01:01:16.430 that we can drive in to and talk to the 01:01:16.430 --> 01:01:18.961 chief of staff of the Air Force to get after this. 01:01:18.961 --> 01:01:21.376 Hugely, hugely important, so thank you for your 01:01:21.376 --> 01:01:24.952 contributions, and thank you for your bright ideas, 01:01:24.952 --> 01:01:26.740 your good ideas, the things that you're bringing 01:01:26.740 --> 01:01:30.740 on the table that we can collaboratively work at 01:01:31.128 --> 01:01:32.961 to solve these issues. 01:01:33.381 --> 01:01:36.492 And then the last thing that keeps me up, I worry about, 01:01:36.492 --> 01:01:37.984 is the priority of conflicts and our 01:01:37.984 --> 01:01:40.067 vital national interests. 01:01:40.875 --> 01:01:44.241 You know, as General McDew so succinctly said, 01:01:44.241 --> 01:01:46.158 "The globe is our AOR." 01:01:46.610 --> 01:01:50.116 But which part of the globe do we go to first? 01:01:50.116 --> 01:01:52.810 I think our chairman is getting after that. 01:01:52.810 --> 01:01:55.565 He's providing us with a strategy that we 01:01:55.565 --> 01:01:58.008 need to have, which I'll hopefully roll out in the next 01:01:58.008 --> 01:01:58.925 week or so. 01:01:59.279 --> 01:02:01.763 That issue is hugely important because I will tell you, 01:02:01.763 --> 01:02:05.513 we service the world in Air Mobility Command. 01:02:06.350 --> 01:02:08.915 Let me take you back to about March of 2011. 01:02:08.915 --> 01:02:10.610 You remember it was March Madness and we had 01:02:10.610 --> 01:02:12.975 Odyssey Dawn going on, we had things 01:02:12.975 --> 01:02:15.132 that were going on in Libya, we had things that are 01:02:15.132 --> 01:02:16.611 going on in the rest of the world. 01:02:16.611 --> 01:02:18.976 We had an earthquake, we had a presidential move, 01:02:18.976 --> 01:02:21.669 and I will tell you, back then in March of 2011, 01:02:21.669 --> 01:02:25.836 I had the capacity and the capability of doing that, 01:02:26.058 --> 01:02:29.975 March Madness, as it came to the perfect storm. 01:02:30.563 --> 01:02:32.490 If I was to do those missions today, 01:02:32.490 --> 01:02:35.823 I'd have to have a partial mobilization. 01:02:36.016 --> 01:02:39.766 And we're just as busy today as we were then, 01:02:40.103 --> 01:02:42.436 we just have less structure. 01:02:43.098 --> 01:02:47.265 So it's important that we do the JCS priority system, 01:02:48.067 --> 01:02:50.297 then we say, this is our number one, this is our number two, 01:02:50.297 --> 01:02:52.363 and this is our number three, get after those first, 01:02:52.363 --> 01:02:55.889 and what comes after that, we go to work constantly, 01:02:55.889 --> 01:02:58.676 General McDew's constantly working with and alongside, 01:02:58.676 --> 01:03:01.552 and the staff's working alongside the commanders, 01:03:01.552 --> 01:03:03.851 because they're saying, "Me, me, me, me, me. 01:03:03.851 --> 01:03:05.268 "I'm number one." 01:03:06.843 --> 01:03:08.515 That necessarily true? 01:03:08.515 --> 01:03:11.013 Is it STRATCOM, is it CENTCOM, is it, 01:03:11.013 --> 01:03:12.846 you name it, SOUTHCOM. 01:03:13.730 --> 01:03:15.077 So it's vitally important to what we're doing, 01:03:15.077 --> 01:03:16.447 it's vitally important, it's coming up, 01:03:16.447 --> 01:03:18.908 and those are the three things that are really 01:03:18.908 --> 01:03:21.555 on my mind and it's on my plate that keep me 01:03:21.555 --> 01:03:23.993 not awake at night but keep me constantly 01:03:23.993 --> 01:03:26.562 tweaking the rheostats to make sure we can balance out 01:03:26.562 --> 01:03:29.185 the needs and the vital national needs. 01:03:29.185 --> 01:03:30.927 So with that, I look forward to your questions, 01:03:30.927 --> 01:03:33.272 and I'd like to turn it now over back to Steve. 01:03:33.272 --> 01:03:34.689 Thank you so much. 01:03:34.689 --> 01:03:36.939 (applause) 01:03:41.678 --> 01:03:44.511 - Our second panel member today is 01:03:44.557 --> 01:03:48.014 Major General Kurt Ryan, the commander of the military 01:03:48.014 --> 01:03:49.778 Surface Deployment Distribution Command 01:03:49.778 --> 01:03:53.695 responsible for the DOD's end-to-end deployment 01:03:54.419 --> 01:03:58.178 and distribution solutions as for the joint force. 01:03:58.178 --> 01:04:00.563 That's for the ports, strategic ports management, 01:04:00.563 --> 01:04:03.280 and, from time to time, all the way to the door 01:04:03.280 --> 01:04:04.697 on the other end. 01:04:04.717 --> 01:04:08.884 He has extensive experience in the Army and the joint force, 01:04:09.082 --> 01:04:11.915 to include seven named operations, military operations, 01:04:11.915 --> 01:04:15.003 ranging from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, 01:04:15.003 --> 01:04:17.613 peace enforcement, peace keeping, and four combat tours 01:04:17.613 --> 01:04:19.598 in Afghanistan and Iraq. 01:04:19.598 --> 01:04:21.873 He comes with a war fighter focus, please welcome 01:04:21.873 --> 01:04:23.173 Major General Ryan. 01:04:23.173 --> 01:04:25.423 (applause) 01:04:29.071 --> 01:04:30.813 - Well thank you, it's great to be here, 01:04:30.813 --> 01:04:33.474 and for D, I'd just share with you 01:04:33.474 --> 01:04:34.774 the warning that you're getting the hook 01:04:34.774 --> 01:04:36.692 is your slide comes up, so 01:04:36.692 --> 01:04:39.442 I'll pay close attention to that. 01:04:40.291 --> 01:04:41.986 Again, it's wonderful to be here, 01:04:41.986 --> 01:04:43.986 my first NDTA forum, and 01:04:46.770 --> 01:04:48.833 just a super opportunity to share with me 01:04:48.833 --> 01:04:52.595 how I'm looking and thinking about the future of SDDC, 01:04:52.595 --> 01:04:55.053 the surface component commander 01:04:55.053 --> 01:04:56.303 for USTRANSCOM. 01:04:57.445 --> 01:04:59.325 I've been here for about four months and 01:04:59.325 --> 01:05:01.810 it's really been a great experience 01:05:01.810 --> 01:05:05.850 to understand how this global transportation network works 01:05:05.850 --> 01:05:10.017 and what my role is in supporting that enterprise. 01:05:10.448 --> 01:05:12.793 Our mission is pretty simple in my opinion, 01:05:12.793 --> 01:05:16.183 it's to project and sustain military national 01:05:16.183 --> 01:05:19.898 instrument of power by all modes of surface transportation 01:05:19.898 --> 01:05:23.033 to the ends of contested lines of communication 01:05:23.033 --> 01:05:27.200 and ensure that our nation wins decisively when called. 01:05:27.445 --> 01:05:31.323 And if you don't know, about 90% of what I do 01:05:31.323 --> 01:05:34.248 and what this component, the fourth component, does 01:05:34.248 --> 01:05:38.415 in support of SDDC is really to move US Army forces. 01:05:38.498 --> 01:05:42.498 That's the bulk of what our workload is in SDDC. 01:05:42.770 --> 01:05:45.742 And it's to ensure that that force is 01:05:45.742 --> 01:05:49.575 supporting the entire joint force when called. 01:05:50.363 --> 01:05:53.614 So our portfolio in SDDC is pretty broad, 01:05:53.614 --> 01:05:56.934 and many of you are represented in that portfolio today. 01:05:56.934 --> 01:06:01.101 It includes the program management for personal property. 01:06:01.253 --> 01:06:03.753 It includes serving USTRANSCOM 01:06:03.784 --> 01:06:05.549 as a synchronizer for domestic and 01:06:05.549 --> 01:06:07.798 international surface transportation. 01:06:07.798 --> 01:06:10.306 And as General Lyons said, we do 01:06:10.306 --> 01:06:13.879 serve as the single ports management worldwide, 01:06:13.879 --> 01:06:17.033 both in CONUS for strategic ports and for 01:06:17.033 --> 01:06:20.783 OCONUS ports where we open and receive force. 01:06:21.283 --> 01:06:23.999 And then we provide and engineer an analytic capability 01:06:23.999 --> 01:06:27.134 and program management for a number of national programs 01:06:27.134 --> 01:06:29.317 to include ports, highways, 01:06:29.317 --> 01:06:32.266 and our rail for national defense, and I, too, 01:06:32.266 --> 01:06:33.914 as General McDew did, added 01:06:33.914 --> 01:06:36.331 trains to my slide this year. 01:06:38.625 --> 01:06:42.792 As I think about my own organizational responsibilities, 01:06:43.083 --> 01:06:44.987 one thing is very clear, and that is 01:06:44.987 --> 01:06:49.074 the fact that SDDC's number one mission is really to 01:06:49.074 --> 01:06:51.407 support our wartime mission. 01:06:51.628 --> 01:06:55.795 And our business processes and the industry relationships 01:06:56.036 --> 01:07:00.036 that enable that support to the wartime mission, 01:07:00.425 --> 01:07:04.592 it's to move the joint force in conflict or in crisis and 01:07:04.884 --> 01:07:08.065 then sustain it for an indefinite period of time as we've 01:07:08.065 --> 01:07:10.482 seen in the COCOM of CENTCOM. 01:07:12.288 --> 01:07:14.633 And as I assess how we perform our current missions, 01:07:14.633 --> 01:07:17.559 it's very clear to me that we must take 01:07:17.559 --> 01:07:21.726 every advantage, take every advantage of practicing 01:07:21.808 --> 01:07:25.558 in peacetime what we will execute in wartime. 01:07:27.357 --> 01:07:29.940 So as General McDew reminds us, 01:07:30.701 --> 01:07:33.673 the time to fix or repair our roof is 01:07:33.673 --> 01:07:36.460 not when it's raining but when the sun is shining. 01:07:36.460 --> 01:07:38.953 And that's how I'm taking approach to this command, is 01:07:38.953 --> 01:07:41.820 working on the roof, building deployment readiness 01:07:41.820 --> 01:07:45.234 back into our army, the 90% of the force that is 01:07:45.234 --> 01:07:49.088 the decisive force for land combat that requires a need 01:07:49.088 --> 01:07:51.557 to be able to project it very rapidly 01:07:51.557 --> 01:07:54.158 anywhere in the world to the end of these 01:07:54.158 --> 01:07:55.899 contested lines of communication. 01:07:55.899 --> 01:08:00.066 We must practice to be ready to operate at the speed of war, 01:08:01.333 --> 01:08:04.468 ready to deliver that joint force and the configuration 01:08:04.468 --> 01:08:07.288 that can come off of the deployment platforms 01:08:07.288 --> 01:08:09.538 and ready to fight tonight. 01:08:09.650 --> 01:08:11.717 So as I assess this command 01:08:11.717 --> 01:08:14.596 after assuming it back in June, I've made 01:08:14.596 --> 01:08:16.245 two very important observations. 01:08:16.245 --> 01:08:19.797 First and foremost, that the men and women of SDDC, 01:08:19.797 --> 01:08:23.350 and together with you in this audience, the industries, 01:08:23.350 --> 01:08:25.672 are executing our daily sustainment mission 01:08:25.672 --> 01:08:27.255 exceptionally well. 01:08:27.390 --> 01:08:30.873 After nearly two and a half decades of conflict, we have 01:08:30.873 --> 01:08:33.288 strengthened our relationships and I truly believe that 01:08:33.288 --> 01:08:37.372 we are fundamentally very trustworthy of each other. 