WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:01.740 The rock stars in my book . 00:03.690 --> 00:05.801 Today , I'm gonna discuss two aspects 00:05.801 --> 00:07.968 of our nutrition program , the athlete 00:07.968 --> 00:10.134 meal prep program and our Brigade food 00:10.134 --> 00:12.819 purchasing policy and how it enhances 00:12.829 --> 00:14.885 our soldiers nutritional readiness . 00:15.300 --> 00:17.411 Before I begin , I would like to note 00:17.411 --> 00:19.244 that these programs would not be 00:19.244 --> 00:21.411 successful without the support and the 00:21.411 --> 00:23.356 empowerment of our entire holistic 00:23.356 --> 00:25.760 health and fitness team . And the 00:25.770 --> 00:27.992 athlete meal prep program , of course , 00:27.992 --> 00:30.159 would not be available to us without 00:30.170 --> 00:32.170 the hard work and medication of the 00:32.170 --> 00:34.392 army food Service teams and joint based 00:34.392 --> 00:35.392 Social board 00:40.790 --> 00:42.568 nutritional readiness . It's an 00:42.568 --> 00:44.740 individual nutrition strategy , but it 00:44.750 --> 00:46.972 is our goal for the holistic health and 00:46.972 --> 00:48.972 fitness team to improve nutritional 00:48.972 --> 00:50.972 readiness through our comprehensive 00:50.972 --> 00:52.972 performance nutrition programs that 00:52.972 --> 00:55.439 promote healthy and accessible everyday 00:55.450 --> 00:58.419 dietary patterns and to create engaged 00:59.500 --> 01:02.240 sessions that build our soldiers self 01:02.250 --> 01:04.680 efficacy to consume foods that will 01:04.690 --> 01:07.050 optimize both their operational and 01:07.059 --> 01:08.800 task specific performance . 01:16.410 --> 01:19.330 The app Eat Meal program began as an 01:19.339 --> 01:21.510 army food Service initiative in the 01:21.519 --> 01:24.510 fall of 2020 17 , Filler Labor Brigade 01:24.519 --> 01:27.949 staff and 5 93rd systemic plan along 01:27.959 --> 01:30.181 with the registered dietitian . At that 01:30.181 --> 01:32.181 time , Sarah Walsh came together to 01:32.181 --> 01:34.070 provide a plan to prepare healthy 01:34.070 --> 01:36.569 dietitian approved meals to soldiers to 01:36.580 --> 01:39.389 save them both time and money . This 01:39.400 --> 01:42.150 program kicked off in January of 2021 01:42.279 --> 01:44.390 with soldiers picking up labeled ones 01:44.390 --> 01:46.589 from Pacific Cafe which was a grabbing 01:46.599 --> 01:48.550 station at a consolidated dining 01:48.559 --> 01:49.230 facility . 01:53.440 --> 01:55.551 The program was the success right off 01:55.551 --> 01:57.440 the bat led to an increase of our 01:57.440 --> 02:01.089 brigade defect numbers by 700% . 17 02:01.110 --> 02:03.680 Miller a brigade and purchased a fridge 02:03.690 --> 02:05.980 for further distribution of those meals 02:05.989 --> 02:08.100 from our soldiers . Barretts with the 02:08.100 --> 02:10.267 production and delivery every Monday , 02:10.267 --> 02:12.211 Wednesday and Friday . The numbers 02:12.211 --> 02:15.059 continue to grow to 600 meals a week by 02:15.070 --> 02:18.869 November of 2021 60% of those meals 02:18.880 --> 02:20.713 were issued in the first hour of 02:20.713 --> 02:24.070 delivery . The H two F team then 02:24.080 --> 02:26.024 created the viewing station at our 02:26.024 --> 02:28.070 Thunderbolt performance center with 02:28.080 --> 02:30.247 additional bridge to provide breakfast 02:30.247 --> 02:32.899 meal options for soldiers to have on 02:32.910 --> 02:35.110 the spot , post workout recovery meals 02:35.119 --> 02:37.830 right adjacent to their PT formations . 