WEBVTT 00:03.630 --> 00:05.852 The purpose of Bamboo Eagle was it , it 00:05.852 --> 00:08.186 was a large force exercise . And really , 00:08.186 --> 00:10.352 it was the an exercise to be as combat 00:10.352 --> 00:12.574 representative as possible for high end 00:12.574 --> 00:14.630 conflict . And it was the ability to 00:14.630 --> 00:16.686 bring together the United States Air 00:16.686 --> 00:16.639 Force and our allies and partners and 00:16.649 --> 00:18.816 try to put all of those players in one 00:18.816 --> 00:20.927 exercise where we could practice that 00:20.927 --> 00:20.840 and work together . 00:31.930 --> 00:33.930 One of the unique things about this 00:33.930 --> 00:35.819 exercise is we brought together a 00:35.819 --> 00:37.986 command and control force element . So 00:37.986 --> 00:40.152 really , that's the the wing commander 00:40.152 --> 00:41.874 team to be able to consolidate 00:41.874 --> 00:43.874 information , give decision support 00:43.874 --> 00:46.041 tools so that we can make decisions at 00:46.041 --> 00:45.900 the wing level . And we've been 00:45.909 --> 00:48.131 practicing this joint base on the North 00:48.131 --> 00:50.187 Richardson for quite some time now . 00:50.187 --> 00:52.409 And the Third Air expeditionary Wing is 00:52.409 --> 00:54.520 comprised of the third wing and the 6 00:54.520 --> 00:56.687 73rd Air Base Wing . And really , it's 00:56.687 --> 00:58.798 bringing those members together to be 00:58.798 --> 00:58.755 able to provide that command and 00:58.764 --> 01:00.820 control . So we can inform commander 01:00.820 --> 01:02.431 decision at the wing level . 01:06.949 --> 01:09.171 It's a ton of service members from both 01:09.171 --> 01:11.282 wings that really come together . And 01:11.282 --> 01:13.505 really it's about the unit cohesion and 01:13.505 --> 01:15.671 building a team that can work together 01:15.671 --> 01:17.893 consistently so that if we have to pick 01:17.893 --> 01:17.690 up and go towards conflict , we already 01:17.699 --> 01:19.866 have the relationships established and 01:19.866 --> 01:21.977 know what to expect from each other . 01:24.699 --> 01:26.866 This exercise taught us a lot . It was 01:26.866 --> 01:28.921 the first time I feel like we really 01:28.921 --> 01:30.977 got to exercise the wing in a , in a 01:30.977 --> 01:33.143 truly combat representative scenario . 01:43.379 --> 01:45.490 What I would say is most important is 01:45.490 --> 01:47.712 that we can take the lessons and we can 01:47.712 --> 01:49.601 write them down and capture those 01:49.601 --> 01:51.768 lessons because it's not gonna be just 01:51.768 --> 01:51.019 about us , it's gonna be about our 01:51.029 --> 01:53.029 replacements . And so what I'm most 01:53.029 --> 01:55.085 concerned about the takeaways that I 01:55.085 --> 01:57.307 wanna have is that we can document this 01:57.307 --> 01:59.418 so that we can hand off a playbook to 01:59.418 --> 01:59.370 the team that's coming after us so that 01:59.379 --> 02:01.601 they can know what to expect , know how 02:01.601 --> 02:03.768 to prepare and then ultimately be able 02:03.768 --> 02:04.823 and ready to win . 02:15.470 --> 02:17.637 What I think that I'm taking away from 02:17.637 --> 02:19.748 this and what I think is different is 02:19.748 --> 02:21.914 now , it's not just about agile combat 02:21.914 --> 02:24.081 employment to survive , but it's agile 02:24.081 --> 02:26.303 combat employment to employ , to meet a 02:26.303 --> 02:28.192 joint task in order to provide an 02:28.192 --> 02:30.026 effect which is ultimately gonna 02:30.026 --> 02:32.192 achieve our desired outcome . And so I 02:32.192 --> 02:32.080 think that's a nuanced difference that 02:32.089 --> 02:34.200 we don't often talk about . But going 02:34.200 --> 02:36.422 forward , I really want to try to focus 02:36.422 --> 02:38.533 our team and making sure that they're 02:38.533 --> 02:40.700 ready to do agile combat employment to 02:40.700 --> 02:42.645 actually employ air combat power . 02:51.479 --> 02:53.479 I thought the team did amazing . So 02:53.479 --> 02:55.590 we've been working on this for over a 02:55.590 --> 02:57.701 year and every time we've gone out to 02:57.701 --> 02:59.812 exercise , you only see it get better 02:59.812 --> 03:02.035 and better . We had a lot of challenges 03:02.035 --> 03:01.509 this exercise , but the men and women 03:01.520 --> 03:03.631 that we brought definitely stepped up 03:03.631 --> 03:05.853 to it and we have a lot of ways that we 03:05.853 --> 03:05.619 can get better . But I was super 03:05.630 --> 03:07.797 excited and proud to see how they were 03:07.797 --> 03:07.500 performing .