WEBVTT 00:26.180 --> 00:36.810 The Hello and welcome tell dead or secretary of the air force 00:36.810 --> 00:40.140 definitely jane some your host staff sergeant holly roberts Davison's 00:40.140 --> 00:43.780 for joining us. This is your opportunity to open the door on 00:43.780 --> 00:46.790 hot topics you care about from balancing the budget to taking 00:46.790 --> 00:49.770 care of air meant to get all the answers you're looking for and 00:49.800 --> 00:52.960 learn how decisions at the top affect your life in the air force 00:53.210 --> 00:55.820 secretary james. Welcome and thank you for spending your time 00:55.850 --> 00:59.470 a sitting think you'll holly and um. I wanna add. Welcome all 00:59.470 --> 01:03.450 of the are men who were with me here in our studio audience that 01:03.480 --> 01:06.630 ford made thank you so much for joining us and thank you to all 01:06.630 --> 01:10.070 of our airmen around the country and around the world to many 01:10.070 --> 01:13.880 of whom are tuning in today. So I really appreciate um. The opportunity 01:13.880 --> 01:14.690 to be with he'll. 01:15.320 --> 01:18.310 Um this week is a special wake from a Polly. 01:18.830 --> 01:22.050 Um it's a special wake from a because you see this is my died 01:22.050 --> 01:26.240 first anniversary as being the 20 third secretary of the year 01:26.240 --> 01:29.890 for so I was confirmed by the United States senate and sworn 01:29.890 --> 01:35.480 and just about a one year ago this week and wow what a year it 01:35.480 --> 01:40.230 has been it has just flung by in an instant number one and being 01:40.230 --> 01:43.470 the secretary the air force believe made is the honor and the 01:43.470 --> 01:47.190 privilege of my professional life time. So it is related in a 01:47.190 --> 01:47.870 world land. 01:48.390 --> 01:52.510 I um when I was confirmed to the back last a temper how the first thing. 01:52.510 --> 01:56.110 I did was I established three priorities for error for so these 01:56.110 --> 01:59.970 are three things I believe above all others things are most important 01:59.970 --> 02:03.880 to us most important to our present day as well as to our future 02:04.220 --> 02:07.110 and those three things art number one we need to take care of 02:07.110 --> 02:07.760 our people. 02:08.300 --> 02:12.040 Number two we need to strike the right balance between our readiness 02:12.040 --> 02:15.740 needs of today as well as our readiness needs for tomorrow and 02:15.740 --> 02:19.950 that is to say we need to move toward modernizing our air force 02:20.280 --> 02:23.850 and my number three priority is in everything we do we need to 02:23.850 --> 02:27.490 make sure that we make every dollar counts because as everyone 02:27.490 --> 02:30.930 knows we're in a tight budget environment and we are stewards 02:30.930 --> 02:33.760 of our tax payers' money and we need to make sure that every 02:33.760 --> 02:37.060 one of those dollars counts and this put toward good use. 02:37.710 --> 02:40.650 So there was a that three priorities that I established and from 02:40.650 --> 02:44.420 there it was not onward to too loud learn more about our air 02:44.420 --> 02:47.750 force and to work on our issues. But always with those three 02:47.750 --> 02:49.150 priorities in mind. 02:49.720 --> 02:52.650 And so what i've enough to live in the last year. Well i've been 02:52.650 --> 02:56.420 up to quite a bit amid you can imagine one of the key areas of 02:56.420 --> 03:00.860 focus for me has been um in the washington d.c. area or i've 03:00.860 --> 03:04.610 spent a good deal of time on in the Pentagon as well as on capitol 03:04.640 --> 03:09.150 hill working on one major budget issues major policy issues and 03:09.150 --> 03:12.690 the like sell that's been a key focus for me at the washington 03:12.690 --> 03:17.870 DC scene and our government operations um the other he effort 03:17.870 --> 03:21.320 from a has been getting out and about and seeing our air force 03:21.320 --> 03:25.170 in action around the country and around the world and that really 03:25.170 --> 03:28.250 has and the best part of the job for me and we're I have learned 03:28.530 --> 03:31.940 I'll the most of all that I had learned over the past years by 03:31.940 --> 03:35.350 talking to weren't leaders on the scene and are ehrman in the 03:35.350 --> 03:38.070 fields found that I have gained an awful lot of knowledge. 03:38.570 --> 03:42.340 And so far i've seen all five were missions ever air force in 03:42.340 --> 03:48.760 action directly in the field um. I am not to 57 bases in 26 States 03:48.760 --> 03:52.610 and territories across america and i've also visited it in a 03:52.610 --> 03:57.810 number of a a foreign nations to include Afghanistan the United 03:57.810 --> 04:02.310 Arab emirates Kuwait. I've been to the United kingdom I'd been 04:02.310 --> 04:04.620 to germany japan and korea. 04:05.540 --> 04:08.440 And if you were to say what what are your biggest take always 04:08.670 --> 04:12.600 from all of this travel and all of this focus over the last year. 04:12.990 --> 04:16.010 I'm I would summarise for all of you in the following why. 04:16.530 --> 04:21.020 My to Kate key take-away is number one with out question with 04:21.060 --> 04:25.440 out any question whatsoever we are the best air force on the 04:25.440 --> 04:30.130 planet second a non no doubt about it and no one else is even close. 04:30.800 --> 04:35.380 Um and always make the foreign capitals that I had visited those 04:35.380 --> 04:38.660 foreign leaders look upon our United States air force and we 04:38.660 --> 04:41.390 are the and the of the rest of the world they want to be more 04:41.390 --> 04:44.470 like us they want to train with us they want to emulate house 04:44.500 --> 04:48.330 in many many ways so we're the best and we are the best first 04:48.330 --> 04:51.990 and foremost because of our ehrman because of the quality people 04:51.990 --> 04:56.200 the dedication the passion and I have seen this out in spades 04:56.200 --> 04:59.530 throughout the last year and all of my travels. So that's my 04:59.530 --> 05:00.620 first key take-away. 05:01.230 --> 05:05.020 My second key take-away is we're the best but but we are in air 05:05.020 --> 05:07.690 force non the last that is feeling some strains. 