01:08:37.372 --> 01:08:40.112 And then second, I fundamentally believe that 01:08:40.112 --> 01:08:42.643 our skills have atrophied in a number of areas, 01:08:42.643 --> 01:08:46.226 particularly in our ability and the mindset 01:08:46.358 --> 01:08:49.493 to deploy rapidly, to project national power, 01:08:49.493 --> 01:08:52.493 to surge combat formations globally. 01:08:53.022 --> 01:08:56.319 Frankly, the last time that we did such a large deployment 01:08:56.319 --> 01:08:59.106 of such a force was in support of a large-scale 01:08:59.106 --> 01:09:03.023 decisive action combat mission in Iraq in 2003. 01:09:03.680 --> 01:09:07.604 So as I look at my own work force, only 16% 01:09:07.604 --> 01:09:11.771 of the men and women of SDDC has a frame of reference 01:09:12.202 --> 01:09:15.333 to the scale and scope of that deployment. 01:09:15.333 --> 01:09:17.443 Short notice deployment of a predominantly 01:09:17.443 --> 01:09:19.443 CONUS-based joint force. 01:09:21.335 --> 01:09:23.936 It's clear what General McDew is demands of me 01:09:23.936 --> 01:09:26.606 as an organization, is to coordinate and deliver 01:09:26.606 --> 01:09:29.926 our nation's decisive force when needed. 01:09:29.926 --> 01:09:32.272 And as General McDew described, our security environment 01:09:32.272 --> 01:09:35.058 remains very volatile and very uncertain 01:09:35.058 --> 01:09:37.334 and it demands a state of readiness 01:09:37.334 --> 01:09:39.052 that affords us the ability to 01:09:39.052 --> 01:09:41.536 project power globally in support of 01:09:41.536 --> 01:09:44.346 not one COCOM but multiple COCOMs, 01:09:44.346 --> 01:09:47.263 and to support them simultaneously. 01:09:47.426 --> 01:09:50.700 And those threats can emerge very quickly. 01:09:50.700 --> 01:09:54.044 They can emerge in Europe, they can emerge 01:09:54.044 --> 01:09:56.784 across the Pacific, they can emerge 01:09:56.784 --> 01:10:00.507 in the middle of Easter on the African continent. 01:10:00.507 --> 01:10:03.850 Threats that can change the very security 01:10:03.850 --> 01:10:06.799 nature environment in those regions. 01:10:06.799 --> 01:10:10.305 So as I think about the future, how do we prepare 01:10:10.305 --> 01:10:12.055 for that environment? 01:10:12.976 --> 01:10:16.621 Well, SDDC recently released its Ready Campaign, 01:10:16.621 --> 01:10:19.083 a three-year strategy to improve deployment, 01:10:19.083 --> 01:10:22.217 readiness, and support of the joint force. 01:10:22.217 --> 01:10:25.770 Although portions of our joint force are getting smaller, 01:10:25.770 --> 01:10:29.603 in my opinion, they're getting busier as well, 01:10:30.089 --> 01:10:32.968 and we're seeing more frequent expeditionary deployments 01:10:32.968 --> 01:10:35.429 versus the previous decade's model of 01:10:35.429 --> 01:10:37.751 rotational deployments, predominantly 01:10:37.751 --> 01:10:39.334 to a focused COCOM. 01:10:40.044 --> 01:10:41.573 We got good at that COCOM, 01:10:41.573 --> 01:10:44.573 we got extremely good at that COCOM. 01:10:45.103 --> 01:10:47.239 CONUS-based combat and support formations 01:10:47.239 --> 01:10:50.906 are now deploying on a more rotational basis 01:10:51.202 --> 01:10:54.369 to more austere areas around the world 01:10:54.855 --> 01:10:58.605 with little to no theater-provided equipment. 01:10:59.009 --> 01:11:01.075 And they're taking their real organizational equipment 01:11:01.075 --> 01:11:03.606 from their home station, from the CONUS base, 01:11:03.606 --> 01:11:06.393 and they're projecting that with them 01:11:06.393 --> 01:11:08.810 and they're taking all of it. 01:11:09.193 --> 01:11:11.094 You're probably sensing a C change in this 01:11:11.094 --> 01:11:13.323 rotational brigade deployment, 01:11:13.323 --> 01:11:15.088 processed not only to Korea 01:11:15.088 --> 01:11:17.433 but the Middle East and to Europe, 01:11:17.433 --> 01:11:19.487 or battalion-sized task forces operating 01:11:19.487 --> 01:11:22.157 throughout the pacific area of operation 01:11:22.157 --> 01:11:24.907 on the pacific pathway construct. 01:11:25.150 --> 01:11:28.447 And if you look at the future, just the next 90 days, 01:11:28.447 --> 01:11:32.530 SDDC and partnership with our commercial industry 01:11:32.580 --> 01:11:36.080 and MSC will deploy six brigades globally. 01:11:38.495 --> 01:11:40.190 Large-scale movements 01:11:40.190 --> 01:11:42.973 of a Stryker brigade out of Alaska. 01:11:42.973 --> 01:11:46.062 An infantry brigade off the islands of Hawaii. 01:11:46.062 --> 01:11:49.698 Three armored brigade combat teams from Texas, 01:11:49.698 --> 01:11:52.281 from Colorado, and from Kuwait. 01:11:53.413 --> 01:11:56.362 And then a multi-compo aviation brigade 01:11:56.362 --> 01:11:59.445 from multiple locations across CONUS. 01:12:01.656 --> 01:12:04.512 The Army will also leverage our combat training centers 01:12:04.512 --> 01:12:07.179 as I'm sure the Marine Corps is. 01:12:08.204 --> 01:12:10.201 Training centers at the National Training Center 01:12:10.201 --> 01:12:12.424 and at the Joint Readiness Training Center 01:12:12.424 --> 01:12:15.048 and the Joint Maneuver Training Center in Europe. 01:12:15.048 --> 01:12:19.215 And we don't call them the Mojave Desert of California, 01:12:19.274 --> 01:12:23.407 we call them what they are, they're contested environments. 01:12:23.407 --> 01:12:26.907 There are tropia, and there are the novia, 01:12:27.432 --> 01:12:30.334 and there are other enemies that we practice to fight, 01:12:30.334 --> 01:12:32.703 but we got to practice deploying that force 01:12:32.703 --> 01:12:36.000 into that denied or contested environment 01:12:36.000 --> 01:12:38.252 every time that we send a brigade combat team 01:12:38.252 --> 01:12:40.419 to one of those rotations. 01:12:41.686 --> 01:12:45.853 And to further test that, this year alone, we will deploy 01:12:46.051 --> 01:12:49.488 19 brigade combat teams to those training centers. 01:12:49.488 --> 01:12:52.460 And how do we look at our industry partners 01:12:52.460 --> 01:12:54.875 and practice the way we will fight, 01:12:54.875 --> 01:12:58.123 to practice the way we will have to rapidly deploy 01:12:58.123 --> 01:13:00.421 to those places at time of war, 01:13:00.421 --> 01:13:02.838 by road, by rail, and by sea. 01:13:03.719 --> 01:13:05.971 And to further test our fight tonight ability, 01:13:05.971 --> 01:13:08.525 the Army and other services are reinvigorating our 01:13:08.525 --> 01:13:11.520 emergency deployment exercise programs 01:13:11.520 --> 01:13:13.187 across the services. 01:13:14.446 --> 01:13:17.000 These are minimum notice, rapid deployment exercises 01:13:17.000 --> 01:13:19.528 to train, evaluate deployment readiness 01:13:19.528 --> 01:13:22.028 to meet contingency timelines. 01:13:22.431 --> 01:13:25.598 Practice it in peace so we win in war. 01:13:25.937 --> 01:13:28.956 They'll test unit readiness, they'll test 01:13:28.956 --> 01:13:31.524 insulation and power projection platform readiness, 01:13:31.524 --> 01:13:35.274 they'll test commercial and organic capacity, 01:13:35.796 --> 01:13:38.417 and they'll test in workload strategic sea ports. 01:13:38.417 --> 01:13:40.643 Bottom line, they will test 01:13:40.643 --> 01:13:44.726 the joint deployment and distribution enterprise. 01:13:44.869 --> 01:13:48.840 So what this means for the joint force will be that 01:13:48.840 --> 01:13:51.533 we will start practicing at the speed of war 01:13:51.533 --> 01:13:53.878 so that we truly are ready to fight tonight 01:13:53.878 --> 01:13:54.900 when the nation calls. 01:13:54.900 --> 01:13:57.126 So I encourage all of us to think about that, 01:13:57.126 --> 01:13:59.634 what that means for our organizations, 01:13:59.634 --> 01:14:02.931 to the enterprise, and to our current processes. 01:14:02.931 --> 01:14:06.832 For SDDC, I will tell you, and I can assure you that is 01:14:06.832 --> 01:14:10.207 about being committed, committed to our campaign of ready, 01:14:10.207 --> 01:14:13.624 R-E-A-D-Y, responsive to the war fighter, 01:14:15.530 --> 01:14:19.697 expeditionarian mindset, with agile business processes, 01:14:21.259 --> 01:14:22.862 that delivers readiness to the ends 01:14:22.862 --> 01:14:26.391 of contested lines of communication, and that serves as a 01:14:26.391 --> 01:14:29.808 joint partner, your partner, in the fight 01:14:30.640 --> 01:14:32.807 and defense of our nation. 01:14:33.961 --> 01:14:36.751 So as I stated in my opening comment, SDDC is focused, 01:14:36.751 --> 01:14:39.972 first and foremost, on execution of our wartime mission, 01:14:39.972 --> 01:14:42.503 and I realize that, quite frankly, we have a lot of work 01:14:42.503 --> 01:14:46.148 to do to build that deployment readiness back into our 01:14:46.148 --> 01:14:49.190 formations, to practice power projection to the level of 01:14:49.190 --> 01:14:53.357 proficiency that won't require us to perform miracles, 01:14:53.834 --> 01:14:55.668 'cause as one of my other bosses reminds me, 01:14:55.668 --> 01:14:59.709 if we're performing a miracle, we're failing our nation. 01:14:59.709 --> 01:15:02.002 So I thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today 01:15:02.002 --> 01:15:04.303 and share with you a little bit about how I'm thinking 01:15:04.303 --> 01:15:07.220 about this component of USTRANSCOM. 01:15:08.271 --> 01:15:12.438 And I close with a quote that General McDew shared. 01:15:12.682 --> 01:15:15.599 "What can we do with what we have?" 01:15:16.351 --> 01:15:17.303 Thank you very much, I look forward 01:15:17.303 --> 01:15:18.952 to engaging you the rest of the week. 01:15:18.952 --> 01:15:21.202 (applause) 01:15:28.350 --> 01:15:32.517 - Our third panel member is Rear Admiral Dee Mewbourne, 01:15:33.203 --> 01:15:35.893 commander of Military Sealift Command. 01:15:35.893 --> 01:15:38.145 He's responsible for the command and control of 01:15:38.145 --> 01:15:41.228 naval logistics and strategic sealift 01:15:41.536 --> 01:15:43.785 required operate today and deliver 01:15:43.785 --> 01:15:46.362 the decisive force when needed. 01:15:46.362 --> 01:15:50.008 He has more than 34 years as a naval aviator 01:15:50.008 --> 01:15:54.175 flying the A-6E Intruder and the AE-6 Bravo Prowler 01:15:54.209 --> 01:15:58.376 amongst other aircraft with over 3,600 total flight hours 01:15:59.225 --> 01:16:01.036 in a wide variety of aircraft 01:16:01.036 --> 01:16:04.263 and more than 1,000 arrested landings on 01:16:04.263 --> 01:16:07.263 14 different aircraft carrier decks. 