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Please continue to take your seats .

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And I would ask Command Sergeant Major

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Doug Gibbons retired to come to the

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stage and give us an invocation .

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Well , thank you , General Carpenter .

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Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , I

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invite you to join me in prayer in your

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faith as I pray in mine . Let us pray

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God of our fathers . We reverently seek

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your blessing on our meetings this week .

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May you be with everyone present and

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keep them safe ? We pray for our

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president , our Congress and our

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military leaders , especially Secretary

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Warmuth and General George . May you

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grant them wisdom and understanding as

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they face the many challenges that are

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inherited in their positions ? Lord God ,

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may you be with our soldiers both here

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at home and especially those deployed .

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May you keep them safe from harm and

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bring them home safely ? We pray for

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our army families and may you grant

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them peace , patience and comfort as

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they await their soldiers return . Lord ,

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we pray for peace in our world . We

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know that no one prays more for peace

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than a soldier and their family and now

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precious God . We thank you for this

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food of which we are about to partake

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and pray that it may enrich our bodies ,

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our minds and our souls . God , this

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we ask in your precious name . Amen .

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Thank you , Command Sergeant major . I

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appreciate that . So

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my name is Ray Carpenter and I'm I'll

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be your host this morning . So , by a

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show of hands , uh how many of you ran

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the army 10 miler yesterday ?

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Well , I feel sorry for you if you're

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as stiff and sore as I am . Let me tell

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you on behalf of the A Os A leadership ,

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I want to welcome you to the major

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General Robert Moorhead Garden Reserve

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breakfast . General Moorhead was a past

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president of a USA and a national

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guardsman who hailed from Indiana 50

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years ago . Incidentally , he became

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the 38th division commander . He served

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the National Guard as a reserve

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component soldier and he dedicated his

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life to this country and earned the

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honor of the moniker for this breakfast

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here this morning . The purpose of the

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annual breakfast is to celebrate the

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achievements of the people and units of

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the Army Reserve and the Army National

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Guard . This year , we celebrate the 50

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th anniversary of the all Volunteer

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Force . If you do a little research ,

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you'll find that it got off to somewhat

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of a rocky start . For example , one of

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the early mottos was the army wants to

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join you . Needless to say that didn't

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go far and very wasn't very successful .

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Then came on to the scene of general

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officer named General Mad Max Thurman

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and the moniker his team developed ,

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which was be all you can be . That

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model . And the related program lasted

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a generation from 1981 to 2001 and was

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extremely successful , but eventually

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was retired . Now , in 2023

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the United States army has brought the

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model out of retirement and reinstated

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it as the army's recruiting logo . And

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today , the Association of the United

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States Army for this annual meeting has

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adopted be all you can be for this

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year's byline . I'd like to

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introduce our special guests . Now ,

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understand , I figured out the best you

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can do on this is break even because I

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am sure that there's somebody here that

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I'm not gonna , I'm not gonna recognize

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this first round , so we'll do her

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right after we have our breakfast

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complete . First of all , General

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Daniel Wilkinson , chief of the

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National Guard Bureau ,

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General Andrew Papas , our speaker ,

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whom I will introduce a little bit

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later today

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and apparently a general officer that

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would was not introduced last year ,

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although he was here , General James D

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Thurman , us army retired now with Bell .

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He is the former commander of the

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United Nations Command Republic of

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Korea , US Combined Forces Command and

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United States Forces . Korea and former

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commander of the United States Army

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Forces Command and a great supporter of

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the Garden Reserve . And incidentally ,

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we , I found out we're short tail

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relation . See a number of years ago he

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started calling me Uncle Ray . And so I

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had no choice . I had to adopt him as

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my nephew , Lieutenant General John , a

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Jensen director of the Army National

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Guard and Command Sergeant Major John

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Raines and Chief warrant officer . Five ,

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Brian Searcy command , chief warrant

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officer , Lieutenant General Jody

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J Daniels , chief of the Army Reserve

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and command sergeant major Andrew

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Lombardo , command sergeant major of

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the Army Reserve .

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Lieutenant General Leslie Smith , US ,

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army retired vice president ,

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Leadership and Education Association ,

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the United States Army ,

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brigadier general Jack Haley , US ,

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army , retired vice president

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membership and meetings of a USA and

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annual meeting chair and a very , very

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busy guy .

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So I've worked with Jack and with uh

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Mark Wolf here and the garden reception

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last year was a little bit smaller than

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what we wanted and we've got a larger

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room this year and it happens at five

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o'clock tomorrow afternoon . So I

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invite you to be there if uh , if your

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schedule allows Lieutenant General

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Xavier Brunson , I corps commander ,

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Lieutenant General Ac Roper North

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American Aerospace Defense Command and

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us Northern Command .

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Lieutenant General Tom James , us .

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Army , retired connected leadership LLC ,

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Lieutenant General Guy Swan US , army ,

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retired a USA senior fellow

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and one of my mentors , Lieutenant

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General Roger Schultz US . Army retired

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RC Solutions .

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Colonel Richard , Colonel Rich Cochise

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retired and his wife Kate . Please

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stand and let's give them a round of

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applause .

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So that's how you screw things up . I

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meant for the coaches to stand . Not

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you .

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Also , we're honored to have in

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attendance this morning a room full of

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special guests and senior members of

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the army leadership . We would like to

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highlight the recipients of the 2023

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mclean and Rudder medals . The mclean

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medal goes to Major General Patrick

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Hamilton , former 36th division

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commander and he's not here this

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morning . And the Rudder medal goes to

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Colonel Dr L , Gordon Sumner Junior .

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The US army retired would Gordon Sumner

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and all of the previous recipients of

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the Rudder and mclean medals . Please

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stand to be recognized .

