WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.120 Uh And now I'll turn it over to Major 00:02.120 --> 00:04.398 General Klein for his closing comments . 00:04.398 --> 00:06.342 Ok . Hey , great . Uh And I know I 00:06.342 --> 00:08.287 stand between you guys either , uh 00:08.287 --> 00:10.120 getting on a plane flying home , 00:10.120 --> 00:12.287 getting your car or going to the bar . 00:12.287 --> 00:14.231 I'm not sure which one it is , but 00:14.231 --> 00:16.398 there's probably something I know this 00:16.398 --> 00:16.229 is all H two F and health related . But 00:16.239 --> 00:18.350 II , I did not ask the question , how 00:18.350 --> 00:20.628 many hangovers there were this morning ? 00:20.628 --> 00:22.961 I thought better to do that . All right , 00:22.961 --> 00:25.183 my , I've got questions . I mean , I've 00:25.183 --> 00:23.989 got some comments here that are a 00:24.000 --> 00:26.111 little bit all over the map , so I'll 00:26.111 --> 00:28.167 apologize in advance and I promise I 00:28.167 --> 00:30.222 won't be long , but I know given the 00:30.222 --> 00:29.950 audience there's lots of questions that 00:29.959 --> 00:32.126 have come up frankly over the last few 00:32.126 --> 00:34.070 weeks , months in some cases . And 00:34.070 --> 00:36.070 certainly here during the symposium 00:36.070 --> 00:38.126 that I want to be able to do address 00:38.126 --> 00:40.181 while I have this audience . Um So , 00:40.181 --> 00:42.181 but before I do that , hey , thanks 00:42.181 --> 00:44.292 again to the team again . I know that 00:44.292 --> 00:43.889 and the , and the setting this thing up , 00:43.900 --> 00:46.540 this is not a small lift . Um And thank 00:46.549 --> 00:48.771 you all for that came in , all of our , 00:48.771 --> 00:50.993 all of our guest speakers . I mean , we 00:50.993 --> 00:53.216 flew them in from all over the place to 00:53.216 --> 00:52.279 come in here and I know many of them 00:52.290 --> 00:54.512 have taken off . But , um , that's what 00:54.512 --> 00:56.734 that lends to the quality of this . All 00:56.734 --> 00:57.849 right . Um . 01:01.680 --> 01:03.959 Ok . Contract . Let's talk a little bit 01:03.970 --> 01:06.081 about contract stuff . So here's soon 01:06.081 --> 01:08.303 that's gonna the , the ownership of the 01:08.303 --> 01:10.414 contract and I'm talking specifically 01:10.414 --> 01:12.470 our athletic trainers , our strength 01:12.470 --> 01:12.129 and conditioning coaches and our 01:12.139 --> 01:14.361 cognitive performance specialist . OK ? 01:14.361 --> 01:16.769 And this will soon move over to um our 01:16.959 --> 01:18.792 teammates over here in , in pe O 01:18.792 --> 01:20.903 soldier and our program manager who's 01:20.903 --> 01:23.070 sitting right over here as well . So , 01:23.070 --> 01:25.279 um lots of discussions on the 01:25.290 --> 01:27.580 flexibility of moving some of those 01:27.589 --> 01:29.879 specialties forward to get at the 01:29.889 --> 01:31.945 forward edge of the battlefield . It 01:31.945 --> 01:33.889 was talked about by several of our 01:33.889 --> 01:36.056 guest speakers here and it's something 01:36.056 --> 01:38.000 that we have been pushing uh for a 01:38.000 --> 01:37.930 while . But I , I do wanna share some 01:37.940 --> 01:39.940 lessons learned . So we , we ran an 01:39.940 --> 01:42.051 experiment if you will with the 101st 01:42.051 --> 01:44.218 airborne division . And um I was asked 01:44.218 --> 01:46.329 by the division commander there and I 01:46.329 --> 01:48.496 brought it up during the , I , I had , 01:48.496 --> 01:47.900 I had a discussion at the army 01:47.910 --> 01:50.077 professional forums . That's all of my 01:50.077 --> 01:52.021 peers , division commanders , core 01:52.021 --> 01:51.750 commanders . And we said , hey , we're 01:51.760 --> 01:53.816 gonna , we're gonna give this a shot 01:53.816 --> 01:56.038 because we agree that we'd like to have 01:56.038 --> 01:58.204 that capability forward And so I think 01:58.204 --> 01:58.010 it was about , I think we got Dave here , 01:58.019 --> 02:00.075 one of the strength and conditioning 02:00.075 --> 02:02.186 coaches from Hunt first . But we , we 02:02.186 --> 02:03.963 pulled the trigger . We had the 02:03.963 --> 02:06.130 contract adjusted . We sent , uh , 567 02:06.130 --> 02:08.690 people , uh , over to Europe over to 02:08.699 --> 02:10.970 support operation Atlantic Resolve and 02:10.979 --> 02:13.090 it was successful . It was good . But 02:13.090 --> 02:15.470 that bill was about 100 grand to send , 02:15.649 --> 02:17.705 you know , five or six people over . 