WEBVTT 00:00.259 --> 00:02.170 Hey , thank you . Uh everyone for 00:02.180 --> 00:05.920 coming out uh to this first ever 00:06.449 --> 00:10.119 uh non commissioned officer corner and 00:10.130 --> 00:12.850 for us to be able to discuss the non 00:12.939 --> 00:15.050 commissioned officer rule in the Indo 00:15.050 --> 00:18.010 Pacific , obviously , no pressure . Uh 00:18.020 --> 00:19.964 but you know , appreciate everyone 00:19.964 --> 00:22.187 coming out today . So I'm Sean Carnes . 00:22.440 --> 00:25.770 I am the first Corps command on Major 00:26.299 --> 00:28.309 first Corps is the operational 00:28.319 --> 00:31.809 headquarters in the Indo Pacific . As 00:31.819 --> 00:33.819 the operational headquarters in the 00:33.819 --> 00:36.630 Indo Pacific . We have three focus 00:36.639 --> 00:40.080 areas that serve to strengthen our 00:40.090 --> 00:43.599 profession with us , our joint 00:43.610 --> 00:45.990 force and also our multinational 00:46.000 --> 00:49.250 partners , one relationships . 00:49.810 --> 00:52.509 So we leverage our state partnership 00:52.520 --> 00:55.540 programs , we leverage the fifth S fa 00:56.009 --> 00:57.990 and also we leverage First Special 00:58.000 --> 01:01.340 Forces group because some of these 01:01.349 --> 01:05.339 organizations have 20 to 30 years 01:05.349 --> 01:08.129 of relationships with the multinational 01:08.139 --> 01:10.989 partners . And we would be remiss 01:11.889 --> 01:14.790 if we didn't use those relationships 01:14.800 --> 01:18.489 and build off those relationships . We 01:18.500 --> 01:20.556 want to build relationships that are 01:20.556 --> 01:22.333 professional , we want to build 01:22.333 --> 01:24.830 relationships that are personal , our 01:24.839 --> 01:27.370 professional relationships . We want to 01:27.379 --> 01:30.339 get to know their army . We want to get 01:30.349 --> 01:34.099 to know how their NCO and officers 01:34.110 --> 01:37.779 work together . We want to know how 01:37.790 --> 01:41.279 their staff NC OS work on their staffs 01:42.010 --> 01:45.129 personally , we've got to break down 01:45.139 --> 01:48.569 the barriers . We got to break down the 01:48.580 --> 01:50.849 superiority because it's about peer to 01:50.860 --> 01:54.190 peer and us working together , 01:54.559 --> 01:56.839 getting understand their culture , 01:57.550 --> 02:00.650 getting to understand them as people 02:01.129 --> 02:04.319 outside of the uniform . So we can 02:04.330 --> 02:06.849 build the team of teams and that 02:06.860 --> 02:09.330 winning attitude . Number two , 02:09.679 --> 02:13.009 education and leader development , we 02:13.020 --> 02:15.990 want to understand the institutional 02:16.000 --> 02:18.190 development , the operational 02:18.199 --> 02:20.839 development to include the self 02:20.880 --> 02:24.080 development . So then that will help us 02:24.089 --> 02:28.050 fill the gaps and develop action plans 02:28.130 --> 02:31.929 for subject matter exchanges . Number 02:31.940 --> 02:34.750 three , readiness and more fighting . 02:35.580 --> 02:39.389 We assess our readiness and our war 02:39.399 --> 02:43.320 fighting as a team of teams 02:43.500 --> 02:46.199 at J PM RC , the joint Pacific 02:46.210 --> 02:49.119 Multinational Readiness Center and also 02:49.130 --> 02:52.779 operation pathways through these three 02:52.789 --> 02:56.410 focus areas . This is a guide 02:56.419 --> 03:00.309 for our NGOS our leaders to be 03:00.320 --> 03:03.369 able to interact with Obama national 03:03.380 --> 03:06.660 partners and our joint partners . And 03:06.669 --> 03:10.220 then we also develop action plans 03:10.630 --> 03:13.479 through these three focus areas for 03:13.490 --> 03:16.250 continuous and persistent engagement . 03:16.419 --> 03:19.089 Thank you very much . So I made Baumer . 03:22.229 --> 03:24.899 All right . Uh good uh morning to 03:24.910 --> 03:26.966 everybody . I am uh Rob Bulmer , the 03:26.966 --> 03:29.188 eighth army sergeant major stationed of 03:29.188 --> 03:31.720 Camp Humphreys , Korea . Eighth army is 03:31.729 --> 03:33.830 the senior army element for all army 03:33.839 --> 03:36.699 forces in Korea . So uh real quick , 03:36.710 --> 03:39.130 I'm just gonna um go over some 03:39.139 --> 03:41.699 uniqueness about the fact that we are 03:41.710 --> 03:44.509 stationed in Korea . We live with our 03:44.520 --> 03:48.270 ally , our partners . So uh the eighth 03:48.279 --> 03:51.100 army arrived in Korea in 1950 . And we 03:51.110 --> 03:53.277 have never left . We've had a constant 03:53.277 --> 03:55.919 presence on the Peninsula of Korea for 03:55.929 --> 03:58.699 73 years . So when you talk about 03:58.710 --> 04:00.932 interoperability and you talk about the 04:00.932 --> 04:03.043 ability to build partners and teams , 04:03.043 --> 04:05.154 we've had the great opportunity to do 04:05.154 --> 04:07.043 that because of our long standing 04:07.043 --> 04:09.321 relationship and our presence in Korea . 04:09.321 --> 04:11.543 So , um I will tell you when you , when 04:11.543 --> 04:13.432 you speak about the human element 04:13.432 --> 04:15.543 interoperability . Uh We have a , the 04:15.543 --> 04:17.766 biggest thing I think we have in common 04:17.766 --> 04:20.099 is we all have a shared threat in Korea . 04:20.099 --> 04:21.932 We know who the threat is . Um , 04:21.932 --> 04:23.877 they're a threat to us , they're a 04:23.877 --> 04:23.399 threat to the Koreans and they're a 04:23.410 --> 04:25.466 threat to other , you know , partner 04:25.466 --> 04:27.688 nations in the immediate area . So that 04:27.688 --> 04:30.239 alone allows us to be um , on the same 04:30.250 --> 04:32.306 scene of music in terms of why we're 04:32.306 --> 04:34.528 there and what our mission is . So that 04:34.528 --> 04:36.694 helps a lot . Another thing that helps 04:36.694 --> 04:38.806 a lot is that we've been together for 04:38.806 --> 04:38.589 73 years . So we understand each 04:38.600 --> 04:41.850 other's cultures . We go , um , we do a 04:41.859 --> 04:43.859 lot of things in terms of trying to 04:43.859 --> 04:46.660 better understand who we are as people 04:46.670 --> 04:48.837 and being there and seeing us from day 04:48.837 --> 04:50.892 to day and interrupt with each other 04:50.892 --> 04:53.369 and interact . We , we understand one 04:53.380 --> 04:55.547 another's culture , we understand what 04:55.547 --> 04:57.491 makes us tick and that helps build 04:57.491 --> 04:59.989 relationships . Another thing I will 05:00.000 --> 05:02.222 tell you that that helped a lot in , in 05:02.222 --> 05:04.333 Korea in terms of interoperability is 05:04.333 --> 05:06.389 our , when you talk about the second 05:06.389 --> 05:08.278 element , when you talk about the 05:08.278 --> 05:10.389 technical piece , if you were to look 05:10.389 --> 05:12.389 at Korea's forces in their makeup , 05:12.389 --> 05:14.389 they have very similar equipment to 05:14.389 --> 05:16.556 what we do in the United States . Some 05:16.556 --> 05:18.667 of it's made by the United States and 05:18.667 --> 05:20.278 others not , but in terms of 05:20.278 --> 05:22.389 interoperability and , and being able 05:22.389 --> 05:24.556 to talk to one another and communicate 05:24.556 --> 05:26.556 and integrate their equipment being 05:26.556 --> 05:28.709 similar to ours , helps that uh they 05:28.720 --> 05:30.942 also , we also have a shared network in 05:30.942 --> 05:33.420 Korea that we operate off of centric K . 