WEBVTT 00:11.680 --> 00:12.513 - YPG Commander, Colonel Ross Poppenberger. 00:12.513 --> 00:16.460 Command Sergeant Major, Jamathon Nelson. 00:16.460 --> 00:18.990 Deputy Garrison Commander, Ron James. 00:18.990 --> 00:21.390 Thank you so much for being here with us, today. 00:22.280 --> 00:24.000 We're practicing social distancing, 00:24.000 --> 00:25.547 so I can't shake your hands, 00:25.547 --> 00:27.800 and we're sitting apart from each other. 00:27.800 --> 00:30.730 But, I hope you know how much I appreciate your time. 00:30.730 --> 00:33.251 Colonel Poppenberger, let me start with you. 00:33.251 --> 00:36.850 We're living in very dangerous times, right now. 00:36.850 --> 00:39.513 Why does YPGs test mission have to continue? 00:40.950 --> 00:42.530 - It's got to continue because 00:42.530 --> 00:46.210 we're the forefront of modernization for national defense. 00:46.210 --> 00:47.180 That's what we do out here 00:47.180 --> 00:48.843 and we're gonna keep that mission going. 00:48.843 --> 00:50.453 The other thing is, 00:52.871 --> 00:54.790 our work rate continues, 00:54.790 --> 00:56.860 and so if we don't maintain some throughput, 00:56.860 --> 00:58.853 we're gonna, once we come out of this pandemic, 00:58.853 --> 01:01.210 we're gonna have so much work to do 01:01.210 --> 01:03.320 it'll be hard to catch up. 01:03.320 --> 01:04.870 The other thing is, 01:04.870 --> 01:07.120 we have a large reimbursable rate. 01:07.120 --> 01:09.920 So, we need to bring those dollars in, 01:09.920 --> 01:14.040 but all taking care of the workforce, here. 01:14.040 --> 01:15.670 - [Mark] Now you command a very large 01:15.670 --> 01:17.840 and diverse workforce, here. 01:17.840 --> 01:19.550 So, what are the things YPG's doing 01:19.550 --> 01:22.650 to help keep the folks here safe when they're at work? 01:22.650 --> 01:23.650 - Well this is one of them. 01:23.650 --> 01:25.080 If you look across, you know, 01:25.080 --> 01:27.549 we're recognizing the six-foot spacing. 01:27.549 --> 01:29.960 We hold our meetings to no more than 10. 01:29.960 --> 01:32.243 We're implementing telework operations, 01:32.243 --> 01:36.560 doing all the social distancing processes 01:36.560 --> 01:37.540 that we talk about, 01:37.540 --> 01:39.080 we've stopped travel, 01:39.080 --> 01:42.210 and we've got our safety personnel looking at a plan 01:42.210 --> 01:44.535 that should we need to bring any people in or deliveries 01:44.535 --> 01:47.270 how we respond to those sorts of things. 01:47.270 --> 01:49.170 But, at the end of the day, 01:49.170 --> 01:51.300 we're following the CDC guidelines 01:51.300 --> 01:54.603 and the guidelines given out by our national leaders. 01:55.580 --> 01:56.760 - [Mark] A lot of people in the Yuma community 01:56.760 --> 01:59.210 know YPG has jurisdiction over all the 01:59.210 --> 02:01.690 extreme weather testing in the army. 02:01.690 --> 02:04.500 So therefore, you command test sites in Alaska, 02:04.500 --> 02:06.350 and Central America, 02:06.350 --> 02:07.890 in addition to here in Yuma. 02:07.890 --> 02:10.770 So, what about employees who might have traveled 02:10.770 --> 02:11.920 outside the US? 02:11.920 --> 02:13.880 Are we tracking those folks? 02:13.880 --> 02:16.890 - Yeah. Right now, we've got three personnel 02:16.890 --> 02:20.760 that have traveled outside the US for work 02:20.760 --> 02:23.280 and they came back last night. 02:23.280 --> 02:25.400 And, they're on self-quarantine. 02:25.400 --> 02:26.880 No issues with them, 02:26.880 --> 02:28.100 no suspected issues. 02:28.100 --> 02:30.340 We don't feel that they've been in contact, 02:30.340 --> 02:31.760 but as a safety precaution, 02:31.760 --> 02:34.350 what we are doing is we're doing self-quarantine for 02:34.350 --> 02:36.410 14 days for those personnel. 