WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:00.833 - Why, hey, good morning. 00:00.833 --> 00:03.660 Major General Todd Royar with Command Sergeant Major Dove 00:03.660 --> 00:05.140 coming back to you. 00:05.140 --> 00:07.050 We're probably about a month and a half, two months 00:07.050 --> 00:09.900 into the response to coronavirus right now. 00:09.900 --> 00:12.510 So we just want kinda to give ya a quick little update. 00:12.510 --> 00:14.310 First and foremost, please remember 00:14.310 --> 00:16.440 that your safety, the safety of your family 00:16.440 --> 00:19.420 and those that you work with are foremost in our mind, 00:19.420 --> 00:21.010 and we're also concerned to make sure 00:21.010 --> 00:23.790 that we can provide a response back to the Army, 00:23.790 --> 00:26.163 to the nation that's required of all of us. 00:27.250 --> 00:29.680 Overall, folks are doing exceptionally well. 00:29.680 --> 00:31.640 We could not be more proud of them. 00:31.640 --> 00:34.110 And so, despite the tragic events 00:34.110 --> 00:36.810 that are currently going on and those that are hurting, 00:36.810 --> 00:38.370 we also wanna recognize the great things 00:38.370 --> 00:40.720 that are being done by you and the entire workforce 00:40.720 --> 00:43.080 and those things to be thankful of. 00:43.080 --> 00:45.480 Let me give you a couple of examples. 00:45.480 --> 00:47.880 Our great depot up at Lover Canyon 00:47.880 --> 00:51.320 is providing up to a half a million masks 00:51.320 --> 00:53.230 and potentially some surgical gowns 00:53.230 --> 00:56.030 to a local community hospital. 00:56.030 --> 00:58.760 That is done exceptionally quickly, 00:58.760 --> 01:01.410 and they are starting to produce here this weekend. 01:01.410 --> 01:02.900 We could not be more proud of them 01:02.900 --> 01:04.690 and what their response is. 01:04.690 --> 01:06.950 Flight school down in Fort Rucker 01:06.950 --> 01:10.830 started back up again this week after a two week break 01:10.830 --> 01:13.100 and at the end of the day that was only possible 01:13.100 --> 01:15.990 because of the great work done by ACLC. 01:15.990 --> 01:18.930 Corpus Christi, our depo down there, 01:18.930 --> 01:20.450 also doin' phenomenal work 01:20.450 --> 01:23.450 and they're keeping our aviation fleet flying. 01:23.450 --> 01:26.410 Overall, the entire workforce is doing fantastic 01:26.410 --> 01:27.690 and we could not be more proud of them. 01:27.690 --> 01:29.535 So when you take a look at those opportunities 01:29.535 --> 01:32.330 for really what's goin' on well. 01:32.330 --> 01:34.980 There's similar opportunities that are goin' on well, 01:34.980 --> 01:35.964 and those are also at home. 01:35.964 --> 01:39.420 I, for one, I'm personally kind of excited, 01:39.420 --> 01:43.380 my two younger sons are learning how to drive. 01:43.380 --> 01:46.430 And even though we're actually following 01:46.430 --> 01:49.610 the stay-at-home order, those few opportunities 01:49.610 --> 01:51.970 where they have to get out and nobody else is on the road, 01:51.970 --> 01:53.740 I'm sure that you're glad to know about that, 01:53.740 --> 01:55.520 just like I am as well, 01:55.520 --> 01:57.040 when they do have the opportunity to drive. 01:57.040 --> 01:58.370 So you gotta take a look at those, you know, 01:58.370 --> 02:00.210 silver linings that are goin'. 02:00.210 --> 02:01.043 So with that, there's a couple of new policy things 02:01.043 --> 02:04.840 that have come out in the last week or so, 02:04.840 --> 02:06.540 so, Sergeant major. 02:06.540 --> 02:07.520 - Thank you, sir. 02:07.520 --> 02:11.590 So some of the things that's goin' on here at Redstone, 02:11.590 --> 02:13.770 we still have a lot of folks that are tele-working, 02:13.770 --> 02:16.730 and AMC put out some new guidance this past week. 02:16.730 --> 02:18.840 From General Pernin, that tele-work, 02:18.840 --> 02:22.830 maximum tele-work will continue until the 15th of May. 02:22.830 --> 02:24.970 Not just at Redstone, but at all 02:24.970 --> 02:28.770 of our locations where people are doing tele-work. 02:28.770 --> 02:30.170 So that will continue. 