WEBVTT 00:06.090 --> 00:07.090 Where ? 00:09.920 --> 00:11.864 Hi , everyone . Welcome to another 00:11.864 --> 00:14.449 episode of Ask Away J BS A , I'm 00:14.460 --> 00:16.627 Lieutenant Faith Powers , sitting with 00:16.627 --> 00:18.904 Brigadier General Russell Dirk Drigger , 00:18.904 --> 00:20.960 your joint base , San Antonio and 50 00:20.960 --> 00:23.182 2nd a swing commander . Welcome , sir . 00:23.182 --> 00:25.404 Thanks , Faith . I'm happy to be here . 00:25.404 --> 00:27.460 And this episode , we'll be taking a 00:27.460 --> 00:27.459 deep dive into all things , General 00:27.469 --> 00:29.489 Drigger from his experience as the 00:29.500 --> 00:31.611 installation commander to his fashion 00:31.611 --> 00:33.778 sense . Are you ready for this , sir ? 00:33.778 --> 00:36.340 Maybe let's do what we can . All right . 00:36.819 --> 00:38.708 So as you know , joint base , San 00:38.708 --> 00:41.279 Antonio is a very massive installation 00:41.290 --> 00:43.680 and is often referred to as the beast . 00:43.840 --> 00:46.007 What is it like being the installation 00:46.007 --> 00:48.229 commander of J BS A , the largest joint 00:48.229 --> 00:50.062 base in the entire Department of 00:50.062 --> 00:52.173 Defense ? Well , you know , I've been 00:52.173 --> 00:54.173 here a couple of times when I was a 00:54.173 --> 00:56.007 squatter commander . I was up at 00:56.007 --> 00:57.840 Randolph and I remember watching 00:57.840 --> 01:00.007 General Carter as she was dealing with 01:00.007 --> 01:02.229 the beast , we didn't call it the beast 01:02.229 --> 01:01.689 at the time , but we all , we all 01:01.700 --> 01:03.756 called it the beast . And I remember 01:03.756 --> 01:05.922 thinking , oh my Lord , who would ever 01:05.922 --> 01:08.699 want that job . So here I am . And it's 01:08.709 --> 01:10.876 been an amazing adventure for the past 01:10.876 --> 01:13.709 two years . We've got a fantastic team 01:13.720 --> 01:15.720 that covers down on everything from 01:15.720 --> 01:18.569 security to the civil engineering , to 01:18.580 --> 01:21.010 the personnel and everything in between . 01:21.019 --> 01:22.908 So amazing missions go on that we 01:22.908 --> 01:25.209 support and so just the importance of 01:25.220 --> 01:27.349 what we do makes this a really 01:27.360 --> 01:29.527 fantastic job to have . And then , you 01:29.527 --> 01:31.749 know , with the local community , you , 01:31.749 --> 01:33.860 you don't have anything like military 01:33.860 --> 01:36.082 city usa anywhere , anywhere else . And 01:36.082 --> 01:38.304 so to be able to partner together and , 01:38.304 --> 01:40.304 and try to get after a lot of these 01:40.304 --> 01:42.249 problems is really an amazing , an 01:42.249 --> 01:44.416 amazing adventure . And now you're not 01:44.416 --> 01:46.527 just the commander , right ? You're a 01:46.527 --> 01:48.860 father , you're a son , you're a friend , 01:48.860 --> 01:50.971 you're wearing a lot of hats . And so 01:50.971 --> 01:50.300 what are some ways that you fill your 01:50.309 --> 01:52.476 cup so that you're able to balance all 01:52.476 --> 01:54.531 the many hats that you wear ? Sure . 