WEBVTT 00:11.130 --> 00:12.380 - We're back with another episode 00:12.380 --> 00:14.570 of a conversation about COVID 00:14.570 --> 00:16.120 with our panel YPG commander 00:16.120 --> 00:18.220 Colonel Patrick McFall, 00:18.220 --> 00:20.770 technical director Larry Bracamonte, 00:20.770 --> 00:24.320 acting Deputy Garrison manager Ron Rodriguez, 00:24.320 --> 00:27.050 Command Sergeant major, Herbert Gill, 00:27.050 --> 00:29.803 and health clinic OIC Major Jennifer Fiandt. 00:30.680 --> 00:33.120 Colonel McFall, do you have any remarks sir? 00:33.120 --> 00:35.490 - Happy new year to our YPG family. 00:35.490 --> 00:38.202 We're going to have another discussion here, I think 00:38.202 --> 00:40.610 about COVID and a few other topics. 00:40.610 --> 00:42.380 And then of course later this month, or at the end 00:42.380 --> 00:44.170 of this month, or beginning of February, 00:44.170 --> 00:46.870 we're going to have a town hall for the workforce 00:46.870 --> 00:48.590 that will address some other issues. 00:48.590 --> 00:50.260 We'll have it live so that you can ask questions 00:50.260 --> 00:51.520 on the spot. 00:51.520 --> 00:53.310 But for this right now, we want to continue talking 00:53.310 --> 00:55.400 about the importance of maintaining safety, 00:55.400 --> 00:57.940 especially in this COVID environment, please continue 00:57.940 --> 01:01.030 to follow the CDC guidelines and continue wearing your mask 01:01.030 --> 01:03.930 and using proper social distancing, washing your hands. 01:03.930 --> 01:06.940 Those are very important for the safety of our YPG family 01:06.940 --> 01:09.340 and I appreciate everybody's support and remaining vigilant 01:09.340 --> 01:11.290 in this practices. 01:11.290 --> 01:13.220 I know there's a lot of questions on vaccine 01:13.220 --> 01:15.360 that discussion will come out in this, but I'll turn 01:15.360 --> 01:18.270 that over to the experts when we have that topic up. 01:18.270 --> 01:20.580 But for now, Mark. 01:20.580 --> 01:24.550 - Colonel McFall will obtaining a COVID vaccine 01:24.550 --> 01:27.010 be a condition for employment at YPG 01:27.010 --> 01:29.140 at some point in the future? 01:29.140 --> 01:32.060 - The army has not issued any policy 01:32.060 --> 01:33.930 or that type of statement. 01:33.930 --> 01:38.180 We will take all direction from the army on their policies. 01:38.180 --> 01:40.330 As of right now, there's nothing out there. 01:41.290 --> 01:42.750 - Colonel McFall is hard to believe, 01:42.750 --> 01:45.110 but less than 12 months ago, 01:45.110 --> 01:47.750 YPG had it's largest open house, 01:47.750 --> 01:50.170 in it's 78 year history. 01:50.170 --> 01:52.600 Do you expect we'll have another open house 01:52.600 --> 01:55.410 in 2022 or 2023? 01:55.410 --> 01:57.040 - I'm actually hoping we do. 01:57.040 --> 01:59.960 I've already started talking to the Garrison NWR 01:59.960 --> 02:04.780 about that, that conversation, maybe 2022 or 2023. 02:04.780 --> 02:06.980 So it is definitely a thought 02:06.980 --> 02:08.850 and it's something I have an interest in doing. 02:08.850 --> 02:10.490 Cause I heard it was a lot of fun 02:10.490 --> 02:12.580 and I know everybody enjoyed it. 02:12.580 --> 02:16.020 So yes it is being discussed. 02:16.020 --> 02:16.890 - [Mark] Mr. Bracamonte, 02:16.890 --> 02:21.860 how is YPGs workload looking for the rest of this year? 02:21.860 --> 02:23.910 Do you expect there'll be any major changes 02:23.910 --> 02:26.563 of workload in the weeks and months ahead? 02:27.640 --> 02:31.280 - Well, Mark, right now, the workload is steady 02:31.280 --> 02:34.760 through the end of December, a YPG has done roughly 02:34.760 --> 02:39.310 about 390,000 reimbursable hours. 