01:16:07.561 --> 01:16:09.978 I dunno how you guys do that. 01:16:10.579 --> 01:16:13.412 He commanded three carrier groups. 01:16:14.154 --> 01:16:16.404 He is an impressive leader. 01:16:17.010 --> 01:16:20.052 Please welcome Rear Admiral Mewbourne. 01:16:20.052 --> 01:16:22.302 (applause) 01:16:22.789 --> 01:16:25.206 - Thanks sir, makes me blush. 01:16:27.062 --> 01:16:28.455 Hey, good morning everyone. 01:16:28.455 --> 01:16:30.405 It is really a great honor to be here. 01:16:30.405 --> 01:16:32.402 I can tell you that on the 25th of August 01:16:32.402 --> 01:16:35.467 when I took command of MSC as the 27th commander, 01:16:35.467 --> 01:16:39.634 I was in truly one of the greatest highlights of my career. 01:16:40.018 --> 01:16:43.037 As you heard though, I'm an aviator, and probably the most 01:16:43.037 --> 01:16:44.685 frequently asked question is, I've been touring 01:16:44.685 --> 01:16:46.877 the deck plates, is, you know, 01:16:46.877 --> 01:16:48.281 "Why are you here?" 01:16:48.281 --> 01:16:52.448 And I'll let you know, you know, when I figure that out. 01:16:54.057 --> 01:16:56.868 I'm absolutely, though, having a blast. 01:16:56.868 --> 01:16:58.463 When I walk the deck plates of the ships 01:16:58.463 --> 01:17:00.306 or get around on sea, you know, 01:17:00.306 --> 01:17:04.056 the men and women that serve in MSC, I can tell you that 01:17:04.056 --> 01:17:08.223 I think that Military Sealift Command is in great hands, 01:17:08.444 --> 01:17:10.627 both now and in the future. 01:17:10.627 --> 01:17:13.738 We moved here recently from Washington DC 01:17:13.738 --> 01:17:17.245 down to Northern Virginia, and in the course of that move, 01:17:17.245 --> 01:17:20.426 you know, we ended up with a lot of folks that joined 01:17:20.426 --> 01:17:22.833 Military Sealift Command for the first time. 01:17:22.833 --> 01:17:26.595 And they bring with them, you know, their ideas and 01:17:26.595 --> 01:17:29.590 positive attitudes and tons of enthusiasm. 01:17:29.590 --> 01:17:33.757 And, I tell you, MSC is just a great place to work. 01:17:34.002 --> 01:17:36.231 Because I've only been in the command about 60 days 01:17:36.231 --> 01:17:38.948 and because I also believe that one should first seek 01:17:38.948 --> 01:17:42.115 to understand before being understood, 01:17:42.779 --> 01:17:46.030 I've spent, you know, all those days just listening 01:17:46.030 --> 01:17:48.003 and learning, asking lots of questions 01:17:48.003 --> 01:17:50.372 as my staff here will tell you. 01:17:50.372 --> 01:17:52.705 It's just my way of probing. 01:17:53.228 --> 01:17:55.728 And then working on a strategy 01:17:56.734 --> 01:17:59.734 that would sort of define my tenure. 01:17:59.776 --> 01:18:03.193 So I'm half way there with that strategy. 01:18:04.188 --> 01:18:06.460 I published it just last week, that first half, 01:18:06.460 --> 01:18:08.991 and as you know, every strategy, I think, should have, 01:18:08.991 --> 01:18:10.477 really, three components. 01:18:10.477 --> 01:18:13.771 It should have the ways, the means, and the ends. 01:18:13.771 --> 01:18:16.671 And because I believe that we should start with why 01:18:16.671 --> 01:18:19.513 or you should begin with an end state in mind, 01:18:19.513 --> 01:18:22.237 I wanted to publish, first, the end state. 01:18:22.237 --> 01:18:24.237 So it's out there at our 01:18:25.604 --> 01:18:28.228 kiosk if you want to pick up a copy. 01:18:28.228 --> 01:18:30.504 It's very short, it's only four pages, 01:18:30.504 --> 01:18:33.035 but every word has, I think, great meaning, 01:18:33.035 --> 01:18:34.915 at least it does to me. 01:18:34.915 --> 01:18:36.866 And I thought I would just kind of review it with you, 01:18:36.866 --> 01:18:39.742 sort of the highlights, and then I look forward to 01:18:39.742 --> 01:18:43.909 engaging, you know, in side bars or with industry leaders 01:18:44.229 --> 01:18:47.300 and labor leaders as we've got scheduled 01:18:47.300 --> 01:18:49.180 over the next couple of days. 01:18:49.180 --> 01:18:52.060 I've been honestly looking forward, very eager, 01:18:52.060 --> 01:18:55.287 eagerly, to this conference so that I can continue my 01:18:55.287 --> 01:18:59.142 journey of discovery and so that I can learn from you what 01:18:59.142 --> 01:19:02.903 are the big issues that I need to face during my tenure. 01:19:02.903 --> 01:19:05.527 So if you get a chance to look at this, 01:19:05.527 --> 01:19:07.501 it's called The Voyage Plan. 01:19:07.501 --> 01:19:09.054 I was gonna call it The Flight Plan, 01:19:09.054 --> 01:19:11.283 but, you know, then again, you know. 01:19:11.283 --> 01:19:14.185 But The Voyage Plan, and I guess you probably are aware, 01:19:14.185 --> 01:19:18.352 right, The Voyage Plan is a real document that we, 01:19:19.221 --> 01:19:22.054 at least in the Navy, would create 01:19:22.123 --> 01:19:24.236 before we ever start a trip. 01:19:24.236 --> 01:19:26.903 We figure out where we're going, 01:19:27.439 --> 01:19:29.089 and that's always a good thing. 01:19:29.089 --> 01:19:32.967 But, and then, you know, it describes, you know, 01:19:32.967 --> 01:19:35.228 the basic path of how to get there. 01:19:35.228 --> 01:19:38.328 But mostly it focuses on the destination. 01:19:38.328 --> 01:19:41.620 And so I wanted to do the same thing as I was writing 01:19:41.620 --> 01:19:43.607 this first half of the strategy, 01:19:43.607 --> 01:19:47.023 it's to start with that end state, where are we going? 01:19:47.023 --> 01:19:51.190 And so our mission, I think, is well known within MSC, 01:19:51.458 --> 01:19:53.594 and I didn't have to do much, except 01:19:53.594 --> 01:19:57.261 I curtailed it, I guess, down to four words: 01:19:57.309 --> 01:20:00.892 to empower global warfighting capabilities. 01:20:01.152 --> 01:20:05.261 At MSC, we are all about support to the war fighter. 01:20:05.261 --> 01:20:08.463 We provide whether it's sealift or assured logistics, 01:20:08.463 --> 01:20:10.994 or whether it's specialized mission support, 01:20:10.994 --> 01:20:13.661 it's all enabled to give options 01:20:14.802 --> 01:20:17.635 to our leadership, to give our to, 01:20:18.627 --> 01:20:20.877 in part, our nation's will. 01:20:21.427 --> 01:20:24.887 So I'd wanted to remind us all, at least in MSC, 01:20:24.887 --> 01:20:27.627 that at the end of the day, it's about supporting 01:20:27.627 --> 01:20:31.319 the global war fighter, the joint war fighter. 01:20:31.319 --> 01:20:34.986 And then every organization, I think, has to 01:20:35.615 --> 01:20:37.588 have a vision or should have a vision. 01:20:37.588 --> 01:20:40.468 I guess if the leader doesn't have one, someone will, 01:20:40.468 --> 01:20:42.885 and that's maybe not so good. 01:20:43.254 --> 01:20:47.171 So I wanted to give the organization my vision. 01:20:47.271 --> 01:20:49.604 And honestly, not growing up 01:20:51.102 --> 01:20:54.852 with MSC necessarily, I had to give some time 01:20:55.932 --> 01:20:57.599 to think about that. 01:20:57.859 --> 01:21:00.276 So when you see the document, 01:21:02.155 --> 01:21:04.152 you'll see this image of the ship. 01:21:04.152 --> 01:21:07.310 It's one of ours, it's the USNS Ericsson, 01:21:07.310 --> 01:21:11.025 and it's being kind of tossed about in a storm 01:21:11.025 --> 01:21:14.435 that to me depicts the challenges of the future 01:21:14.435 --> 01:21:16.780 that General McDew talked about. 01:21:16.780 --> 01:21:19.032 And that understanding that it's not 01:21:19.032 --> 01:21:22.199 necessarily smooth sailing these days. 01:21:22.515 --> 01:21:25.508 And the ship is obviously, you know, it's being, 01:21:25.508 --> 01:21:28.248 this is an actual photograph, and you can just picture 01:21:28.248 --> 01:21:30.709 the men and women who are on board. 01:21:30.709 --> 01:21:33.147 They're extremely professional, 01:21:33.147 --> 01:21:35.632 and they're weathering the storm 01:21:35.632 --> 01:21:37.930 in order to get their mission done. 01:21:37.930 --> 01:21:39.347 They're resolute. 01:21:39.881 --> 01:21:43.387 And obviously, their ship is able to do what it needs to do, 01:21:43.387 --> 01:21:46.637 so, therefore, it's got high readiness. 01:21:49.471 --> 01:21:52.721 The other thing that I wanted to bring in there was 01:21:52.721 --> 01:21:56.888 the idea that at MSC we have got to maintain relevancy. 01:21:58.271 --> 01:22:01.800 We have got to be able to continue to change 01:22:01.800 --> 01:22:05.300 as we might need to, to adapt to the world 01:22:06.886 --> 01:22:09.370 not only today but into the future. 01:22:09.370 --> 01:22:12.453 So, ready, and relevant, and resolute 01:22:14.804 --> 01:22:18.971 are what I'd call sort of the alliteration that I use 01:22:19.494 --> 01:22:21.577 to define this end state. 01:22:22.931 --> 01:22:25.369 But on top of this image, you'll see 01:22:25.369 --> 01:22:28.079 there's these three words that I picked out 01:22:28.079 --> 01:22:30.564 that to me summarize the vision, 01:22:30.564 --> 01:22:32.564 and it's united we sail. 01:22:33.629 --> 01:22:37.796 And united was picked because I think at the end of the day, 01:22:39.700 --> 01:22:42.612 we have to have unification, we have to have 01:22:42.612 --> 01:22:44.911 unity of effort and teamwork. 01:22:44.911 --> 01:22:49.078 So we're united not only as men and women of a crew, 01:22:49.415 --> 01:22:53.582 we're united as our organization that serves one another. 01:22:55.047 --> 01:22:57.130 We're united very jointly 01:22:58.065 --> 01:23:00.875 across this global distribution enterprise. 01:23:00.875 --> 01:23:05.042 We're united with the war fighter, the joint war fighter. 01:23:05.171 --> 01:23:09.072 And we're united in our resolve to get the mission done. 01:23:09.072 --> 01:23:10.489 We shall prevail. 01:23:12.555 --> 01:23:13.805 United we sail. 01:23:16.154 --> 01:23:20.321 I also put in there a reminder about the four pillars. 01:23:20.635 --> 01:23:22.218 Now to me, a pillar 01:23:23.537 --> 01:23:27.704 it's what the entire weight of the organization rests upon. 01:23:27.923 --> 01:23:30.090 And you have to, you know, 01:23:31.197 --> 01:23:34.947 to think about the pillar that way means that 01:23:35.373 --> 01:23:37.205 I don't have a pillar that doesn't hold weight and 01:23:37.205 --> 01:23:40.200 every single one of them has to hold 01:23:40.200 --> 01:23:42.847 an amount of weight if not an equal amount, 01:23:42.847 --> 01:23:44.586 the load of the organization. 01:23:44.586 --> 01:23:47.169 And we have four pillars at MSC 01:23:47.442 --> 01:23:49.109 at least in my mind. 01:23:49.532 --> 01:23:51.615 Number one is our people. 01:23:52.179 --> 01:23:54.083 We are a people organization. 