1 00:00:03,330 --> 00:00:05,386 Hello . I'm senior in Austin Jackson 2 00:00:05,386 --> 00:00:07,497 and welcome to the state of the 908 . 3 00:00:07,497 --> 00:00:09,497 For the better part of the last two 4 00:00:09,497 --> 00:00:09,490 years , the wing has executed the 5 00:00:09,490 --> 00:00:11,490 largest deployment in its history . 6 00:00:11,490 --> 00:00:13,712 We've dealt with the constraints of the 7 00:00:13,712 --> 00:00:15,879 covid 19 pandemic and are currently in 8 00:00:15,879 --> 00:00:18,101 the process of transitioning to our new 9 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:20,323 mission is the formal training unit for 10 00:00:20,323 --> 00:00:22,546 the M . H . 1 39 Gray Wolf helicopter . 11 00:00:22,546 --> 00:00:24,657 Today I have the privilege of sitting 12 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:26,879 down with the commander , Colonel craig 13 00:00:26,879 --> 00:00:28,823 drescher to discuss this , our new 14 00:00:28,823 --> 00:00:31,046 mission vision priorities and many more 15 00:00:31,046 --> 00:00:33,212 questions on the minds of our airmen . 16 00:00:33,212 --> 00:00:35,379 Thank you for joining us for the state 17 00:00:35,379 --> 00:00:37,434 of 908 . Alright , thank you so much 18 00:00:37,434 --> 00:00:37,260 for joining us . Colonel Treasure . 19 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:39,437 It's really good to be with you . This 20 00:00:39,437 --> 00:00:41,214 is actually a lot of fun for me 21 00:00:41,214 --> 00:00:43,326 especially to visit with someone like 22 00:00:43,326 --> 00:00:45,381 yourself and the wing . For the past 23 00:00:45,381 --> 00:00:47,270 few years there has been a lot of 24 00:00:47,270 --> 00:00:49,437 transition within the wing . We've had 25 00:00:49,437 --> 00:00:51,830 Covid 19 the largest deployment and now 26 00:00:51,830 --> 00:00:54,130 we're transitioning again and I've 27 00:00:54,130 --> 00:00:57,470 heard you in chief mention this mantra 28 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,240 getting back to basics , what does that 29 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,351 mean ? Getting back to basics here at 30 00:01:02,351 --> 00:01:04,518 the wing . The back to the basics came 31 00:01:04,518 --> 00:01:06,518 from just like you said , there has 32 00:01:06,518 --> 00:01:08,740 been a tremendous amount of activity in 33 00:01:08,740 --> 00:01:11,760 the wing and as we were coming out of 34 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,250 that , we , we we sensed it in the 35 00:01:14,250 --> 00:01:16,550 middle of the chaos that , you know , I 36 00:01:16,550 --> 00:01:18,550 think we're missing some stuff here 37 00:01:18,550 --> 00:01:20,780 because we were so focused on the 38 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:22,836 deployment , for example , surviving 39 00:01:22,836 --> 00:01:25,850 Covid things of that nature . And so we 40 00:01:25,850 --> 00:01:27,850 realized , you know , we got to get 41 00:01:27,850 --> 00:01:30,460 back to the basics of knowing who's on 42 00:01:30,460 --> 00:01:33,630 our team . Are they here or not ? Is 43 00:01:33,630 --> 00:01:36,430 that individual airmen being developed ? 44 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,340 You know the basic things that we do in 45 00:01:39,340 --> 00:01:42,080 a military organization uh to make sure 46 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,800 that we are then ready to speed up and 47 00:01:44,810 --> 00:01:47,560 and handle more chaos and we this is a 48 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,782 great time and are willing to take that 49 00:01:49,782 --> 00:01:52,004 pause . And as an example , I just left 50 00:01:52,004 --> 00:01:54,004 the alternate command post where we 51 00:01:54,004 --> 00:01:56,330 stood up the WCC to communicate to the 52 00:01:56,330 --> 00:01:58,860 U . C . C . So we could practice the 53 00:01:58,860 --> 00:02:01,320 basics of communicating when we have a 54 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,487 chaotic situation going on . So that's 55 00:02:03,487 --> 00:02:05,598 the kind of thing we're talking about 56 00:02:05,598 --> 00:02:07,709 when we talk about hey let's get back 57 00:02:07,709 --> 00:02:09,764 to the basics . Um and a lot of that 58 00:02:09,764 --> 00:02:11,820 centers around the individual airmen 59 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:11,640 which I think we're gonna get through 60 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:13,251 here in a little bit . We're 61 00:02:13,251 --> 00:02:15,620 transitioning to this new mission and 62 00:02:15,850 --> 00:02:18,580 Many people are wondering um and then 63 00:02:18,580 --> 00:02:20,636 obviously things can change but many 64 00:02:20,636 --> 00:02:22,636 people are wondering , when will we 65 00:02:22,636 --> 00:02:24,858 likely see these new helicopters ? That 66 00:02:24,858 --> 00:02:26,802 inmates 1.39 . Yeah that that is a 67 00:02:26,802 --> 00:02:30,190 loaded question for sure because a lot 68 00:02:30,190 --> 00:02:32,246 of this is out of our control and we 69 00:02:32,246 --> 00:02:34,440 just don't know this is a brand new 70 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,110 helicopter . There have been delays 71 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,570 with the rollout . Uh it's getting 72 00:02:39,570 --> 00:02:42,710 firmed up and so we're hoping that late 73 00:02:42,710 --> 00:02:46,520 next summer . So maybe August 23 . We 74 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,464 will start to see the first couple 75 00:02:48,464 --> 00:02:50,576 helicopters . We're gonna get a total 76 00:02:50,576 --> 00:02:53,320 of 10 . We're hoping to get two or 77 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,440 three late next summer and then there 78 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,820 will be a period of time of activating 79 00:02:58,820 --> 00:03:01,940 the site as well . So we may have some 80 00:03:01,940 --> 00:03:04,162 here and we may not be able to use them 81 00:03:04,162 --> 00:03:06,162 and that may take a while and we're 82 00:03:06,162 --> 00:03:08,273 negotiating with the manufacturer now 83 00:03:08,273 --> 00:03:10,329 to kind of kind of work that out and 84 00:03:10,329 --> 00:03:12,496 with this new mission , how do you see 85 00:03:12,496 --> 00:03:14,718 our Maxwell Air Force Base and then our 86 00:03:14,718 --> 00:03:16,773 surrounding communities ? How do you 87 00:03:16,773 --> 00:03:19,107 see them being impacted by this mission ? 88 00:03:19,107 --> 00:03:21,329 Well in some ways I think there'll be a 89 00:03:21,329 --> 00:03:23,496 lot of impacts and in some ways not so 90 00:03:23,496 --> 00:03:26,310 much . Um the wing is gonna stay 91 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,487 roughly the same size . Maybe a little 92 00:03:28,487 --> 00:03:31,170 smaller . We're gonna have 10 aircraft . 93 00:03:31,170 --> 00:03:33,460 We used to have we were an eight P . A . 94 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:35,571 Unit but we often had nine assigned . 95 00:03:35,571 --> 00:03:37,880 So that's not a huge difference . Uh 96 00:03:37,890 --> 00:03:40,220 The ops tempo would be very different . 