WEBVTT 00:05.650 --> 00:07.817 Well , thank you , General Ode so much 00:07.817 --> 00:10.170 for joining us here at Land Pack . Um I 00:10.329 --> 00:12.385 wanted to talk about the most recent 00:12.385 --> 00:14.551 exercise that the command participated 00:14.551 --> 00:16.662 in . Um believe that was Bacca in the 00:16.662 --> 00:18.829 Philippines uh which just wrapped up . 00:18.829 --> 00:21.159 I was there . Um I got a chance to see 00:21.170 --> 00:23.674 some uh medical command post in uh la 00:23.825 --> 00:27.325 LAO . Um So didn't get up close but saw 00:27.334 --> 00:29.704 you were there . Um So just from the 00:29.715 --> 00:32.224 lens of delivering medical support and 00:32.235 --> 00:34.457 capability to the region , can you talk 00:34.457 --> 00:36.735 about what you did during the exercise ? 00:36.735 --> 00:38.568 And uh you know what the command 00:38.568 --> 00:41.849 learned from that experience ? Thank 00:41.860 --> 00:43.471 you . First of all , for the 00:43.471 --> 00:45.689 opportunity to talk about the great 00:45.700 --> 00:48.229 organization that I'm privileged to 00:48.259 --> 00:51.569 lead . Um I think this Ballan 00:51.959 --> 00:54.150 was the most comprehensive 00:55.459 --> 00:58.880 exercise where we were able to 00:59.060 --> 01:01.919 hit medical theater level , medical 01:01.930 --> 01:04.260 objectives at the tactical operational 01:04.269 --> 01:06.769 and strategic level . Um And it really 01:06.779 --> 01:09.400 plays in well with General Flynn's 01:09.410 --> 01:12.650 vision that pathways be a 01:12.660 --> 01:15.610 campaign rehearsal . So as you know , 01:15.620 --> 01:17.731 we deployed our forward resuscitative 01:17.731 --> 01:20.199 surgical detachment from Oahu , we 01:20.209 --> 01:23.470 partnered it with a field hospital out 01:23.480 --> 01:27.199 of Fort Carson , Colorado and we 01:27.709 --> 01:30.769 um had medical logistics 01:30.779 --> 01:34.059 capability at echelon . Um So that we 01:34.069 --> 01:36.849 really were able to hit posture 01:36.860 --> 01:40.589 objectives , um set the theater 01:40.599 --> 01:42.830 objectives , provision of health 01:42.839 --> 01:44.783 service , support and force health 01:44.783 --> 01:47.550 protection to the rotational forces and 01:47.559 --> 01:49.550 hit also some interoperability 01:49.559 --> 01:51.892 objectives with our allies and partners . 01:51.940 --> 01:53.720 So I had seen that you had the 01:53.730 --> 01:56.190 opportunity to work with the Philippine 01:56.199 --> 01:58.275 medical professionals . So talk a 01:58.285 --> 02:00.452 little bit about what you learned from 02:00.452 --> 02:02.729 them while you were in the Philippines . 02:02.729 --> 02:04.952 What were some of the takeaways there ? 02:04.952 --> 02:06.785 So any time that we can have our 02:06.785 --> 02:09.214 clinicians side by side with both 02:09.225 --> 02:12.235 military and civilian partners ? Um 02:12.244 --> 02:16.229 Just trading ideas on how to do care 02:16.240 --> 02:18.889 in an austere environment is always 02:18.899 --> 02:22.740 invaluable . Um We know well that if 02:22.750 --> 02:26.039 we have to transition to contingency 02:26.050 --> 02:29.289 operations , that our understanding of 02:29.300 --> 02:32.279 how our partners and allies provide 02:32.289 --> 02:34.529 medical care um both in a fixed 02:34.539 --> 02:37.380 facility and in a field environment is 02:37.389 --> 02:40.070 just , just helps us be more prepared . 02:40.160 --> 02:42.216 Yeah , absolutely . What are some of 02:42.216 --> 02:44.160 the opportunities that command has 02:44.160 --> 02:46.104 coming up in the Pacific operation 02:46.104 --> 02:48.271 pathway , for instance , is an ongoing 02:48.271 --> 02:50.327 effort throughout the year . So what 02:50.327 --> 02:49.714 are some of the things that you have 02:49.725 --> 02:52.005 planned going forward ? So I think the 02:52.014 --> 02:54.625 one thing that I am most excited about 02:54.634 --> 02:57.244 um and this certainly this land pack is 02:57.375 --> 02:59.705 giving us a lot of opportunity to talk 02:59.714 --> 03:02.684 to industry about some innovations that 03:02.695 --> 03:05.044 maybe can be incorporated into is 03:05.054 --> 03:08.925 Talisman Saber . So Talisman Saber 25 . 03:09.345 --> 03:13.100 Um We are organizing 03:13.110 --> 03:17.059 ourselves to have a signature medical 03:17.270 --> 03:20.720 event incorporated into Tasman Saber 03:20.729 --> 03:24.259 25 that's focused on patient evacuation 03:24.589 --> 03:26.979 and regulated patient movement . Um 03:26.990 --> 03:29.259 It's a , it's a huge challenge for us 03:29.270 --> 03:32.059 in this theater and it's um there's a 03:32.070 --> 03:34.940 lot of innovation going on and vendors 03:34.949 --> 03:37.772 here at Land Pack who , who are working 03:37.783 --> 03:40.082 on some of those problem sets and we're 03:40.093 --> 03:42.723 early enough in the planning cycle um 03:42.733 --> 03:44.792 to maybe work some initiatives to 03:44.802 --> 03:46.191 incorporate some of that 03:46.191 --> 03:48.953 experimentation . And in addition to 03:49.013 --> 03:51.712 bringing Transcom and other other 03:51.723 --> 03:54.703 entities in to help us look after this 03:54.712 --> 03:57.102 problem . Um I love that you bring up 03:57.113 --> 03:59.395 experimentation um because I was 03:59.406 --> 04:01.496 actually out at Fort Irwin during 04:01.505 --> 04:03.727 project convergence and got to see some 04:03.727 --> 04:06.425 human machine integration um activities . 