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Would all of the Army Reserve Division

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Commanders and General officers stand

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to be recognized . Army

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Reserve General officers , please stand

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to be

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and with the National Guard Adjutant

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Generals . And I know we got a number

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of them here this morning . Division

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commanders and other National Guard

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General officers . Please stand to be

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recognized .

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We have several a usa board members and

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region presidents and senior fellows

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present with us this morning . Would

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you stand to be recognized ?

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I would like for the following

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outstanding soldiers to stand to be

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recognized as they are introduced . So

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for com best squad winners from the

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Georgia Army National Guard , please

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stand

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the Army National Guard . Best squad

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hailing from the great state of Idaho .

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Please stand

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the Army Reserve V squad from the 4 16

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theater engineer command . Please stand

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to be recognized

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sergeant first class Anthony C Bukowski

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Army Reserve Career Council of the year .

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Please stand

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sergeant , first class Matthew D

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Johnson reserve component counselor of

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the year . This is a competition

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between the Army National Guard and the

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Army Reserve for the ward

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sergeant , first class Dylan Olison

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Army Reserve recruiter of the year .

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Please stand

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master sergeant , Christopher Sahi ,

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army National Guard recruiter of the

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year .

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Staff sergeant , Cody N Rambert Army

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Reserve drill sergeant of the year .

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Our A USA staff who work with the

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reserve component priorities and

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actions . Lieutenant Colonel , retired

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Mark Wolf , the Deputy Director for

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Army National Guard and Army Reserve

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Affairs and assisting him a familiar

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face . The former assistant director

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for National Guard Affairs . Colonel ,

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retired Stan Crow .

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And since this is a garden reserve

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breakfast , could I have all of the

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current and past members of the Army

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Reserve ? Please stand to be recognized .

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All of the current and former army

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reservists , please stand .

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And now could I have all of the current

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and past members of the Army National

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Guard ? Please stand to be recognized .

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Ok . And

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last , but certainly the most important

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could I have the spouses and family

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members of service members , please

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stand to be recognized .

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So if there's anybody here that hasn't

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stood to be recognized ? Yeah ,

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thank you very much for your time .

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Please enjoy your breakfast . I'll

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resume resume shortly .

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Alright .

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How ?

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Yeah ,

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so continue to enjoy your breakfast .

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I'd like to ask uh Colonel retired Stan

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Crow to come up and present the program .

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Good morning , everybody . It's great

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to be with the army family and be with

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the army Reserve , army National Guard

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and regular army . What a distinct

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honor and pleasure it is for me to go

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into this portion of our agenda today

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with the Kerwin Awards . When the US

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Army uh US Army Forces Command was

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established in 1973 . It was charged

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with the readiness of all army units in

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the United States . The first commander

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of that organization , General Walter T .

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Kirwin Junior dedicated himself to the

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task of preparing all army unit

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elements in recognition of his great

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contribution to the reserve components .

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The three associations represented here .

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A USA , the National Guard Association

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in the United States and the Reserve

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Officers Association jointly

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established the Walter T Kirwin Junior

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Readiness Award to recognize annually

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outstanding Army National Guard and

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Army Reserve units . And those awards

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are right over here on that table .

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They are very beautiful . The selection

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process is difficult . The chief of the

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National Guard Bureau selects the Army

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National Guard Unit and the Commanding

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General United States Army Reserve

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Command selects the army reserve unit .

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It is presented to the unit with the

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highest level of readiness in its

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respective component to be considered .

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Each unit must have been rated as

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having superior performance in eight

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specific areas as well as meeting other

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criteria with general papas and major

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General carpenter . Please join me on

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the stage . Now

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who are

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would Lieutenant Colonel Jason Parkton

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and command sergeant , Major Anthony

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Hughes come up to the stage to accept

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the award for the first battalion 149th

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Infantry . Yeah ,

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the citation reads the Walter T Kirwin

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Junior Readiness award for the

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outstanding army National Guard unit is

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the first battalion 1 49th infantry

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regiment of the Kentucky Army National

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Guard . Cool .

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The first battalion 149th Infantry

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distinguished itself by achieving the

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highest standards of in training and

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readiness , as well as demonstrated

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excellence in operational planning ,

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execution of training and maintaining

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high readiness standards . The first

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battalion 149th Infantry's overall

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combat readiness and the unit's

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performance with respect to all other

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Army National Guard units in personnel

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strength weapons qualification unit ,

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manning skill level qualification ,

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retention drill , attendance ,

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operational readiness inspections and

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supply operations were second to none .

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Finally , the battalion supported two

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different operations during the

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training year . Their Charlie company

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supported their communities during the

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COVID pandemic emergency responses

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within their state and then prepared

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for and deployed to Kosovo in support

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of peace peacekeeping peacekeeping

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operations along the administrative

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boundary line between Kosovo and Serbia .

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Their bravo company also provided

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support to their communities during

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COVID provided additional response to

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emergencies in their state while

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simultaneously preparing for and then

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deploying to camp Lehman uh uh Djibouti

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supporting the mission of the combined

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joint task force , Horn of Africa .

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Their service reflects great credit

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upon themselves . The 75th troop

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command , the Kentucky Army National

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Guard and the United States Army

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who had Colonel Edward Minz and command

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Sergeant Major Joshua Bacon come up to

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the stage to accept the award for the

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second Brigade 78th training division .

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The citation reads the Walter T Kerwin

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Junior Readiness Award for the army's

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Most Outstanding Reserve unit is

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presented to the second Brigade 78th

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Training division , Newport Rhode

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Island of the US Army Reserve . The

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second Brigade 78th training Division

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has supported the joint Chiefs of Staff

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US Northern Command and US Indo pacific

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command by providing tough realistic

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training to over 8000 service members

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assigned to Seaborne Response

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enterprise , CRE and Defense Seaborne

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Response Force units . During Guardians

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response 2022 and 2023 .