97 00:03:40,230 --> 00:03:43,050 We will fly probably three times as 98 00:03:43,060 --> 00:03:46,790 often as we did in the C 1 30 And and 99 00:03:46,790 --> 00:03:48,957 probably more than three times as many 100 00:03:48,957 --> 00:03:51,940 flying hours as well . So the flights 101 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:54,107 are very different from what we did in 102 00:03:54,107 --> 00:03:56,273 C130 but there will be more activity . 103 00:03:56,273 --> 00:03:58,560 So our community may see uh you know 104 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,782 the helicopters in the air more often . 105 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:03,090 Um but of course they're smaller , 106 00:04:03,090 --> 00:04:05,201 they're quieter so they might not see 107 00:04:05,201 --> 00:04:07,257 or hear them as much as they would , 108 00:04:07,257 --> 00:04:10,960 the larger C130 as far as other impacts 109 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,650 of the community . Um We're gonna have 110 00:04:13,650 --> 00:04:15,706 a larger full time footprint here in 111 00:04:15,706 --> 00:04:17,928 the 908 , so we're gonna have more full 112 00:04:17,928 --> 00:04:20,760 time people , arts and a Grs in both 113 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,982 the Ops group and the maintenance group 114 00:04:22,982 --> 00:04:24,871 than we've had before . So as the 115 00:04:24,871 --> 00:04:27,038 community looks at that , they're like 116 00:04:27,038 --> 00:04:29,149 oh that's more financial impact . You 117 00:04:29,149 --> 00:04:31,371 bet uh students coming in , active duty 118 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,371 students will have some active duty 119 00:04:33,371 --> 00:04:35,538 members as assigned to the 908 helping 120 00:04:35,538 --> 00:04:37,704 us to conduct the mission . So again , 121 00:04:37,704 --> 00:04:39,593 you're talking a larger financial 122 00:04:39,593 --> 00:04:41,680 impact in the river region . Um and 123 00:04:41,690 --> 00:04:44,050 that's why in the long run , I think 124 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:46,920 for this region we're going to see net 125 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,050 positives . It's it's uh emotional for 126 00:04:50,050 --> 00:04:53,960 some of us that have a very deep tie to 127 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,150 the to the C130 , it's very sad to see 128 00:04:56,150 --> 00:04:58,530 that mission go , but there's a lot to 129 00:04:58,530 --> 00:05:00,697 look forward to in that new mission as 130 00:05:00,697 --> 00:05:04,370 well along those lines , sir . Um So 131 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:06,259 when we're talking about like the 132 00:05:06,259 --> 00:05:06,200 transition and everything that's 133 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,367 happening , will any of our facilities 134 00:05:08,367 --> 00:05:10,478 have to change any type of transition 135 00:05:10,478 --> 00:05:12,590 to our buildings ? Yes , absolutely . 136 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,360 Um A couple of things are happening , 137 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,660 for example , as we look at our suite 138 00:05:17,670 --> 00:05:19,837 of ops buildings we call them , the 10 139 00:05:19,837 --> 00:05:22,300 50 series . Um You know , those 140 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:24,522 buildings probably weren't laid out for 141 00:05:24,522 --> 00:05:26,990 optimal performance before the mission 142 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:29,470 change . Uh they're certainly not laid 143 00:05:29,470 --> 00:05:32,850 out for optimal performance for the new 144 00:05:32,850 --> 00:05:35,050 mission because the new mission is 145 00:05:35,050 --> 00:05:36,939 going to have different different 146 00:05:36,939 --> 00:05:39,900 demands . So we have I think it's a 147 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:42,440 total of 11 projects that that we would 148 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,590 like to complete . A lot of that will 149 00:05:44,590 --> 00:05:46,757 be repurposing our buildings will have 150 00:05:46,757 --> 00:05:48,812 a couple brand new buildings built , 151 00:05:48,812 --> 00:05:51,090 but those are kind of smaller in scale . 152 00:05:51,090 --> 00:05:53,460 Um And our largest project is to take 153 00:05:53,470 --> 00:05:56,750 the half bay hangar in 14 55 and turn 154 00:05:56,750 --> 00:05:59,210 that into a simulator complex . That's 155 00:05:59,210 --> 00:06:01,480 gonna hold six simulators and a lot of 156 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,620 academic classrooms . So that's gonna 157 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:05,509 be the biggest , most significant 158 00:06:05,509 --> 00:06:07,320 change . So yes , a lot of our 159 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,542 buildings will change on the on the big 160 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:11,487 scheme of things when when the Air 161 00:06:11,487 --> 00:06:13,376 Force does things , if you if you 162 00:06:13,376 --> 00:06:15,250 realize a hanger Can cost like 163 00:06:15,260 --> 00:06:18,900 somewhere between $150 , million . Our 164 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:21,340 projects are much more smaller in scale 165 00:06:21,340 --> 00:06:23,673 and scope than than something like that . 166 00:06:23,673 --> 00:06:25,729 And that's one of the reasons why we 167 00:06:25,729 --> 00:06:27,784 were chosen and just kind of on that 168 00:06:27,784 --> 00:06:29,840 that things of transition , how does 169 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:32,070 this transition impact these different 170 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,080 these different areas of our of our 171 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,720 mission of our wing changes the word 172 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,619 right ? There's gonna be a lot of 173 00:06:38,619 --> 00:06:41,030 change of How the maintenance group in 174 00:06:41,030 --> 00:06:44,700 the ops group has operated the last 40 175 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,290 plus years is going to be very 176 00:06:47,290 --> 00:06:49,570 different . The tempo of a training 177 00:06:49,570 --> 00:06:51,760 mission is very different . It's much 178 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,380 more regular and has to stay on 179 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:57,620 schedule because it's very hard to 180 00:06:57,620 --> 00:07:00,020 recover when you get off schedule . So 181 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:02,520 for example , we will likely , I talked 182 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,742 about an increasing number of flights . 183 00:07:04,742 --> 00:07:07,410 We will likely have three launches a 184 00:07:07,410 --> 00:07:11,140 day where on a , on a busy day in the 185 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:13,307 old mission , we'd have to the morning 186 00:07:13,307 --> 00:07:15,529 and a night , so three launches a day . 187 00:07:15,529 --> 00:07:19,470 We may be going to at least two , maybe 188 00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:22,020 three shifts of maintenance . So we may 189 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:24,830 have maintainers work 24/7 where we 190 00:07:24,830 --> 00:07:27,060 didn't do that very much in the past . 