WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.309 We are here at SOFI Stadium for the 00:02.319 --> 00:04.541 total Army career fair . And that means 00:04.541 --> 00:06.489 Total Army . We have our uniform 00:06.500 --> 00:08.569 components . We have our civilian 00:08.579 --> 00:11.470 commands that are hiring . We have jobs 00:11.479 --> 00:13.510 available for everything from entry 00:13.520 --> 00:15.409 level , all the way to our senior 00:15.409 --> 00:17.979 executives . You can come in and find 00:17.989 --> 00:20.211 out about all of the opportunities that 00:20.211 --> 00:22.433 we have more than 200 career fields for 00:22.433 --> 00:25.995 soldiers and 500 for civilians . You 00:26.004 --> 00:28.194 can come in , you can be a nurse , you 00:28.204 --> 00:30.315 can be a cameraman . I'm talking to 00:30.325 --> 00:32.547 public affairs right now . You can be a 00:32.547 --> 00:35.715 lawyer . You can really be all you can 00:35.724 --> 00:38.354 be come down and find out what 00:38.365 --> 00:40.587 opportunities we have . You can talk to 00:40.587 --> 00:42.754 a soldier , you can talk to a civilian 00:42.754 --> 00:44.976 like me and you can find out what it is 00:44.976 --> 00:46.976 to experience the opportunities the 00:46.976 --> 00:49.032 army has to offer . What are some of 00:49.032 --> 00:51.143 the job offers presented here today ? 00:51.143 --> 00:54.750 So we have something for everyone . Be 00:54.759 --> 00:57.049 all you can be is a real thing . So if 00:57.060 --> 00:59.393 you are in the beginning of your career , 00:59.393 --> 01:01.338 you're entry level , you're a high 01:01.338 --> 01:03.449 school student or a college student , 01:03.449 --> 01:05.504 you're looking for your first job or 01:05.504 --> 01:07.393 you are a mid career executive or 01:07.393 --> 01:09.560 you're a senior executive . We have an 01:09.560 --> 01:11.560 opportunity if you want to serve in 01:11.560 --> 01:13.671 uniform , we have something for you . 01:13.671 --> 01:15.893 If you want to be an army civilian , we 01:15.893 --> 01:18.171 have job opportunities for you . So we , 01:18.171 --> 01:20.338 we basically have everyone here , um , 01:20.338 --> 01:23.400 hiring in everything from child care to 01:23.410 --> 01:26.029 cyber for some of the civilian jobs . 01:26.040 --> 01:28.207 You can actually get hired on the spot 01:28.207 --> 01:30.262 today . Can you walk us through what 01:30.262 --> 01:30.010 that might look like ? Absolutely . So 01:30.019 --> 01:33.629 come down um be dressed to impress , 01:33.839 --> 01:36.129 bring your resume and a positive 01:36.139 --> 01:38.510 attitude . We're hiring the civilian 01:38.529 --> 01:41.989 workforce in the army has more than 500 01:42.080 --> 01:44.247 career fields . We have people who are 01:44.247 --> 01:46.247 here as scientists . We brought our 01:46.247 --> 01:48.247 robot dogs . We have people who are 01:48.247 --> 01:50.379 here hiring overseas . If you would 01:50.389 --> 01:53.260 like to go and work in sitcom or Korea , 01:53.269 --> 01:55.436 we have people who are , you know , if 01:55.436 --> 01:57.491 you want to go away , if you want to 01:57.491 --> 02:00.016 stay close to home , bring , bring your 02:00.027 --> 02:02.249 energy , bring your talent , bring your 02:02.249 --> 02:04.471 skills , be ready to interview . If you 02:04.471 --> 02:06.416 come down to Sofi Stadium , we are 02:06.416 --> 02:08.471 hiring our civilian positions on the 02:08.471 --> 02:10.787 spot . So if you are a scientist , we 02:10.796 --> 02:13.177 have our devcom representatives here 02:13.186 --> 02:15.464 who are hiring an army futures command . 