WEBVTT 00:00.790 --> 00:04.700 roger sir , I just want to 00:04.700 --> 00:06.867 let everyone know that Karnataka hears 00:06.867 --> 00:09.270 from me on a frequent basis so he 00:09.270 --> 00:11.326 really doesn't want to hear my voice 00:11.326 --> 00:13.548 again tonight ? Okay , so if you have a 00:13.548 --> 00:17.260 question , please feel free to 00:17.260 --> 00:19.260 hold on to the mic and ask that 00:19.260 --> 00:21.204 question through the colonel . All 00:21.204 --> 00:23.371 right , he is prepared to answer H and 00:23.371 --> 00:25.390 everyone any questions . He doesn't 00:25.390 --> 00:27.510 want to hear my voice . They told me 00:27.510 --> 00:30.040 this over and over again . So Uh huh . 00:33.040 --> 00:35.151 Sir , the first question comes from a 00:35.151 --> 00:38.070 young soldier . Here was it was your 00:38.070 --> 00:40.310 question . Go ahead and ask trump 00:40.310 --> 00:42.310 attacker will not reach through the 00:42.310 --> 00:44.560 screen and choking . Yes . All right . 00:48.800 --> 00:50.911 The defense is going to be lifted and 00:50.911 --> 00:52.967 when the next one's going to start , 00:52.967 --> 00:52.600 you got to identify yourself by name 00:52.600 --> 00:54.830 and unit and with corporal bailey out 00:54.830 --> 00:58.160 of two casts . So corporal billy out of 00:58.160 --> 01:00.300 27 carat would like to know when the 01:00.310 --> 01:02.890 fence is going to be lifted and when 01:02.890 --> 01:05.112 the next one is going to start , I find 01:05.112 --> 01:09.040 the next one is going to begin . Uh 01:09.050 --> 01:12.870 We're talking about the uh the fence 01:12.870 --> 01:16.010 for soldiers being able to move and get 01:16.010 --> 01:16.950 reassignments . 01:21.440 --> 01:23.496 All right , and here's how I do this 01:23.496 --> 01:25.960 very quickly and very professionally . 01:26.000 --> 01:29.870 So our major take it away . Okay , 01:29.880 --> 01:33.220 the fence will be lifted 90 days after 01:33.220 --> 01:35.660 redeployment . Uh There are some 01:35.660 --> 01:37.882 exceptions for those who have to report 01:37.882 --> 01:39.882 early . Those exceptions have to be 01:39.882 --> 01:42.049 signed by the brigade command the next 01:42.049 --> 01:44.104 fence will start obviously won't get 01:44.104 --> 01:46.550 ready to redeploy Which will start our 01:46.550 --> 01:48.960 stop loss at D -90 . 01:53.040 --> 01:55.420 No , I'm not gonna . Okay . Does that , 01:55.430 --> 01:57.652 does that answer your question ? I will 01:57.652 --> 02:00.640 tell you that right now . Uh to add on 02:00.640 --> 02:03.710 what the song major talked about , Uh 02:03.720 --> 02:07.490 we've got about 25 , of the brigade , 02:07.490 --> 02:09.890 the soldiers in the brigade right now 02:09.900 --> 02:13.890 that that are on orders uh to 02:13.900 --> 02:17.630 uh so there's lots of folks that 02:17.630 --> 02:20.220 already know where when they're moving 02:20.230 --> 02:23.130 and where they're moving to . That is 02:23.130 --> 02:26.130 normal . That is part of the army reset 02:26.130 --> 02:29.870 program . Uh so uh 02:29.880 --> 02:32.110 everybody is fenced in for about 90 02:32.110 --> 02:35.450 days until about 15 September . 