WEBVTT 00:02.500 --> 00:05.710 Good afternoon as I'm Lieutenant Jones 00:05.719 --> 00:07.570 from the 375th communication 00:07.579 --> 00:09.789 communication squadron from Scott Air 00:09.800 --> 00:12.590 Force Base this afternoon . I have the 00:12.600 --> 00:14.909 unique opportunity to introduce a very 00:14.920 --> 00:17.142 special guest speaker as a Commander of 00:17.142 --> 00:19.253 Air Mobility Command . He serves as a 00:19.253 --> 00:21.031 US Transportation Command's Air 00:21.031 --> 00:24.760 Component commander . Awesome , 00:24.770 --> 00:27.709 man . They don't , they don't care . 00:29.729 --> 00:32.900 Yeah , I , I told her they don't care . 00:34.990 --> 00:36.990 All right , the coveted after lunch 00:36.990 --> 00:40.040 position . Good afternoon . Happy 00:40.049 --> 00:44.029 Wednesday . Right . We'll try 00:44.040 --> 00:46.151 to , I guess the , the secretary kind 00:46.151 --> 00:48.151 of made it clear I'm supposed to be 00:48.151 --> 00:50.207 peppy . So , uh , no pressure . Uh , 00:50.207 --> 00:52.318 the , the countdown is ticking here . 00:52.318 --> 00:54.970 Um I could not be more grateful , uh , 00:54.979 --> 00:58.150 to be , to be here with you all . Um To 00:58.159 --> 01:01.139 be clear , there is a lot of buzz about 01:01.150 --> 01:03.317 what's happening here and there always 01:03.317 --> 01:05.279 has been , uh when it comes to 01:05.989 --> 01:09.059 inspiring and fueling 01:09.550 --> 01:12.169 and the things that really matter . I'm 01:12.180 --> 01:14.347 not certain there's a conference or an 01:14.347 --> 01:16.730 association that does it better than 01:16.739 --> 01:18.980 this one here . So I'm incredibly 01:18.989 --> 01:21.211 honored to be here . So that is a round 01:21.211 --> 01:21.019 of applause . 01:26.139 --> 01:29.669 I realize when it comes to like these 01:29.680 --> 01:31.736 tables right here . It feels like an 01:31.736 --> 01:33.902 intervention is about to happen . It's 01:33.902 --> 01:36.190 like uh the Mount Rushmore of senior 01:36.199 --> 01:39.220 leadership um in front of me here . Uh 01:39.230 --> 01:41.540 But the real Mount Rushmore of 01:41.550 --> 01:44.099 leadership that is relevant to every 01:44.110 --> 01:46.470 challenge that the secretary described 01:46.480 --> 01:48.849 is in the tables on the first row back . 01:48.860 --> 01:50.971 So you guys owe yourselves a round of 01:50.971 --> 01:52.416 applause for being here . 01:56.260 --> 01:58.204 P Matt . Give me a slide here real 01:58.204 --> 02:02.139 quick while we wait for that to come 02:02.150 --> 02:04.372 up . The first thing I wanted to say is 02:04.372 --> 02:06.483 thank you . I got that done ro for me 02:06.483 --> 02:08.761 is I'm gonna speak , not give a speech . 02:08.761 --> 02:11.094 Um That means it won't come out perfect . 02:11.094 --> 02:13.428 I promise you . It'll be from the heart . 02:13.428 --> 02:15.539 Uh It'll be current with what's on my 02:15.539 --> 02:17.539 mind . Uh Certainly the op has been 02:17.539 --> 02:19.706 pretty crisp um over the last a little 02:19.706 --> 02:21.872 over a year and a half of my command . 02:21.872 --> 02:24.094 I am on the back end of a little bit of 02:24.094 --> 02:26.206 leave . So I'm grateful for that . Um 02:26.206 --> 02:28.150 But I wanted to make sure that you 02:28.150 --> 02:30.940 heard directly from me on the concerns . 02:30.949 --> 02:33.589 I hope that I get questions as good as 02:33.600 --> 02:35.822 what you give the secretary . In fact , 02:35.822 --> 02:37.933 there's some repeats that I want that 02:37.933 --> 02:40.419 book one I want . Um uh There's a few 02:40.429 --> 02:42.429 more in there that I want . So , uh 02:42.429 --> 02:44.373 those were , those were impressive 02:44.373 --> 02:46.651 questions and I hope that comes for me . 02:46.651 --> 02:48.985 So I'll , I'll hit on a few things here . 02:48.985 --> 02:51.369 I will definitely uh 02:53.039 --> 02:55.206 set the conditions that you can ask me 02:55.206 --> 02:57.360 anything . You can't offend me . Uh 02:57.380 --> 03:00.860 Trust me . Uh after February , yeah , 03:01.710 --> 03:04.470 you , you can't , you can't hurt my 03:04.479 --> 03:07.910 feelings anymore . Um 03:08.500 --> 03:10.722 But it's important that , you know , we 03:10.722 --> 03:12.889 get it all on the table . So I'm a big 03:12.889 --> 03:14.944 boy , I can take it . The only thing 03:14.944 --> 03:17.111 that I would request is that you don't 03:17.111 --> 03:19.167 carry anything out of this room that 03:19.167 --> 03:18.750 you didn't get off your chest or a 03:18.759 --> 03:21.092 question . So the order is on the table . 03:21.092 --> 03:23.092 Mental health is on the table where 03:23.092 --> 03:25.203 your heart is on the table . Mobility 03:25.203 --> 03:27.148 guardian is on the table . All the 03:27.148 --> 03:29.259 things um you know , bring it , bring 03:29.259 --> 03:31.481 it strong . All right , give me another 03:31.481 --> 03:33.648 slide please . Chris and Christie . If 03:33.648 --> 03:33.009 you're still in the room , it's great 03:33.020 --> 03:35.100 to see you again today . I wanted to 03:35.110 --> 03:39.039 dedicate uh this talk to 03:39.050 --> 03:42.619 the NCO leadership to the NCO 03:42.630 --> 03:45.800 leadership that delivered oar and the 03:45.809 --> 03:48.130 success on oar . If you go to the next 03:48.139 --> 03:50.472 slide , I'll talk about it a little bit , 03:50.472 --> 03:54.000 right ? You can have any 03:54.009 --> 03:56.669 operational environment delivered to 03:56.679 --> 03:59.059 you . It can be either what you 03:59.070 --> 04:01.550 expected or what you didn't expect . 04:02.550 --> 04:06.460 But the magic happens on the 04:06.470 --> 04:09.660 backs and shoulders of the NCO cop 04:11.779 --> 04:14.470 and what you all demonstrated and what 04:14.479 --> 04:16.630 your teammates demonstrated both air 04:16.640 --> 04:19.440 force and joint . Certainly some 04:19.450 --> 04:22.820 coalition too was nothing short 04:23.309 --> 04:27.070 of spectacular . Look at that picture . 04:28.000 --> 04:29.029 What do you see ? 04:34.959 --> 04:37.179 When's the last time you handed your 04:37.190 --> 04:40.519 kid to someone . You don't know . 04:44.160 --> 04:46.216 When's the last time you handed your 04:46.216 --> 04:48.382 kid to someone ? You don't know that's 04:48.382 --> 04:49.382 armed . 04:52.660 --> 04:54.716 When's the last time you handed your 04:54.716 --> 04:56.882 kid to someone ? You don't know that's 04:56.882 --> 04:59.049 armed . That ain't from your country ? 05:01.140 --> 05:04.829 Think about the trust that , that takes 05:06.799 --> 05:10.380 to do that . That's a pair of rescue 05:10.390 --> 05:14.140 men part of the 83rd expeditionary 05:14.149 --> 05:17.940 rescue squadron and an MC 05:17.950 --> 05:21.820 O . And what we brag about when we 05:21.829 --> 05:25.500 talk about the powerful NC core 05:25.510 --> 05:29.089 is demonstrated , I would argue very 05:29.100 --> 05:32.899 subtly but very powerfully . In 05:32.910 --> 05:36.390 this picture . There's some recognition 05:36.399 --> 05:38.760 that needs to happen for some of our 05:38.769 --> 05:41.160 players in oar still and I'm committed 05:41.589 --> 05:43.589 to making that recognition happen . 05:44.700 --> 05:46.579 This , this , this part of my 05:47.670 --> 05:49.892 presentation is dedicated to those that 05:49.892 --> 05:51.726 are awaiting recognition . Slide 05:53.769 --> 05:57.380 mistress . Why did he put me dress 05:59.829 --> 06:01.885 true or false mess dress is the only 06:01.885 --> 06:05.690 uniform we celebrate only in false . We 06:05.700 --> 06:06.922 do bad things in me . 06:10.589 --> 06:12.645 I think , I think it's a celebration 06:12.645 --> 06:14.867 uniform . OK ? If you're a chief master 06:14.867 --> 06:16.811 sergeant , how many times did Mike 06:16.811 --> 06:19.033 Monahan put his mess dress on for you ? 06:21.190 --> 06:25.130 Let's say you're old like me 34 years 06:25.140 --> 06:27.920 in service . Did I put it on to go to 06:27.929 --> 06:30.640 your LS graduation ? Did I put it on to 06:30.649 --> 06:34.140 go to your NCO academy grad ? 06:34.570 --> 06:36.459 Did I put it on to go to your NCO 06:36.459 --> 06:38.681 induction ceremony ? Did I put it on to 06:38.681 --> 06:40.459 go to your senior NCO induction 06:40.459 --> 06:42.459 ceremony ? Did I put it on to go to 06:42.459 --> 06:44.570 your senior NC Academy . Did I put it 06:44.570 --> 06:46.403 on to go to your Chief induction 06:46.403 --> 06:49.649 ceremony ? I bet 90% of the time that I 06:49.660 --> 06:52.119 put that uniform on that I'm 06:52.130 --> 06:55.920 celebrating you and the NC core 06:56.299 --> 06:59.839 and your family and what you bring to 06:59.850 --> 07:03.170 the op true . 07:06.000 --> 07:09.670 Think about the schedule that you have 07:09.679 --> 07:12.869 here today and over the , over the , 07:12.880 --> 07:14.936 this whole conference and the senior 07:14.940 --> 07:17.079 leadership that lined up to come in 07:17.089 --> 07:19.989 here and honor you all . 