05:08.360 --> 05:09.730 And why is this out. 05:10.280 --> 05:14.920 Well the first reason why that so is because we are the smallest 05:14.920 --> 05:19.240 air force that we had ever dan in our history. So that is to 05:19.240 --> 05:24.000 say since we became a separate service in the year 19 47 we have 05:24.000 --> 05:27.280 fee were people in arhtur force today than ever before in our 05:27.280 --> 05:31.110 history now back to me is an astonishing statistic and it is 05:31.110 --> 05:34.970 one that I dare say most americans don't understand I didn't 05:34.970 --> 05:38.460 understand that until I got deeply into it this past year. 05:38.750 --> 05:43.060 So we have fewer people out we also have fewer aircraft and we 05:43.060 --> 05:46.880 have ever had the for um and all that our aircraft are much more 05:46.880 --> 05:51.000 capable today than they were decades ago. They're still becomes 05:51.000 --> 05:54.520 the capacity issue because you can be in multiple places all 05:54.550 --> 05:58.660 at the same time. So we had fewer people we have fewer aircraft 05:58.930 --> 06:02.450 the aircraft that we have are getting older and older and at 06:02.450 --> 06:06.070 the same time all of this is happening our ops tempo has literally 06:06.070 --> 06:10.300 gone through the roof we're all around the world and we are leading 06:10.300 --> 06:13.360 the way in many instances so whether you're talking about this 06:13.490 --> 06:17.780 latest very serious spite or our air forces in the league against 06:17.810 --> 06:21.710 ice all in syria and iraq or whether you're talking about humanitarian 06:21.750 --> 06:25.630 air drops in the pacific war when you're talking about assisting 06:25.830 --> 06:29.490 in the fight against the bowl a and west africa you name that 06:29.610 --> 06:32.820 the United States air force is leading the way in in the forefront. 06:33.170 --> 06:37.430 So are they are men are working very very hard to protect americans 06:37.460 --> 06:41.520 and American interests and I wanted began today by thanking all 06:41.520 --> 06:45.690 of you for your efforts out over this past year. It's phenomenal 06:45.690 --> 06:49.140 what I had seen a goal line and I and it's phenomenal that you're 06:49.140 --> 06:53.120 down all of this even within this period of what I'm calling 06:53.200 --> 06:56.740 a certain amount of strain and I have seen that pride and that 06:56.740 --> 07:00.320 passion and that professional was some which makes us the and 07:00.320 --> 07:04.020 the of the world up by the way. I've met many families and friends 07:04.050 --> 07:07.600 along the way and I wanna thank them as well because the support 07:07.600 --> 07:11.100 that are family members. Good charter men is tremendous and I 07:11.100 --> 07:13.950 know that our airmen couldn't do the job without the support 07:13.980 --> 07:16.120 of those um family and friends. 07:16.940 --> 07:20.890 Those are my two top take-away is um and um what I thought I 07:20.890 --> 07:23.920 would do if it's hard with you holly is top of the remaining 07:23.920 --> 07:27.590 him out of my time out some other impression spend cashier some 07:27.590 --> 07:30.250 of the things that i've worked on that were quite expected. 07:30.770 --> 07:33.280 Other than they were some unexpected as well. 07:34.130 --> 07:38.000 Take a well let's and just getting started um because we have 07:38.000 --> 07:41.100 the time and ehrman standing by ready to ask your questions. 07:41.460 --> 07:45.620 I'm first we're actually gonna go to hill air force base pad 07:45.620 --> 07:48.560 they're actually waiting to ask some questions for you said you 07:48.560 --> 07:52.100 can just look on the monitor and say hello to the air force base 07:52.310 --> 07:53.340 favorite that you. Know. 07:56.990 --> 07:58.090 Morning ma'am martin. 07:59.990 --> 08:03.970 We've heard a lot about budget cuts. But uh what I'm the unions 08:03.970 --> 08:07.070 or operations are we currently invested in you highlight a portion 08:07.070 --> 08:09.850 the air force. It's growing as opposed to downsizing. 08:10.670 --> 08:14.410 Yes so we are growing in a number of areas I'm for example were 08:14.410 --> 08:18.620 growing in I uh so our intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance 08:19.030 --> 08:22.990 we're growing and a variety of the cyber fields some cyber is 08:22.990 --> 08:27.160 so in a rolled all that we do and indeed there are some who predicted 08:27.160 --> 08:30.990 that the next day got attack on america could be a this cyber 08:30.990 --> 08:33.980 nature and say you're going to see us grow more in the reign 08:33.980 --> 08:34.870 of cyber. 08:35.420 --> 08:38.760 Um as we go forward into the future. I would predict that you'll 08:38.760 --> 08:43.170 see more capabilities probably um at going into our national 08:43.170 --> 08:47.070 guard and research so keep your eyes on our national guard research 08:47.450 --> 08:52.550 I in the future is probably a growing area of focus um and lastly 08:52.550 --> 08:56.040 when it comes to investments. I think you're gonna see as spend 08:56.040 --> 09:00.630 more going forward in our nuclear enterprise I'd mention cyber 09:00.630 --> 09:04.860 and isr already space is terribly terribly important and you'll 09:04.860 --> 09:09.070 see additional investments of there as well and then in our on 09:09.110 --> 09:12.730 top to re out modernisation programmes. We're going to certainly stay. 09:12.730 --> 09:16.340 The course on the joint strike fighter in your tank or and the 09:16.340 --> 09:17.690 new long range strike bomber. 09:18.440 --> 09:21.210 Great I I'm sure there's lots of airmen they were wondering where 09:21.210 --> 09:24.680 the money is going so thank you for that information. I'm right 09:24.680 --> 09:27.610 now we're actually gonna check in a way it's a starter richard 09:27.640 --> 09:30.480 and she's gonna be in our social media round taking question. 09:30.480 --> 09:34.210 So let's just stopping and see how she's doing and social media room. 09:35.360 --> 09:38.230 He thinks passage of roberts a business and it's going great 09:38.230 --> 09:41.120 in here I'm in the social media room and we are standing by a 09:41.120 --> 09:43.660 and we're getting questions from airmen from all over the place. 09:43.660 --> 09:47.110 So keep else coming there's a few ways said they king of reaches 09:47.110 --> 09:50.610 wonders did a second stays the page and that space but dot com 09:50.610 --> 09:54.250 forward slash. It deborah dolly died. James also on her twitter 09:54.250 --> 09:58.540 peyton SEC up 23 and whether you comment or posed mixer you'd 09:58.540 --> 10:02.200 use the house tacked on set. That's chat about waited can all 10:02.200 --> 10:06.730 stay connected. I'll be monitoring facebook and twitter. So starchy 10:06.760 --> 10:10.770 rockford sent us back to you to sargent richard and now we're 10:10.770 --> 10:13.720 gonna go ahead and go to a video question in this one's coming 10:13.720 --> 10:17.530 from the UK Sophie's tickle up will have a question for you. 10:18.320 --> 10:22.280 Now fortitude bigger shortfalls fibula serve caused by this E 10:22.280 --> 10:24.090 castration in 2000 fourteen. 10:24.630 --> 10:28.550 And healthily navigate doze in future. Sick restoration and beyond. 