02:44.369 --> 02:46.425 The app has continued to evolve with 02:46.425 --> 02:48.480 the hard work and dedication of army 02:48.480 --> 02:50.899 food service teams for a while . We 02:50.910 --> 02:53.149 partnered with seventh ID consolidated 02:53.160 --> 02:55.410 dining facility to provide prep 02:55.460 --> 02:57.529 prepared meals from the hotline with 02:57.539 --> 03:00.270 healthy sides . As a dedicated amp 03:00.279 --> 03:02.440 production team was established in 03:02.449 --> 03:04.505 setting up a dining facility for the 03:04.505 --> 03:06.560 standardization of amp meals for all 03:06.560 --> 03:10.210 the day units . Robert's Nest 03:10.220 --> 03:12.869 dining facility is now where we receive 03:12.880 --> 03:16.399 our meals from from that on 03:16.410 --> 03:20.119 joint base mort . This is a huge 03:20.130 --> 03:23.360 win because the now open to non mail 03:23.369 --> 03:25.536 cart holders , they can purchase up to 03:25.539 --> 03:28.419 two meals at a time from a facility and 03:28.429 --> 03:30.596 we still continue to receive and issue 03:30.596 --> 03:33.039 out multiple meals at a time . From the 03:33.050 --> 03:35.272 Thunderbolt Performance Center for meal 03:35.272 --> 03:37.839 cart holders . We had found that after 03:37.929 --> 03:40.460 PT session is the best time to , to 03:40.470 --> 03:42.949 provide these names . And uh that 03:42.960 --> 03:44.904 Bubble World Performance Center is 03:44.904 --> 03:47.071 where we have the best quality control 03:47.071 --> 03:49.369 and accountability of the wheels . The 03:49.380 --> 03:51.547 Bubble World Performance Center is the 03:51.547 --> 03:53.769 chosen location to install an automated 03:53.769 --> 03:55.602 headcount point of sale system . 03:59.490 --> 04:01.379 In the last five months , we have 04:01.379 --> 04:03.212 adjusted meal pickup numbers for 04:03.212 --> 04:05.101 holidays , long weekends or a big 04:05.101 --> 04:07.259 training event and the adjustment of 04:07.270 --> 04:09.309 the roll out of that and production 04:09.320 --> 04:12.500 team . Uh And we remain flexible with 04:12.509 --> 04:14.979 the rolling average to mitigate any 04:14.990 --> 04:18.609 food waste . A is not complete here 04:18.618 --> 04:20.729 because I submitted these slides uh a 04:20.729 --> 04:22.562 couple of weeks ago , but we are 04:22.562 --> 04:24.618 projected to have 450 meals consumed 04:24.618 --> 04:27.398 this month with 100% utilization , 0% 04:27.408 --> 04:30.329 waste . Since November , even with 04:30.338 --> 04:33.779 those bumps in the , we have served 04:33.790 --> 04:35.790 over 2000 meals from the Utter Bolt 04:35.790 --> 04:37.929 Performance Center . They're readily 04:37.940 --> 04:41.239 saving soldiers over 2 , 2000 , 600 04:41.250 --> 04:44.149 miles and close to 1000 hours in 04:44.160 --> 04:47.079 walking or driving if they chose to go 04:47.089 --> 04:49.260 to the dining facility . But I want to 04:49.269 --> 04:52.299 take a pause here . Um And I want us to 04:53.179 --> 04:55.380 raise your hand if you have ever been 04:55.390 --> 04:58.320 so task focused , mission focused that 04:58.329 --> 05:00.399 you worked straight for your lunch . 