02:39.310 --> 02:42.330 And I do predict that by the end of the fiscal year 02:42.330 --> 02:46.457 we will have done approximately 1.7, 1.75 million 02:48.420 --> 02:50.750 reimbursable hours here at YPG. 02:50.750 --> 02:54.340 So as far as the workload, you know, 02:54.340 --> 02:55.660 it it's going to stay steady 02:55.660 --> 02:58.810 and probably will be pretty close to what we did 02:58.810 --> 03:00.083 in the fiscal year 20. 03:01.670 --> 03:05.940 - Mr. Bracamonte, YPG's utilized maximum telework 03:05.940 --> 03:08.020 for some months now, 03:08.020 --> 03:10.920 do you expect this going to continue for very much longer? 03:10.920 --> 03:13.530 - I would say that it's going to go at least through 03:13.530 --> 03:16.530 the end of the month and then we'll have to reevaluate 03:16.530 --> 03:18.203 to see what the situation is. 03:19.270 --> 03:22.410 We have been looking at the COVID-19 situation 03:22.410 --> 03:27.150 and the cases in Yuma County are significantly increasing. 03:27.150 --> 03:30.960 So I do ask that everybody out there, exercise caution 03:30.960 --> 03:33.640 when you're out and about, especially after hours. 03:33.640 --> 03:38.500 And please continue to follow the CDC guidelines, 03:38.500 --> 03:40.530 you know with respect to social distancing 03:40.530 --> 03:43.710 and wearing your mask because ultimately, you know 03:43.710 --> 03:48.030 we want you healthy and you are the backbone of YPG. 03:48.030 --> 03:51.400 And we wanna make sure that we can continue 03:51.400 --> 03:54.070 to perform our mission effectively. 03:54.070 --> 03:56.130 - Major Fiandt, what's the situation right now 03:56.130 --> 04:00.000 with the COVID vaccine at the YPG health clinic? 04:00.000 --> 04:01.460 Do you expect the YPG health clinic 04:01.460 --> 04:05.970 will be able to inoculate all YPG personnel at some point? 04:05.970 --> 04:07.340 - So we definitely do at some point 04:07.340 --> 04:09.050 right now we only have a very small 04:09.050 --> 04:11.380 and limited supply of the vaccine and that's reserved 04:11.380 --> 04:14.830 for what they're referring as a tier one personnel. 04:14.830 --> 04:17.310 So that's healthcare workers, first responders 04:17.310 --> 04:19.410 like the police and firefighters 04:19.410 --> 04:21.233 and the CYS workers as well. 04:22.130 --> 04:26.020 After that in terms of priority, comes high-risk patients, 04:26.020 --> 04:29.010 and then the otherwise healthy adult population. 04:29.010 --> 04:30.680 The vaccine is not currently approved 04:30.680 --> 04:32.590 for anyone under the age of 15. 04:32.590 --> 04:36.663 So it is primarily adults, aged 15 years and up. 04:37.650 --> 04:39.560 We're hoping to see that the supply 04:39.560 --> 04:41.980 of vaccine will significantly increase 04:41.980 --> 04:43.523 over the next coming weeks. 04:44.450 --> 04:46.740 Right now the federal government is considering a change 04:46.740 --> 04:49.790 in policy that should significantly expand the availability 04:49.790 --> 04:52.110 of vaccines to all interested people. 04:52.110 --> 04:55.700 - YPGs personnel tend to be helping types 04:55.700 --> 04:58.060 just as a matter of course. 04:58.060 --> 05:01.550 Is there anything the average YPG personnel could do 05:01.550 --> 05:05.230 to help with the COVID-19 vaccine distribution? 05:05.230 --> 05:06.650 - So yeah, absolutely. 05:06.650 --> 05:08.426 Generally the main thing that people can do 05:08.426 --> 05:13.210 is please get vaccinated the first and earliest opportunity. 05:13.210 --> 05:14.700 We've got a whole thing later where we'll talk 05:14.700 --> 05:17.420 sort of more in detail about the vaccine 05:17.420 --> 05:20.130 but it's a very safe and effective vaccine. 