10:30.200 --> 10:33.940 Secrets tradition was a really really bad deal for our United 10:33.940 --> 10:37.860 States air force and for our United States military I dare say 10:37.860 --> 10:40.190 it's a bad deal for all of governance. 10:40.700 --> 10:44.160 I'm for the United States air force door and I'd be year see 10:44.160 --> 10:48.940 chris stray shen. We had to stand down flying units are readiness 10:48.940 --> 10:52.180 suffered tremendously in our air force and by the way it will 10:52.180 --> 10:57.260 take us years to fully recover from the degree of atrophy that 10:57.260 --> 11:01.230 we have seen in our full spectrum bready ness. I'm asked for 11:01.230 --> 11:04.770 civilian employees are very important civilian chairman. Of course 11:04.770 --> 11:09.010 we had just for a low them during the or seek restoration um. 11:09.040 --> 11:11.670 I can go on and on and on it's a bad deal. 11:12.220 --> 11:16.580 Um seek restoration by the way we got a break on that does pass cheer. 11:16.580 --> 11:21.250 So we're not living within see castration levels of budgets bought 11:21.330 --> 11:27.260 seek restoration will return casts in fy 16 on last congress 11:27.330 --> 11:32.220 affirmatively acts to lift it commerce must pass a new lob do 11:32.220 --> 11:36.790 away with seek restoration and fy 16 or it will come back upon us. 11:37.070 --> 11:40.850 So I'm never miss an opportunity at to make that point and general 11:40.850 --> 11:44.430 Welsh always joins me in the us to the congress that we have 11:44.430 --> 11:47.720 got to get the on this we have got to make whatever compromises 11:47.750 --> 11:51.350 are necessary in the halls of congress in order to let's see 11:51.350 --> 11:55.070 castration so that we have the proper amount of resources that 11:55.070 --> 11:57.390 we need for our national defense. 11:58.190 --> 12:01.920 A great I'm the right now we're actually gonna go back to social 12:01.920 --> 12:04.760 media and we're gonna get a question but I just want her mine 12:04.760 --> 12:08.370 audience it. If you have any questions uh we will be taking questions 12:08.370 --> 12:11.290 from audience to keep that mind so start to richard how are you 12:11.290 --> 12:12.670 doing in the social media room. 12:13.850 --> 12:17.280 A things are great here the social media room. We've had questions 12:17.280 --> 12:21.360 attention some hot air force topic and the sex one here is definitely 12:21.360 --> 12:25.760 no different secretary james ehrman one to know why are we cutting 12:25.760 --> 12:29.850 personnel in multiple ideas to see is dead are paying bonuses 12:29.850 --> 12:33.510 to others to stating why not allow cross training to balance 12:33.510 --> 12:34.570 of forced first. 12:35.600 --> 12:38.850 So this is a great question and it sort of allows me to Segway 12:38.850 --> 12:41.970 into one of the things that was expected member as that I wanted 12:41.970 --> 12:44.980 to talk about expected and unexpected thing. So I knew I was 12:44.980 --> 12:49.400 going to be working on a very very to pass budget tough budgetary environment. 12:49.770 --> 12:53.170 And there has been nothing more difficult and more straining 12:53.200 --> 12:56.710 I think tour ehrman and the downsizing that we've been going through. 12:57.430 --> 13:01.220 Um and this is directly to the question here. So of course it's 13:01.220 --> 13:05.850 been a for shaping situation where we have tried to out reduce 13:05.880 --> 13:09.550 certain any access sees where we determine we had too many and 13:09.550 --> 13:13.500 indeed the SUP other a assess sees where we have to feel there 13:13.500 --> 13:17.770 was a certain amount of cross training that when on but not as 13:17.770 --> 13:21.130 much as some of us would apply to that scene perhaps and we need 13:21.130 --> 13:25.110 to do a better job of that in the future. I would like to make 13:25.110 --> 13:28.480 a statement about all of this to our airmen around the country 13:28.480 --> 13:31.900 and around the world. Obviously charming here for made that throughout 13:31.930 --> 13:35.540 my travels as I have talked to leaders on the scene as I have 13:35.540 --> 13:39.330 talked to ehrman and i've understood more deeply just what this 13:39.330 --> 13:42.750 downsizing has manned and the un certain Kate that is brought 13:42.750 --> 13:46.150 to so matting and in discussions with general laos and other 13:46.150 --> 13:51.670 leaders we have determined that I'm enough is enough and so contrary 13:51.670 --> 13:54.840 to what we said earlier that there would still be involuntary 13:54.840 --> 13:57.020 for shaping and fy fifteen. 13:57.530 --> 14:01.080 We have now determined that we will not to do in voluntary for 14:01.080 --> 14:06.320 shaping and fy 15 as I said we're in agreement that enough is 14:06.320 --> 14:10.710 enough we have reduced far enough. We will not go well or and 14:10.710 --> 14:15.030 we will fight to hold on to the numbers now um that we hats with 14:15.030 --> 14:19.110 respect to bonuses let me just complete the question we have 14:19.140 --> 14:22.860 always in the 30 some years that I have banned and fall put defense 14:22.860 --> 14:26.770 we've always had a system of bonuses to read to reward critical 14:26.770 --> 14:31.210 skills to retain critical skills. I and the so we will continue 14:31.210 --> 14:33.320 to do that in a in a selective way. 14:33.900 --> 14:36.780 Free I'm sure there are plenty of ehrman out there that are very 14:36.780 --> 14:39.520 excited to hear that information specially with the holidays 14:39.520 --> 14:43.170 coming out. They can plan a little bit better. I'm right now 14:43.200 --> 14:47.050 we're gonna go to oppression from our audience. So you just introduce 14:47.050 --> 14:50.430 yourself to hide staff sergeant for a starring I work with de 14:50.430 --> 14:53.990 let into wing to be it a bilious a wing staff agency and joined 14:53.990 --> 14:57.530 a Sanders. I don't know I'm doing great thanks to the iraq knows. 14:57.530 --> 14:58.060 My question. 14:58.720 --> 14:59.110 Hell no. 15:00.240 --> 15:04.130 I'm Just gonna ask the what's your impression a former secretary 15:04.130 --> 15:08.420 of defense chuck a go and many reaction are paying him a just 15:08.420 --> 15:12.220 relatively short tenure masters wellesley to say we're one of 15:12.220 --> 15:17.120 my unexpected a things of the past year. So of course secretary 15:17.120 --> 15:20.340 a goal is our secretary defence and will remain our secretary 15:20.340 --> 15:25.220 of defense until a successor is I confirmed and we do have a 15:25.220 --> 15:29.570 successor who is in nominated that mr. HD actor Ashton carter 15:30.030 --> 15:33.810 a and with the dead of a lot and assuming the confirmation process 15:33.810 --> 15:37.940 goes smoothly. I I would anticipate and january february time 15:37.940 --> 15:41.140 friend that he could be confirmed as the next secretary of defense. 