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Second brigade . 78 training division

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continues to put the mission first

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while ensuring recruiting and retention

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is achieved for the US Army and that

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all are treated with dignity and

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respect . This unit's performance

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reflects great credit upon themselves .

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The 84 training command , the United

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States Army Reserves and the United

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States Army .

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So let's give those two units another

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round of applause for their achievement

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and excellence

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at this time . I'd like to have

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Lieutenant General John A Jensen

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director of the Army National Guard to

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come to the podium and provide a few

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comments about the National Guard Army

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National Guard .

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Thanks for , hey , good morning ,

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everybody . Uh General Hinson Joan

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Paas , gentlemen , thanks for joining

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us m uh joining us this morning . I

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know Jody and I are both uh thrilled to ,

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to have you here . Uh So I talked to

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Ray Carpenter a little bit about this

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this morning . It's , it , it , it's

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not a private matter . So I just like

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to , to recognize this will be uh Ray's

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uh la la last A USA is a member of the

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A USA team and , and hosting this event .

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So , you know , Ray , I know you

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weren't with us last year . I couldn't

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remember if it , because there was an

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early snowstorm in South Dakota or if

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you were on vacation . I couldn't

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remember which but , but thanks so much

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for all of your support uh of our

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United States Army of our Army Reserve .

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And , and of course your beloved Army

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National Guard here uh through your ,

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your lifelong service uh as a ,

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as an army soldier . So everyone ,

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let's please . Uh thank Ray for his

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service .

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You know , Ray Ray always like say he's

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a great actor because he was the acting

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director of the army guard for like two

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years . I remember , I remember that

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day when I crossed the threshold when

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I'd been the director longer than Ray

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had been the acting director . And it

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took quite a while . Let me uh let me

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tell you uh to Mike Cochise , uh Mike

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to you and your , your whole family .

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Thanks for the continued support of all

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of our soldiers uh through uh life uh

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light fighter systems . Uh

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Let's see . K where , where's K and

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Rich ? Ok , right over here . So Kay

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and Rich been good friends for , for

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several years . Uh They , they hired my

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former command star major John Sampa to ,

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to , to be part of the team when John

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retired a couple of years ago and that

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was so rich could step away from the

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business . Uh uh a little bit . Uh This

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year I found out that CS M retired Todd

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Sims who we , you know , I got to know

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through first army and then of course

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at force com has now joined the light

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fighter team . I thought Mike , that

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was to maybe so you could step away a

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little bit . But I heard , no , that's

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ok . Can finally step away . So sorry ,

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Mike , maybe next year . I , we'll see

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if we've , we've got somebody for you

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there . But for all the general

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officers and senior leaders of the

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United States Army , both currently

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serving and retired and all of our

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great industry partners that have

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joined us here at a USA . Uh Thanks so

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much for coming and joining us on

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really the first event of a USA where

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we really get to kick uh our conference

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off and , and I'm sure Jody is gonna

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mention this during her comments , but

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just in case she hasn't , although I've ,

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I've now uh uh cut her uh a little bit .

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We have some special guests that have

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joined us , not just for this event

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event uh but for , for the week

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and uh they are , they represent the

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Army Reserve of Australia , Canada ,

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New Zealand , and the United Kingdom .

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And along with Jody and I , and , and

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their leadership , we make up the

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combined Army Reserve for membership

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and Jody's hosting the , the team this

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year right here at A USA . I think we ,

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I saw a couple of the members of that ,

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of that forum , if you could please

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stand so we could recognize you and

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thank you for , for the , the great

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partners and allies that you are as

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well .

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Uh General Pope , as I mentioned you ,

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we , we really look forward uh to your

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comments uh that uh this morning , uh

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I've been the director for over three

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years . And I tell you , one of the

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greatest relationships that I've been

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able to experience is , is first with

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General Garrett when he was uh the

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commander in front of you . And now uh

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your time as the force com commander

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and then also uh the great , uh , first

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army team started with Tom James ,

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who's with us here today , Tonio Guto ,

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who's for in , in , in Europe , just

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doing wonderful things there . And then

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current commander , Mark Landis , Mark ,

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I don't know if you've joined us here

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this morning or not , but I'm just so

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appreciative of , of this whole team

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getting after army readiness with ,

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with , with , with an eye , certainly

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to large scale combat operations and

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what that means to the army and , and

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the changes that we have to make across ,

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uh dot mill . And , but also

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understanding that , uh , you know ,

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every day we have , we have soldiers

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currently deployed , uh , for the army

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guard this morning , we woke up to

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34,012 soldiers that are on duty either

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in support of , uh , the national

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security strategy or in direct support

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of , uh , of their governor . Uh , and

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we're keeping a very , very close eye ,

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uh , out in Guam right now , the

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president , I think , uh , yesterday or

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this morning just signed a federal

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emergency declaration for tropical

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storm out in , out in Guam . And so it ,

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you know , why , why we're , we're

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focused on what our nation might ask us

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to do , especially , you know , with an

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eye to the events of , of late last

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week and over the weekend . But also an

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understanding that we have service

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members deployed across the globe right

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now and families that are , that are at

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home supporting their service members .