02:17.705 --> 02:19.871 That's I , I just got to tell you it's 02:19.871 --> 02:21.816 gonna be unaffordable . Can't , we 02:21.816 --> 02:21.490 can't , it's not built in the palm that 02:21.500 --> 02:23.722 way . There's a thing called the palm . 02:23.722 --> 02:25.889 There's a thing called a budget and we 02:25.889 --> 02:28.111 can't do that . We can't sustain that . 02:28.111 --> 02:30.222 I'll just tell you that . All right . 02:30.222 --> 02:32.389 So , um we wanna meet intent . We just 02:32.389 --> 02:34.722 got to figure out a way to do that with . 02:34.722 --> 02:36.889 There are thoughts on how to do that . 02:36.889 --> 02:38.833 They are , they're suboptimal than 02:38.833 --> 02:38.699 sending somebody forward , but we gotta 02:38.710 --> 02:40.932 think through how we're gonna do that . 02:40.932 --> 02:40.809 I'm not saying that we're not going to 02:40.820 --> 02:43.042 do that right now . We're just gonna be 02:43.042 --> 02:45.042 very , very careful how we , how we 02:45.042 --> 02:44.460 proceed . Because what we don't want to 02:44.470 --> 02:46.809 do is Rob Peter to pay Paul and there's 02:46.820 --> 02:48.931 many Peters in here . I would have to 02:48.931 --> 02:51.098 Rob , right . So we're gonna be very , 02:51.098 --> 02:50.910 very careful of that . I wanna make 02:50.919 --> 02:53.141 sure everybody gets a fair shake . So I 02:53.141 --> 02:55.308 did want to address that while we're , 02:55.308 --> 02:58.779 while everybody's in here Um Hey , my 02:58.789 --> 03:01.250 next comment here replicating H two Fis 03:01.259 --> 03:04.300 elsewhere . So right now we have the H 03:04.309 --> 03:07.639 two F Academy down at Fort Jackson . I 03:07.649 --> 03:09.871 would encourage if you haven't been out 03:09.871 --> 03:12.038 there , go check it out if you're ever 03:12.038 --> 03:14.205 on Fort Jackson . Um Find them , you , 03:14.205 --> 03:16.093 you can just do a Google search , 03:16.093 --> 03:18.205 you'll find them and go meet the team 03:18.205 --> 03:20.427 that's out there , go meet , go see the 03:20.427 --> 03:22.649 facility and visualize it . All right , 03:22.649 --> 03:22.110 especially our commanders and our CS M 03:22.119 --> 03:24.270 is out there , visualize what it is 03:24.279 --> 03:26.390 that , that looks like . And so it'll 03:26.390 --> 03:28.446 start to um plant some seeds in your 03:28.446 --> 03:30.557 own mind on what you might be able to 03:30.557 --> 03:32.779 do . I said about a year ago , I said I 03:32.779 --> 03:34.779 would be open to and a Ken Dwyer is 03:34.779 --> 03:36.612 gone , but I would be open to um 03:37.059 --> 03:39.199 building a capacity elsewhere at the 03:39.210 --> 03:42.399 division level uh at a core level in 03:42.410 --> 03:45.389 Europe in Asia . Uh a , a 03:45.399 --> 03:47.910 replicated academy . If you will to 03:47.919 --> 03:51.270 train H two F integrators , I'd be open 03:51.279 --> 03:53.501 to that . The condition is in order for 03:53.509 --> 03:55.509 us to award the a si the additional 03:55.509 --> 03:57.565 skill identifier . If you want to be 03:57.565 --> 03:59.509 able to do that , just like we can 03:59.509 --> 03:59.440 within the academy , you have to have 03:59.449 --> 04:01.616 the right people that do it . And then 04:01.616 --> 04:03.560 you gotta let us certify you . All 04:03.560 --> 04:05.393 right . And if you can meet that 04:05.393 --> 04:07.616 standard , which we encourage you to do 04:07.616 --> 04:07.479 that helps us out , that helps out the 04:07.490 --> 04:09.679 army out , then we have another 04:09.690 --> 04:11.770 capability in Europe , for example . 04:11.779 --> 04:14.001 All right . So that's something that we 04:14.001 --> 04:16.112 gotta , we gotta bridge right now . I 04:16.112 --> 04:18.335 have a choke point . Frankly , I'm able 04:18.335 --> 04:20.390 to produce about 800 a year , a cash 04:20.390 --> 04:22.557 load . About two years ago , I learned 04:22.557 --> 04:24.612 some hard lessons . My pe O brothers 04:24.612 --> 04:26.668 would crack up , but I , there was a 04:26.668 --> 04:29.001 very healthy TDY bill that I , you know , 04:29.001 --> 04:31.112 I found out about later on , I got it 04:31.112 --> 04:33.168 up to 1600 that year . So we made it 04:33.168 --> 04:35.390 happen and now I'm back to 800 . Um but 04:35.390 --> 04:37.501 we need that capacity to expand . But 04:37.501 --> 04:39.501 um what that's gonna take is senior 04:39.501 --> 04:41.723 leaders . Actually , my peers are above 04:41.723 --> 04:43.612 that are gonna have to be able to 04:43.612 --> 04:43.510 commit to do that because I don't , I , 04:43.519 --> 04:45.463 I don't wanna do it just for a few 04:45.463 --> 04:47.519 months . We wanna be able to do that 04:47.519 --> 04:49.741 for a year or two years . We gotta look 04:49.741 --> 04:48.950 at time and you know how much time 04:48.959 --> 04:51.292 they're gonna have left within the unit . 