WEBVTT 00:07.860 --> 00:09.916 One of the key things we're doing is 00:09.916 --> 00:12.138 trying to operationalize the division . 00:12.138 --> 00:14.360 When I say operationalize it , it's now 00:14.360 --> 00:16.527 a number division where in the past it 00:16.527 --> 00:18.899 was an R C . Now it's a number division 00:18.909 --> 00:21.131 could actually go forward . And this is 00:21.131 --> 00:23.076 all this training is all about , I 00:23.076 --> 00:24.979 guess you call it blueing . Just 00:24.989 --> 00:27.290 familiarizing the soldiers with why 00:27.299 --> 00:29.466 they came in the army . The thing that 00:29.466 --> 00:31.132 they're first and foremost is 00:31.132 --> 00:33.219 everybody's a soldier first after 00:33.229 --> 00:35.451 you're a soldier , then you have your M 00:35.451 --> 00:37.673 OS and your branch . But you started as 00:37.673 --> 00:41.669 a soldier first because 00:41.680 --> 00:44.240 this is all about those individual 00:44.250 --> 00:46.361 tasks that build the collective tasks 00:46.361 --> 00:48.472 that are always a part of , no matter 00:48.472 --> 00:50.528 what you do , you have to have these 00:50.528 --> 00:52.528 skills , no better place to develop 00:52.528 --> 00:54.639 leaders and to do mentoring , to work 00:54.639 --> 00:56.750 with your soldiers , engage with them 00:56.750 --> 00:58.917 than to do it in the field . And to do 00:58.917 --> 01:00.806 it in this kind of environment is 01:00.806 --> 01:00.650 getting to know each one of them and 01:00.659 --> 01:02.826 just trying to understand , you know , 01:02.826 --> 01:04.881 the challenges they're going through 01:04.881 --> 01:06.770 and trying to understand how as a 01:06.770 --> 01:08.881 senior leader , what I can do to help 01:08.881 --> 01:11.048 them . And it's seeing that presence , 01:11.048 --> 01:13.048 trying to demonstrate to the junior 01:13.048 --> 01:15.270 leaders that , you know , we need to be 01:15.270 --> 01:17.381 out there with our soldiers . We need 01:17.381 --> 01:19.603 to engage with them . We need to be out 01:19.603 --> 01:19.239 there as a part of training . We need 01:19.250 --> 01:21.306 to be present and seeing how they're 01:21.306 --> 01:23.306 doing , seeing what they need . And 01:23.306 --> 01:25.510 it's about trying to teach them about 01:25.519 --> 01:28.379 the care and welfare of your soldiers 01:28.389 --> 01:30.278 and how important that is and how 01:30.278 --> 01:31.611 important training is . 01:34.269 --> 01:36.491 We need to understand our soldiers . We 01:36.491 --> 01:38.547 need to know them . All those things 01:38.547 --> 01:40.380 that they're going through , the 01:40.380 --> 01:40.150 struggles that they're dealing with . 01:40.180 --> 01:42.180 The way we do that is by connecting 01:42.180 --> 01:44.629 with them and having that contact and 01:44.639 --> 01:46.695 doing the fields a great environment 01:46.695 --> 01:48.806 because you get to talk to them , you 01:48.806 --> 01:51.099 get to see them doing their jobs . I 01:51.150 --> 01:53.261 get asked a question all the time and 01:53.261 --> 01:55.428 I've talked about this , you know , we 01:55.428 --> 01:57.650 ask about a book , but I think the book 01:57.650 --> 01:57.639 that we need to really read is our 01:57.650 --> 01:59.889 soldiers . And if you understand , if 01:59.900 --> 02:02.122 you know your soldiers , you know their 02:02.122 --> 02:04.178 history , you know , where they come 02:04.178 --> 02:04.099 from , you know , the struggles and the 02:04.110 --> 02:06.221 challenges , all those things they're 02:06.221 --> 02:08.110 dealing with , it will make you a 02:08.110 --> 02:07.870 better leader and it will make you a 02:07.879 --> 02:10.679 better organization . I hope that they 02:10.690 --> 02:13.800 see how leaders should be engaged that 02:13.809 --> 02:16.330 I actually care . And that , you know , 02:16.339 --> 02:18.369 this is all about being out there , 02:18.380 --> 02:20.602 being present , the things that we talk 02:20.602 --> 02:22.713 about , you know , because I , I give 02:22.713 --> 02:24.769 out a lot of guidance . But what I'm 02:24.769 --> 02:26.936 trying to do is to model that behavior 02:26.936 --> 02:29.047 that I talked about . So if I talk to 02:29.047 --> 02:30.880 my leaders about be present , be 02:30.880 --> 02:30.820 leaders out there , engage with the 02:30.830 --> 02:32.997 soldiers , understand your soldiers be 02:32.997 --> 02:35.108 present in training , then there's no 02:35.108 --> 02:37.274 better way than to do it myself . They 02:37.274 --> 02:39.449 say they measure you on what your , 02:39.460 --> 02:41.516 what does your candidate say ? Where 02:41.516 --> 02:43.849 did you say you're at ? Where you're at ? 02:43.849 --> 02:46.016 What are you doing ? And your soldiers 02:46.016 --> 02:45.899 will know if you just fly , if I just 02:45.910 --> 02:48.440 flew over and said , hey , as opposed 02:48.449 --> 02:50.560 to come down and talk to them and see 02:50.560 --> 02:52.727 how it's going . And I want them to be 02:52.727 --> 02:52.699 proud of what they do and I want them 02:52.710 --> 02:54.932 to be the best that they can do . And I 02:54.932 --> 02:57.154 want them to know that all of us as far 02:57.154 --> 02:59.321 as leaders want to figure out a way to 02:59.321 --> 03:01.488 push them to be the best and to go for 03:01.488 --> 03:03.543 all those things that the army's got 03:03.543 --> 03:05.599 all kinds of great opportunities . I 03:05.599 --> 03:07.710 just want to make sure that we give a 03:07.710 --> 03:09.543 push to help , kind of give that 03:09.543 --> 03:11.710 encouragement . So our soldiers do try 03:11.710 --> 03:13.821 it , go for it . You will always walk 03:13.821 --> 03:15.932 away a better leader for it . And you 03:15.932 --> 03:18.154 know , it's just going to make our army 03:18.154 --> 03:16.649 better .