07:21.359 --> 07:23.581 I mean , that's pretty impressive . The 07:23.581 --> 07:25.803 Secretary of the Air Force spoke for 10 07:25.803 --> 07:27.803 minutes and then took 50 minutes of 07:27.803 --> 07:29.859 questions . That's amazing . So it's 07:29.859 --> 07:31.803 one thing to say it , it's another 07:31.803 --> 07:33.803 thing to demonstrate it and I think 07:33.803 --> 07:36.609 it's absolutely appropriate . And while 07:36.619 --> 07:38.786 you might say , you know , why are you 07:38.786 --> 07:41.008 talking about it in terms of you , what 07:41.008 --> 07:43.630 you give back is exponential in the 07:43.739 --> 07:46.779 equation when it comes to leadership 07:47.429 --> 07:51.260 exponential in the equation of what it 07:51.269 --> 07:52.991 takes to get after our mission 07:52.991 --> 07:55.630 exponential in the equation of what it 07:55.640 --> 07:58.660 takes to get after care for our airmen 07:58.940 --> 08:02.809 and certainly their families . So 08:02.820 --> 08:06.450 that investment , that investment and 08:06.459 --> 08:10.459 appreciation , it's critical , not 08:10.470 --> 08:12.637 only in terms of the symbology of it , 08:12.989 --> 08:15.130 but in terms of the hard core things 08:15.140 --> 08:17.084 that we need to do to get after it 08:17.084 --> 08:21.040 slide , Tommy Goddard , anybody 08:21.049 --> 08:23.160 know him , I wouldn't expect you guys 08:23.160 --> 08:25.730 would . Ok . That's a mongrel squadron 08:25.739 --> 08:28.119 right there . Anybody a load . Master , 08:28.130 --> 08:31.859 clap your hands . I would expect it 08:31.869 --> 08:33.702 more out of you guys just saying 08:37.789 --> 08:40.969 that's my squadron 2003 to 2006 08:41.690 --> 08:44.559 scrappy 40th airlift squadron out of 08:44.809 --> 08:47.031 air force base . Good thing about being 08:47.031 --> 08:50.239 stationed in a is you don't change 08:50.250 --> 08:51.806 sceneries when you deploy . 08:54.190 --> 08:57.760 True statement , true 08:57.770 --> 09:00.489 statement . There's phenomenal 09:01.440 --> 09:04.760 people in that squadron , that squadron 09:04.770 --> 09:06.881 was over deployed and I'm not looking 09:06.881 --> 09:10.809 for sympathy here . And 09:10.820 --> 09:13.042 the reason it all worked was because of 09:13.042 --> 09:14.042 NCO leadership . 09:19.119 --> 09:21.960 There are NC OS in that picture that 09:21.969 --> 09:25.669 are now officers . There are NC OS like 09:25.890 --> 09:28.460 a up front that's now chief . 09:30.130 --> 09:32.297 And there's certainly a bunch that are 09:32.297 --> 09:34.463 retired because this was a while ago . 09:34.463 --> 09:36.686 It hurts me to say that almost 20 years 09:36.686 --> 09:38.797 ago , Tommy Goddard is up on the ramp 09:39.690 --> 09:41.690 and if you're looking at the ramp , 09:41.690 --> 09:43.579 he's on the right side . He's the 09:43.579 --> 09:45.523 second head up on the right side , 09:45.523 --> 09:47.746 kneeling had good fortune to serve with 09:47.746 --> 09:49.746 Tommy in previous assignments too . 09:53.380 --> 09:55.491 Knew him from senior airman forward . 09:59.450 --> 10:03.320 The best leadership decision 10:03.330 --> 10:07.090 I've ever made was hiring 10:07.099 --> 10:10.119 Tommy Goddard as a new master sergeant 10:10.309 --> 10:12.476 to be the load master superintendent . 10:13.789 --> 10:15.190 Still to this day , 10:17.809 --> 10:20.299 enormous tempo . 10:22.309 --> 10:24.420 And the business end of this airplane 10:24.420 --> 10:27.359 is which end the back end . 10:29.989 --> 10:32.100 And if you've been around long enough 10:32.760 --> 10:34.450 and you were part of Iraq and 10:34.460 --> 10:37.989 Afghanistan in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 10:38.000 --> 10:40.210 2006 . It was crazy 10:41.739 --> 10:45.219 insane . This squadron was 10:45.229 --> 10:47.190 13 load masters short , 10:50.659 --> 10:52.700 the squadron was unbalanced on load 10:52.710 --> 10:54.150 master experience . 10:57.349 --> 10:59.405 This squadron spent more time in the 10:59.405 --> 11:01.682 sand deployed than it has been at home . 11:05.320 --> 11:07.770 The squadron was on a base that was 11:07.780 --> 11:09.780 still trying to catch up on what it 11:09.780 --> 11:12.359 meant to support families and airmen 11:12.669 --> 11:16.489 during Ha's tempo . And 11:16.500 --> 11:19.080 this squadron thrived because of NCO 11:19.090 --> 11:22.109 leadership and none more exquisite than 11:22.119 --> 11:23.020 Tommy Goddard . 11:28.010 --> 11:30.869 What is the barrier between the grind 11:30.880 --> 11:33.979 of the op and the needs of airmen 11:39.010 --> 11:42.820 in co leadership ? How do you do that ? 11:44.789 --> 11:47.390 How do you balance the needs of the 11:47.400 --> 11:50.739 individual , the needs of their 11:50.750 --> 11:54.489 families and the grind of four months 11:54.500 --> 11:56.444 deployed ? Four months home , four 11:56.444 --> 11:58.500 months deployed , four months home , 11:58.500 --> 11:58.049 four months deployed , four months home , 11:58.059 --> 12:00.392 four months deployed , four months home . 12:00.392 --> 12:01.559 How do you do that ? 12:04.390 --> 12:06.446 And have people come back for more ? 12:07.479 --> 12:09.757 You do it through exquisite leadership , 12:10.989 --> 12:13.679 the qualities that Tommy displayed 12:17.880 --> 12:19.991 our ownership , leadership attitude , 12:24.750 --> 12:27.200 ownership , own it . 12:29.760 --> 12:33.039 Step into it , the good , the bad and 12:33.049 --> 12:36.320 the ugly people . 12:36.330 --> 12:38.809 Business ain't always pretty . 12:40.250 --> 12:42.750 It's the most important part . Lean 12:42.760 --> 12:45.979 into it , lean into the upgrades , lean 12:45.989 --> 12:48.869 into the training , lean into the leave , 12:49.140 --> 12:51.539 lean into the funerals , lean into the 12:51.549 --> 12:54.710 births , lean into the parents sick , 12:56.020 --> 12:58.929 lean into the training , lean into the 12:58.940 --> 13:02.109 P CS . Everything that makes somebody 13:02.119 --> 13:04.890 capable , lean into that and own it . 13:06.419 --> 13:08.586 How many people have heard someone say 13:08.586 --> 13:10.641 if I approve it for you , I ought to 13:10.641 --> 13:14.549 approve it for everybody . God , 13:14.559 --> 13:16.115 please don't say that to me 13:20.919 --> 13:22.697 that when we deal with people , 13:22.697 --> 13:26.190 business and precious pink bodies , it 13:26.200 --> 13:28.150 ain't always easy . 13:32.179 --> 13:34.346 And so sometimes you can do things for 13:34.346 --> 13:36.346 some that you can't do for others , 13:36.346 --> 13:39.979 depending on the exact circumstance and 13:39.989 --> 13:42.156 part of ownership is being able to say 13:42.156 --> 13:45.500 yes , but also being able to say no and 13:45.510 --> 13:49.479 understanding that one doesn't 13:49.489 --> 13:52.510 apply all the time . And when you say 13:52.520 --> 13:55.109 no , do you blame it on a system ? You 13:55.119 --> 13:58.049 blame it on someone else or do you step 13:58.059 --> 14:00.299 in and own it ? Tommy Goddard 14:00.309 --> 14:03.580 leadership telling me what he needs to 14:03.590 --> 14:05.534 know , not what he wants to know . 14:06.929 --> 14:10.390 Tommy Goddard leadership handling a 14:10.400 --> 14:12.567 pool of load masters that were 13 down 14:12.567 --> 14:16.520 deployed . Tommy Tommy 14:16.530 --> 14:20.380 Goddard leadership load 14:20.390 --> 14:23.869 masters with filthy stinking . Wait for 14:23.880 --> 14:27.580 it . It's not that bad flight suits and 14:27.590 --> 14:29.701 a policy at a deployed base that only 14:29.701 --> 14:31.534 permanent party got flight suits 14:34.210 --> 14:37.820 and running that into a buzz saw so 14:37.830 --> 14:39.719 that they had what they needed to 14:39.719 --> 14:41.690 succeed . Tommy Goddard leadership 14:41.700 --> 14:45.510 taken lines so 14:45.520 --> 14:48.169 his airmen could have days off . Tommy 14:48.179 --> 14:49.901 Goddard providing leadership . 14:52.559 --> 14:54.615 Let Minihan sit in the observer seat 14:56.229 --> 14:58.340 and watch for surface to air missiles 14:59.729 --> 15:01.951 instead of sitting in the front seat so 15:01.951 --> 15:04.173 that a load master could have a day off 15:05.460 --> 15:07.627 and then in true load master fashion . 15:07.627 --> 15:09.849 Tommy Godard provided leadership around 15:09.849 --> 15:13.090 the smoke pit , probably the best place 15:13.099 --> 15:16.309 to absorb leadership . The best part 15:16.320 --> 15:18.659 about Tommy was his attitude 15:21.039 --> 15:23.849 attitude . If I had one attribute to 15:23.859 --> 15:26.026 pick amongst those other three , those 15:26.026 --> 15:29.090 other two , I'd pick attitude , he 15:29.099 --> 15:32.369 simply would not be denied , he 15:32.380 --> 15:36.280 simply would not be denied . He'd 15:36.289 --> 15:38.799 figure it out . It might take a day , 15:39.859 --> 15:41.915 but he'd come back with a solution . 15:42.210 --> 15:45.750 He'd come back with his whole shop 15:46.440 --> 15:50.219 lined up and ready . He's world 15:50.229 --> 15:52.500 famous for that . And if I had a life 15:52.510 --> 15:54.677 size poster of him , I would , I would 15:54.677 --> 15:56.788 definitely hang it on my wall slide , 15:58.840 --> 15:59.951 mobility Guardian . 16:03.169 --> 16:06.510 Anybody heard of it ? Let's go , 16:07.080 --> 16:10.859 Lima Foxtrot Golf . Some people know 16:10.869 --> 16:13.960 what that means . I promise I keep the 16:13.969 --> 16:15.302 F bombs on the inside . 16:17.690 --> 16:20.349 Um For the record , it's kind of 16:20.359 --> 16:22.570 intimidating when you walk in and the 16:22.580 --> 16:24.247 Secretary of the Air Force is 16:24.247 --> 16:26.247 mentioning your name five times and 16:26.247 --> 16:28.302 talking about Mobility Guardian . Uh 16:28.302 --> 16:30.302 pretty cool , but also , you know , 16:30.302 --> 16:30.179 kind of like surreal when it's 16:30.190 --> 16:33.309 happening . Um So normally I'm being 16:33.320 --> 16:35.840 meed and this is the first time I 16:35.849 --> 16:37.905 started me . This is what I , what I 16:37.905 --> 16:40.127 learned out of mobility guardian . So I 16:40.127 --> 16:42.127 realized that picture is horrific , 16:42.127 --> 16:44.127 although my hair looks awesome . Um 16:44.890 --> 16:46.946 Maybe one of the questions will be , 16:46.946 --> 16:49.168 what's the product I'm using nowadays ? 