05:20.130 --> 05:22.480 And so as soon as people have that opportunity 05:22.480 --> 05:24.040 when the best things they can do to support 05:24.040 --> 05:27.423 the community is get that vaccine if they're able to. 05:28.800 --> 05:32.000 As the vaccine sort of, roll out continues, 05:32.000 --> 05:34.170 the County should have more doses available, 05:34.170 --> 05:36.720 we should have more doses available 05:36.720 --> 05:39.630 and certainly a big shout out to Captain's Team 05:39.630 --> 05:43.510 and the Freefall Flight Detachment who helped us 05:43.510 --> 05:46.610 get our initial allotment, that first 100 doses. 05:46.610 --> 05:48.210 And they actually flew it down from Fort Irwin. 05:48.210 --> 05:49.720 So we're getting lots of help 05:49.720 --> 05:52.100 and we certainly appreciate it. 05:52.100 --> 05:55.390 - The army has a plan to, if I understand correctly, 05:55.390 --> 05:58.600 to issue out the vaccine 05:58.600 --> 06:03.230 to the department of army, if I understand correctly. 06:03.230 --> 06:04.390 It's a phase approach 06:06.310 --> 06:09.360 but nothing precludes once it comes available 06:09.360 --> 06:11.910 to the general population, you know, precludes anybody 06:11.910 --> 06:14.430 from going downtown and receiving a vaccine. 06:14.430 --> 06:15.550 That's what I'm tracking, 06:15.550 --> 06:16.620 are you tracking anything different? 06:16.620 --> 06:18.233 - Yes sir. - So? 06:19.330 --> 06:20.163 - Yes sir. 06:20.163 --> 06:21.290 - It's gonna be like a flu shot? 06:21.290 --> 06:22.123 - Yes. 06:22.123 --> 06:24.850 - And we still recommend taking the flu shot right now, 06:24.850 --> 06:25.810 is that correct? - Absolutely, yes. 06:25.810 --> 06:27.333 And that's a great note, sir. 06:28.970 --> 06:33.970 So the clinic did finally receive it's long anticipated 06:34.500 --> 06:36.123 dose of flu vaccine. 06:37.536 --> 06:38.470 We were hoping to get it back 06:38.470 --> 06:40.780 in September and we just got it over the holidays. 06:40.780 --> 06:42.660 So we do have the flu shot available 06:42.660 --> 06:44.610 at the clinic for anybody who wants it. 06:45.760 --> 06:47.880 - One biggest question I keep hearing out there is 06:47.880 --> 06:50.000 and I reiterate this point more time 06:50.850 --> 06:53.290 is once the vaccine comes available to 06:53.290 --> 06:56.220 I'm gonna call the general population open everybody. 06:56.220 --> 06:58.280 We are not going to stop anybody who wants 06:58.280 --> 06:59.600 to go get it on town. 06:59.600 --> 07:00.967 And if we can offer it, we will offer it. 07:00.967 --> 07:01.990 The army allows it. 07:01.990 --> 07:03.910 And to give us a lot more for people 07:03.910 --> 07:05.200 I don't know what that plan looks like. 07:05.200 --> 07:08.060 I don't know if you know what that plan looks like. 07:08.060 --> 07:09.140 Go ahead. 07:09.140 --> 07:12.400 - So I don't have the details yet of the plan, sir. 07:12.400 --> 07:15.110 So certainly once it is available, if it becomes available 07:15.110 --> 07:17.640 in the community active duty soldiers 07:17.640 --> 07:20.950 everyone is certainly is able to get it in town. 07:20.950 --> 07:22.600 Once it becomes more available 07:22.600 --> 07:24.140 we do encourage active duty to make sure 07:24.140 --> 07:26.640 you get documentation of that immunization. 07:26.640 --> 07:27.473 So you can bring it back 07:27.473 --> 07:30.430 to the clinics so we can update your med pros appropriately. 07:30.430 --> 07:33.140 So very similar to the flu shot. 07:33.140 --> 07:34.820 People can absolutely get it out in the community 07:34.820 --> 07:36.090 once it's available. 07:36.090 --> 07:38.920 And speaking of the flu shot, we did finally 07:38.920 --> 07:41.650 get our long anticipated shipment of flu vaccine. 