WEBVTT 00:01.010 --> 00:01.870 Roger . 00:04.840 --> 00:06.618 The Air Force has announced the 00:06.618 --> 00:08.400 creation of a new Information 00:08.400 --> 00:10.567 Operations Technical training school . 00:10.567 --> 00:14.430 First man simply must arm our airmen to 00:14.430 --> 00:17.400 outbreak . Outperform our partner out . 00:17.410 --> 00:20.710 Innovate any potential adversary Air 00:20.710 --> 00:22.766 Force Basic military training has an 00:22.766 --> 00:24.877 updated curriculum with the new focus 00:24.877 --> 00:27.043 on readiness and lethality . The first 00:27.043 --> 00:29.370 Command , the Air Force starts here . 00:29.380 --> 00:31.580 Hello and welcome to the Air Force 00:31.580 --> 00:33.960 starts here podcast . I'm your host for 00:33.960 --> 00:36.182 this professional development podcast . 00:36.182 --> 00:38.349 That's how you keep James from the E . 00:38.349 --> 00:40.460 T . C . Public affairs team . In this 00:40.460 --> 00:42.627 episode , we were discussing a T . c . 00:42.627 --> 00:42.450 s . role in fighting through the 00:42.450 --> 00:45.950 COVID-19 pandemic with former 59th 00:45.950 --> 00:48.350 Medical Wing Commander Major General 00:48.360 --> 00:51.630 john J . D . Goes major general digos 00:51.630 --> 00:53.574 and his team are being praised for 00:53.574 --> 00:55.797 leading the charge for fighting through 00:55.797 --> 00:57.741 Covid 19 across A . T . C . Take a 00:57.741 --> 00:59.908 listen to what Lieutenant General brad 00:59.908 --> 01:01.963 webb commander of A . T . C . Had to 01:01.963 --> 01:04.186 say about generator ghosts leadership . 01:04.186 --> 01:06.074 During the 59 change of command , 01:06.240 --> 01:08.518 there's this little thing called Covid . 01:08.518 --> 01:10.573 Uh they came upon us a little over a 01:10.573 --> 01:12.796 year ago , probably year and you know , 01:12.796 --> 01:15.018 four or five months ago . Now on top of 01:15.018 --> 01:16.684 all that the medical wing was 01:16.684 --> 01:18.796 responsible for and JJ is responsible 01:18.796 --> 01:20.851 for leading during this time frame . 01:20.851 --> 01:22.880 This , I can tell you will be the 01:22.880 --> 01:25.550 singular piece that resonates in my 01:25.550 --> 01:28.380 mind that occurred because in those 01:28.380 --> 01:31.750 early days we had the Wuhan 01:31.750 --> 01:33.806 Province american citizens that were 01:33.806 --> 01:35.870 evacuated , a chunk of which came to 01:35.880 --> 01:38.260 Laughlin , followed right on the heels 01:38.260 --> 01:41.600 by the Princess cruise liner American 01:41.600 --> 01:43.711 citizens as well . So we had a couple 01:43.711 --> 01:46.580 reps under our bill . But in those days 01:46.580 --> 01:48.802 specifically , I think it was Friday 13 01:48.802 --> 01:50.969 March when the order was to shelter in 01:50.969 --> 01:54.150 place was for 18 . Let me just speak as 01:54.150 --> 01:56.220 the commander for a moment , the 01:56.220 --> 01:58.164 defining moment for us right there 01:58.540 --> 02:00.660 because there was calls within this , 02:00.670 --> 02:04.360 within our service to stand down , take 02:04.360 --> 02:06.582 any shelter in place . Uh In fact , the 02:06.582 --> 02:08.749 other services that was that was where 02:08.749 --> 02:11.190 they cast their lot . J . J . D . Goes 02:11.200 --> 02:13.700 was of the mindset that we got this , 02:13.710 --> 02:15.770 we got a plan . There's terminology 02:15.770 --> 02:17.881 that I've never even heard before . I 02:17.881 --> 02:20.048 didn't know what rahm was . You know , 02:20.048 --> 02:22.270 JJ brief . They were in Rome . I'm like 02:22.270 --> 02:24.800 great , what's wrong ? Uh literally 02:24.810 --> 