191 00:07:27,070 --> 00:07:29,750 So that's a couple of the changes . Um , 192 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,980 and there are gonna be times where we 193 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:35,220 have to make up ground on weekends and 194 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:37,530 holidays . And while that was always an 195 00:07:37,530 --> 00:07:39,910 option in the past , that is probably 196 00:07:39,910 --> 00:07:42,080 something we'll see more often in the 197 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,302 future so that through the tempo of the 198 00:07:44,302 --> 00:07:46,524 mission . So not only are we going from 199 00:07:46,524 --> 00:07:49,330 a large fixed wing aircraft or provided 200 00:07:49,340 --> 00:07:52,800 uh , tactical airlift To a much smaller 201 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,030 rotary wing aircraft and our mission is 202 00:07:55,030 --> 00:07:57,160 to train students . That's a lot of 203 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,540 change . And , and , you know , our 204 00:07:59,540 --> 00:08:03,160 primary purpose as reservists is to be 205 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,610 ready to , to deliver combat power . 206 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:09,690 We talk about that at Uva all the time . 207 00:08:09,690 --> 00:08:11,912 Right . Ready . Ready . Ready . What is 208 00:08:11,912 --> 00:08:13,579 readiness mean ? But our dock 209 00:08:13,579 --> 00:08:15,690 statements say we need to be ready to 210 00:08:15,690 --> 00:08:17,857 deploy in 72 hours . And that's why we 211 00:08:17,857 --> 00:08:20,290 have to be ready all the time . Well , 212 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:22,540 we're gonna have our in maintenance and 213 00:08:22,550 --> 00:08:25,310 Ops except for the A . E . Squadron and 214 00:08:25,310 --> 00:08:28,170 Ops they are not going to have the same 215 00:08:28,170 --> 00:08:30,337 deployment requirements that we've had 216 00:08:30,337 --> 00:08:32,448 in the past but we will still need to 217 00:08:32,448 --> 00:08:34,448 be ready because there will be some 218 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:36,614 deployment requirements . And a lot of 219 00:08:36,614 --> 00:08:38,781 our readiness requirements aren't just 220 00:08:38,781 --> 00:08:40,726 to deploy but it's to be an airman 221 00:08:40,726 --> 00:08:42,726 ready to go and do their job at any 222 00:08:42,726 --> 00:08:44,392 time . So many of our reading 223 00:08:44,392 --> 00:08:47,340 requirements will stay . But how we 224 00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:49,507 deploy in the maintenance group in the 225 00:08:49,507 --> 00:08:52,450 Ops group will will be very different . 226 00:08:52,460 --> 00:08:55,500 Well you talked about um about change 227 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:58,620 how difficult it is and sometimes and 228 00:08:58,630 --> 00:09:01,760 if there is an airman out there who 229 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,770 says I want to cross train into a 230 00:09:03,770 --> 00:09:05,826 different A . F . F . C . What would 231 00:09:05,826 --> 00:09:07,881 you say to that airman ? Yeah . Well 232 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:11,030 great , that would be wonderful . Right ? 233 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,400 Um and unfortunately we have a lot of 234 00:09:14,410 --> 00:09:16,632 unknown so I'm glad you brought that up 235 00:09:16,632 --> 00:09:18,799 because one of our challenges has been 236 00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:21,230 to communicating that very thing to the 237 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,200 airmen . And it's not because we 238 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,144 haven't wanted to communicate it , 239 00:09:25,144 --> 00:09:28,960 we're not sure yet what exactly to 240 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,490 communicate . It's getting more firm 241 00:09:31,490 --> 00:09:34,580 every day . Uh So I'll talk about the 242 00:09:34,580 --> 00:09:37,770 Ops group first uh because that's more 243 00:09:37,770 --> 00:09:40,110 firm that and we understand that better . 244 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,440 We're looking at aircrew transitioning 245 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,770 from the C 1 30 mission to the Mh 1 39 246 00:09:46,770 --> 00:09:48,659 mission and that's a more clearly 247 00:09:48,659 --> 00:09:50,940 defined path . Um we're gonna have more 248 00:09:50,940 --> 00:09:53,540 full time instructors in the ops group 249 00:09:53,540 --> 00:09:55,730 than we've had in the past and that's 250 00:09:55,730 --> 00:09:59,010 where most of our current people will 251 00:09:59,020 --> 00:10:01,350 end up in . Ops as as full time 252 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,730 instructors in maintenance . It's it's 253 00:10:03,730 --> 00:10:05,750 very different . The full time 254 00:10:05,750 --> 00:10:08,145 footprint , Maintenance mostly in the 255 00:10:08,145 --> 00:10:10,405 form of arts is going to increase by 256 00:10:10,405 --> 00:10:12,627 quite a bit . So there's gonna be a lot 257 00:10:12,627 --> 00:10:15,635 of opportunity uh for full time 258 00:10:15,645 --> 00:10:17,367 positions with the traditional 259 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,534 reservists , it's gonna be different . 260 00:10:19,534 --> 00:10:21,701 Our footprint of traditional reservist 261 00:10:21,701 --> 00:10:23,812 is actually gonna shrink and I'm sure 262 00:10:23,812 --> 00:10:25,978 that provides some level of anxiety to 263 00:10:25,978 --> 00:10:28,825 the airmen . Um and this is the message 264 00:10:28,825 --> 00:10:30,936 I want to really send on that topic . 265 00:10:30,936 --> 00:10:33,865 There is a place for you in the 908 if 266 00:10:33,865 --> 00:10:37,060 you want to continue uh to participate 267 00:10:37,060 --> 00:10:39,116 here , it may look different than it 268 00:10:39,116 --> 00:10:41,720 does now and part of that we just don't 269 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,730 know . Uh So to get a little bit more 270 00:10:44,730 --> 00:10:46,897 technical in the maintenance group and 271 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:48,786 luckily we have some really smart 272 00:10:48,786 --> 00:10:50,897 people working on this . Chief Quincy 273 00:10:50,897 --> 00:10:52,786 Hester mess sergeant Joel May are 274 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:54,841 leading the way on this and figuring 275 00:10:54,841 --> 00:10:57,290 out how do we take these um positions A . 