WEBVTT 00:11.810 --> 00:13.754 Hey , black snakes . Welcome to uh 00:13.754 --> 00:15.890 October RSD . As always , I'm your 00:15.899 --> 00:17.843 commander Deuce Waggoner and I got 00:17.843 --> 00:19.899 Chief Hoop right here . So , Chief , 00:19.899 --> 00:22.010 yeah . Hey , thanks , sir . So , uh I 00:22.010 --> 00:23.899 just wanna talk about a couple of 00:23.899 --> 00:23.629 things as we head into the weekend . Uh 00:23.639 --> 00:26.260 first and foremost , uh Saturday in the 00:26.270 --> 00:28.270 afternoon , we will have our annual 00:28.270 --> 00:31.190 Halloween Trick or Treat . Um That 00:31.200 --> 00:35.169 begins at 1400 goes to 1515 00:35.490 --> 00:37.430 and then followed by the costume 00:37.439 --> 00:39.772 contest at 1530 . What are you gonna be ? 00:40.229 --> 00:42.810 Uh you know , I , I haven't decided yet . 00:42.819 --> 00:44.930 I might put on uh something like that 00:44.930 --> 00:46.930 and walk around . I don't , I don't 00:46.930 --> 00:48.763 know , it'd be awesome . Is that 00:48.763 --> 00:48.479 approved or sure I can dress as you . 00:48.490 --> 00:50.379 You can dress as me . I love it . 00:50.379 --> 00:52.434 That'd be great . All right , sounds 00:52.434 --> 00:54.546 good . So , uh so let's have some fun 00:54.546 --> 00:54.150 with that . Uh Bring your kids out . Uh 00:54.159 --> 00:56.270 have your family out here . It starts 00:56.270 --> 00:58.603 and stops behind the wing building . So , 00:58.603 --> 01:00.659 uh so have fun with that . Uh Second 01:00.659 --> 01:02.770 thing for this weekend , there was an 01:02.770 --> 01:04.937 email that came out this week uh about 01:04.937 --> 01:06.826 an opsec survey . So we encourage 01:06.826 --> 01:08.937 everybody it's like 10 questions . It 01:08.937 --> 01:10.992 was really quick to do , but it , it 01:10.992 --> 01:13.215 sort of tests your knowledge on OPSEC , 01:13.215 --> 01:15.437 uh , topics . And the whole goal is for 01:15.437 --> 01:17.548 our OPSEC team to , uh , get a better 01:17.548 --> 01:19.715 idea of what we understand and what we 01:19.715 --> 01:21.659 don't understand regarding OPSEC , 01:21.659 --> 01:23.770 which is a really important thing for 01:23.770 --> 01:23.260 us here at the 1 22nd . So that's 01:23.269 --> 01:25.169 available through December RSD . 01:25.180 --> 01:27.291 Definitely encourage you to find that 01:27.291 --> 01:29.513 email and uh take the few minutes uh to 01:29.513 --> 01:31.458 knock that out . And then the last 01:31.458 --> 01:33.624 thing for this weekend , uh there is a 01:33.624 --> 01:35.847 new episode of the Black Snake Bites uh 01:35.847 --> 01:38.069 podcast . That'll be coming out in this 01:38.069 --> 01:40.180 month . Uh This edition Senior Master 01:40.180 --> 01:42.349 Sergeant , Leslie Kaiser does a great 01:42.360 --> 01:44.416 interview with our now State command 01:44.416 --> 01:46.730 chief , uh Mike Dixon . So , um I 01:46.739 --> 01:48.906 listened to it yesterday . It's really 01:48.906 --> 01:50.906 good . Uh Chief Dixon did a , did a 01:50.906 --> 01:53.017 great job and Leslie has always did a 01:53.017 --> 01:55.017 wonderful job . So , uh take time , 01:55.017 --> 01:57.128 check that out . Um I also wanna look 01:57.128 --> 01:59.239 ahead a little bit . So if you didn't 01:59.239 --> 02:01.540 know in January over the RSD , we're 02:01.550 --> 02:04.239 gonna have what's called ac re a combat 02:04.250 --> 02:06.750 readiness exercise , which for those of 02:06.760 --> 02:08.760 us that have been around for a long 02:08.760 --> 02:11.199 time , uh Those have gone under uh a 02:11.520 --> 02:13.470 litany of different names , 02:13.789 --> 02:17.000 Oorelsre a number of different things . 