02:27.270 never heard of the term . And the point 02:27.270 --> 02:31.180 was we we had stolen a march on the 02:31.180 --> 02:33.990 pandemic probably by I'm guessing a 02:33.990 --> 02:35.990 week . It might have been less than 02:35.990 --> 02:37.990 that , but that was a game changing 02:37.990 --> 02:40.157 week . JJ rightfully correct . Had our 02:40.157 --> 02:42.212 mindset focused ? This was obviously 02:42.212 --> 02:44.810 BMT focused but it rolled into every 02:44.810 --> 02:46.754 aspect of their education training 02:46.754 --> 02:48.699 command and our education training 02:48.699 --> 02:51.630 command has from that moment forward 02:51.630 --> 02:53.797 been postured as kind of the leader in 02:53.797 --> 02:55.990 this fight through Covid . Now it 02:55.990 --> 02:57.879 wasn't without challenges . We've 02:57.879 --> 03:01.040 certainly had the disease present in 03:01.040 --> 03:03.460 our ranks or the epidemic president our 03:03.470 --> 03:06.170 ranks and such . But that mentality . I 03:06.170 --> 03:08.226 mean , you know , if you look at the 03:08.226 --> 03:11.210 charts of Air Force readiness Without 03:11.210 --> 03:13.860 continuing to Craig through 800 new 03:13.860 --> 03:16.138 trainees into the Air Force every week , 03:16.138 --> 03:18.249 especially when you don't have a stop 03:18.249 --> 03:20.193 loss . The readiness of the United 03:20.193 --> 03:22.304 States Air Force goes in the tank and 03:22.304 --> 03:22.200 it goes in the tank in a hurry . You 03:22.200 --> 03:24.422 know , when I think of the 59th medical 03:24.422 --> 03:26.756 wing , uh , and in fact I , I said that , 03:26.756 --> 03:28.978 I'm not sure if I said it first , but I 03:28.978 --> 03:28.900 certainly picked up on it . I didn't 03:28.900 --> 03:31.122 say it first when I visited read clinic 03:31.122 --> 03:33.400 for instance , uh , and saw that , hey , 03:33.400 --> 03:35.233 you get , this is the front line 03:35.233 --> 03:38.660 infantry on this war on Covid . You are 03:38.660 --> 03:40.882 the front line infantry . And in fact , 03:40.882 --> 03:43.390 y'all made that area with the like the 03:43.400 --> 03:45.840 little reception area for 10 and said , 03:45.840 --> 03:48.007 ladies and gentlemen , you're about to 03:48.007 --> 03:50.007 enter the front lines on the war on 03:50.007 --> 03:52.062 Covid . Right . There I go . That is 03:52.062 --> 03:54.062 absolutely right . And that kind of 03:54.062 --> 03:56.229 mentality has served you all will . It 03:56.229 --> 03:58.650 has served basic training well . It has 03:58.650 --> 04:00.539 served our education and training 04:00.539 --> 04:02.594 command well , it served our service 04:02.594 --> 04:04.817 well . And frankly it served our nation 04:04.817 --> 04:06.983 with uh , I'm really , really proud of 04:06.983 --> 04:09.039 you all for the job that you've done 04:09.039 --> 04:11.261 during this . And of course I'm talking 04:11.261 --> 04:13.372 like it's over . It's not over . It's 04:13.372 --> 04:15.428 far from over . This continues every 04:15.428 --> 04:17.483 day . Those efforts are monumental . 04:17.483 --> 04:19.650 Those efforts really , when you have a 04:19.650 --> 04:21.983 decider going , what are we going to do ? 04:21.983 --> 04:23.928 Because the chief kind of said , I 04:23.928 --> 04:25.928 think we could probably shelter and 04:25.928 --> 04:28.094 ride this out . We didn't do that . We 04:28.094 --> 04:30.206 didn't do that because you will we do 04:30.206 --> 04:30.030 that because the leadership here on the 04:30.030 --> 04:33.070 stage so that's ladies and gentlemen's 04:33.070 --> 04:34.890 leadership . That's visionary 04:34.890 --> 04:36.723 leadership . That's trailblazing 04:36.723 --> 04:38.946 leadership . That's leadership . That's 04:38.946 --> 04:41.168 built on teamwork . That's leadership . 