276 00:10:57,290 --> 00:10:59,750 F . S . Es . Jobs that we had in the 277 00:10:59,750 --> 00:11:01,972 old mission and translate it to the new 278 00:11:01,972 --> 00:11:03,917 mission because it's it's gonna be 279 00:11:03,917 --> 00:11:05,972 different and we still haven't quite 280 00:11:05,972 --> 00:11:07,639 figured out yet how that will 281 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:10,770 transition and will uh will be an easy 282 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:14,040 transition from an older job specialty 283 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,151 to a newer one . What exactly are the 284 00:11:16,151 --> 00:11:18,380 skill sets ? Uh This may also be an 285 00:11:18,380 --> 00:11:20,520 opportunity for particularly the 286 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,687 maintenance group for airmen . Oh look 287 00:11:22,687 --> 00:11:24,909 at you know I thought about maybe cross 288 00:11:24,909 --> 00:11:27,020 training to another A . F . F . C . I 289 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:29,076 talked to a couple airmen at lunch a 290 00:11:29,076 --> 00:11:31,298 couple of months ago during the E . T . 291 00:11:31,298 --> 00:11:33,353 A . And said they were interested in 292 00:11:33,353 --> 00:11:35,576 being I think it was logistics planners 293 00:11:35,576 --> 00:11:37,798 in the LRS . Well they've got vacancies 294 00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:39,798 So we have vacancies at other units 295 00:11:39,798 --> 00:11:42,020 across the wing . And I hope the airmen 296 00:11:42,020 --> 00:11:44,187 uh in the maintenance group especially 297 00:11:44,187 --> 00:11:46,298 who are working to maybe do something 298 00:11:46,298 --> 00:11:48,242 different . They will they will go 299 00:11:48,242 --> 00:11:50,187 explore those opportunities in our 300 00:11:50,187 --> 00:11:52,353 other units because they love to cross 301 00:11:52,353 --> 00:11:54,576 train them and and hire them into those 302 00:11:54,576 --> 00:11:56,631 positions in the maintenance group . 303 00:11:56,631 --> 00:11:58,798 People are gonna have to get retrained 304 00:11:58,798 --> 00:12:00,631 right . It's it's as you imagine 305 00:12:00,631 --> 00:12:02,853 maintaining an MH139 helicopter is much 306 00:12:02,853 --> 00:12:05,870 different than a C 1 30 but an engine 307 00:12:05,870 --> 00:12:07,814 is an engine to a certain degree , 308 00:12:07,814 --> 00:12:09,814 right ? So there's some things will 309 00:12:09,814 --> 00:12:11,860 transition a little more easily and 310 00:12:11,860 --> 00:12:14,027 some it's gonna be harder . But if you 311 00:12:14,027 --> 00:12:16,193 have questions about that , I'd really 312 00:12:16,193 --> 00:12:18,416 hunt down Chief Hester and Sergeant May 313 00:12:18,416 --> 00:12:20,027 and and they would have more 314 00:12:20,027 --> 00:12:22,138 particulars on how to explain to that 315 00:12:22,138 --> 00:12:24,304 airmen how they will fit into that new 316 00:12:24,304 --> 00:12:26,416 mission to just make it known is what 317 00:12:26,416 --> 00:12:28,638 you would say that I definitely want to 318 00:12:28,638 --> 00:12:30,638 make sure I'm a part of this that's 319 00:12:30,638 --> 00:12:32,804 absolutely speak up , let me know what 320 00:12:32,804 --> 00:12:34,916 you want to do , whether it be in the 321 00:12:34,916 --> 00:12:34,640 maintenance group or to one of our 322 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,780 other units um in the 908 and we're 323 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:40,990 also helping people to find a home if 324 00:12:40,990 --> 00:12:43,101 it's somewhere else we'd hate to lose 325 00:12:43,101 --> 00:12:45,268 them out of the 908 . But we've helped 326 00:12:45,268 --> 00:12:47,490 airman find a landing spot with the Air 327 00:12:47,490 --> 00:12:50,160 National Guard unit up in Birmingham um 328 00:12:50,170 --> 00:12:52,170 and in other places as well . So we 329 00:12:52,170 --> 00:12:54,226 wanna we wanna help you find a place 330 00:12:54,226 --> 00:12:56,448 that's going to be a good fit for you . 331 00:12:56,448 --> 00:12:58,559 Hopefully we can keep you here in the 332 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,670 908 . You all led a two day strategic 333 00:13:00,670 --> 00:13:03,410 alignment and out of it came our new 334 00:13:03,410 --> 00:13:05,880 mission vision statement and our wing 335 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,047 priorities . Can you talk a little bit 336 00:13:08,047 --> 00:13:10,213 about that ? So thanks for asking me . 337 00:13:10,213 --> 00:13:12,380 I want to read my notes to make sure I 338 00:13:12,380 --> 00:13:14,380 don't get a single word wrong . Our 339 00:13:14,380 --> 00:13:14,370 mission statement is to develop and 340 00:13:14,370 --> 00:13:17,200 deliver multi capable Airmen Vision , 341 00:13:17,210 --> 00:13:19,210 the Premier wing that inspires 342 00:13:19,210 --> 00:13:21,740 transformational servant leaders and 343 00:13:21,750 --> 00:13:24,820 exports excellence and our priorities 344 00:13:24,830 --> 00:13:27,020 developing airmen accelerate and 345 00:13:27,020 --> 00:13:30,030 sustain readiness , communication and 346 00:13:30,030 --> 00:13:32,320 prepare for the M . H . 1 39 bed down . 347 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,500 So that is our new mission vision and 348 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:36,270 priorities . Our M . V . P . 349 00:13:41,270 --> 00:13:43,740 We had ended up with about 35 people 350 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:46,720 from across the wing various ranks , 351 00:13:46,730 --> 00:13:50,150 all of squadrons were represented 352 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,460 and uh it was a great collaborative 353 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:55,349 effort better than I've ever seen 354 00:13:55,349 --> 00:13:57,410 before . Uh You could tell that 355 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:59,642 everyone felt comfortable to contribute 356 00:13:59,642 --> 00:14:02,690 which led to a really really good 357 00:14:02,690 --> 00:14:05,290 process and it is a process . It is to 358 00:14:05,290 --> 00:14:07,512 day . It was it really ought to be four 359 00:14:07,512 --> 00:14:09,512 or five days but it was two days to 360 00:14:09,512 --> 00:14:11,568 roll up your sleeves , get to work a 361 00:14:11,568 --> 00:14:13,679 lot of mental gymnastics of trying to 362 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,395 understand our organizations so we 363 00:14:16,395 --> 00:14:18,506 could project forward . I really want 364 00:14:18,506 --> 00:14:20,562 to go through these with you to talk 365 00:14:20,562 --> 00:14:22,617 about kind of what they mean and how 366 00:14:22,617 --> 00:14:25,145 can we live that as a wing ? I wish 367 00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:27,377 everyone could have participated in the 368 00:14:27,377 --> 00:14:30,165 process because you could have seen how 369 00:14:30,175 --> 00:14:33,225 the during the two days we evolved to 370 00:14:33,225 --> 00:14:37,050 these . Um but we're hoping that 371 00:14:37,060 --> 00:14:40,710 when an airman looks at our M . V . P . 