WEBVTT 00:11.359 --> 00:13.192 Hey black snakes . Welcome to uh 00:13.192 --> 00:15.248 September RSD . As always , I'm your 00:15.248 --> 00:17.470 commander Deuce Wagner . We at uh Chief 00:17.470 --> 00:19.415 Hoop right here . It wouldn't be a 00:19.415 --> 00:21.637 guard dro weekend if it wasn't the most 00:21.637 --> 00:23.692 beautiful uh weather in America . So 00:23.692 --> 00:25.581 we're just out uh enjoying it and 00:25.581 --> 00:27.692 hopefully you will too . Chief . What 00:27.692 --> 00:29.915 do you got ? All right . So I got a few 00:29.915 --> 00:29.670 things uh for awareness as we head into 00:29.680 --> 00:32.430 guard drill weekend . Uh One thing in 00:32.439 --> 00:34.909 residence PM E request uh for enlisted 00:34.919 --> 00:37.590 folks . Uh We're still open through 00:37.599 --> 00:39.432 Saturday . Uh close the business 00:39.432 --> 00:41.599 Saturday if you want consideration for 00:41.599 --> 00:43.766 fiscal year 25 to go in residence to a 00:43.766 --> 00:47.069 LSNCO A or senior NCO A uh get with 00:47.080 --> 00:49.669 your UT MS , fill out a form 25 and get 00:49.680 --> 00:51.919 those things submitted . Um Good 00:51.930 --> 00:54.189 opportunities for this year . Uh Next 00:54.200 --> 00:57.369 thing is Els nominations . So , um 00:57.380 --> 01:00.060 October 21st through the 25th down at 01:00.069 --> 01:02.069 camp Atterbury , we'll have our , I 01:02.069 --> 01:04.125 don't know how many years we've been 01:04.125 --> 01:06.236 doing this now , but a whole bunch of 01:06.236 --> 01:08.402 years we've been doing Els . Uh It's a 01:08.402 --> 01:10.513 good event . We still have a few open 01:10.513 --> 01:10.220 seats available . So if you're 01:10.230 --> 01:12.452 interested , get with your chiefs and , 01:12.452 --> 01:14.452 uh , get your name submitted . Uh , 01:14.452 --> 01:16.563 next up , unfortunately , we're gonna 01:16.563 --> 01:18.563 have a guest with us this morning . 01:18.563 --> 01:20.674 That guy . Yeah , he , uh , he punked 01:20.674 --> 01:22.841 out on us but , uh , great dude , uh , 01:22.841 --> 01:25.063 from Inves , uh , uh , Inves is a state 01:25.063 --> 01:28.510 funded , um , association 01:28.519 --> 01:31.389 that , uh , their primary mission is to 01:31.400 --> 01:33.567 work with veterans within the state of 01:33.567 --> 01:36.349 Indiana to place them into , uh , ideal 01:36.360 --> 01:38.809 jobs . And so , uh , we got a guy named 01:38.819 --> 01:42.089 Andrew Mesmer . He's a retired army 01:42.099 --> 01:44.210 national guard dude from the state of 01:44.210 --> 01:46.266 Indiana . Great dude . Um He's got a 01:46.266 --> 01:48.449 big long beard tats , uh all over the 01:48.459 --> 01:50.570 place . You can come see him Saturday 01:50.570 --> 01:52.410 at the resource fair . Um But 01:52.419 --> 01:54.641 definitely encourage you to uh get with 01:54.641 --> 01:56.141 him if you're unemployed , 01:56.141 --> 01:58.030 underemployed or just looking for 01:58.030 --> 02:00.349 something better . Um He's made a ton 02:00.360 --> 02:02.360 of connections uh here in the local 02:02.360 --> 02:04.693 community to try to help out our airmen . 02:04.693 --> 02:06.916 So , uh get with him . Uh , if you need 02:06.916 --> 02:09.249 information , come see me , I'll , I'll , 02:09.249 --> 02:11.471 I'll get you his cell phone number . Uh 02:11.471 --> 02:13.527 with that , I mentioned the resource 02:13.527 --> 02:13.419 fair . So we will have a resource fair 02:13.550 --> 02:17.279 on Saturday 1230 to 230 in Maxwell 02:17.289 --> 02:19.699 Hall . Uh You can come check out a lot 02:19.710 --> 02:22.039 of the resources that the 1 22nd has 02:22.050 --> 02:24.360 available for you , uh that you may not 02:24.369 --> 02:26.919 be aware of . So check that out and if 02:26.929 --> 02:29.779 you do come by the uh holistic health 02:29.789 --> 02:32.011 and fitness team will be here from down 02:32.011 --> 02:34.178 south and