05:33.589 --> 05:35.756 Uh We operate on that both in exercise 05:35.756 --> 05:38.033 real time and in day to day operations . 05:38.033 --> 05:40.256 So if you start looking at , you know , 05:40.256 --> 05:42.422 challenges that some of these uh folks 05:42.422 --> 05:44.533 will talk about uh uh the role of the 05:44.533 --> 05:46.589 non commissioned officer in the Indo 05:46.589 --> 05:48.645 Pacific . We don't have a lot of the 05:48.645 --> 05:50.200 challenges when it comes to 05:50.200 --> 05:50.190 interoperability because we are 05:50.200 --> 05:52.320 actually integrated . And then you go 05:52.329 --> 05:55.140 to the third one , the procedural p 05:55.149 --> 05:57.829 piece of interoperability . Um We do 05:57.839 --> 06:00.061 major exercises twice a year in Korea . 06:00.061 --> 06:02.228 Those exercises are geared towards our 06:02.228 --> 06:04.350 wartime mission . We do them as a 06:04.359 --> 06:07.549 combined force and we are together on , 06:07.559 --> 06:09.726 on everything that we do . If you look 06:09.726 --> 06:11.948 at our second infantry division , it is 06:11.948 --> 06:13.892 also known as the Rock Us Combined 06:13.892 --> 06:16.309 Division . We have active , you know , 06:16.399 --> 06:18.779 participants from the Rock Army on our 06:18.790 --> 06:21.880 staff and two ID , we one of our DC GS 06:21.890 --> 06:24.040 in , in eighth army is a rock general 06:24.049 --> 06:26.329 officer . Same thing in the two ID . So 06:26.339 --> 06:28.510 that integration of our procedures and 06:28.519 --> 06:30.600 how we operate is , is another 06:30.609 --> 06:32.720 advantage for how , what , what we're 06:32.720 --> 06:34.720 doing there in Korea . Now , I will 06:34.720 --> 06:36.942 tell you also , it's a little different 06:36.942 --> 06:39.053 than an exercise where you go out and 06:39.053 --> 06:38.970 you interact with a partner for two 06:38.980 --> 06:41.202 weeks and then you leave . We have that 06:41.202 --> 06:43.202 constant presence , but uh constant 06:43.202 --> 06:45.313 presence also means our NC OS have to 06:45.313 --> 06:47.536 be doing the right thing at all times . 06:47.536 --> 06:49.758 Uh We do a lot of joint training . So I 06:49.758 --> 06:51.813 just as you look at the slide here , 06:51.813 --> 06:53.813 I'll tell you um some of the things 06:53.813 --> 06:55.758 that we do , I would not say we're 06:55.758 --> 06:58.091 interoperable . I said we're integrated . 06:58.091 --> 07:00.313 So when we do ESB three training , OK , 07:00.313 --> 07:02.799 we do that as a um as , as the Koreans 07:02.809 --> 07:04.809 are , are training and testing just 07:04.809 --> 07:06.920 like we do to the same standards . We 07:06.920 --> 07:08.753 do . Uh we have a uh NCO Academy 07:08.753 --> 07:10.865 exchange program . So we have rock us 07:10.865 --> 07:12.476 soldiers training our noncom 07:12.476 --> 07:14.642 commissioned officers and we , we send 07:14.642 --> 07:16.587 a non commissioned officer to down 07:16.587 --> 07:18.253 permanently to the Korean non 07:18.253 --> 07:20.365 commissioned officer academy and they 07:20.365 --> 07:22.476 instruct there . We also have what we 07:22.476 --> 07:24.859 call a KT A , the Kusa Training Academy 07:25.010 --> 07:28.140 where we have us soldiers and rock 07:28.149 --> 07:30.316 soldiers training Catoosa . That's the 07:30.316 --> 07:32.205 Korean augmentation to the United 07:32.205 --> 07:34.750 States army to serve in the US army for 07:34.760 --> 07:38.079 a period of 18 months . So I , I guess 07:38.089 --> 07:40.089 the point of the whole thing I will 07:40.089 --> 07:42.311 tell about the role of the NCO in Korea 07:42.311 --> 07:44.478 is that we have advantages in terms of 07:44.478 --> 07:46.478 being together for a long period of 07:46.478 --> 07:48.589 time . But there , there's also the , 07:48.589 --> 07:50.756 the challenge of doing the right thing 07:50.756 --> 07:52.922 at all times because you're constantly 07:52.922 --> 07:54.922 being watched . And if we implement 07:54.922 --> 07:54.820 something in our army and our NC OS 07:54.829 --> 07:56.773 tend to do something in our army . 07:56.773 --> 07:58.885 Generally speaking , the Koreans will 07:58.885 --> 08:01.107 adapt it . So , you know , when they go 08:01.107 --> 08:03.218 out the joint training exercises with 08:03.218 --> 08:05.329 us , if you look on here , we did a , 08:05.329 --> 08:07.662 we do a combined wet , wet gap crossing , 08:07.662 --> 08:07.519 which is a really good exercise . They 08:07.529 --> 08:09.696 do it about twice a year , but there's 08:09.696 --> 08:11.918 Korean bridges that hook up to American 08:11.918 --> 08:14.720 bridges and you can notice when we do 08:14.730 --> 08:16.730 that , it's led by normally a staff 08:16.730 --> 08:18.786 sergeant or a sergeant running the , 08:18.786 --> 08:20.869 the , the bridging operation and the 08:20.880 --> 08:22.991 Koreans that they'll start off with a 08:22.991 --> 08:24.936 lieutenant colonel , a colonel , a 08:24.936 --> 08:26.936 sergeant , a major and , you know , 08:26.936 --> 08:29.102 high ranking people out there . But by 08:29.102 --> 08:31.324 the time the exercise ends two or three 08:31.324 --> 08:30.989 days and they've done three or four 08:31.000 --> 08:33.169 reps , they've now modeled what we did 08:33.179 --> 08:35.235 and they have young non commissioned 08:35.235 --> 08:37.568 officers leading small teams like we do . 08:37.568 --> 08:39.401 So , a again , uh , we are at an 08:39.401 --> 08:41.623 advantage when it comes to working with 08:41.623 --> 08:43.679 our , our partners , but I will tell 08:43.679 --> 08:45.790 you it's a never ending thing that we 08:45.790 --> 08:47.679 got to continue to do in order to 08:47.679 --> 08:47.609 maintain that constant presence and , 08:47.619 --> 08:49.563 and commitment to us because we're 08:49.563 --> 08:51.675 being watched every day , we're gonna 08:51.675 --> 08:53.841 fight together and uh they know that . 08:53.841 --> 08:55.786 So if we adapt something , they're 08:55.786 --> 08:57.952 gonna adapt it as well . So pen in any 08:57.952 --> 09:00.008 questions , uh that's all I have for 09:00.008 --> 08:58.729 you . Thanks , 09:05.859 --> 09:07.970 good morning , ladies and gentlemen . 09:07.970 --> 09:10.026 My name is uh first are Tim Brogan . 09:10.026 --> 09:11.915 I'm with the second Battalion for 09:11.915 --> 09:13.970 Security Forces Assistance Brigade . 09:13.970 --> 09:13.700 I'm going to talk about one of my 09:13.710 --> 09:16.059 unique opportunities to employ with the 09:16.070 --> 09:19.090 brigade during force package 23-1 to 09:19.099 --> 09:21.419 Thailand . The sergeants major before 09:21.429 --> 09:23.510 me talked about presence with our 09:23.520 --> 09:25.742 partners and our allies . Something the 09:25.742 --> 09:27.770 S fab does is offer that persistent 09:27.780 --> 09:29.836 presence . One of the unique problem 09:29.836 --> 09:31.669 sets we had specific to my force 09:31.669 --> 09:33.909 package was we had a lot of desires 09:33.919 --> 09:36.900 from our partners in Thailand but not 09:36.909 --> 09:40.239 many personnel . A 12 man advisor team 09:40.700 --> 09:42.960 in multiple locations . For example , 09:43.289 --> 09:45.719 the 112 Striker regiment was one of our 09:45.729 --> 09:48.099 primary partners along with their 09:48.109 --> 09:51.640 sister regiment , the 111 two 09:51.729 --> 09:54.250 regiments in the same division , but 09:54.260 --> 09:56.659 wanted different training opportunities 09:56.669 --> 10:00.359 with us . For example , 1/12 they 10:00.369 --> 10:02.979 wanted MD MP Striker sustainment , 10:02.989 --> 10:04.989 things like that . That's what they 10:04.989 --> 10:06.767 wanted to concentrate on at the 10:06.767 --> 10:08.933 regimental level . Whereas at the 1/11 10:08.933 --> 10:10.767 you can see with the young staff 10:10.767 --> 10:12.711 sergeant there , skill level , one 10:12.711 --> 10:14.989 training marksmanship things like that . 