04:41.168 --> 04:43.334 That's built on innovation . Your boss 04:43.334 --> 04:45.501 is responsible for that . You all have 04:45.501 --> 04:47.668 carried that through . So for that I'm 04:47.668 --> 04:50.530 telling you JJ you did a pretty good 04:50.530 --> 04:53.410 job in command . How about a hand for a 04:53.410 --> 04:54.410 job that 04:54.410 --> 05:00.050 goes ? 05:00.840 --> 05:03.900 Mhm . Yeah . So JJ's offer you know for 05:03.900 --> 05:06.011 his sins he's gonna go to D . C . Now 05:06.011 --> 05:08.233 you know he had he's been avoiding this 05:08.233 --> 05:10.456 D . C . Assignment like the plague gets 05:10.456 --> 05:12.567 caught up to him . He's gonna go beat 05:12.567 --> 05:14.844 the deputy surgeon general up in D . C . 05:14.844 --> 05:17.011 J . J . In all sincerity . Thank you . 05:17.011 --> 05:19.122 Thank you for a job well done . Under 05:19.122 --> 05:21.456 general Lugosi's leadership . A . T . C . 05:21.456 --> 05:23.511 Was able to continue training during 05:23.511 --> 05:25.733 the height of the pandemic by adjusting 05:25.733 --> 05:25.470 as information on the virus became 05:25.470 --> 05:29.170 available 86 . Historian Mr Garry Boy 05:29.180 --> 05:31.402 spoke of generator goes on the modified 05:31.402 --> 05:33.513 training procedures put into place to 05:33.513 --> 05:35.513 ensure the health and safety of our 05:35.513 --> 05:37.569 force and mission readiness . Take a 05:37.569 --> 05:41.140 listen . I just wanted to say thank you 05:41.140 --> 05:43.230 for the honor of A . T . C . Because 05:43.240 --> 05:45.310 I've heard you putting the start on 05:45.310 --> 05:48.070 this and uh we owe you a big debt of 05:48.070 --> 05:50.890 gratitude for uh bringing in that 05:50.890 --> 05:53.340 professional public health perspective 05:53.340 --> 05:56.170 every day of this operation . We have a 05:56.170 --> 05:58.170 great team here and I think this is 05:58.170 --> 06:01.020 really a team story . First thing I 06:01.020 --> 06:04.460 wanted to ask you is uh preparations , 06:04.470 --> 06:08.300 how ready were we for this scale of a 06:08.300 --> 06:11.150 pandemic ? I know we were in the midst 06:11.150 --> 06:14.080 of men power cuts and everything was 06:14.090 --> 06:16.980 kind of dire prior to the pandemic . As 06:16.980 --> 06:19.380 far as uh , you know , business as 06:19.380 --> 06:21.950 usual if an A . B . C . And J . B S . A , 06:22.240 --> 06:25.030 what is your assessment of our state of 06:25.030 --> 06:27.141 readiness for the pandemic supplies , 06:27.141 --> 06:29.252 testing , that kind of thing . Yeah , 06:29.252 --> 06:32.610 I'd say um mix , you know , 06:32.620 --> 06:36.390 we , you know , at JBs A have 06:36.400 --> 06:40.370 a , you know , a required , in fact was 06:40.380 --> 06:42.770 just inspected by the , you know , the 06:42.780 --> 06:45.120 capstone you EI event , a disease 06:45.120 --> 06:48.440 containment plan or a D . C . P . And 06:48.440 --> 06:52.270 that really part of that is responding 06:52.270 --> 06:54.990 to a novel infection , whether it be 06:55.000 --> 06:58.060 flu or coronavirus . Um , 06:58.740 --> 07:01.040 and so , you know , I think , you know , 07:01.040 --> 07:04.420 we had cable tops , we partnered with 07:04.430 --> 07:07.450 SAN Antonio Metrohealth district on 07:07.460 --> 07:10.420 points of distribution . Uh , you know , 07:10.420 --> 07:13.100 how we would use the national strategic 07:13.100 --> 07:16.650 stockpile . So I would say that 07:17.040 --> 07:19.800 yes , we had a concept of operations 07:19.810 --> 07:23.160 for how to approach a pandemic , 07:23.540 --> 07:27.020 Uh , you know , but we were challenged 07:27.020 --> 07:30.030 initially by adequate PPE 07:30.040 --> 07:32.262 advancing where , you know , we covered 07:32.262 --> 07:35.650 50 of level one trauma in San Antonio . 