01:23:54.083 --> 01:23:57.009 I can't do anything without the great minds, 01:23:57.009 --> 01:23:59.981 the strategic talent that walk our deck plates, 01:23:59.981 --> 01:24:01.769 that serve on our ships. 01:24:01.769 --> 01:24:03.936 It's all about the people. 01:24:04.532 --> 01:24:07.197 The other thing is our platforms. 01:24:07.197 --> 01:24:11.239 We have fantastic ships, we have to care for them. 01:24:11.239 --> 01:24:15.406 We have to ensure that they're ready when the time comes. 01:24:15.651 --> 01:24:18.832 Number three is that we rely on our processes, 01:24:18.832 --> 01:24:22.999 and like each one of you, we have very important processes 01:24:23.148 --> 01:24:25.679 to our organization that makes it tick. 01:24:25.679 --> 01:24:26.956 We've got to continue to make sure 01:24:26.956 --> 01:24:28.837 that they are kept up to date, 01:24:28.837 --> 01:24:32.018 that they're cyber safe, that they would be, 01:24:32.018 --> 01:24:35.849 again, assured when the time comes to use them. 01:24:35.849 --> 01:24:40.016 And the fourth thing that we rely on is our partners. 01:24:41.492 --> 01:24:44.825 And partners, you know, there's probably 01:24:45.996 --> 01:24:48.922 too many to name individually, but categorically, 01:24:48.922 --> 01:24:52.730 it's partners in government, it's partners in industry, 01:24:52.730 --> 01:24:56.897 it's partners in labor, it's partners in academia. 01:24:57.026 --> 01:24:59.511 And we rely on those partners because 01:24:59.511 --> 01:25:03.261 MSC can't do it by ourselves and I know that. 01:25:03.458 --> 01:25:05.292 And during my tenure, one of my focuses, 01:25:05.292 --> 01:25:07.495 or I guess the focus of my efforts, 01:25:07.495 --> 01:25:09.747 will be to strengthen these four pillars 01:25:09.747 --> 01:25:11.739 and one of which I think that I'll work on, 01:25:11.739 --> 01:25:15.322 obviously, here is this pillar of partners. 01:25:16.153 --> 01:25:20.320 I gave us four strategic themes to work on during my tenure. 01:25:21.122 --> 01:25:24.149 And so the way I describe this to the staff was I said, 01:25:24.149 --> 01:25:27.316 look, if we could take all of our work 01:25:28.166 --> 01:25:30.621 and we could bin it in just four things, 01:25:30.621 --> 01:25:32.780 in four bins, what would they be? 01:25:32.780 --> 01:25:35.842 That's how I viewed it, strategic theme. 01:25:35.842 --> 01:25:39.511 And so the first theme I have is about people. 01:25:39.511 --> 01:25:41.810 As I mentioned, we're a people organization, 01:25:41.810 --> 01:25:44.457 and so we've got to continue to harness 01:25:44.457 --> 01:25:46.755 the brilliance within our work force. 01:25:46.755 --> 01:25:48.102 And I've got to make sure that we're 01:25:48.102 --> 01:25:51.539 recruiting the right people, we're developing those people, 01:25:51.539 --> 01:25:53.872 and that we're continuing to 01:25:55.463 --> 01:25:59.448 give them the opportunity to reach their highest potential. 01:25:59.448 --> 01:26:02.257 A number two bin, or strategic theme, 01:26:02.257 --> 01:26:04.231 is to do what we're doing right now, 01:26:04.231 --> 01:26:07.273 to deliver war fighting capability and to do that, 01:26:07.273 --> 01:26:11.440 continue to do that 100% of the time, to never fail 01:26:12.219 --> 01:26:16.375 and to make sure that we are focusing on doing that mission. 01:26:16.375 --> 01:26:19.625 The third is to prepare for the future, 01:26:19.786 --> 01:26:22.869 to develop the tactics that it takes, 01:26:22.920 --> 01:26:25.938 and procedures or the new hardware or software 01:26:25.938 --> 01:26:28.748 and things like that to be able to continue to do our 01:26:28.748 --> 01:26:31.810 mission into the future, and that takes a line of effort 01:26:31.810 --> 01:26:33.754 to make sure we got that right. 01:26:33.754 --> 01:26:36.186 And then fourthly, is what I call 01:26:36.186 --> 01:26:38.508 continuous improvement and innovation. 01:26:38.508 --> 01:26:41.759 And that is to ensure that the organization is 01:26:41.759 --> 01:26:45.342 not ever getting complacent, getting stale, 01:26:45.358 --> 01:26:47.819 that they never reach a point where they think 01:26:47.819 --> 01:26:49.569 that they've arrived, 01:26:49.956 --> 01:26:52.463 that because the world is changing. 01:26:52.463 --> 01:26:54.971 And in order to do that, we may consider ourselves 01:26:54.971 --> 01:26:58.587 to be a great organization just like you all do, 01:26:58.587 --> 01:27:01.792 but I challenge us to be greater each day, 01:27:01.792 --> 01:27:04.555 to continue to have this mindset where 01:27:04.555 --> 01:27:07.713 the perfect mouse trap has not been built and that 01:27:07.713 --> 01:27:10.708 through continuous improvement, through harvesting the great 01:27:10.708 --> 01:27:13.146 ideas of the workforce through innovation, 01:27:13.146 --> 01:27:15.840 we can make ourselves even better. 01:27:15.840 --> 01:27:19.507 And I close with this with just what I call, 01:27:19.926 --> 01:27:23.843 just on the back page, some guiding principles, 01:27:23.967 --> 01:27:25.987 things that I think the organization 01:27:25.987 --> 01:27:28.779 now represents and should continue to. 01:27:28.779 --> 01:27:31.136 It's already woven into the fiber, and we just got 01:27:31.136 --> 01:27:33.969 to remind our self every day about 01:27:34.128 --> 01:27:36.961 teamwork, and positive leadership, 01:27:36.984 --> 01:27:39.329 and how we stand for integrity, 01:27:39.329 --> 01:27:43.412 and how we uphold the core values of our service, 01:27:44.298 --> 01:27:47.128 how we are good stewards of the environment, 01:27:47.128 --> 01:27:49.961 and we believe in effective communications. 01:27:49.961 --> 01:27:51.818 Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. 01:27:51.818 --> 01:27:53.606 I look forward to your questions, thank you. 01:27:53.606 --> 01:27:55.856 (applause) 01:28:00.503 --> 01:28:01.849 - Thank you, Dee. 01:28:01.849 --> 01:28:03.893 Our fourth and final panelist is 01:28:03.893 --> 01:28:06.393 Lieutenant General Andy Busch. 01:28:06.563 --> 01:28:09.721 He is the director of the Defense Logistics Agency, 01:28:09.721 --> 01:28:13.804 DOD's combat support agency focused on logistics, 01:28:13.970 --> 01:28:16.037 providing the joint force critical sustainment, 01:28:16.037 --> 01:28:19.706 things like food, fuel, uniforms, medical supplies, 01:28:19.706 --> 01:28:22.623 most of our spare parts, equipment, 01:28:23.792 --> 01:28:27.150 demotorization, the whole range of activities. 01:28:27.150 --> 01:28:30.328 DLA has a workforce of more than 24,000 01:28:30.328 --> 01:28:33.495 located in 48 states and 28 countries. 01:28:34.020 --> 01:28:35.599 He's a logistician with a background 01:28:35.599 --> 01:28:36.783 in aircraft maintenance. 01:28:36.783 --> 01:28:38.850 He's certified in both project management 01:28:38.850 --> 01:28:40.930 and supply chain integration. 01:28:40.930 --> 01:28:44.135 Please welcome Lieutenant General Andy Busch. 01:28:44.135 --> 01:28:46.385 (applause) 01:28:50.566 --> 01:28:52.401 - Well, thank you and good morning. 01:28:52.401 --> 01:28:54.235 Steve, thanks for an introduction. 01:28:54.235 --> 01:28:56.046 I want to start like General McDew does, 01:28:56.046 --> 01:28:57.440 and I want to say thanks. 01:28:57.440 --> 01:29:00.342 First, I'd like to thank General McDew and Steve for 01:29:00.342 --> 01:29:03.175 inviting the director of DLA here. 01:29:03.291 --> 01:29:07.401 The relationship that we have between DLA and TRANSCOM 01:29:07.401 --> 01:29:10.068 is shaped by the principles that 01:29:10.303 --> 01:29:12.602 these two gentlemen have put in place, 01:29:12.602 --> 01:29:15.180 that we need to operate in the spirit of 01:29:15.180 --> 01:29:17.502 collaboration and cooperation. 01:29:17.502 --> 01:29:19.940 And that has allowed me as a director 01:29:19.940 --> 01:29:23.516 to focus on areas in which we can become more tightly 01:29:23.516 --> 01:29:26.322 integrated, and there are a number of ways we're doing that 01:29:26.322 --> 01:29:27.991 that are kind of outside the scope of what 01:29:27.991 --> 01:29:31.529 the panel's about, but they're very, very important, 01:29:31.529 --> 01:29:34.887 that spirit of collaboration and cooperation 01:29:34.887 --> 01:29:37.743 has been very important to me as the director 01:29:37.743 --> 01:29:40.245 and moving the agency towards a closer integration 01:29:40.245 --> 01:29:42.842 with the combatant commander that I am most closely 01:29:42.842 --> 01:29:45.606 aligned to for all missions that we support in the nation. 01:29:45.606 --> 01:29:47.856 So thanks a lot, gentlemen. 01:29:47.951 --> 01:29:50.993 I want to just call out to Bill and Buz. 01:29:50.993 --> 01:29:54.267 Thank you very much for this forum, this is a great forum, 01:29:54.267 --> 01:29:56.914 a super event, and a really cool building to have it in. 01:29:56.914 --> 01:30:00.081 Beats the Gaylord any day of the week. 01:30:00.695 --> 01:30:03.668 So the theme for this panel was to talk about 01:30:03.668 --> 01:30:06.059 challenges to support future operations 01:30:06.059 --> 01:30:08.033 in areas of collaboration with industry, 01:30:08.033 --> 01:30:09.983 and so that's what I thought I would think about. 01:30:09.983 --> 01:30:12.723 The staff is very concerned about what I might say 01:30:12.723 --> 01:30:14.299 because I've come off a week of leave. 01:30:14.299 --> 01:30:16.250 I've forgotten everything they told me 01:30:16.250 --> 01:30:20.141 and I wrote this card up in my room last night. 01:30:20.141 --> 01:30:23.808 This is the highest risk moment in my career 01:30:24.013 --> 01:30:25.930 as the director of DLA. 01:30:26.646 --> 01:30:28.573 But I do want to focus on challenges. 01:30:28.573 --> 01:30:31.087 These are not problems, these are not 01:30:31.087 --> 01:30:33.615 things that are just crippling us, but they are challenges 01:30:33.615 --> 01:30:35.054 that we want to work on. 01:30:35.054 --> 01:30:37.778 And General McDew set the stage very well 01:30:37.778 --> 01:30:39.718 with some of the pictures that he showed, 01:30:39.718 --> 01:30:42.365 they go back 15 and 20 years, and the things that we were 01:30:42.365 --> 01:30:45.198 working on that were challenges back then 01:30:45.198 --> 01:30:47.776 and how we have responded today. 01:30:47.776 --> 01:30:49.514 The challenges I want to talk about are things 01:30:49.514 --> 01:30:53.113 that we need to work on 15, 20, 30 years in advance, 01:30:53.113 --> 01:30:56.782 and we need to work on with our fourth component partners. 01:30:56.782 --> 01:31:00.365 Now General McDew opened himself up to some 01:31:00.451 --> 01:31:02.819 ridicule by showing a younger picture of him 01:31:02.819 --> 01:31:04.736 in a very old airplane. 