you get a free body scan and 02:34.178 --> 02:35.900 find out what your uh body fat 02:35.900 --> 02:38.233 percentage is pass . I'm gonna pass too , 02:38.233 --> 02:40.289 but some of you fit people may wanna 02:40.289 --> 02:42.759 know that um couple more things . So 02:42.770 --> 02:44.881 enterprise level stuff we've got , uh 02:44.881 --> 02:46.770 I've talked in the past about the 02:46.770 --> 02:48.937 enlisted grays review and we are going 02:48.937 --> 02:50.881 to see a reduction in rank in some 02:50.881 --> 02:52.937 areas within the enlisted force . Um 02:52.937 --> 02:55.159 Truth be told they , they published the 02:55.159 --> 02:58.729 results of the EGR in August . We found 02:58.740 --> 03:00.907 out within the last week or so that uh 03:00.907 --> 03:02.962 they're going to put a pause on that 03:02.962 --> 03:05.184 because we're not confident that it was 03:05.184 --> 03:07.351 done correctly . I think that's a fair 03:07.351 --> 03:09.462 thing to say . Uh So nothing to worry 03:09.462 --> 03:11.518 about for right now , we'll find out 03:11.518 --> 03:11.449 more about that in the future once they 03:11.460 --> 03:13.738 figure out how to program it correctly . 03:13.738 --> 03:16.070 Um And then the last thing I've got is 03:16.080 --> 03:18.179 uh I think a good news story , the 03:18.190 --> 03:20.412 enlisted foundations course that you've 03:20.412 --> 03:22.579 also heard me talk about that is gonna 03:22.579 --> 03:24.746 be a required professional development 03:24.746 --> 03:26.690 course that we do here at the base 03:26.690 --> 03:29.429 before you do a LSNCO A senior NCO A 03:29.740 --> 03:32.470 that has also been put on pause for the 03:32.479 --> 03:35.350 time being due to funding issues and 03:35.360 --> 03:37.582 that we will not see anything from that 03:37.582 --> 03:41.490 until uh probably 2027 . So uh pause 03:41.529 --> 03:44.720 X on that . And sir , that is all I got 03:44.729 --> 03:46.896 for this month . That's a win . I take 03:46.896 --> 03:48.951 it . Uh So I got a couple , asks , a 03:48.951 --> 03:51.285 couple tasks and some info first things . 03:51.285 --> 03:53.490 First , uh task is uh complete the DX 03:53.500 --> 03:56.050 survey . So it's available . Um P A is 03:56.059 --> 03:58.115 doing a good job of publicizing it . 03:58.115 --> 04:00.170 You're gonna see posters . Uh You'll 04:00.170 --> 04:02.281 find it on the app . There's a lot of 04:02.281 --> 04:04.503 good ways to access that DX . Uh Once a 04:04.503 --> 04:06.670 year , we do that to get a feel on the 04:06.670 --> 04:08.726 climate within the wing . And we use 04:08.726 --> 04:10.781 that to make smart decisions to make 04:10.781 --> 04:12.892 your lives better . But we can't , uh 04:12.892 --> 04:12.449 take those actions unless we know what 04:12.460 --> 04:15.350 you need . So please , uh , find that 04:15.360 --> 04:17.649 email , uh , search out one of those QR 04:17.660 --> 04:19.549 codes and get to work on that D A 04:19.549 --> 04:21.771 survey you have until 30 November of uh 04:21.771 --> 04:24.359 this year to get it done . Um Next , 04:24.440 --> 04:26.662 it's uh suicide prevention month . So , 04:26.950 --> 04:29.228 you know , we have some morale patches . 04:29.228 --> 04:31.394 Um We're uh working with Megan to , to 04:31.394 --> 04:33.339 publicize that across the wing and 04:33.339 --> 04:35.506 you're cleared to wear those as morale 04:35.506 --> 04:37.617 patches on uh Sunday of RSD . So show 04:37.617 --> 04:39.783 your support for Megan and her program 04:39.783 --> 04:41.920 and uh wear it with pride . Uh Let's 04:41.929 --> 04:45.390 see , next ret attack on that uh 04:45.679 --> 04:47.880 resource fair . So , holistic health 04:47.890 --> 04:50.112 and fitness uh will also be here for an 04:50.112 --> 04:52.223 event on Saturday morning . So if you 04:52.223 --> 04:54.279 meet at the track from uh 10 to 11 , 04:54.279 --> 04:56.334 