1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,800 I joined from Brooklyn queens , new 3 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,110 york raised and uh as a new york city 4 00:00:21,110 --> 00:00:23,820 kid born in Puerto rico , I decided to 5 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:26,042 join the Air Force . I was just looking 6 00:00:26,042 --> 00:00:28,209 for something different . Uh living in 7 00:00:28,209 --> 00:00:30,264 new york , the concrete jungle , you 8 00:00:30,264 --> 00:00:32,376 don't really see the world too much . 9 00:00:32,376 --> 00:00:34,542 And so I decided to join the Air Force 10 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:34,510 would allow me to see the world and do 11 00:00:34,510 --> 00:00:37,250 something different husband . My wife 12 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:40,050 Susie , she's also an airman . Um she 13 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:43,010 sacrificed a lot . Uh you know , do the 14 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:44,954 things that I've , I've done in my 15 00:00:44,954 --> 00:00:45,400 career 16 00:00:50,540 --> 00:00:52,762 overall . I've served most of my career 17 00:00:52,762 --> 00:00:54,910 as an aerial porter , porter doc . Uh 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,190 you know , proud and where that as a 19 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:59,410 badge of honor before this , I was the 20 00:00:59,420 --> 00:01:01,330 4 59 refueling Wing Command chief 21 00:01:01,340 --> 00:01:03,340 served there for about a year and a 22 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:05,660 half . Um was an amazing time . Was sad 23 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:07,771 to leave , developed some great bonds 24 00:01:07,771 --> 00:01:09,882 relationships with the airman there . 25 00:01:09,882 --> 00:01:11,993 But looking forward and I have looked 26 00:01:11,993 --> 00:01:14,360 forward to taking on this position . 27 00:01:16,830 --> 00:01:19,110 Yeah , I think number one is just help 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,970 develop , you know , uh the force for 29 00:01:21,970 --> 00:01:24,290 today's challenges and that future 30 00:01:24,290 --> 00:01:26,457 fight . Uh you know , future fight has 31 00:01:26,457 --> 00:01:28,346 been on everybody's radar . We're 32 00:01:28,346 --> 00:01:30,346 hoping to to never have to get into 33 00:01:30,346 --> 00:01:32,568 that fight . But for me it's you know , 34 00:01:32,568 --> 00:01:34,679 what are we doing to prepare for that 35 00:01:34,679 --> 00:01:36,846 fight and and provide that deterrent . 36 00:01:36,846 --> 00:01:36,360 You know , we talked about nuclear 37 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,800 deterrence , but for me , our airmen 38 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,022 are also deterrence . And if our airmen 39 00:01:41,022 --> 00:01:43,600 are ready , capable willing to , to , 40 00:01:43,610 --> 00:01:46,760 to to be there for that fight . I think 41 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,927 that will deter the enemy number one . 42 00:01:48,927 --> 00:01:51,038 And so I think getting them ready for 43 00:01:51,038 --> 00:01:53,371 that challenge . I think it's important . 44 00:01:53,371 --> 00:01:55,538 The other thing is the goal of mine is 45 00:01:55,538 --> 00:01:57,649 uh is to develop , develop a cohesive 46 00:01:57,730 --> 00:01:59,841 enlisted force development strategy . 47 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,540 So within the next month or so we're 48 00:02:02,540 --> 00:02:04,540 gonna bring some command chiefs out 49 00:02:04,540 --> 00:02:06,651 there , We're gonna sit down and talk 50 00:02:06,651 --> 00:02:08,707 and look at force development within 51 00:02:08,707 --> 00:02:08,060 our nap . Are we hitting certain 52 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:10,030 metrics ? We're gonna look at the 53 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:12,197 Enlisted force development action plan 54 00:02:12,197 --> 00:02:14,308 uh that came down from the same staff 55 00:02:14,308 --> 00:02:16,419 and the staff . There are some action 56 00:02:16,419 --> 00:02:18,474 items that were out there . Um and I 57 00:02:18,474 --> 00:02:20,474 want to make sure that we are doing 58 00:02:20,474 --> 00:02:22,586 everything within our wings to to hit 59 00:02:22,586 --> 00:02:24,752 some of those action items to hit some 60 00:02:24,752 --> 00:02:26,697 of those two outside some of those 61 00:02:26,697 --> 00:02:26,575 milestones . I think that's important . 62 00:02:26,875 --> 00:02:29,042 And the last thing we're gonna look at 63 00:02:29,042 --> 00:02:31,097 is retention of the force within our 64 00:02:31,097 --> 00:02:33,425 nap . And so overall on a . F . R . C . 65 00:02:33,435 --> 00:02:35,955 Um you know , across the Air Force , we 66 00:02:35,955 --> 00:02:38,825 do a great job in recruiting airmen . 67 00:02:38,835 --> 00:02:41,385 We don't do as good of a job in terms 68 00:02:41,385 --> 00:02:44,005 of retaining the force . We lose first 69 00:02:44,005 --> 00:02:46,061 term Airmen at a little bit of a too 70 00:02:46,061 --> 00:02:48,283 high of a clip . What I want to look at 71 00:02:48,283 --> 00:02:50,616 is figure out what's the why , you know , 72 00:02:50,616 --> 00:02:52,672 what's driving airman to leave after 73 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,894 our first term . You know , for me it's 74 00:02:54,894 --> 00:02:57,005 a watch the commercial , they see the 75 00:02:57,005 --> 00:02:59,172 great things that they're gonna do and 76 00:02:59,172 --> 00:02:59,000 for some reason within that first term 77 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 that , that commercial just doesn't 78 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,222 come true for them . And so we're gonna 79 00:03:03,222 --> 00:03:05,278 look at that and what are the things 80 00:03:05,278 --> 00:03:07,333 that we can do to engage the force ? 