07:41.650 --> 07:44.340 So we do have the flu shot available for anyone 07:44.340 --> 07:46.060 in the community who wants to come get it 07:46.060 --> 07:47.210 and you can get it actually 07:47.210 --> 07:49.190 at the same time as your COVID vaccine, 07:49.190 --> 07:50.970 or even within that 14 day window 07:50.970 --> 07:52.370 of getting the COVID vaccine 07:53.690 --> 07:57.160 - Sergeant Major Gill, some post personnel 07:57.160 --> 08:00.290 have asked questions concerning the status of free lunches 08:00.290 --> 08:02.573 at price school for the students. 08:03.490 --> 08:07.750 Earlier this school year they were available at some times 08:07.750 --> 08:09.570 and now they aren't. 08:09.570 --> 08:12.470 Do you expect the status of free lunches at price school 08:12.470 --> 08:15.510 for the students will change in the near future? 08:15.510 --> 08:17.240 - This has been a long thing coming 08:17.240 --> 08:19.860 with price elementary and not having a cafeteria. 08:19.860 --> 08:22.810 And now with the new awarding or the new school 08:22.810 --> 08:24.110 that is planned to be built 08:24.110 --> 08:26.120 over the next coming year or years, 08:26.120 --> 08:28.060 they will have a cafeteria with a staff 08:28.060 --> 08:31.360 and they will be able to provide all meals every day. 08:31.360 --> 08:33.440 The meals that were being provided were 08:33.440 --> 08:35.820 from the United States Department of Agriculture, 08:35.820 --> 08:38.190 had given a program for every child 08:38.190 --> 08:41.100 of 18 years and below that's in the census for the area 08:41.100 --> 08:42.690 to be able to be provided meals. 08:42.690 --> 08:45.180 Those meals were being provided at the local schools. 08:45.180 --> 08:47.020 And then we had some great volunteers. 08:47.020 --> 08:49.380 I believe one was with the Freefall School. 08:49.380 --> 08:50.770 Won't mention her name on here, 08:50.770 --> 08:53.050 but she was actually going out in her own graces 08:53.050 --> 08:55.230 to pick these meals up twice a week. 08:55.230 --> 08:57.707 Now I've gotten with the Garrison and we're going to try 08:57.707 --> 09:01.730 and figure out how can we do this with an army solution? 09:01.730 --> 09:04.117 And the Garrison has pledged to help me out with this. 09:04.117 --> 09:05.600 And we're going to figure this out 09:05.600 --> 09:07.700 and try to provide everything we can 09:07.700 --> 09:09.270 from the Department of Agriculture, 09:09.270 --> 09:13.500 for all the children here on EMA programs. 09:13.500 --> 09:16.200 - Mr. Rodriguez, a perennial question 09:16.200 --> 09:19.260 among some in the workforce concerns 09:19.260 --> 09:24.060 being able to carry a firearm inside their vehicle on post 09:24.060 --> 09:26.610 and for the last six months or so 09:26.610 --> 09:30.210 they've not been allowed to do that under any circumstances. 09:30.210 --> 09:32.500 Do you expect that regulations are going to be changed 09:32.500 --> 09:33.463 in the near future? 09:34.330 --> 09:36.900 - So that decision was based on a change 09:36.900 --> 09:39.310 in army regulations. 09:39.310 --> 09:41.970 Currently the installation regulation, 09:41.970 --> 09:45.300 the YPG regulation is being rewritten and reviewed, 09:45.300 --> 09:47.580 it's in staffing and has been back 09:47.580 --> 09:50.330 between protection division who is rewriting it. 09:50.330 --> 09:54.210 And the CJA or legal office 09:56.200 --> 09:59.460 expect a final document to be forwarded 09:59.460 --> 10:01.670 to the Garrison manager and then to the senior commander 10:01.670 --> 10:03.573 probably within the next month or so, 10:05.040 --> 10:09.850 but the carrying of a firearm on the military installation 10:09.850 --> 10:14.420 is subject to approval by the senior commander, 10:14.420 --> 10:17.460 pretty much on a case by case basis as laid out 10:17.460 --> 10:18.500 in the regulation. 