04:51.292 --> 04:53.626 And I've always said for years that you , 04:53.626 --> 04:55.681 it's one thing to say something is a 04:55.681 --> 04:57.848 priority . It's another thing entirely 04:57.848 --> 04:59.959 when you allocate money and people to 04:59.959 --> 05:02.070 it . If you allocate money and people 05:02.070 --> 05:04.181 to it , then I know it's a priority . 05:04.181 --> 05:06.292 So it's something that , you know , I 05:06.292 --> 05:05.619 just share that with you . It could be 05:05.630 --> 05:07.630 some bottom of refinement . You all 05:07.630 --> 05:09.852 start to get the buzz of activity going 05:09.852 --> 05:12.190 in your divisions , in your cores . Um 05:12.200 --> 05:14.311 Hey , can we do at academy here ? You 05:14.311 --> 05:16.478 know , I think they're willing to help 05:16.478 --> 05:18.589 us out here . I'm willing to help you 05:18.589 --> 05:22.480 out there . All right . Um OK , 05:22.489 --> 05:25.809 this is just overarching . Look , 05:25.820 --> 05:27.931 there's a lot of greatness that comes 05:27.931 --> 05:30.329 with the , with these teams , but a lot 05:30.339 --> 05:32.450 of what we are talking about over the 05:32.450 --> 05:35.130 last couple of days is determined by 05:35.140 --> 05:37.084 the level of leadership within the 05:37.084 --> 05:39.019 formation . Do not discount what 05:39.029 --> 05:41.260 leadership can do in the space of H two 05:41.269 --> 05:44.350 F . Just because you don't have a 22 05:44.359 --> 05:46.829 person team assisting a 4000 person 05:46.839 --> 05:48.895 brigade and think about the ratios . 05:48.895 --> 05:51.006 There doesn't mean you , it should be 05:51.006 --> 05:53.179 an excuse to not get after it . It 05:53.190 --> 05:55.301 should not allow you to say I can't . 05:55.559 --> 05:58.010 Um We have so many examples out there 05:58.019 --> 05:59.920 of units that are doing fantastic 05:59.929 --> 06:01.929 things and they don't have a single 06:01.929 --> 06:04.170 member of the H two F human performance 06:04.179 --> 06:06.470 team within their ranks . Yes . Did 06:06.480 --> 06:08.480 they add value ? They do ? They add 06:08.480 --> 06:11.459 tremendous value . But um this is a lot 06:11.470 --> 06:13.581 of this is leadership and we saw that 06:13.581 --> 06:15.692 with the 1 73rd a couple of years ago 06:15.692 --> 06:15.380 and what they were doing in Europe and 06:15.390 --> 06:17.501 they didn't have a team and they were 06:17.501 --> 06:19.390 just kicking butt . I applaud the 06:19.390 --> 06:21.612 National Guard in this case where , you 06:21.612 --> 06:23.834 know , um command , our major range was 06:23.834 --> 06:26.057 talking about all the other initiatives 06:26.057 --> 06:28.168 that are going across the states . Uh 06:28.168 --> 06:30.279 and we are learning from that . Yes , 06:30.279 --> 06:30.029 they get a small piece of federal 06:30.040 --> 06:31.818 funding , but they also get the 06:31.818 --> 06:33.984 National Guard brothers and sisters in 06:33.984 --> 06:35.873 here . You guys get 54 states and 06:35.873 --> 06:38.096 territories that also helping augment . 06:38.096 --> 06:37.470 We don't , you know , federal 06:37.480 --> 06:39.536 government doesn't , we don't active 06:39.536 --> 06:41.480 duty , doesn't get any state money 06:41.480 --> 06:43.702 there as well . Um But this is really a 06:43.702 --> 06:45.647 lot of , this is leadership . So I 06:45.647 --> 06:47.536 would just , that's not , I'm not 06:47.536 --> 06:49.647 chastising anybody here , but this is 06:49.647 --> 06:49.589 those leaders that are really dynamic 06:49.600 --> 06:51.656 and charismatic and passionate about 06:51.656 --> 06:53.878 this topic can really make a difference 06:53.878 --> 06:56.100 within your formation and , and you can 06:56.100 --> 06:58.322 do it without a team . All right . Um I 06:58.322 --> 07:00.433 was asked a question earlier , what's 07:00.433 --> 07:02.489 the future of H two F like and Randy 07:02.489 --> 07:04.322 Reddy , if I could reanswer that 07:04.322 --> 07:03.809 question , I would , I would say some 07:03.820 --> 07:07.700 other stuff here . Um Honestly , I 07:07.709 --> 07:09.709 think the , we have a cookie cutter 07:09.709 --> 07:12.359 approach right now . Uh We started off 