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So we , we can't forget them uh to the

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to the two units that were recognized

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today from Kentucky and , and from the

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Army Reserve . Congratulations . Well

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done . Uh really uh just a , a shining

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example of excellence uh and the , and

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the quality that we have in our reserve

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component . Uh Hey , look , I'm just

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gonna give you AAA quick advertisement

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for what's going on later today . And

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tomorrow as it relates to the reserve

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component today at 1500 commences our

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major reigns . My CS M CS M loo will be

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hosting the CS M panel 1500 today in

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room 1 50 alpha and bravo . Uh So if

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you're not aware of that , uh please go

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in and , and go and , and support that .

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Uh Later tonight , I know with , with

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many of the adjuvants general that are

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here , we're gonna uh go join the

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international Military reception uh in

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part to link up with our great state

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partners that are represented uh here

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that begins at 1700 tomorrow morning

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0 800 the Army Guard seminar

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and really uh are , are the title of

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the seminar is generational readiness .

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The next greatest generation is now

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certainly with a lot of focus on um

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General George , the new CSA , his four

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focus areas for the army . So Major

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General Dale Lyles tag of Indiana ,

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Major General Lap Flora , special

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assistant to the Chief of the National

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Guard Bureau for International Affairs .

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Uh Major General Rick Johnson , our DC

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G at for com and Major General John E

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our DC G at Army futures Command will

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be leading that seminar tomorrow

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starting at 08 . And then Jodi and her

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team come in right behind that at 10 30 .

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And then as mentioned , the always

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highly anticipated reserve component

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National Guard reception tomorrow night ,

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it starts at 17 30 . So we'd love to

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see all of you uh at , at , at all of

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those events , uh listening and

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learning a little bit more about our

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great reserve component . You know , I

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always say , you know , the , the

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United States army has a lot of

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asymmetrical advantages over our

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enemies . The number one in my mind is

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the quality of the reserve component

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that we have the United States Army ,

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both our , our Army National Guard ,

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which I represent in our army Reserve

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that Jodi represents and unmatched uh

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in professionalism and skill and

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lethality and experience . Uh you know ,

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the , the , the thought that , you know ,

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from the army you know , just looking

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at this from an army guard perspective

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that we uh we routinely deploy uh

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armored brigade combat teams . Uh We

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routinely deploy infantry brigade

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combat teams . We routinely deploy

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aviation brigades , division

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headquarters , you know , all kinds of

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formations . It's really a great

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testament to the whole army team and

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how we're all pulling together . We're

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all working together to ensure again

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that our United States army can meet

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the needs of our nations . So have a

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great conference , everybody . Thanks

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for joining this morning .

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So could I ask , uh , Lieutenant

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General Jody Daniels to please come

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forward and present the army reserve

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priorities ?

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No ,

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so the good news is , I don't have to

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repeat all of those great intros that

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John just did . So that'll make this a

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whole lot shorter . So , greetings ,

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everyone , I'll just sort of cut to the ,

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it's everyone's here . It's ,

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everyone's been recognized , I think .

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Um So that's awesome . It's great to

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see everybody out here bright and early

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on this Monday holiday morning . Um ,

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also , but I do wanna thank uh Light

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Fighter . Thank you so much for

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sponsoring this breakfast . Y'all have

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some really cool kit . I was walking

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around through it last year . I can't

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wait to see what's out there this year .

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Um , at a USA Thank you for sponsoring

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this , this event to bring us all

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together . Um , so I do want to make

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just a couple of quick remarks and then

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I'll get off the stage . Um John

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mentioned , you know how great we're

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all doing out there . We're all busy

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getting after a lot of things , working

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with our foreign partners and allies

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trying to get exercises together , make

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sure we've got all that

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interoperability taking place and that

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is really hard work . You'd think it'd

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be easy to talk to each other . Even

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when we have the same language , it's

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sometimes challenging , but we try and

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make that all happen and we really get

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after all of the training . So we

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really are focusing on readiness so

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that we are ready for whatever comes at

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us . Um And the fact is that we're

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doing exercises all across the globe so

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that we are practicing , how do we ,

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how do we work together because we

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don't want to go alone . And so this is

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a great event to bring again everybody

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together to talk about . How can we do

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this better ? How do we continue to

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perfect our skills and go on with even

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more and more proficiency ? Um We do

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look at how do we reimage capabilities ?

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How do we , you know , look towards the

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future ? How do we fine tune what we

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already have ? Um And it takes all

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three components together to do all of

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that . Um Because we all have different

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aspects and uh skills that we bring to

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this fight . Um Most of , you know ,

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that the Army Reserve does not have

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those combat , you know , brigades ,

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we've got all the enablers . So all

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those support functions that , that

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help the , the combat teams go forward

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have that lethality . We help provide

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and , and support those folks , the

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civil affairs , the cyber , the

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psychological ops , we can mess with

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your minds as we go forward . All that

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good stuff and then the medical so we

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can treat you after we mess with you ,

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we can treat you , you know , that's

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always good and , and I have been

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focusing really hard the last year . Um

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and getting everyone out there to , to

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really think about tough realistic

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training done safely . We kind of had a

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bit of a COVID fog , kinda got a little

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lackadaisical and some of our training

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got focused on metrics really easy to

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do . I can count things great , go do

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training , get out of the , get stand

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up , move out , go pull your equipment ,

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check it out , use it . Uh And I say ,

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break it in , I don't say break it in

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is that key extra little phrase , you

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know , the two letters very important

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and then maintain it . And so really

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having our soldiers get after that and

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we're seeing a great impact on

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retention . We've got all time high and

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retention because soldiers are doing

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what they joined the service to do .

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And then we're saying , I'm saying , OK ,

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now go talk about what it is you're

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doing , what kind of opportunity has

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service offered you ? What did it bring

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to your life that you would not have

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had , had you not served and go tell

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other people what that is , what made a

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difference in your life . So tell those

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stories , inspire others to become a

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member of the force . And I think

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that's helping as well . We're also

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seeing um thank you to the active

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component for talking about Reserve

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National Guard Service . We're seeing

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an all time high in terms of folks that

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are transitioning over to the reserve

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components , which is great for us

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because we don't have to train them .