02:17.009 --> 02:18.639 So that's the new name . The 02:18.649 --> 02:20.760 terminology continues to change , but 02:20.760 --> 02:22.760 it's , uh , it's basically the same 02:22.760 --> 02:25.038 thing . So a combat readiness exercise . 02:25.038 --> 02:27.260 It's a bi annual requirement and we did 02:27.260 --> 02:29.440 one in 23 . So in 25 we need to knock 02:29.449 --> 02:32.110 one out . Um , and we're trying to 02:32.119 --> 02:33.897 consolidate it with the century 02:33.897 --> 02:36.630 Savannah um event that we're gonna take 02:36.639 --> 02:38.750 our aircraft and personnel down there 02:38.750 --> 02:40.917 to , to do uh flying operations . So , 02:41.029 --> 02:44.729 uh we're trying to reduce the pain by 02:44.740 --> 02:46.962 taking advantage of real world stuff to 02:46.962 --> 02:49.073 do our exercise just like consolidate 02:49.073 --> 02:51.351 the pain , the pain all at once . Yeah , 02:51.509 --> 02:53.759 more at once . But it's , yeah , it's 02:53.770 --> 02:55.881 not strung out over the years . So we 02:55.881 --> 02:58.103 got enough other stuff going on . We're 02:58.103 --> 03:00.326 trying to consolidate it into January , 03:00.326 --> 03:02.492 so be ready for that . We will have uh 03:02.492 --> 03:04.603 the plan is being developed right now 03:04.603 --> 03:06.714 and details are to come . Um And then 03:06.714 --> 03:08.881 uh last thing I want to also look back 03:08.881 --> 03:10.992 to September RSD . I'd be remiss if I 03:10.992 --> 03:12.992 didn't mention that we had the 19th 03:12.992 --> 03:14.659 annual Black Snake volleyball 03:14.659 --> 03:16.770 tournament . Yeah , Hamma one right ? 03:16.770 --> 03:20.009 Am who am ? Who always wins ? No , sir . 03:20.020 --> 03:22.242 Actually , I don't even think they made 03:22.242 --> 03:23.687 the finals this year . Uh 03:23.687 --> 03:25.742 Congratulations to the Force Support 03:25.742 --> 03:27.910 squadron and their team . They pulled 03:27.919 --> 03:30.899 off the victory after 18 epic failed 03:30.910 --> 03:32.809 years . They finally got one . So 03:32.820 --> 03:34.764 congratulations fss . We're really 03:34.764 --> 03:36.598 proud of you . And thanks to the 03:36.598 --> 03:38.542 services team that puts in all the 03:38.542 --> 03:38.360 effort to make that happen . It's a 03:38.369 --> 03:41.414 great fun event . So , job well done by 03:41.425 --> 03:43.592 everybody that was involved . So I got 03:43.592 --> 03:45.536 balls . It's awesome . Thank you . 03:45.536 --> 03:47.425 Appreciate it . Uh a couple quick 03:47.425 --> 03:47.404 things for me then . Uh So the 03:47.414 --> 03:49.303 Northeast Indiana based Community 03:49.303 --> 03:51.615 Council uh speaker series luncheon is 03:51.625 --> 03:53.736 uh continuing . They do that a couple 03:53.736 --> 03:55.681 times a year . They get in a guest 03:55.681 --> 03:57.792 speaker . Um It's an opportunity to , 03:57.792 --> 04:00.014 to hear a good story , eat a good lunch 04:00.014 --> 03:59.955 and uh interact with our community this 03:59.964 --> 04:02.131 time around for the first time . The 1 04:02.131 --> 04:04.464 22nd is hosting that luncheon . So , uh , 04:04.464 --> 04:07.729 6 November at 1100 Colin Fisher will be 04:07.740 --> 04:09.962 here . He's a member of the old guard . 