07:12.369 --> 07:15.299 with a tier one , tier two , tier three 07:15.309 --> 07:18.899 team model , right ? And decisions were 07:18.910 --> 07:21.132 made for all the right reasons to speed 07:21.132 --> 07:23.320 up H two F . But when we did that , it 07:23.329 --> 07:25.329 came at the cost of the size of the 07:25.329 --> 07:28.029 team , right ? So the original tier one 07:28.040 --> 07:30.262 team for our BC TS out there , that's a 07:30.262 --> 07:34.160 35 person team . Now , everybody gets a 07:34.700 --> 07:36.811 something less than what the tier two 07:36.811 --> 07:39.033 team was , which is a 22 . We now had a 07:39.033 --> 07:41.529 22 person team . And what is that going 07:41.540 --> 07:43.489 to mean for some units ? Well , it 07:43.500 --> 07:45.667 means that the army is no longer gonna 07:45.667 --> 07:48.589 fund those additional spaces . Now , I 07:48.600 --> 07:50.822 know that many are just gonna cash flow 07:50.822 --> 07:52.989 it . And that's good . I , I'm hearing 07:52.989 --> 07:55.267 that's happening across forces command . 07:55.267 --> 07:54.329 They're gonna cash flow , they're gonna , 07:54.339 --> 07:56.339 they're basically gonna fund out of 07:56.339 --> 07:58.561 their own pocket to make sure that they 07:58.561 --> 08:00.561 keep the teammates because once you 08:00.561 --> 08:02.895 have the benefits of the 35 person team , 08:02.895 --> 08:05.117 you really like the 35 person team . So 08:05.117 --> 08:07.228 a 22 person team . Well , we're doing 08:07.228 --> 08:09.339 22 person teams so we can go at twice 08:09.339 --> 08:11.506 the speed starting next year and we'll 08:11.506 --> 08:13.561 start with 22 teams that will , will 08:13.561 --> 08:15.672 field in , in fy 25 and then we'll do 08:15.672 --> 08:17.783 20 thereafter until we get to 100 and 08:17.783 --> 08:19.950 11 . Um , what I've asked the vice was 08:19.950 --> 08:22.250 and he's , he's , he is a , he's a 08:22.260 --> 08:24.538 zealot also . He's hugely in the space . 08:24.538 --> 08:26.593 It's a vice because the money wasn't 08:26.593 --> 08:29.040 baked in . Let's just agree that we'll 08:29.049 --> 08:31.399 revisit this , the discussion on the 08:31.410 --> 08:34.059 team size and we'll let , we'll let 08:34.070 --> 08:38.068 data help inform that . So let's agree 08:38.078 --> 08:40.245 that we're gonna go with the 22 person 08:40.245 --> 08:42.411 team to get us on the expedited path , 08:42.549 --> 08:45.078 but then let's not just get stuck on 08:45.088 --> 08:47.199 that one . Let's take a look at maybe 08:47.199 --> 08:49.421 with this team size needs to go back to 08:49.421 --> 08:51.588 35 maybe , maybe it doesn't need to be 08:51.588 --> 08:53.644 cookie cutter . Maybe an M I brigade 08:53.644 --> 08:55.755 can be this size , whatever that is . 08:55.755 --> 08:57.866 But an infantry BC T is this size . I 08:57.866 --> 08:59.977 mean , we , this needs to be a little 08:59.977 --> 09:01.866 more tailored . We did it frankly 09:01.866 --> 09:03.755 because it's easier , it's , it's 09:03.755 --> 09:05.866 easier to do the math that way . It's 09:05.866 --> 09:08.088 easier to translate that way . But as I 09:08.088 --> 09:10.088 look across the formation and , and 09:10.088 --> 09:12.310 whether you're looking at spark size or 09:12.310 --> 09:14.421 you're looking at team size , we need 09:14.421 --> 09:13.570 to do something that's a little more 09:13.580 --> 09:15.691 tailored and I think the future holds 09:15.691 --> 09:17.802 something that's a little more unique 09:17.802 --> 09:20.136 for the units that , that are out there . 09:20.136 --> 09:20.090 So I just share that with you . That's 09:20.099 --> 09:22.419 kind of a , a some thoughts from 09:22.590 --> 09:24.868 between my ears at this point . Anyway . 09:25.309 --> 09:28.549 Um eight , there's a 09:28.559 --> 09:31.630 huge , huge drive right now on 09:31.640 --> 09:33.840 something that is somewhat related to 09:33.849 --> 09:36.619 what we do . You may not have known it , 09:36.630 --> 09:38.950 but we had members of uh the Pentagon 09:38.960 --> 09:41.127 that were sitting up here in the front 09:41.127 --> 09:43.127 left . We had Miss De Geis that was 09:43.127 --> 09:45.127 here . Um Julie Blanks , Miss Julie 09:45.127 --> 09:47.340 Blanks is here earlier . Uh These are 09:47.349 --> 09:49.571 very , very influential people that are 09:49.571 --> 09:52.179 in the area of prevention . OK . Uh M 09:52.229 --> 09:55.919 De Geis is like the lead um leader ses 09:55.929 --> 09:57.762 that is leads the effort for the 09:57.762 --> 09:59.929 Pentagon in the