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- Within this strategy is really a path

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to where we want to go.

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We cannot be satisfied with where we are.

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Because I think we can be the best.

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And I don't know how many say
they can truly compete with us

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if we stepped up our game
and we started delivering

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the results we're capable of delivering.

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So this strategy and
what we've gone through

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is the top level objectives.

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It's up to you to figure
out how to personalize that,

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how to extrapolate from what we're talking

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at the Department-level
and what it means to you,

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the organization that you lead

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and those soldiers and
civilians and airmen

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that work for you.

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The number right now is every year we have

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approximately 1000
people who want to serve

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in the National Guard but do
not meet the minimum scores

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on the entrance test.

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We started a program
reaching out to local schools

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and community colleges
to start helping kids

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figure out how to take tests better.

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Working on their weaknesses
so that they can get

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a minimum score on the Military Entrance.

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Nobody should leave our formation,

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nobody should ETS or retire

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without somebody meeting with them

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and talking about thier
potential veteran's benefits.

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Leading question: What would
it do to your retention

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if the tuition assistance
program was expanded

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to include spouses?

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What would it do to your
retention and recruiting

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if the tuition assistance
program was expanded

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to include all dependents?

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It would make a big difference,

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these are the discussions we're having.

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Whether we can get there
or not, I don't know,

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but man we're going to climb that trench

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and we're going to go hand-to-hand

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with everybody who wants to.

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And I hope through this process,

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you'll appreciate the importance,

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you'll appreciate we're
in a national competition

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for resources, I hope
you will side with me,

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that I don't like 2nd place -
It's first place or nothing.

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And it doesn't mean we win every battle,

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and it doesn't mean we
win every engagement

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or argument but we're
going to be standing tall

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in each and every one and we're going

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to put our best effort in,

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we're going to put our best foot forward.

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The men and women who work
for you deserve nothing less.