10:18.500 --> 10:22.840 So a blanket policy aligned carrying of weapons 10:22.840 --> 10:25.490 on an installation probably will not 10:25.490 --> 10:27.050 be in this new revision. 10:27.050 --> 10:29.540 - So Ron quick question, I understand. 10:29.540 --> 10:32.220 So the regulations are updated, which say, 10:32.220 --> 10:36.710 hey, pretty much that people cannot carry a loaded firearm 10:36.710 --> 10:39.083 inside their vehicles. Is that what it says? 10:40.110 --> 10:41.680 - [Major Ron] Loaded or unloaded. 10:41.680 --> 10:43.497 - Thank you very much for clarifying, 10:43.497 --> 10:46.700 and one way you can transport it is in a locked box? 10:46.700 --> 10:47.533 - Yes, sir. 10:47.533 --> 10:49.560 If it's transported for, for a legal purpose. 10:49.560 --> 10:54.080 So for example, a soldier living in quarters who wants to go 10:54.080 --> 10:57.370 down to the range can transport it separate from it's ammo, 10:57.370 --> 10:59.900 in a locked box, they go to the range, 10:59.900 --> 11:02.660 they fire their weapon and when they return, 11:02.660 --> 11:04.010 they come back with it, 11:04.010 --> 11:06.850 separated from the ammo in that locked box. 11:06.850 --> 11:11.850 - Okay. And so we will remain within the regulations 11:11.890 --> 11:13.210 and we will follow the regulations 11:13.210 --> 11:15.170 on this post for firearms. 11:15.170 --> 11:17.670 So if that's what the regulation says 11:17.670 --> 11:20.110 then that's what we will be supporting. 11:20.110 --> 11:20.943 - [Major Ron] Sir. 11:20.943 --> 11:23.750 - Okay. I appreciate you clarifying that one. 11:23.750 --> 11:26.210 Cause I know the laws outside of posts 11:26.210 --> 11:28.410 are a little bit different second, correct? 11:28.410 --> 11:29.243 - That's correct, sir. 11:29.243 --> 11:33.350 In Arizona Revised Statutes, generally allow open carry 11:33.350 --> 11:35.170 for anybody with a driver's license 11:35.170 --> 11:37.173 or concealed carry for that matter. 11:38.070 --> 11:41.420 But the same Arizona Revised Statutes 11:41.420 --> 11:44.060 recognize your authority as the Commander 11:44.060 --> 11:45.610 on the installation. 11:45.610 --> 11:49.490 And basically you're the determination 11:49.490 --> 11:51.020 as far as the state's concerned 11:51.020 --> 11:52.620 about whether somebody can carry 11:54.548 --> 11:56.110 a privately owned weapon on post. 11:56.110 --> 11:59.030 And then we go back to army regulations and US code 11:59.030 --> 12:01.050 which actually prohibits the carry 12:01.050 --> 12:03.903 of any privately owned weapon in a federal building. 12:06.840 --> 12:07.673 - Thank you very much. 12:07.673 --> 12:09.700 And again, we will follow the policies 12:09.700 --> 12:12.590 and regulations of the United States Army and federal code. 12:12.590 --> 12:13.840 Turn this post. 12:13.840 --> 12:16.187 Since our major talked about the price elementary school 12:16.187 --> 12:19.790 and the school, the lunches, do we have an update 12:19.790 --> 12:22.170 on the new price elementary school? 12:22.170 --> 12:26.513 - Sir I know that IMCOM is done with the packet. 12:28.750 --> 12:30.910 I do understand that 12:33.387 --> 12:35.080 the building of the school 12:35.080 --> 12:36.320 has been approved. 12:36.320 --> 12:38.750 I'm not sure that we have that packet back yet 12:38.750 --> 12:41.260 but my understanding is we have been approved 12:41.260 --> 12:44.830 for the for the County to build a new school here. 12:44.830 --> 12:46.420 - [Colonel] Do we know projecting 12:46.420 --> 12:48.340 when this school will be built 12:48.340 --> 12:49.830 and they'll be able to start using? 