16:49.168 --> 16:51.390 But I'll , I'll uh I'll save it for the 16:51.390 --> 16:53.334 Q and A part . Um If you want real 16:53.334 --> 16:55.446 feedback and I know I know Chief Bass 16:55.446 --> 16:58.400 knows this , go to the meme pages and 16:58.409 --> 17:00.960 uh and so they're like , like , like 17:01.190 --> 17:04.319 Han is gonna do a meme . And so I , I 17:04.329 --> 17:06.218 did a meme and I showed it to one 17:06.218 --> 17:08.440 person . They said , oh no , you cannot 17:08.440 --> 17:10.709 do that one . So there's a generational 17:10.719 --> 17:13.060 thing that's happening here . But I 17:13.069 --> 17:15.540 found it pretty awesome that the meme 17:15.550 --> 17:17.383 channel actually had really good 17:17.383 --> 17:19.494 feedback and it's just in a different 17:19.494 --> 17:21.661 way than I'm used to . I don't plan to 17:21.661 --> 17:23.772 meme anymore . I certainly I will get 17:23.772 --> 17:26.939 meed again . But that was our best 17:26.949 --> 17:29.339 attempt right there . Mobility Guardian 17:29.400 --> 17:31.579 take 3000 people , 70 airplanes , 17:31.589 --> 17:33.700 partner with all of the components in 17:33.700 --> 17:37.239 the Pacific and not set up like we 17:37.250 --> 17:39.472 traditionally do exercises . What do we 17:39.472 --> 17:41.694 do when we traditionally do exercises ? 17:41.694 --> 17:43.639 We start early , we get there , we 17:43.639 --> 17:45.800 build our nest , right . Set up the 17:45.810 --> 17:49.780 talk , set up the things do an 17:49.790 --> 17:52.189 in doc brief huddle for a couple of 17:52.199 --> 17:55.810 days , check into the hotel , 17:58.810 --> 17:59.819 about the hotel , 18:03.869 --> 18:05.980 make sure that we're lined up for day 18:05.980 --> 18:08.829 one , put everything else on hold 18:12.209 --> 18:14.640 and we didn't do that . We 18:14.650 --> 18:16.817 intentionally lined up the deploy with 18:16.817 --> 18:18.594 the employee so that you had to 18:18.594 --> 18:20.594 instantly go into it and we screwed 18:20.594 --> 18:22.594 that up . What happened ? We missed 18:22.594 --> 18:24.706 lines . If you didn't bring it , what 18:24.709 --> 18:27.709 happened ? You didn't have it . And if 18:27.719 --> 18:30.000 it was broken , name your location , 18:30.010 --> 18:31.177 you didn't have it . 18:34.869 --> 18:38.280 We still called the AMMO 18:39.270 --> 18:42.089 to support Ukraine . We still 18:43.280 --> 18:45.336 took the president to Europe for the 18:45.336 --> 18:48.859 NATO summit . We still held our 18:48.869 --> 18:50.925 equities with General cotton and his 18:50.925 --> 18:54.550 team , we still held our equities with 18:54.560 --> 18:58.300 General Van Huk and his team , nothing 18:58.310 --> 19:00.760 came off the table . And it was hard , 19:00.810 --> 19:04.739 purposefully hard so that we can 19:04.750 --> 19:06.694 get the insights on what it really 19:06.694 --> 19:09.689 means to explode in the theater . The 19:09.699 --> 19:11.989 transition from a deploy to an employee 19:12.000 --> 19:13.060 instantly 19:17.750 --> 19:19.917 and do the things that we would really 19:19.917 --> 19:23.319 have to do should deterrence fail . And 19:23.329 --> 19:25.551 I could not be happier with the outcome 19:25.551 --> 19:27.773 of this exercise . I'm tired of looking 19:27.773 --> 19:27.520 at the meme . Can you go to the next 19:27.530 --> 19:28.530 one ? 19:32.459 --> 19:36.410 We learned a lot . One thing that was 19:36.420 --> 19:38.810 not negotiable was the NC leadership 19:38.819 --> 19:42.140 and the attitudes , exceptional 19:42.150 --> 19:45.939 attitudes and grit . It was inspiring 19:45.949 --> 19:49.609 as it always is . And there's a lot of 19:49.619 --> 19:52.489 things to work on here . A lot of 19:52.500 --> 19:56.339 things to work on . We talked 19:56.349 --> 19:58.071 about two problem statements , 20:00.109 --> 20:02.276 problem statement . Number one , we're 20:02.276 --> 20:04.387 not ready to fight and win inside the 20:04.387 --> 20:06.553 first island chain . Problem statement 20:06.553 --> 20:08.331 number two , we're not as ready 20:08.331 --> 20:10.609 integrated or agile as we think we are . 20:10.979 --> 20:13.146 I'll tell you problem statement one is 20:13.146 --> 20:15.520 fixed . We absolutely can grind it out 20:15.530 --> 20:17.949 inside the first island chain . Doesn't 20:17.959 --> 20:21.510 mean it will be pretty and I will , you 20:21.520 --> 20:23.949 know , I learned this quote from 20:23.959 --> 20:26.199 admiral par . I will never admit to 20:26.209 --> 20:29.670 being ready enough , but I have no 20:29.680 --> 20:33.109 doubt in my mind . I have no doubt in 20:33.119 --> 20:35.230 my mind on this team's ability to get 20:35.230 --> 20:38.459 after it . One of the questions earlier 20:38.880 --> 20:42.760 talked about support . And when I talk 20:42.770 --> 20:44.890 about airmen , I generally do it in 20:44.900 --> 20:47.099 three batches and it's really four fly 20:47.109 --> 20:49.331 fixed support . If you're a medic , you 20:49.331 --> 20:51.699 do all three . I think , I think that 20:51.709 --> 20:55.420 covers it . Your value to the mission 20:58.150 --> 21:01.729 has zero to do with your proximity to 21:01.739 --> 21:03.017 where it's happening , 21:06.810 --> 21:10.619 your value to the mission has 21:10.630 --> 21:14.500 zero to do with your proximity 21:14.670 --> 21:18.329 to where it's happening . Everybody 21:18.339 --> 21:21.430 here has a role in lethality . 21:23.199 --> 21:25.689 Everybody here has a role in maneuver 21:27.869 --> 21:29.980 and whether you fly fix or support or 21:29.980 --> 21:33.819 all three , if your 21:33.829 --> 21:35.800 portion doesn't get done , nothing 21:35.810 --> 21:37.800 happens on the pointy end . 21:41.060 --> 21:44.650 I'm often asked , you know , what's the 21:44.660 --> 21:46.604 one thing you wish you didn't have 21:46.604 --> 21:50.010 known earlier ? And I go back to , you 21:50.020 --> 21:52.242 know , I come from a crew airplane . So 21:52.242 --> 21:54.409 I'm , I'm appreciative always of the , 21:54.409 --> 21:56.576 of the , you know , the collective , I 21:56.576 --> 21:55.880 call it the collective , the 21:55.890 --> 21:58.112 contributions of the collective , the , 21:58.112 --> 22:00.279 the contributions of everybody . But I 22:00.279 --> 22:02.390 did not at all understand that to the 22:02.390 --> 22:04.168 depth I needed to until I was a 22:04.168 --> 22:07.050 squadron commander . So it doesn't 22:07.060 --> 22:09.469 matter to me whether you k just as 22:09.479 --> 22:12.140 support , you know , I feel like my 22:12.150 --> 22:14.261 team is the line of a football team . 22:16.770 --> 22:20.380 So critically important . In fact , I 22:20.390 --> 22:23.040 describe when I'm talking about the 22:23.050 --> 22:25.106 mobility team as it will be the most 22:25.106 --> 22:27.328 relied upon force in the history of the 22:27.328 --> 22:29.328 US . If this were to go down in the 22:29.328 --> 22:31.439 Pacific , not trying to be arrogant , 22:31.439 --> 22:33.217 nor am I looking for sympathy . 22:35.010 --> 22:38.630 Everybody's deploy , 22:38.640 --> 22:41.630 employ and maneuver is depending on 22:41.640 --> 22:43.807 this team to get after it . And I have 22:43.807 --> 22:45.869 full faith and confidence in that of 22:47.000 --> 22:49.167 when I report into the chief , when my 22:49.167 --> 22:51.489 A R is done , it will be , we are ready 22:53.329 --> 22:55.496 with lots of things to go with lots of 22:55.496 --> 22:57.551 things to work on . All right , that 22:57.551 --> 22:59.385 was my few thoughts . Just a few 22:59.800 --> 23:01.900 challenges . Anybody heard about the 23:01.910 --> 23:05.609 Manifesto 34 things about the 23:05.619 --> 23:09.449 manifesto airmen are th are the 23:09.459 --> 23:12.219 magic lethality matters 23:12.890 --> 23:16.150 most ? We are the joint force 23:16.160 --> 23:18.780 maneuver and we have to invest our 23:18.790 --> 23:20.790 American tenacity to win . Now , 23:22.270 --> 23:24.492 secretary was alluding to this . Let me 23:24.492 --> 23:27.729 repeat . All four airmen are the magic . 23:31.859 --> 23:34.859 You are the absorber between what you 23:34.869 --> 23:37.560 want and what you have 23:40.760 --> 23:42.770 lethality matters most 23:44.430 --> 23:47.079 we are the United States Air Force . 23:49.599 --> 23:51.969 We were born to do things different . 23:57.699 --> 23:59.650 Others go through , we go over 24:03.020 --> 24:05.020 and you can run but you'll only die 24:05.020 --> 24:06.020 tired . 24:09.380 --> 24:11.550 Lethality matters . Most 24:13.229 --> 24:16.979 I exist so that some wonderful 24:16.989 --> 24:20.560 airmen can use an amazing piece of 24:20.569 --> 24:23.630 equipment to halt 24:25.530 --> 24:26.500 an enemy 24:29.510 --> 24:30.630 in lethal ways . 24:33.670 --> 24:35.319 That's why I exist . 24:38.650 --> 24:40.219 We are the maneuver . 24:42.709 --> 24:45.130 Nobody can put their toys to use unless 24:45.140 --> 24:47.029 we put them up and put them there 24:47.949 --> 24:50.171 doesn't matter what service you're in . 24:56.599 --> 24:59.869 Invest our American tenacity to win . 24:59.880 --> 25:00.410 Now , 25:05.020 --> 25:07.131 what did the threat picture look like 25:07.131 --> 25:10.290 to Jimmy Dolittle ? Pretty intimidating . 25:12.380 --> 25:14.491 What did the threat picture look like 25:14.491 --> 25:17.520 to Ira ? Eker flying out of England in 25:17.530 --> 25:18.800 1943 . 25:21.989 --> 25:22.989 Pretty brutal . 25:26.069 --> 25:28.069 Admiral Spruance , sailing north to 25:28.069 --> 25:30.000 Midway . Pretty brutal . 25:32.550 --> 25:34.383 Northwest . I'll give you that . 25:36.420 --> 25:40.089 So I realized there's an intensity here 25:40.099 --> 25:42.155 that we haven't had to deal with for 25:42.155 --> 25:44.979 generations . But I don't care , there 25:44.989 --> 25:47.156 is nothing more powerful than a team . 