WEBVTT 00:00.807 --> 00:03.474 (intense music) 00:12.240 --> 00:15.150 - The first thing is our airmen have to feel valued. 00:15.150 --> 00:17.540 But let me put it in perspective for you. 00:17.540 --> 00:21.240 Thirty of our airmen have died this past year. 00:21.240 --> 00:23.090 Some were from combat losses. 00:23.090 --> 00:24.870 Some were from accidents in training. 00:24.870 --> 00:27.470 Some where just, you know, things that happened 00:27.470 --> 00:29.920 in our daily lives accidents. 00:29.920 --> 00:32.720 Sixteen of those were suicides. 00:32.720 --> 00:34.930 So in this Tactical Pause, what I really wanna do, 00:34.930 --> 00:37.400 is analyze what is going on. 00:37.400 --> 00:40.010 If you and I were sitting here a year ago, 00:40.010 --> 00:41.550 we were three airmen. 00:41.550 --> 00:44.340 Three airmen is too many to lose to suicide, 00:44.340 --> 00:46.220 but this year, 16. 00:46.220 --> 00:48.630 And what's really telling to me, Jaimi, 00:48.630 --> 00:53.110 is of those 16, 15 of them were traditional reservists 00:53.110 --> 00:54.540 that were not on orders. 00:54.540 --> 00:57.160 So, it doesn't mean that being in the reserve 00:57.160 --> 00:59.450 or not being in the reserve really has anything to do 00:59.450 --> 01:02.970 with what's going on in our families' lives, 01:02.970 --> 01:06.110 but what I really wanna make sure is that our airmen 01:06.110 --> 01:08.470 understand doesn't matter what status they're in, 01:08.470 --> 01:09.970 they're part of our family. 01:09.970 --> 01:11.350 And what I really want to do is make sure 01:11.350 --> 01:13.030 that education piece gets out there. 01:13.030 --> 01:14.710 So I've been talking to the squadron commanders 01:14.710 --> 01:16.070 and talk to the wing commanders, 01:16.070 --> 01:18.460 been talking to our command chiefs, chiefs, 01:18.460 --> 01:21.080 all our senior enlisted advisors, and all our commanders. 01:21.080 --> 01:23.270 And what we really, and including our first sergeants, 01:23.270 --> 01:25.140 and what we really want to do is make sure that everybody 01:25.140 --> 01:28.140 understands that we need a connection with our airmen 01:28.140 --> 01:31.360 because valued airmen do not hurt themselves. 01:31.360 --> 01:35.680 And there's something telling that there's 15, 16 total, 01:35.680 --> 01:39.420 that 16 of our airmen, that things have gone so poorly 01:39.420 --> 01:41.800 in their lives that the only way 01:41.800 --> 01:44.770 they see to make an improvement is to do self-harm, 01:44.770 --> 01:46.330 and we have to change that narrative. 01:46.330 --> 01:49.260 And what the narrative needs to be is they're valued. 01:49.260 --> 01:50.820 They're part of our organization. 01:50.820 --> 01:52.460 Doesn't matter if they're civilian jobs. 01:52.460 --> 01:53.350 Do not care. 01:53.350 --> 01:54.820 They're always part of my family. 01:54.820 --> 01:56.310 We wanna make sure that we bring 'em in. 01:56.310 --> 01:58.520 And so the command chief and I, that's the message 01:58.520 --> 02:00.720 that we continually try to get out. 02:00.720 --> 02:02.170 Tactical Pause is great. 02:02.170 --> 02:03.530 That's a one time event. 02:03.530 --> 02:06.720 But we need to think about is resiliency every day, 02:06.720 --> 02:08.160 just like we do safety. 02:08.160 --> 02:09.980 The reason why our records are so great 02:09.980 --> 02:12.200 when it comes to aircraft safety, 02:12.200 --> 02:13.620 and it comes to training safety, 02:13.620 --> 02:15.320 is because we think about it all the time. 02:15.320 --> 02:17.240 Resiliency needs to be the same way. 02:17.240 --> 02:19.570 Specific when it comes to how do we build 02:19.570 --> 02:22.190 healthy relationships and how do we build healthy finances, 02:22.190 --> 02:25.257 which are the top two causes that are causing our airmen 02:25.257 --> 02:27.143 to make that sacrifice.