12:49.830 --> 12:54.830 - Sir I do not have any kind of exact timeframe 12:54.900 --> 12:59.110 but I believe we're talking construction starting 12:59.110 --> 13:00.180 within the next year. 13:00.180 --> 13:02.610 So probably two to three years from now. 13:02.610 --> 13:05.010 And that's my best guess at this point sir. 13:05.010 --> 13:07.760 - [Colonel] Okay and have they done a design 13:07.760 --> 13:08.920 for the school yet? 13:08.920 --> 13:10.240 - Yes, sir. I believe there is a design 13:10.240 --> 13:11.500 for the school. 13:11.500 --> 13:13.340 - With approval from the County, 13:13.340 --> 13:17.320 could we put that out to our YPG community? 13:17.320 --> 13:19.020 So they kind of see what the school is going to look like 13:19.020 --> 13:20.840 or is that maybe? 13:20.840 --> 13:22.210 - I think that's something we'd have to talk 13:22.210 --> 13:23.043 to the County about. 13:23.043 --> 13:24.103 - Yeah, absolutely. 13:24.970 --> 13:27.160 Just kind of keep me involved with what's going on 13:27.160 --> 13:28.640 so I understand. - Yes sir. 13:28.640 --> 13:29.670 - Because I know there's a big question 13:29.670 --> 13:32.300 about the food and that'll be a big change and help 13:32.300 --> 13:33.380 out the community too. 13:33.380 --> 13:35.220 So we're very thankful for that. 13:35.220 --> 13:38.540 And Larry, may I hit you up with a couple of questions here? 13:38.540 --> 13:39.840 - Yes sir. 13:39.840 --> 13:42.900 - So I know, you know, last year when COVID hit 13:42.900 --> 13:46.063 we had huge downturns sort of, in workload, 13:47.670 --> 13:49.853 but we found adaptive ways to do things. 13:50.850 --> 13:54.060 And based on our projections, do you see the workloads 13:54.060 --> 13:55.840 starting to increase pretty heavily here soon 13:55.840 --> 13:56.713 or how do you think it would play? 13:56.713 --> 13:58.110 - Yes, I would say sir 13:58.110 --> 14:00.130 that towards the end of summer, traditionally 14:00.130 --> 14:03.680 our workload does increase obviously, you know 14:03.680 --> 14:07.230 with the CFTs coming on board, you know 14:07.230 --> 14:08.650 you've got more work coming in. 14:08.650 --> 14:10.480 Plus we also have our production acceptance 14:10.480 --> 14:13.230 and administering stock per liability testing 14:13.230 --> 14:16.160 not to mention that even though 14:16.160 --> 14:19.150 PC21 is gonna be executed in October, 14:19.150 --> 14:20.880 there are still many events 14:20.880 --> 14:23.040 that are going to be leading up to that, 14:23.040 --> 14:26.300 that are going to be executed in this fiscal year. 14:26.300 --> 14:31.270 So I do think that my prediction of 1.7, 1.75 14:31.270 --> 14:32.570 is still accurate. - Good. 14:32.570 --> 14:34.400 - And again 14:34.400 --> 14:37.168 you gotta remember that we never stopped working during 14:37.168 --> 14:40.373 you know, obviously the COVID-19 pandemic. 14:41.253 --> 14:45.570 YPG was always opened and we were able to execute 14:45.570 --> 14:48.460 although probably not at the frequency that we wanted to 14:48.460 --> 14:51.290 because you know, things had to settle down 14:51.290 --> 14:55.080 but now we've got things worked down to a science. 14:55.080 --> 14:58.680 And like I said, I believe that we'll end up with like 14:58.680 --> 15:02.320 about 1.7, 1.7.5 million direct labor hours 15:02.320 --> 15:05.190 at the end of the fiscal year. 15:05.190 --> 15:06.023 - Yeah, I appreciate that. 15:06.023 --> 15:08.030 And I think also you working with the team, 15:08.960 --> 15:11.920 you know, production acceptance tests of ammunition 15:11.920 --> 15:14.009 is a big backbone of what we do here. 15:14.009 --> 15:15.231 - Yes it is. 15:15.231 --> 15:16.130 - That was a pretty good job, 15:16.130 --> 15:17.790 what you and the team did put together. 