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- Piece of the takeaway
about the Field Grade Leader,

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is although it started out

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with me kind of sharing my ideas,

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trying to relearn some of the information

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or relearn some of those connections

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and share some of that information

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that I picked up as a battalion S3

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and as a brigade S3.

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It isn't about me, right?

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It's about the structure
that it's created.

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It's about the network of individuals

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that we have, interacting together,

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physically and out into the digital world,

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and it's about how we can contribute back

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to the environment, to
the profession, et cetera.

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And so for me, as I created
the Field Grade Leader,

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what started out as something for me

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and kind of for my development,

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it's become an obligation, right?

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It's something that I feel
that I need to do now,

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something that I'm committed to,

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and it also feeds back
to my own development.

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So it's also at a scope and scale

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that I didn't think was ever possible.

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And what I'd like to highlight

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for all of you guys is that
there are tools out there

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for you to do the exact same thing,

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to get into the conversation online,

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to engage folks that are
in development, right?

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That are still figuring things out

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and to kinda help share knowledge.

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So a lot of the times when
we have that discussion,

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people are like,

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I just don't think I have
anything interesting to say.

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Does anybody feel like that, right?

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I talked to some guys last night

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that were in Sam's and they were like,

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I just don't feel like I have
anything interesting to say.

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(sipping water)

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So, here's an interesting poll, all right?

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So, in the comments, I'd
like for you guys to comment,

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if you have combat
experience and tell us when

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and where you served, okay?

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Now give that a couple of
minutes to percolate here,

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as you guys go through, not a minutes,

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I'll just give you a seconds.

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No big deal, right?

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So watch this percolate,

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as you're looking through
on Facebook and on Twitter,

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and then I'm gonna ask
the opposite question.

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So, go into the comments and tell us

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if you don't have combat experience,

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if you consider yourself a
junior leader in the army

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or in the joint force
or in the business world

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or wherever you may be,

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or if you're in a position
where you have influence

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or instruction over someone like that.

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You're at West Point,
you're an ROTC instructor,

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you're out there somewhere in the world,

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and I think you would be amazed,

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just continue to watch the
thread as this one goes through

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of the number of folks that
we're influencing right now

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that are in that category,

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that don't have that experience,

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that are looking for the
lessons that you've learned.

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So, in reality, your perspective
is exceptionally important

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and it doesn't require a
formal command structure

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to influence those individuals.