02:36.410 --> 02:39.380 And for our Fort Greeley operations, up in Alaska, 02:39.380 --> 02:40.980 if they have anybody that's gone 02:40.980 --> 02:43.000 to the lower 48 and returned, 02:43.000 --> 02:45.351 they'll self-quarantine for 14 days. 02:45.351 --> 02:47.820 And we've got about five people 02:47.820 --> 02:51.130 that were overseas on personal travel, 02:51.130 --> 02:53.660 before the restrictions were put in place. 02:53.660 --> 02:56.810 And so when they returned we had them on self-quarantine. 02:56.810 --> 03:00.030 And to-date, we've had only one person tested, 03:00.030 --> 03:04.220 and does not appear to have the virus. 03:04.220 --> 03:05.080 - [Mark] Sergeant Major Nelson, 03:05.080 --> 03:06.860 let me go over to you. 03:06.860 --> 03:10.327 You're the highest-raking listed solider here at YPG. 03:10.327 --> 03:13.540 What changes are being implemented, specifically, 03:13.540 --> 03:16.390 to help keep the soldiers here safe? 03:16.390 --> 03:17.760 - So much like the Colonel said, 03:17.760 --> 03:19.010 the social distancing is stuff 03:19.010 --> 03:22.920 that we've been tasked to do, is very important. 03:22.920 --> 03:24.970 But I think when you talk about social distancing, 03:24.970 --> 03:27.194 you have to look at YPG, as holistically. 03:27.194 --> 03:31.250 So, we have 276 soldiers on post. 03:31.250 --> 03:35.479 We have 2,200 civilians, roughly, 2,200. 03:35.479 --> 03:38.790 So, the precautions that we've taken with those civilians 03:38.790 --> 03:41.520 is to protect everyone, to include the soldiers. 03:41.520 --> 03:43.500 And, you know, we've gone to the telework, 03:43.500 --> 03:45.100 so the majority of the civilians that 03:45.100 --> 03:47.620 can be at home are at home. 03:47.620 --> 03:49.430 And unlike most posts, 03:49.430 --> 03:51.880 our soldiers on post don't share rooms. 03:51.880 --> 03:54.330 So, because of the low numbers, 03:54.330 --> 03:55.590 they all have individual rooms. 03:55.590 --> 03:56.820 So, they've social distanced 03:56.820 --> 03:58.373 for the entire time they've been here. 03:58.373 --> 04:00.090 So, it works out well to our advantage, 04:00.090 --> 04:01.880 unlike some other posts that, you know, 04:01.880 --> 04:03.330 have four man or two man rooms. 04:03.330 --> 04:04.600 - [Mark Schauer] Yes. 04:04.600 --> 04:06.650 Now have any of our soldiers here at YPG 04:06.650 --> 04:11.650 traveled to areas that have a high COVID-19 infection rate? 04:11.920 --> 04:12.890 - Once again, we're lucky. 04:12.890 --> 04:14.270 With us being a test facility, 04:14.270 --> 04:16.170 and mostly schools, 04:16.170 --> 04:18.810 we do get soldiers to schools into here, 04:18.810 --> 04:20.647 and they're closely watched. 04:20.647 --> 04:22.778 Any soldiers reporting to YPG 04:22.778 --> 04:26.650 you know, do the 14 day quarantine, self-quarantine. 04:26.650 --> 04:27.895 But I'm not tracking any soldiers 04:27.895 --> 04:30.560 that have traveled outside the United States, 04:30.560 --> 04:32.430 from YPG. 04:32.430 --> 04:36.150 - [Mark] None of the soldiers posted here deploy ever? 04:36.150 --> 04:36.983 - No, yeah. 04:36.983 --> 04:38.250 It'd be a non-deployable unit. 04:38.250 --> 04:40.653 That's really a worry that we don't have. 04:42.460 --> 04:44.220 - [Mark] Mr. James, 04:44.220 --> 04:45.650 Deputy Garrison Manager, 04:45.650 --> 04:48.070 they're implementing things like social distancing, 04:48.070 --> 04:49.510 at YPG. 04:49.510 --> 04:51.860 What Garrison functions and services are being 04:51.860 --> 04:53.400 impacted by that. 04:53.400 --> 04:55.380 - Well, we've gone to the Senior Commander 04:55.380 --> 04:58.520 who has decided we would go to an HP-Con Bravo. 04:58.520 --> 05:00.600 For those who are not familiar with that, 05:00.600 --> 05:02.540 that's a health protection condition 05:02.540 --> 05:04.048 It's driven by DOD. 05:04.048 --> 05:08.930 So, what that has caused is us to put in some things 05:08.930 --> 05:10.950 in place, like closing the gyms. 05:10.950 --> 05:12.880 We've closed the library. 05:12.880 --> 05:16.540 We've gone to takeout only in our food services. 