81 00:03:07,333 --> 00:03:07,000 What are the things that we can do to 82 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,222 retain that asset ? So so those are the 83 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:11,820 priorities of hoping we get after um 84 00:03:11,830 --> 00:03:12,886 during that sink , 85 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,991 I think number one is uh , you know , 86 00:03:18,991 --> 00:03:21,158 be proud , you know , be proud to wear 87 00:03:21,158 --> 00:03:23,510 the uniform , uh take pride in being an 88 00:03:23,510 --> 00:03:25,660 Air Force airman . Uh there are a lot 89 00:03:25,660 --> 00:03:27,716 of individuals , a lot of airmen who 90 00:03:27,716 --> 00:03:29,771 have sacrificed for us to be able to 91 00:03:29,771 --> 00:03:32,080 wear this uniform . Um , you know , for 92 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,969 me , excellence in all we do , it 93 00:03:33,969 --> 00:03:36,136 shouldn't be words . Uh it should be a 94 00:03:36,136 --> 00:03:38,136 way of life . You know , the second 95 00:03:38,136 --> 00:03:39,691 thing is , you know , state 96 00:03:39,691 --> 00:03:41,858 professional at all times . You know , 97 00:03:41,858 --> 00:03:44,024 we , we work in the profession of arms 98 00:03:44,024 --> 00:03:46,247 and I think sometimes we forget that uh 99 00:03:46,247 --> 00:03:48,580 we , we have our specialties , you know , 100 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:50,580 be if you're a maintainer , if your 101 00:03:50,580 --> 00:03:52,691 personnel is , so if you're a flyer , 102 00:03:52,691 --> 00:03:54,913 you know , for me that that's secondary 103 00:03:54,913 --> 00:03:56,858 to our profession . And so staying 104 00:03:56,858 --> 00:03:58,636 professional means , you know , 105 00:03:58,636 --> 00:04:00,802 honoring that , that code of conduct , 106 00:04:00,802 --> 00:04:00,753 honoring our , our foundation , our 107 00:04:00,753 --> 00:04:02,975 core values , honoring our discipline , 108 00:04:02,975 --> 00:04:05,031 our bearing , you know , just like a 109 00:04:05,031 --> 00:04:06,697 house Foundation , that's our 110 00:04:06,697 --> 00:04:08,753 foundation , if that fails , if that 111 00:04:08,753 --> 00:04:10,920 rots everything else goes , you know , 112 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,031 if you can't be trusted little little 113 00:04:13,031 --> 00:04:15,142 things , I'm not sure if we can trust 114 00:04:15,142 --> 00:04:17,364 you to do the big things and we ask you 115 00:04:17,364 --> 00:04:19,420 to do some really amazing things are 116 00:04:19,420 --> 00:04:19,416 enlisted airmen , you know , fixed 117 00:04:19,416 --> 00:04:22,076 million dollar aircraft . They work on 118 00:04:22,086 --> 00:04:24,030 our most important weapon system , 119 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:26,253 which is our airmen . Um , and in order 120 00:04:26,253 --> 00:04:28,364 for us to be able to trust them to do 121 00:04:28,364 --> 00:04:30,530 that , we have to trust that they have 122 00:04:30,530 --> 00:04:32,642 that foundation , uh , that's solid . 123 00:04:32,642 --> 00:04:34,475 That's rooted in core values and 124 00:04:34,475 --> 00:04:36,697 discipline and customs . So I think for 125 00:04:36,697 --> 00:04:38,864 me that second priority is important . 126 00:04:38,864 --> 00:04:42,410 Stay professional at all times . I'm 127 00:04:42,410 --> 00:04:45,260 excited to , to , to be a cog in this 128 00:04:45,260 --> 00:04:48,430 organization . Uh , 34,000 Airmen , 129 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,300 18 wings , one dru what we've done 130 00:04:52,310 --> 00:04:54,330 over the last couple of years . You 131 00:04:54,330 --> 00:04:56,441 know , responded at a moment's notice 132 00:04:56,441 --> 00:04:59,440 to O A R O A W providing that necessary 133 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,170 airlift . Um , and then again , having 134 00:05:02,170 --> 00:05:04,337 airmen deployed a task force liberty , 135 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:06,503 um , and welcome a lot of those allies 136 00:05:06,503 --> 00:05:08,614 providing the refuge that they need . 137 00:05:08,614 --> 00:05:10,448 Uh , you know , that that's just 138 00:05:10,448 --> 00:05:12,614 exciting . And to be a part of that is 139 00:05:12,614 --> 00:05:14,781 awesome . You know , we talk , we talk 140 00:05:14,781 --> 00:05:16,948 about the last couple of , and we look 141 00:05:16,948 --> 00:05:16,675 at what we did in terms of responding 142 00:05:16,675 --> 00:05:19,025 to covid , not just the airmen , um , 143 00:05:19,035 --> 00:05:21,345 responding and , you know , vaccinating 144 00:05:21,345 --> 00:05:24,225 the force , uh , at a moment's notice , 145 00:05:24,235 --> 00:05:26,465 but also providing those resources out 146 00:05:26,465 --> 00:05:28,687 there to local communities , you know , 147 00:05:28,687 --> 00:05:31,075 be it our nurses or med techs helping 148 00:05:31,075 --> 00:05:33,408 at the height of Covid . That's amazing . 149 00:05:33,408 --> 00:05:35,519 And so for me , it's , I'm excited to 150 00:05:35,519 --> 00:05:37,575 be a part of that organization . I'm 151 00:05:37,575 --> 00:05:39,797 just excited , uh , you know what we're 152 00:05:39,797 --> 00:05:41,575 gonna do going forward again in 153 00:05:41,575 --> 00:05:41,905 preparation for that future fight .