07:35.650 --> 07:38.280 And so we we actually stopped all 07:38.290 --> 07:41.510 elective surgery . So , you know , 07:41.510 --> 07:43.510 unless you had kind of an emergency 07:43.510 --> 07:45.510 thing and pretty much the months of 07:45.510 --> 07:48.970 March and april at fancy were waiting 07:48.970 --> 07:52.320 for a giant new york like surge that 07:52.320 --> 07:55.510 didn't materialist . And , you know , 07:55.520 --> 07:58.710 most of the , that part of it was a 07:58.710 --> 08:02.140 little maybe slightly too conservative , 08:02.150 --> 08:05.280 but the justification was largely based 08:05.290 --> 08:09.120 on inadequate PPE resupplies . Overall 08:09.130 --> 08:11.760 cooperation and planning was really 08:11.760 --> 08:15.500 quite good . Um , and I think 08:15.500 --> 08:19.370 we , uh , you know , brand new 08:19.370 --> 08:21.750 disease , so evolving guidance , you 08:21.750 --> 08:24.130 know , and stuff in the media like , oh , 08:24.130 --> 08:26.186 you know , your flip flop and well , 08:26.186 --> 08:28.297 that's normal with science . You want 08:28.297 --> 08:29.963 to , when , when you get more 08:29.963 --> 08:32.297 information , you want to change things . 08:32.297 --> 08:34.241 And so , uh it took a little while 08:34.241 --> 08:36.130 before . You know , everybody was 08:36.130 --> 08:37.908 crystal clear that the benefits 08:37.908 --> 08:40.019 outweighed the risks . And you know , 08:40.019 --> 08:42.550 they said a cloth face covering , got 08:42.550 --> 08:44.717 you the vast majority of the benefit . 08:44.717 --> 08:47.060 And so you know , you started to see 08:47.070 --> 08:49.292 private industry and people were making 08:49.292 --> 08:51.459 their own bandana things , et cetera . 08:51.459 --> 08:53.570 Absolutely . And I really appreciate 08:53.570 --> 08:55.730 your extending on that because I I 08:55.730 --> 08:57.841 really feel like that was a key issue 08:57.841 --> 08:59.980 early on . And I thought one of the 08:59.980 --> 09:02.036 great things that you did originally 09:02.036 --> 09:04.310 and probably earlier than anyone else 09:04.310 --> 09:07.010 was focused The health care there at 09:07.010 --> 09:10.210 the 59th on the pandemic and on the 09:10.210 --> 09:13.900 emergent uh diseases and the electives 09:13.910 --> 09:16.021 going away . What turned out to be an 09:16.021 --> 09:18.077 extremely important decision because 09:18.077 --> 09:21.330 you were able to save uh ration PPE . 09:21.330 --> 09:23.880 And it kept us in a position where we 09:23.880 --> 09:27.080 could maintain training Now . Uh , 09:27.090 --> 09:29.490 that's a long way around saying , uh , 09:29.500 --> 09:31.560 I know the General Webb had so much 09:31.570 --> 09:33.710 confidence in the big six and in the 09:33.710 --> 09:36.990 59th in particular that he felt like we 09:36.990 --> 09:39.157 could continue training even though it 09:39.157 --> 09:41.630 wasn't necessarily mandated and it was 09:41.630 --> 09:44.260 kind of an unknown risk given the PPE 09:44.270 --> 09:47.440 shortages . So my next question is this , 09:47.450 --> 09:50.250 do you feel like you had enough support ? 09:50.260 --> 09:52.590 And do you feel like the confidence and 09:52.590 --> 09:54.812 the risks that we took to keep fighting 09:54.812 --> 09:58.500 through uh , with the pipeline ? We're 09:58.510 --> 10:01.420 uh , basically a good risk to take . 