10:14.989 --> 10:17.156 And then additionally , we are also in 10:17.156 --> 10:19.378 the institutional domains with the RT A 10:19.378 --> 10:21.789 military academy where we had three 10:21.799 --> 10:25.530 advisors , NC OS training a Sandhurst 10:25.580 --> 10:27.919 competition team that eventually went 10:28.219 --> 10:30.441 to uh the Sandhurst competition at West 10:30.441 --> 10:32.619 Point . And then we also had three 10:32.630 --> 10:36.049 advisors at the NCO Academy . And we 10:36.059 --> 10:38.115 see that picture there . It's myself 10:38.115 --> 10:40.170 plus a staff sergeant and a sergeant 10:40.170 --> 10:42.250 first class discussing activities , 10:42.260 --> 10:44.729 knowledge exchange and things like that 10:45.359 --> 10:48.929 with our uh our NCO Academy there and 10:48.940 --> 10:51.051 the person standing or sitting at the 10:51.051 --> 10:53.273 front of that desk , there is a general 10:53.273 --> 10:55.496 officer . So the role of the NCO in the 10:55.496 --> 10:57.650 Indo Pacific arguably is being 10:57.659 --> 11:00.190 spearheaded by advisors . And we , we 11:00.200 --> 11:02.311 have that presence all the time there 11:02.559 --> 11:04.726 and we're getting after it with them . 11:04.726 --> 11:06.781 Some of the important things that we 11:06.781 --> 11:08.892 like to get after with them obviously 11:08.892 --> 11:11.059 is building that rapport with them and 11:11.059 --> 11:12.670 maintaining it over time and 11:12.670 --> 11:14.781 maintaining that presence with them . 11:14.781 --> 11:16.670 Because if we're not there , then 11:16.670 --> 11:18.726 somebody else is , uh , that's all I 11:18.726 --> 11:20.948 have . But if you're interested in S fa 11:20.948 --> 11:23.003 I have some of my leadership sitting 11:23.003 --> 11:22.900 here in the front row . You see the 11:22.909 --> 11:25.242 advisor patch or the brown , brown gray , 11:25.242 --> 11:27.353 please come talk to us . We're always 11:27.353 --> 11:28.520 hiring . Thank you . 11:33.380 --> 11:35.491 All right , good morning leaders . My 11:35.491 --> 11:37.602 name is Staff Sergeant Madison Wright 11:37.602 --> 11:39.658 and I operate as a 35 Fox all source 11:39.658 --> 11:41.658 intelligence analyst with the third 11:41.658 --> 11:43.880 multi domain task force located in user 11:43.880 --> 11:45.769 Pak Hawaii where we just recently 11:45.769 --> 11:47.769 celebrated our one year anniversary 11:47.769 --> 11:49.602 from our activation multi domain 11:49.602 --> 11:51.658 operations , integrates land , air , 11:51.658 --> 11:53.769 sea space and cyberspace capabilities 11:53.769 --> 11:55.936 for a competitive edge . And so we can 11:55.936 --> 11:57.936 achieve strategic objectives in new 11:57.936 --> 12:00.539 ways in the Indo Pacific NC OS must be 12:00.549 --> 12:02.770 able to adapt and be culturally aware 12:02.780 --> 12:04.669 when working in such a culturally 12:04.669 --> 12:06.289 diverse and vast landscape . 12:08.549 --> 12:10.605 If you can see here on the left , we 12:10.605 --> 12:12.827 have our activation ceremony in Pacific 12:12.827 --> 12:15.150 Century 2023 . This is when we went to 12:15.159 --> 12:17.330 our joint partners here in the user 12:17.619 --> 12:20.520 pack location . We worked with um some 12:20.530 --> 12:22.697 of our joint partners so that we could 12:22.697 --> 12:24.363 really get after with our new 12:24.363 --> 12:26.474 technology and cutting edge strategic 12:26.474 --> 12:28.586 abilities that we are just putting to 12:28.586 --> 12:32.520 practice these days . The third 12:32.530 --> 12:35.330 MDT F is a brand new unit and we are 12:35.340 --> 12:37.396 striving for a culture of innovation 12:37.396 --> 12:39.909 and to drive NCO empowerment . We are 12:39.919 --> 12:41.752 doing this by using cutting edge 12:41.752 --> 12:43.586 technology and never before used 12:43.586 --> 12:45.710 platforms and experimentation so that 12:45.719 --> 12:48.559 we can get after the cross training of 12:48.570 --> 12:51.289 our strategically operable cross domain 12:51.299 --> 12:54.309 teams and we can lead from the front 12:54.320 --> 12:56.653 and do what NC Os are meant to be doing . 12:56.653 --> 12:58.590 We are leading by example , while 12:58.599 --> 13:00.655 staying strategically and culturally 13:00.655 --> 13:02.710 aware of our partners and our allied 13:02.710 --> 13:05.849 forces . So this is setting us up so we 13:05.859 --> 13:08.369 can deliver messages and share 13:08.380 --> 13:10.547 information and what we're learning in 13:10.547 --> 13:12.658 real time so that we can con continue 13:12.658 --> 13:14.769 moving forward and making progress in 13:14.769 --> 13:16.991 the ever-changing Indo Pacific region . 13:16.991 --> 13:16.369 Thank you . 13:20.750 --> 13:22.472 Hello . Hi , everybody . How's 13:22.472 --> 13:24.750 everybody doing today ? All right . Um , 13:24.750 --> 13:26.583 my name is Matt Star and Kennedy 13:26.583 --> 13:28.729 represent the A TSC , um , and uh 13:28.739 --> 13:30.795 medical logistic by trade . I'm just 13:30.795 --> 13:32.906 gonna talk about what we do as far as 13:32.906 --> 13:34.906 responsibilities in the theater and 13:34.906 --> 13:37.239 then I'll just go straight to questions . 13:37.239 --> 13:37.210 All right . Uh , we have four 13:37.219 --> 13:39.510 responsibilities in the A TSC which is 13:39.520 --> 13:41.400 theater opening , uh theater 13:41.409 --> 13:43.760 distribution , uh sustainment and then 13:43.770 --> 13:46.429 theater uh theater closing don't have 13:46.440 --> 13:48.662 too much time . So I'm not going to get 13:48.662 --> 13:50.884 into the meat and potatoes of it . So , 13:50.884 --> 13:52.996 um what I will say is that is the NCO 13:52.996 --> 13:54.996 role as a medical logistician and a 13:54.996 --> 13:56.773 sustainer . A TSC has been very 13:56.773 --> 13:59.059 rewarding for me . Um The most 13:59.070 --> 14:01.070 rewarding thing is working with our 14:01.070 --> 14:03.070 allies if you can see in my picture 14:03.070 --> 14:04.903 right here , uh working with the 14:04.903 --> 14:07.126 Japanese forces , um had a good time as 14:07.126 --> 14:09.348 far as um just doing sustained things , 14:09.348 --> 14:11.640 transportation , um you know , things 14:11.650 --> 14:14.559 of that nature . Um Also right here , 14:14.570 --> 14:16.681 transportation as far as , you know , 14:16.681 --> 14:18.792 getting vehicles and equipment on the 14:18.792 --> 14:20.959 plane , c 1 30 things of that nature . 14:20.959 --> 14:23.599 Um But other than that , you know , one 14:23.609 --> 14:25.609 of the most rewarding things too as 14:25.609 --> 14:27.776 well , I can say , as a sustainer in A 14:27.776 --> 14:29.831 TSC is the ability to plan as well . 