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They already come , already trained .

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So we are super grateful for all those

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folks that come and join us after

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they've done a stint on the active

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component . And please keep talking

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about for us . It's , it's really

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important . Um And you know , I said

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transition , transition to the army

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Reserve , transition to the guard ,

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transition off into civilian life . I ,

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I give people who say getting out , you

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know , you're not getting out . Not if

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we believe that we are soldiers for

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life because how many ex marines do you

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know ? Not a one ? Ok , so , but so why

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do we talk about getting out ? We

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should talk about transitioning . So I

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I sort of continue to remind people um

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that that's if we really believe that

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we are soldiers for life . And there's

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a lot of folks here who have put in a

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lot of years dedicated their lives to

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service and supporting service . We are

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soldiers for life . So , um , one last

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thing I wanna talk about real quick is

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I have a big initiative this year . I'm

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putting on a gauntlet down . I'm going

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up against the guard . You guys promote

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people faster than we do from

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specialist to sergeant . The Army

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Reserve has gotten a little slow in

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promoting that , that , that young

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talent . And I'm , I , I wanna have an

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E five and five . You can make sergeant

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in three years , but we're averaging

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over 6.5 . Mm .

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Why ? Because we hold them to the wrong

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standard . We've been holding our

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soldiers to the , are they ready ?

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That's not the standard . The standard

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is , do they have potential , promote

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potential ? So I'm trying to move my ,

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my lever to the left depending on which

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direction you're looking at . So faster ,

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whatever left is for you faster , I

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want them faster . Um Because we're

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taking way too much time to reward that

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talent and show that they've got

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potential for the next grade . I need

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my specialists no later than five years

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to be promoted . So that's what I , so

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I'm I'm me , that's the one metric that

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I am actually measuring everyone on

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this year is uh how quickly are you

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taking care of your soldiers to make

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them become sergeants ? And I think

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that will have a retention and a

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recruiting effect for all of us as well .

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So please get after that , um , for

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those of you who are sponsors out here .

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Um Thank you for supporting us in , in

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all that we do . Um One quick note ,

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John mentioned about the 34,000 plus

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plus plus soldierss that he's got out

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around the globe . Army Reserve is the

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same way we've got in grand total on

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orders , doing something or other .

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We've probably got about 20,000 that

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are actively out on a on a on a CO A OS

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mission . We've got about 8500 . So we

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are still actively employed around the

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globe doing all kinds of unique and

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interesting missions . And so and

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they're all proud to serve . They're

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all doing their their their what

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they've been trained to do and they

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love doing those missions . We continue

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to work on our readiness , continue to

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get them out there . So um John did

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some of the public service

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announcements of all the events coming

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up , mentioned the various panels

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taking place today tomorrow and I'm not

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gonna repeat all of those . So that's

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all I've got . Um we continue to press

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on readiness . Thanks to the support of

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all of you out there for all that you

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are doing spouses , family members are

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especially important , our industry

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partners because someone else pays our

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full time salary . It's not really the

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army most days . So it's really

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important that our employers are

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supportive of us and that we have good

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communications with them . Thank you

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for supporting us . Please take more of

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your employees and convert them into uh

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guardsmen and reservists because you

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know what quality you get when you have

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them in your , in your formations , in

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your employer environments . So thank

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you for this breakfast . I hope you all

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have a great conference .

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It's , it's now my privilege to welcome

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the commanding general of the United

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States Army Forces Command , General

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Andrew Papas for his second consecutive

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year , speaking at our Moorhead guard

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and reserve breakfast , a Wisconsin

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native and a 1988 West Point graduate

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General Papas spent most of his career

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between the 82nd and the 101st . He

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also served several tours up here in

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the Pentagon . And I'm sure that was

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pretty special including

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three years as AJ three and director of

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the joint staff . Now in his second

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year as force com commander , he has

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been a valuable leader and a partner in

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developing readiness across all three

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components . The total force with a

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direct and distinct focus on war

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fighting and lethality . General Paas .

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So thank you , I appreciate that .

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And I say this uh this youthful

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appearance to see before you today .

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It's a reflection of actually leaving

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the Pentagon , so that's been

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beneficial . But for General Carpenter ,

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thank you . And I also want to thank

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you for the incredible service that you

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provided for us at a USA going

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throughout and for General Thurman , I

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too have told him now , I want to call

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him Uncle Ray because I've also seen

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what he gives for Christmas gifts and I

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want to get on that list too . That's

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great for my cochise . Thank you very

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much for setting this up . You sponsor

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this breakfast . It's a way to bring

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everybody together and kick off the

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weekend and the whole week's event . So

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thank you for doing that . And also if

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you ever want to build resilience that

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we locate in the military , it starts

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in youth , have an older brother . So

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for Bill , where's Bill in the crowd ?

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Bill's not to see Bill doesn't want me

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in the same room . But as a Bill , the

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CEO and the CEO at seven years

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difference . And I laughed because I ,

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I love my brother , but he's three

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years older than I am . And my biggest

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disappointment in life is when I

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finally got big enough to take my

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brother because I never won a single

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battle with him . We were friends . But

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I couldn't imagine at this point in my

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life , sharing an office space with him

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because they'd be going back at it .

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But I thank you again for having this

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set up and it's a great environment and

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for all the leaders that are out here .