15:41.510 --> 15:46.070 So is your question iman dated meyer and secretary Kate call um. 15:46.070 --> 15:49.950 I think it's a very difficult job that he has that we all have 15:49.950 --> 15:53.990 but most especially on our secretary of defense because you see. 15:54.580 --> 15:58.840 Like a me in my position. He also has many of the budgetary issues 15:58.840 --> 16:02.090 that he concerns some south about you represents to the commerce 16:02.090 --> 16:07.600 talks about our resources but unlike made he is um he is the 16:07.600 --> 16:11.250 charge with the very very serious duty and making decisions about 16:11.250 --> 16:15.900 one to send I us servicemen and women into harm's. Why so he 16:15.900 --> 16:19.810 and the chairman of porous are the directed advisers to the president 16:20.150 --> 16:23.320 I'm about these very weighty matters. So I think he's done an 16:23.350 --> 16:27.320 excellent shot up by the way. I know doctor carter. So i've known 16:27.320 --> 16:31.170 him for more than 20 years he and I served together in the 19 16:31.170 --> 16:34.980 nineties in the Pentagon's. So we were both assistant secretaries 16:34.980 --> 16:39.900 of defense and those de sel he too will be up a terrific out leader. 16:39.930 --> 16:43.150 Terrific addition to our team. So secretary table will be the 16:43.150 --> 16:46.420 first one to remind us that we need to keep back keep working 16:46.420 --> 16:49.490 keep keep our nose to the grindstone. So just bake and not to 16:49.490 --> 16:52.950 miss a beat because of course readers change both civilian and 16:52.950 --> 16:56.220 military leaders but our charge is to keep on marching. 16:57.180 --> 17:01.700 Course it was time now it's actually time for our state question. 17:01.730 --> 17:04.750 So we are gonna go to skate that we have a airman first class 17:04.810 --> 17:05.810 Zachary boy eric. 17:06.360 --> 17:09.440 He's calling in from ramstein air base in germany and he has 17:09.440 --> 17:11.530 a question for you airman player are you there. 17:12.440 --> 17:14.370 I Okay how are you today. 17:15.510 --> 17:19.920 You are eight and doing. Well I'm go ahead with your question. 17:20.630 --> 17:20.920 I am. 17:22.040 --> 17:22.990 Just a week. 17:23.540 --> 17:27.430 The proposed as city jim pay is any plans to counteract and I 17:27.430 --> 17:30.410 get the facts and Moammar owl vista says eating ours. 17:31.970 --> 17:35.660 We know that some decisions actually from the congress just how 17:35.660 --> 17:38.730 often the press is you might say because congress did pass the 17:38.730 --> 17:42.450 on y'all uh a defense authorization bill and a preparation belch 17:42.450 --> 17:45.990 us within the last few days and both of those measures are are 17:46.020 --> 17:49.140 if not already signed by the president out into law they will 17:49.140 --> 17:50.030 be short like. 17:50.540 --> 17:54.510 So here it here is the story on compensation for cell does review 17:54.510 --> 17:57.680 what our proposal wise and then I'll tell you what the outcome 17:57.680 --> 18:02.680 was so the proposal from the department of defense was to slow 18:02.710 --> 18:07.200 the growth and military compensation over the next several years. 18:07.650 --> 18:12.660 So why slowing growth. I mean that military pay and basic allows 18:12.660 --> 18:15.750 for housing would still got a lot they just wouldn't go a lot 18:15.780 --> 18:20.500 as much as they otherwise wide specifically rather than a one 18:20.500 --> 18:26.460 point 8% pay raise next year. The proposal was to do 1% pay raise. 18:26.990 --> 18:30.360 With respective basic allowance for housing rather than have 18:30.360 --> 18:33.760 it go wild over the next three years and worry to keep pace and 18:33.760 --> 18:39.130 stay at 100% coverage allow ball for being age the proposal was 18:39.130 --> 18:44.420 to have a de lot but out slower rate and have a cover 97% of 18:44.490 --> 18:47.230 the eight H a over the next three years. 18:47.860 --> 18:50.470 This of course was in one of those very tough decisions from 18:50.470 --> 18:54.070 this and very very tough budget environment. But I out referenced 18:54.100 --> 18:58.550 earlier on and it was a really really hard decision to make in 18:58.600 --> 19:01.770 in the Pentagon justice retiring some of the older aircraft and 19:01.770 --> 19:03.590 so forth world hard decisions to make. 19:04.180 --> 19:07.420 After all has been said and done the decision from the condor 19:07.420 --> 19:13.700 is is there shall be a 1% pay raise a next year and rather than 19:13.700 --> 19:19.650 the a B age increases. But covering 97% that will be increases 19:19.650 --> 19:25.070 to cover 99 percent. So those are the final out comes it is still 19:25.070 --> 19:29.110 going out. I wanna emphasize that not being hot it's just won't 19:29.110 --> 19:33.870 go up as much as it otherwise would have under the automatic adjustments. 19:34.760 --> 19:37.730 Thing great does that answer your question airman boy or. 19:39.780 --> 19:41.590 Coking thanks for joining us today. 19:43.400 --> 19:47.050 In my heart I'm with that we're gonna go to another a social 19:47.050 --> 19:49.770 media question and still its chicken with starter richer and 19:49.770 --> 19:50.730 the social media rum. 19:52.140 --> 19:55.030 Hey how's it going and we definitely have a lot more question's 19:55.030 --> 20:00.260 coming in and this next one um is from airmen and they are wondering 20:00.560 --> 20:04.040 what is the second exhibition before the infrastructure and the 20:04.040 --> 20:06.870 leadership integrity of our nuclear forces. 20:08.000 --> 20:11.970 There are dan is one of those unexpected things. So I'm of course 20:11.970 --> 20:16.050 it was about two or three weeks into my tender last jan you worry 20:16.080 --> 20:20.220 way and I'm the guy that cheating situation add moms from air 20:20.220 --> 20:21.720 force base came to the light. 20:22.310 --> 20:26.930 So I'm after a lot of study and research and once again traveling 20:26.930 --> 20:30.230 out to the bases and I'm meeting directly with our ehrman and 20:30.230 --> 20:32.720 focus groups and meeting with those leaders on the scene. 