01:31:04.767 --> 01:31:07.135 I was gonna show a picture also, but we could not 01:31:07.135 --> 01:31:11.302 find one that did not have me with a beer in my hand. 01:31:12.784 --> 01:31:16.617 So no big pictures for me is the way it works. 01:31:18.530 --> 01:31:22.152 Steve Lyons set the stage by telling you a little bit 01:31:22.152 --> 01:31:24.822 about what DLA is, I want to reinforce that 01:31:24.822 --> 01:31:27.470 by telling you that my function as a combat 01:31:27.470 --> 01:31:30.572 support agency for logistics is to provide support 01:31:30.572 --> 01:31:33.747 through nine supply chains, the troop support areas, 01:31:33.747 --> 01:31:36.123 the class nine spare parts for aviation, 01:31:36.123 --> 01:31:39.211 land and maritime systems, and also energy. 01:31:39.211 --> 01:31:41.022 We've got the distribution network 01:31:41.022 --> 01:31:43.042 and the disposition services network 01:31:43.042 --> 01:31:45.202 that are very closely integrated to TRANSCOM 01:31:45.202 --> 01:31:46.479 and to the component commanders 01:31:46.479 --> 01:31:48.752 that you see sitting up here. 01:31:48.752 --> 01:31:51.608 I am a supporting commander to General McDew, 01:31:51.608 --> 01:31:53.210 a supporting commander. 01:31:53.210 --> 01:31:57.293 And my relationship with TRANSCOM is the tightest 01:31:58.574 --> 01:32:01.194 of any of the combatant commanders that I support, 01:32:01.194 --> 01:32:03.911 but I do do things for every one of those 01:32:03.911 --> 01:32:06.628 combatant commanders and have ongoing dialogues with them 01:32:06.628 --> 01:32:09.628 on issues that are relevant to them. 01:32:10.018 --> 01:32:12.897 So General McDew has coined the phrase, 01:32:12.897 --> 01:32:15.289 the fourth component, to speak to our industry partners 01:32:15.289 --> 01:32:16.749 that are in this room today. 01:32:16.749 --> 01:32:19.465 Now I don't have any components, but I will 01:32:19.465 --> 01:32:21.323 go off that phrase and say 01:32:21.323 --> 01:32:23.111 that's a good phrase for me to use here 01:32:23.111 --> 01:32:25.665 to talk about the fourth component 01:32:25.665 --> 01:32:29.114 and our work together and the challenges that I wanted 01:32:29.114 --> 01:32:31.364 to bring to your attention. 01:32:32.790 --> 01:32:34.851 The first challenge, and I know it's already been 01:32:34.851 --> 01:32:37.637 brought up in several classes, or at least 01:32:37.637 --> 01:32:40.656 one of the classes that we had yesterday, 01:32:40.656 --> 01:32:42.323 is cyber resiliency. 01:32:42.839 --> 01:32:46.839 This is an area in which DLA and TRANSCOM have a 01:32:47.274 --> 01:32:50.024 significant overlap of interests. 01:32:50.243 --> 01:32:53.563 We are heavily involved in identifying our key cyber terrain 01:32:53.563 --> 01:32:55.258 much like TRANSCOM is. 01:32:55.258 --> 01:32:57.371 We are identifying the risks associated 01:32:57.371 --> 01:32:59.159 with some of our industrial partners. 01:32:59.159 --> 01:33:02.015 Who do we work the most closely with? 01:33:02.015 --> 01:33:05.015 Who do we pass data to regularly and 01:33:05.127 --> 01:33:07.542 how can we protect that relationship 01:33:07.542 --> 01:33:10.042 if our system is under attack? 01:33:12.116 --> 01:33:14.972 And then in the end, what is of most concern 01:33:14.972 --> 01:33:18.432 to me as the DLA director for a different component of 01:33:18.432 --> 01:33:21.842 industry that we worked with and the NDTA members is 01:33:21.842 --> 01:33:25.183 how do I have pre-scripted mission assurance? 01:33:25.183 --> 01:33:28.085 I don't want to find myself in an environment 01:33:28.085 --> 01:33:30.311 where the defensive firewalls go up, 01:33:30.311 --> 01:33:32.610 we're not allowed to talk to the outside world, 01:33:32.610 --> 01:33:36.484 and then I have to negotiate with CYBERCOM or JFHQ-DODIN 01:33:36.484 --> 01:33:40.651 to say, how do we work with our major industrial partners? 01:33:41.546 --> 01:33:44.356 It's too late at that point, and so we are working 01:33:44.356 --> 01:33:48.334 very closely, we have a line of effort with TRANSCOM 01:33:48.334 --> 01:33:52.501 to cuish the enterprise, to recognize what I think is a 01:33:52.845 --> 01:33:55.910 relatively unique problem set for how 01:33:55.910 --> 01:33:59.184 TRANSCOM and DLA will face our industrial partners, 01:33:59.184 --> 01:34:01.994 which is somewhat different than the problem that I think 01:34:01.994 --> 01:34:04.316 the other combatant commands have which will have a 01:34:04.316 --> 01:34:08.483 very insular focus where they need to talk to one another 01:34:09.354 --> 01:34:10.806 to address the trans-regional threats 01:34:10.806 --> 01:34:12.806 that we're facing today. 01:34:14.573 --> 01:34:17.615 The second challenge that I wanted to present 01:34:17.615 --> 01:34:21.448 to the group today is one that has some unique 01:34:22.656 --> 01:34:26.051 parts, supply issues that might not necessarily 01:34:26.051 --> 01:34:29.209 resonate with the NDTA membership, and that's to talk 01:34:29.209 --> 01:34:32.367 about something that, in my opinion, is a concern, 01:34:32.367 --> 01:34:35.476 and that is the direction that product support strategies 01:34:35.476 --> 01:34:37.774 for our new weapon systems are going. 01:34:37.774 --> 01:34:39.795 And that's not focused on any one service 01:34:39.795 --> 01:34:42.000 or any one program, but this is just where 01:34:42.000 --> 01:34:45.202 I sit as the DLA director and what I am seeing 01:34:45.202 --> 01:34:47.663 for product support strategies. 01:34:47.663 --> 01:34:51.703 Gone are the days when a new weapon system is fielded 01:34:51.703 --> 01:34:55.349 and, by birthright, the supply support mission 01:34:55.349 --> 01:34:56.432 comes to DLA. 01:34:56.547 --> 01:35:00.123 Those days are gone, I'm not asking for them to return, 01:35:00.123 --> 01:35:03.676 but I think that we need to consider what is happening today 01:35:03.676 --> 01:35:06.276 in the product support strategies 01:35:06.276 --> 01:35:08.482 that I see across the department. 01:35:08.482 --> 01:35:11.152 And what I observe in the department is 01:35:11.152 --> 01:35:14.735 is that program managers and PEOs are under 01:35:15.169 --> 01:35:18.118 immense pressure to deliver on their programs 01:35:18.118 --> 01:35:21.227 from the areas of cost, schedule, and performance. 01:35:21.227 --> 01:35:24.199 What I see, as a logistician that has a responsibility 01:35:24.199 --> 01:35:27.961 for sustainment, is a lack of focus on what are we going 01:35:27.961 --> 01:35:30.538 to do when we have to field that weapon system 01:35:30.538 --> 01:35:33.998 in a JTF or a joint task force environment. 01:35:33.998 --> 01:35:37.643 Will it be good enough to have a customized and 01:35:37.643 --> 01:35:40.427 optimized solution for that weapon system 01:35:40.427 --> 01:35:43.538 when we're trying to converge many different weapon systems, 01:35:43.538 --> 01:35:45.744 including many of these new weapon systems, 01:35:45.744 --> 01:35:49.327 on a JTF commander and his or her location. 01:35:49.784 --> 01:35:52.013 And I think that that forms a problem 01:35:52.013 --> 01:35:55.473 or a challenge for us to think about, and it has a 01:35:55.473 --> 01:35:59.640 dimension that affects the NDTA, because some of those 01:36:00.001 --> 01:36:03.521 decisions that are being made don't contemplate 01:36:03.521 --> 01:36:07.688 use of the DTS in a way that we have traditionally 01:36:08.252 --> 01:36:09.419 considered it. 01:36:11.936 --> 01:36:15.039 So there is an NDTA aspect to something 01:36:15.039 --> 01:36:19.122 that I look at mostly as a supply problem but has 01:36:20.232 --> 01:36:23.482 transportation dimension to it as well. 01:36:24.725 --> 01:36:28.041 The last of the challenges that I wanted to talk about 01:36:28.041 --> 01:36:29.991 are, and to bring to your attention, 01:36:29.991 --> 01:36:32.313 is the focus on future basing. 01:36:32.313 --> 01:36:36.480 General McDew's charts, or pictures, very graphically 01:36:36.981 --> 01:36:39.442 display the environment that we've worked in 01:36:39.442 --> 01:36:42.225 over the last 34 years that we've been 01:36:42.225 --> 01:36:44.103 in the Air Force together. 01:36:44.103 --> 01:36:47.696 We came into a service that was focused on a cold war 01:36:47.696 --> 01:36:50.738 threat, and our basing reflected that. 01:36:50.738 --> 01:36:54.290 We've had 15 to 20 years where we have been 01:36:54.290 --> 01:36:58.457 in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our basing reflects that, 01:36:59.050 --> 01:37:03.091 but the trans-regional problems that he talked about 01:37:03.091 --> 01:37:06.829 in his program, or in his presentation earlier, 01:37:06.829 --> 01:37:10.916 are going to require an even different basing solution. 01:37:10.916 --> 01:37:13.308 And how are we going to do that? 01:37:13.308 --> 01:37:16.373 As the DLA director facing all of the services 01:37:16.373 --> 01:37:20.343 and all of the COCOMs, I hear a lot of different words. 01:37:20.343 --> 01:37:23.548 I hear dynamic basing, adaptive basing, 01:37:23.548 --> 01:37:25.452 distributed basing, agile basing, 01:37:25.452 --> 01:37:27.657 all of those things and everybody has thoughts about it. 01:37:27.657 --> 01:37:30.908 Everyone recognizes the challenge that we have. 01:37:30.908 --> 01:37:35.075 So in my approach to you as our industry partners, 01:37:35.784 --> 01:37:37.178 I would tell you that that's an area 01:37:37.178 --> 01:37:39.012 that we're going to need help on. 01:37:39.012 --> 01:37:42.929 We are, in DLA, working on small pilot programs 01:37:43.052 --> 01:37:45.876 either with the services, with the combatant commanders, 01:37:45.876 --> 01:37:49.376 in this case, TRANSCOM, or some on our own 01:37:50.285 --> 01:37:53.257 to try and develop concepts that will help us 01:37:53.257 --> 01:37:55.788 with this future basing problem that we have, 01:37:55.788 --> 01:37:58.110 and I think that's an area that's worth exploring 01:37:58.110 --> 01:38:00.777 in this forum, or with this body 01:38:02.545 --> 01:38:04.128 as we move forward. 01:38:04.237 --> 01:38:06.313 So those are the three challenges that I want 01:38:06.313 --> 01:38:09.292 to put out there, and I look forward, as do the others, 01:38:09.292 --> 01:38:11.031 to hearing your questions. 01:38:11.031 --> 01:38:15.031 Thank you very much. (applause) 01:38:24.449 --> 01:38:27.282 - So, since we're the first panel guys, 01:38:27.282 --> 01:38:29.511 Ron, how are we doing questions here? 01:38:29.511 --> 01:38:31.178 From the floor or... 01:38:31.452 --> 01:38:33.702 (speaking) 01:38:35.492 --> 01:38:36.696 - [Ron] If there's someone... (screeching) 01:38:36.696 --> 01:38:37.529 Sorry. 