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Thanks for coming in being a part of

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this and that's the leader still in

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uniform , out of uniform , mentors that

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are in the crowd and those who continue

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to carry this formation forward . Thank

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you . And we're reflected for the , we

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talk about the total force . You know ,

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our Chief Shane Buzzer right there ,

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who did get up and run the 10 miler

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this weekend ? Well done my friend

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though . It's nothing for them that's

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just daily run as these are Big Cross .

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What is it you , uh , for the

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triathlons ? And I see him every

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morning because we share , we live just

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a couple of doors down from each other

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and morning , I'll sit there drinking

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my coffee and I see him running by it

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frustrates me . I throw stuff at him ,

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but he's too fast . But uh , and Rich

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Johnson , you know , when Troy retired

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last year , we brought Rich Johnson in

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from Massachusetts . So we've got a lot

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of time , a couple of years in

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Afghanistan together . So bringing rich

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onto the team has been a great benefit .

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And you , if you've been in the field

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this summer , you've seen rich because

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he spent less time in the building more

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time out in the field , getting a great

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assessment of where we're at and our

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readiness . And for John and Jody ,

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thanks for your opening comments . I'll

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tell you , I come into this one this

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year , a little bit better rested

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because last year I had to host the uh

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the gathering of the Eagles at my house .

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And though you put a cut off time on

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that and any invite , I don't know why

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we waste the ink on that because late

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into the night I realized my God ,

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that's gonna come early tomorrow

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morning , but jp mcgee took that out ,

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but it's great to see a lot of people

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out there to include command . Sar

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Major Sims who's recently left the C

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Major Forest come was uh C A major as

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we had a command team in the hunter .

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And first and now you brought him in

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the light fighter . So none of those

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friction points arise . I can assure

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you Sar Major Sims is a man who can

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calm all the different occurrence , but

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it's great to see so many friends and

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partners out here today . Uh , a lot of

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fellow four stars that are here . We've

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got Casas , we have reserve ambassadors ,

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many of the tags and what I appreciate

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with the tags . We have our huddles ,

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uh , we align them by the fema region

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and I learned a lot from each one of

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those engagements and I appreciate it .

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I look forward to the future ones that

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we're gonna have and for the commanders

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in us , I look forward to seeing you at

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the end of this month as you get

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together for your convention , but it's

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in all these type of engagements that I

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make sure I always talk about the same

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four things . There's a redundancy when

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you have a dogma and a mantra that's

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out there because they're all built

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around our core purpose and our values

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and that's war fighting and winning .

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That's who we are . That's what we do .

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That's what the nation depends on us

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when the call comes . And the key to

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that , those four wins . I had to do

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some last year at the breakfast . I

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just had my 1st 90 days then Command

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Star major . And I did an assessment .

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We started to look around the formation .

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We said what matters , winning matters

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and they're built and they're even more

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relevant today . When you see the

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environment that we're operating in the

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first win trust and empower our leaders ,

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we have to build that foundation

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because we're never going to be

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successful without it . We have to win

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the first fight . We have to prepare if

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we go to battle today , especially in

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this uncertain world . And you see the

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world events that Uncle Ray brought up

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a little bit earlier , you have to be

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prepared for that today tonight and

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tomorrow we don't have a latitude to

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build for a future fight . We have to

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be ready today . We also have to be

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prepared for the future fight and that

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future fight is part of the

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modernization , bringing that new

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equipment into the formation across all

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composts training on it so that we can

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apply it to the enemy in the temporal

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nature of the fight that we're facing .

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And last one that I know is close to

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you , we have to win as a balanced

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total army . If anything the world

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events we have seen have shown us no

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one compo can do it alone . We are

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truly interdependent and the time

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horizons in which we have to be

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interdependent for execution continue

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to get closer . We have to work

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together , train together , modernize

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together is that when the first fight

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is one that we're going to have to do

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together and you can see it on the

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horizon . War fighting is the reason

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that the army exists now . I really am

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incredibly proud of the work that we've

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done . And the work many of you right

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here in the room are doing in your

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formations , you're building ready

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winning warfighting formations in your

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organization today for that uncertain

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future . No , but the demand in our

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forces remain extremely high . You know ,

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Patrick Matlock's here from the three

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which I wonder who's running the army

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if you're here , Patrick . But the

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demands there , why ? Because we put a

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lot of demands on our combatant

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commanders , the orders , we need you

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to execute this worldwide and they've

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come back and said , all right , Mr

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Secretary , if you want me to do this ,

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here's the requirements that I have and

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it far eclipses the capacity we have as

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a total army , as a total department of

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defense . So that's where you mitigate

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risk . But the demand keeps going up

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because it's a certain future and the

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pressure is upon us . And as we've seen

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with the RC , especially , we can't do

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it alone . We have to get the

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authorities to bring it in and I'll

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tell you several states just look

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around the world . Today . We got a

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number of states that are in Centcom as

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we speak . California , Mississippi .

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We have Texas as in Egypt and Kosovo

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simultaneous executing the missions we

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place upon them . Oklahoma and South

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Carolina are in Africa and we just saw

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Arkansas is running the JMTGU for the

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Ukraine . Now we were in Ukraine before

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we moved a little bit outside the

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country , But it still goes on as we're

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repairing the Ukrainian formations for

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the current fight that they're in . It

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is an imperative mission and Arkansas

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is running that and the Army Reserve

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experts and enablers are four deployed

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around the world . What we saw when the

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Russians invaded Ukraine , the initial

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demand went out first for title 10 and

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we initially didn't have the

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authorities . We found combat

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formations going forward and then the

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combat support and service support were

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not there in the depth we had in in

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title 10 because we didn't have the

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authority to mobilize our garden

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Reserve , that's not acceptable . And

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the time arises for that , we got to

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fight train and win as a total force ,

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but it truly showed , it truly showed

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the interdependence that we have , you

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know , and it's also been a tough and

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realistic training here at home . We

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just spoke in New Jersey and Hawaii .

