WEBVTT 00:00.654 --> 00:02.780 - Colonel Green here with Colonel Halaski-Kun 00:02.780 --> 00:05.760 and Chief Walts on our out-and-about as part 00:05.790 --> 00:07.820 of our communication strategy to get out of our offices, 00:07.820 --> 00:09.730 get out into the field, talk to the airmen 00:09.730 --> 00:10.753 that are out here. 00:10.830 --> 00:12.886 Today we're actually gonna go over and talk to our members 00:12.886 --> 00:14.663 in the Communications Flight. 00:14.690 --> 00:16.160 So why don't you kind of come along with us 00:16.160 --> 00:18.783 and join us as we talk to the communications team. 00:28.689 --> 00:32.039 This is our way of intentionally scheduling this 00:32.039 --> 00:34.343 as part of the overall communication strategy 00:34.343 --> 00:36.940 that we get out and get to talk to you a little bit, 00:36.940 --> 00:40.847 ask you how is your career going? 00:42.080 --> 00:44.890 How are things going here within the Com Flight? 00:44.890 --> 00:46.250 How are things going here at Barnes? 00:46.250 --> 00:47.850 What can we do to improve here? 00:47.850 --> 00:49.060 What are some some of your suggestions 00:49.060 --> 00:50.731 on how we can improve mission readiness 00:50.731 --> 00:52.130 and individual readiness? 00:52.130 --> 00:54.763 So this is a two-way dialogue. 00:55.020 --> 00:58.520 - I know sometimes we can't do anything 00:58.520 --> 00:59.570 without the computer. 01:00.490 --> 01:04.023 When we're dead in the water I'm picking that phone up. 01:04.200 --> 01:06.350 So thank you very much, I really mean that. 01:06.410 --> 01:10.183 I brought a lifesaver because you have been my lifesaver. 01:13.270 --> 01:15.458 - Each and every one of you guys are a critical piece 01:15.458 --> 01:18.040 to making sure that our mission readiness out here 01:18.040 --> 01:18.873 stays up. 01:18.873 --> 01:21.533 What can we do as the leadership of the Wing? 01:21.730 --> 01:23.330 What are some of the things that we need to kind 01:23.330 --> 01:26.110 of get on, get after in the Wing? 01:26.110 --> 01:27.998 What are some of the things that are either problematic 01:27.998 --> 01:28.831 for you? 01:28.831 --> 01:30.433 What do you think? 01:30.590 --> 01:32.680 - This go-around with how late the PMs were signed 01:32.680 --> 01:33.953 and everything came down. 01:34.360 --> 01:36.580 That's everybody across the Wing, they stepped up 01:36.580 --> 01:37.543 and helped us out. 01:38.640 --> 01:39.630 - [Peter] We've very aware of this. 01:39.630 --> 01:41.140 In fact, Colonel Husker and I were talking 01:41.140 --> 01:44.653 about this earlier about the impact of the RCP. 01:45.370 --> 01:48.220 This needs to be more agile and quicker. 01:48.220 --> 01:50.370 The October one was problematic for people. 01:50.570 --> 01:52.480 We did everything we could at the local level 01:52.480 --> 01:53.690 and pushed the rope and tried to make that 01:53.690 --> 01:55.090 a little bit more efficient. 01:56.220 --> 01:59.110 - Colonel Green, I saw that you get a lot of the same 01:59.110 --> 02:01.040 information from the Air Force Association 02:01.040 --> 02:03.440 and send out some of those news items and whatnot. 02:03.440 --> 02:04.660 I wonder if you could speak to that. 02:04.660 --> 02:06.960 - Com has been moving away from what has traditionally 02:06.960 --> 02:10.923 been mission assurance to mission defense. 02:11.440 --> 02:14.190 It is a whole different way of being able to take 02:14.190 --> 02:15.023 a look at Com. 02:15.023 --> 02:18.180 Com's been about compliance, are we compliant, 02:18.180 --> 02:19.480 are we certified? 02:19.480 --> 02:20.680 Everything, our systems? 02:20.740 --> 02:23.837 But it's going to defense because if you can't protect 02:23.837 --> 02:27.680 the systems that support the weapons system 02:28.600 --> 02:29.953 then there's a risk there. 02:31.140 --> 02:33.210 - [Soldier] What's the future of the 104th Fighter Wing? 02:33.210 --> 02:36.500 - Every indicator the exists out there is that the base 02:36.500 --> 02:38.963 is going to be around a very long time. 02:39.080 --> 02:41.427 The base is going to be flying a fighter-sized, 02:41.427 --> 02:44.043 or fighter-type aircraft for a very long time. 02:44.990 --> 02:48.840 We're the model guard base, we're the small little pea patch 02:48.840 --> 02:51.520 on the side of a municipal field that does everything 02:51.520 --> 02:55.020 efficiently for less money, providing the same 02:55.020 --> 02:56.093 exact capability. 02:56.140 --> 02:57.650 We all wanna make sure everybody understands 02:57.650 --> 02:58.710 how they're connected to the mission. 02:58.710 --> 03:01.680 If you every question whether or not you're contributing 03:01.680 --> 03:03.120 greatly to what happens on this base, 03:03.120 --> 03:04.573 don't question it at all.