02:35.840 --> 02:38.680 And then after 15 September folks , we 02:38.680 --> 02:40.847 got about 1000 folks that are gonna be 02:40.847 --> 02:44.260 uh moving Uh to meet other army 02:44.260 --> 02:47.140 requirements . Uh and I've already 02:47.140 --> 02:51.060 signed off on some waivers for 02:51.060 --> 02:53.640 folks that have compelling reasons to 02:53.640 --> 02:56.900 move earlier than the 90 days . Uh and 02:56.900 --> 02:59.690 again , um the army reason for those 02:59.690 --> 03:03.150 for that 90 days uh lock in from a 03:03.160 --> 03:07.150 redeployment is , you know , 03:07.150 --> 03:09.760 to make sure that we have all the 03:09.760 --> 03:12.950 administrative medical uh 03:15.140 --> 03:17.196 have been conducted and the soldiers 03:17.196 --> 03:20.450 are prepared and ready to move . 03:21.440 --> 03:23.551 Okay . All right . Do we have another 03:23.551 --> 03:25.162 questions out there please ? 04:35.840 --> 04:38.750 Yeah , Yeah , 04:39.840 --> 04:43.700 Yeah . Look , I uh I I 04:43.700 --> 04:45.756 can give you , I'll give you a quick 04:45.756 --> 04:48.670 answer . Okay . And then uh kind of 04:48.680 --> 04:51.190 turn it over to the folks back there . 04:51.200 --> 04:54.110 The quick answer is uh you know , there 04:54.110 --> 04:57.850 is no housing uh family housing 04:58.440 --> 05:01.040 that is set aside specifically for our 05:01.040 --> 05:04.230 soldiers in our unit . I think you're 05:04.230 --> 05:07.220 aware that is on a first come first 05:07.220 --> 05:10.080 serve basis , you know , for soldiers 05:10.080 --> 05:12.870 for the housing . Uh Now what I will 05:12.870 --> 05:15.710 tell you is work , work with major 05:15.710 --> 05:17.990 Charles Walters over there . Now , we 05:17.990 --> 05:21.140 got the folks from housing and uh and I 05:21.140 --> 05:23.362 know that they can provide you with the 05:23.362 --> 05:25.490 uh with the best answers in terms of 05:25.490 --> 05:28.600 what's available , uh what the time is , 05:28.610 --> 05:30.840 how to get on the list and so forth , 05:30.840 --> 05:34.710 and so on . Uh that can provide to you 05:34.710 --> 05:38.150 the best uh best possible information 05:38.640 --> 05:42.160 about the housing back there . Uh you 05:42.160 --> 05:44.330 know , us back here , we really don't 05:44.330 --> 05:46.890 have a lot of input or a lot of uh 05:46.900 --> 05:49.060 visibility on what's going on at fort 05:49.060 --> 05:50.840 hood right now , so our major , 05:50.840 --> 05:53.850 anything that you want to add on that ? 05:54.540 --> 05:55.540 Yeah , 05:58.940 --> 06:01.340 so I also got mr john driver back here 06:01.340 --> 06:03.480 from installation housing and he will 06:03.490 --> 06:07.020 elaborate on that specific question 06:07.030 --> 06:09.330 after we're finished with our question 06:09.330 --> 06:12.460 and answer portion of the evening , 06:13.240 --> 06:15.620 it's like , are there any more 06:15.620 --> 06:17.860 questions from the crowd right here 06:20.040 --> 06:21.040 with the mic . 06:25.240 --> 06:29.020 Okay , Um sir , I know there's a lot 06:29.020 --> 06:32.140 of women that had babies that husbands 06:32.140 --> 06:34.362 are deployed right now , the 10 days of 06:34.362 --> 06:36.529 free leave that they have been talking 06:36.529 --> 06:38.696 about , our husbands going to get that 06:38.696 --> 06:42.330 when they get back . Mhm . I believe 06:42.330 --> 06:44.560 your question has to do with the free 06:44.560 --> 06:47.460 leave , is that correct ? 06:48.140 --> 06:52.030 Yes , sir . Okay . All right , look , 06:52.040 --> 06:55.470 I uh I'm gonna get the the S1 out 06:55.470 --> 06:57.590 here . I know a little bit about the 06:57.590 --> 07:01.460 answer , but bottom line is that 07:01.840 --> 07:05.260 uh there is an eligibility requirement 07:05.270 --> 07:07.650 that is clearly defined that talks 07:07.650 --> 07:11.030 about uh some post deployment 07:11.030 --> 07:14.260 mobilization , respite absence . 