25:47.540 --> 25:49.707 There is nothing more powerful than an 25:49.707 --> 25:51.818 American team that believes in itself 25:53.959 --> 25:56.292 who played high school ball . Any sport , 25:56.292 --> 25:59.910 raise your hand NCO leadership 26:01.150 --> 26:01.920 coaching , 26:06.329 --> 26:08.199 four attributes of a coach , 26:10.550 --> 26:11.300 tough 26:13.920 --> 26:14.790 fair , 26:17.729 --> 26:20.900 come from a position of love and want 26:20.910 --> 26:23.310 to do what when 26:28.569 --> 26:30.791 if you played high school football like 26:30.791 --> 26:32.900 me and it's two days about right now 26:34.089 --> 26:35.978 and you're lined up at the end of 26:35.978 --> 26:39.569 practice , you do 10 , 100 yard sprints 26:43.160 --> 26:45.216 and if someone jumps off side on the 26:45.216 --> 26:47.530 count , what do you do start over ? 26:50.280 --> 26:54.260 Why ? Because 26:54.270 --> 26:56.437 it's tough , it's fair . It comes from 26:56.437 --> 26:58.659 a position of love and it's oriented on 26:58.659 --> 26:58.319 winning . 27:03.380 --> 27:07.300 That coaching is more powerful than 27:07.310 --> 27:09.640 anything else . When it comes to the 27:09.650 --> 27:12.000 NCO leadership that you deliver slide 27:18.339 --> 27:21.180 challenges for us . Heard about it in 27:21.189 --> 27:24.839 some of the questions earlier . Hey , 27:24.849 --> 27:27.069 if , if it's so challenging in the 27:27.079 --> 27:29.301 Pacific , why don't you give us time to 27:29.301 --> 27:32.140 actually worry about that ? Who thinks 27:32.150 --> 27:35.069 that you can admit it 27:36.750 --> 27:38.861 if it's so important ? Why am I on my 27:38.861 --> 27:41.028 way back to Al Udeid for the 19th time 27:41.028 --> 27:42.028 in my career , 27:44.979 --> 27:47.146 who's been in a unit that's had enough 27:47.146 --> 27:48.423 airmen or enough money 27:54.280 --> 27:56.447 who's been in a unit that's had enough 27:56.447 --> 28:00.119 time . Ok ? I've never been in one like 28:00.130 --> 28:03.199 that either . And this is not a fancy 28:03.209 --> 28:06.869 way for me to say , it up . That's the 28:06.880 --> 28:08.880 way it was . That's the way it is . 28:08.880 --> 28:11.102 That's the way it will always be . It . 28:11.102 --> 28:09.939 Ain't that , 28:16.160 --> 28:19.969 this is where the gap exists that your 28:19.979 --> 28:21.339 leadership fills . 28:25.030 --> 28:27.729 This is the hard part . We all need to 28:27.739 --> 28:31.709 step into . How do 28:31.719 --> 28:35.719 we declutter as much as possible to 28:35.729 --> 28:39.459 provide the white space so that your 28:39.469 --> 28:42.459 team can get what it needs and not just 28:42.469 --> 28:46.189 check the box , but to 28:46.199 --> 28:47.588 check it appropriately . 28:55.760 --> 28:58.099 How can we align training ? So it's 28:58.109 --> 29:01.469 more meaningful , how can we organize , 29:01.540 --> 29:04.130 organize ? So the team is more powerful . 29:05.839 --> 29:07.783 How can I get after equipment that 29:07.783 --> 29:09.050 exists today ? 29:11.599 --> 29:14.969 That is simply a check book away from 29:14.979 --> 29:16.040 being a reality 29:19.520 --> 29:21.742 to ensure that our arm men are equipped 29:21.742 --> 29:23.742 with the things that they have that 29:23.742 --> 29:26.689 they need . How can you plow through 29:26.699 --> 29:30.300 those things plow through those things 29:31.969 --> 29:33.913 and not just admire it but make it 29:33.913 --> 29:36.650 action , make it come true . 29:40.459 --> 29:42.070 And this comes back to you . 29:46.050 --> 29:49.219 This is the challenge for us and you , 29:50.609 --> 29:54.530 this is the hard part . There 29:54.540 --> 29:57.599 are no easy answers here and sometimes 29:57.609 --> 29:59.220 the answers are consistent . 30:01.790 --> 30:04.270 But I learned especially in this job 30:06.560 --> 30:08.782 that you need to chip away at the close 30:08.782 --> 30:11.479 target . And I had a boss that used to 30:11.489 --> 30:13.479 say and anybody that ran the the 30:13.489 --> 30:15.767 wishbone in high school here will know , 30:15.767 --> 30:18.680 run 32 belly for a quarter inch gain at 30:18.689 --> 30:21.750 a time line up and hike the ball and do 30:21.760 --> 30:25.219 it again and again and again 30:25.839 --> 30:29.619 and again and again . And when you 30:29.630 --> 30:31.630 think you got nothing left , run it 30:31.630 --> 30:34.939 again . And chip chip chip away 30:38.849 --> 30:39.660 deserve 30:42.170 --> 30:45.609 exquisite command 30:46.390 --> 30:47.520 and supervision . 30:52.390 --> 30:56.239 Airmen deserve exquisite command 30:56.900 --> 31:00.199 and supervision . Therefore , 31:01.400 --> 31:04.239 you have to , we have to be 31:04.459 --> 31:08.000 exquisite commanders and 31:08.010 --> 31:11.829 supervisors . America 31:11.839 --> 31:13.989 gives us her 31:15.750 --> 31:17.349 blood and treasure . 31:20.500 --> 31:24.170 The most precious of precious things , 31:25.109 --> 31:28.750 sons , daughters , sisters , brothers , 31:29.449 --> 31:33.439 mom's dad's aunts , uncles , niece , 31:33.449 --> 31:35.810 nephew . However , else you want to 31:35.819 --> 31:36.540 carve it up 31:39.680 --> 31:43.099 and there can be no negotiation on 31:43.109 --> 31:46.560 supervision and command and that 31:46.569 --> 31:49.959 falls on both of us . Slide 31:51.479 --> 31:53.520 worthy right ? 31:57.209 --> 31:58.931 When your head hits the pillow 32:01.790 --> 32:03.760 and that it takes me about three 32:03.770 --> 32:06.729 seconds to fall asleep . You guys may 32:06.739 --> 32:08.628 be a little longer . Definitely a 32:08.628 --> 32:10.961 little later . I'm like in bed by eight . 32:11.760 --> 32:14.849 Don't hurt my feelings here . What do 32:14.859 --> 32:18.770 you think about ? Here's 32:18.780 --> 32:22.770 what I think about . Am I worthy ? Am 32:22.780 --> 32:24.724 I worthy of the nation's blood and 32:24.724 --> 32:27.002 treasure ? Am I worthy of this mission ? 32:27.002 --> 32:28.947 Am I worthy of these airmen ? Am I 32:28.947 --> 32:31.459 worth worthy of their families 32:35.800 --> 32:37.930 challenge ourselves on this ? 32:39.969 --> 32:43.199 Then I go hard enough fast enough that 32:43.209 --> 32:45.098 I work as hard as that PJ on that 32:45.098 --> 32:47.890 picture . Am I working as hard as that 32:47.900 --> 32:51.560 poor dog on that line ? Am I working as 32:51.569 --> 32:54.510 hard as that crew inside the first 32:54.520 --> 32:55.798 island chain right now 32:58.459 --> 33:00.348 that maintainer hanging a prop at 33:00.348 --> 33:02.237 Little Rock Air Force Base . Am I 33:02.237 --> 33:03.792 working as hard as she is ? 33:09.670 --> 33:11.726 I'm in an air conditioned room right 33:11.726 --> 33:13.726 now . It's 100 and nine out there . 33:13.726 --> 33:15.948 Someone is doing something out there in 33:15.948 --> 33:17.837 that heat . They're on the gate , 33:17.837 --> 33:19.948 they're on the fence , they're on the 33:19.948 --> 33:22.003 line , they're on the flight deck to 33:22.003 --> 33:25.319 flight station , somebody's out there 33:25.329 --> 33:27.989 working in it and dealing with it . And 33:28.000 --> 33:30.290 am I worthy of that ? 33:33.579 --> 33:36.650 And then when I approach a problem four 33:36.660 --> 33:37.949 ws apply here , 33:41.410 --> 33:44.930 can I will things into existence when 33:44.939 --> 33:48.439 everything is going against you ? 33:49.310 --> 33:51.790 Can you just will it into existence and 33:51.800 --> 33:52.680 be undaunted . 33:56.160 --> 33:59.329 Can I weather the 33:59.339 --> 34:02.500 personal and professional attacks 34:03.219 --> 34:05.869 that come with willing something new 34:05.880 --> 34:09.178 existence that needs to happen ? Can I 34:09.188 --> 34:13.029 weather that ? Am I going to be scared 34:13.039 --> 34:15.150 about what they're going to say about 34:15.150 --> 34:15.089 me online ? 34:21.590 --> 34:23.479 And I got to be scared of a staff 34:23.479 --> 34:25.146 that's trying to tell me no . 34:27.688 --> 34:31.419 Can I wither the internal resistance 34:32.428 --> 34:34.279 kind of wither the resistance 34:38.199 --> 34:40.366 or if we do it for that person , we'll 34:40.366 --> 34:42.520 have to do it for everybody . That's 34:42.530 --> 34:44.697 not the way we do things around here . 34:44.697 --> 34:46.919 Hey , sir , I'm just trying to save you 34:46.919 --> 34:49.449 from yourself . Boy , the optic on , 34:49.459 --> 34:51.626 that's gonna look pretty bad . I don't 34:51.626 --> 34:53.681 know . Is it worse than the optic of 34:53.681 --> 34:57.649 losing ? Will it into 34:57.659 --> 35:00.570 existence ? Whether the personal and 35:00.580 --> 35:03.070 professional attacks ? Whether 35:04.879 --> 35:07.046 the resistance . And if you can do all 35:07.046 --> 35:09.212 of those , then you can actually win . 35:09.919 --> 35:13.370 It's that easy and that hard slide . 35:14.739 --> 35:18.169 Last one , thanks , Chief . It's always 35:18.179 --> 35:20.620 an honor to be in your company . It's 35:20.629 --> 35:22.685 an honor to be in this company . I , 35:22.959 --> 35:25.489 I'm exhausted . GP K is here . 35:27.149 --> 35:29.205 I know Chief Newman was here earlier 35:29.800 --> 35:31.989 when we travel around and visit your 35:32.000 --> 35:35.179 bases and see your airmen . It's 35:35.189 --> 35:37.356 exhausting in the most wonderful way . 35:37.840 --> 35:40.129 Um It , it ain't the physical part . 35:40.139 --> 35:42.659 It's the holy cow . I got more work to 35:42.669 --> 35:44.891 do and normally I don't say home a holy 35:44.891 --> 35:47.169 cow . I say things are worse than that . 35:49.300 --> 35:52.520 I go back invigorated 35:53.149 --> 35:55.550 with a list about three miles long of 35:55.560 --> 35:57.282 stuff that I need to will into 35:57.282 --> 36:00.500 existence . And so to have the honor to 36:00.510 --> 36:03.530 be in your presence today um is , is an 36:03.540 --> 36:05.484 absolute personal and professional 36:05.484 --> 36:07.762 treat for me , you know , I'm rounding , 36:07.762 --> 36:09.984 I'm rounding third base . Um You know , 36:09.984 --> 36:12.040 both in uh I'll just leave it this , 36:12.040 --> 36:14.262 I'm rounding third base in my command , 36:14.262 --> 36:16.429 you know , three years is about normal 36:16.429 --> 36:18.540 and I'm gonna be Pete Rose man . Some 36:18.540 --> 36:20.762 of you old folks know that I'm gonna go 36:20.762 --> 36:22.929 head first into home . It's gonna be , 36:22.929 --> 36:25.151 it's gonna be a collision of awesome at 36:25.151 --> 36:27.649 home plate and I , and I plan to score , 36:27.659 --> 36:30.129 I plan the , the um to do that , ok ? 