01:38:37.529 --> 01:38:39.302 If there's someone at the floor, they'll go first, 01:38:39.302 --> 01:38:40.393 but right now I don't see anybody, 01:38:40.393 --> 01:38:42.976 so I'll take one from the iPad. 01:38:44.242 --> 01:38:48.409 General McDew mentioned we needed to build better exercises. 01:38:49.220 --> 01:38:53.220 How do you get the combatant commanders to build 01:38:53.600 --> 01:38:57.157 substantive logistics play in to the exercises? 01:38:57.157 --> 01:39:00.657 And what is the role for industry in this? 01:39:01.801 --> 01:39:04.030 - Yeah, great questions, I'm probably gonna pass that off 01:39:04.030 --> 01:39:07.666 to General Ryan first off, because I know he's been doing 01:39:07.666 --> 01:39:09.657 a lot of work in that area here recently. 01:39:09.657 --> 01:39:10.777 So, Kurt, if you want to take this. 01:39:10.777 --> 01:39:11.987 - Thanks, I appreciate it. 01:39:11.987 --> 01:39:16.154 I think I'd go back to General McDew's quote of General 01:39:19.066 --> 01:39:22.816 Marshall, "What can we do with what we have?" 01:39:23.338 --> 01:39:26.403 So we already, at least as an Army component, 01:39:26.403 --> 01:39:30.153 the Army has a very robust exercise construct 01:39:30.763 --> 01:39:34.013 that we rotate our forces in and out of 01:39:34.129 --> 01:39:37.798 to exercise, so from the deployment readiness perspective, 01:39:37.798 --> 01:39:40.886 how do we leverage those every single time 01:39:40.886 --> 01:39:43.278 to use them as a deployment force projection, 01:39:43.278 --> 01:39:45.611 power projection opportunity 01:39:45.620 --> 01:39:48.914 to test our ability to do that both with 01:39:48.914 --> 01:39:51.280 commercial and organic capabilities? 01:39:51.280 --> 01:39:53.207 So the national training centers, 01:39:53.207 --> 01:39:55.363 the joint readiness training centers I discussed 01:39:55.363 --> 01:39:58.405 in my comments are platforms to do that. 01:39:58.405 --> 01:40:00.100 What we're looking at, and I've asked General McDew 01:40:00.100 --> 01:40:03.600 to help me with, is, for headquarters, for 01:40:04.301 --> 01:40:06.854 how do we practice, how do we build the right 01:40:06.854 --> 01:40:08.854 joint exercise construct 01:40:09.153 --> 01:40:11.939 to be able to exercise our headquarters 01:40:11.939 --> 01:40:14.189 in this complex business of 01:40:14.958 --> 01:40:17.977 go to war, large-scale, fight tonight 01:40:17.977 --> 01:40:22.144 scenarios in support of any combination of four plus one? 01:40:23.009 --> 01:40:25.981 And I hope in the coming year and years, 01:40:25.981 --> 01:40:28.231 we find the opportunity to build that 01:40:28.231 --> 01:40:30.576 so that we can test all of our components 01:40:30.576 --> 01:40:33.243 to include the fourth component. 01:40:33.429 --> 01:40:36.633 - [Steve] Thanks, Kurt, I appreciate that. 01:40:36.633 --> 01:40:37.860 - Steve, if I could just jump on that 01:40:37.860 --> 01:40:39.735 just for a minute if I may. - Yes, please, sure, go ahead. 01:40:39.735 --> 01:40:41.152 - You know, one of the things that we're looking at 01:40:41.152 --> 01:40:44.735 in Air Mobility Command is, in August 2017, 01:40:45.819 --> 01:40:49.986 we're gonna stand up an exercise called Mobility Guardian. 01:40:50.649 --> 01:40:52.692 And what I found out over the last 15 years is that 01:40:52.692 --> 01:40:55.548 we're really good about taking off from the East coast, 01:40:55.548 --> 01:40:58.613 getting to Germany, having a beer and a schnitzel, 01:40:58.613 --> 01:41:00.607 and then we go down the boulevard and we say 01:41:00.607 --> 01:41:03.417 hello to everything in Afghanistan, we go right back up, 01:41:03.417 --> 01:41:06.914 we stop at the deed, we go back to Germany, 01:41:06.914 --> 01:41:10.373 top off with a beer and schnitzel, and we head home. 01:41:10.373 --> 01:41:14.205 We're really good at doing that for the last 15 years, so 01:41:14.205 --> 01:41:17.571 what I found out is that, as was mentioned earlier, 01:41:17.571 --> 01:41:20.372 is that we may have lost to how we get out of town 01:41:20.372 --> 01:41:22.923 and how we load up and how we do the things we do. 01:41:22.923 --> 01:41:24.754 So to get after the exercise piece, I said, 01:41:24.754 --> 01:41:26.510 this is Mobility Guardian. 01:41:26.510 --> 01:41:28.550 We're gonna practice our fundamental core sets, 01:41:28.550 --> 01:41:30.843 and we want to do it with our joint coalition partners, 01:41:30.843 --> 01:41:33.397 and also, we're gonna do it with our international partners. 01:41:33.397 --> 01:41:35.161 And also, we want to do it internally 01:41:35.161 --> 01:41:37.318 to what the Air Force is doing 01:41:37.318 --> 01:41:40.485 as far as with our ISR, as far as with 01:41:41.079 --> 01:41:45.246 RPAs, as far as also with our fighter brothers and sisters. 01:41:46.583 --> 01:41:48.487 So what we're gonna do is do it from the ground 01:41:48.487 --> 01:41:50.437 to the air to the ground, so we're gonna 01:41:50.437 --> 01:41:53.854 generate forces, we're gonna load forces, 01:41:54.454 --> 01:41:56.866 we're gonna execute in the humanitarian relief, 01:41:56.866 --> 01:41:59.281 we're gonna do it with our commercial partners, 01:41:59.281 --> 01:42:01.589 we're gonna do it with fighters, we're gonna do it with ISR, 01:42:01.589 --> 01:42:05.006 we're gonna do it with search and rescue. 01:42:05.036 --> 01:42:06.569 And we're gonna take everything and we're gonna 01:42:06.569 --> 01:42:10.214 execute the mission, we're gonna do it with Army. 01:42:10.214 --> 01:42:13.512 If I can work in the Navy piece of it, I will, 01:42:13.512 --> 01:42:15.276 because that's vitally important because we 01:42:15.276 --> 01:42:17.357 all support each other, and then we're gonna 01:42:17.357 --> 01:42:18.857 go and execute it. 01:42:19.307 --> 01:42:21.882 We're gonna do joint forcible entries, we're gonna do 01:42:21.882 --> 01:42:24.084 where we bring in our forces in the back of airplane, 01:42:24.084 --> 01:42:26.151 download them in the back of airplane where they 01:42:26.151 --> 01:42:27.818 can shoot and scoot. 01:42:28.185 --> 01:42:30.507 And then at the end of it, after the end of two weeks, 01:42:30.507 --> 01:42:32.292 we're gonna scoop it all up and we're gonna say, 01:42:32.292 --> 01:42:35.481 how do we redistribute and how do we redeploy? 01:42:35.481 --> 01:42:37.501 So not only how we got in the town, but how do we get 01:42:37.501 --> 01:42:39.704 out of town, because a lot of times it's just kind of, 01:42:39.704 --> 01:42:43.024 in my humble opinion, it's just kind of blown off. 01:42:43.024 --> 01:42:45.436 What we call the C day, I don't know, we're going 01:42:45.436 --> 01:42:47.328 right into D, we're gonna pull the trigger. 01:42:47.328 --> 01:42:49.464 Well how did you get there? 01:42:49.464 --> 01:42:51.107 Do you have the tents, the supplies? 01:42:51.107 --> 01:42:54.590 Did you have everything you needed to execute that arm 01:42:54.590 --> 01:42:56.145 before it came time to pull the trigger? 01:42:56.145 --> 01:42:58.537 Oh, by the way, that stuff just doesn't get home, 01:42:58.537 --> 01:43:00.454 how do you load it out? 01:43:00.508 --> 01:43:01.460 That's vitally important. 01:43:01.460 --> 01:43:04.877 Does it go on trains, does it go on rail, 01:43:05.487 --> 01:43:07.238 does it go on a sealift? 01:43:07.238 --> 01:43:08.907 How does it affect this whole component? 01:43:08.907 --> 01:43:10.672 So that's the things that we're experimenting, 01:43:10.672 --> 01:43:11.734 and we won't get it right. 01:43:11.734 --> 01:43:15.124 We haven't exercised a thing like this in two years. 01:43:15.124 --> 01:43:17.443 But we're gonna do a crawl, walk, and run, 01:43:17.443 --> 01:43:19.991 and it will bring in our joint partners and then 01:43:19.991 --> 01:43:21.663 hopefully move this up in priority. 01:43:21.663 --> 01:43:23.087 So that's kind of some things we're getting after, 01:43:23.087 --> 01:43:24.445 too, with the exercises. 01:43:24.445 --> 01:43:25.478 So thank you for that. 01:43:25.478 --> 01:43:28.982 - Yeah, thanks for it, appreciate that very much. 01:43:28.982 --> 01:43:33.149 Any other comments? I'll move on to the next question. 01:43:36.156 --> 01:43:36.989 Any? 01:43:41.787 --> 01:43:42.620 - [Dennis] Can you hear me? 01:43:42.620 --> 01:43:44.328 - Yup, we got you. - Okay, Dennis D'Angelo 01:43:44.328 --> 01:43:45.497 from over at CENTCOM. 01:43:45.497 --> 01:43:47.677 So I have a question for all of you. 01:43:47.677 --> 01:43:50.094 You're all developing people. 01:43:50.394 --> 01:43:52.483 Let's just talk about civilian leadership, 01:43:52.483 --> 01:43:54.225 'cause many of you have a lot of civilians. 01:43:54.225 --> 01:43:55.781 How do you develop civilian leaderships 01:43:55.781 --> 01:43:58.242 within your organizations for the future, 01:43:58.242 --> 01:44:01.980 and how do you bring industry in to that process? Thanks. 01:44:01.980 --> 01:44:03.301 - Yeah, great, great question, Dennis. 01:44:03.301 --> 01:44:05.620 And we will start on the far end with 01:44:05.620 --> 01:44:07.036 General Busch if he's got some thoughts. 01:44:07.036 --> 01:44:10.446 - Did I look like I was the smartest on this? 01:44:10.446 --> 01:44:12.182 I had to bear my hand, alright, alright, 01:44:12.182 --> 01:44:14.756 I don't know what you're talking about, Dennis. 01:44:14.756 --> 01:44:17.844 You know, I probably could have answered your question 01:44:17.844 --> 01:44:19.029 up until the point where you said, 01:44:19.029 --> 01:44:20.674 "How do you bring industry into it?" 01:44:20.674 --> 01:44:22.671 That's probably where I think I'm at 01:44:22.671 --> 01:44:24.505 with your question right now. 01:44:24.505 --> 01:44:27.588 We have, just as do all the services, 01:44:27.680 --> 01:44:30.699 the standard leadership development programs. 01:44:30.699 --> 01:44:32.231 I think ours are very strong. 01:44:32.231 --> 01:44:34.365 I inherited a very strong suite of those 01:44:34.365 --> 01:44:36.782 and I think that's wonderful. 01:44:36.892 --> 01:44:39.392 Because you are at COCOM four, 01:44:39.643 --> 01:44:41.106 that's where I thought the question was going, 01:44:41.106 --> 01:44:42.450 so I'm gonna answer that part of it 01:44:42.450 --> 01:44:44.122 and then I'll answer industry last. 01:44:44.122 --> 01:44:47.280 So, on the first part with the COCOM piece, 01:44:47.280 --> 01:44:51.447 one of the things that I've noted in DLA that is a 01:44:51.636 --> 01:44:53.453 big transformation from the 20 years ago 01:44:53.453 --> 01:44:56.260 when I first showed up in DLA as the lieutenant colonel 01:44:56.260 --> 01:44:59.371 are the number of opportunities now for our civilians 01:44:59.371 --> 01:45:01.454 to deploy, and that is... 01:45:04.828 --> 01:45:06.964 20 years ago when I was a lieutenant colonel 01:45:06.964 --> 01:45:10.047 and we were in Bosnia at the Balkans, 01:45:10.119 --> 01:45:13.393 it was an unnatural act to try to get somebody, 01:45:13.393 --> 01:45:17.337 figure out how to get somebody over to that theater. 