10:01.430 --> 10:03.850 Risk of award versus uh , you know , 10:03.860 --> 10:07.440 risk and and maybe not 10:07.450 --> 10:10.630 sufficient reward . Yeah . So 10:10.640 --> 10:14.040 I was , I thought it was 10:14.050 --> 10:17.940 a risk worth taking . I mean , I can , 10:17.950 --> 10:20.030 I can remember exactly where I was 10:20.040 --> 10:23.170 sitting in Martin Hall on Friday , 10:23.170 --> 10:25.820 March the 13th when the Big Six was 10:25.830 --> 10:29.170 together . I think really the A one 10:29.170 --> 10:31.570 side and general tallest had kind of 10:31.570 --> 10:35.060 said , you know , uh we're gonna fall 10:35.060 --> 10:37.710 really way , way behind in production . 10:37.710 --> 10:41.340 And and I think that day was the first 10:41.340 --> 10:43.600 time I heard General Web mentioned 10:43.610 --> 10:46.270 fighting through . And so , you know , 10:46.280 --> 10:49.480 he appointed , you know , asked me and 10:49.490 --> 10:51.657 and you know , I told him I thought we 10:51.657 --> 10:53.546 could fight through that . We had 10:53.546 --> 10:56.660 experience with outbreaks before large 10:56.660 --> 10:58.882 outbreaks of adenovirus , you know that 10:58.882 --> 11:02.050 hundreds of cases , Several , you know , 11:02.060 --> 11:04.980 probably dozens of hospitalizations at 11:04.980 --> 11:07.540 Wilford Hall during basic training in 11:07.540 --> 11:10.900 the 2006 2007 . And that , you know , 11:10.900 --> 11:13.720 we had learned from those lessons and I 11:13.720 --> 11:15.776 have been discussing this with our , 11:15.776 --> 11:17.442 you know , we have the senior 11:17.442 --> 11:19.442 infectious disease docks in the air 11:19.442 --> 11:21.498 force . Um and frankly in the army , 11:21.498 --> 11:23.880 you know , at both that fancy . Uh and 11:23.890 --> 11:26.560 so you know , I broke down the risk for 11:26.570 --> 11:29.140 the bottom line up front was I told him 11:29.150 --> 11:31.590 I thought that we could fight through . 11:31.600 --> 11:34.700 I said it is possible that will have 11:34.710 --> 11:36.950 significant outbreaks that could get to 11:36.950 --> 11:38.783 the point where we would have to 11:38.783 --> 11:41.520 temporarily stop . Um and that in a 11:41.520 --> 11:44.170 large outbreak even though a disease 11:44.170 --> 11:47.190 which is very mild in the demographic 11:47.190 --> 11:50.490 that comes to basic training um you 11:50.490 --> 11:52.712 know , you could have some severe cases 11:52.712 --> 11:54.934 and in a rare instance there could even 11:54.934 --> 11:57.380 be a death . But you know , I told him 11:57.390 --> 11:59.910 that there is no better place in the 11:59.910 --> 12:03.710 country to take care of severe 12:03.710 --> 12:07.150 respiratory illness . Then san Antonio 12:07.150 --> 12:10.160 and bam see has the only 12:10.640 --> 12:13.680 organic ECMO which is heart lung bypass 12:13.680 --> 12:16.470 or extra corporeal membrane 12:16.470 --> 12:19.120 oxygenation um in the Department of 12:19.120 --> 12:21.310 Defense . So if something , you know , 12:21.310 --> 12:24.880 went sideways with basic training 12:24.890 --> 12:28.590 that we had the capability here and we 12:28.590 --> 12:31.650 also had much more local 12:32.240 --> 12:35.460 testing capability than any other basic 12:35.470 --> 12:37.990 training site . No other place , you 12:37.990 --> 12:41.960 know , Army , Navy or Marine Corps is 12:41.970 --> 12:45.390 at kind of a major medical centers with 12:45.400 --> 12:48.070 major testing and care capability . 