372 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,570 They'll be able to see themselves that 373 00:14:43,570 --> 00:14:45,800 day and what they're doing is how 374 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,967 either they're helping to support that 375 00:14:47,967 --> 00:14:50,340 mission statement or they can they can 376 00:14:50,340 --> 00:14:52,430 see themselves in the vision or the 377 00:14:52,430 --> 00:14:54,541 priorities . And let me add those are 378 00:14:54,541 --> 00:14:56,620 the four top priorities . The group 379 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:59,510 came up with . We literally had dozens 380 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,280 of priorities but part of the hard work 381 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,620 is and they're all good and they're all 382 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:07,120 important . But what were our top four 383 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,370 for the next 2 to 3 years . And so just 384 00:15:10,370 --> 00:15:12,930 because a priority is not listed in one 385 00:15:12,930 --> 00:15:14,930 of those four doesn't mean it's not 386 00:15:14,930 --> 00:15:17,097 important to the wing . I just want to 387 00:15:17,097 --> 00:15:17,040 be clear about that . There's a lot of 388 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,151 other things out there , but we're we 389 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:21,207 hope like take developing airmen and 390 00:15:21,207 --> 00:15:23,484 this is part of our back to the basics . 391 00:15:23,484 --> 00:15:26,140 We know that during the last couple of 392 00:15:26,140 --> 00:15:29,180 years in focusing on deployment prep 393 00:15:29,190 --> 00:15:32,340 and deploying so much and we had to and 394 00:15:32,340 --> 00:15:34,507 that was our that was our top priority 395 00:15:34,507 --> 00:15:36,451 to make sure everyone was ready to 396 00:15:36,451 --> 00:15:39,030 deploy . We neglected to focus on some 397 00:15:39,030 --> 00:15:41,380 of the individual airmen things whether 398 00:15:41,380 --> 00:15:44,850 that be a fitness assessment or 399 00:15:44,850 --> 00:15:48,570 physical or a performance report or 400 00:15:48,570 --> 00:15:52,170 decoration or maybe uh an individual 401 00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:55,820 airmen's progress in their skill 402 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:58,830 level or their P . M . E . And so part 403 00:15:58,830 --> 00:16:00,941 of our back to the basics is not only 404 00:16:00,941 --> 00:16:02,941 understanding who's on our team but 405 00:16:02,941 --> 00:16:05,108 developing that individual airmen . So 406 00:16:05,108 --> 00:16:07,219 I was thrilled when that showed up as 407 00:16:07,219 --> 00:16:09,219 one of our top priorities in August 408 00:16:09,219 --> 00:16:11,274 last year . I said 22 is going to be 409 00:16:11,274 --> 00:16:13,640 the year of the airmen . And so I was 410 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,362 thrilled to see our priorities 411 00:16:15,362 --> 00:16:17,418 developing that airmen . I like that 412 00:16:17,418 --> 00:16:19,584 the year of the airmen And we spoke at 413 00:16:19,584 --> 00:16:21,696 one while about something interesting 414 00:16:21,696 --> 00:16:23,584 in the vision , which was servant 415 00:16:23,584 --> 00:16:25,640 leaders . What does that mean to you 416 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,807 servant leaders ? Again , I wish a lot 417 00:16:27,807 --> 00:16:27,130 of people could have been in the 418 00:16:27,130 --> 00:16:30,350 process because I actually tried to say 419 00:16:30,350 --> 00:16:33,370 very little because I wanted the group 420 00:16:33,380 --> 00:16:36,080 to come up with the mission vision 421 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,920 priorities and when they came up with 422 00:16:38,930 --> 00:16:41,790 uh transformational servant leaders , I 423 00:16:41,790 --> 00:16:44,710 was I was thrilled , I one of my 424 00:16:44,710 --> 00:16:48,050 tenants personal goals of leadership is 425 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:50,990 to be the servant leader . And when 426 00:16:50,990 --> 00:16:53,101 some of the smart people came up with 427 00:16:53,101 --> 00:16:55,101 transformational servant leader , I 428 00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:57,323 thought , well that is just perfect for 429 00:16:57,323 --> 00:16:59,323 us because we are transforming this 430 00:16:59,323 --> 00:17:01,379 wing and we need great leaders to do 431 00:17:01,379 --> 00:17:02,934 that and what better than a 432 00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:04,823 transformational servant leader , 433 00:17:04,823 --> 00:17:07,120 someone who puts others in the 434 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:10,000 organization ahead of themselves and is 435 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,420 leading positive change in the wing . 436 00:17:13,430 --> 00:17:15,652 And then right after that , the exports 437 00:17:15,652 --> 00:17:17,819 excellence . And that is a phrase that 438 00:17:17,819 --> 00:17:20,440 I have latched onto because one of my 439 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,010 mentors who used to be here at the 908 , 440 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:25,880 then Colonel Cali von Hoffman , now , 441 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,936 Major General Cali von Hoffman , who 442 00:17:27,936 --> 00:17:30,047 was our maintenance group commander , 443 00:17:30,047 --> 00:17:31,936 Um she used to talk about how the 444 00:17:31,936 --> 00:17:33,713 maintenance group was exporting 445 00:17:33,713 --> 00:17:35,769 excellence and I thought , I thought 446 00:17:35,769 --> 00:17:37,991 that was great . You know , someone can 447 00:17:37,991 --> 00:17:40,213 know where you come from because you're 448 00:17:40,213 --> 00:17:42,047 exporting excellence and we want 449 00:17:42,047 --> 00:17:43,936 everyone to know that someone has 450 00:17:43,936 --> 00:17:46,158 either been assigned to the 908 or came 451 00:17:46,158 --> 00:17:48,630 through the 908 as a student and they 452 00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:50,797 can tell they did that because they're 453 00:17:50,797 --> 00:17:53,019 out there exporting excellence . I love 454 00:17:53,019 --> 00:17:55,186 that you said we have some time in the 455 00:17:55,186 --> 00:17:57,670 process of this transition and it's not 456 00:17:57,670 --> 00:17:59,670 gonna happen overnight . I think Mr 457 00:17:59,670 --> 00:18:02,090 Taylor has said , what do you want 458 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:04,670 Airman to know about right now , as far 459 00:18:04,670 --> 00:18:07,030 as what we do right now , in this time , 460 00:18:07,030 --> 00:18:09,197 in the middle of this transition until 461 00:18:09,197 --> 00:18:11,419 we get what we want to be . Well , that 462 00:18:11,419 --> 00:18:13,197 that is a there's a lot in that 463 00:18:13,197 --> 00:18:15,420 question right there . Um let me try to 464 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:18,720 break it up a little bit . Uh I said , 465 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:20,674 I would say , you know , this is a 466 00:18:20,674 --> 00:18:22,619 great time to make sure that we're 467 00:18:22,619 --> 00:18:24,397 developing that airmen and that 468 00:18:24,397 --> 00:18:27,350 includes a lot of things . If you're in 469 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,170 our A . E squadron , you're focusing on 470 00:18:30,170 --> 00:18:32,540 a short term deployment . We currently 471 00:18:32,540 --> 00:18:35,130 have about 20 people deployed to europe 472 00:18:35,140 --> 00:18:37,307 who are supporting the things going on 473 00:18:37,307 --> 00:18:39,362 in europe and they'll be home soon . 474 00:18:39,362 --> 00:18:42,370 But about half of those people have 475 00:18:42,370 --> 00:18:44,370 been home less than a year and they 476 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:46,703 volunteered to deploy again . Our A . E . 