01:45:17.337 --> 01:45:19.009 That is not the case now. 01:45:19.009 --> 01:45:21.293 Our civilian expeditionary workforce 01:45:21.293 --> 01:45:23.293 are constantly rotating. 01:45:23.653 --> 01:45:26.715 We have now, as a result of a commitment that I made 01:45:26.715 --> 01:45:29.548 to General McDew, we have people that are 01:45:29.548 --> 01:45:31.881 part of his JTF port opening 01:45:34.096 --> 01:45:37.227 responsibilities, and they deploy on the same timeline that 01:45:37.227 --> 01:45:40.539 General Everhart's contingency response group goes out. 01:45:40.539 --> 01:45:42.303 So, back to the industry part. 01:45:42.303 --> 01:45:44.300 I think that there probably is an opportunity 01:45:44.300 --> 01:45:45.217 to do more. 01:45:46.268 --> 01:45:49.405 We talk about it, we have isolated programs where 01:45:49.405 --> 01:45:51.797 onesies and twosies will move around, but 01:45:51.797 --> 01:45:55.964 in an agency the size of ours, it's not very robust. 01:45:56.109 --> 01:45:58.402 I don't know if it's because, I don't think it's becaues of 01:45:58.402 --> 01:46:01.003 lack of interest, it could be some of the technical issues 01:46:01.003 --> 01:46:04.184 with causing that kind of interaction to occur, 01:46:04.184 --> 01:46:06.341 but that's an area that I... 01:46:06.341 --> 01:46:08.745 Your question is, I think your question 01:46:08.745 --> 01:46:10.958 leads to something that's worth exploring further, Dennis. 01:46:10.958 --> 01:46:11.791 Thank you. 01:46:13.300 --> 01:46:14.550 - Thanks, Andy. 01:46:14.737 --> 01:46:16.800 - I'll take a shot at this. 01:46:16.800 --> 01:46:20.967 So when I took command of this formation, I recognized that 01:46:21.166 --> 01:46:25.333 I had an incredible amount of capacity in our formation that 01:46:26.344 --> 01:46:29.246 was untapped, and that was our reserve component. 01:46:29.246 --> 01:46:33.413 So if you know what SDDC and how it's organized, it's 01:46:33.954 --> 01:46:37.762 nine brigades, 24 battalions, a number of detachments, and 01:46:37.762 --> 01:46:41.036 smaller teams, either here in the Continental United States 01:46:41.036 --> 01:46:42.869 or deployed worldwide. 01:46:43.219 --> 01:46:46.739 But I recognize that we weren't paying attention to 01:46:46.739 --> 01:46:49.822 our reserve component, our reservists 01:46:50.370 --> 01:46:52.042 that wear the SDDC patch. 01:46:52.042 --> 01:46:55.792 There's 2,800 soldiers and leaders strong, so 01:46:56.103 --> 01:46:59.603 my campaign really gets at trying to train 01:47:00.375 --> 01:47:02.744 and leader develop that formation so that, 01:47:02.744 --> 01:47:06.319 at the speed of war, when we have to mass mobilize 01:47:06.319 --> 01:47:09.819 in support of potentially multiple COCOMs, 01:47:10.244 --> 01:47:14.168 that that force is ready trained and can perform its 01:47:14.168 --> 01:47:17.085 core functions as surface warriors. 01:47:17.502 --> 01:47:21.496 So we took that force, and it's strategically located 01:47:21.496 --> 01:47:24.631 across the CONUS base, and we assigned them 01:47:24.631 --> 01:47:28.798 these formations to strategic seaports, and we assigned them 01:47:29.321 --> 01:47:32.781 to strategic power projection platforms, and then we 01:47:32.781 --> 01:47:36.948 COCOM regionally align them to the different COCOMs, 01:47:37.074 --> 01:47:39.419 Pacific, in Europe, et cetera. 01:47:39.419 --> 01:47:41.369 And when that order went out 01:47:41.369 --> 01:47:43.552 and that word spread across our reserve component, 01:47:43.552 --> 01:47:45.897 there, quite frankly, was a great big 01:47:45.897 --> 01:47:48.289 cheer in reserve centers across the United States 01:47:48.289 --> 01:47:50.216 because now they are relevant. 01:47:50.216 --> 01:47:53.792 And I think by putting them in the fight, by doing, 01:47:53.792 --> 01:47:57.252 what we expect them to do in war, they will mature 01:47:57.252 --> 01:48:00.084 and they will grow to a capability that will be 01:48:00.084 --> 01:48:02.174 phenomenal for our nation. 01:48:02.174 --> 01:48:06.007 So to the industry, you'll see these teams now 01:48:06.516 --> 01:48:10.016 in strategic ports doing coordination with 01:48:10.162 --> 01:48:13.320 our SRTS contracts, our port authorities. 01:48:13.320 --> 01:48:16.176 You'll see them loading and discharging 01:48:16.176 --> 01:48:18.770 our commercial vessels around the world. 01:48:18.770 --> 01:48:21.139 So I think by doing, they're gonna 01:48:21.139 --> 01:48:24.102 increase capacity exponentially very fast. 01:48:24.102 --> 01:48:24.935 Thank you. 01:48:27.257 --> 01:48:30.211 - So, just kind of dovetailing into what I was talking 01:48:30.211 --> 01:48:31.894 about earlier, one of the 01:48:31.894 --> 01:48:34.077 our strategic themes is harnessing and developing 01:48:34.077 --> 01:48:36.492 a diverse, capable, and talented workforce. 01:48:36.492 --> 01:48:39.162 As I mentioned, The Voyage Plan is all about 01:48:39.162 --> 01:48:42.831 the end state, and so we see that is what our goal is. 01:48:42.831 --> 01:48:45.150 The question you asked is how. 01:48:45.150 --> 01:48:47.834 So we did an off-site just last Friday where we're 01:48:47.834 --> 01:48:50.086 developing sort of part two of the strategy. 01:48:50.086 --> 01:48:52.153 As you recall, I believe that strategy should have 01:48:52.153 --> 01:48:53.778 ways, means, and ends. 01:48:53.778 --> 01:48:54.986 I started with the ends. 01:48:54.986 --> 01:48:57.145 The ways and the means are coming. 01:48:57.145 --> 01:48:59.467 A document that I'm calling NAVTRAC, once again, 01:48:59.467 --> 01:49:01.624 you can see the theme here. 01:49:01.624 --> 01:49:04.573 But it will have the ways and the means. 01:49:04.573 --> 01:49:08.740 So we met last week in kind of a strategic off-site. 01:49:09.844 --> 01:49:13.440 And the workforce of the 70 people that we gathered 01:49:13.440 --> 01:49:16.040 were very enthusiastic about this idea about 01:49:16.040 --> 01:49:20.207 how can we better develop the workforce within MSC. 01:49:20.684 --> 01:49:23.601 We have about 8,000 folks assigned. 01:49:23.981 --> 01:49:25.885 So I think we need to come up with some sort of 01:49:25.885 --> 01:49:29.385 leader development continuum, and that was 01:49:30.042 --> 01:49:32.712 sort of the way the brainstorming was going. 01:49:32.712 --> 01:49:34.314 That would sort of be the line of effort. 01:49:34.314 --> 01:49:36.308 You know, now we need to come up with the activities 01:49:36.308 --> 01:49:39.308 that would render that solution, but 01:49:40.093 --> 01:49:43.593 I'm excited that they're excited about it. 01:49:45.037 --> 01:49:46.757 How do I partner with industry? 01:49:46.757 --> 01:49:49.124 I think probably the natural way would be 01:49:49.124 --> 01:49:51.874 to have some sort of either talks 01:49:51.958 --> 01:49:54.814 or to have some exchanges or things like that, 01:49:54.814 --> 01:49:58.437 but those are just my own personal views of it. 01:49:58.437 --> 01:50:02.059 But I do believe that diversity of thought is what really 01:50:02.059 --> 01:50:04.474 makes an organization strong. 01:50:04.474 --> 01:50:07.724 And I'm convinced of it so much so that 01:50:08.512 --> 01:50:12.679 I will make that one of my efforts during my tenure, 01:50:12.749 --> 01:50:16.386 is to somehow enrich the diversity of thought 01:50:16.386 --> 01:50:17.303 within MSC. 01:50:17.799 --> 01:50:19.680 I think working with industry in this area 01:50:19.680 --> 01:50:22.180 is one of those ways to do it. 01:50:22.510 --> 01:50:23.677 - Thanks, Dee. 01:50:24.609 --> 01:50:25.615 - Yeah, Steve, if I may. 01:50:25.615 --> 01:50:29.782 You know, Dennis, it's great to see you, by the way. 01:50:30.352 --> 01:50:33.626 We're more, in AMC, more of the traditional mode, 01:50:33.626 --> 01:50:34.709 we truly are. 01:50:34.903 --> 01:50:37.295 So I look at professional development opportunities 01:50:37.295 --> 01:50:41.212 as part of my rapid global mobility strategies. 01:50:42.189 --> 01:50:43.686 The G in that was the growth and 01:50:43.686 --> 01:50:45.767 professional development of our airmen. 01:50:45.767 --> 01:50:48.350 And our airmen are total force, 01:50:48.457 --> 01:50:50.083 active duty, guard, and reserve, 01:50:50.083 --> 01:50:52.416 but it's also our civilians. 01:50:52.428 --> 01:50:53.984 And so the collaborative approach that we have 01:50:53.984 --> 01:50:56.236 with industry, I learned that our civilian 01:50:56.236 --> 01:50:58.383 learns from his lessons, so 01:50:58.383 --> 01:50:59.985 I was just thinking, Dee, the same thing, 01:50:59.985 --> 01:51:03.902 exchange programs that we can have where we can 01:51:06.233 --> 01:51:07.900 infuse our civilians 01:51:09.170 --> 01:51:11.587 in with our industry partners 01:51:12.096 --> 01:51:15.695 to develop those strategies, because I will tell you that 01:51:15.695 --> 01:51:18.342 there's a wealth of knowledge just sitting in this room 01:51:18.342 --> 01:51:20.637 that what I don't know is what I don't know. 01:51:20.637 --> 01:51:22.634 And if I can have one of our air mobility folks 01:51:22.634 --> 01:51:26.591 sitting right with you and gleaning those best practices, 01:51:26.591 --> 01:51:28.387 by the way, bringing them back 01:51:28.387 --> 01:51:30.554 into Air Mobility Command. 01:51:30.987 --> 01:51:32.752 Let's just caveat this right now. 01:51:32.752 --> 01:51:34.819 If you show your best practice 01:51:34.819 --> 01:51:38.206 or you see one of my best practice, get, take it. 01:51:38.206 --> 01:51:41.317 Take our name off of it, you take it, take all the credit. 01:51:41.317 --> 01:51:43.337 But if my folks sit with you, we're gonna take your 01:51:43.337 --> 01:51:44.986 best practices, take your name off of it 01:51:44.986 --> 01:51:46.515 and we're gonna take all the credit. 01:51:46.515 --> 01:51:48.718 (laughing) 01:51:48.718 --> 01:51:49.551 Right? 