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They pushed into the box at J RT C .

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Now , this is actually historic because

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for the 44 44th . It was the first ever

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rotation at J RT C the first

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ever . And I'll tell you it's

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imperative . John talked about that

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generational training , those rotations

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for both . They're elevating the

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individuals , they're elevating the

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formation to that metal mission

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essential task list that which we tell

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you you've got to do to a level of

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mastery and we're continuing to work to

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put our reserve and our guard

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formations with title 10 training

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together in that formation that

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crucible of the training rotation is

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the one that builds that confidence

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when you're in combat , you know , and

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building forward on that general race

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readiness . We have many more of units .

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We're busy throughout the entire summer .

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Some of that I will admit was the

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hottest on record . So doing it under

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duress , you know , we had the CT CS

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Rich Conus and Ocona exercises that

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came up the army reserves and the

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combat support exercise . Six thou 1000

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soldiers are in beautiful Wisconsin and

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Brother Knapp . Thank you for the

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cheese curd . I am bribe the uh the

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beauty of Wisconsin . The weather is

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always perfect there but 6000 out there

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as we continue to work on our

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mobilization exercises and see the

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depth of capacity and requirements ,

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but it's been essential to your

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communities and your neighbors . The

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recon , the response we had to

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hurricane Adelia included 6500

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Florida guardsmen alone , 6500 . And we

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saw the true total army . It was a

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multi campo response to the Maui

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wildfires that took place this past

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summer . Now , I know your teams are

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always ready . So I made you make sure

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that's the case for whatever Mother

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nature throws at us . And we're seeing

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that on the horizon as running in both

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the fire season , the winter coming

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forward in hurricane season . But I'm

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gonna highlight some of the things that

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units are up to . But I also want to be

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once more , recognize the most ready

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formations . And for Kentucky , first

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of the 1 49th , give them a hand again .

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It's an incredible formation , the rise

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of the cloud in the second of the

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78 in Newport . You know , I'm coming

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to visit there . But what a great place

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and way to elevate the formation itself

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to the top that is excellence and

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that's leadership well done to you and

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your formations . Thank you .

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Now , we've got an incredible amount of

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formation that are out there that have

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built this culture of readiness . And ,

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you know , I want to congratulate our

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drill sergeant of the year , our

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recruiter of the year , our counselors

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of the year that is never an easy job ,

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especially in the environment we're in

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today and we've got the Garden Reserve

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best squads . Now , that's some of our

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nation's top war fighters fresh off the

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army's best squad competition . And I

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and I have to single out the force com

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best squad . So I made you spent the

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whole week there with them . I caught

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him at the end . Now , it's Idaho's

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1/16 CAV brigade and they recently

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returned from its own Centcom formation .

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So they're training during the

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deployment and this is a homogeneous

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squad , not a super squad , you know ,

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put together of , of Super Ale and they

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won the competition , cohesive team ,

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trained together , fought together and

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won the best squad and command and Ir

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at Fort Campbell and we got an

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opportunity to meet them . And the one

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thing I'll tell you impressive what an

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impressive group and the leadership

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that I saw and the camaraderie in that

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formation , it stands out . That is the

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example for all why they're the best

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squad that you put on a pedestal and

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you want to emulate . Those are the

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individuals you want to put out in the

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schools that we look at recruiting

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because that's who you want to be .

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That's who I wanna be . Shoot . They

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all had great hair and they're all

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physically fit . They're in there . It

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was impressive to watch . Now , one of

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the best parts about the job is hearing

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also the stories about the soldiers ,

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the commitment , the tenacity that they

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show and their successes , you know .

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So I ask when , after this week , when

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you return back home , pass on my

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thanks , my personal thanks along to

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all of your teams because it's along

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with the discussion that you're gonna

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be a part of this week . Those are the

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stories that we have to carry forward ,

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especially with the secretary and our

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new chief and they're focused on war

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fighting . We've got to carry that

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message . It's got to resonate back to

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the people back home and within your

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formations . And of course , you know ,

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more in the annual meetings theme for

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this year , be all you can be . It

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resonates . We grew up with it . I love

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it . We're bringing it back and we got

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to drive that home . You know , for me ,

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this week , I have the unique privilege

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with this breakfast . I'm gonna be one

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of the first speakers and the last

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speakers because we've got the opening

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up today . Then obviously , at the end

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of the week , we're gonna have our

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panel for led by Forces Committee .

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We're gonna be talking about the

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reality of war and I expect to see

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everybody there , everybody the last

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form of the day . But uh it's important .

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It's also the number one focus area for

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our chief and our secretary , war

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fighting . And we're gonna build that

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through the week and we're gonna talk

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about it and we're gonna talk about the

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reality of war . We're gonna talk about

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how our total army formations , our

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allies are forging strong teams for

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that future fight . I'm gonna give you

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a little bit of preview now because one

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of our core realities we all know to

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expect in Lithgow is we absolutely need

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our guard . We absolutely need our

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reserve formations . People say , do

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you really need them ? I said , only if

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you want to win and we're gonna win

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because we've got to have that

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formation that's going to be one of the

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core tenants that we have out there .