20:33.290 --> 20:37.400 Um there's a lot of changes setter in the works. So migration 20:37.400 --> 20:41.330 for the future of the nuclear enterprise um the nuclear enterprises 20:41.330 --> 20:44.930 are number one mission in the air force and the vision as we 20:44.930 --> 20:48.840 have got to match those words with everything that we do in terms 20:48.840 --> 20:54.210 of manning resources policy be it Klein that that at these locations 20:54.240 --> 20:58.940 all of this much modest matchup over time at the moment is not 20:58.940 --> 21:01.200 fully matched up and we need to work on that. 21:01.730 --> 21:05.560 And so as far as integrity goes integrity is hugely important 21:05.910 --> 21:10.490 and I'm lee this of across our air force 99 point 9% of all of 21:10.490 --> 21:13.720 our airmen had the highest integrity. They are doing the right 21:13.810 --> 21:16.920 thing day in and day out and of course there's always that very 21:16.920 --> 21:19.590 very small percentage that let us down. 21:20.140 --> 21:23.540 Um and when that happens there has to be appropriate accountability 21:23.540 --> 21:28.260 and certainly there was in that case of the mom strum um situation 21:28.550 --> 21:32.170 but for the future where are at an air force of high integrity 21:32.370 --> 21:35.290 and in terms the nuclear enterprise we're going to increasingly 21:35.290 --> 21:38.390 put our money where our mouth this so that the anti structure 21:38.390 --> 21:42.850 in the manning and so forth will all come up over time to reflect that. 21:43.820 --> 21:47.410 Great thank you for that information and now we're gonna go now 21:47.410 --> 21:51.030 to an audience question. So if you could introduce yourself place. 21:51.320 --> 21:54.910 Liu ma'am of mess surgeon deviant American forces radio television surface. 21:55.520 --> 21:58.720 Um my question will be with as many things that are happening 21:58.720 --> 22:02.050 in today's air force. I'm with the I sold and with the budgetary 22:02.050 --> 22:05.870 cuts an event that human nuclear force um to their speed. 22:06.500 --> 22:10.600 Haunting presence of of the country in eastern europe that rhymes 22:10.600 --> 22:11.970 with the. Russia. 22:14.810 --> 22:17.380 And the I was wondering where where your stance was weird thing. 22:17.380 --> 22:19.430 You know we're we're is are we forward. 22:20.970 --> 22:25.300 Well if you go on back a year or go probably not many of us as 22:25.300 --> 22:29.260 americans would've predicted um. Yeah annexation of the crimean 22:29.260 --> 22:32.990 which of course mr. Couldn't is responsible for that from russia 22:33.380 --> 22:36.910 I not many of us perhaps at a predicted ice all in a bowl a and 22:36.910 --> 22:40.620 the rest of it. So it is dan I'd year of constant change and 22:40.620 --> 22:45.140 constant I'm not predicting the changes and and isn't that usually 22:45.140 --> 22:48.370 the waited as an American history which which is why we have 22:48.370 --> 22:51.970 to be a very ach out air force and be prepared to pay that so 22:51.970 --> 22:56.260 dance your question directly um the actions of russia have been 22:56.260 --> 22:59.970 very very worrying over the last year. And course the United 22:59.970 --> 23:04.050 States in a whole of government approach has been taking actions 23:04.050 --> 23:07.650 are been diplomatic actions were of course there had been sanctions 23:07.650 --> 23:11.880 placed upon individuals and entities in russia and response to 23:11.880 --> 23:15.780 their action um and then there have been um actions that we had 23:15.780 --> 23:19.710 taken to reinforce and racial or our allies because of course 23:19.740 --> 23:23.930 our NATO a lack alliance is extremely important to us will remain 23:23.970 --> 23:27.560 extremely important in the future and so I would predict which 23:27.560 --> 23:31.170 are going to see no overtime is you're going to say the United 23:31.170 --> 23:35.090 States do more rotation all I'm assignments in europe. So for 23:35.090 --> 23:39.690 example we in the air force we have a fifth teens in the UK there's 23:39.690 --> 23:43.340 after teens were originally scheduled to calm alex and perhaps 23:43.340 --> 23:47.960 the re distributed a across the force in the United States up 23:47.960 --> 23:50.580 that now is not going to happen at least not in the next year. 23:50.580 --> 23:53.770 So those at the teens war remaining europe. We're gonna contain 23:53.800 --> 23:57.350 continue to get the baltic policing mission either will probably 23:57.350 --> 24:02.040 be more rotational Simon's for army in europe. So we stand by 24:02.040 --> 24:04.970 NATO and they will be a variety of ways that that becomes more 24:04.970 --> 24:06.450 and more clear as time goes by. 24:08.000 --> 24:11.080 We thank you for that it's been an exciting year free. Oh let's 24:11.200 --> 24:13.190 hope it calms down a little bit maybe. 24:13.940 --> 24:18.110 Um our next question is a video question in this is from tech 24:18.110 --> 24:21.330 searching daniel Vargas and Sophie just a look at the monitor 24:21.550 --> 24:22.780 your last question right. 24:23.480 --> 24:26.630 Man you think that the reforms in sexual Saul already passed 24:26.630 --> 24:30.130 by congress have been effective in increasing reporting and core 24:30.160 --> 24:32.110 reducing instances of sexual Saul. 24:32.650 --> 24:36.960 And he foresee any additional changes in the nude ndaa specifically 24:37.240 --> 24:40.090 moving the tory from commanders to do with military justice. 24:41.830 --> 24:46.860 Working on stamping out sexual as fall is due to huge priorities 24:46.860 --> 24:50.090 remain see huge priority for air force and that is one of the 24:50.090 --> 24:53.300 things that I did expect to work on and I have been working on 24:53.330 --> 24:54.670 I'm in this past year. 24:55.310 --> 24:59.130 I'm obviously I look at the top statistics that are reported 24:59.130 --> 25:02.390 to made a an I'd meet with the major general gina grow. So on 25:02.390 --> 25:04.940 a regular basis the go over the top numbers. 25:05.510 --> 25:09.090 But equally if not important in a I once again and all of the 25:09.090 --> 25:12.680 travels one of the things I do it each and every base is I'd 25:12.680 --> 25:16.930 meet privately with those who were on also the front line of 25:16.930 --> 25:21.110 defense on this a war and those are the sexual assault and response 25:21.110 --> 25:24.550 for nader. So I meet privately did Arce arcs. If they're dictum 25:24.600 --> 25:28.250 abby kids present isles to meet with them and that some of special 25:28.250 --> 25:30.390 victims' council a as well. 25:30.990 --> 25:34.670 And so I'm asked to the changes the commerce is put in place 25:34.670 --> 25:37.700 in by the way the air force and the duty have also put in place 25:37.730 --> 25:38.700 a lot of changes. 