12:48.070 --> 12:50.210 They would have to typically send 12:50.210 --> 12:53.680 people out then tests out . So for all 12:53.680 --> 12:55.940 those reasons , I said , I thought we 12:55.940 --> 12:58.162 could fight through and I told him that 12:58.162 --> 13:00.329 I thought there were three risks . The 13:00.329 --> 13:02.450 individual trainee risk , the 13:02.450 --> 13:05.570 demographics that young people who had 13:05.570 --> 13:07.670 had , you know , a minimal screen to 13:07.680 --> 13:10.520 enter were not likely to be in the 13:10.530 --> 13:13.040 older , you know , health care 13:13.040 --> 13:16.480 compromise that were more likely to die 13:16.490 --> 13:19.470 from it . The mission risk , I said was 13:19.480 --> 13:23.290 moderate because basic trainees in bay . 13:23.300 --> 13:25.670 So we could mitigate that by starting 13:25.670 --> 13:28.270 off like half class sizes . So instead 13:28.270 --> 13:32.090 of you know , 8 50 you know , 4 25 13:32.100 --> 13:34.290 which would increase spacing . We can 13:34.300 --> 13:36.580 reconfigure the open bays , change the 13:36.580 --> 13:40.490 Kochs from , you know , uh Don't put 13:40.490 --> 13:43.740 two heads her back to back , basically , 13:43.750 --> 13:46.800 head to toe . So at either side of the 13:46.800 --> 13:50.360 room . So it gave way more than six ft 13:50.840 --> 13:53.480 space . And then the third risk I said 13:53.480 --> 13:57.480 was brand risk . And the uh if 13:57.480 --> 13:59.880 you go back to the last pandemic of 13:59.880 --> 14:02.047 this scope , which I said , you know , 14:02.047 --> 14:06.000 was the 1918 pandemic flu , you 14:06.000 --> 14:08.380 know , that was called spanish flu but 14:08.390 --> 14:10.440 really probably originated in the 14:10.440 --> 14:13.070 United States . Was aided and abetted 14:13.070 --> 14:16.350 by the army troop movements 14:16.840 --> 14:20.460 in surge to go to europe for World War 14:20.460 --> 14:22.730 One . And I said , you know , we we 14:22.730 --> 14:25.530 move a kind of people uh you know , 14:25.530 --> 14:29.220 with basic training and you know , 14:29.220 --> 14:31.220 there is a risk that if we don't do 14:31.220 --> 14:34.370 this really well , we could be viewed 14:34.380 --> 14:36.900 by either the city of san Antonio or 14:36.900 --> 14:39.370 the world because we send send 14:39.370 --> 14:42.790 graduates to tech training all over and 14:42.790 --> 14:45.250 tech training graduates fought to first 14:45.250 --> 14:47.470 duty stations all over the world as 14:47.480 --> 14:50.390 actually , you know , worsening the 14:50.390 --> 14:52.612 pandemic spreading it . And so I said , 14:52.612 --> 14:54.723 you know that one , you know , we can 14:54.723 --> 14:56.946 mitigate that there are ways to do it . 14:56.946 --> 14:59.250 Um , and so I could tell it kind of , 14:59.260 --> 15:01.770 you know , resonated with them . Well , 15:01.780 --> 15:04.180 well , well generally again , I want to 15:04.190 --> 15:06.412 I want to thank you . I think your name 15:06.412 --> 15:08.468 is going to go down with the Malcolm 15:08.468 --> 15:10.523 grows and the David grants and Harry 15:10.523 --> 15:12.690 Armstrong's because you were here at a 15:12.690 --> 15:14.690 time where it was actually critical 15:14.690 --> 15:16.801 that you had that 80 C experience and 15:16.801 --> 15:18.690 you used it and you actually lead 15:18.690 --> 15:21.060 rather than waited to be led . And you 15:21.060 --> 15:23.330 helped the nation , not just a to see 15:23.330 --> 15:27.310 them through this pandemic . So I'm in 15:27.310 --> 15:29.780 complete off a lot of the decisions 15:29.790 --> 15:32.010 that you might have made . A hasty 15:32.010 --> 15:34.300 turned out to be I think validated over 15:34.300 --> 15:37.870 time and I cannot thank you enough . 