02:30.170 --> 02:31.850 However, it will be updated 02:31.850 --> 02:34.450 and looked at on a regular basis. 02:34.450 --> 02:37.060 The Department of the Army has also extended 02:37.060 --> 02:40.730 the travel restriction 'til the 30th of June. 02:40.730 --> 02:43.507 There are still some exceptions to policy on that, 02:43.507 --> 02:48.390 but that extension has gone on until the 30th of June. 02:48.390 --> 02:50.220 Case-by-Case, continue to work 02:50.220 --> 02:52.210 with your supervisor on those things. 02:52.210 --> 02:55.200 The other new thing that finally made it through 02:55.200 --> 02:58.310 the Department of Army Channels and down to us 02:58.310 --> 03:02.840 is the Family First Coronavirus Response Act. 03:02.840 --> 03:06.480 So this is a very detailed, complex document. 03:06.480 --> 03:09.100 We do have it posted on our webpage, 03:09.100 --> 03:10.840 under the Coronavirus tab. 03:10.840 --> 03:14.740 We want you to take a look at that and take note of it. 03:14.740 --> 03:19.740 There's several reasons on how you can take leave 03:20.154 --> 03:24.710 through the Response Act. 03:24.710 --> 03:26.929 But one thing I want you to be aware of, 03:26.929 --> 03:28.380 and I wanna read this note 03:28.380 --> 03:30.980 because it applies to everybody that does take business. 03:30.980 --> 03:34.700 Very specific, and it does have an impact on you. 03:34.700 --> 03:37.440 All employees must be informed that 03:37.440 --> 03:42.370 leave under the FFCRA, may result in a debt 03:42.370 --> 03:45.320 that will be collected at a later date, 03:45.320 --> 03:49.470 and they will be ineligible to receive a debt wavier. 03:49.470 --> 03:52.220 So again please go to the webpage 03:53.410 --> 03:55.350 and read through the document, 03:55.350 --> 03:57.630 it's very specific, it's very lengthy. 03:57.630 --> 03:59.290 But it does apply to all, 03:59.290 --> 04:01.973 or to the majority, of our workforce. 04:03.060 --> 04:04.610 - Right, thanks Sergeant major. 04:06.313 --> 04:07.820 And I think as we're all takin' a look at the news, 04:07.820 --> 04:08.980 the news has definitely shifted 04:08.980 --> 04:10.290 over the last couple of weeks. 04:10.290 --> 04:12.020 Really about to looking forward 04:12.020 --> 04:14.570 and opening up the economies again 04:14.570 --> 04:16.600 and kinda getting back to whatever that new normal 04:16.600 --> 04:17.770 is going to be. 04:17.770 --> 04:18.920 So, we just kinda want to give you 04:18.920 --> 04:22.670 a quick idea about where we in the AMCOM sit for that. 04:22.670 --> 04:24.150 First of all, again your safety 04:24.150 --> 04:26.110 is of paramount of importance to us. 04:26.110 --> 04:29.940 As I mentioned last week during a virtual town hall, 04:29.940 --> 04:34.260 we will have a phased approach to coming back, 04:34.260 --> 04:36.580 that approach will be unique. 04:36.580 --> 04:39.400 Meaning that every installation of 04:39.400 --> 04:40.730 part of the country will come back 04:40.730 --> 04:42.290 at a slightly different time. 04:42.290 --> 04:44.020 So we'll follow that as well 04:44.020 --> 04:47.810 and then we're working with the Army Material Command 04:47.810 --> 04:49.410 and receiving Department of the Army guidance 04:49.410 --> 04:51.710 on exactly how that's gonna be done. 04:51.710 --> 04:54.310 However, prior to bringing anybody back in, 04:54.310 --> 04:56.350 we'll make sure that all employees to 04:56.350 --> 04:58.240 have the opportunity to get briefed 04:58.240 --> 05:01.130 on what the procedures are as well as 05:01.130 --> 05:03.980 makin' sure that we have those conditions set. 05:03.980 --> 05:06.210 It will not be a very quick reaction, 05:06.210 --> 05:08.390 it'll be very methodical and we'll make sure 05:08.390 --> 05:10.490 that everyone's informed. 05:10.490 --> 05:11.850 At the end of the day we cannot 05:11.850 --> 05:14.320 begin to thank you enough for all that you are doing. 05:14.320 --> 05:15.930 We're exceptionally proud of you, 05:15.930 --> 05:18.270 your service to the nation, and what you're able 05:18.270 --> 05:19.890 to provide to the warfire. 05:19.890 --> 05:21.990 So with that, Army Strong. - Army Strong.