14:29.831 --> 14:31.942 Usually when you hear a planner , you 14:31.942 --> 14:31.570 know , you hear nothing but officers 14:31.580 --> 14:33.691 planning , right ? Uh NC OS typically 14:33.691 --> 14:36.210 do the execution . However , NC OS in a 14:36.219 --> 14:38.330 theater sustainment command , we have 14:38.330 --> 14:40.163 the ability to are the child the 14:40.163 --> 14:42.940 opportunity to plan and execute . Uh 14:42.950 --> 14:45.469 start to finish . So for me , I can 14:45.479 --> 14:47.535 tell you that that's been one of the 14:47.535 --> 14:49.590 most rewarding things being in the A 14:49.590 --> 14:51.757 TSC and hopefully we can continue that 14:51.757 --> 14:53.812 tradition as far as you know , being 14:53.812 --> 14:55.757 planners and spearheading from the 14:55.757 --> 14:57.923 front . Yeah , that's all I have . You 14:57.923 --> 14:57.590 got any more Chris . 15:06.760 --> 15:09.038 Uh good morning , ladies and gentlemen , 15:09.038 --> 15:10.927 I first class Morales . I'm a 196 15:10.927 --> 15:13.000 infantry brigade J PM RC out of four 15:13.020 --> 15:15.190 Shafter Hawaii . Uh I've been at J PM 15:15.200 --> 15:17.033 RC since January . So it's still 15:17.033 --> 15:19.530 relatively new , but the experiences 15:19.539 --> 15:21.706 and the opportunities I've had in this 15:21.706 --> 15:23.650 organization has been tremendous , 15:23.650 --> 15:23.429 which allows me to be here speaking 15:23.440 --> 15:25.909 with you today . Um J PM RC is a newly 15:25.919 --> 15:28.440 recognized CTC for the army . If you 15:28.450 --> 15:30.450 haven't heard about it yet , you're 15:30.450 --> 15:30.219 gonna hear about it . We're growing 15:30.229 --> 15:32.750 tremendously . Uh We are really 15:32.760 --> 15:34.927 impacting the army on a global scale , 15:34.927 --> 15:37.200 right ? Um See here , I was just in 15:37.330 --> 15:41.080 Australia with Tasman Saber 23 as an 15:41.090 --> 15:43.429 OC partnering with their , their Army O 15:43.440 --> 15:45.773 CS trying to helping them coaching them , 15:46.049 --> 15:48.380 improving our multinational partnership 15:48.390 --> 15:50.723 as long as , as well as them helping us . 15:50.723 --> 15:53.210 So the unique thing about that was I 15:53.219 --> 15:55.599 was embedded in an infantry unit of 15:55.609 --> 15:57.609 Australians , right ? But they were 15:57.609 --> 15:59.831 also had detachments , they had a squad 15:59.831 --> 16:02.130 full from Fiji , a squad full from New 16:02.140 --> 16:05.159 Zealand and a squad from um the French 16:05.169 --> 16:07.113 Legion . So it's just one of those 16:07.113 --> 16:09.280 unique things that we're able to do uh 16:09.280 --> 16:12.049 at J PM RC , as well as a lot of people 16:12.059 --> 16:14.003 don't really recognize that Alaska 16:14.003 --> 16:16.115 falls under that . Right . So we , we 16:16.115 --> 16:18.392 fight in the Arctic uh out in the cold . 16:18.392 --> 16:20.559 We're subject matter experts on how to 16:20.559 --> 16:19.950 do that as well as the complete 16:19.960 --> 16:21.793 opposite side of the spectrum is 16:21.793 --> 16:24.016 fighting in the jungle , jungle warfare 16:24.016 --> 16:26.016 there in Hawaii . So uh this unit , 16:26.016 --> 16:28.182 like I said , tremendous opportunities 16:28.182 --> 16:30.182 were growing . We're able to really 16:30.182 --> 16:32.349 reach out on a multinational level and 16:32.349 --> 16:34.349 build our partner relationships and 16:34.349 --> 16:33.849 it's , it's just been a tremendous 16:33.859 --> 16:36.140 opportunity . Um Like I said , we are 16:36.150 --> 16:38.590 growing . So senior NC Os check that 16:38.599 --> 16:40.989 marketplace . Uh We do open forums 16:41.000 --> 16:44.640 trying to uh interview for us and yeah , 16:44.650 --> 16:47.729 so appreciate it . Um This time , all 16:47.739 --> 16:49.961 the rest of the panel members are gonna 16:49.961 --> 16:52.128 come up , open up to any questions you 16:52.128 --> 16:51.469 guys might have . Thank you . 16:57.419 --> 17:00.659 Alright , open to some questions . Come 17:00.669 --> 17:04.329 on up here . All NC Os . What 17:04.339 --> 17:06.450 questions we have from the audience ? 17:32.050 --> 17:34.640 Thank you . Hi , Christopher Woody from 17:34.650 --> 17:36.872 Business Insider . Uh Thank you for all 17:36.872 --> 17:40.260 your presentations . Um A lot of us and 17:40.270 --> 17:42.492 Ukrainian officials have pointed to the 17:42.492 --> 17:44.714 Ukrainian NCO Corps as a key element of 17:44.714 --> 17:46.937 their success , especially in the first 17:46.937 --> 17:46.930 few weeks of the war when they needed 17:46.939 --> 17:49.161 to be flexible and adaptable . I wanted 17:49.161 --> 17:50.995 to ask if you were multinational 17:50.995 --> 17:52.939 partners . Have they made the same 17:52.939 --> 17:55.050 observations ? And if so how has that 17:55.050 --> 17:57.161 affected what they're asking from you 17:57.161 --> 17:59.383 in terms of training and engagement and 17:59.383 --> 18:02.900 other interactions ? Yeah . So um most 18:02.910 --> 18:05.021 of them are looking at that , right ? 18:05.021 --> 18:08.939 They see the importance of uh NCO core . 18:09.900 --> 18:12.011 But then also it's just not the point 18:12.011 --> 18:13.956 to the Interior Corps because it's 18:13.956 --> 18:16.178 taken us a lot of years to get to where 18:16.178 --> 18:18.122 we're at . Right ? One , just like 18:18.122 --> 18:20.344 yesterday , we became this professional 18:20.344 --> 18:22.400 non commissioned officer corps . But 18:22.400 --> 18:24.400 then we also got empowered from our 18:24.400 --> 18:27.189 officer corps , right to empowers us to 18:27.199 --> 18:29.310 be the non commissioned officer corps 18:29.310 --> 18:32.290 we have through our education , we 18:32.300 --> 18:34.900 earned the trust to be the two co we 18:34.910 --> 18:37.810 are . So yes , our multinational 18:37.819 --> 18:40.569 partners do see what's going on in 18:40.579 --> 18:42.425 Korea . They do understand the 18:42.435 --> 18:44.379 importance of the non commissioned 18:44.379 --> 18:46.602 Officer Corps and that's the importance 18:46.602 --> 18:48.491 of our subject matter exchanges . 18:48.491 --> 18:50.435 That's the importance of J PM RC . 18:50.515 --> 18:52.571 That's the importance of operational 18:52.571 --> 18:54.682 pathways . So we can continue to help 18:54.682 --> 18:56.682 them develop their non commissioned 18:56.682 --> 18:58.737 officer corps . And I'll give you an 18:58.737 --> 19:00.682 example as one of the NC Os talked 19:00.682 --> 19:02.904 about Thailand . So while we're over in 19:02.904 --> 19:04.793 Thailand , we looked at their non 19:04.793 --> 19:06.793 commissioned officer Corps in their 19:06.793 --> 19:08.848 education system and then we invited 19:08.848 --> 19:11.579 the delegation of them to come over to 19:11.589 --> 19:14.069 JB LM . Joint Base Lewis mccord in 19:14.079 --> 19:16.709 Washington to check out our non 19:16.780 --> 19:19.002 commissioned officer academy . And then 19:19.002 --> 19:21.224 what we're gonna do at the first of the 19:21.224 --> 19:23.447 year is we're going to take some of our 19:23.447 --> 19:25.447 non commissioned officer uh academy 19:25.447 --> 19:27.502 instructors and we're going to go to 19:27.502 --> 19:29.447 Thailand do an assessment and then 19:29.447 --> 19:31.502 we're gonna put an action into place 19:31.502 --> 19:33.558 because I think it's important , you 19:33.558 --> 19:35.724 know , we can all talk , but we got to 19:35.724 --> 19:37.780 put action into place . So we'll put 19:37.780 --> 19:39.836 action on the calendar of how we can 19:39.836 --> 19:41.613 help each other develop our non 19:41.729 --> 19:43.910 commissioned officer academy to help 19:43.920 --> 19:46.031 their non commissioned officers . But 19:46.031 --> 19:48.087 it also helps us as non commissioned 19:48.087 --> 19:50.709 officers understand , joint understand , 19:50.719 --> 19:52.830 dealing with multinational partners . 