02:15.464 --> 02:17.575 If you're interested in being a child 02:17.575 --> 02:19.630 care worker , we have those kinds of 02:19.630 --> 02:21.797 opportunities here . If you would like 02:21.797 --> 02:23.936 to work in cybersecurity or you would 02:23.947 --> 02:27.583 like to in um as a corps of 02:27.593 --> 02:31.563 engineer , um consultant or an engineer . 02:31.613 --> 02:33.973 We have those opportunities . So we 02:33.983 --> 02:35.983 have finance , we have lawyers , we 02:35.983 --> 02:37.983 have chaplains if you would like to 02:37.983 --> 02:40.554 come and experience what it's like just 02:40.563 --> 02:43.143 even to talk about what services um 02:43.154 --> 02:45.265 please come down and see what we have 02:45.265 --> 02:47.487 to offer . What are some misconceptions 02:47.487 --> 02:49.543 people may have about working in the 02:49.543 --> 02:51.710 army or even as a civilian . Sure . So 02:51.710 --> 02:53.432 people , you know , seem to be 02:53.432 --> 02:55.321 surprised that you can be an army 02:55.321 --> 02:57.321 civilian . The question I get asked 02:57.321 --> 02:59.543 most frequently is how many push ups do 02:59.543 --> 03:01.598 I have to do ? I personally have not 03:01.598 --> 03:03.821 been tasked to do any push ups at all . 03:03.821 --> 03:05.932 Um What people are surprised about is 03:05.932 --> 03:07.987 the sheer variety of jobs that are , 03:07.987 --> 03:10.210 that are open to people in the civilian 03:10.210 --> 03:12.990 space . Like I said , we have , um you 03:13.001 --> 03:15.001 could be a research scientist , you 03:15.001 --> 03:17.001 could be a computer scientist , you 03:17.001 --> 03:19.223 could be in logistics , you could be in 03:19.223 --> 03:21.445 army logistics , you could be a finance 03:21.445 --> 03:23.668 person . I have , you know , people who 03:23.668 --> 03:25.834 are accounting majors who want to come 03:25.834 --> 03:28.168 and , and be in the army . I'm a lawyer . 03:28.168 --> 03:30.168 You can be a civilian or a military 03:30.168 --> 03:31.834 lawyer . We just have so many 03:31.834 --> 03:34.057 opportunities and options for people to 03:34.057 --> 03:36.690 explore essentially if you can see it , 03:36.699 --> 03:39.369 you can be it in the US army . So 03:39.380 --> 03:41.436 ultimately , we're all here to serve 03:41.436 --> 03:43.658 the American people . Why did you serve 03:43.658 --> 03:45.880 and continue to do the job ? This is an 03:45.880 --> 03:48.539 absolute privilege to be here . So I am 03:48.550 --> 03:50.272 the principal Deputy Assistant 03:50.272 --> 03:52.439 Secretary of the Army for Manpower and 03:52.439 --> 03:54.606 Reserve Affairs . That is a mouthful . 03:54.606 --> 03:56.772 It just means that I take care of army 03:56.772 --> 03:58.939 people . I take care of our soldiers , 03:58.939 --> 04:01.217 our civilians and their family members . 04:01.217 --> 04:03.328 And that is just nothing short of the 04:03.328 --> 04:05.494 greatest privilege that I've been able 04:05.494 --> 04:07.717 to experience making service better for 04:07.717 --> 04:09.494 others with our policies , with 04:09.494 --> 04:11.717 modernizing our processes . That's what 04:11.717 --> 04:14.274 gets me out of bed . And this is my 04:14.285 --> 04:16.341 favorite part of the job interacting 04:16.341 --> 04:18.396 with the public and telling the army 04:18.396 --> 04:20.118 story . So they understand the 04:20.118 --> 04:22.063 opportunities that the army has to 04:22.063 --> 04:24.470 offer . This has been phenomenal . So I 04:24.480 --> 04:27.230 