15:17.790 --> 15:18.760 Can you talk about that a little bit? 15:18.760 --> 15:19.593 How we're going to help them out? 15:19.593 --> 15:20.750 - Yeah, so, one of the things 15:20.750 --> 15:23.960 that we're going to do is we're in the process right now 15:23.960 --> 15:27.720 of hiring more personnel so that we can execute production, 15:27.720 --> 15:28.970 acceptance testing. 15:28.970 --> 15:30.120 So there's going to be, 15:31.310 --> 15:34.950 you know two crews, that are pretty much solely devoted 15:34.950 --> 15:37.350 to testing production acceptance 15:37.350 --> 15:40.530 and ammunition stock per liability testing. 15:40.530 --> 15:43.750 And that is going to be in full swing. 15:43.750 --> 15:46.750 Probably we're talking about the April May timeframe, sir. 15:46.750 --> 15:47.583 - [Colonel] Yep. 15:47.583 --> 15:51.440 - So again, obviously, there's milestones, 15:51.440 --> 15:53.910 contractual milestones that have to be met. 15:53.910 --> 15:57.720 And so we're in the process of assisting our customers 15:57.720 --> 16:00.360 obviously in making sure that they meet those milestones. 16:00.360 --> 16:01.360 - That's excellent. 16:01.360 --> 16:03.690 You know, that's a very good news story 16:03.690 --> 16:06.420 because I know you and I talk about this all the time, 16:06.420 --> 16:08.700 which is you know, CFTs are a priority the army, 16:08.700 --> 16:09.930 but you know we still got these other things 16:09.930 --> 16:12.390 we have to support which keeps the army moving. 16:12.390 --> 16:13.223 - Yes, sir. 16:13.223 --> 16:16.060 - And that's a good news story, but also, you know 16:16.060 --> 16:17.490 kind of where we're looking going to future. 16:17.490 --> 16:19.710 - So production acceptance, you could tie that directly 16:19.710 --> 16:22.230 to readiness, sir, even ammunition stock per liability. 16:22.230 --> 16:23.990 So that's important too. 16:23.990 --> 16:26.070 And obviously we, we want to make sure 16:26.070 --> 16:29.640 that our war fighters also have ammunition, 16:29.640 --> 16:31.540 the ammunition necessary for them to be able 16:31.540 --> 16:32.610 to conduct their mission. 16:32.610 --> 16:33.750 - That makes sense. 16:33.750 --> 16:35.010 I appreciate it. 16:35.010 --> 16:35.843 Major Fiandt, 16:35.843 --> 16:37.557 can I follow up a question with you please? 16:39.200 --> 16:41.673 I know everybody's like, whoa boy, my neck is in shoot. 16:46.340 --> 16:47.280 So Tri-Care 16:49.350 --> 16:51.150 I know people, I can't say, I know, 16:51.150 --> 16:52.890 I know I've had some challenges with Tri-Care 16:52.890 --> 16:55.120 and we've had the discussion about it 16:55.120 --> 16:57.420 and the challenges I've had with Health Net 16:57.420 --> 16:58.880 and getting through with them 16:58.880 --> 17:01.100 and also the communication between maybe 17:01.100 --> 17:02.920 I'm not sure if there's communication, 17:02.920 --> 17:05.720 where it is, whether it's Health Net and providers. 17:05.720 --> 17:08.020 And I know y'all been working hard to update 17:08.020 --> 17:11.033 the provider lists to health net, I believe. 17:12.110 --> 17:14.570 How are we dealing with Tri-Care challenges 17:14.570 --> 17:15.770 that we experience here? 17:16.820 --> 17:18.120 - Well, sir, there are there a number of ways, 17:18.120 --> 17:19.930 and first of all, the most important way 17:19.930 --> 17:20.970 is good communication. 17:20.970 --> 17:22.820 So when patients encounter difficulties 17:22.820 --> 17:25.760 with their referrals, if they're out on the network, 17:25.760 --> 17:27.120 please let us know. 17:27.120 --> 17:28.680 Sometimes it's something simple that we can do. 17:28.680 --> 17:31.740 Sometimes it requires a little bit of research, 17:31.740 --> 17:35.070 but it's certainly something we can help to resolve. 17:35.070 --> 17:37.237 So we do have Mr. Dale Aipomano, 17:37.237 --> 17:39.220 who works for us at the clinic 17:39.220 --> 17:42.750 and he is kind of that all essential 17:42.750 --> 17:44.860 appointive of deconfliction. 