01:51:50.387 --> 01:51:52.683 Oh, by the way, I got tapped by Buz last night, 01:51:52.683 --> 01:51:56.600 so I get to teach change management leadership, 01:51:56.830 --> 01:52:00.080 as we talked last night, for next year. 01:52:00.197 --> 01:52:03.169 So you can come and listen to me for an hour, 01:52:03.169 --> 01:52:06.723 so don't change. (applause) 01:52:06.723 --> 01:52:08.952 What that is is part of that professional development, 01:52:08.952 --> 01:52:10.531 that's getting after that skillset, 01:52:10.531 --> 01:52:12.365 but also, in professional development we're doing 01:52:12.365 --> 01:52:13.921 with our civilians, is I'm looking at those 01:52:13.921 --> 01:52:16.243 joint training opportunities so I can get them 01:52:16.243 --> 01:52:19.862 and get them to schools, so I can get them just like, 01:52:19.862 --> 01:52:21.952 the way I think of our civilians 01:52:21.952 --> 01:52:24.318 is just like what we do with our military. 01:52:24.318 --> 01:52:25.847 And taking advantage of every opportunity. 01:52:25.847 --> 01:52:28.239 If the civilian don't want to further themselves, 01:52:28.239 --> 01:52:30.465 are really happy in their job opportunities, 01:52:30.465 --> 01:52:32.949 sure, they can stay where they are. 01:52:32.949 --> 01:52:35.062 But I push that envelope all the time. 01:52:35.062 --> 01:52:36.986 I push those stretch goals all the time. 01:52:36.986 --> 01:52:41.153 I push you to your leadership capacity all the time. 01:52:41.398 --> 01:52:43.325 If you don't want it, that's okay, 01:52:43.325 --> 01:52:45.253 but the opportunities will be there. 01:52:45.253 --> 01:52:46.991 So we're throttling up as we go along 01:52:46.991 --> 01:52:49.903 and continue to look forward to those challenges, 01:52:49.903 --> 01:52:51.536 continue to look forward to those opportunities 01:52:51.536 --> 01:52:53.556 and that's where we're going right now. 01:52:53.556 --> 01:52:55.205 So that's how we're trying to get after it 01:52:55.205 --> 01:52:56.479 and that's how we're trying to get after our 01:52:56.479 --> 01:52:58.917 industry partners, too, is to bridge that 01:52:58.917 --> 01:53:01.378 into opportunities with the new exchange programs. 01:53:01.378 --> 01:53:03.070 I think that's a great way of doing it. 01:53:03.070 --> 01:53:05.505 I mean, we just got to explore it a bit more. 01:53:05.505 --> 01:53:08.338 - Thanks, appreciate your remarks. 01:53:08.667 --> 01:53:10.770 Anybody else from the audience or I'll go to a 01:53:10.770 --> 01:53:14.937 question that somebody handed me on the way up here, said, 01:53:15.669 --> 01:53:18.252 "General, do you ask this one?" 01:53:19.303 --> 01:53:21.134 The services that have recently cut 01:53:21.134 --> 01:53:25.301 modernization budgets to fund immediate readiness concerns. 01:53:26.210 --> 01:53:30.091 Much of the conversation, and actually through much of the 01:53:30.091 --> 01:53:32.896 programmatics is about combat forces 01:53:32.896 --> 01:53:34.126 but very little on logistics 01:53:34.126 --> 01:53:37.441 to enable our platforms and capabilities. 01:53:37.441 --> 01:53:41.109 What are the impacts of these service budget decisions 01:53:41.109 --> 01:53:44.673 on your commands and the broader transportation enterprise? 01:53:44.673 --> 01:53:47.181 Are you concerned that failing to modernize 01:53:47.181 --> 01:53:49.363 in your commands will have significant impact 01:53:49.363 --> 01:53:53.530 to support the joint force commander in the future? 01:53:53.554 --> 01:53:54.804 Anybody want to 01:53:55.063 --> 01:53:57.230 volunteer to jump on that? 01:53:58.566 --> 01:54:01.983 Title 10 service level budget reductions. 01:54:02.339 --> 01:54:06.006 What is that doing to our forward structure? 01:54:06.733 --> 01:54:08.477 - I'll go first, sir, 01:54:08.477 --> 01:54:10.799 but keep it in mind I'm probably 01:54:10.799 --> 01:54:13.881 the newest and still learning what all the implications are, 01:54:13.881 --> 01:54:18.048 but you know that I think it probably goes without saying 01:54:18.816 --> 01:54:21.424 that we are just as challenged in the Navy 01:54:21.424 --> 01:54:24.341 as the other services are at how to 01:54:24.605 --> 01:54:27.605 continue to maintain a vibrant force 01:54:27.995 --> 01:54:29.760 under the fiscal environment. 01:54:29.760 --> 01:54:31.641 And so I think that's gonna take 01:54:31.641 --> 01:54:35.391 continued tremendous management at all levels 01:54:35.512 --> 01:54:38.067 within at least the department of the Navy, 01:54:38.067 --> 01:54:42.234 and we've got to make sure that as we are making decisions, 01:54:43.143 --> 01:54:45.749 fiscally, that they're made at the right level 01:54:45.749 --> 01:54:47.832 and for the greater good. 01:54:50.077 --> 01:54:52.744 Within MSC, I essentially report 01:54:54.985 --> 01:54:56.902 to General McDew as his 01:54:58.372 --> 01:55:01.122 naval component commander, and so 01:55:01.855 --> 01:55:05.375 the line of funding that comes with that is 01:55:05.375 --> 01:55:07.329 working capital fund through TRANSCOM, 01:55:07.329 --> 01:55:10.208 through the Navy side, my service line. 01:55:10.208 --> 01:55:13.087 I really serve two bosses, two four stars. 01:55:13.087 --> 01:55:16.004 US Elite Forces Command and PACFLT, 01:55:17.842 --> 01:55:21.425 and so they obviously have big bills to pay 01:55:21.719 --> 01:55:23.809 as they're looking out across 01:55:23.809 --> 01:55:25.782 the fleets, the Pacific, 01:55:25.782 --> 01:55:28.865 as well as the one on the East coast. 01:55:30.191 --> 01:55:33.906 I'm responsible upward from there to the CNO, 01:55:33.906 --> 01:55:36.666 who, again, is looking out across the entire Navy 01:55:36.666 --> 01:55:40.033 and helping making those really difficult decisions 01:55:40.033 --> 01:55:42.309 with the money the Navy's been given 01:55:42.309 --> 01:55:44.282 as to what should be funded. 01:55:44.282 --> 01:55:45.699 So am I concerned 01:55:47.115 --> 01:55:48.993 at what I'm looking at in '17? 01:55:48.993 --> 01:55:51.358 I would say I'm concerned in the fact that it's gonna 01:55:51.358 --> 01:55:53.306 require very good stewardship 01:55:53.306 --> 01:55:55.558 to continue to accomplish the missions. 01:55:55.558 --> 01:55:57.308 The assured logistics 01:55:59.111 --> 01:56:01.278 support to the war fighter 01:56:01.456 --> 01:56:03.873 in today's fiscal environment 01:56:04.708 --> 01:56:07.095 and probably looking ahead too. 01:56:07.095 --> 01:56:11.262 So within what I've looked at since 60 days of being there 01:56:12.041 --> 01:56:15.985 is I've got to make sure that we have the transparency. 01:56:15.985 --> 01:56:19.677 And I believe in collaboration, transparency, 01:56:19.677 --> 01:56:23.094 alignment in terms of a leadership style, 01:56:23.369 --> 01:56:27.536 And so I've worked to try to foster an environment in which 01:56:27.558 --> 01:56:30.329 we can look at how the money is being spent, 01:56:30.329 --> 01:56:33.298 where it's being spent on to ensure that 01:56:33.298 --> 01:56:36.048 the best decisions are being made 01:56:37.238 --> 01:56:39.359 to produce the highest levels of readiness 01:56:39.359 --> 01:56:41.692 that we can possibly afford. 01:56:41.817 --> 01:56:44.984 And if we have to make tough decisions 01:56:45.374 --> 01:56:47.888 with respect to trade offs, that those are elevated 01:56:47.888 --> 01:56:49.928 to appropriate level within DON 01:56:49.928 --> 01:56:52.898 so that the greater good is maintained. 01:56:52.898 --> 01:56:54.354 - [Steve] Thanks, Dee, I appreciate it. 01:56:54.354 --> 01:56:55.675 Anybody else want to take a shot? 01:56:55.675 --> 01:56:57.342 - Just very quickly, 01:56:57.506 --> 01:57:01.430 I'll just make a comment relative to the DLA business 01:57:01.430 --> 01:57:04.031 which is broader than the equities that are represented 01:57:04.031 --> 01:57:06.828 in this room that focus on transportation. 01:57:06.828 --> 01:57:09.578 What we see from the services is, 01:57:10.102 --> 01:57:12.169 either because it comes to us from their base budget 01:57:12.169 --> 01:57:14.919 or from their contingency budget, 01:57:15.393 --> 01:57:17.726 is we see a very sustainable 01:57:18.435 --> 01:57:20.685 supply chain demand signal. 01:57:22.127 --> 01:57:25.610 I mean, it adjusts, it goes down, it goes up a little bit, 01:57:25.610 --> 01:57:28.693 but in general, the net effect on DLA 01:57:30.300 --> 01:57:33.467 has been fairly neutral or manageable, 01:57:33.574 --> 01:57:35.478 and when we've had to make reductions, which we have 01:57:35.478 --> 01:57:38.636 in the last couple of years, we've had the ability 01:57:38.636 --> 01:57:41.307 to respond to them without it becoming 01:57:41.307 --> 01:57:44.256 catastrophic to our ability to support the mission. 01:57:44.256 --> 01:57:48.133 There are a couple of areas that I think we should work on. 01:57:48.133 --> 01:57:49.133 I think that 01:57:54.033 --> 01:57:57.700 we are continuing to deliver on some of our, 01:57:58.161 --> 01:58:02.328 basically, purchasing power initiatives that will give us 01:58:02.996 --> 01:58:05.147 more product for the dollar. 01:58:05.147 --> 01:58:07.655 Some of those started under my predecessor, Mark Harnitchek, 01:58:07.655 --> 01:58:09.579 and I'll continue on with them only because 01:58:09.579 --> 01:58:12.432 Alan Estevez says he's holding me to them. 01:58:12.432 --> 01:58:14.821 That's one good reason to do it. 01:58:14.821 --> 01:58:16.251 But there are other things that we're doing 01:58:16.251 --> 01:58:19.095 in terms of reducing our cost recovery rate 01:58:19.095 --> 01:58:21.345 that are driven by the need 01:58:22.480 --> 01:58:24.545 to provide that same purchasing power 01:58:24.545 --> 01:58:26.612 improvement back to our customers, so 01:58:26.612 --> 01:58:29.445 in general, what you described is, 01:58:30.498 --> 01:58:32.030 on the supply chain side, 01:58:32.030 --> 01:58:35.197 not having a significant impact on it. 01:58:35.701 --> 01:58:38.049 - Thanks, Andy, and I see the hook. 01:58:38.049 --> 01:58:39.882 Admiral Buzby is here. 01:58:40.382 --> 01:58:43.465 So, Buz, I think we're the only thing 01:58:44.329 --> 01:58:46.746 between now and the break, so 01:58:47.228 --> 01:58:48.854 you want to take it back? 01:58:48.854 --> 01:58:50.267 - Thank you, Steve. 01:58:50.267 --> 01:58:52.798 (applause) Thank you, General, 01:58:52.798 --> 01:58:54.798 and thanks to the panel. 01:58:56.859 --> 01:58:59.456 Thanks to the commanders and the director for 01:58:59.456 --> 01:59:02.623 their thoughtful and incitive comments 01:59:03.088 --> 01:59:04.286 on our present and future 01:59:04.286 --> 01:59:07.156 transportation and logistics challenges. 01:59:07.156 --> 01:59:09.617 They have set the stage for some meaningful discussions 01:59:09.617 --> 01:59:12.331 here over the next day and a half. 01:59:12.331 --> 01:59:14.914 We will now take a short break. 01:59:14.932 --> 01:59:17.254 By my watch, it's about 10:15. 01:59:17.254 --> 01:59:19.921 We'll come back, reconvene at...