WEBVTT 00:03.440 --> 00:07.030 yeah , The 00:07.040 --> 00:09.318 decision to retire was not an easy one , 00:09.318 --> 00:12.940 you know , But the reality is is I'm at 00:12.940 --> 00:16.030 30 years and for for a Chief Chief 00:16.030 --> 00:17.974 Mouser , United States Air Force , 00:17.974 --> 00:20.197 that's our high year of 10 years so you 00:20.197 --> 00:22.141 can serve up to 30 years as a as a 00:22.141 --> 00:24.610 cheap . So knowing that that was coming 00:24.610 --> 00:26.832 up , we knew that this transition would 00:26.832 --> 00:29.820 be coming doesn't make it uh you know 00:29.830 --> 00:31.941 any easier . It's still bittersweet . 00:31.941 --> 00:33.830 I'm looking forward to it . We're 00:33.830 --> 00:36.052 excited about the future . So there's a 00:36.052 --> 00:38.274 little mixed emotions . They're excited 00:38.274 --> 00:40.330 about what's coming next , but still 00:40.330 --> 00:42.386 will be , I'll miss uh those who are 00:42.386 --> 00:44.552 wearing the uniform and those I get to 00:44.552 --> 00:46.774 serve with each and every day around uh 00:46.774 --> 00:48.941 around our Air Force . So 30 years has 00:48.941 --> 00:51.170 gone so fast . Um you know , as a guy 00:51.170 --> 00:53.250 who , who thought , you know , four 00:53.250 --> 00:55.540 years and I was going to transition 00:55.550 --> 00:57.717 when I look back at that now and think 00:57.717 --> 00:59.939 about , you know where I was then , who 00:59.939 --> 01:02.217 it was . You know , I I still remember , 01:02.540 --> 01:04.762 you know , the decision to join the Air 01:04.762 --> 01:06.596 Force and how that happened . It 01:06.596 --> 01:08.596 started off my brother in law and I 01:08.596 --> 01:10.596 were driving down the highway and I 01:10.596 --> 01:12.484 just found out that the job I was 01:12.484 --> 01:15.120 working was about to the business was 01:15.120 --> 01:17.176 closing down . So I was gonna need a 01:17.176 --> 01:19.560 job here . I am fairly newly married 01:19.570 --> 01:23.290 individual um with a baby 01:23.300 --> 01:25.500 and I driving down the highway and I 01:25.500 --> 01:27.722 see this sign this big billboard on the 01:27.722 --> 01:31.140 side of the road says aim high , 01:31.150 --> 01:34.720 It goes fast , right one 01:34.720 --> 01:38.580 day your wife is dropping you off at 01:38.580 --> 01:42.110 the map center in ST louis Missouri um 01:42.110 --> 01:44.840 and then you blink your eyes and it's 01:44.840 --> 01:48.510 30 years later and you're about the 01:48.510 --> 01:50.910 transition and take off uniform after 01:50.910 --> 01:53.280 all these years , enjoy the journey 01:53.290 --> 01:55.830 right ? Don't forget to stand back once 01:55.830 --> 01:58.320 a while and take a look at how far 01:58.320 --> 02:00.390 we've come . When I look at the air 02:00.390 --> 02:04.370 force that we were in 1992 , you know 02:04.370 --> 02:06.314 when I first came in and I look at 02:06.314 --> 02:08.370 where we're at now , uh we've come a 02:08.370 --> 02:10.500 long way in a lot of different ways . 02:10.510 --> 02:13.030 I'm super proud to have worn this 02:13.030 --> 02:15.390 uniform for almost 30 years . More 02:15.390 --> 02:17.612 importantly , I'm just proud to have if 02:17.612 --> 02:19.557 it ended my career in such a great 02:19.557 --> 02:21.890 command at A F . M . C . Uh I would 02:21.890 --> 02:25.150 have never imagined erman Cadel uh 02:25.160 --> 02:28.390 sitting in a match com command chief 02:28.390 --> 02:30.800 position , but I've been blessed , you 02:30.800 --> 02:33.390 know , I'm thankful to God for the 02:33.390 --> 02:35.612 opportunity to be able to do that . And 02:35.612 --> 02:37.668 just thankful for for leaders in the 02:37.668 --> 02:39.446 past who trusted me and give me 02:39.446 --> 02:42.240 opportunities um to be able to continue 02:42.240 --> 02:45.760 to serve and then now to end my career 02:46.650 --> 02:49.670 and what I think is the best match com 02:49.670 --> 02:51.726 in the United States Air Force and I 02:51.726 --> 02:53.837 may be a little bias on that , but an 02:53.837 --> 02:56.003 Air Force Material Command when I look 02:56.003 --> 02:58.059 at what this command does doesn't do 02:58.059 --> 03:01.290 anything for itself . Everything we do 03:01.300 --> 03:03.411 in Air Force Material Command , we do 03:03.411 --> 03:05.890 for someone else and our Air Force 03:05.890 --> 03:08.450 cannot be successful without it . And 03:08.450 --> 03:10.790 when I think I have the the great 03:10.800 --> 03:14.760 honour uh and responsibility uh to 03:14.760 --> 03:16.982 sit in the seat behind me , here is Air 03:16.982 --> 03:19.149 Force Material Command Command Chief . 03:19.149 --> 03:21.093 As your Air Force Material Command 03:21.093 --> 03:23.570 Command chief . I can't think of a 03:23.570 --> 03:27.220 better way to in my career uh you know , 03:27.220 --> 03:29.570 30 years in our air force . So that is 03:29.570 --> 03:31.681 a true honor and I'll always treasure 03:31.681 --> 03:31.650 that time . 03:36.140 --> 03:38.750 Mm . Yeah .