just love seeing people show up in 04:27.239 --> 04:29.890 uniform or , you know , in order to 04:29.899 --> 04:32.410 talk about the army story to people who 04:32.420 --> 04:34.587 are coming in who have never talked to 04:34.587 --> 04:37.010 a soldier . I love seeing the people 04:37.019 --> 04:39.130 who are showing up for jobs , they're 04:39.130 --> 04:41.380 in , they're in their suits and ties , 04:41.390 --> 04:43.501 they've got their briefcases , make a 04:43.501 --> 04:45.501 great impression on people that are 04:45.501 --> 04:47.723 hiring from the army . It's great . The 04:47.723 --> 04:49.723 high schoolers who are here just to 04:49.723 --> 04:51.779 kind of explore and see what are the 04:51.779 --> 04:53.779 things that what they can do in the 04:53.779 --> 04:55.890 army . People are . You know , people 04:55.890 --> 04:57.946 have no idea that you can be doing . 04:57.946 --> 04:59.723 You know , you can be doing the 04:59.723 --> 05:01.890 traditional jobs can be jumping out of 05:01.890 --> 05:04.001 airplanes , you could be shooting off 05:04.001 --> 05:07.385 mortars and going on all the high tech 05:07.394 --> 05:10.174 vehicles and kit that we have or you 05:10.184 --> 05:12.406 could be doing those support roles that 05:12.406 --> 05:14.899 are so essential . Um , in finance and 05:14.910 --> 05:17.700 law medicine , we have a huge need for 05:17.709 --> 05:20.579 nurses and medics . Um , if you are 05:20.589 --> 05:23.779 interested in having a career , um , or 05:23.790 --> 05:26.380 you're interested in having an , a , an 05:26.390 --> 05:28.980 enlistment just to get , just to do 05:28.989 --> 05:31.220 something new , you should come out and 05:31.230 --> 05:33.470 talk to us about it if you're on the 05:33.480 --> 05:36.320 fence about , um There's no , you can't 05:36.329 --> 05:38.385 lose anything by just coming out and 05:38.385 --> 05:41.554 talking to us . There are just so many 05:41.565 --> 05:43.904 stations . We have 50 commands here , 05:43.915 --> 05:46.137 so 50 different army organizations that 05:46.137 --> 05:49.584 are hiring in all , in all career 05:49.595 --> 05:52.065 segments . So just come and check us 05:52.075 --> 05:54.131 out . No one is going to make you do 05:54.131 --> 05:56.297 any push ups if you don't want to , no 05:56.297 --> 05:58.464 one is going to throw you into uniform 05:58.464 --> 06:00.686 if you don't want to . This is really a 06:00.686 --> 06:02.742 sharing those opportunities with you 06:02.742 --> 06:04.908 and we can tell you what you can do in 06:04.908 --> 06:08.079 the army if I happen to miss this 06:08.089 --> 06:10.311 career fair , where can I find out more 06:10.311 --> 06:12.478 information or where ? And when is the 06:12.478 --> 06:15.630 next one ? So you should go to 06:15.640 --> 06:19.549 goarmy.com . We have all of the 06:19.559 --> 06:21.670 information that you're going to need 06:21.670 --> 06:25.179 as far as our uniform opportunities for 06:25.190 --> 06:27.468 service and our civilian opportunities . 06:27.769 --> 06:30.390 Our next HF hasn't been announced but 06:30.524 --> 06:33.204 we will do so and you can come out the 06:33.214 --> 06:35.381 last H A , we've had people fly away , 06:35.381 --> 06:38.904 fly in to T A as far away as Cuba . 