04:06.436 --> 04:08.380 And there was , you know , several 04:08.380 --> 04:10.492 capabilities on the medical side that 04:10.492 --> 04:12.658 were being looked at from , you know , 04:12.658 --> 04:14.714 like a sensor , a soldier could wear 04:14.714 --> 04:16.547 that , you know , a drone flying 04:16.547 --> 04:18.547 overhead could figure out what that 04:18.547 --> 04:20.769 soldier's vitals were . So , you know , 04:20.769 --> 04:22.825 you'd be prepared as they would come 04:22.825 --> 04:25.047 into like different levels of care from 04:25.047 --> 04:27.158 the battlefield and CASAC things like 04:27.158 --> 04:30.730 even delivering blood to somebody out 04:30.739 --> 04:33.609 in the field um from a drone . So what 04:33.619 --> 04:35.619 are some of the things that kind of 04:35.619 --> 04:37.675 have you excited about some of these 04:37.675 --> 04:39.730 possible modernization efforts ? You 04:39.730 --> 04:41.841 know , when it comes to bringing in , 04:41.841 --> 04:43.675 you know , certain human machine 04:43.675 --> 04:45.675 integration efforts . Um you know , 04:45.675 --> 04:48.029 it's , it's still , you know , a while 04:48.040 --> 04:50.207 away and a lot of these things may not 04:50.207 --> 04:52.151 come to fruition . But how are you 04:52.151 --> 04:54.510 looking at um experimentation when ? So 04:54.519 --> 04:57.450 we , yeah , we really do try to 04:57.459 --> 05:01.299 maintain um robust 05:01.309 --> 05:04.149 connection back to our uh medical 05:04.160 --> 05:06.382 research and development command , army 05:06.382 --> 05:08.290 futures command , our concept 05:08.299 --> 05:12.299 development . Um team down in San 05:12.309 --> 05:14.700 Antonio , I was at project convergence . 05:14.709 --> 05:17.630 So very encouraged and very excited . 05:17.714 --> 05:20.654 See some of that A I enabled and 05:20.665 --> 05:23.774 autonomous capability because this 05:23.785 --> 05:26.855 region is just unlike any other 05:26.864 --> 05:30.334 place where that type of 05:30.345 --> 05:32.674 capability will be invaluable , just 05:32.684 --> 05:35.334 because of the geographic dispersion , 05:35.795 --> 05:39.350 the lethality , the contested 05:40.079 --> 05:42.470 contested logistics . So anything we 05:42.480 --> 05:45.390 can do that keeps a soldier out of 05:45.399 --> 05:48.329 harm's way , particularly a medical 05:48.339 --> 05:51.750 provider so that we can preserve that 05:52.380 --> 05:55.700 capability um for the volume of 05:55.809 --> 05:58.109 casualties , we think we might need to 05:58.119 --> 06:01.070 be prepared to see is invaluable to us . 06:01.709 --> 06:03.980 Um And a little closer and you know , 06:03.989 --> 06:06.209 obviously every aspect of the army is 06:06.220 --> 06:08.164 modernizing and you know , we just 06:08.164 --> 06:10.387 talked about maybe some things that are 06:10.387 --> 06:12.553 farther a field in the experimentation 06:12.553 --> 06:14.664 uh space . But what are some areas um 06:14.664 --> 06:16.664 that , you know , you are currently 06:16.664 --> 06:18.720 modernizing when it comes to medical 06:18.720 --> 06:20.831 ser you know , medical service in the 06:20.831 --> 06:23.790 field ? Um Anything that you're getting 06:23.799 --> 06:26.149 soon that will help improve how you do 06:26.160 --> 06:28.835 your jobs . So last year , Talisman 06:28.846 --> 06:31.365 Saber , we , we were able to experiment 06:31.376 --> 06:33.855 and data collect with wearables , the 06:33.865 --> 06:36.415 bow wearables , uh which was incredibly 06:36.425 --> 06:39.335 helpful uh from a human performance 06:39.346 --> 06:42.726 standpoint . Um Our , our next conflict 06:42.735 --> 06:45.246 won't be easy . It will take a toll on 06:45.256 --> 06:48.175 people's health and emotional , 06:48.186 --> 06:50.242 physical , emotional well being . Uh 06:50.242 --> 06:52.395 And I think the , the things that are 06:52.406 --> 06:54.776 being done in that wearable space will 06:54.786 --> 06:58.381 help our war fighter um make sure that 06:58.391 --> 07:00.502 we're putting trained and ready folks 07:00.502 --> 07:03.971 forward uh who can effectively 07:04.361 --> 07:06.731 effectively operate . Um The wearables 07:06.742 --> 07:08.686 are important and then I think the 07:08.911 --> 07:11.661 electronic health record , um the 07:11.671 --> 07:14.652 ability to make sure that the continuum 07:14.661 --> 07:16.661 of care is captured from point of 07:16.671 --> 07:20.522 injury to hospitalization um also 07:20.532 --> 07:24.000 will help us return more forces , 07:25.079 --> 07:27.230 return more forces back to the war 07:27.239 --> 07:29.459 fighter uh with a with a better 07:29.470 --> 07:32.880 management . Well , thank you so much 07:32.890 --> 07:35.269 for joining me here on this beautiful 07:35.279 --> 07:38.250 island of Oahu and I really appreciate 07:38.260 --> 07:39.920 our conversation . Thank you .