05:00.450 --> 05:04.100 You look up , it's 1516 100 you're 05:04.109 --> 05:07.750 hungry . Ok . This army 05:07.760 --> 05:09.649 culture is big on working through 05:09.649 --> 05:12.709 lunches and skipping meals . If you and 05:12.720 --> 05:15.309 I the health professionals , the ones 05:15.320 --> 05:17.910 that are passionate about uh holistic , 05:17.920 --> 05:20.089 health and fitness are working through 05:20.100 --> 05:22.211 our lunches . What are our supporting 05:22.211 --> 05:24.100 that leaders doing ? What are our 05:24.100 --> 05:27.690 soldiers doing ? Uh We 05:28.380 --> 05:30.720 if we take a conscious effort to break 05:30.730 --> 05:33.829 for lunch , the time not only fuels our 05:33.839 --> 05:35.561 bodies and our mind for better 05:35.561 --> 05:37.783 productivity in the afternoons , but it 05:37.783 --> 05:39.506 also makes us more enjoyable , 05:39.506 --> 05:41.450 teammates , partners , mothers and 05:41.450 --> 05:44.299 fathers to be around and also allows us 05:44.309 --> 05:46.579 to make competent fueling decisions 05:46.589 --> 05:48.478 later in the afternoon . And that 05:48.478 --> 05:52.309 evening has been one of the biggest um 05:52.320 --> 05:54.542 interventions to mitigate those skipped 05:54.542 --> 05:57.339 meals with meals with soldiers and NC 05:57.350 --> 05:59.517 Os and leaders are even bringing their 05:59.517 --> 06:01.730 soldiers to the station to pick up 06:01.739 --> 06:02.390 meals . 06:06.799 --> 06:09.021 So I received that feedback in both one 06:09.021 --> 06:11.188 on one appointments from spending time 06:11.188 --> 06:13.410 distributing meals to soldiers after PT 06:13.410 --> 06:16.579 sessions . And soldiers are also able 06:16.589 --> 06:18.589 to adjust their meals and snacks to 06:18.589 --> 06:20.645 meet their individualized goals with 06:20.645 --> 06:22.645 face to face time with a registered 06:22.645 --> 06:25.369 dietitian at the fuel station . Working 06:25.380 --> 06:27.602 groups continue to meet for adjustments 06:27.602 --> 06:30.540 of our AM program and the way ahead uh 06:30.549 --> 06:32.739 year term bas implementation for our 06:32.750 --> 06:34.972 soldiers and what AMP will look like in 06:34.972 --> 06:37.390 the future . Um is something that we 06:37.399 --> 06:40.149 continue to work on and F AM 06:40.160 --> 06:42.309 questionnaires continue to be updated 06:42.320 --> 06:44.376 to provide feedback to not only that 06:44.376 --> 06:46.619 production team but as well within our 06:46.630 --> 06:48.630 brigade to assess how we can better 06:48.630 --> 06:50.852 improve the food environment within our 06:50.852 --> 06:51.963 area of operation . 06:54.920 --> 06:56.809 The athlete meal prep program has 06:56.809 --> 06:58.920 increased nutritional read brigade by 06:58.920 --> 07:01.031 providing soldiers with that flexible 07:01.031 --> 07:03.031 accessible healthy meal option that 07:03.031 --> 07:04.864 saves them both time and money . 07:05.339 --> 07:07.450 Pictured here is registered dietitian 07:07.450 --> 07:09.739 Lauren Howard . She was a former 17 07:09.750 --> 07:11.806 filler to brigade nutrition educator 07:12.079 --> 07:14.079 and she established a fable healing 07:14.079 --> 07:16.940 station and amp breakfast distribution . 07:17.109 --> 07:20.299 She said along with uh Sarah Walsh , 07:20.309 --> 07:22.730 fantastic foundations for nutritional 07:22.739 --> 07:24.295 readiness in this brigade . 