19:55.390 --> 19:57.557 Yeah , I , I think just , just to jump 19:57.557 --> 19:59.723 on that a little bit is uh they do see 19:59.723 --> 20:02.069 the value but what , what they also 20:02.079 --> 20:04.135 understand , it's , it's hard to get 20:04.135 --> 20:06.301 there . It takes likes Major Carnes uh 20:06.301 --> 20:08.301 said , you know , it's taken us 200 20:08.301 --> 20:10.412 some years to really get our NC OS to 20:10.412 --> 20:12.135 where they're at . So it's not 20:12.135 --> 20:12.099 something you can just buy off the 20:12.109 --> 20:14.053 shelf and implement . And when you 20:14.053 --> 20:16.165 start to do it at the nascent level , 20:16.165 --> 20:18.387 you're gonna have some struggles . So I 20:18.387 --> 20:20.553 think part of the problem is you gotta 20:20.553 --> 20:22.553 sort of let them know they're gonna 20:22.553 --> 20:24.776 have some issues with that to start off 20:24.776 --> 20:24.380 with because it takes years of 20:24.390 --> 20:26.449 developing and trust to , to have an 20:26.459 --> 20:28.403 effective non commissioned officer 20:28.403 --> 20:30.626 corps So I , I think the big thing that 20:30.626 --> 20:32.792 we can do as partners is let them know 20:32.792 --> 20:35.015 that any progress is progress and , and 20:35.015 --> 20:37.126 don't try to just dump the program if 20:37.126 --> 20:39.348 it doesn't work out , you know , in the 20:39.348 --> 20:39.280 first year or two of establishment 20:39.290 --> 20:41.512 because it takes a long time to develop 20:41.512 --> 20:43.623 that , that operation where NC OS are 20:43.623 --> 20:45.512 leading small units and teams and 20:45.512 --> 20:47.734 officers are comfortable with that . So 20:47.734 --> 20:49.623 it takes some time to get there . 20:57.180 --> 20:59.319 Uh Hey , teammates , so since the 20:59.329 --> 21:02.119 majority of your organizations uh maybe 21:02.130 --> 21:03.852 overseas or Ocona , I was just 21:03.852 --> 21:06.430 wondering uh is there any feedback when 21:06.439 --> 21:08.550 it comes to non commissioned officers 21:08.550 --> 21:10.717 being able to attend their required PM 21:10.717 --> 21:12.883 E and how for those of us who serve as 21:12.883 --> 21:15.319 the proponents of our branches , how we 21:15.329 --> 21:17.440 could possibly help you and ensure to 21:17.440 --> 21:19.551 do so , especially considering places 21:19.551 --> 21:21.607 like Korea where the majority of our 21:21.607 --> 21:23.273 soldiers are on a 12 month as 21:23.273 --> 21:26.000 assignment . So , so our major prime 21:26.010 --> 21:28.390 example , um I have a soldier right now 21:28.400 --> 21:30.530 who he is my com advisor for my 21:30.540 --> 21:33.949 battalion . And so I see the shop and 21:34.199 --> 21:36.088 we are going , I'll be on a plane 21:36.088 --> 21:38.199 shortly after leaving here to go to J 21:38.199 --> 21:40.143 PM RC for a training exercise . We 21:40.143 --> 21:42.366 found out two weeks ago he was a in the 21:42.366 --> 21:44.421 SLC there , there was no question he 21:44.421 --> 21:46.532 was going there . So yeah , there are 21:46.532 --> 21:48.588 the sacrifices that we have for that 21:48.588 --> 21:50.810 and similar to what the sergeants major 21:50.810 --> 21:52.921 was saying this morning , um that has 21:52.921 --> 21:54.755 to come first . So we're , we're 21:54.755 --> 21:56.866 getting after it from the NOES side , 21:56.866 --> 21:58.921 especially in the S FA s where we're 21:58.921 --> 22:00.866 already a little undermanned as we 22:00.866 --> 22:02.810 speak right now . But I , I it's a 22:02.810 --> 22:02.689 priority that we give to ensure that 22:02.699 --> 22:04.900 they continue to develop . I , I think 22:04.910 --> 22:07.077 PM E is not really a challenge because 22:07.077 --> 22:09.354 you know that that system set up those , 22:09.354 --> 22:11.521 the way that's ran is pretty good . Uh 22:11.521 --> 22:13.743 What I will tell you is the , the , the 22:13.743 --> 22:15.854 thing that we like to have assistance 22:15.854 --> 22:17.799 on is M TT s to come over and help 22:17.799 --> 22:20.209 train on a si producing um requirements 22:20.219 --> 22:22.441 and SQ I producing requirements because 22:22.441 --> 22:24.663 in many cases , you come to Korea for a 22:24.663 --> 22:26.979 year and the slot that you come to 22:27.010 --> 22:29.177 requires you to have a certain SQ I or 22:29.177 --> 22:32.410 a SI . And if I send you back to school , 22:32.420 --> 22:34.642 you know , for whatever time to do that 22:34.642 --> 22:37.530 and you come back um it , it , it loses 22:37.540 --> 22:39.596 the amount of time I have you on the 22:39.596 --> 22:41.762 peninsula . So either being able to do 22:41.762 --> 22:43.929 those schools before they come over or 22:43.929 --> 22:46.219 then do a mass M TT on the peninsula uh 22:46.229 --> 22:48.340 is helpful for us in terms of getting 22:48.340 --> 22:49.840 in those type of schools . 22:52.510 --> 22:54.732 So our major , I'd say to us from the J 22:54.732 --> 22:56.788 PM RC side um in Hawaii , it's not , 22:56.788 --> 22:58.899 not difficult at all for the PM ES or 22:58.899 --> 23:01.066 any type of professional development . 23:01.066 --> 23:03.288 Each soldier seeks on their own . Uh We 23:03.288 --> 23:02.780 do have our major training exercises 23:02.790 --> 23:04.734 that we're all hands on deck . But 23:04.734 --> 23:06.957 other than that , our command team from 23:06.957 --> 23:09.123 the top obviously encourages and gives 23:09.123 --> 23:11.068 us the opportunity to give as many 23:11.068 --> 23:11.010 different schooling as we can . So we , 23:11.020 --> 23:14.510 we don't have that issue at all major . 23:14.520 --> 23:16.687 I would also bring up a point of you'd 23:16.687 --> 23:18.853 mentioned being isolated either in the 23:18.853 --> 23:21.187 Pacific or overseas . Um , this is when , 23:21.187 --> 23:23.242 you know , family members that , you 23:23.242 --> 23:23.140 know , if we have soldiers that have 23:23.150 --> 23:25.150 families that might not be close to 23:25.150 --> 23:27.372 other family . So that's when they want 23:27.372 --> 23:29.428 to go to school , they need to go to 23:29.428 --> 23:28.829 school , they want to get after it and 23:28.839 --> 23:31.061 get taught , but they might be a little 23:31.061 --> 23:33.228 bit nervous about leaving their family 23:33.228 --> 23:35.228 and that's when the NCO Corps is so 23:35.228 --> 23:35.160 important . I went to school , you know , 23:35.170 --> 23:37.114 back in March when I was , uh just 23:37.114 --> 23:39.226 moving to Hawaii and I had NC OS that 23:39.226 --> 23:41.281 were brand new to my unit that I had 23:41.281 --> 23:41.280 just met that were reaching out to me 23:41.290 --> 23:43.512 seeing if they could do anything for my 23:43.512 --> 23:45.457 family . Do we need anything ? And 23:45.457 --> 23:47.679 that's what's so important too is doing 23:47.679 --> 23:47.420 the job that we need to do , getting 23:47.430 --> 23:49.708 the instruction and getting , you know , 23:49.708 --> 23:51.652 getting the things that we need to 23:51.652 --> 23:53.874 learn . But having that security within 23:53.874 --> 23:53.560 our NCO core and the people to the left 23:53.569 --> 23:57.550 and right of us and , and I'll throw it 23:57.560 --> 23:59.782 aside from the multinational partners . 