07:14.840 --> 07:16.896 That's pretty , pretty big name over 07:16.896 --> 07:19.900 there . Free leave That is available to 07:19.900 --> 07:22.030 soldiers and the soldiers have 12 07:22.030 --> 07:24.610 months from our redeployment to use 07:24.610 --> 07:27.300 that leave . And certainly I encourage 07:27.300 --> 07:30.200 them to use that during our block leave 07:30.210 --> 07:34.130 period that we have out there . Uh 07:34.140 --> 07:37.180 we know about it and uh we are briefing 07:37.180 --> 07:40.200 our soldiers and uh and there is a 07:40.200 --> 07:43.770 website where we are , each soldier is 07:43.770 --> 07:46.150 able to calculate the number of days 07:46.150 --> 07:49.660 that he uh he is eligible for . And uh 07:49.670 --> 07:51.781 and we're making those preparations , 07:52.040 --> 07:53.929 I'm going to stop at that because 07:53.929 --> 07:56.262 that's about as much as I know about it . 07:56.262 --> 07:59.460 I got the S one coming over here , boys ? 07:59.940 --> 08:02.510 S one and so on . Major can talk a 08:02.510 --> 08:05.960 little bit about the free leave . Mhm . 08:06.440 --> 08:08.530 Also , the 10 day maternity leave , 08:08.530 --> 08:10.840 there's some 10 day maternity maternity 08:10.850 --> 08:14.730 pushed up . Nobody's 08:14.730 --> 08:18.040 calling Edmund lee . Um 08:18.050 --> 08:20.420 Boys , you got to sound off . Can hear 08:20.420 --> 08:22.760 you . 08:24.240 --> 08:28.040 Okay , first of all 08:28.050 --> 08:30.490 commanders , Well , maybe an actual 08:30.500 --> 08:34.360 bread on all right off 08:35.160 --> 08:36.450 deployed 08:38.960 --> 08:39.360 boys . 08:49.540 --> 08:53.030 And I like there's also 08:53.030 --> 08:55.360 agreed the only deployed 09:05.240 --> 09:06.060 over , 09:09.540 --> 09:13.330 We have one over there , it has to do 09:13.330 --> 09:15.710 with the whole .5 , hours after they 09:15.710 --> 09:17.750 get back . Oh , 09:19.240 --> 09:22.860 Okay . So 10 days , 10 days 09:22.860 --> 09:25.360 of paternity leave if you had a kid , 09:25.840 --> 09:29.460 Uh after October 2007 . 09:30.740 --> 09:34.360 Okay . All right , thanks boys . Does 09:34.360 --> 09:36.471 that answer your question out there ? 09:39.740 --> 09:42.030 Yes , sir . We have another question 09:42.030 --> 09:45.360 here concerning driving limits 09:45.840 --> 09:48.050 upon redeployment . Mhm . 09:49.740 --> 09:50.850 Like , okay , 09:54.660 --> 09:58.340 that the audience question . Uh huh . 09:58.740 --> 10:01.640 Hi culture . Yeah , 10:03.340 --> 10:06.850 wow . Yeah . Yes , 10:11.340 --> 10:14.460 we got into this into weight 10:14.840 --> 10:18.610 actually . That's right . Right then 10:18.620 --> 10:22.160 restrictions . Oh , here we go . 10:22.540 --> 10:26.300 Okay , I'm gonna check . 10:26.310 --> 10:30.090 Okay , is there a 10:30.090 --> 10:33.160 restriction on the number of days a 10:33.170 --> 10:35.337 soldier can be negative when they take 10:35.337 --> 10:38.450 their block leave ? Um 10:39.540 --> 10:42.680 No . Okay , that's the quick answer . 10:42.830 --> 10:46.460 No , I've told commanders and 10:47.240 --> 10:50.820 uh and uh we kind of made the rounds uh 10:50.830 --> 10:54.760 to uh to all our locations out there 10:55.240 --> 10:57.970 uh and have told commanders to be 10:57.970 --> 11:01.230 extremely liberal uh with soldiers that 11:01.230 --> 11:03.420 want to take leave and go into a 11:03.430 --> 11:07.340 deficit um for our block leave period . 