25:39.320 --> 25:43.820 It is my believes that we are I'm improving that we are all say 25:43.820 --> 25:48.600 turning the corner turning the corner in terms of awareness training 25:49.050 --> 25:52.450 I and by way does not just my dear more important in my view 25:52.770 --> 25:56.380 that is the view of Arce arcs in the field what they tell may 25:56.810 --> 26:00.820 now are we done yet. Now is it good enough. Absolutely not do 26:00.820 --> 26:04.130 we have to keep wanted you better believe that persistent focus 26:04.160 --> 26:07.480 and persistent liter shepp. But again and they were poor to made 26:07.480 --> 26:09.910 to take lay those who've been in the field for some number of 26:09.910 --> 26:13.425 years now that we're night and day this compared to say five 26:13.425 --> 26:17.330 six years ago with respect to leadership involvement um that 26:17.330 --> 26:22.290 training materials. They don't care about how the a west side 26:22.320 --> 26:28.250 investigates cases. So we are um we're improving and in de in 26:28.280 --> 26:32.120 um earlier this month we just released a report idea de wide 26:32.120 --> 26:36.820 report that did have some good trends within the date out the 26:36.820 --> 26:40.750 trends being that Preval once meaning the number of assaults 26:40.750 --> 26:45.100 that occurred to shear is compared to last year are down so prevalent 26:45.100 --> 26:48.210 says down that's good it's going and the right direction. 26:48.920 --> 26:53.340 I'm at the same time the number of reports people feeling comfortable 26:53.340 --> 26:56.800 enough to come forward and say this happen to make and I want 26:56.800 --> 27:01.320 help or I want to have this pursued the number of reports is up. 27:01.920 --> 27:05.320 That too is good because it shows that people are having confidence 27:05.320 --> 27:08.600 in the system and competence and analyse that we wanna how so 27:08.600 --> 27:12.650 reports are opting prevalence is down up the gap is gonna require 27:12.650 --> 27:16.100 persistent focus and persistent out leadership and thus we need 27:16.100 --> 27:16.510 to get it. 27:17.060 --> 27:20.360 So we're getting there were getting their awesome. Okay it while 27:20.390 --> 27:23.990 now we're gonna go to another video question um this one is from 27:23.990 --> 27:27.900 a whimsy linton korean dole from misawa air base japan to take 27:27.900 --> 27:28.160 a look. 27:29.300 --> 27:32.520 Madam secretary aren't airman. First class women crammed all 27:32.570 --> 27:35.360 on the weapons maintain are here misawa air base japan. 27:35.990 --> 27:39.610 As a strategic focus shoes to the asia pacific and china and 27:39.610 --> 27:43.010 russia become more assertive. How does this policy effect ever 27:43.010 --> 27:43.960 living in the region. 27:45.170 --> 27:48.610 Well I was just in the asia to set that I was just and the sao 27:48.610 --> 27:52.190 la size. But it's all that's now on the ground and I don't miss this. 27:52.190 --> 27:53.470 Now say that much. 27:54.090 --> 27:57.530 But um first of all the re-balance to the pacific which we've 27:57.530 --> 28:00.400 been engaged and for some number of years and which will continue 28:00.400 --> 28:03.950 for some number of years is all lies and wow. So even though 28:03.950 --> 28:06.910 you may not read about it as much as you read about I sullen 28:06.910 --> 28:10.560 things going on in the middle east. We are gradually in recognition 28:10.560 --> 28:13.430 of the very important region of the to set that we'd gradually 28:13.460 --> 28:17.800 are re balancing um our forces. So this will this one about basing 28:17.800 --> 28:21.310 decisions that will involve out what we choose to invest in the 28:21.310 --> 28:26.060 and they that area future a weaponry I it will and a include 28:26.060 --> 28:30.150 all of these things I'm now we talked about russia. I'm I'm gonna 28:30.150 --> 28:34.100 go in china has been taking some actions which also are very 28:34.130 --> 28:37.560 worrying and again. I was just there I heard all all about this 28:37.560 --> 28:42.210 first hand so there have been a variety of maritime and air in 28:42.210 --> 28:46.320 Persian PS uh. Oh pick to layer rounds certain key strategic 28:46.350 --> 28:51.110 islands in the pacific that had been concerning to japan to great 28:51.110 --> 28:54.550 up and and to the United States as well as to other countries 28:54.550 --> 28:58.990 in the region and so similar a la we are not having overtures 28:58.990 --> 29:03.330 diplomatic overture is out with china to tried to reinforce and 29:03.330 --> 29:07.180 nail down that there are certain standards within maritime lock 29:07.490 --> 29:11.320 and the lives of the air and terms pout close you come to territories 29:11.320 --> 29:14.910 hope will accomplish attend either ships and other aircraft and 29:14.910 --> 29:18.820 so for so there's diplomatic reinforcements going on we're certainly 29:18.820 --> 29:22.070 watching and monitoring the situation very closely and we also 29:22.070 --> 29:25.810 watching match or where the it investments are going so there's 29:25.810 --> 29:30.400 a lot that we can garner as to where china is investing and um. 29:30.950 --> 29:35.010 Some of this too is worrying so it's going to require much like 29:35.010 --> 29:38.570 I said in the earlier question persistent focus persistent leadership 29:38.570 --> 29:42.470 and persistent monitoring I as we go forward. So it's even more 29:42.470 --> 29:45.080 important that we make sure our budget is scored away. 29:45.080 --> 29:48.880 Exactly the can take care of all of that are eight I think we 29:48.910 --> 29:52.080 now are gonna check in with our social media room again. I asked 29:52.080 --> 29:53.510 archer richard. What you have for us. 29:54.460 --> 29:58.130 Well we cup questions on a variety of topics and this next one 29:58.130 --> 30:01.890 can be a little tricky because it's still and the works of being implemented. 30:02.170 --> 30:06.210 But ehrman wanted no with the integration of the waited ehrman 30:06.210 --> 30:09.990 promotion system and us focus being shifted back to job expertise 30:09.990 --> 30:13.250 sent performance. How do you think this will affect current and 30:13.280 --> 30:14.370 future endless mix. 30:15.740 --> 30:19.790 The keyword I think in that question was performance. So the 30:19.790 --> 30:25.090 whole idea of the new enlisted um system is to focus first and 30:25.090 --> 30:28.840 foremost on performance that is to say how are you doing your job. 30:29.560 --> 30:33.440 Um the other point of focus in the new system is to in short 30:33.440 --> 30:38.100 that there is contain us and good and effective and fair feedback 30:38.190 --> 30:42.560 between a supervisor and an error meant. So that hopefully it's 30:42.560 --> 30:45.660 not just a once a year written on a piece of paper feedback that 30:45.660 --> 30:49.630 that there be discussions as much as possible. I'm in that regard 30:50.020 --> 30:54.510 so in terms of the focus on performance. I am all for that uh 30:54.540 --> 30:57.790 coming out of the private sector is I did just before out becoming 30:57.790 --> 31:01.230 secretary the air force that is exactly the way um it is done 31:01.230 --> 31:04.180 that in the private sector in said that felt beret familiar to 31:04.180 --> 31:07.210 make um another thing that the new system is designed to do is 31:07.210 --> 31:11.770 to tries best as we can to get certain inflated grades out of 31:11.770 --> 31:14.710 the system because of course if everybody gets the same grade 31:14.710 --> 31:18.370 and if it it's a top rate in every respect and really what to 31:18.370 --> 31:21.230 those greats means so that's another thing that I'm very match. 