36:30.649 --> 36:33.250 Um But , but what gets me that stamina , 36:33.260 --> 36:36.300 what gives me that , that courage is uh 36:36.639 --> 36:38.861 is the leadership that's happening from 36:38.861 --> 36:41.028 the airman all the way up to you all . 36:41.028 --> 36:43.250 So thank you very much . I'll take your 36:43.250 --> 36:41.639 questions . 36:59.479 --> 37:01.719 Thank you , my airmen and their 37:01.729 --> 37:03.785 families deserve that more than me . 37:03.785 --> 37:06.062 Thank you . Question . Go just yell it . 37:07.500 --> 37:10.399 Hi . Uh This is sergeant from so air 37:10.409 --> 37:13.389 base uh in Honduras . On uh first of 37:13.399 --> 37:15.621 February , you gave some orders to base 37:15.621 --> 37:17.566 commanders to prepare for the next 37:17.566 --> 37:19.621 fight . A fight with China in 2025 . 37:19.629 --> 37:21.629 I'm not certain what you're talking 37:21.629 --> 37:24.659 about . Go ahead . How has your vision 37:24.669 --> 37:27.320 evolved on that uh memorandum ? Yep . 37:27.570 --> 37:30.770 Um So the question is uh how is my 37:30.780 --> 37:34.300 vision involve uh evolved ? Um I'm 37:34.310 --> 37:37.270 resolute . So I thought the secretary 37:37.280 --> 37:40.260 summed it up perfect . Um I don't think 37:40.270 --> 37:44.050 the war is inevitable but deterrence 37:44.360 --> 37:48.239 and decisive victory both require 37:48.770 --> 37:52.139 extreme readiness . So there's been 37:52.149 --> 37:54.409 eight orders since the February Order 37:55.100 --> 37:57.350 and each , each one of them has built 37:57.360 --> 38:01.110 on the previous and uh I could not be 38:01.120 --> 38:03.287 more pleased with the progress and the 38:03.287 --> 38:05.398 direction that the command is going . 38:05.969 --> 38:09.649 Um If , if I could say anything about 38:09.780 --> 38:12.270 my thought process , I'm more 38:12.280 --> 38:14.610 invigorated now than ever and more 38:14.620 --> 38:16.564 aspirational now than ever when it 38:16.564 --> 38:19.399 comes to the next levels of uh of 38:19.409 --> 38:21.631 orders . I've got two more to get out . 38:21.669 --> 38:23.836 The next order is gonna be a September 38:23.836 --> 38:25.947 order which is gonna cage some of the 38:25.947 --> 38:28.058 lessons learned and the October order 38:28.058 --> 38:30.002 is going to set the stage for what 38:30.002 --> 38:32.280 happens at the end of 23 and end of 24 . 38:32.280 --> 38:36.010 So , um you know , I view those 38:36.020 --> 38:39.610 orders as the foundation of what made 38:39.620 --> 38:43.510 mobility guardians successful . And um 38:43.520 --> 38:46.429 you know , in a very crisp way , you 38:46.439 --> 38:48.495 know , we got , I mean , even my mom 38:48.495 --> 38:50.661 got the order , you know , that's kind 38:50.661 --> 38:53.429 of crazy , isn't it ? Um You know , 38:53.439 --> 38:56.030 there was a , you know , I , I , you 38:56.040 --> 38:58.318 know , I can't say it better than that , 38:58.318 --> 39:00.429 the foundation of success of Mobility 39:00.429 --> 39:02.651 Guardian and where the command is going 39:02.651 --> 39:02.489 is built on those orders . Did I answer 39:02.500 --> 39:05.639 your question ? Ok . Awesome . Who's 39:05.649 --> 39:08.979 next ? Staff sergeant Saint John from 39:08.989 --> 39:12.530 Tinker Air Force Base ? Um Your reading 39:12.540 --> 39:14.429 list and the secretaries has some 39:14.429 --> 39:16.540 overlap such as the avoidable war and 39:16.540 --> 39:18.651 the war according to China . But your 39:18.651 --> 39:20.596 list includes leadership books and 39:20.596 --> 39:22.651 actually begins with it in line with 39:22.651 --> 39:24.818 your manifesto . What's one leadership 39:24.818 --> 39:26.929 book and one strategic book you would 39:26.929 --> 39:29.207 prioritize or recommend from your list . 39:29.207 --> 39:31.040 And can you elaborate on why you 39:31.040 --> 39:33.207 included the old man in the sea ? Oh , 39:33.207 --> 39:35.318 man , it's a good book . The classics 39:35.318 --> 39:37.709 are awesome . I know they're not 39:37.719 --> 39:39.669 classics to you guys . I also read 39:39.679 --> 39:41.735 Jessica Simpson's autobiography . It 39:41.735 --> 39:45.449 was awesome too . Um First of 39:45.459 --> 39:48.040 all , there , there was a time in my 39:48.050 --> 39:50.272 life where reading went away and it was 39:50.272 --> 39:52.530 something I did as a kid and probably 39:52.540 --> 39:54.762 through college . And then , you know , 39:54.762 --> 39:56.707 for whatever reason when I started 39:56.707 --> 39:58.707 flying it kind of went away . I , I 39:58.707 --> 40:00.762 read now more than I ever have in my 40:00.762 --> 40:02.984 life because I listen to them on . I do 40:02.984 --> 40:05.040 the audio books now and I do them on 40:05.040 --> 40:08.489 2.0 speed . Um , and it , it actually I 40:08.500 --> 40:10.667 can hang with it for whatever reason . 40:10.667 --> 40:12.667 It depends on the , the tone of the 40:12.667 --> 40:15.000 reader's voice , but I can rip about to . 40:15.000 --> 40:17.111 Like , I just went , I just came back 40:17.111 --> 40:19.278 from leave last week . I , I read five 40:19.278 --> 40:21.750 books uh in a week . It's don't , it's 40:21.760 --> 40:23.760 nothing impressive on me . I'm just 40:23.760 --> 40:25.871 hanging on for him . But uh the , you 40:25.871 --> 40:28.669 know , so anyways , I , I would implore 40:28.679 --> 40:30.790 you all if it got out of your life to 40:30.790 --> 40:32.957 try to figure out a way to get it back 40:32.957 --> 40:35.068 in your life because it's been , it's 40:35.068 --> 40:37.068 been really cool . Um I try , I , I 40:37.068 --> 40:39.068 generally batch my books into three 40:39.068 --> 40:41.179 categories . Make me better , make my 40:41.179 --> 40:43.290 job better and guilty pleasure . Ok . 40:43.290 --> 40:45.401 And so , I mean , there's some that I 40:45.401 --> 40:47.623 don't share at all . I mean , you don't 40:47.623 --> 40:49.679 wanna know about the Jessica Simpson 40:49.679 --> 40:51.679 part of my life . Um uh even though 40:51.679 --> 40:54.209 even though it is a great book , um 40:56.159 --> 40:58.159 when , when I , when I think if you 40:58.159 --> 41:00.540 read Old Man in the Sea , um it 41:00.550 --> 41:02.772 acknowledges the journey that we're all 41:02.772 --> 41:05.030 on . Ok . And so there's not one part 41:05.040 --> 41:07.207 of my life that's perfect . You know , 41:07.207 --> 41:10.139 whether you carve me up as a husband , 41:10.149 --> 41:12.149 a father or an airman , however you 41:12.149 --> 41:14.038 wanna wanna lay me out , I'm on a 41:14.038 --> 41:17.330 journey . And that book is 41:17.340 --> 41:20.379 exceptional at describing , you know , 41:20.389 --> 41:22.610 the personal journey of somebody , how 41:22.620 --> 41:24.842 you learn to forgive yourself , how you 41:24.842 --> 41:27.360 learn lessons , how you grow stronger , 41:27.540 --> 41:30.669 how you , you know , grow the wisdom , 41:30.679 --> 41:32.568 you know , to keep , keep on that 41:32.568 --> 41:34.735 journey of improvement , you know . So 41:34.735 --> 41:36.623 that's why old man in the sea and 41:36.623 --> 41:38.790 there's some other classics that I'm , 41:38.790 --> 41:41.012 I'm working back into . So the , so the 41:41.012 --> 41:40.570 things that worked in 7th and 8th grade , 41:40.580 --> 41:42.979 I'm , I'm going down that road if I had 41:42.989 --> 41:44.933 to put one leadership book on your 41:44.933 --> 41:46.878 table right now , I'd read Fighter 41:46.878 --> 41:49.709 Pilot by Robin Olds and before you get 41:49.719 --> 41:52.030 put off by the title , don't it is a 41:52.040 --> 41:54.560 thinly described leadership manual , 41:54.580 --> 41:56.929 whether you're an officer NC enlisted , 41:56.939 --> 41:58.969 however you want to do it , it is a 41:58.979 --> 42:02.629 thinly described uh thinly veiled 42:02.639 --> 42:05.830 leadership manual . It is wonderful . 42:05.840 --> 42:09.090 It talks about credibility . Do you 42:09.100 --> 42:11.100 have the operational credibility in 42:11.100 --> 42:13.211 your job to do to do what you need to 42:13.211 --> 42:16.070 do ? Do you praise in public and hold 42:16.080 --> 42:18.510 accountable in private ? Do you just 42:18.520 --> 42:21.959 use mantras and battle cries that have 42:21.969 --> 42:25.159 no depth to them ? Do you really worry 42:25.169 --> 42:27.199 about the team and the airmen and 42:27.209 --> 42:30.070 what's behind the 2nd and 3rd order and 42:30.080 --> 42:32.247 get into the 4th and 5th and 6th order 42:32.247 --> 42:34.639 of what's going on in their lives ? You 42:34.649 --> 42:37.419 know , that that guy was , was pretty 42:37.429 --> 42:39.485 amazing . It's an exceptionally well 42:39.485 --> 42:41.540 written book and I tend to gravitate 42:41.540 --> 42:43.596 towards the books of the Mavericks , 42:43.596 --> 42:45.762 you know , and Robin Olds is certainly 42:45.762 --> 42:47.873 one . If you read Thud Ridge , that's 42:47.873 --> 42:50.040 another , um , to answer your question 42:50.040 --> 42:52.262 on the Mission Park . Um , if I had one 42:52.262 --> 42:54.485 book to recommend to you all , I'd read 42:54.485 --> 42:56.318 a book called , uh , The Pacific 42:56.318 --> 42:58.969 Crucible by Ian Toll . There's three of 42:58.979 --> 43:02.229 them . Um , and the first one is about 43:02.310 --> 43:04.477 how the Navy gets after the early part 43:04.477 --> 43:08.270 of the Pacific and understands risk 43:08.929 --> 43:11.689 and understands leadership and command 43:11.699 --> 43:14.449 relationships and gets after an enemy 43:14.580 --> 43:17.540 that is overwhelming and intimidating 43:17.550 --> 43:19.828 in the very early part of the wars and , 43:19.828 --> 43:22.106 and it , and it shows you the tenacity . 