05:16.540 --> 05:19.150 We're doing appointment only for our ID cards 05:19.150 --> 05:21.990 and some other personal service type things. 05:21.990 --> 05:25.630 So, the overabundance of caution has driven us 05:25.630 --> 05:27.580 to kind of change the way we think 05:27.580 --> 05:29.517 about the way we deliver our services. 05:29.517 --> 05:31.500 - [Mark] And the employees of those workplaces 05:31.500 --> 05:34.265 you mentioned, like the gym, the library, 05:34.265 --> 05:38.320 the restaurants, how are they faring? 05:38.320 --> 05:40.670 I mean, are they still coming to work everyday? 05:41.590 --> 05:44.100 - For those who can telework, we're having them telework. 05:44.100 --> 05:46.890 It's causing us to be able to be a little creative. 05:46.890 --> 05:51.890 So, for example, the CDC, we've saw a drop in children 05:52.310 --> 05:53.760 because more people are teleworking. 05:53.760 --> 05:57.600 So, those providers have a lot of training requirements. 05:57.600 --> 05:59.740 We can send them home with their laptops, 05:59.740 --> 06:00.730 they can do the training. 06:00.730 --> 06:02.920 Those are the kinds of things we are thinking through, 06:02.920 --> 06:04.010 keeping them on the payroll, 06:04.010 --> 06:07.210 keeping them busy and finding things for them to do. 06:07.210 --> 06:10.400 - Colonel Poppenberger, a lot of members of the YPG family 06:10.400 --> 06:12.623 work for private contractors. 06:13.740 --> 06:16.080 What control do you have over things 06:16.080 --> 06:17.913 like their work hours? 06:19.360 --> 06:22.830 - What we do, is we manage the contract. 06:22.830 --> 06:24.563 Our support contractors, 06:25.870 --> 06:28.020 they're very integrated in our team 06:28.020 --> 06:30.330 and we're all strong partners together, 06:30.330 --> 06:33.974 but as we look we have had a reduction 06:33.974 --> 06:38.627 in the overall business that we're doing here. 06:38.627 --> 06:41.230 It's approximately 20% reduction, 06:41.230 --> 06:42.180 and so consequently, 06:42.180 --> 06:45.270 the contractors are taking a look across the board 06:45.270 --> 06:50.090 and reducing the hours that their individuals are working. 06:50.090 --> 06:53.940 Just to be, to commencer it with the work requirements on. 06:53.940 --> 06:54.773 - [Mark] And more broadly, 06:54.773 --> 06:57.550 how are you communicating with this workforce 06:57.550 --> 06:58.780 that's so diverse, 06:58.780 --> 07:02.212 that's spread out over such a large geographic area? 07:02.212 --> 07:04.700 - So this, doing this right here, 07:04.700 --> 07:08.090 is one method that we're looking at is to send the message. 07:08.090 --> 07:09.120 The other thing is, 07:09.120 --> 07:11.360 I've sent several emails out to the workforce, 07:11.360 --> 07:12.380 across the board, 07:12.380 --> 07:16.430 and then through you and your team, 07:16.430 --> 07:18.750 through the PAO office. 07:18.750 --> 07:20.418 Something else I want to highlight is, 07:20.418 --> 07:23.960 we've got a website to go look to, it's 07:23.960 --> 07:28.960 http://www.atec.army.mil/ypg 07:34.970 --> 07:37.664 And that's got all the latest information 07:37.664 --> 07:39.695 that's out there. 07:39.695 --> 07:43.540 Both State, Local, and Federal governments 07:43.540 --> 07:47.050 and what resources are available, as a result. 07:47.050 --> 07:48.254 - [Mark] Do you think at times like these 07:48.254 --> 07:52.370 it's important that folks turn to sources of information 07:52.370 --> 07:54.080 that are accurate and trustworthy? 07:54.080 --> 07:56.650 - Absolutely, so that's one of the things 07:56.650 --> 07:58.160 thanks for asking that question, Mark. 07:58.160 --> 08:02.120 We need to really limit the rumor mill stuff going around 08:02.120 --> 08:02.979 out there. 08:02.979 --> 08:06.360 There's all kinds of stories and things that start 08:06.360 --> 08:07.840 but go to those websites, 08:07.840 --> 08:09.860 go talk to leaders, supervisors, 08:09.860 --> 08:11.640 and they'll give you the scoop. 