31:21.600 --> 31:27.390 I'm in favor out as to how it will um impact future. In lists man's. 31:27.890 --> 31:31.590 Um of course time will tell but I would say it won't impact future 31:31.590 --> 31:35.180 in less men's because what we want to continue to focus on for 31:35.180 --> 31:39.430 our future. Unless men's are very very high quality young people 31:39.460 --> 31:43.040 who score well on their entrance exam which of course shows as 31:43.040 --> 31:47.210 mental acuity. We want um our airmen to have that graduated high 31:47.210 --> 31:50.580 school completed a high school program that shows stick to would've nests. 31:51.120 --> 31:54.630 On and we want airmen in the future to um believe in our core 31:54.630 --> 31:58.390 values and to live them of integrity and service before self 31:58.420 --> 32:01.760 and excellence in all we do so that has been the focus and it 32:01.760 --> 32:03.390 will remain the focus in the future. 32:04.580 --> 32:08.280 Alright well now we actually are gonna check in with bel air 32:08.280 --> 32:11.110 force base again and see if they have a question for us. 32:11.110 --> 32:12.070 Tell are you. There. 32:14.870 --> 32:16.950 I I may airmen kelly. Oh Con air. 32:17.910 --> 32:22.330 Recently spoken about opening up certain male only jobs to women. 32:22.830 --> 32:25.900 We've had deployed female airmen who were. 32:26.820 --> 32:30.680 Barred from certain special operation missions because there 32:30.680 --> 32:33.720 are women. What can you do to let this. Barrier. 32:35.600 --> 32:40.610 Well as we stayed there is um a steady going on within dear day. 32:40.610 --> 32:43.700 Of course we in the air force are conducting art piece of that 32:43.700 --> 32:46.730 that the army and an aide the similarly are conducting studies 32:47.040 --> 32:51.690 and the challenges this the challenges can wait across the entirety 32:51.690 --> 32:57.350 of due date open up those specialty is which remain closed still 32:57.350 --> 33:01.200 to this day to when and that's the challenge and at in order 33:01.200 --> 33:03.970 to answer that challenge or get an answer to that question I 33:03.970 --> 33:09.370 should say we're all looking to implements the gender neutral. 33:09.920 --> 33:14.650 And john relevant standards said that is to say it for the remaining 33:14.680 --> 33:19.400 close to jobs across the the park and a defense what should the 33:19.400 --> 33:24.460 standards be I and by the way when we establish their standards. 33:24.490 --> 33:27.200 They should be gender neutral. So that is to say they'll be the 33:27.200 --> 33:29.370 same from man as they are for women. 33:29.900 --> 33:33.550 And for the more they should read late directly to the job meaning 33:33.580 --> 33:37.010 they should be relevant for the job that you will be astor perform. 33:37.600 --> 33:40.650 So it in the air force. I will tell you we at the moment have 33:40.650 --> 33:45.460 more jabs open to women than any of the other services. So it 33:45.530 --> 33:50.490 is something like 99% of all jobs today are open to women. 33:51.010 --> 33:55.120 There are seven that specialty is that are still however close 33:55.120 --> 33:58.280 to when said that's what we're focusing on we're focusing on 33:58.280 --> 34:01.890 those seven areas and they tend to be up as the earning play 34:01.890 --> 34:05.480 out in the special operations world. We're looking at those saddened 34:05.690 --> 34:09.270 and we're trying to say what are the standards that we need for 34:09.270 --> 34:13.050 people to sir and those jobs and once we figure that out by the 34:13.050 --> 34:16.500 way they need to be gender neutral same for man and same for women. 34:17.150 --> 34:19.170 And they need to be related to the job. 34:19.740 --> 34:23.020 So once we get that and plays than we will be able to answer 34:23.020 --> 34:27.290 the question can we opened up I'm these remaining drabs said 34:27.290 --> 34:32.200 that qualified man and qualified women could therefore out in 34:32.200 --> 34:35.010 the future compete for these jobs said that's the idea. 34:35.040 --> 34:39.500 It's about a year away. So I stayed to and um we're working on it. 34:40.160 --> 34:43.740 So just a pans on the standards and it'll be less focused on 34:43.740 --> 34:47.420 the male and female. That's that's right sorry great and looks 34:47.420 --> 34:50.190 like we have a question from audience them go ahead with your 34:50.190 --> 34:53.480 question money may emit more captain je-tan soften station. 34:53.560 --> 34:57.100 Trainee detached here. I'm for it means my question is can relate 34:57.100 --> 35:00.100 to talk about some about Ex active in unexpected things that 35:00.100 --> 35:03.450 you face a what would you said the biggest challenges use even 35:03.450 --> 35:06.900 the last year and how have those of gone into your focus toward 35:06.900 --> 35:08.020 goals for the next year. 35:09.350 --> 35:13.210 It he challenge and this is perhaps should not have been in my 35:13.240 --> 35:16.950 unexpected category because by the way earlier in my career. 35:16.980 --> 35:20.460 I served on capitol hill as that professional staff member for 35:20.460 --> 35:24.960 10 years. But non the last I was very surprised this year by 35:24.960 --> 35:29.810 the degree of the device sickness that we have in congress between 35:29.810 --> 35:32.920 house and the senate within the party is between the congress 35:32.920 --> 35:35.640 and the white house between the congress and the department of 35:35.640 --> 35:39.820 defense the degree of that divisive ness was very surprising 35:39.820 --> 35:40.200 to many. 35:40.820 --> 35:44.540 Um and it's a big challenge um. It's a challenge that we got 35:44.540 --> 35:47.900 of your out how to solve the Twain all of the interested parties 35:48.300 --> 35:52.270 because of course at stake at stage is the proper functioning 35:52.600 --> 35:57.440 of our government um and to have to go to every P and situations 35:57.440 --> 35:59.720 where we're shutting down the government because we're unable 35:59.720 --> 36:04.250 to sufficiently compromise or we have to return to seek restoration 36:04.250 --> 36:08.100 because we can't compromise enough to pass a new law and lest 36:08.100 --> 36:13.080 it this would be I'm a bad deal for all of us. So I'm that's 36:13.110 --> 36:15.740 the challenge began not only for me it's a challenge I think 36:15.740 --> 36:19.260 the general whilst really for all of us I and the Pentagon but 36:19.260 --> 36:23.840 it's a challenge for elected leaders as well. Um when I was in 36:23.840 --> 36:29.570 the house of representatives I'm back in the 19 eighties a compromise 36:29.600 --> 36:34.830 was be a quiet of the realm we always gale with that compromise 36:34.860 --> 36:39.540 was what fueled government today too many people view compromise 36:39.950 --> 36:43.590 as a bad word. I think we have to get back to the idea of compromise 36:43.590 --> 36:47.200 is a good work. It's the way we get things done and alton at late. 36:47.200 --> 36:50.040 That's what we all have to do as as leaders and government we 36:50.040 --> 36:53.440 have to get things done. So that's a big challenge and won that 36:53.440 --> 36:55.240 all the working hard on in the coming year. 36:57.230 --> 37:00.550 Right pinky and I'm working together only seems to work out a 37:00.550 --> 37:01.070 little better. 