43:22.106 --> 43:24.161 I'm trying to get after when we talk 43:24.161 --> 43:26.383 about investing our American tenacity . 43:26.383 --> 43:28.550 Can you put all the chips in early and 43:28.550 --> 43:30.717 come out victorious ? So those three , 43:30.717 --> 43:32.994 did I answer your question ? Yes , sir . 43:32.994 --> 43:35.050 Thank you . All right , I'm about to 43:35.050 --> 43:37.217 update that list , by the way , I just 43:37.217 --> 43:39.439 read Generation Z . So now I understand 43:39.439 --> 43:41.550 you and I understand my kids better . 43:41.550 --> 43:44.580 That's awesome . Glad to see you again , 43:44.590 --> 43:47.129 sir . Everyone . Let's do all three at 43:47.139 --> 43:51.100 once . Go . Uh Glad to see you again , 43:51.110 --> 43:53.166 sir . It's been a while . Um , staff 43:53.166 --> 43:55.054 Sergeant Nelson from the 50th air 43:55.054 --> 43:57.110 fueling squadron at mcdill Air Force 43:57.110 --> 43:59.054 Space . Awesome . And I have a Red 43:59.054 --> 44:01.166 Devils . Yes , sir . Give them hell . 44:01.820 --> 44:04.889 Uh We have a question . Uh What 44:04.899 --> 44:07.600 prompted the ce a merger and what is 44:07.610 --> 44:09.590 the intent and goals for that , uh 44:09.600 --> 44:11.919 program ? Yeah . Good question . I 44:11.939 --> 44:15.689 think that they're , um , is an 44:15.699 --> 44:18.780 intent to do some 44:19.169 --> 44:21.169 efficiency things that , you know , 44:21.169 --> 44:23.336 perhaps a system that got a little too 44:23.336 --> 44:25.391 cumbersome and a little , little too 44:25.391 --> 44:28.739 big to align some efficiencies and 44:28.750 --> 44:30.806 remove some , some of the complexity 44:30.806 --> 44:33.100 when it comes to the CE A I know that 44:33.110 --> 44:35.850 Chief Bass is , um , you know , is , is , 44:35.860 --> 44:38.139 is working hard on that . I think we 44:38.149 --> 44:40.482 all own some of that . I think we're on , 44:40.482 --> 44:42.427 on the journey where there's still 44:42.427 --> 44:44.719 probably some refinement needed . Um 44:45.010 --> 44:48.860 You know , and you know , I would 44:48.870 --> 44:50.926 say that it's also consistent with , 44:51.000 --> 44:53.000 you know , action , order bravo and 44:53.000 --> 44:55.111 some of the bureaucracy that exists . 44:55.111 --> 44:56.944 And , you know , it's one of the 44:56.944 --> 44:59.111 multiple things that are trying to get 44:59.111 --> 45:01.333 after that same thing . So , you know , 45:01.333 --> 45:03.111 I don't know if I answered your 45:03.111 --> 45:05.000 question there , but , you know , 45:05.000 --> 45:07.167 working to make it less complex , less 45:07.167 --> 45:09.444 bureaucratic , more efficient and then , 45:09.444 --> 45:08.860 and then ultimately more effective when 45:08.870 --> 45:11.659 it comes to the , the man managing of 45:11.669 --> 45:14.610 the CS . Understood , sir . Thank you . 45:14.629 --> 45:18.389 Uh Good afternoon everyone . My name is 45:18.979 --> 45:22.610 from Air Force Base , Arizona 56 FSS 45:22.620 --> 45:26.600 squadron . And I'm a personnel and 45:26.610 --> 45:29.040 part of my job is to make sure that our 45:29.050 --> 45:31.530 air men or our military member uh 45:31.540 --> 45:35.239 mission ready at all time . And that is 45:35.250 --> 45:39.090 to include um their travel documents , 45:39.280 --> 45:42.179 like let's say , passports and visas . 45:42.790 --> 45:45.189 And as we all know , there been a big 45:45.199 --> 45:48.120 uh backlog for visas and passports , 45:48.500 --> 45:50.919 which is also affecting uh our mission 45:50.929 --> 45:53.280 at some point . The last thing we wanna 45:53.290 --> 45:55.770 hear is a member , a military member is 45:55.780 --> 45:58.540 not able to deploy because they do not 45:58.550 --> 46:01.790 have the travel documents . So uh what 46:01.800 --> 46:04.899 are we doing or what do we do or how 46:04.909 --> 46:07.639 well do we cooperate with the non 46:07.649 --> 46:10.919 military entities into making this 46:10.929 --> 46:13.870 possible so that we can have all the , 46:13.879 --> 46:16.669 the documents ready and um we can 46:16.679 --> 46:19.080 deploy our airmen in a timely manner . 46:19.899 --> 46:22.620 Yep . Good question . Um , passports 46:22.629 --> 46:24.851 have been kicking my butt for a while , 46:24.851 --> 46:26.573 especially if you're in Unique 46:26.573 --> 46:28.796 squadrons like the 89th or Unique Wings 46:28.796 --> 46:30.851 like the 89th where you have to have 46:30.851 --> 46:33.979 Sam Fox . You know , everyone that's 46:33.989 --> 46:35.711 cheering right now has got two 46:35.711 --> 46:37.711 passports because they're generally 46:37.711 --> 46:39.822 going to places that require that you 46:39.822 --> 46:41.878 send the passports in advance to get 46:41.878 --> 46:45.060 visas and that system is broke . Um , 46:45.070 --> 46:47.379 the liaison between the Department of 46:47.389 --> 46:49.611 State and us is , uh , is working those 46:49.611 --> 46:52.159 issues . Um Ultimately , I think that 46:52.169 --> 46:54.002 the , when it comes to passports 46:54.002 --> 46:57.709 specifically that , um , that the 46:57.719 --> 46:59.886 military side is probably the cleanest 46:59.889 --> 47:02.000 part of it and that , you know , when 47:02.000 --> 47:04.000 it comes to all the entities on the 47:04.000 --> 47:06.056 other side that actually process the 47:06.056 --> 47:08.278 passports and stuff that , that there's 47:08.278 --> 47:10.278 work to do there . So actually this 47:10.278 --> 47:12.333 came up at Corona , which is General 47:12.333 --> 47:14.611 Brown's Commander's conference with us . 47:14.611 --> 47:16.722 And so it's not a good answer because 47:16.722 --> 47:18.611 it's not fixed yet . But it's one 47:18.611 --> 47:20.833 that's got full attention when it comes 47:20.833 --> 47:20.570 to all the other documents . Feel free 47:20.580 --> 47:22.580 to do . Everybody needs to do their 47:22.580 --> 47:24.636 stuff , you know , all that stuff in 47:24.636 --> 47:26.858 that order on that first one especially 47:26.858 --> 47:29.024 I did , um , you know , I got my wheel 47:29.024 --> 47:31.136 updated . I got my V read . I got all 47:31.136 --> 47:33.358 that stuff , you know , and that's just 47:33.358 --> 47:35.524 what I call the professional etiquette 47:35.524 --> 47:37.247 of what we do . You know , the 47:37.247 --> 47:39.580 foundation of what we do is to have our , 47:39.580 --> 47:41.747 you know , have our affairs in order , 47:41.747 --> 47:44.024 have the things that we need to deploy , 47:44.024 --> 47:43.750 you know , whether it's the C BT S or , 47:43.760 --> 47:45.760 or the other training that needs to 47:45.760 --> 47:47.982 happen so that we , you know , when the 47:47.982 --> 47:50.149 call comes , not , if the call comes , 47:50.149 --> 47:51.982 we're ready to go . So there's a 47:51.982 --> 47:51.879 personal accountability on this side as 47:51.889 --> 47:54.399 well . Did I answer your question ? Yes , 47:54.419 --> 47:56.308 thank you . Ok . Thank you . Good 47:56.308 --> 47:59.600 question . Good afternoon , sir . 47:59.649 --> 48:02.479 Excuse me and farthing 3 75th Air 48:02.489 --> 48:04.711 medical evacuation training squadron at 48:04.719 --> 48:08.439 Right pat . Um So in um 48:08.449 --> 48:12.179 Oefoif , we had the uh the golden hour 48:12.189 --> 48:14.879 principle , uh essentially led to , I 48:14.889 --> 48:18.199 believe it's 98% survival rate . Uh 48:18.209 --> 48:21.770 Paycom is real big um to put it 48:21.780 --> 48:24.810 lightly . So what if anything are we 48:24.820 --> 48:27.679 doing to educate the war fighter ? And 48:27.689 --> 48:29.745 maybe more importantly , the general 48:29.745 --> 48:33.310 population that we can't do that . We , 48:33.320 --> 48:35.653 we can't fly fast enough , we can't get , 48:35.653 --> 48:37.987 we can't stage close enough , et cetera . 48:37.987 --> 48:40.098 I worry that public perception of our 48:40.098 --> 48:43.610 community is gonna sour because there's 48:43.620 --> 48:45.787 unrealistic expectations . Thank you . 48:45.939 --> 48:48.239 Good question . Uh This was a big part 48:48.250 --> 48:50.417 of our mobility guardian exercise . So 48:50.417 --> 48:52.639 we stressed , stressed early and hard , 48:52.639 --> 48:54.750 the a requirement there , there's too 48:54.750 --> 48:56.972 much distance and too much water to all 48:56.972 --> 48:59.194 get after what um you know , the to get 48:59.194 --> 49:01.306 after the environment that was set in 49:01.306 --> 49:03.489 Centcom . So you know , the way I 49:03.500 --> 49:05.611 describe it is in Centcom , you could 49:05.611 --> 49:07.611 put very few aircraft with a lot of 49:07.611 --> 49:09.699 capability and do the mission . And 49:09.709 --> 49:11.931 what we're going to have to do is use a 49:11.931 --> 49:13.987 lot more aircraft with , with not as 49:13.987 --> 49:16.209 intense capability on each of them . So 49:16.209 --> 49:18.376 you know where there were teams on one 49:18.376 --> 49:20.487 or two aircraft doing , doing a , you 49:20.487 --> 49:22.487 were going to have individuals on a 49:22.487 --> 49:24.653 bunch of aircraft doing a , there's an 49:24.653 --> 49:26.709 enormous aspect that's going to also 49:26.709 --> 49:28.765 fall on to just basic crew members . 