477 00:18:46,703 --> 00:18:49,090 Squadron uh got a short notice 478 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:51,970 deployment shorter than normal because 479 00:18:51,970 --> 00:18:54,140 of the way we're we've changed how 480 00:18:54,140 --> 00:18:56,196 we're presenting forces to combatant 481 00:18:56,196 --> 00:18:59,590 commander at four gen . And so are our 482 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,890 A . Es got asked to deploy again and 483 00:19:02,890 --> 00:19:05,700 more than half of them had been home a 484 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:08,040 short period of time and had waived 485 00:19:08,050 --> 00:19:11,000 their uh there dwell requirements 486 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,222 because they're they're volunteering to 487 00:19:13,222 --> 00:19:15,278 go back and serve again , which is I 488 00:19:15,278 --> 00:19:17,389 point that out because we have just a 489 00:19:17,389 --> 00:19:19,389 wing full of extraordinary selfless 490 00:19:19,389 --> 00:19:21,590 leaders and and willing to do that . I 491 00:19:21,590 --> 00:19:24,610 mean the vision statement it fits . Um 492 00:19:24,620 --> 00:19:27,270 so you have the A . S and the ops group 493 00:19:27,270 --> 00:19:29,530 that are focusing on that folks in the 494 00:19:29,530 --> 00:19:31,752 A . S . T . S . And the mission support 495 00:19:31,752 --> 00:19:33,974 group in a lot of ways it's business as 496 00:19:33,974 --> 00:19:36,141 usual . They're going to have the same 497 00:19:36,141 --> 00:19:38,252 deployment requirements , they're the 498 00:19:38,252 --> 00:19:40,252 same in in in garrison requirements 499 00:19:40,252 --> 00:19:42,419 that they're always working on when it 500 00:19:42,419 --> 00:19:44,697 comes to our operators and maintainers . 501 00:19:44,697 --> 00:19:46,808 You know , where the change is huge . 502 00:19:46,808 --> 00:19:49,086 It's to try to figure out best you can , 503 00:19:49,086 --> 00:19:51,197 what your role is gonna be in the new 504 00:19:51,197 --> 00:19:53,450 mission and make sure that we're 505 00:19:53,450 --> 00:19:55,728 getting you the training that you need . 506 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:57,728 And that's a little as we discussed 507 00:19:57,728 --> 00:19:59,894 earlier , we're a little uncertain for 508 00:19:59,894 --> 00:20:02,250 for some people what that exactly is , 509 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:04,940 but seek that out and then can and 510 00:20:04,950 --> 00:20:06,783 continue to take this time where 511 00:20:06,783 --> 00:20:08,950 there's a bit of a break in the action 512 00:20:08,950 --> 00:20:11,172 in some ways in opposite maintenance to 513 00:20:11,172 --> 00:20:13,006 make sure that you're developing 514 00:20:13,006 --> 00:20:15,172 yourself as an airman and you're doing 515 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:17,090 the things that you need to do to 516 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:19,322 ensure your career progression . Well , 517 00:20:19,322 --> 00:20:21,433 you kind of hit on . My next question 518 00:20:21,433 --> 00:20:23,600 is , what are the areas that you would 519 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,711 say the wing is succeeding ? What are 520 00:20:25,711 --> 00:20:28,230 we doing really well . I tell you , um 521 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,360 I love talking about what the 908 has 522 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,304 done the last couple of years as I 523 00:20:32,304 --> 00:20:34,360 talked to my peers across Africa and 524 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:36,082 we've actually gotten a lot of 525 00:20:36,082 --> 00:20:38,249 recognition in the last several months 526 00:20:38,249 --> 00:20:39,804 of just how significant the 527 00:20:39,804 --> 00:20:41,971 contributions of the airmen in the 908 528 00:20:41,971 --> 00:20:44,193 has been the last couple of years . How 529 00:20:44,193 --> 00:20:46,460 we prepared for the largest deployment 530 00:20:46,460 --> 00:20:49,080 history of the wing , about 24% of our 531 00:20:49,090 --> 00:20:51,312 our wing was deployed at any one time , 532 00:20:51,312 --> 00:20:53,440 which is a huge lift in a reserve 533 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,260 organization . And then what our airmen 534 00:20:56,260 --> 00:20:58,650 did out there on deployment was just 535 00:20:58,650 --> 00:21:00,761 incredible . So what everyone at home 536 00:21:00,761 --> 00:21:02,983 did to get them ready and then what the 537 00:21:02,983 --> 00:21:04,872 airmen did on deployment was just 538 00:21:04,872 --> 00:21:06,983 fantastic . So I'd have to say we did 539 00:21:06,983 --> 00:21:10,140 that really well . Right . Um I would 540 00:21:10,140 --> 00:21:13,240 say what we're doing well now is and I 541 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,351 appreciate it's challenging . I think 542 00:21:15,351 --> 00:21:17,540 everyone's keeping their head pretty 543 00:21:17,540 --> 00:21:19,707 good and trying to kind of go with the 544 00:21:19,707 --> 00:21:22,670 flow with all the change because it is 545 00:21:22,670 --> 00:21:24,837 uncertain . We get delays all the time 546 00:21:24,837 --> 00:21:27,059 right . Just in the last 24 hours we've 547 00:21:27,059 --> 00:21:29,240 got news about challenges that we're 548 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,129 going to face with those building 549 00:21:31,129 --> 00:21:33,240 projects that I spoke about earlier . 550 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,351 It's day in and day out . It's almost 551 00:21:35,351 --> 00:21:37,610 changes multiple times a day and just 552 00:21:37,610 --> 00:21:39,832 hang in there with us and and try to be 553 00:21:39,832 --> 00:21:42,080 patient and and ride it through . Uh 554 00:21:42,090 --> 00:21:44,530 This is a very difficult and 555 00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:47,580 complicated , multifaceted remission I 556 00:21:47,580 --> 00:21:49,691 submit . It's the hardest one the Air 557 00:21:49,691 --> 00:21:51,913 Force has ever taken on and I know it's 558 00:21:51,913 --> 00:21:53,913 challenging and frustrating ba just 559 00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:56,020 bear with us and one of the things 560 00:21:56,020 --> 00:21:58,020 we're trying to do is we've had our 561 00:21:58,020 --> 00:22:00,298 program integration office , the P . I . 562 00:22:00,298 --> 00:22:02,700 O . Team working these issues now for 563 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:05,030 well over a year while we were doing 564 00:22:05,030 --> 00:22:07,030 the important work of preparing and 565 00:22:07,030 --> 00:22:09,380 deploying . We tried to make sure that 566 00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:11,380 the wing didn't have to be burdened 567 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:13,760 with those issues . And so we just kind 568 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,927 of kept that in the P . I . O . Team . 