06:39.065 --> 06:41.114 And that person who came from 06:41.125 --> 06:42.958 Guantanamo Bay actually ended up 06:42.958 --> 06:45.255 getting a job in Centcom . So this is , 06:45.265 --> 06:47.845 this is an amazing opportunity for 06:47.855 --> 06:49.688 people who are even a little bit 06:49.688 --> 06:52.024 curious about what they can do in order 06:52.035 --> 06:55.119 to serve their country . If you are on 06:55.130 --> 06:57.186 the fence about coming down here and 06:57.186 --> 06:59.297 you're worried because you don't have 06:59.297 --> 07:01.408 your resume . Uh in order come , come 07:01.408 --> 07:03.463 down anyway , we have people who can 07:03.463 --> 07:05.519 help you format your resume or think 07:05.519 --> 07:07.741 about what you might want to do and you 07:07.741 --> 07:09.686 can follow up with them later . So 07:09.686 --> 07:11.908 don't let anything stop you from coming 07:11.908 --> 07:13.519 down here and talking to the 07:13.519 --> 07:15.574 professionals that are here and that 07:15.574 --> 07:17.741 are hiring . So how did I end up being 07:17.741 --> 07:19.908 an army civilian ? Well , to be very , 07:19.908 --> 07:21.741 to be perfectly honest , I never 07:21.741 --> 07:23.519 thought that I would be an army 07:23.519 --> 07:25.408 civilian . I never thought I'd be 07:25.408 --> 07:28.100 working in the army . Um My parents 07:28.109 --> 07:30.299 were enlisted in the air force , so I 07:30.309 --> 07:33.000 was an air force junior ROTC cadet . I 07:33.010 --> 07:35.779 was an air force senior RT C cadet and 07:35.790 --> 07:38.959 I was an air force jag and I am 07:38.970 --> 07:41.820 disabled . And so when I was medically 07:41.829 --> 07:43.940 discharged , I had to figure out what 07:43.940 --> 07:47.260 was I going to do . What , what should 07:47.269 --> 07:50.029 II I had planned to be in for 28 years 07:50.040 --> 07:52.096 like my parents had been in and that 07:52.096 --> 07:54.700 wasn't an option for me . So I thought 07:54.709 --> 07:56.980 about it and I , you know , learned 07:56.989 --> 08:00.220 about the civilian , the civilian 08:00.230 --> 08:02.286 opportunities that the army had . So 08:02.286 --> 08:04.341 this is my second time being an army 08:04.341 --> 08:06.563 civilian . The first time I was in army 08:06.563 --> 08:08.829 OGC and I was working on everything 08:08.839 --> 08:11.779 from infrastructure policy . We were 08:11.790 --> 08:15.220 working on medical policy . Anything 08:15.230 --> 08:17.880 essentially if the army was on the news , 08:17.890 --> 08:20.112 then I was working on it in Army OD C . 08:20.112 --> 08:22.500 And it was an incredible opportunity 08:22.529 --> 08:25.559 for me . I was really heartbroken when 08:25.570 --> 08:27.681 I had to leave service and to be able 08:27.681 --> 08:31.079 to come back and do jobs that I really 08:31.089 --> 08:33.289 wanted to do and be able to serve my 08:33.299 --> 08:36.159 country again . It's just like it's the 08:36.169 --> 08:39.119 best thing about what I'm doing . So 08:39.130 --> 08:41.297 this job when I had the opportunity to 08:41.297 --> 08:44.460 come and serve the people directly in 08:44.469 --> 08:46.580 manpower and reserve affairs , making 08:46.580 --> 08:48.580 those policies better , getting our 08:48.580 --> 08:50.969 soldiers there , maternity leave , 08:50.979 --> 08:53.140 getting them , getting their 08:53.150 --> 08:55.469 bereavement leave in order , making 08:55.479 --> 08:58.210 sure that everybody has , um you know , 08:58.219 --> 09:00.552 making sure that we have our recruiting , 09:00.552 --> 09:02.497 our medical recruiting standards , 09:02.497 --> 09:04.663 right ? Like those are the things that 09:04.663 --> 09:06.608 I work on every day , making those 09:06.608 --> 09:08.608 things better , making service more 09:08.608 --> 09:10.663 accessible to everybody who wants to 09:10.663 --> 09:11.609 serve . That's why I get out of bed .