23:59.782 --> 24:01.949 So we have multinational partners that 24:01.949 --> 24:04.004 go to RBLC . I mean , specifically , 24:04.004 --> 24:06.060 you know , in Korea , uh we have the 24:06.060 --> 24:08.829 Koreans who attend uh RBLC over there . 24:09.010 --> 24:10.899 OK . Uh So it's very important to 24:10.899 --> 24:13.121 understand , we also have multinational 24:13.121 --> 24:15.310 partners that go to our BL CS in our N 24:15.319 --> 24:17.208 CE S system , just like our major 24:17.208 --> 24:19.263 academy . We have a lot of our Maori 24:19.263 --> 24:21.041 national partners here that has 24:21.041 --> 24:23.290 attended to our major academy . Uh So 24:23.300 --> 24:25.467 we're working to uh do a little bit uh 24:25.467 --> 24:27.760 more of that at other uh non commission 24:27.770 --> 24:29.881 officer academies . But I just wanted 24:29.881 --> 24:31.992 to throw that pug in there uh for our 24:31.992 --> 24:33.437 Maori National partners . 24:39.829 --> 24:43.560 Is it on Good morning panel ? Thank you 24:43.569 --> 24:45.880 for your time . One of the key themes 24:45.890 --> 24:47.946 that I think everyone touched on was 24:47.946 --> 24:50.001 knowledge sharing . So for those who 24:50.001 --> 24:52.168 have attended either the Partner Force 24:52.168 --> 24:54.223 leadership academies or vice versa , 24:54.270 --> 24:56.326 has , have you noticed anything from 24:56.326 --> 24:59.140 the partner forces such as leadership 24:59.150 --> 25:01.206 techniques , capabilities ? Anything 25:01.206 --> 25:03.206 like that that you think would be a 25:03.206 --> 25:05.760 positive addition to our forces ? Uh 25:06.349 --> 25:08.400 Great question . I , I can tell you 25:08.410 --> 25:10.969 right now with my time at the RT A N 25:10.979 --> 25:13.130 Two Academy , we had a knowledge 25:13.140 --> 25:15.307 exchange , we had 50 instructors there 25:15.307 --> 25:17.770 and three advisors and they were asking 25:17.780 --> 25:19.780 a lot of the same questions that we 25:19.780 --> 25:21.836 would ask our small group leaders in 25:21.836 --> 25:24.002 ncoes . They , they want to share with 25:24.002 --> 25:25.502 us and a lot of it is just 25:25.502 --> 25:27.558 understanding their doctrine and our 25:27.558 --> 25:29.724 doctrine and how to integrate it . And 25:29.724 --> 25:31.947 a lot of it is similar and a lot of the 25:31.947 --> 25:34.113 doctrine that the RT A uses is from us 25:34.113 --> 25:36.040 as well . And I think the biggest 25:36.050 --> 25:38.050 disconnect there would be um their 25:38.060 --> 25:40.390 interpretation of it . So it's a bad 25:40.400 --> 25:42.289 translation which we know how our 25:42.289 --> 25:44.067 doctrine is , could be somewhat 25:44.067 --> 25:46.011 difficult to understand . So , but 25:46.011 --> 25:48.233 having that presence with them and that 25:48.233 --> 25:50.289 interaction with them so they can be 25:50.289 --> 25:52.344 like , I don't understand this . Can 25:52.344 --> 25:52.119 you break it down in layman terms for 25:52.130 --> 25:54.439 me ? And we're able to do that ? So i 25:54.449 --> 25:56.579 it's all about one creating that 25:56.589 --> 25:58.700 rapport with them . So they trust you 25:58.700 --> 26:00.589 enough to ask you those questions 26:00.589 --> 26:02.811 because we're talking about in the Indo 26:02.811 --> 26:04.811 Pacific , they're , you know , very 26:04.811 --> 26:06.811 proud and it could be difficult for 26:06.811 --> 26:08.478 them to admit when they don't 26:08.478 --> 26:10.478 understand or if they were wrong or 26:10.478 --> 26:10.180 they don't have knowledge on something 26:15.469 --> 26:18.260 and , and I'll just go back to uh part 26:18.270 --> 26:19.770 of our three focus areas , 26:19.770 --> 26:22.680 relationships . OK ? You , you've got 26:22.689 --> 26:24.856 to build them relationships , but it's 26:24.856 --> 26:26.911 just not building the relationship . 26:26.911 --> 26:29.133 You've got to get that barrier down and 26:29.133 --> 26:31.356 that's where that personal relationship 26:31.356 --> 26:33.467 comes in uh to the situation , get to 26:33.467 --> 26:35.745 know their culture , what they're like , 26:35.745 --> 26:37.633 right ? Um What they're like is a 26:37.633 --> 26:39.800 person outside of the military uniform 26:39.800 --> 26:42.022 because that's when they're gonna start 26:42.022 --> 26:44.300 being curious and asking you questions . 26:44.300 --> 26:46.467 So , developing that relationship with 26:46.467 --> 26:48.578 them is gonna help us understand what 26:48.578 --> 26:50.633 they want because then they're gonna 26:50.633 --> 26:50.375 come ask for it . It's not about 26:50.385 --> 26:52.994 superiority , it's about peer to peer 26:53.295 --> 26:55.462 and understanding that . So developing 26:55.462 --> 26:57.462 that relationship part of our focus 26:57.462 --> 26:59.628 areas , uh for first Corp . Um So they 26:59.628 --> 27:01.939 do ask a ask quite a bit . Um , 27:02.099 --> 27:04.180 obviously with the NCO Academy of 27:04.189 --> 27:06.411 Thailand , right ? Very important . And 27:06.411 --> 27:08.819 then with , uh , saw Major Sato or GCC , 27:08.829 --> 27:11.410 saw Major over at Japan . Uh we , you 27:11.420 --> 27:13.476 know , as we went around together uh 27:13.476 --> 27:15.704 during one of the exercise and we've 27:15.714 --> 27:18.755 seen their staff NC OS just weren't as 27:18.765 --> 27:21.584 involved as our staff , NC OS , right ? 27:21.824 --> 27:23.991 And so we're , we're developing a plan 27:23.991 --> 27:26.213 to get a battle staff course over there 27:26.213 --> 27:28.385 to help their NC OS understand what it 27:28.395 --> 27:31.614 means to be a staff NCO because , you 27:31.625 --> 27:33.569 know , they're , they're all about 27:33.569 --> 27:35.681 being leadership , right ? Um But now 27:35.681 --> 27:37.847 we have to teach them just like we all 27:37.847 --> 27:39.792 learn about being staff NC OS . So 27:39.792 --> 27:43.069 we're working out in the future . Yeah , 27:43.079 --> 27:45.246 just , just to jump on that particular 27:45.246 --> 27:47.412 scenario there . I think another value 27:47.412 --> 27:50.680 added for us in the US Army is bringing 27:50.689 --> 27:52.859 our officers with us as well because 27:52.869 --> 27:54.758 our officers will influence their 27:54.758 --> 27:56.989 officers in terms of the value of the 27:57.000 --> 27:59.089 non commissioned officer . So there 27:59.099 --> 28:01.405 they are sometimes hesitant and , and 28:01.415 --> 28:03.415 some , some of his observations may 28:03.415 --> 28:05.415 have been because the staff NCO was 28:05.415 --> 28:07.526 hesitant to do something on the staff 28:07.526 --> 28:09.526 because the officer probably wasn't 28:09.526 --> 28:11.693 empowered uh that particular NCO to do 28:11.693 --> 28:13.748 it . So the officers help us in that 28:13.748 --> 28:15.824 role as well to , to sort of educate 28:15.834 --> 28:18.415 the their officers on the value of the 28:18.425 --> 28:19.175 NCO . 