37:02.070 --> 37:06.020 And then you know having your way I'm not we will get back to 37:06.050 --> 37:08.560 um an audience question and just as I can't the first for gonna 37:08.560 --> 37:12.710 take another video question um does ones from a one C Lexus a 37:12.740 --> 37:16.640 totally and she's out and Saul led airbase in japan. So let's 37:16.640 --> 37:17.160 take a look. 37:18.290 --> 37:20.660 I'm secretariat I'm ehrman next just appalling. 37:21.310 --> 37:24.370 Operations intelligence a Ellis in the city said oh assess misawa 37:24.370 --> 37:25.220 air base japan. 37:26.660 --> 37:30.340 With new airmen costly coming in the air force how war we keep 37:30.340 --> 37:33.680 wraps to fell way experience airmen are costly being cut due 37:33.680 --> 37:34.480 to for santa. 37:36.290 --> 37:39.850 Bilal number one. We're not going do any that involuntary force 37:39.850 --> 37:43.270 management going forward. I just wanna repeat that picture everybody. 37:43.770 --> 37:46.600 Heard made loud and clear on that one because I do think and 37:46.600 --> 37:49.900 again general else's in full agreement and the ass is a mass 37:49.930 --> 37:54.680 we are as low as we're gonna go sell out. That's polite one now 37:55.160 --> 37:59.640 in terms that new ehrman coming and and a experienced your men 37:59.640 --> 38:00.970 and whatnot we need bouts. 38:01.490 --> 38:04.100 We need the proper balance between about of. 38:04.700 --> 38:08.770 That balance was in part what the for shaping of the last year 38:08.800 --> 38:12.260 was supposed to accomplish because there was a debate out what 38:12.260 --> 38:16.660 a study that suggested we had too many uncertain tides into fewer 38:16.660 --> 38:20.380 bothers and this was for specialty is as well as for racks and 38:20.380 --> 38:24.090 so that is why we had both be voluntary mechanisms and the and 38:24.090 --> 38:28.600 voluntary mechanisms to try to get ourselves shaved appropriately 38:29.070 --> 38:32.360 now with that said and now says and that is announces and the 38:32.360 --> 38:35.290 real world is the real world and what i've tried to convey a 38:35.290 --> 38:39.110 year is i've traveled over the last year and the real world. 38:39.430 --> 38:43.570 I have non the last seen things which suggested to made that 38:43.570 --> 38:47.030 there are mismatch is that although we thought we know how many 38:47.060 --> 38:50.520 of the experience ones we needed versus the less experienced 38:50.550 --> 38:53.980 they're still seem to be mismatch is out there which is another 38:53.980 --> 38:55.070 reason I say. 38:55.820 --> 38:59.750 And not is a nos and we've gone as low as we shed doubt. So we 38:59.750 --> 39:02.420 need a balance and we need to work to make sure that we get to 39:02.420 --> 39:04.660 that right Dallas over the next couple of years. 39:05.750 --> 39:10.020 It looks like we have time for one more quick question. So uh 39:10.020 --> 39:11.450 feet just introduce yourself. 39:12.060 --> 39:16.710 Imitate session 40 from john base injuring 11 CES a mixtures 39:16.710 --> 39:20.970 with the budget cuts. I'll read a started canceling out contractors 39:20.970 --> 39:22.440 and having year forced take back over. 39:23.300 --> 39:26.930 So we have reduce contractors over the last year and I predict 39:26.930 --> 39:31.280 that we will continue to do so in the future as a matter of fact 39:31.280 --> 39:35.260 we in the air force within the last six months. I started a new 39:35.260 --> 39:37.970 initiative we call it contracts court. 39:38.640 --> 39:42.400 And what that is is we're asking all of our senior leaders to 39:42.400 --> 39:45.660 essentially come forward to the top leaders and the air force 39:45.980 --> 39:47.510 and justified to us. 39:48.050 --> 39:52.340 One more time. Why is that she made back to take killer contract. 39:52.870 --> 39:56.860 And um it's it doesn't appear that it is essential going forward. 39:56.860 --> 40:00.180 And then we are sang perhaps we need to do without it. So it's 40:00.180 --> 40:04.250 a new makin as and we put in place the tried to um and forced 40:04.250 --> 40:07.440 the message that um we need to make every dollar count. 40:08.180 --> 40:11.760 Okay. Great thank you so much on that is actually all the time 40:11.760 --> 40:15.790 that we have for today. I'm so if you have any closing remarks 40:15.820 --> 40:19.820 of pre teen and I would just like to close by saying something 40:19.850 --> 40:24.440 I said earlier on and that is thank you thanks to all of the 40:24.440 --> 40:27.560 here in the audience the studio audience and thanks to all of 40:27.560 --> 40:29.740 our airmen around the country and around the world. 40:30.290 --> 40:34.150 Are the enormous work um that you have been doing I had seen 40:34.150 --> 40:39.040 it in action and it is magnificent what you are dealing to defend 40:39.070 --> 40:43.190 our country under difficult circumstances in many many cases 40:43.190 --> 40:47.380 thanks also to your family members who I know are the backbone 40:47.380 --> 40:52.380 of of all that she do and wishing olives do. I'm a merry christmas 40:52.380 --> 40:56.610 happy holidays and wish ooh. I hold as many of you as possible 40:56.610 --> 41:01.550 some rest and some down time out during this up coming I'm holiday season. 41:02.010 --> 41:05.740 Thank you very much do you think you um think you first stopping 41:05.740 --> 41:08.650 by and spending time with sufficient hauling that was thanks 41:08.650 --> 41:12.510 so much to yes thinks I'm to gets the full version of today's 41:12.510 --> 41:15.550 live broadcasts. You can cut over to get your forcibly to page. 41:15.610 --> 41:19.400 I need to dot com ford slash a of bleed to for more from the 41:19.400 --> 41:22.980 secretary can Finder on facebook at facebook dot com ford slash. 41:22.980 --> 41:26.610 Deborah taught li de chains and you can also fall per on twitter 41:26.640 --> 41:30.780 at tech after 23 for this edition of open door a secretary daycare 41:30.780 --> 41:34.260 for step early james and stuff certain holler robert status thanks 41:34.260 --> 41:34.820 for watching..