17:44.860 --> 17:47.070 So he helps us resolve those issues that happen 17:47.070 --> 17:49.050 with referrals out on the network. 17:49.050 --> 17:52.430 So if people are having problems with their referrals 17:52.430 --> 17:55.080 please don't try to sort it out yourselves, 17:55.080 --> 17:55.930 please ask for help. 17:55.930 --> 17:58.340 And we'll see if it's something that we can resolve. 17:58.340 --> 18:00.780 I think an important thing to know is 18:00.780 --> 18:04.390 if you've had a referral put in for you to go see a provider 18:04.390 --> 18:07.920 on the network, as long as you haven't seen that provider 18:07.920 --> 18:11.960 yet you can request that health net change that referral 18:11.960 --> 18:14.110 to the provider of your choice, 18:14.110 --> 18:15.690 as long as they accept Tri-Care, 18:15.690 --> 18:18.060 it generally isn't an issue. 18:18.060 --> 18:19.530 And that that can help with that too. 18:19.530 --> 18:21.610 Cause sometimes people just want to see someone different 18:21.610 --> 18:23.823 and that is within your ability to request. 18:25.597 --> 18:26.960 - And Major Fiandt, I think one reason, 18:26.960 --> 18:28.400 I think it's important that we communicate 18:28.400 --> 18:30.200 the Tri-Care issues back to your office 18:30.200 --> 18:32.070 is that your your higher command 18:32.070 --> 18:35.060 has direct contact with health net. Is that correct? 18:35.060 --> 18:35.893 - Yes, sir. 18:35.893 --> 18:36.726 - And they're trying to work through 18:36.726 --> 18:37.559 some of these challenges. 18:37.559 --> 18:39.560 And if I remember correct, I heard is that 18:41.330 --> 18:43.450 you must actually one the topics of discussion 18:43.450 --> 18:46.050 because of some of the challenges 18:46.050 --> 18:48.020 or lessons learned, we'll call it maybe? 18:48.020 --> 18:48.860 - Yes, sir. 18:48.860 --> 18:49.973 - So I think it's very important 18:49.973 --> 18:52.570 that if you are experiencing the problems 18:52.570 --> 18:55.040 contact the clinic here, so they know, 18:55.040 --> 18:57.280 Whether you solve or not, just let them know 18:57.280 --> 18:59.250 so that can get commuted to the higher command 18:59.250 --> 19:01.718 and we can hopefully get after some of these challenges. 19:01.718 --> 19:02.910 (indistinct) 19:02.910 --> 19:04.910 - No, I agree. I've been in the same situation. 19:04.910 --> 19:08.300 Matter of fact, I actually got called Dell back this week. 19:08.300 --> 19:10.150 - In closing Mark, I want to thank you very much 19:10.150 --> 19:11.990 for facilitating this discussion. 19:11.990 --> 19:13.840 Of course, everybody out here who came out here 19:13.840 --> 19:16.240 and talked to us, some great information came out. 19:16.240 --> 19:19.140 I know video probably went on longer than we normally did, 19:20.400 --> 19:23.055 but I appreciate you all listening to it. 19:23.055 --> 19:25.100 Because a lot of good information came, 19:25.100 --> 19:27.820 but I'll keep saying this as everybody else says 19:27.820 --> 19:30.970 keep following the CDC guidelines, keep wearing your mask, 19:30.970 --> 19:35.680 social distance, just keep protecting yourself. 19:35.680 --> 19:37.500 That's all we can say. 19:37.500 --> 19:40.730 Our YPG family is extremely important to us 19:40.730 --> 19:44.410 and we need each and every one of y'all to do our mission. 19:44.410 --> 19:47.300 And as Larry pointed out about 1.75 million hours 19:47.300 --> 19:48.380 I think we're projecting. 19:48.380 --> 19:50.580 That's a lot of work. 19:50.580 --> 19:52.463 And that's a lot, we need everyone. 19:53.300 --> 19:55.100 So again, thank you very much Mark 19:55.100 --> 19:58.163 for facilitating this and everybody take care.