area of prevention . I 09:59.929 --> 10:02.096 mean , by prevention , I'm not talking 10:02.096 --> 10:01.669 prevention of , you know , sprained 10:01.679 --> 10:03.919 ankles . I'm talking about suicide , 10:03.929 --> 10:06.200 substance abuse harmful behaviors , 10:06.210 --> 10:07.960 kind of prevention . Big , big 10:07.969 --> 10:10.039 prevention . OK . Uh And that's 10:10.049 --> 10:12.105 something that CIMT is gonna inherit 10:12.105 --> 10:14.105 here pretty soon we're gonna be the 10:14.105 --> 10:14.070 proponent for prevention . And there's 10:14.080 --> 10:16.247 a reason why they lump prevention with 10:16.247 --> 10:18.136 H two F because there , there's a 10:18.136 --> 10:20.413 symbiotic relationship . There , there , 10:20.413 --> 10:22.247 they , there's I , I'm , I'm not 10:22.247 --> 10:23.969 advocating for H two F to fall 10:23.969 --> 10:25.969 underneath some gigantic prevention 10:25.969 --> 10:27.858 umbrella . I want H two F and its 10:27.858 --> 10:29.580 purity to still focus on human 10:29.580 --> 10:31.636 performance optimization across five 10:31.636 --> 10:33.636 domains to improve the readiness of 10:33.636 --> 10:35.747 units out there . I think that that's 10:35.747 --> 10:35.219 what it was built to do . That's what 10:35.229 --> 10:37.229 it's doing so wonderfully , it also 10:37.229 --> 10:39.570 happens to do phenomenal things in the 10:39.580 --> 10:41.858 area of driving down harmful behaviors . 10:41.880 --> 10:44.070 You all saw 500 something percent 10:44.080 --> 10:46.349 reduction in substance abuse profiles . 10:46.359 --> 10:48.669 That's gigantic . Last year , we 10:48.679 --> 10:52.349 reported a 37% reduction of suicide and 10:52.359 --> 10:54.581 there's many reasons and many variables 10:54.581 --> 10:56.581 that go into that . And I would not 10:56.581 --> 10:58.692 claim that H two F is the sole reason 10:58.692 --> 10:58.479 why those things are happening , but 10:58.489 --> 11:00.489 you cannot refute data that that is 11:00.500 --> 11:03.190 that big . And like , you know , uh 11:03.200 --> 11:05.478 Deidre Tehan said , General Tahan said , 11:05.478 --> 11:07.644 consider when a unit is changing out , 11:07.644 --> 11:09.867 30% every single year and leadership is 11:09.867 --> 11:12.510 changing out and it still holds that's , 11:12.520 --> 11:15.010 that's powerful statistics . OK ? And 11:15.020 --> 11:17.890 so they're very , very excited within 11:17.900 --> 11:21.030 the Pentagon about the power of H two F . 11:21.450 --> 11:23.617 But I'm , I'm trying to keep a balance 11:23.617 --> 11:25.617 there because people understand the 11:25.617 --> 11:27.839 value of H two F . And what I , what we 11:27.839 --> 11:30.061 can't afford to do is , is the Pentagon 11:30.061 --> 11:29.789 says , hey , we wanna build this thing 11:29.799 --> 11:31.688 like foundational skills and life 11:31.688 --> 11:33.799 skills and all this other stuff . And 11:33.799 --> 11:36.021 we're just gonna give it to the H two F 11:36.021 --> 11:35.080 teams and they'll figure it out . We're 11:35.090 --> 11:37.312 just not resourced to do that . And I , 11:37.312 --> 11:39.368 and I sometimes have to remind folks 11:39.368 --> 11:42.390 that even on a 22 person team , there 11:42.400 --> 11:44.622 are , if I count the chaplain and there 11:44.622 --> 11:46.733 are two , which I do , there are only 11:46.733 --> 11:48.622 four people that are specifically 11:48.622 --> 11:52.140 trained on the thing that connects to 11:52.150 --> 11:54.619 your body via the neck . All right , I 11:54.630 --> 11:56.630 have two occupational therapists in 11:56.630 --> 11:58.797 there . I have a cognitive performance 11:58.797 --> 11:58.010 specialist in there and I have a 11:58.020 --> 12:00.429 chaplain . All right now for a 4000 12:00.440 --> 12:02.551 person brigade that is not a squad of 12:02.551 --> 12:04.718 behavioral health specialists . That's 12:04.718 --> 12:04.320 not the same . They are not the 12:04.330 --> 12:06.441 behavior health specialist team , but 12:06.441 --> 12:08.663 they do offer fantastic results in this 12:08.663 --> 12:10.774 area . I'm just protective is all I'm 12:10.774 --> 12:12.830 saying about what it is that H two F 12:12.830 --> 12:15.052 can do and cannot do . Ok . But there's 12:15.052 --> 12:17.163 absolutely a relationship there . And 12:17.163 --> 12:16.799 we're gonna look to tighten that up a 12:16.809 --> 12:19.087 little bit because I think it's really , 12:19.087 --> 12:20.920 really important , but they're , 12:20.920 --> 12:23.087 they're kind of two different camps if 