08:11.640 --> 08:14.560 One of the things that we're doing daily here, 08:14.560 --> 08:17.149 I'm having all the Senior Leaders on YPG 08:17.149 --> 08:20.460 discuss with me, what's going on, 08:20.460 --> 08:22.390 both up and down the chain of command. 08:22.390 --> 08:24.640 And so, those leaders then 08:24.640 --> 08:26.210 go out to to their respective teams, 08:26.210 --> 08:28.320 have their various staff meetings 08:28.320 --> 08:29.980 and put the information out. 08:29.980 --> 08:33.090 It's all about truth and communication, 08:33.090 --> 08:34.370 so to speak. 08:34.370 --> 08:35.833 - Colonel, do you think there is a possibility 08:35.833 --> 08:38.423 that YPG could be shut down for a time? 08:39.320 --> 08:42.620 - Well, we're not looking at doing that right now. 08:42.620 --> 08:45.140 Again, we're open for business. 08:45.140 --> 08:47.470 We're at the tip of this, 08:47.470 --> 08:48.303 the leading edge. 08:48.303 --> 08:51.420 We are already doing some pretty drastic measures 08:51.420 --> 08:53.663 to slow the spread. 08:54.510 --> 08:56.842 We'll just kind of keep an eye on what's going on 08:56.842 --> 09:00.360 both locally, statewide, and nationally. 09:00.360 --> 09:02.200 And we'll kind of follow suit, 09:02.200 --> 09:03.490 but as it stands right now, 09:03.490 --> 09:06.290 we don't intend to shut down the post. 09:06.290 --> 09:08.430 We are doing things to limit access 09:08.430 --> 09:11.704 and we are doing things to social distance and separate, 09:11.704 --> 09:14.533 to be able to do our important mission. 09:15.630 --> 09:16.650 - Sergeant Major Nelson, 09:16.650 --> 09:19.300 physical fitness is important for soldiers, 09:19.300 --> 09:22.960 and we also try to encourage the civilian members 09:22.960 --> 09:24.830 of our workforce to be physically fit, 09:24.830 --> 09:26.583 we have a fitness program here. 09:27.580 --> 09:30.830 What things, like the gym being closed down, 09:30.830 --> 09:34.500 is PT still going on for soldiers, 09:34.500 --> 09:36.860 and for civilians at home that are teleworking, 09:36.860 --> 09:40.563 can they still participate in the fitness program? 09:40.563 --> 09:41.750 - There's a two part question, 09:41.750 --> 09:43.830 so I'll answer the soldier piece first. 09:43.830 --> 09:45.810 Of course, soldiers can still do PT. 09:45.810 --> 09:47.710 They just can't go and meet up at the gym everyday, 09:47.710 --> 09:49.900 like they usually do. 09:49.900 --> 09:51.088 So, doing PT outside? 09:51.088 --> 09:52.480 Absolutely. 09:52.480 --> 09:53.670 Keep the numbers small, 09:53.670 --> 09:56.640 maintain the social distance of six feet 09:56.640 --> 09:57.850 and continue to do PT. 09:57.850 --> 09:59.086 For those that are teleworking, 09:59.086 --> 10:04.086 yes, as long as they log their hours they can continue. 10:04.410 --> 10:05.830 Nothing really changes. 10:05.830 --> 10:07.140 You're just not with other people. 10:07.140 --> 10:09.250 You've just gotta maintain the statistics 10:09.250 --> 10:10.409 of what you're doing at home. 10:10.409 --> 10:13.360 - [Mark] See, I think a lot of members of the YPG family 10:13.360 --> 10:17.100 admire you as a soldier whose seen some tough fights 10:17.100 --> 10:18.700 in his time. 10:18.700 --> 10:20.200 We've talked about physical fitness 10:20.200 --> 10:22.750 but what about emotional fitness, 10:22.750 --> 10:23.583 in times like these. 10:23.583 --> 10:25.750 Or even, spiritual fitness in times like these. 10:25.750 --> 10:27.960 Do you have any insights into that? 10:27.960 --> 10:30.110 - So, I think it actually, a lot of that question goes back 10:30.110 --> 10:31.932 to what you asked the Colonel a minute ago. 10:31.932 --> 10:34.390 Have the facts, all right? 10:34.390 --> 10:36.150 If you're believing rumors and get caught up in that, 10:36.150 --> 10:37.400 talk to people who know. 10:37.400 --> 10:39.350 Go to the website, look at the website. 