28:23.420 --> 28:25.930 Sorry , Major cars , Gandhi , good to 28:25.939 --> 28:28.050 see you . Uh Actually sorry , major 28:28.140 --> 28:30.307 just hit on that . I think I was gonna 28:30.307 --> 28:32.810 ask what , what challenges do you see 28:32.819 --> 28:35.250 with the officers when you're trying to 28:35.260 --> 28:38.069 change the culture of how our partners 28:38.079 --> 28:41.239 see their NCO Corp . And I are we using 28:41.250 --> 28:43.469 our officers to leverage the changing 28:43.479 --> 28:45.535 that culture because it's gonna take 28:45.535 --> 28:47.939 time . So how are we doing that ? Well , 28:47.949 --> 28:49.838 I , I will tell you from , from a 28:49.838 --> 28:51.838 career perspective , um They see it 28:51.838 --> 28:53.838 every day and that the officers are 28:53.838 --> 28:56.005 integrated with our officers . So it's 28:56.005 --> 28:58.060 not much of a challenge , but I will 28:58.060 --> 29:00.060 tell you when I've gone out to , to 29:00.060 --> 29:02.282 other partners and , and talk to them , 29:02.282 --> 29:04.449 them . The thing , the feedback that I 29:04.449 --> 29:06.449 get from my officers is , hey , you 29:06.449 --> 29:08.671 know , I had to talk to him about using 29:08.671 --> 29:10.838 his NC OS and it , and it goes back to 29:10.838 --> 29:10.260 what we were talking about earlier . It 29:10.270 --> 29:12.790 takes us years to build that trust and 29:12.800 --> 29:15.022 to build a , a quality non commissioned 29:15.022 --> 29:17.079 officer that other countries , uh 29:17.089 --> 29:19.200 officers will be used to letting them 29:19.200 --> 29:21.200 do it . And you gotta think these , 29:21.200 --> 29:23.200 these countries have had armies for 29:23.200 --> 29:23.104 quite a while and they've been 29:23.114 --> 29:25.114 operating in a certain way . So the 29:25.114 --> 29:27.281 change to how they operate is a little 29:27.281 --> 29:29.392 difficult . So I just think yes , the 29:29.392 --> 29:31.447 officers help us in that role and um 29:31.447 --> 29:33.614 the more they say it and the more they 29:33.614 --> 29:35.447 hear it from our officers on how 29:35.447 --> 29:37.447 important we are , I think the more 29:37.447 --> 29:39.392 willing they'll be allowed to , to 29:39.392 --> 29:41.790 empower their NC OS to do the first 29:41.890 --> 29:44.112 song thing and caveat off what the song 29:44.112 --> 29:46.279 major said . Yes , it's important is a 29:46.279 --> 29:48.790 bit of a challenge . However , a lot of 29:48.800 --> 29:51.022 what I experienced with RT A officers , 29:51.022 --> 29:53.869 even at general officer level is , they 29:53.880 --> 29:57.170 understand how important an NCO Corps 29:57.180 --> 29:59.790 is . Many of them have been trained and 29:59.800 --> 30:03.599 educated in the United States . Um 30:03.609 --> 30:05.442 They speak very well , very good 30:05.442 --> 30:07.498 English . You can communicate easily 30:07.498 --> 30:09.609 with them and they will have personal 30:09.609 --> 30:11.800 conversations with you about how they 30:11.810 --> 30:13.977 can get after it and what they want to 30:13.977 --> 30:16.032 do to improve their NCO core . And I 30:16.032 --> 30:18.329 think if we continue to do what the 30:18.339 --> 30:20.450 sergeant mid we're talking about with 30:20.450 --> 30:22.617 the exchange program to get more NC Os 30:22.619 --> 30:25.209 over there and more officers into our 30:25.219 --> 30:27.330 schools and we do the same thing then 30:27.330 --> 30:29.163 that will help bridge that gap . 30:31.369 --> 30:33.540 And yeah , so there is a , you know , 30:33.550 --> 30:35.383 quite a bit out there is officer 30:35.383 --> 30:37.383 centric uh militaries and how do we 30:37.383 --> 30:40.619 overcome some of that ? Right . Um So 30:40.630 --> 30:43.030 first thing is , you know , is me and 30:43.040 --> 30:46.819 the CG being together as we go 30:46.829 --> 30:50.020 out and do stuff right . So they 30:50.030 --> 30:52.869 see that the commanding general 30:52.880 --> 30:54.769 empowers me as a non commissioned 30:54.769 --> 30:57.650 officer . One , right . Number two 30:57.660 --> 31:00.630 thing is also , you know , going out on 31:00.640 --> 31:03.920 different times at different locations . 31:03.979 --> 31:06.270 That's also showing that military , 31:06.280 --> 31:09.380 that the CG empowers me to go out and 31:09.390 --> 31:12.329 take the message he has out to the 31:12.339 --> 31:14.880 force and the priorities . That's two 31:14.890 --> 31:17.540 ways . And then the third way is when 31:17.550 --> 31:20.670 we're together and we're talking to 31:20.680 --> 31:22.847 that senior non commission officer and 31:22.847 --> 31:24.791 that uh commanding general or that 31:24.791 --> 31:27.920 commander , right ? That he also 31:27.930 --> 31:30.650 recognizes me and says , Son Major . Do 31:30.660 --> 31:32.780 you have anything to say ? And I'm 31:32.790 --> 31:34.623 always prepared to say something 31:35.030 --> 31:37.141 because that's important because it's 31:37.141 --> 31:39.086 showing that Foreign Miller or the 31:39.086 --> 31:41.086 multinational partners that , hey , 31:41.209 --> 31:44.229 that CG entrust me to speak 31:44.880 --> 31:47.180 and I'm also speaking to another 31:47.189 --> 31:50.670 officer . So them three ways there I 31:50.680 --> 31:52.849 see is helping us and helping our 31:52.859 --> 31:55.180 multinational partners overcome the 31:55.189 --> 31:58.650 officer centric uh militaries that they 31:58.660 --> 31:59.380 might have 32:10.150 --> 32:12.094 Sergeants major , first sergeant , 32:12.094 --> 32:14.317 fellow NCOS . My name is Ma Ser Saran . 32:14.317 --> 32:16.510 I work at MRB NCR so far away from the 32:16.520 --> 32:19.199 Indo Pacific , but I was in both Alaska 32:19.209 --> 32:21.320 and Korea . I realized that there was 32:21.320 --> 32:24.339 very terrain over that area . My 32:24.349 --> 32:26.989 question is two fold . How do you train 32:27.199 --> 32:29.819 to a high degree of proficiency for 32:29.829 --> 32:32.180 that very terrain as well as how do you 32:32.189 --> 32:34.300 hold on to that knowledge , given the 32:34.300 --> 32:36.300 quick turnover of personnel in that 32:36.300 --> 32:40.040 area ? Thank you . So I can 32:40.050 --> 32:41.772 speak for the Alaska portion , 32:41.772 --> 32:43.661 obviously . Um In J PM RC , we're 32:43.661 --> 32:45.772 actually allowed to go to that Arctic 32:45.772 --> 32:47.994 school . We learn your Arctic tab , the 32:47.994 --> 32:50.106 cold uh cold weather leaders course . 