07:27.609 --> 07:30.559 Film Fate Food purchasing policy , 07:30.570 --> 07:32.679 which brings the energy literally to 07:32.690 --> 07:35.950 our nutrition education sessions . Uh 07:35.959 --> 07:38.126 about a decade ago , I served with the 07:38.126 --> 07:40.126 101st airborne division and a board 07:40.126 --> 07:42.779 support company as lo decision and I 07:42.790 --> 07:44.957 noticed there was a huge difference in 07:44.957 --> 07:47.179 morale and energy between rolling up to 07:47.179 --> 07:49.401 an austere location with what they need 07:50.309 --> 07:52.760 and rolling up to that location with 07:52.769 --> 07:56.679 what the unit needed and snacks . With 07:56.690 --> 07:58.857 this policy , we are able to meet that 07:58.857 --> 08:00.634 unit where they are at with the 08:00.634 --> 08:02.801 nutrition education and promotion that 08:02.801 --> 08:05.589 they with snacks to bring that energy 08:05.600 --> 08:07.660 and attention to nutrition strategy 08:07.670 --> 08:10.980 implementation . Pictured is a final 08:10.989 --> 08:12.989 nutrition , turf talk of three part 08:12.989 --> 08:14.850 series post 12 mora discussing 08:14.859 --> 08:17.290 refueling and recovery with nutrition 08:17.299 --> 08:20.070 support requested oranges , chocolate 08:20.079 --> 08:21.135 milk and bananas . 08:24.399 --> 08:27.279 There are two types specified in our 08:27.290 --> 08:29.510 food purchasing policy . One is 08:29.519 --> 08:31.630 nutrition demonstration and the other 08:31.630 --> 08:33.686 nutrition sampling both must include 08:33.690 --> 08:36.719 education sessions . The demonstrations 08:36.729 --> 08:38.909 of course are including instruction to 08:38.919 --> 08:41.760 soldiers on the proper food preparation 08:41.770 --> 08:43.659 and nutrition sampling includes 08:43.669 --> 08:46.030 instruction and humanization with 08:46.039 --> 08:47.761 prepared foods and nutritional 08:47.761 --> 08:50.559 supplements . All samples are in 08:50.570 --> 08:52.459 compliance with the Department of 08:52.459 --> 08:54.514 Defense dietary supplement program . 08:54.514 --> 08:56.929 Operation supplement safety and if any 08:56.940 --> 08:59.162 supplements are provided , they include 08:59.162 --> 09:01.384 operation supplement safety checklist , 09:01.384 --> 09:04.369 education . The brigade food policy 09:04.380 --> 09:06.969 lays out that the food consumed must be 09:06.979 --> 09:09.150 a sample size , not take place in a 09:09.159 --> 09:11.309 soldier's meal as well as the cost 09:11.320 --> 09:13.919 limit per participant for group sizes 09:14.590 --> 09:16.257 as you can see on the slide . 09:19.679 --> 09:21.512 All right , this is the planning 09:21.512 --> 09:23.909 process and the paperwork . This 09:23.919 --> 09:25.975 checklist may look daunting but it's 09:25.975 --> 09:29.059 very much worth it . A sample packet is 09:29.070 --> 09:31.237 now available on the H two F nutrition 09:31.237 --> 09:34.539 knowledge team team case page . Um , 09:34.549 --> 09:36.549 and you'll get a system down pretty 09:36.549 --> 09:38.605 quickly . After just completing your 09:38.605 --> 09:40.771 first one , it starts with getting the 09:40.771 --> 09:42.938 brigade food purchase policy signed by 09:42.938 --> 09:44.938 a brigade commander and a sample of 09:44.938 --> 09:46.771 that has been provided for you . 09:49.640 --> 09:52.059 Um , so to request a nutrition support 09:52.070 --> 09:54.126 event , it just requires the five Ws 09:54.126 --> 09:56.126 from a unit by word of mouth by the 09:56.126 --> 09:58.126 strength and conditioning coach , a 09:58.126 --> 10:00.181 training calendar highlight um or an 10:00.181 --> 10:02.419 email . Then I will work very closely 10:02.429 --> 10:04.373 with the strength and conditioning 10:04.373 --> 10:06.485 coaches . The unit leaders to develop 10:06.485 --> 10:08.485 the concept of support and a lesson 10:08.485 --> 10:10.373 plan for the event to include any 10:10.373 --> 10:12.207 recipes and foods intended to be 10:12.207 --> 10:14.373 provided or requested to be provided . 