04:09.962 --> 04:12.210 So the uh soldiers that uh work at 04:12.220 --> 04:14.053 Arlington National Cemetery , uh 04:14.053 --> 04:16.164 preserving and protecting the tomb of 04:16.164 --> 04:18.220 the unknowns . So he'll have a great 04:18.220 --> 04:20.276 story to tell . Uh , you can sign up 04:20.276 --> 04:20.209 for that online and I encourage you to 04:20.220 --> 04:22.730 do so a couple of other things , the D 04:22.820 --> 04:25.380 A survey . So , um it's available all 04:25.390 --> 04:27.390 over town . You can see the , uh QR 04:27.390 --> 04:29.557 codes on base . You can find it on our 04:29.557 --> 04:32.089 apps . Um The final day for that is 30 04:32.100 --> 04:34.859 November , uh 24 . Uh We haven't had 04:34.869 --> 04:36.869 great participation yet and walking 04:36.880 --> 04:39.047 around talking to people a lot of it . 04:39.047 --> 04:41.047 Uh , is because uh , a concern over 04:41.047 --> 04:42.824 anonymity like is the do survey 04:42.829 --> 04:45.399 anonymous . Yes , it is . Um We 04:45.410 --> 04:47.521 couldn't figure out who wrote what if 04:47.521 --> 04:50.130 we wanted to . Um So just to reinforce 04:50.140 --> 04:52.630 that we have a couple little guidelines 04:52.640 --> 04:54.696 here with explanations of how the DX 04:54.799 --> 04:56.855 works . What it looks like if you've 04:56.855 --> 04:59.021 never seen the actual print out that's 04:59.021 --> 05:01.188 available and we're going to hang that 05:01.188 --> 05:03.410 on the app under the commander tab . So 05:03.410 --> 05:05.577 you can see for yourself that it truly 05:05.577 --> 05:07.743 is anonymous and , and it allows us to 05:07.743 --> 05:10.600 do important things . Um , last year we 05:10.609 --> 05:13.420 got after um , childcare and we saw 05:13.429 --> 05:15.373 some successes with that this year 05:15.373 --> 05:17.485 already . We got after a cold weather 05:17.485 --> 05:19.651 gear and we've been able to purchase a 05:19.651 --> 05:18.760 lot of things and then we have a lot 05:18.769 --> 05:20.769 more on order that we're gonna make 05:20.769 --> 05:22.936 sure that people have what they need . 05:22.936 --> 05:22.630 So if it hadn't been for those do 05:22.670 --> 05:24.892 surveys , we might not have known about 05:24.892 --> 05:26.892 it . But since , uh , you guys were 05:26.892 --> 05:29.114 willing to share , um , we were able to 05:29.114 --> 05:31.170 make lives better for the airmen and 05:31.170 --> 05:30.600 that's the goal we need to know what's 05:30.609 --> 05:32.776 going on and how best to address those 05:32.776 --> 05:34.887 things . And this is really your best 05:34.887 --> 05:37.053 opportunity to get that information to 05:37.053 --> 05:39.109 us . Um , a couple other things just 05:39.109 --> 05:41.165 quickly . Uh , two weeks ago , Chief 05:41.165 --> 05:43.220 and I went to the chief staff of the 05:43.220 --> 05:45.387 Air Force Commanders call , uh in DC . 05:45.387 --> 05:48.220 And we had a couple of really good days 05:48.230 --> 05:50.690 with , um , General Alvin and his team , 05:50.779 --> 05:52.668 a couple of things that , uh , we 05:52.668 --> 05:54.946 wanted to get out , uh , is recruiting . 