12:23.087 --> 12:22.969 you know what I mean ? Ok . That's I'm 12:22.979 --> 12:25.239 just sharing thoughts according to 12:25.250 --> 12:29.099 Klein . Um , in that 12:29.109 --> 12:32.359 area , tons of emphasis on this thing 12:32.369 --> 12:34.530 called life skills . And many of us 12:34.539 --> 12:36.483 have definitions to that . We've , 12:36.483 --> 12:38.095 we've decided within trade o 12:38.095 --> 12:40.095 foundational skills . It's been the 12:40.095 --> 12:42.039 number one planning effort for , I 12:42.039 --> 12:41.960 don't know , the last six months within 12:41.969 --> 12:43.969 trade O is foundational skills . It 12:43.969 --> 12:46.191 happens to fall on our shoulders within 12:46.191 --> 12:47.913 CIMT . Uh as we talk about the 12:47.913 --> 12:50.025 institutional army , we are revamping 12:50.025 --> 12:52.247 things like in basic training . We went 12:52.247 --> 12:54.247 out to the people First Center , we 12:54.247 --> 12:56.302 have an immersion event that's gonna 12:56.302 --> 12:55.869 take place at the end of basic training 12:55.880 --> 12:59.080 where they participate and observe 12:59.090 --> 13:00.979 skits that are put on . There's a 13:00.979 --> 13:03.201 virtual component that we're looking at 13:03.201 --> 13:05.257 doing right now . We're working with 13:05.257 --> 13:04.710 the company that's here as a matter of 13:04.719 --> 13:08.669 fact , um that will expose our 13:08.679 --> 13:11.340 youth that is coming from all walks of 13:11.349 --> 13:13.460 life through all different challenges 13:13.460 --> 13:15.516 of 18 years of who knows what before 13:15.516 --> 13:17.682 they came into our army . And we wanna 13:17.682 --> 13:19.571 show them visually and through an 13:19.571 --> 13:22.179 experiential process . What right looks 13:22.190 --> 13:24.599 like when we talk about sexual 13:24.609 --> 13:26.831 harassment , sexual assault , substance 13:26.831 --> 13:28.998 abuse , suicidal ideations . How might 13:28.998 --> 13:31.109 you intervene ? It's all of the stuff 13:31.109 --> 13:33.387 that is there , finance stuff in there . 13:33.387 --> 13:35.498 There's a whole bunch of stuff that's 13:35.498 --> 13:37.665 in there that we think is so important 13:37.665 --> 13:39.887 to make sure that not only do we make a 13:39.887 --> 13:39.590 great soldier that we're making a great 13:39.599 --> 13:41.655 citizen and somebody that's gonna be 13:41.655 --> 13:43.988 contributing to society and to our army . 13:43.988 --> 13:45.821 Should they decide to stay or go 13:45.821 --> 13:47.655 believe it or not , a lot of the 13:47.655 --> 13:49.766 conversations that take place amongst 13:49.766 --> 13:49.219 the leaders in this room and our H two 13:49.229 --> 13:51.396 F professionals , you're doing more in 13:51.396 --> 13:53.285 that space than you probably give 13:53.285 --> 13:55.396 yourself credit to . And this is just 13:55.396 --> 13:54.700 as simple as a strength and 13:54.710 --> 13:56.932 conditioning coach that is working with 13:56.932 --> 13:58.932 an individual on a somewhat routine 13:58.932 --> 14:01.154 basis . And you're having conversations 14:01.154 --> 14:03.154 with those individuals and you're , 14:03.154 --> 14:03.059 you're doing a lot to shape behavior 14:03.070 --> 14:05.237 out there . Never forget the brand new 14:05.237 --> 14:07.514 soldier that comes into your formation , 14:07.514 --> 14:09.760 how influential they are . You have a 14:09.770 --> 14:11.826 big impression on their lives and it 14:11.826 --> 14:14.048 makes a big difference . I think that a 14:14.048 --> 14:17.099 lot of that is , is lends to why we are 14:17.109 --> 14:19.053 driving down some of these harmful 14:19.053 --> 14:21.276 behaviors through H two F . It's called 14:21.276 --> 14:23.442 care , right ? And General Millie used 14:23.442 --> 14:26.010 to talk about love your soldiers . He 14:26.020 --> 14:28.298 used to , it was a very powerful thing . 14:28.298 --> 14:30.570 He used to talk about . Our leadership 14:30.609 --> 14:33.770 are expected to love our soldiers . 