10:14.373 --> 10:16.429 Our nutrition team then works on the 10:16.429 --> 10:18.651 cost per participant using three quotes 10:18.651 --> 10:20.651 from local vendors . These are from 10:20.651 --> 10:22.873 grocery stores popular for our soldiers 10:22.873 --> 10:24.651 purchasing groceries before the 10:24.651 --> 10:26.707 purchase can be approved . The event 10:26.707 --> 10:28.762 gets closer . We solidify a roster , 10:28.762 --> 10:30.762 submit the government purchase card 10:30.762 --> 10:32.651 request to our wonderful director 10:32.651 --> 10:34.596 Suzanne Craggs , um who works very 10:34.596 --> 10:37.200 closely with brigade and uh getting for 10:37.210 --> 10:39.630 a legal timely review to approve and 10:39.640 --> 10:41.696 move forward with that purchase . We 10:41.696 --> 10:43.807 then run the recon if necessary for a 10:43.807 --> 10:45.862 big event and then purchase in front 10:45.862 --> 10:49.400 the food . The 10:49.409 --> 10:51.710 nutrition education porting of events 10:51.719 --> 10:54.099 are flexible . They can occur anywhere 10:54.109 --> 10:55.998 on the turf of our BB performance 10:56.000 --> 10:58.590 center as showing this picture in a 10:58.599 --> 11:00.599 tactical operation center , command 11:00.599 --> 11:03.299 operation facilities and or even in 11:03.309 --> 11:05.365 that foggy early morning rough March 11:05.365 --> 11:07.587 valve that you saw in the the beginning 11:07.587 --> 11:09.476 of the slides , it can be working 11:09.476 --> 11:11.698 around into multiple education sessions 11:11.698 --> 11:13.920 prior to the sampling event . This does 11:13.920 --> 11:15.698 not have to be something that's 11:15.698 --> 11:17.587 dauntingly on a checklist for the 11:17.587 --> 11:20.119 command team or for sergeant . We come 11:20.130 --> 11:22.719 in , we make it as flexible as possible 11:22.729 --> 11:25.559 for that unit um and make it a 11:25.590 --> 11:28.809 successful way to integrate units and 11:28.820 --> 11:32.280 our training into their calendars . Um 11:32.289 --> 11:33.956 They could practice nutrition 11:33.956 --> 11:36.011 strategies and timing for a unit and 11:36.011 --> 11:38.122 individual performance optimization . 11:38.960 --> 11:41.016 Above largest example of nutritional 11:41.016 --> 11:43.071 training events made possible by the 11:43.071 --> 11:45.369 food purchasing policy that also 11:45.380 --> 11:49.359 require had those snacks . Uh 11:49.369 --> 11:51.869 Jordan seen here , he's a certified 11:51.880 --> 11:55.229 training conditioning coach um who has 11:55.239 --> 11:57.799 been an excellent support uh for these 11:57.809 --> 12:00.520 nutritional training events . Um Here 12:00.530 --> 12:03.309 we were addressing units fatigued and 12:03.320 --> 12:05.431 improved morale . After a down pirate 12:05.431 --> 12:07.700 pilot run , it's where they run four or 12:07.710 --> 12:09.543 five miles carrying their battle 12:09.543 --> 12:11.432 buddies on litters and about five 12:11.432 --> 12:13.266 gallon jugs . The unit requested 12:13.266 --> 12:15.377 bananas and chocolate milk to recover 12:15.377 --> 12:17.488 and boost morale as we discussed an a 12:17.488 --> 12:19.799 ar on fueling leading up to that event 12:20.059 --> 12:22.226 and how they felt during the event and 12:22.226 --> 12:24.650 strategies for recovery . The brigade 12:24.659 --> 12:26.770 food purchasing policy has allowed us 12:26.770 --> 12:28.437 to create enjoyable nutrition 12:28.437 --> 12:30.326 experiences for both soldiers and 12:30.326 --> 12:32.669 leaders . Units who are engaged in the 12:32.679 --> 12:34.735 nutritional training events are more 12:34.735 --> 12:36.957 likely to have individuals engaged with 12:36.957 --> 12:39.123 the holistic health and fitness team . 