11:07.350 --> 11:09.990 Okay . I know where they work and 11:10.000 --> 11:13.220 they're good for it . So guys that want 11:13.220 --> 11:15.276 to take leave during the block leave 11:15.276 --> 11:18.270 period . And I am encouraging everybody 11:18.270 --> 11:22.090 to go out on leave during that period 11:22.100 --> 11:24.280 that they can go ahead and go into a 11:24.280 --> 11:24.960 deficit . 11:28.440 --> 11:31.550 There's a limit . Good help . 11:32.340 --> 11:34.970 Yeah , there's a based on how right , 11:34.980 --> 11:38.080 so we'll go ahead , you're talking 11:38.080 --> 11:40.650 about . Okay , So I got not a question 11:40.650 --> 11:43.970 here for you . Sure . Yes , I was 11:43.980 --> 11:46.740 wondering um I thought our army policy 11:46.740 --> 11:49.070 was , there was no driving 24 hours 11:49.070 --> 11:51.126 after they get back . Is that true ? 11:51.126 --> 11:53.237 How does that work ? We're being told 11:53.237 --> 11:55.348 our soldiers have to come to work the 11:55.348 --> 11:57.626 following day if it's not on a weekend . 11:58.040 --> 12:01.580 Uh , yeah , and as I mentioned in the 12:01.590 --> 12:05.110 opening comments , Yes , uh , 12:05.120 --> 12:08.500 somewhere within the following 24 12:08.500 --> 12:12.440 hours uh , from that ceremony , 12:12.450 --> 12:15.210 uh , we want to take a look at our 12:15.210 --> 12:17.490 soldiers and they'll be required to 12:17.490 --> 12:21.100 come on in and talk with their chain of 12:21.100 --> 12:23.540 command and make sure that we set the 12:23.540 --> 12:26.920 right conditions For them 12:26.980 --> 12:30.360 prior to going off to the four day pass . 12:30.940 --> 12:34.890 Uh , and so we're going to have them 12:34.890 --> 12:38.050 go ahead and do that . Now . How , how 12:38.050 --> 12:40.360 is that gonna work ? Uh , 12:42.040 --> 12:44.207 You know , I don't know , I don't know 12:44.207 --> 12:46.207 that there is any policy on driving 12:46.207 --> 12:48.373 within 24 hours . What I will tell you 12:48.373 --> 12:51.320 is that um , many 12:51.330 --> 12:55.160 soldiers have not driven for the 12:55.160 --> 12:59.100 past year and or if they have 12:59.100 --> 13:01.700 driven , they're driving around in a 40 13:01.700 --> 13:05.460 ton m rap , which is not quite the same 13:05.460 --> 13:08.190 as driving around fort Hood in central 13:08.190 --> 13:11.790 texas . So again , that's part of what 13:11.790 --> 13:15.020 we're trying to do for our soldiers is 13:15.030 --> 13:17.197 to make sure that we conduct the right 13:17.197 --> 13:19.820 safety classes , the safety briefings 13:19.830 --> 13:22.640 and prepare them to do that to include 13:22.650 --> 13:24.817 inspect the vehicles that have been in 13:24.817 --> 13:26.872 storage and so forth and so on , how 13:26.872 --> 13:30.580 they get into work . Um , You know , we 13:30.580 --> 13:34.140 we look at , uh , you know , making the 13:34.140 --> 13:36.730 proper arrangements with friends , 13:36.730 --> 13:39.860 family or the ones that of course live 13:39.860 --> 13:41.971 in the barracks there right there and 13:41.971 --> 13:44.380 they just have to come on in and and 13:44.380 --> 13:46.547 check in with their chain of command . 13:46.547 --> 13:47.750 Does that answer your question ?