569 00:22:15,927 --> 00:22:18,038 But now we're in another phase of the 570 00:22:18,038 --> 00:22:20,510 transition and we're encouraging the 571 00:22:20,510 --> 00:22:22,288 members of the P . I . O . Team 572 00:22:22,390 --> 00:22:24,501 especially in the ops and maintenance 573 00:22:24,501 --> 00:22:26,501 groups to go out and and more fully 574 00:22:26,501 --> 00:22:29,700 communicate what we're doing now . The 575 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:31,756 majority of the Ops group and all of 576 00:22:31,756 --> 00:22:34,033 the maintenance group is part of the P . 577 00:22:34,033 --> 00:22:36,089 I . O . Team . And so your job is to 578 00:22:36,089 --> 00:22:38,089 help us with this transition . What 579 00:22:38,089 --> 00:22:40,280 makes this the hardest transition in 580 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,280 the history of the Air Force ? It's 581 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,336 hard to kind of get your arms around 582 00:22:44,336 --> 00:22:46,280 that . So I'll take a stab at it . 583 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,280 Number one as I mentioned earlier , 584 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,280 we're going from a large aircraft , 585 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,850 fixed wing tactical airlift unit to a 586 00:22:53,850 --> 00:22:56,480 smaller rotary wing aircraft that's 587 00:22:56,490 --> 00:22:58,712 going to be a formal training unit . So 588 00:22:58,712 --> 00:23:01,780 training students so that's a huge leap 589 00:23:01,790 --> 00:23:04,880 in just that mission . Um You know the 590 00:23:04,890 --> 00:23:07,020 the aircraft themselves are are very 591 00:23:07,020 --> 00:23:09,187 different right ? We went from a older 592 00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:11,187 aircraft most of our C one thirties 593 00:23:11,187 --> 00:23:13,076 were built in the mid eighties to 594 00:23:13,076 --> 00:23:15,242 something that's going to be brand new 595 00:23:15,242 --> 00:23:17,464 and brand new can be wonderful . But it 596 00:23:17,464 --> 00:23:19,020 also means there's a lot of 597 00:23:19,020 --> 00:23:21,131 undiscovered challenges ahead of us . 598 00:23:21,131 --> 00:23:23,490 There's three match comms involved Air 599 00:23:23,490 --> 00:23:25,601 Force Reserve Command , Air education 600 00:23:25,601 --> 00:23:27,546 and Training Command and Air Force 601 00:23:27,546 --> 00:23:29,490 Global Strike Command . That means 602 00:23:29,490 --> 00:23:29,090 there's at least three different points 603 00:23:29,090 --> 00:23:31,430 of view to every issue that we come 604 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,650 with . So that's just the name . A few 605 00:23:34,660 --> 00:23:36,882 of the challenges that I say this makes 606 00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:39,104 this the hardest , hardest remission in 607 00:23:39,104 --> 00:23:41,160 the Air Force has ever taken on . So 608 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,382 would you say that we're building a lot 609 00:23:43,382 --> 00:23:45,160 of this from the ground up ? We 610 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,271 certainly are , but we've got amazing 611 00:23:47,271 --> 00:23:49,216 people on the team . You all did a 612 00:23:49,216 --> 00:23:51,438 great story on the P . I . O . Team and 613 00:23:51,438 --> 00:23:53,549 Mr Taylor is the director and the and 614 00:23:53,549 --> 00:23:55,493 the members of that team . They're 615 00:23:55,493 --> 00:23:57,716 doing phenomenal work and I told them a 616 00:23:57,716 --> 00:23:59,771 little more than a year ago , I said 617 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:01,716 you all are gonna be leading three 618 00:24:01,716 --> 00:24:04,220 match comms from here at the wing level 619 00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:06,286 and they kind of looked at me like I 620 00:24:06,286 --> 00:24:09,180 was crazy because a wing doesn't lead 621 00:24:09,180 --> 00:24:12,480 to match com and I said yes you will . 622 00:24:12,490 --> 00:24:14,870 And after several more months they came 623 00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:17,560 back and they said we get it now we we 624 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,671 are leading to three match comms like 625 00:24:19,671 --> 00:24:22,340 exactly through what may be the hardest 626 00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:24,507 remission the Air Force has ever taken 627 00:24:24,507 --> 00:24:26,820 on . And we've talked about what some 628 00:24:26,820 --> 00:24:28,876 of the wing the wing is doing really 629 00:24:28,876 --> 00:24:31,042 well . We've talked about what the P . 630 00:24:31,042 --> 00:24:33,264 I . O . Is doing really well . What are 631 00:24:33,264 --> 00:24:35,376 some areas that we could improve as a 632 00:24:35,376 --> 00:24:37,598 wing at the strategic alignment event ? 633 00:24:37,598 --> 00:24:39,820 We went through a lot of exercises , we 634 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:41,931 did a swat analysis and so one of the 635 00:24:41,931 --> 00:24:44,098 things we looked at was our weaknesses 636 00:24:44,098 --> 00:24:45,876 And it was in our strengths and 637 00:24:45,876 --> 00:24:48,390 opportunities etc . Um it was 638 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,550 interesting to listen to the hear what 639 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,070 the 35 people in the group had to say 640 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,270 what we were doing well . And I will 641 00:24:57,270 --> 00:24:59,048 tell you some of the weaknesses 642 00:24:59,048 --> 00:25:02,860 identified were communication uh 643 00:25:02,870 --> 00:25:05,080 which you know made it to our party by 644 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,247 the way . That also came up . A lot of 645 00:25:07,247 --> 00:25:09,358 you mentioned it on the deok survey . 646 00:25:09,358 --> 00:25:11,524 So thanks everyone for filling out the 647 00:25:11,524 --> 00:25:13,747 deok survey . So that's an area that we 648 00:25:13,747 --> 00:25:15,802 said hey we need to get better and I 649 00:25:15,802 --> 00:25:17,920 think we can always get better but it 650 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,920 was a good reminder that we need to 651 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,031 focus on . So we'll do something like 652 00:25:22,031 --> 00:25:24,198 this right here . We're hoping to have 653 00:25:24,198 --> 00:25:26,253 a wing wide commanders call of Covid 654 00:25:26,253 --> 00:25:28,370 will cooperate soon . Another way to 655 00:25:28,370 --> 00:25:30,703 communicate , we're hoping to get the P . 656 00:25:30,703 --> 00:25:33,110 I . O . Team more out into the the 657 00:25:33,110 --> 00:25:35,110 option maintenance group and and to 658 00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:37,221 share more of the information we want 659 00:25:37,221 --> 00:25:39,499 the airmen to know as much as possible . 