12:39.140 --> 12:41.400 And they also get excited when they 12:41.409 --> 12:44.059 have snacks for future H two F events 12:44.070 --> 12:46.014 and education within their units . 12:49.219 --> 12:51.219 Thank you so much for your time and 12:51.219 --> 12:53.219 attention floor is now open for any 12:53.219 --> 12:55.219 questions . I'd also like to invite 12:55.219 --> 12:57.330 Susanne Craig , my director up to the 12:57.330 --> 13:00.479 podium as she can answer more questions 13:00.489 --> 13:01.489 beyond my . 13:14.429 --> 13:16.596 So one question open up , I don't know 13:16.596 --> 13:18.707 whether this will include both of you 13:18.707 --> 13:20.762 or not , but the , the logistics and 13:20.762 --> 13:22.985 the policy piece of getting all this in 13:22.985 --> 13:24.985 place just to watch it in the first 13:24.985 --> 13:27.151 place ? Where were the biggest hurdles 13:27.151 --> 13:27.090 there ? Was it the biggest successes 13:27.099 --> 13:29.919 there ? A team that you guys have to go 13:29.940 --> 13:32.320 to , to start to solve some of those 13:32.330 --> 13:34.409 problems ? Thank you . I'll address 13:34.429 --> 13:36.373 that to my director Mrs an great , 13:40.369 --> 13:42.202 well , we'll start with AMP . So 13:42.202 --> 13:44.580 certainly we had to get our brigade to 13:44.590 --> 13:47.109 bite off on the fact that we needed to 13:47.119 --> 13:49.510 bring meals in house to serve our 13:49.520 --> 13:51.631 soldiers because we really found that 13:51.631 --> 13:53.298 that was important and it was 13:53.298 --> 13:55.242 convenient . We know that soldiers 13:55.242 --> 13:57.076 don't want to walk . Our nearest 13:57.076 --> 13:59.076 consolidated dining facility was at 13:59.076 --> 14:01.242 least a half a mile walk away . And if 14:01.242 --> 14:03.464 you have been to joint base Lewis Mor , 14:03.464 --> 14:05.409 you know that about seven or eight 14:05.409 --> 14:04.989 months out of the year , there's 14:05.000 --> 14:07.056 usually rain coming down at the same 14:07.056 --> 14:09.809 time . So that by and certainly working 14:09.820 --> 14:11.820 closely with the S four team in our 14:11.820 --> 14:13.820 brigade as well as the food service 14:13.820 --> 14:16.950 team , as Alyssa spoke , you might have 14:16.960 --> 14:19.182 noticed that there has been a kind of a 14:19.182 --> 14:21.182 fluctuation in how we've approached 14:21.182 --> 14:23.750 this over the past few years . And so 14:23.760 --> 14:25.609 we really have been at the mercy 14:25.619 --> 14:27.675 because we don't have our own dining 14:27.675 --> 14:29.929 facility of food advisors assigned to 14:29.940 --> 14:32.372 other brigades that helping us out . Um , 14:32.382 --> 14:35.213 currently we do have it centralized and 14:35.223 --> 14:37.279 that's been a wonderful thing if you 14:37.279 --> 14:39.445 saw that stocked refrigerator with all 14:39.445 --> 14:41.612 sorts of extras and meals . Alyssa has 14:41.612 --> 14:43.501 done a beautiful job . So I think 14:43.501 --> 14:45.334 latching on to your Brigade food 14:45.343 --> 14:47.621 advisor and really getting the body in . 