05:54.946 --> 05:57.001 So , recruiting is and will be a big 05:57.001 --> 05:59.057 deal for the Wing . And this year it 05:59.057 --> 06:01.223 was a big win . So we shot for 100 and 06:01.223 --> 06:03.279 10 new recruits and our team got 100 06:03.279 --> 06:05.168 and 47 . So went above and beyond 06:05.168 --> 06:07.168 keeping the coffers full and making 06:07.168 --> 06:09.335 sure that we have a next generation of 06:09.335 --> 06:09.190 uh black snakes to raise and get after 06:09.200 --> 06:12.440 the job . Uh special uh credit and 06:12.450 --> 06:15.029 recognition goes to um Master Sergeant 06:15.040 --> 06:17.096 Blake and tech sergeant Delagrange . 06:17.209 --> 06:19.320 They did a wonderful job this year in 06:19.320 --> 06:21.320 their positions for the Wing . Uh , 06:21.320 --> 06:21.239 they've been recognized at the state 06:21.250 --> 06:23.083 and now they're getting regional 06:23.083 --> 06:25.306 recognition with the hopes that someone 06:25.306 --> 06:27.250 on high at the national level will 06:27.250 --> 06:29.417 really understand what they do and how 06:29.417 --> 06:28.350 will they do it and give them the 06:28.359 --> 06:30.581 credit they deserve . But regardless of 06:30.581 --> 06:32.692 those outcomes , we're uh we're proud 06:32.692 --> 06:34.692 of what they did and uh , wanted to 06:34.692 --> 06:36.748 give them an opportunity to uh shout 06:36.748 --> 06:38.803 them out right here today . Um , and 06:38.803 --> 06:38.239 the other thing they wanted to talk 06:38.250 --> 06:40.139 about and , uh , that the general 06:40.139 --> 06:42.139 covered up quite a bit was units of 06:42.139 --> 06:44.139 action . So you talk about Afro and 06:44.139 --> 06:46.361 deployable combat wings and a staff and 06:46.361 --> 06:48.417 all this other garbage that we don't 06:48.417 --> 06:50.528 understand and we know that you don't 06:50.528 --> 06:50.049 understand it either . And the big 06:50.059 --> 06:51.781 thing is that's ok . These are 06:51.781 --> 06:54.003 developing , we'll get that information 06:54.003 --> 06:56.226 out and it kind of gets after agility . 06:56.226 --> 06:58.392 So that was the number one item on the 06:58.392 --> 07:00.559 commander's intent for 2024 . And I'll 07:00.559 --> 07:00.519 just hit that real quick . So , agility 07:00.529 --> 07:02.640 is to develop quick thinking , nimble 07:02.640 --> 07:04.579 airmen and adaptable processes to 07:04.589 --> 07:06.422 respond to changing missions and 07:06.422 --> 07:08.589 uncertain conditions . And I would say 07:08.589 --> 07:11.260 we're right in the middle of changing 07:11.269 --> 07:13.380 missions and uncertain conditions and 07:13.380 --> 07:15.436 that's not going to be over any time 07:15.436 --> 07:17.658 soon . So my ask to you and your charge 07:17.658 --> 07:19.880 is to uh keep doing what you're doing , 07:19.880 --> 07:22.019 get better at your jobs . Uh Excel at 07:22.029 --> 07:24.029 your A FSC skills and really master 07:24.029 --> 07:26.251 those and then we'll tackle the unknown 07:26.251 --> 07:27.918 together . Um , we'll get the 07:27.918 --> 07:29.973 information to you when you can , so 07:29.973 --> 07:32.251 you'll be successful . Um , we're like , 07:32.251 --> 07:34.251 keenly aware of what's going on and 07:34.251 --> 07:33.640 we're asking a lot of questions to a 07:33.649 --> 07:35.871 lot of people and we're gonna get those 07:35.871 --> 07:38.038 answers to you as soon as we can . But 07:38.038 --> 07:40.038 in the meantime , just keep getting 07:40.038 --> 07:39.940 good at your job and do it . The blacks 07:39.950 --> 07:42.283 think way . Any thoughts on that ? Well , 07:42.283 --> 07:44.117 said , sir . Awesome . Yeah . Go 07:44.117 --> 07:44.220 getting that storm .