32:50.106 --> 32:52.106 Um I'm actually attending that here 32:52.106 --> 32:54.272 very shortly . So we go out there , do 32:54.272 --> 32:54.040 that training , um get , you know , the 32:54.050 --> 32:56.272 most professional knowledge that we can 32:56.272 --> 32:58.383 give as non commissioned officers and 32:58.383 --> 33:00.272 then go out there and , and li um 33:00.272 --> 33:02.439 enforce it out there in the field . So 33:02.439 --> 33:01.959 it , it's very demanding , very 33:01.969 --> 33:04.025 different , especially for me , I've 33:04.025 --> 33:03.939 never been in the Arctic until this 33:03.949 --> 33:06.750 last uh exercise we did . Um But it's , 33:06.760 --> 33:08.927 it's again , they're trusting us as NC 33:08.927 --> 33:11.093 OS to be the most professional version 33:11.093 --> 33:13.038 of ourselves . So getting in there 33:13.038 --> 33:15.093 learning , learning the doctrine and 33:15.093 --> 33:17.260 then going to that school to get , you 33:17.260 --> 33:16.489 know , the actual professional 33:16.500 --> 33:18.611 development that we need to help that 33:18.611 --> 33:22.099 force . Yeah . And just , just from the 33:22.109 --> 33:24.165 career perspective , I'll tell you , 33:24.165 --> 33:26.020 you know , we , we live on the 33:26.030 --> 33:28.252 peninsula , we train on the peninsula . 33:28.252 --> 33:30.419 So there's not a piece of terrain that 33:30.419 --> 33:32.530 we haven't operated it there . Um And 33:32.530 --> 33:34.752 we rehearse our wartime mission twice a 33:34.752 --> 33:36.863 year . So the terrain is not an issue 33:36.863 --> 33:39.030 in terms of what we're gonna do or how 33:39.030 --> 33:38.689 we do it . The turnover is a good , a 33:38.699 --> 33:41.400 good question . But I will tell you the 33:41.410 --> 33:43.354 beauty about Korea is although the 33:43.354 --> 33:45.577 Americans come and go every year or two 33:45.577 --> 33:47.688 years , the Koreans stay there and So 33:47.688 --> 33:49.799 by the time you come to Korea and you 33:49.799 --> 33:51.577 link up with your , your Korean 33:51.577 --> 33:53.354 counterpart , they've done that 33:53.354 --> 33:55.640 exercise 10 , 15 times . So that's how 33:55.650 --> 33:57.594 we sort of make up for our lack of 33:57.594 --> 34:01.140 knowledge of the terrain . Yeah , so 34:01.150 --> 34:05.030 that's why um we have J PM RC in 34:05.040 --> 34:08.020 Hawaii in Alaska , but it's also 34:08.030 --> 34:10.086 exportable . I mean , we just to get 34:10.086 --> 34:12.669 out to Australia and trained on , you 34:12.679 --> 34:15.340 know , the land down there in Australia . 34:15.479 --> 34:17.701 So that's it's one way trained on the , 34:17.701 --> 34:19.701 on the land . But then we also have 34:19.701 --> 34:21.709 operational pathways , 31 different 34:21.719 --> 34:23.899 exercises in 13 different countries . 34:24.770 --> 34:28.040 25th ID , Leonard Airborne seventh ID 34:28.260 --> 34:30.360 to include the core headquarters and 34:30.370 --> 34:32.481 all of our separate neighbor brigades 34:32.481 --> 34:35.090 are involved in some of those exercises 34:35.100 --> 34:38.510 on the train in those areas . Now you 34:38.520 --> 34:40.742 said about turnover . So we just turned 34:40.742 --> 34:44.560 over 65% in our staff this 34:44.570 --> 34:46.792 summer , right ? Every summer , we , we 34:46.792 --> 34:49.080 turn over 65% but then we have 34:49.090 --> 34:51.439 different programs to be able to get 34:51.449 --> 34:53.393 them staff caught back up to where 34:53.393 --> 34:57.239 we're at um in our exercises . Ie we're 34:57.250 --> 34:59.560 doing courage warpath right now . And 34:59.570 --> 35:02.979 that is a staff X to get our staff back 35:02.989 --> 35:05.669 up to where the other staff was . That 35:05.679 --> 35:07.846 left with some of the continuity . But 35:07.846 --> 35:09.957 guess what , not all the staff left , 35:09.957 --> 35:12.709 you know , so there is still 45% that 35:12.719 --> 35:15.300 are there . So they're the continuity 35:15.310 --> 35:17.510 to help build the new staff members ie 35:17.520 --> 35:21.209 team of teams bring them on board . So 35:21.219 --> 35:23.386 then we don't lose all that continuity 35:23.386 --> 35:25.780 and we do not continue to learn or 35:25.790 --> 35:28.610 relearn what we learned from our 35:28.620 --> 35:30.398 lessons learned from other past 35:30.398 --> 35:32.399 exercises or war fighters . 35:39.899 --> 35:40.899 Ok . 35:55.909 --> 35:57.965 Yeah , I have a quick question about 35:57.965 --> 36:00.131 how you are doing that in working with 36:00.131 --> 36:02.187 other services . I know on Peninsula 36:02.187 --> 36:04.353 and out there in that area they're all 36:04.353 --> 36:04.139 involved . I was wondering if you had a 36:04.149 --> 36:05.149 comment on that . 36:09.780 --> 36:11.836 Yeah . So it's very similar with the 36:11.836 --> 36:14.058 other services on Korea . So when we do 36:14.058 --> 36:15.947 an exercise , it's , it's a joint 36:15.947 --> 36:18.399 combined exercise . So US FK is , is 36:18.409 --> 36:21.010 really the exer exercise proponent for 36:21.020 --> 36:23.353 that . The United States forces , Korea , 36:23.353 --> 36:25.840 which includes all us forces , all 36:25.850 --> 36:28.260 services . So it's done the same exact 36:28.270 --> 36:31.280 way in terms of our annual exercises , 36:31.290 --> 36:33.123 the staff certifications and the 36:33.123 --> 36:35.479 rehearsals is , is all a joint combined 36:35.489 --> 36:39.189 exercise . Yeah . And I'll just uh 36:39.199 --> 36:41.479 caveat before we run out of time here . 36:41.530 --> 36:43.641 Um So that's exactly the same thing . 36:43.641 --> 36:45.870 Um as I said at the beginning of the 36:45.879 --> 36:48.310 three factors , uh that we have is all 36:48.320 --> 36:50.264 about the joint force and also our 36:50.264 --> 36:51.987 multinational partners , every 36:51.987 --> 36:54.929 exercises uh that we do uh in the 36:54.989 --> 36:56.820 Pacific involves joint and 36:56.830 --> 36:59.139 multinational partners . Uh Just an 36:59.149 --> 37:02.649 example me tells me Saber , um our 37:02.659 --> 37:05.350 engineers were with the Marines , were 37:05.360 --> 37:07.530 with the Navy and they did what they 37:07.540 --> 37:09.929 call J pots , joint petroleum over the 37:09.939 --> 37:13.600 sea . And then our logistics . Uh did J 37:13.669 --> 37:16.239 lots with the Navy with the Marines , 37:16.250 --> 37:19.250 uh joint logistics over the sea . Um So 37:19.260 --> 37:22.449 yeah , everything that we do is joint 37:22.989 --> 37:25.840 or with our morning national partners 37:25.850 --> 37:29.010 uh in every exercise we do . So I just 37:29.020 --> 37:32.709 got the 32nd . Um I appreciate it and 37:32.719 --> 37:34.775 I'll , I'll let everyone else have a 37:34.775 --> 37:36.775 final comment here real quick . But 37:36.775 --> 37:38.997 thank you very much for everyone coming 37:38.997 --> 37:40.830 out today for the first ever non 37:40.830 --> 37:42.997 commissioned officer uh corner and let 37:42.997 --> 37:46.979 us discuss on NC Os in the Pacific . 37:46.989 --> 37:49.156 We appreciate it . Thank you very much 37:49.156 --> 37:51.211 and I'll turn it over to Rob Ballmer 37:51.211 --> 37:53.433 and the rest of our NCO si have nothing 37:53.433 --> 37:55.433 else and any questions . No , we're 37:55.433 --> 37:57.322 good . Thank you for joining us . 37:57.322 --> 37:57.189 Appreciate it . Thank you . 38:03.239 --> 38:05.350 Ladies and gentlemen , this concludes 38:05.350 --> 38:07.295 the first half of today's Warriors 38:07.295 --> 38:09.780 Corner . We will resume presentations 38:09.790 --> 38:13.419 at 14 40 with AFC transforming 38:13.429 --> 38:15.600 command and control war fighting 38:15.610 --> 38:17.020 systems . Thank you .