14:47.621 --> 14:50.013 We've had one dining facility manager 14:50.023 --> 14:52.293 that really , we had got a very poor 14:52.302 --> 14:54.524 product . And so essentially we did was 14:54.524 --> 14:56.746 she went to the dining facility that we 14:56.746 --> 14:59.075 were using and took a meal from them 14:59.236 --> 15:01.292 and then grabbed a meal from another 15:01.292 --> 15:03.403 dining facility that we kind of piggy 15:03.403 --> 15:05.569 backed off of our program . And within 15:05.569 --> 15:07.403 just a few minutes , the command 15:07.403 --> 15:09.458 Sergeant major was like , ok , we're 15:09.458 --> 15:11.625 moving our program over to this dining 15:11.625 --> 15:13.903 facility . So , um getting some buy in , 15:13.903 --> 15:15.903 particularly from brigade and , and 15:15.903 --> 15:15.356 across the installation has been 15:15.366 --> 15:18.130 important . Um What is that a lot of 15:18.140 --> 15:20.140 brigades seem to be struggling with 15:20.140 --> 15:22.362 trying to get their own food purchasing 15:22.362 --> 15:24.979 policy together to support their team . 15:25.650 --> 15:29.090 Ours was really founded by our legal 15:29.099 --> 15:31.669 officer at the time back in 2022 who 15:31.679 --> 15:33.623 had come from the Defense Language 15:33.623 --> 15:35.790 Institute out of Monterey California . 15:35.790 --> 15:38.012 And so there , he had started a program 15:38.012 --> 15:40.549 based on education and culture that 15:40.559 --> 15:42.781 they would be allowed to purchase foods 15:42.781 --> 15:45.429 up to a certain sample size to teach 15:45.440 --> 15:47.750 the soldiers to teach those um 15:47.780 --> 15:51.030 department of defense um individuals 15:51.039 --> 15:53.039 that were there about the culture 15:53.049 --> 15:55.160 through food . And so really that was 15:55.160 --> 15:57.450 what the program was founded upon . And 15:57.460 --> 15:59.780 he had done a lot of success in doing 15:59.789 --> 16:01.950 that . And so essentially that checks 16:01.960 --> 16:04.127 and balance sheet that we put together 16:04.127 --> 16:06.239 on top of the purchase request . It 16:06.250 --> 16:09.140 does require um three different vendors . 16:09.150 --> 16:11.261 So we're usually always going through 16:11.261 --> 16:13.317 the commissary , I think Walmart and 16:13.317 --> 16:15.372 maybe Target and going through those 16:15.372 --> 16:17.261 online shopping carts to put that 16:17.261 --> 16:19.594 together . But once that's put together , 16:19.594 --> 16:21.761 we essentially have to have the policy 16:21.761 --> 16:24.429 in place . It's on file with the M and 16:24.440 --> 16:27.030 then we make sure that our legal again 16:27.039 --> 16:28.983 is signing off on it . Our billing 16:28.983 --> 16:32.539 officer as well as the , um 16:33.109 --> 16:35.165 our controller has to sign on it all 16:35.165 --> 16:37.220 the way up to the exo so getting the 16:37.220 --> 16:39.700 signatures in order each time is really 16:39.710 --> 16:41.932 important . Doesn't take us very long . 16:41.932 --> 16:43.766 I know this is really good about 16:43.766 --> 16:45.988 getting it done early and usually we'll 16:45.988 --> 16:48.210 give leadership a heads up that this is 16:48.210 --> 16:50.266 how they done the fight . And so our 16:50.266 --> 16:52.488 new commander has signed it and we hope 16:52.488 --> 16:54.432 that that's something that we will 16:54.432 --> 16:56.543 never have to kind of look back and , 16:56.543 --> 16:56.190 and kind of have a food less 16:56.200 --> 16:58.422 nutritional readiness program . Again , 17:00.010 --> 17:03.080 one of the questions was also um where 17:03.090 --> 17:05.257 is it located on teams ? The example . 