15:37.870 --> 15:40.970 And I know you're going to a place 15:40.970 --> 15:42.860 where we can maybe help a just a 15:42.860 --> 15:45.650 country to want to post or your post 15:45.660 --> 15:48.570 Covid 19 environment looks like and uh 15:48.580 --> 15:50.636 I I know you're going to continue to 15:50.636 --> 15:52.802 serve us well . General . That's all I 15:52.802 --> 15:54.913 have . Uh and I want to thank you for 15:54.913 --> 15:57.220 your time so much event and just you 15:57.220 --> 16:00.260 know , again , I think the success , it 16:00.270 --> 16:02.450 really starts with general web , you 16:02.450 --> 16:05.430 know , given the opportunity because 16:05.440 --> 16:08.230 you know that it's not always that way . 16:08.240 --> 16:10.240 I mean there's different leadership 16:10.240 --> 16:13.860 styles , et cetera and uh um you 16:13.860 --> 16:16.490 know I think the creation of the Big 16:16.490 --> 16:19.650 Six et cetera um you know it's really 16:19.650 --> 16:23.390 important and uh so uh 16:23.400 --> 16:25.233 again you know chance favors the 16:25.233 --> 16:27.590 prepared mind and I had I had a lot of 16:27.600 --> 16:31.250 good chance and uh you know my past 16:31.740 --> 16:34.410 my path within a TTC understanding the 16:34.410 --> 16:36.670 mission being on the T . C . Staff as a 16:36.670 --> 16:40.040 major between 2000 and 2002 and General 16:40.040 --> 16:43.350 Horn Berg was the commander and 16:43.840 --> 16:45.640 and and you know so many other 16:45.640 --> 16:47.751 assignments . You know seven years at 16:47.751 --> 16:49.918 Wilford Hall originally for at Keesler 16:49.918 --> 16:51.918 to at the headquarters and you know 16:51.918 --> 16:54.640 having the the you know being the vice 16:54.640 --> 16:56.973 and then the commander here . But again , 16:56.973 --> 16:59.120 I told General Goldfein that when he 16:59.120 --> 17:02.670 came uh you know uh to 17:02.680 --> 17:04.820 visit the first time , which was kind 17:04.820 --> 17:06.876 of when there was a little uproar in 17:06.876 --> 17:09.630 the city when when one of the Wuhan mm 17:09.630 --> 17:12.020 sits after release , you know , had 17:12.020 --> 17:14.187 this one hanging chad positive , which 17:14.187 --> 17:16.250 was like a false positive but was at 17:16.250 --> 17:18.361 the food court at the north star mall 17:18.361 --> 17:21.800 in the city with arms . And uh , and so , 17:21.810 --> 17:25.150 you know , again , I stand by 17:25.150 --> 17:28.380 that uh , you know , you you set teams 17:28.380 --> 17:31.490 up for success and it really starts at 17:31.490 --> 17:34.630 the very top . And so clearly General 17:34.630 --> 17:37.200 Webb did that for us . Thank you very 17:37.200 --> 17:40.590 much . I appreciate the time to add to 17:40.590 --> 17:43.470 the story a little bit . Uh uh take 17:43.470 --> 17:47.280 care generally goes credits the ability 17:47.280 --> 17:49.113 to continue fighting through the 17:49.113 --> 17:51.224 pandemic to a strong culture safety , 17:51.224 --> 17:53.880 strict implementation of CDC guidelines 17:53.890 --> 17:56.112 and the mitigation of risk . Across our 17:56.112 --> 17:58.001 training pipelines , recruits are 17:58.001 --> 17:59.779 tested as they arrived at basic 17:59.779 --> 18:01.834 military training and those who test 18:01.834 --> 18:03.668 positive were isolated and given 18:03.668 --> 18:06.260 medical care if needed , academics , 18:06.270 --> 18:08.140 drill and physical training are 18:08.140 --> 18:10.570 modified but continue to occur . In 18:10.570 --> 18:13.110 some cases . Virtual learning is being 18:13.110 --> 18:14.999 used to ensure social distance is 18:14.999 --> 18:17.280 maintained . 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