49:28.765 --> 49:30.820 The story I got from my family is my 49:30.820 --> 49:32.709 grandfather in World War II was a 49:32.709 --> 49:34.931 bomber pilot in the Korean War . He was 49:34.931 --> 49:36.987 a transport pilot and he flew out of 49:36.987 --> 49:39.899 Tachikawa , Japan into Korea and they 49:39.909 --> 49:42.100 loaded up everybody they could . And 49:42.110 --> 49:44.166 when they landed back at Tachikawa , 49:44.166 --> 49:46.332 the whole base met the airplane and it 49:46.332 --> 49:48.554 didn't matter if you were an airman , a 49:48.554 --> 49:50.570 spouse , a hospital worker or not 49:50.580 --> 49:52.636 everybody collapsed on that airplane 49:52.636 --> 49:54.802 and everybody started applying medical 49:54.802 --> 49:56.959 care to the wounded soldiers and 49:56.969 --> 49:59.302 marines that were coming off , you know . 49:59.302 --> 50:01.520 And so that is what it's going to look 50:01.530 --> 50:03.697 like . There's going to be more triage 50:03.697 --> 50:06.590 and more care at more dispersed places . 50:06.600 --> 50:08.544 There's going to be longer times . 50:08.544 --> 50:10.822 We're going to have to rely on a joint , 50:10.822 --> 50:13.044 you know , more joint as well . There's 50:13.044 --> 50:15.100 lots of ships that have capability , 50:15.100 --> 50:16.822 there's host nations that have 50:16.822 --> 50:18.933 capability when we did mob guard , we 50:18.933 --> 50:21.100 also integrated with Japan Australia , 50:21.100 --> 50:23.267 New Zealand and their A E capabilities 50:23.267 --> 50:25.489 as well . So what we're going to get to 50:25.489 --> 50:27.489 and try to drive the closure in the 50:27.489 --> 50:29.544 next year is a concept of operations 50:29.544 --> 50:31.711 that gets after everything you brought 50:31.711 --> 50:35.229 up . Excellent . Thank you , sir . I 50:35.239 --> 50:37.461 don't doubt your community . One second 50:37.461 --> 50:39.683 though , when it comes to what needs to 50:39.683 --> 50:41.683 be done . Good afternoon , sir . Uh 50:41.683 --> 50:44.120 Masar Mol , I'm stationed out at 50:44.129 --> 50:46.073 Fairchild Air Force Base currently 50:46.073 --> 50:48.240 serving as Superintendent for Military 50:48.240 --> 50:50.351 Family Readiness Center . My question 50:50.351 --> 50:52.351 actually has to do with the Chinese 50:52.351 --> 50:54.462 ideological concept of acceleration . 50:54.462 --> 50:56.685 And the question is what strategies are 50:56.685 --> 50:58.629 the joint services implementing to 50:58.629 --> 51:00.851 counter this attack currently targeting 51:00.851 --> 51:02.962 our country ? Ok . You've read a book 51:02.962 --> 51:06.050 that I haven't read and I went to 51:06.060 --> 51:08.060 Auburn man . So you have to explain 51:08.060 --> 51:10.830 acceleration is thank you everybody 51:10.840 --> 51:13.062 else . Keep it quiet . Just let the War 51:13.062 --> 51:15.173 Eagles stand there for a second . All 51:15.173 --> 51:18.520 right . All right . So to be 51:18.530 --> 51:21.419 brief . Um I'm gonna , I'm read my best 51:21.429 --> 51:24.830 job 12 of the book . Open up your minos 51:24.919 --> 51:27.760 everybody . So there's , there's a 51:27.770 --> 51:30.649 human being by the name of Wang Hunting . 51:31.429 --> 51:33.379 Uh He in short , he's the top 51:33.389 --> 51:35.449 ideological theorist in China and he 51:35.459 --> 51:37.810 advises the CCP and leadership over 51:37.820 --> 51:40.949 there . Um In the late eighties , he 51:40.959 --> 51:42.903 traveled to the United States . He 51:42.903 --> 51:45.015 spent about six months traversing our 51:45.015 --> 51:47.181 country and observing our culture . He 51:47.181 --> 51:48.959 recorded his findings in a book 51:48.959 --> 51:51.070 released in the early nineties called 51:51.070 --> 51:53.500 America Against America . Premise of 51:53.510 --> 51:56.179 the book is very simple . According to 51:56.189 --> 51:58.300 their perspective on us , the US is a 51:58.300 --> 52:00.989 paradox composed of contradictions . 52:01.889 --> 52:03.945 Its two primary values , freedom and 52:03.945 --> 52:06.639 equality are mutually exclusive . It 52:06.649 --> 52:08.982 has many different cultures , therefore , 52:08.982 --> 52:11.205 no overall culture , it's market driven 52:11.205 --> 52:13.679 society has given um economic riches 52:13.689 --> 52:15.800 but spiritual poverty . Uh And one of 52:15.800 --> 52:17.856 the quotes from the book is American 52:17.856 --> 52:20.360 institutions , culture and values are 52:20.370 --> 52:22.669 opposed to the United States itself . 52:22.679 --> 52:26.580 Um So essentially their answer to 52:26.590 --> 52:29.979 the threat presented by our culture is 52:29.989 --> 52:32.590 a concept called acceleration and 52:32.600 --> 52:34.711 acceleration essentially is where you 52:34.711 --> 52:36.656 feed as much damaging input as you 52:36.656 --> 52:38.711 possibly can into American society , 52:38.711 --> 52:40.711 thereby accelerating its inevitable 52:40.711 --> 52:44.520 demise . Right ? Let me take a knee 52:44.530 --> 52:45.530 for a second . 52:48.199 --> 52:51.020 Yeah , I'm gonna answer this and then 52:51.030 --> 52:53.520 you tell me if II I normally always ask 52:53.530 --> 52:55.752 if I answer the question . So we'll see 52:55.752 --> 52:57.974 if I do here here , here's the deal and 52:57.974 --> 52:57.820 I'll pick up where the , where the 52:57.830 --> 52:59.997 secretary lined up , they are thinking 52:59.997 --> 53:02.163 about bringing you down each and every 53:02.163 --> 53:04.386 day and they're not just thinking about 53:04.429 --> 53:06.540 it in , in certain aspects in certain 53:06.540 --> 53:08.762 domains that are already under way . So 53:08.762 --> 53:10.985 I think you're , you're roughly getting 53:10.985 --> 53:12.762 at some information warfare and 53:12.762 --> 53:14.985 information operations and , you know , 53:14.985 --> 53:16.873 I don't think that would surprise 53:16.873 --> 53:18.762 anybody that , you know , they're 53:18.762 --> 53:20.929 feeding some , um , you know , they're 53:20.929 --> 53:23.040 using easy tools and social media and 53:23.040 --> 53:25.207 other places to feed some , you know , 53:25.207 --> 53:28.030 divisive type content that , that , 53:28.040 --> 53:31.090 that adds to that on the military side , 53:31.729 --> 53:35.110 they are training to defeat you 53:35.689 --> 53:38.810 in exquisite fashion right now . 53:40.280 --> 53:44.010 They are eager for the 53:44.020 --> 53:47.649 fight and they have high morale , high 53:47.659 --> 53:50.350 motivation and they certainly , you 53:50.360 --> 53:53.689 know , are not lacking on their intent . 53:56.110 --> 53:59.979 So when , when , when we talk about our 53:59.989 --> 54:03.540 pacing challenge in our premiere or 54:03.550 --> 54:06.439 priority theater , um you know , we , 54:06.449 --> 54:08.505 we need to each take that personally 54:08.899 --> 54:11.066 and you don't have to be in theater to 54:11.066 --> 54:13.320 be a target of that . OK ? And when I 54:13.330 --> 54:15.330 say you , I'm not talking about the 54:15.330 --> 54:17.552 collective view , I'm not talking about 54:17.552 --> 54:19.497 like you America , I'm not talking 54:19.497 --> 54:21.750 about like you do od I'm talking about 54:21.760 --> 54:23.949 like you , the person that looks back 54:23.959 --> 54:26.310 at you in the mirror , that's who 54:26.320 --> 54:27.431 they're targeting . 54:31.090 --> 54:32.899 They wake up , bothered 54:35.600 --> 54:39.080 trying to figure out how to stop 54:39.090 --> 54:42.979 you the individual . So if you 54:42.989 --> 54:46.090 mean acceleration is by um they're 54:46.100 --> 54:48.840 taking advantage of open space from 54:48.850 --> 54:50.794 which they can run through . I , I 54:50.794 --> 54:53.629 would , I would agree with that . Are 54:53.639 --> 54:55.419 they using all their domains ? 54:55.429 --> 54:59.310 Absolutely . Is some of 54:59.320 --> 55:01.376 those domains extremely permissive . 55:01.376 --> 55:03.653 Absolutely . The secretarial nailed it . 55:03.653 --> 55:05.639 Will they take advantage of 55:05.649 --> 55:08.040 opportunities to accelerate even more 55:08.379 --> 55:11.629 Hong Kong ? Yes . Contestant features . 55:11.639 --> 55:13.850 Yes , uighurs . Yes . 55:16.000 --> 55:18.000 You know . So , you know , I think 55:18.010 --> 55:20.699 they're executing their plan . Here's 55:20.709 --> 55:22.929 what else ? I think , I don't think 55:22.939 --> 55:26.500 they'll be successful in our job 55:28.689 --> 55:31.600 is to be so ready that they look at us 55:31.610 --> 55:33.777 and they say I don't want any piece of 55:33.777 --> 55:37.409 that . And if for whatever reason , 55:37.419 --> 55:39.586 they should decide that they do want a 55:39.586 --> 55:41.641 piece of it , that the victory is so 55:41.641 --> 55:45.169 decisive that it's a decision they 55:45.179 --> 55:48.909 instantly regret . So , you 55:48.919 --> 55:52.120 know , the in some of my earlier 55:52.129 --> 55:55.229 life when I was in indo paycom , we 55:55.239 --> 55:57.659 talked about bringing Chinese 55:57.669 --> 55:59.780 philosophy into PM E and I was like , 55:59.780 --> 56:02.002 it's been there forever , man . It's so 56:02.002 --> 56:04.169 sue the secretary alluded to it . They 56:04.169 --> 56:05.780 don't want to fight either . 56:08.229 --> 56:11.260 They don't want to fight either , but 56:11.270 --> 56:13.520 their fight without winning 56:16.530 --> 56:20.419 is detrimental to the entire 56:21.300 --> 56:24.179 world order and their fight with 56:24.189 --> 56:26.530 winning is detrimental . So we have no 56:26.540 --> 56:29.780 choice here . This is going to be a 56:29.790 --> 56:33.520 ready force that exudes confidence and 56:33.530 --> 56:36.370 will that has the ability to deter and 56:36.379 --> 56:38.212 if deterrence fail , we will win 56:38.212 --> 56:40.546 decisively . Did I answer your question ? 