14:34.409 --> 14:36.576 And if you're in the business of H two 14:36.576 --> 14:38.798 F , whether you knew it or not , you're 14:38.798 --> 14:40.909 loving our soldiers and it's making a 14:40.909 --> 14:43.076 big difference . That's just care that 14:43.076 --> 14:45.280 is sharing with somebody , their , 14:45.289 --> 14:47.349 their value . In some cases , you're 14:47.359 --> 14:50.010 providing goals , it's driving a 14:50.020 --> 14:52.320 purpose for them and that's changing 14:52.330 --> 14:54.386 life . When we started to first show 14:54.386 --> 14:56.608 what the return on investment was for H 14:56.608 --> 14:58.830 two F . I had a series of videos , they 14:58.830 --> 15:00.997 were news articles they were and and , 15:00.997 --> 15:00.989 and we used to play , we played them in 15:01.000 --> 15:04.250 other venues and it shows there were 15:04.260 --> 15:06.482 real life stories of soldiers that were 15:06.482 --> 15:08.704 on the news out there at JB LM captured 15:08.704 --> 15:10.593 by , you know , local Fox news or 15:10.593 --> 15:12.760 whatever . And there was an individual 15:12.760 --> 15:12.710 that would talk about how they were 15:12.719 --> 15:14.830 headed down a very dark path and were 15:14.830 --> 15:16.830 considering taking their life . And 15:16.830 --> 15:19.052 then they met an occupational therapist 15:19.052 --> 15:21.108 and they started a workout routine . 15:21.108 --> 15:20.270 And the next thing you know , they're 15:20.280 --> 15:22.289 becoming , uh they've got goals and 15:22.299 --> 15:24.410 they're lifting tremendous weight and 15:24.410 --> 15:26.466 they're so much more healthier now . 15:26.466 --> 15:28.577 And it was , it was an ot that , that 15:28.577 --> 15:28.299 changed that person's life . So you 15:28.309 --> 15:30.365 just don't , you never know how much 15:30.365 --> 15:32.420 influence you might have . Ok , I'll 15:32.420 --> 15:34.698 get off of that particular piece , the , 15:34.698 --> 15:36.698 the mental domain and the spiritual 15:36.698 --> 15:38.753 domain . Um sometimes where we might 15:38.753 --> 15:40.869 struggle the most . But when we did a 15:40.880 --> 15:42.713 survey one time , we do a lot of 15:42.713 --> 15:44.769 surveys in CMT , we did a survey and 15:44.769 --> 15:46.880 Michael could tell me it was 15,000 , 15:46.880 --> 15:49.780 25,000 . How many ? 20,000 ? 20 ? Th 15:49.849 --> 15:52.071 that's , that's not a small sample size 15:52.071 --> 15:54.293 like 20,000 soldiers said , just out of 15:54.293 --> 15:56.349 curiosity , what do you think is the 15:56.349 --> 15:58.516 most important domain ? Now , we heard 15:58.516 --> 16:00.682 today we heard a lot about sleep , but 16:00.682 --> 16:00.520 in this particular case , it was just a 16:00.530 --> 16:03.119 curiosity question and 40% came back 16:03.130 --> 16:06.049 and said the mental domain , another 16:06.059 --> 16:08.170 10% was said the spiritual domain and 16:08.170 --> 16:10.226 sometimes they confuse the two , but 16:10.226 --> 16:12.337 about half the population was talking 16:12.337 --> 16:12.250 about mental and spiritual . It was , 16:12.260 --> 16:14.450 it was . And , and , and they are 16:14.460 --> 16:16.627 interconnected by the neck . And so as 16:16.627 --> 16:18.571 you're working on our soldiers out 16:18.571 --> 16:20.682 there , it's total body , right ? His 16:20.682 --> 16:23.830 total body . All right . Um , consider 16:23.840 --> 16:26.559 the , the chaplain discussion . Um , 16:26.570 --> 16:28.570 that was , that's a question I I've 16:28.570 --> 16:30.737 heard now for 2.5 years , the chaplain 16:30.737 --> 16:32.848 is a member of the staff . It's not , 16:32.848 --> 16:35.014 but it's also a member of the team . I 16:35.014 --> 16:34.719 would , I would just offer this for the 16:34.729 --> 16:36.618 teams that are out there that the 16:36.618 --> 16:40.159 chaplain . Um , they do have a chapel 16:40.650 --> 16:42.872 and they do have other responsibilities 16:42.872 --> 16:44.983 that they're doing for that command . 16:44.983 --> 16:44.979 You know , that , that , that's , and 16:44.989 --> 16:47.267 sometimes they're in a tough situation . 16:47.267 --> 16:49.433 I just had a discussion with the chief 16:49.433 --> 16:51.378 of chaplains , um , because this , 16:51.378 --> 16:53.378 where it gets , gets tough and I've 16:53.378 --> 16:53.200 seen it , I've seen it now for , for 16:53.210 --> 16:55.630 many , many discussions when we get 16:55.640 --> 16:57.640 into the discussion of a particular 16:57.640 --> 16:59.696 religion or the like . Right . So we 16:59.696 --> 17:01.807 just try to keep it doctrinal and not 17:01.807 --> 17:01.750 get too deep into the religious 17:01.760 --> 17:03.816 discussion . Everybody has their own 17:03.816 --> 17:07.529 faith or their own , uh , driving force , 17:07.538 --> 17:09.880 whatever that may be . But the , what I 17:09.890 --> 17:12.001 would ask that our teams out there is 17:12.001 --> 17:14.168 save a chair , save an office , save a 17:14.168 --> 17:16.530 space for the chaplain . All right , in 17:16.540 --> 17:18.484 your spark or wherever you're at . 