1 00:00:02,340 --> 00:00:04,451 Good afternoon Chief Peters and I are 2 00:00:04,451 --> 00:00:06,510 here at our wonderful Niagara lodge 3 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:08,464 with a nice fire and the christmas 4 00:00:08,464 --> 00:00:10,409 decor around and we wanted to wish 5 00:00:10,409 --> 00:00:12,576 everybody a very merry christmas and a 6 00:00:12,576 --> 00:00:14,742 happy holiday season from your leaders 7 00:00:14,742 --> 00:00:16,909 here at the ninth , 14th Air refueling 8 00:00:16,909 --> 00:00:18,909 wing . We've had a wonderful year . 9 00:00:18,909 --> 00:00:20,576 We've had a lot of challenges 10 00:00:20,576 --> 00:00:22,909 throughout the year , but we persevered . 11 00:00:22,909 --> 00:00:24,909 We made it through And we're very , 12 00:00:24,909 --> 00:00:27,131 very proud of what all of our teammates 13 00:00:27,131 --> 00:00:29,187 here in the wing have done to get us 14 00:00:29,187 --> 00:00:28,890 the spot that we're at here at the end 15 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:32,800 of 2021 . Chief Sir . I'm very honored 16 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,022 to continue to serve for the air of the 17 00:00:35,022 --> 00:00:36,911 ninth , 14th . We've had a really 18 00:00:36,911 --> 00:00:38,920 resilient year . Um , the awards of 19 00:00:38,930 --> 00:00:41,270 five step promotions this year . We've 20 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:43,492 had the first sergeant of the Air Force 21 00:00:43,492 --> 00:00:45,714 selected from right here in the ninth , 22 00:00:45,714 --> 00:00:47,714 14th and then the most recently our 23 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:49,881 maintainers that are now competing Air 24 00:00:49,881 --> 00:00:51,881 force level , winning the match com 25 00:00:51,881 --> 00:00:53,770 awards . So the resiliency of our 26 00:00:53,770 --> 00:00:55,714 airmen has been wonderful and I've 27 00:00:55,714 --> 00:00:57,770 really been proud of everything that 28 00:00:57,770 --> 00:00:59,826 you've done . Thanks chief . We also 29 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:01,992 know that sometimes the holiday season 30 00:01:01,992 --> 00:01:04,214 can be a tough time for people . Okay , 31 00:01:04,214 --> 00:01:06,326 so what we want to encourage everyone 32 00:01:06,326 --> 00:01:06,220 is look out for each other . All right . 33 00:01:06,220 --> 00:01:08,430 If you see that airmen , that spouse , 34 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,329 that teammate that's struggling , 35 00:01:10,329 --> 00:01:12,329 please reach out to them and if not 36 00:01:12,329 --> 00:01:14,440 we've got lots of resources available 37 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,329 to help . Key spouse for Sergeant 38 00:01:16,329 --> 00:01:18,607 commanders are wonderful chaplain team . 39 00:01:18,607 --> 00:01:20,773 All those people are available to help 40 00:01:20,773 --> 00:01:22,884 for those of our teammates that maybe 41 00:01:22,884 --> 00:01:22,270 you're not having a great holiday 42 00:01:22,270 --> 00:01:24,159 season . So you know , we got big 43 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:26,340 things planned for 2000 and 20 to our 44 00:01:26,340 --> 00:01:28,284 new wing commander will be here in 45 00:01:28,284 --> 00:01:30,451 february . I think they've changed the 46 00:01:30,451 --> 00:01:32,396 community february 12th and 13th . 47 00:01:32,396 --> 00:01:34,507 Major General Pennington will be here 48 00:01:34,507 --> 00:01:34,010 shortly after that to help with the 49 00:01:34,010 --> 00:01:36,232 assumption of command and lots of other 50 00:01:36,232 --> 00:01:38,343 things as we move forward for the way 51 00:01:38,343 --> 00:01:40,566 in 2022 . So to conclude , we'd like to 52 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:42,621 say merry christmas , happy holidays 53 00:01:42,621 --> 00:01:44,677 and we hope to see a Back in January 54 00:01:44,677 --> 00:01:46,621 Ready to Go for the Rest of 2022 . 55 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,240 Merry christmas . Merry christmas . 56 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,160 Thank you .