17:05.257 --> 17:07.349 So the example of the brigade food 17:07.359 --> 17:10.359 policy as well as a layout , this 17:10.369 --> 17:12.579 checklist is a layout of the packet , 17:12.699 --> 17:16.390 example , packet , example con um is 17:16.400 --> 17:19.500 located the H two F nutrition Knowledge 17:19.510 --> 17:22.560 base on the team's page . OK ? And if 17:22.569 --> 17:24.736 you want to reach out , I can send you 17:24.736 --> 17:27.270 a more um thorough 17:28.589 --> 17:31.810 packet that I put together um from the 17:31.819 --> 17:35.229 JB LM page . The nutrition teams page . 17:39.040 --> 17:41.207 We got quite a few questions here . Uh 17:41.207 --> 17:43.484 at least time for one more , maybe two . 17:43.484 --> 17:46.569 But I think for to start off the budget 17:46.579 --> 17:48.839 piece of all this um is it , is it 17:48.849 --> 17:51.310 brigade that augmenting your budget or 17:51.319 --> 17:53.541 is that kind of problem ? Can you speak 17:53.541 --> 17:55.652 to that ? Yeah , I'll touch on it and 17:55.652 --> 17:58.099 then Suzanne can intervene . So um the 17:58.239 --> 18:02.229 the limit was uh packs per personnel 18:02.239 --> 18:05.910 uh provided . Uh and then as well as 18:05.920 --> 18:09.089 one battalion event per month and then 18:09.099 --> 18:11.790 she can really touch on more of what 18:11.800 --> 18:13.911 that is , but it's really not a lot . 18:13.911 --> 18:16.069 Um And then also with this program , 18:16.140 --> 18:18.307 you know , soldiers will complain that 18:18.307 --> 18:20.418 eating healthy costs a lot of money . 18:20.418 --> 18:22.362 But I buy like , I'm like , wait a 18:22.362 --> 18:24.584 minute , I just bought you guys like 56 18:24.584 --> 18:26.807 bananas for $8 . So , you know , we can 18:26.807 --> 18:30.119 figure this out um together and it 18:30.130 --> 18:32.130 doesn't have to be complicated . It 18:32.130 --> 18:34.186 doesn't have to be expensive . Um So 18:34.186 --> 18:36.241 that's a fun part too to add to it . 18:36.430 --> 18:38.930 All of this . You guys only drops this 18:38.939 --> 18:41.250 amount um from your commissary or 18:41.329 --> 18:43.569 travel to Walmart . Um But I can give a 18:43.579 --> 18:45.801 little bit of a better understanding of 18:45.801 --> 18:48.790 what our budget is . It's never , I 18:49.250 --> 18:52.839 think it's not very much 18:53.119 --> 18:55.230 fortunately for us , we have a budget 18:55.230 --> 18:57.270 given to us by the brigade . And so 18:57.280 --> 18:59.280 initially , we piggybacked with the 18:59.280 --> 19:01.447 chaplain as I know a lot of units do , 19:01.660 --> 19:04.739 but we essentially have allocated about 19:04.750 --> 19:08.189 $2000 a year for food expenditures and 19:08.199 --> 19:11.030 we have not met that yet . And so 19:11.949 --> 19:15.130 we're spending less than $100 per event . 19:15.140 --> 19:17.290 We put this together . And if you're 19:17.300 --> 19:19.300 thinking that all of this that puts 19:19.300 --> 19:21.633 together are bananas and chocolate milk , 19:21.633 --> 19:23.578 that's not the case because I know 19:23.578 --> 19:25.744 she's mentioned that a few times , but 19:25.744 --> 19:25.609 she's putting together energy bottles . 19:25.619 --> 19:27.452 We have blenders where we've put 19:27.452 --> 19:29.563 together smoothies for the soldiers . 19:29.563 --> 19:31.563 So there is definitely a variety of 19:31.563 --> 19:33.675 things that we offer the soldiers and 19:33.675 --> 19:37.290 we do it relatively cheaply . Ok . Just 19:37.300 --> 19:39.540 the chopping out is , is very , uh , 19:39.550 --> 19:43.319 highly requested . All right , I think 19:43.329 --> 19:45.218 that's our time . So thank you to 19:45.218 --> 19:45.069 Alyssa and .