17:18.530 --> 17:20.586 They're gonna be moving her all over 17:20.586 --> 17:22.530 the place and doing things for the 17:22.530 --> 17:24.641 commanders out there . But , um , and 17:24.641 --> 17:26.586 for our chaplains out there , when 17:26.586 --> 17:26.530 you're not in the chapel or you're not 17:26.540 --> 17:28.651 doing other things , jump over to the 17:28.651 --> 17:30.762 spark or whatever the location is and 17:30.762 --> 17:32.818 go spend some time with the soldiers 17:32.818 --> 17:34.929 that are on the , on the gym floor if 17:34.929 --> 17:36.596 you will . All right , you're 17:36.596 --> 17:40.130 definitely a key part of the team . Uh 17:40.140 --> 17:42.362 And I would argue you don't always , in 17:42.362 --> 17:44.251 some cases you do , but you don't 17:44.251 --> 17:46.418 always need to have unity of command , 17:46.418 --> 17:48.529 to have unity of effort . All right . 17:51.010 --> 17:53.177 All right . Um Really good briefs that 17:53.177 --> 17:55.399 were took that took place today . I , I 17:55.399 --> 17:57.510 encourage it . I want to hear all the 17:57.510 --> 17:59.732 feedback . Um I think this worked out a 17:59.732 --> 17:59.599 lot better than Fort Eustis . Uh , we 17:59.609 --> 18:01.553 just , we exceeded our limitations 18:01.553 --> 18:03.498 there . We can't do that anymore . 18:03.498 --> 18:05.220 We're , we're gonna be here or 18:05.220 --> 18:04.829 something larger maybe next year . 18:04.839 --> 18:06.783 We'll be in that gigantic Coliseum 18:06.783 --> 18:08.839 thing looking across the street . Um 18:08.839 --> 18:11.061 But I do want your feedback . Uh , espe 18:11.061 --> 18:13.283 especially how we kind of did this last 18:13.283 --> 18:15.006 portion here where we had four 18:15.006 --> 18:17.117 simultaneous classes going on and the 18:17.117 --> 18:19.283 opportunity to kind of leapfrog around 18:19.283 --> 18:21.283 and pick your topic and , and get a 18:21.283 --> 18:20.709 little smarter on some of the topics 18:20.719 --> 18:22.886 out there . I love the , the fact that 18:22.886 --> 18:24.663 we brought in feedback from the 18:24.663 --> 18:26.719 operational force , some really good 18:26.719 --> 18:28.941 briefs that are going on out there . 40 18:28.941 --> 18:30.997 seconds . MP . S very , very good on 18:30.997 --> 18:30.780 boarding . We don't realize how 18:30.790 --> 18:32.957 important the on boarding is . And I'm 18:32.957 --> 18:35.179 not just talking about for H two F just 18:35.179 --> 18:37.068 on boarding your people . Right . 18:37.068 --> 18:36.969 Catching them when they come into your 18:36.979 --> 18:39.090 unit and making that first impression 18:39.090 --> 18:41.312 on the lives of those individuals and , 18:41.312 --> 18:43.312 and letting them know that they are 18:43.312 --> 18:45.646 valued members of your team goes a long , 18:45.646 --> 18:47.812 long way . So think through how you on 18:47.812 --> 18:47.359 board and you bring in your folks into 18:47.369 --> 18:49.699 your , your teams . All right , I have 18:49.709 --> 18:51.709 talked way too long and some of you 18:51.709 --> 18:53.931 probably have vehicles that are already 18:53.931 --> 18:55.987 started out there remotely with your 18:55.987 --> 18:58.153 and you're like ready to go . Uh In my 18:58.153 --> 18:57.790 case , there's probably a driver that's 18:57.800 --> 19:00.930 like ready to ready to go . Um Thank 19:00.939 --> 19:04.290 you all for what you do . We are just 19:04.300 --> 19:07.780 the proponent , we write doctrine . We 19:07.790 --> 19:10.670 look at resources . Um We're listening 19:10.680 --> 19:13.060 to you on how we can do better , but 19:13.069 --> 19:15.689 the real magic is not the folks behind 19:15.699 --> 19:18.579 me . The real magic is , is you all out 19:18.589 --> 19:20.645 there and whether you are members of 19:20.645 --> 19:22.540 industry that are working hard to 19:22.550 --> 19:25.030 figure out material solutions or in the 19:25.040 --> 19:27.151 cases , you're looking at floor plans 19:27.151 --> 19:29.429 for sparks or whatever the case may be . 19:29.689 --> 19:32.260 Um It's making a difference out there . 19:32.270 --> 19:34.603 You're touching lives and that's not us . 19:34.603 --> 19:36.548 That's you all . So I hope you got 19:36.548 --> 19:38.659 something out of this . I hope you're 19:38.659 --> 19:40.659 able to take something back to your 19:40.659 --> 19:40.329 teammates back there and share the 19:40.339 --> 19:42.619 goodness and uh please post it all over 19:42.630 --> 19:44.859 social media , safe travels .