they'll put you through your paces , 04:56.334 --> 04:58.390 work on some of their , uh , fitness 04:58.390 --> 05:00.390 programs and kinda introduce you to 05:00.390 --> 05:02.557 what they do . So , before you head to 05:02.557 --> 05:01.890 the career fair , as long as it doesn't 05:01.899 --> 05:04.066 cut in on what you need to do for your 05:04.066 --> 05:06.288 A FSC skills , uh , everybody's invited 05:06.288 --> 05:08.288 to , uh , go to the track meet that 05:08.288 --> 05:10.566 team and , uh , get in a work out , um , 05:10.566 --> 05:12.510 a couple other things . So also on 05:12.510 --> 05:14.455 Saturday , uh , Lieutenant Colonel 05:14.455 --> 05:16.288 Robinson and security forces are 05:16.288 --> 05:18.399 putting together an offset eagle eyes 05:18.399 --> 05:20.510 brief . So they've been a good deal , 05:20.510 --> 05:22.843 done . A good job of going to the units , 05:22.843 --> 05:24.899 uh talking to commanders and leaders 05:24.899 --> 05:26.843 about that program . Uh learn more 05:26.843 --> 05:29.019 about the threat in uh Fort Wayne in 05:29.029 --> 05:32.029 Allen County in , in , in Indiana and 05:32.040 --> 05:34.529 how you can identify issues and uh and , 05:34.540 --> 05:37.529 and be a part of uh the team to defeat 05:37.540 --> 05:40.339 that threat . So , uh the OPS 05:40.350 --> 05:43.660 Auditorium on Saturday at noon , uh you 05:43.670 --> 05:45.781 can get that brief from uh lieutenant 05:45.781 --> 05:47.892 from Robinson and we encourage you to 05:47.892 --> 05:50.339 again attend if you can , um , see next 05:50.350 --> 05:52.649 today . Uh It's Thursday . So this will 05:52.660 --> 05:54.771 be old news by the time you hear it . 05:54.771 --> 05:56.827 But pretty Fort Wayne had a military 05:56.827 --> 05:59.049 appreciation event on campus and uh our 05:59.049 --> 06:01.160 team played along . So we're reaching 06:01.160 --> 06:03.271 out to the community . Uh We're doing 06:03.271 --> 06:02.890 the best we can to create opportunities 06:02.899 --> 06:05.121 for our airmen at Pretty Fort Wayne and 06:05.121 --> 06:07.066 other surrounding schools . And we 06:07.066 --> 06:09.232 provided a fly by this morning at 1111 06:09.232 --> 06:11.455 So it was a good , good way to showcase 06:11.455 --> 06:13.566 uh the Vipers and what we're doing at 06:13.566 --> 06:15.843 the 1 22nd right now . And to that end , 06:15.843 --> 06:17.843 if you didn't know uh last month we 06:17.843 --> 06:19.899 completed the Northern strike . So , 06:19.899 --> 06:22.010 Clam Reese and the team went up north 06:22.010 --> 06:23.899 with a bunch of our ace airmen uh 06:23.899 --> 06:26.089 providing uh kind of special skills 06:26.100 --> 06:28.100 that we hadn't exercised for a long 06:28.100 --> 06:30.322 time and we did it somewhere other than 06:30.322 --> 06:32.433 Fort Wayne , Indiana . So it was also 06:32.433 --> 06:34.544 the first time that we've taken those 06:34.544 --> 06:36.767 F-16s on the road . Uh , we flew , uh , 06:36.767 --> 06:38.878 two solid weeks of support for a flag 06:38.878 --> 06:40.878 level exercise . Got a lot of great 06:40.878 --> 06:42.600 training , uh , made some more 06:42.600 --> 06:44.711 relationships and , uh , improve what 06:44.711 --> 06:44.679 we can do while all in conversion and 06:44.690 --> 06:46.690 just a handful of flyable jets . So 06:46.690 --> 06:48.690 kudos to the team , good job clam . 06:48.690 --> 06:50.968 Keep up the good work and , uh , we'll , 06:50.968 --> 06:53.079 we'll continue to get after it , uh , 06:53.079 --> 06:55.079 in this year and beyond . So , with 06:55.079 --> 06:57.079 that chief , I think I'm just gonna 06:57.079 --> 06:59.301 like maybe order a milkshake , hang out 06:59.301 --> 07:01.523 outside . You wanna go play golf ? I do 07:01.523 --> 07:03.801 that to you . Yeah , I'm in . But , uh , 07:03.801 --> 07:05.968 for you guys , uh , enjoy your drill . 07:05.968 --> 07:05.010 Go get them .