01:54.531 --> 01:57.379 Yeah . My , uh you know , we , my kids 01:57.389 --> 01:59.556 are now out of the house . Uh One's in 01:59.556 --> 02:01.667 uh one's in college and one's in grad 02:01.667 --> 02:03.778 student and one of the things that my 02:03.778 --> 02:06.000 bride Janet and I had to figure out was 02:06.000 --> 02:08.167 what does life look like whenever that 02:08.167 --> 02:10.389 happens . And so we took to cooking and 02:10.389 --> 02:12.500 so every night get a chance to just , 02:12.500 --> 02:12.050 we just get in the kitchen and cook a 02:12.059 --> 02:14.115 little bit and watch a silly show to 02:14.115 --> 02:16.281 kind of back down off of the day . And 02:16.281 --> 02:18.503 so that's , uh that's kind of the daily 02:18.503 --> 02:20.615 thing we try to get together with the 02:20.615 --> 02:22.837 family as much as we can and , uh , and 02:22.837 --> 02:22.559 they get after that and then personally 02:22.570 --> 02:24.770 I've , uh , I do a little bit of 02:24.779 --> 02:26.946 civilian flying on the , on the side , 02:26.946 --> 02:29.279 so I try to fly when I can . Well , sir , 02:29.279 --> 02:31.880 the people really want to know what is 02:31.889 --> 02:34.679 your fashion sense outside of uniform ? 02:34.699 --> 02:38.059 I don't have fashion sense . III I 02:38.070 --> 02:40.126 can't believe that wear khakis and a 02:40.126 --> 02:42.580 polo shirt . Um , but , uh , yeah , not , 02:42.589 --> 02:45.460 not all that fashionable . Ok . Well , 02:45.470 --> 02:47.692 we , we'll be sure to add a picture for 02:47.692 --> 02:49.692 the viewers so they can see that as 02:49.692 --> 02:52.026 well . I'm sure they'll be excited . Ok , 02:52.026 --> 02:54.248 sir . So we're gonna do a little bit of 02:54.248 --> 02:56.248 a game time right here . So in this 02:56.248 --> 02:55.979 edition of Ask Away , we wanna play 02:55.990 --> 02:58.101 what we call this or that . So , just 02:58.101 --> 03:00.434 tell us your preference of this or that . 03:00.434 --> 03:03.360 Are you ready ? Ok . Coffee or tea , 03:03.369 --> 03:05.750 coffee , breakfast or dinner . I'd say 03:05.759 --> 03:08.210 breakfast rom coms or action movies . 03:08.220 --> 03:10.164 I'm an action movie , but when Jan 03:10.164 --> 03:12.220 wants to watch a ROM com , I'm there 03:12.220 --> 03:14.331 with her . Good job , Miss Jane Beach 03:14.331 --> 03:16.699 or mountains . Ah , I like mountains , 03:16.710 --> 03:18.877 but my wife's a beach girl . So it's a 03:18.877 --> 03:21.210 beach . Ok , cowboy boots or cowboy hat , 03:21.369 --> 03:25.039 cowboy boots , savory or sweet , um , 03:25.050 --> 03:28.300 savory dogs are cats . We've had cats , 03:28.309 --> 03:31.199 but I prefer dogs , sunrise or sunset . 03:33.190 --> 03:35.412 I'd like to be a morning person . But , 03:35.412 --> 03:38.050 uh , sunsets are pretty fair . Gum or 03:38.059 --> 03:40.337 mints . Uh Well , as you saw Mints , I , 03:40.337 --> 03:43.149 I'm hooked on Altoids and music or 03:43.160 --> 03:45.729 audio books . You know , it's a good 03:45.740 --> 03:47.907 question because I'm driving around uh 03:47.907 --> 03:50.018 all over San Antonio and I would have 03:50.018 --> 03:52.789 to say it's podcasts podcast for the 03:52.800 --> 03:54.800 win and some , and some music , but 03:54.800 --> 03:56.744 usually podcast . Ok . All right . 03:56.744 --> 03:58.689 Thank you , sir . Well , this will 03:58.689 --> 04:00.689 conclude our ask away J BS A and we 04:00.689 --> 04:02.689 just wanna thank you for being here 04:02.689 --> 04:04.578 with us and answering some of our 04:04.578 --> 04:03.770 questions . Well , thanks . This has 04:03.779 --> 04:05.835 been a good time . Thank you all for 04:05.835 --> 04:08.001 watching another episode of Ask Away J 04:08.001 --> 04:10.001 BS A . 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