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when I

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talk about , what does it mean to be a

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war fighter ? I'm thinking through just

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a couple of things . The first one is

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that war fighters are always improving

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their position . I think back to the

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very first soldier who is told to dig a

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foxhole to keep themselves safe from

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enemy fire . As long as that soldier

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was in that position , the soldier dug

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a foxhole deeper , wider to improve the

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position for his survivability or

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ability to win the war fight . If you

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will , it's that mentality that I need

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our airmen to adopt and whatever they

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are responsible for , they need to

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improve it after the end of a rotation ,

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when our mrr handing off their

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responsibilities to their replacements ,

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they wanted to , they want their

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replacements to find either the

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position or the process in a better

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position when they take it over than

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than when the airman first arrived in

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theater . Warfighters take care of each

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other and they do that because they

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recognize that it takes a team to win a

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war fight . A warfighter will take care

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of the airmen above them , below them ,

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to their left and to the right ,

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without regard to who that is . Because

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ultimately , in a war fight , that's

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that's who were taken care of as as

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each other and war fires focus on

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making sure that the team works well .

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And they understand what serves as the

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foundation for a team in my mind , you

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know , a culture of dignity , respect

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and inclusion form the foundation of a

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good team and a team can survive

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without a strong foundation . And if we

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allow that foundation to crack , then

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the team will falter when put under

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pressure because foundations under

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pressure crack . And so we have to make

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sure we lay that foundation correct so

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that all our war fighters feel as

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though that they are are valued and

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contributing to the to the team effort

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to prevail over the enemy . In most

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days , we don't have to face those life

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and death decisions , but inevitably ,

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as part of our service , we may have to

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and so we've got to work on it in the

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era of peace time or an era when

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operations , the pace of operations is

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at a more sustainable pace so that

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we're ready to surge .