10:40.210 --> 10:41.313 Talk to your family, 10:42.550 --> 10:45.750 express your concerns to your leadership and then, 10:45.750 --> 10:49.234 also there's the chapel on post that's also available. 10:49.234 --> 10:52.108 If you are experiencing some problems, 10:52.108 --> 10:54.738 talk to people that you need to talk to. 10:54.738 --> 10:56.380 Also, I'll say it again. 10:56.380 --> 10:58.486 Just get outside for 20 minutes a day. 10:58.486 --> 11:00.610 You'll be surprised at what just taking a walk 11:00.610 --> 11:01.910 does for you. 11:01.910 --> 11:04.530 - Mr. James, we've talked about additional hygiene measures 11:04.530 --> 11:09.065 at the restaurants, at the CDC, other places. 11:09.065 --> 11:11.070 What specifically does that mean? 11:11.070 --> 11:13.010 Can you walk us through that a little bit? 11:13.010 --> 11:15.580 - For example, the CDC, the gyms, the restaurants, 11:15.580 --> 11:18.310 already have very high hygiene standards. 11:18.310 --> 11:21.303 So, what we've had to do is just increase that. 11:22.153 --> 11:24.070 While we still had the gyms open, 11:24.070 --> 11:25.522 we had our own staff in there 11:25.522 --> 11:27.880 just increasing their normal rounds 11:27.880 --> 11:28.990 and wiping everything down, 11:28.990 --> 11:31.960 and just being extra precautious. 11:31.960 --> 11:35.260 But it's also, not only those facilities 11:35.260 --> 11:38.220 it's kind of put on our workforce, as well, 11:38.220 --> 11:39.740 to look after their own areas, 11:39.740 --> 11:40.859 their phone, their keyboards, 11:40.859 --> 11:44.110 all that CDC things we see on their website, 11:44.110 --> 11:45.313 the CDC website, 11:45.313 --> 11:47.571 to look after their own areas. 11:47.571 --> 11:48.620 - [Mark] Okay. 11:48.620 --> 11:51.023 One more very important question for you, sir. 11:51.920 --> 11:55.040 I think the YPG family cherishes it's first responders 11:55.040 --> 11:56.083 and work they do. 11:57.840 --> 12:00.400 We're thinking a lot about our own welfare and so on, 12:00.400 --> 12:02.500 but we've got to think about the folks that help 12:02.500 --> 12:03.480 keep us safe, too. 12:03.480 --> 12:05.460 The police and firefighters. 12:05.460 --> 12:06.590 What are some things that we're doing 12:06.590 --> 12:09.700 to help keep our first responders safe, right now. 12:09.700 --> 12:10.533 - Very good question. 12:10.533 --> 12:15.022 The firefighters I worry less about than the police 12:15.022 --> 12:16.910 and security guards. 12:16.910 --> 12:19.210 That's because the firefighters day in and day out work 12:19.210 --> 12:20.710 with bloodborne pathogens 12:20.710 --> 12:23.050 when they respond to a traffic accident. 12:23.050 --> 12:27.500 They have that PPE already, they have those protocols down. 12:27.500 --> 12:29.720 So, they've got to modify a little bit 12:29.720 --> 12:31.020 but not so much as the rest of us 12:31.020 --> 12:33.290 because they kind of do this for a living. 12:33.290 --> 12:35.790 The guards and security or police officers, 12:35.790 --> 12:38.930 on the other hand, they have kind of a hands on job. 12:38.930 --> 12:40.420 So, we've go to take some precautions 12:40.420 --> 12:42.300 like having people when they come through the gate 12:42.300 --> 12:43.460 just show their ID card 12:43.460 --> 12:44.300 and let them scan it, 12:44.300 --> 12:45.567 without touching anything. 12:45.567 --> 12:47.510 As much as we can, 12:47.510 --> 12:49.500 we're preventing our guards and police officers 12:49.500 --> 12:51.590 from touching other items from other people 12:51.590 --> 12:53.376 just to keep them safe. 12:53.376 --> 12:56.690 - Colonel Poppenberger, how do you think the morale 12:56.690 --> 12:58.650 of the workforce is right now? 12:58.650 --> 13:03.310 It seems to me they've demonstrated some very flexible 13:03.310 --> 13:07.053 and creative ways to meet the challenge we're in right now. 13:08.260 --> 13:09.560 - Yeah, I mean, you said it. 13:09.560 --> 13:12.250 This is an adaptable and creative workforce, 13:12.250 --> 13:13.083 without a doubt. 