56:41.669 --> 56:45.250 Yes , sir . Thank you . Right . One 56:45.260 --> 56:48.360 more . One more last question . No 56:48.370 --> 56:50.989 pressure . G Mehan I'm Chief Ma 56:51.050 --> 56:54.120 Sergeant Chad Van Klif Golf from the 86 56:54.129 --> 56:56.351 security forces squadron at Rams on Air 56:56.351 --> 57:00.310 Base in Germany General . We have 57:00.320 --> 57:02.487 airmen across our enterprise who share 57:02.487 --> 57:05.570 struggles and life stressors , most of 57:05.580 --> 57:08.389 which are shared in silence due to fear 57:08.399 --> 57:11.070 of judgment or fear of appearing weak . 57:11.750 --> 57:13.899 You have shown extreme vulnerability 57:14.159 --> 57:16.270 and shared your mental health journey 57:16.270 --> 57:18.870 with a force and many of us including 57:18.879 --> 57:21.889 myself are grateful for it . My 57:21.899 --> 57:24.419 question for you , sir is what words of 57:24.429 --> 57:26.596 encouragement would you share with all 57:26.596 --> 57:30.169 leaders enlisted and officer across our 57:30.179 --> 57:32.889 enterprise about the power of being 57:32.899 --> 57:35.590 vulnerable , taking the mask off , 57:35.600 --> 57:37.544 sharing your struggles with fellow 57:37.544 --> 57:40.010 airmen and seeking help for struggling 57:40.020 --> 57:42.131 in silence . Awesome . Thanks for the 57:42.131 --> 57:44.989 question . Um So 57:48.199 --> 57:50.739 that tweet that tweet I did , you know , 57:50.750 --> 57:52.870 was a challenge from a chief which 57:52.879 --> 57:55.689 shows you once again the foundation of 57:56.120 --> 57:59.719 NCO leadership and 58:00.439 --> 58:02.550 he basically said , Han , if you care 58:02.550 --> 58:04.770 so much , why don't you put a mental 58:04.780 --> 58:06.891 health appointment on your calendar ? 58:06.891 --> 58:09.058 And so I did and like two people could 58:09.058 --> 58:11.370 see it . And so then I put it on the 58:12.070 --> 58:14.403 did the tweet thing , believe it or not . 58:14.403 --> 58:17.290 I am scared of social media . And that 58:17.300 --> 58:19.300 started , you know , that started a 58:19.300 --> 58:22.070 pretty intense journey . Um And I'll 58:22.080 --> 58:24.024 tell you , I've stood on stages in 58:24.024 --> 58:26.247 front of multiple echelons over decades 58:26.247 --> 58:28.790 saying things like it's a sign of 58:28.800 --> 58:30.800 strength , not a sign of weakness , 58:30.800 --> 58:32.967 just ask for help . There's no shame , 58:32.967 --> 58:35.219 no stigma . I could not at all 58:35.229 --> 58:37.451 understand what that meant until I took 58:37.451 --> 58:39.618 that journey . You know , they offered 58:39.618 --> 58:42.260 me a back parking lot , parking space 58:42.270 --> 58:44.909 at the 3 75th . They were gonna shush 58:45.020 --> 58:47.131 me in , you know , through the back , 58:47.419 --> 58:49.530 run me up to the mental health clinic 58:49.750 --> 58:52.083 and make it so that nobody could see me . 58:52.419 --> 58:54.586 And I said , and it's , it's cool . My 58:54.586 --> 58:56.697 staff car is actually an F 250 . It's 58:56.697 --> 58:59.270 bad . I mean , it's hard to hide . And 58:59.280 --> 59:01.224 uh , and I parked that , that girl 59:01.224 --> 59:03.570 right up front and uh , and I walked in 59:03.580 --> 59:06.310 and until you've gone in that elevator 59:06.320 --> 59:08.431 to that part of the hospital , sat in 59:08.431 --> 59:10.320 that waiting room filled out that 59:10.320 --> 59:12.449 questionnaire . Hit that computer . 59:12.459 --> 59:14.792 Some people know what I'm talking about , 59:14.792 --> 59:16.959 hit that computer , went back for your 59:16.959 --> 59:19.015 oral uptake in adjudication and then 59:19.015 --> 59:20.626 sat down , you know , with a 59:20.626 --> 59:22.792 professional that can help . You can't 59:22.792 --> 59:25.070 at all know what it means unless you've 59:25.080 --> 59:28.050 done it yourself . All right . And what 59:28.060 --> 59:30.429 I learned is what I thought I was doing 59:30.439 --> 59:32.989 for air . I found out I was doing for 59:33.000 --> 59:36.110 me and it turns out 59:37.219 --> 59:40.899 if you're deployed and retrieve human 59:40.909 --> 59:42.853 remains of a sailor that died in a 59:42.853 --> 59:45.510 helicopter crash and have to unzip the 59:45.520 --> 59:48.500 body bag and repack it in ice that 59:48.510 --> 59:50.510 there might be a few things to talk 59:50.510 --> 59:52.677 about that . If you're in the Pentagon 59:52.677 --> 59:56.219 on 9 11 there there might be a few 59:56.229 --> 01:00:00.110 things to talk about decades later that 01:00:00.120 --> 01:00:04.030 if you and your squadron did 01:00:04.040 --> 01:00:06.000 hundreds of angel flight missions 01:00:14.409 --> 01:00:16.520 that there might be something to talk 01:00:16.520 --> 01:00:19.360 about . And then what you realize when 01:00:19.370 --> 01:00:21.481 you get in that back room and talk to 01:00:21.481 --> 01:00:23.703 that professional is it's just a talk . 01:00:25.770 --> 01:00:27.770 And the intent here is to create an 01:00:27.770 --> 01:00:29.937 environment where there is zero stigma 01:00:33.260 --> 01:00:35.750 that every barrier to that conversation 01:00:35.760 --> 01:00:36.510 is lowered 01:00:40.020 --> 01:00:42.669 and that we increase access and options . 01:00:43.580 --> 01:00:47.169 Some of us might need a chat would just 01:00:47.179 --> 01:00:50.909 appear and I don't mean just appear . I 01:00:50.919 --> 01:00:52.139 mean up here , 01:00:56.149 --> 01:00:58.260 some might require the journey I just 01:00:58.260 --> 01:00:59.260 described . 01:01:02.919 --> 01:01:05.149 And in doing that , we create an 01:01:05.159 --> 01:01:08.379 environment where mind , body craft , 01:01:08.629 --> 01:01:12.120 the three pillars of what makes us an 01:01:12.129 --> 01:01:15.350 airman , that mind is just elevated to 01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:17.416 the same level as body and craft all 01:01:17.416 --> 01:01:19.582 day long . We go to the gym , no drama 01:01:19.860 --> 01:01:22.860 all day long . We go to the flight 01:01:22.870 --> 01:01:25.639 surgeon , the family health clinic , 01:01:27.870 --> 01:01:30.840 the nurse practitioner , the med tech . 01:01:31.100 --> 01:01:33.156 We don't even think twice about it . 01:01:33.156 --> 01:01:36.100 The dentist all day long , we do C BT S 01:01:36.110 --> 01:01:39.989 and training CPR dummies , 01:01:40.260 --> 01:01:41.729 aircraft trainers 01:01:43.739 --> 01:01:46.340 simulators and we don't think twice 01:01:46.350 --> 01:01:48.350 about it . We shouldn't think twice 01:01:48.350 --> 01:01:50.461 about the mind part too . Let me tell 01:01:50.461 --> 01:01:53.419 you if this goes down , that mind 01:01:55.010 --> 01:01:58.179 is gonna be the premier muscle of what 01:01:58.189 --> 01:02:02.169 this force needs to win . So we have 01:02:02.179 --> 01:02:04.290 to look at it differently than in the 01:02:04.290 --> 01:02:06.840 past . There is no stigma in my command , 01:02:06.850 --> 01:02:08.906 in my command headquarters and in my 01:02:08.906 --> 01:02:12.639 family . So my my call , there are 01:02:12.649 --> 01:02:14.760 people in this room right now . There 01:02:14.760 --> 01:02:17.239 are people in this room right now that 01:02:17.489 --> 01:02:19.378 as I describe that journey , know 01:02:19.378 --> 01:02:21.211 exactly what I'm talking about . 01:02:23.090 --> 01:02:25.530 That's legit . There are people in this 01:02:25.540 --> 01:02:29.530 room right now that are thinking I'm 01:02:29.540 --> 01:02:33.020 good and that's legit too . 01:02:34.590 --> 01:02:37.790 And I guarantee you in the dozens , 01:02:38.679 --> 01:02:40.901 there are people in this room right now 01:02:40.901 --> 01:02:42.901 that are wondering if they have the 01:02:42.901 --> 01:02:44.901 courage to take that journey I just 01:02:44.901 --> 01:02:47.068 described and I'm here to tell you you 01:02:47.068 --> 01:02:50.199 do . It's just a chat . The hardest 01:02:50.209 --> 01:02:53.389 part is over when you sit down in that 01:02:53.399 --> 01:02:55.479 waiting room . Did I answer your 01:02:55.489 --> 01:02:58.550 question ? Yes , sir . That was a 01:02:58.560 --> 01:03:02.449 serious one to end on . Right . 01:03:06.949 --> 01:03:09.699 Flashing me on closing remarks . Here 01:03:09.709 --> 01:03:13.110 we go . Don't ever 01:03:13.120 --> 01:03:15.209 think for one second 01:03:17.340 --> 01:03:20.689 that I lose an ounce of sleep wondering 01:03:20.699 --> 01:03:23.929 if we'll kick somebody's butt . I don't , 01:03:25.080 --> 01:03:28.500 there is so much goodness in what we do , 01:03:28.510 --> 01:03:30.459 how we do it , who we do it with 01:03:30.939 --> 01:03:33.050 everything from the joint team to the 01:03:33.050 --> 01:03:35.050 partners and allies to each other . 01:03:35.050 --> 01:03:36.995 Everybody been on a crew where you 01:03:36.995 --> 01:03:38.995 don't even have to talk anymore and 01:03:38.995 --> 01:03:41.161 just things are happening and clicking 01:03:41.161 --> 01:03:43.860 on a team on a crew on a shift . 01:03:45.219 --> 01:03:47.689 That's where we need to get . It's 01:03:47.699 --> 01:03:50.229 instinctual on how we react to each 01:03:50.239 --> 01:03:52.461 other on how we get after the mission . 01:03:52.461 --> 01:03:54.406 I don't lose an ounce of sleep . A 01:03:54.406 --> 01:03:56.517 minute of sleep . A second of sleep , 01:03:56.580 --> 01:03:58.302 wondering if we're going to be 01:03:58.679 --> 01:03:59.949 victorious or not 01:04:02.510 --> 01:04:04.621 be so ready . They don't want to take 01:04:04.621 --> 01:04:07.360 us on , be so ready that if they do 01:04:07.370 --> 01:04:10.179 it's unfair , unrepentant 01:04:11.120 --> 01:04:14.760 unequal victory . 01:04:15.929 --> 01:04:18.340 That's what we're driving to . And I'll 01:04:18.350 --> 01:04:20.929 end with this . There is nothing more 01:04:20.939 --> 01:04:23.770 powerful than an American team that 01:04:23.780 --> 01:04:26.550 believes in itself and I have 1000% 01:04:26.560 --> 01:04:28.893 belief in you all . Thank you very much . 01:04:33.929 --> 01:04:34.350 Thank you .