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- Good afternoon, Wing.

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I want to take this opportunity

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to kick off our Resilience Tactical Pause.

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But a couple of announcements
before I get started.

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When I traveled around to your squadrons

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to talk about diversity inclusion,

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I mentioned that one of the ways

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to mitigate unconscious
bias was through surveys.

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I want to thank all of
you that took the time

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to fill out our recent DEOCS survey.

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I want you to know that
I read every single word,

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and I provided an overall
summary to the commanders

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and the first sergeants.

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I will engage in issues
and topics where I can.

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You provided great information and ideas,

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and the only thing better
would have been if more of you

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had participated in the survey.

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I'll look for that next time.

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I've made this video for you,

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because I read your
comments about how much time

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is dedicated when we
have Wing-wide gatherings

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at Palifka Auditorium.

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I agree with you.

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We will try this and
other methods to reach the

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entire Wing at once, and
evaluate and see what we can

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use going forward.

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Our new Director of Psychological Help is

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Ms. Amy Kemp-Wellmeier.

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Amy has a wealth of experience
working with the military,

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and has been a great addition
for our team, making a

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positive impact right away.

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She understands our top priority
is executing our mission,

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but the stronger our people
are, the better we'll be at

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executing the mission.

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She keeps an office on
the second floor of the

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headquarter's building, she's
also out and about quite

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a bit, and she's
available on UTA weekends.

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She's getting to know the
Wing, our mission, and most

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importantly, she's getting
to know you, our most

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important resource.

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General Goldfein directed
this Tactical Pause, because

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across the Air Force in
2019, we've seen an increase

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of more than 50% in suicides.

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We've all participated in
numerous events over the years

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in an effort to reduce the
suicides, but quite honestly,

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those old efforts have not
given us the results that

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we were hoping for.

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Consequently, we're
trying something a little

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different this time.

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Our goals today are for you
to understand the resources

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that are available to you,

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how you can keep your resiliency up,

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and how that can help
your outlook on life.

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Knowing you are connected to
others, people who know you

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and care about you, can make
a big, can play a big role

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in increasing your resiliency.

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When you leave today, I want
to make sure that you have

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names and phone numbers of
at least three people that

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you would feel comfortable
giving a call or texting,

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when maybe you're not having a great day.

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I want to make sure that you
have an ability to connect

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to the people who know and understand you.

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Someone perhaps that you
can reach out to if you

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weren't having a great day.

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Just this week, I was
having a bad morning.

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The command chief, when I
came in, immediately saw

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that I was not myself.

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He came into the office,
closed the door, and asked

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how I was doing and was there
anything he could do to help.

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I said, "Well, as a matter
of fact, you could help me

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sort out this huge stack of
files that were on the table."

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He graciously volunteered to
do that, and while doing that

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engaged me in some friendly conversation.

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And by the time he was done,
I certainly felt better.

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Now that was a really small
act of kindness on his part,

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but it made a big deal to
me, and it improved my day.

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That's the kind of
connectedness that we're hoping

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that you can gain from this
experience and making sure

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that you have people in
the future that you can

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reach out to if you want to talk to them.

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Just recently, a member of
22nd Air Force staff who's

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been at the NAF for a long
time, and has traveled

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and spent a lot of time in
all of our Wings, said that

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they thought that the
908th was the Wing that was

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most like a big family.

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I couldn't agree more.

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Let's take this time to
get to know some of your

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family members and make
sure that you're connected

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with them, and you know
how to reach out to them if

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you want to talk to them.

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Please also take the time
to fill out the surveys that

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were handed to you.

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Very brief couple questions
so Ms. Amy can get a better

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idea on where we are as a
Wing and some of the things

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that we might do in the
future to help improve

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our resiliency.

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So have a great session, connect
with your family members,

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be ready to reach out
and support each other.

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Have a safe couple weeks,
have a Happy Thanksgiving and

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we'll see you back here
for the December UTA.