13:13.083 --> 13:16.720 I've had the luxury, in my 30 year career, 13:16.720 --> 13:19.070 of working in a lot of different work forces, 13:19.070 --> 13:23.900 like no other, the culture here and the workforce morale 13:23.900 --> 13:26.207 is generally the best that I've seen. 13:26.207 --> 13:28.210 That being said, 13:28.210 --> 13:29.710 these are challenging times right now 13:29.710 --> 13:33.600 and I think the things that help mitigate concern 13:33.600 --> 13:37.150 and to help increase morale is communication. 13:37.150 --> 13:39.580 And so, I've sent a series of emails out. 13:39.580 --> 13:41.050 I've wanted to to this, right here, 13:41.050 --> 13:43.260 to get the word out to the workforce 13:43.260 --> 13:46.870 and give them confidence in the leadership 13:46.870 --> 13:47.940 that we're looking out. 13:47.940 --> 13:50.880 One, for their safety, health, and welfare. 13:50.880 --> 13:53.070 As well as, the mission and their jobs. 13:53.070 --> 13:56.080 So, I think those sorts of things 13:56.080 --> 13:59.519 maintain a strong morale and strong workforce. 13:59.519 --> 14:03.210 It's important to me that everybody out there 14:03.210 --> 14:05.720 that's looking at this understands the leaders here 14:05.720 --> 14:08.933 and all the way down, to your individual leaders, 14:08.933 --> 14:10.710 care about what we do 14:10.710 --> 14:14.280 and that we're focused on doing the right things 14:14.280 --> 14:15.380 where this is involved 14:15.380 --> 14:17.140 and doing the right things for our nation. 14:17.140 --> 14:18.123 - [Mark] You've mentioned communication, 14:18.123 --> 14:21.410 seems to me that communication, community outreach, 14:21.410 --> 14:23.350 have been cornerstones of your command, 14:23.350 --> 14:25.170 since day one. 14:25.170 --> 14:27.100 Do you have a message, 14:27.100 --> 14:29.033 not just to the YPG personnel, 14:29.033 --> 14:32.410 but to the human community, at large? 14:32.410 --> 14:33.450 - So, yeah. 14:33.450 --> 14:35.140 Communication is important. 14:35.140 --> 14:38.420 We've got a educating inform portion of our mission 14:38.420 --> 14:40.047 that I've spent a lot of times talking 14:40.047 --> 14:42.230 to the human community on. 14:42.230 --> 14:45.477 But what I do want to focus on the importance of 14:45.477 --> 14:48.854 is with lack of communication that goes on 14:48.854 --> 14:52.150 the one thing that I do send out in my emails 14:52.150 --> 14:54.290 is our mission statement. 14:54.290 --> 14:57.770 And that's the thing that centers the workforce here 14:57.770 --> 14:59.400 and centers us all around. 14:59.400 --> 15:00.730 That at the end of the day, 15:00.730 --> 15:02.360 we all know what our mission is. 15:02.360 --> 15:03.500 It's why we wake up, 15:03.500 --> 15:04.880 it's why we come in, in the morning. 15:04.880 --> 15:07.450 We all have separate tasks associated with that mission. 15:07.450 --> 15:09.570 But, it's doing that mission, 15:09.570 --> 15:10.740 it's conducting tests 15:10.740 --> 15:12.411 because the stakes are so high, 15:12.411 --> 15:14.769 outside of our borders, here. 15:14.769 --> 15:16.920 We gotta' keep it going. 15:16.920 --> 15:18.470 We gotta' keep it right. 15:18.470 --> 15:20.260 So, that being said, 15:20.260 --> 15:21.630 let's focus on our mission 15:21.630 --> 15:22.680 and doing what we do. 15:22.680 --> 15:24.500 The leaders are going to take a look 15:24.500 --> 15:25.876 and make sure we do it safely 15:25.876 --> 15:28.143 and communicate accordingly. 15:29.480 --> 15:30.313 - [Mark] Colonel Poppenberger, 15:30.313 --> 15:31.880 Commander Sergeant Major Nelson, 15:31.880 --> 15:32.713 and Mr. James, 15:32.713 --> 15:35.208 thanks so much for being here with us, today. 15:35.208 --> 15:37.770 I'm sure we'll be talking more like this, 15:37.770 --> 15:39.530 as things unfold. 15:39.530 --> 15:40.630 Thank you. 15:40.630 --> 15:41.817 - Thank you, Mark.