660 00:25:39,499 --> 00:25:41,721 So communication was one of the areas , 661 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,120 another area that came up that we could 662 00:25:45,130 --> 00:25:48,800 stand improvement um is um maintaining 663 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,800 standards um and whether that and that 664 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,744 and that's part of the back to the 665 00:25:53,744 --> 00:25:56,110 basics whether that be for example a 666 00:25:56,110 --> 00:25:58,580 fitness standard , a medical readiness 667 00:25:58,580 --> 00:26:01,190 standard . Uh making sure everyone has 668 00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:03,023 their performance reports , done 669 00:26:03,023 --> 00:26:05,630 dressing appearance right ? We have 670 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,340 published standards uh and it takes 671 00:26:08,340 --> 00:26:10,760 work and discipline to make sure that 672 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,450 we're uh enforcing the standards and 673 00:26:13,450 --> 00:26:15,590 maintaining the standards . But there 674 00:26:15,590 --> 00:26:18,220 was unanimous agreement from our group 675 00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:21,340 of 35 that we needed to put some 676 00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:23,461 emphasis on that . And I think it was 677 00:26:23,461 --> 00:26:26,220 only natural that there was some 678 00:26:26,230 --> 00:26:29,290 deviation from that . If you look at uh 679 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:31,770 the impacts of Covid and how we didn't 680 00:26:31,770 --> 00:26:33,937 have traditional U . T . A . S . For a 681 00:26:33,937 --> 00:26:36,500 long time and still R R U T . S . R 682 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,960 modified a little bit . I think that 683 00:26:38,970 --> 00:26:41,410 lent itself to maybe some deviation 684 00:26:41,410 --> 00:26:43,466 from the standards and then also the 685 00:26:43,466 --> 00:26:46,250 tempo to have so many airmen focused on 686 00:26:46,250 --> 00:26:48,260 deployment and then deployed at one 687 00:26:48,260 --> 00:26:51,000 time . Our units aren't in their normal 688 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,222 battle rhythm . And when you get out of 689 00:26:53,222 --> 00:26:55,333 that normal battle battle rhythm , it 690 00:26:55,333 --> 00:26:57,590 can lead to some deviations from the 691 00:26:57,590 --> 00:26:59,812 standard . So there's a couple of areas 692 00:26:59,812 --> 00:27:01,979 that we've said , we we really need to 693 00:27:01,979 --> 00:27:04,920 get back to the basics and and focus on 694 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,142 these and we're making great strides by 695 00:27:07,142 --> 00:27:09,309 the way , uh incredible improvement in 696 00:27:09,309 --> 00:27:12,850 our medical readiness . Um We're now 697 00:27:12,860 --> 00:27:16,640 uh in one of the leading groups in 22nd 698 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,807 Air Force with our medical readiness , 699 00:27:18,807 --> 00:27:21,050 our performance reports are much much 700 00:27:21,050 --> 00:27:23,106 better . Still got a ways to go . So 701 00:27:23,106 --> 00:27:25,272 that's that's why , you know , getting 702 00:27:25,272 --> 00:27:27,439 back to the basics seems to really fit 703 00:27:27,439 --> 00:27:30,000 what we need to be focusing on and then 704 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,167 getting back to the basics . Are there 705 00:27:32,167 --> 00:27:34,680 any short term goals for the 908 ? Well 706 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,870 I wasn't ready for that question . You 707 00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:39,120 got me with that one short term goals . 708 00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:42,900 Um I would say a couple of things that 709 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:45,011 I just mentioned , we're doing really 710 00:27:45,011 --> 00:27:47,260 good with the medical readiness . We 711 00:27:47,260 --> 00:27:50,180 have been peeking above 80% but I think 712 00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:53,120 a short term goal should be 85% and 713 00:27:53,130 --> 00:27:56,010 we're discovering a lot of reasons why 714 00:27:56,010 --> 00:27:58,121 that happened and we're fixing them . 715 00:27:58,121 --> 00:28:00,121 So I'm having confidence that we're 716 00:28:00,121 --> 00:28:02,343 going to get to where we want to be and 717 00:28:02,343 --> 00:28:04,177 stay there . Same thing with the 718 00:28:04,177 --> 00:28:06,288 performance reports , challenges with 719 00:28:06,288 --> 00:28:08,343 my evil , we're all going to have to 720 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,080 Learn how to use my evil . Like we 721 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,990 struggle to learn to use VPC 722 00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:17,242 and so that we can make sure that we're 723 00:28:17,242 --> 00:28:19,353 taking care of each airman developing 724 00:28:19,353 --> 00:28:21,520 each airman and part of that is having 725 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,464 that performance report . Is there 726 00:28:23,464 --> 00:28:25,631 anything else you'd like to add to our 727 00:28:25,631 --> 00:28:28,200 wing ? Yes , I'm incredibly proud of 728 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,367 what the airmen of the 908 have done . 729 00:28:30,470 --> 00:28:33,620 It truly is extraordinary . And they 730 00:28:33,620 --> 00:28:35,620 don't get to see some of the things 731 00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:37,780 that I get to see . Uh for example , 732 00:28:37,790 --> 00:28:41,070 about eight weeks ago we briefed uh the 733 00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:42,903 senior most leaders of Air Force 734 00:28:42,903 --> 00:28:44,959 Reserve Command and Commander update 735 00:28:44,959 --> 00:28:47,014 brief about what we have done in our 736 00:28:47,014 --> 00:28:49,070 deployment and what we're doing with 737 00:28:49,070 --> 00:28:52,810 the remission and we got accolades from 738 00:28:52,810 --> 00:28:54,866 the general officers across Africa . 739 00:28:54,866 --> 00:28:56,977 I've never heard so many before and I 740 00:28:56,977 --> 00:28:58,977 wish that all the airmen could have 741 00:28:58,977 --> 00:29:01,200 heard that to know that their efforts 742 00:29:01,210 --> 00:29:04,370 are being recognized . So I would uh I 743 00:29:04,370 --> 00:29:06,481 would add that . I would I would want 744 00:29:06,481 --> 00:29:08,148 them to know how valued their 745 00:29:08,148 --> 00:29:10,500 contribution is from the senior leaders 746 00:29:10,510 --> 00:29:13,060 at Air Force Reserve Command . And then 747 00:29:13,070 --> 00:29:15,260 I would I would like them to , like I 748 00:29:15,260 --> 00:29:19,070 said earlier to stay focused . This is 749 00:29:19,070 --> 00:29:22,230 a challenging time in many ways and but 750 00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:24,760 stay the course and this is new and 751 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,120 different . That's what changes . But 752 00:29:27,130 --> 00:29:29,241 hang in there and work with us , help 753 00:29:29,241 --> 00:29:31,408 us make it better , you know , help us 754 00:29:31,408 --> 00:29:33,830 find a better way to do it . This is 755 00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:37,400 the time to change the way we may have 756 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,780 always done something . This is a great 757 00:29:39,780 --> 00:29:43,260 opportunity to reshape and redefine the 758 00:29:43,260 --> 00:29:45,130 culture of this wing .