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And then we walk forward with how we're

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going about doing that and integrating

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the formations and as an army and a

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joint force , we cannot win without all

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of your soldiers , which are our

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soldiers in our total package . Now ,

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they provide an edge that we in the

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competition and conflict and we're

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going to hold out of that edge in the

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years to come by putting even more

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intellectual rigor towards

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understanding when and how we're gonna

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operate when that next fight comes . We

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have got to look at the future fight ,

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not what we've done in the past 20

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years of continuous conflict . It's

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built a lot of resilience and combat

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experience , but now we have to adjust

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as our own doctrine adjusts . Now ,

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there's already a lot of hard work

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that's happening in order to do this as

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we apply the new doctrine ,

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incorporating new technologies in our

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formation . So by exploring the reality

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of war , we're considering the reality

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of how our units are going to fight in

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large scale combat operations . It has

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literally been decade decades since

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we've had this discussion and not just

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how we maneuver but how we synchronize

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protection capabilities , sustainment

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our fires , we need to be predictive on

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the future battlefield , to take

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advantage of those opportunities as

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they arise . So we can maintain tempo

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that we can exploit through convergence

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of our capabilities . We haven't had to

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do that in the scale we're gonna need

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to in the future . We've got to train

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to that . And since how we fight

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includes who we fight alongside our la

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our relationships abroad remain vital .

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That's where it's great , great to see

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with New Zealand and Australia and

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Canada there . And next year's

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breakfast is actually in Sydney and I

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appreciate that I'll be there , but

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your forces play an integral part in

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all that . And I'm just gonna highlight

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the State Partnership program and you

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talk about it . It's a 30 year

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anniversary , one of the most impactful

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programs that's been brought forward

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and the relationships that are de

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developed through that are the

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foundation of every endeavor we do . I

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look no further than Port John ,

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whether it's in Minnesota or the

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California Guard with General Baldwin .

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When the Ukraine broke out the

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partnership that you had with the

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Ukraine , he was our point of contact

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for initial information . And just as

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the chairman would call John during the

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Minneapolis issue , poor General

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Baldwin got multiple calls from General

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Millie because he had the relationship

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and we're trying to build our knowledge

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of what's taking place in formal

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channels are often a little bit too

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slow . So that cell phone was buzzing

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and that's just one example because we

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use that worldwide and we think it's

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such a great relationship that we're

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actually starting to mess with that .

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And we've taken our SS fabs our

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advisory battalions and brigades to

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follow the path and use those

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relationships to build our own and

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complement those in the countries . And

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we're also as we look to expand ,

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looking at the requirements and the

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timelines we're going to face in liso ,

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great lesson out of out of the Ukraine

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without the authorities and predictive

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nature , the total force wasn't ready .

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So there's gonna be many necessary

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capabilities that reside in your

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organizations today throughout all

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three compounds . And as the army

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ship's focus to the division and

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division level enablers is a tactical

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formation . Now is the time for us to

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ask ourselves who does what ,

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when do they have to do it ? And we

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have to take a very transparent multi

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compo look at the nation's war fighting

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needs . That is a mature discussion

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that's on the horizon because we have

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got to adjust to the fight that we're

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gonna have in the future and the

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timelines have collapsed . How we

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deploy and fight is gonna drive how we

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train as a total army . Now , we're

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doing more to uh to team guard and

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reserve formations up with our active

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headquarters who can deliver the same

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type of training relationships that are

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active duty components , fire already

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benefit from especially between the

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brigades up to the division and then

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the guard divisions up with our cores .

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As we've seen , the core capability to

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train divisions is here . We've got Ex

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Brunson from our first corps who's

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nesting out in all of our briefs . We

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have our readiness briefs . It's not

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just the active duty but everybody

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that's in the purview of Ex Brunson in

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the first corps has to brief their

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training plan , how they're nested ,

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how we're building capacity , internal

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and together . And we're also looking

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at hard , hard look at the realistic ,

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look at our home game . We're looking

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at large scale mobilization . We're

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doing rock drills to test our ability

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to activate transport train , then

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deploy a substantial number of your

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formations throughout our m our , our

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mfgis . I know what it is . I forget

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what MFG I stands for . That's where

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you go through before you deploy out .

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But we just did a re to push and focus

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additional capacity through there to

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find out what gaps that we have . It's

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great if you know where you're going

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and have the right capacity . But when

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you start searching thousands of extra

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people through there , and it's going

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to be even more than that . When combat

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breaks out , we've got to find the gaps ,

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the faults and the friction points and

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refine them today . And we're finding

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that they do exist because we've had an

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atrophy since the high point of our

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early deployments at the beginning of

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the war . Let alone take us back to the

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Desert Storm days . Now , these lessons

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can't be through discovery learning at

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the point of execution when we have to

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actively deploy to a combat situation .

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And we can't ignore the reality of

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today's recruiting environment . You

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can see it , we are overt structured as

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an army and it's impacting our ability

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to train to get the readiness necessary .

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Now , we're relying on our recruiters

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and we had our recruiters of the year ,

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year up here and our councils a year

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and their teammates to be successful .

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The challenge of manning our formations

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is not theirs alone . I will tell you ,

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it's an army wide challenge . It's army

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wide priority , which makes it our

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responsibility to meet those

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requirements to fill our formations to

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be that interlocutor , to be that

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ambassador to bring everybody through .

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We've talked about what the role of the

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caas are and how the Secretary of the

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Army has been empowering our caas to

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get to the local level . We have

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partners within forest com supporting

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the recruiting has become our leader ,

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responsibility from the team leader all

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the way up to the Forres commander .

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And I expect the commanders , that's

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all of you to help share our army

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culture , our army values and the

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opportunities with all future soldiers

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you come in contact with . I know many

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of your team mates now with , with 1 ft

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in the civilian communities and in the

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career fields , you are actually our

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best personnel our best ambassadors and

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our posture to help spread that word .

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Now , this summer , we took a step in

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the right direction . You know , you

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might have saw it . I got to swear in

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one new army reserve soldier who may

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officially have the coolest job on the

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books . That was country music star ,

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uh Craig Morgan and over cold beer .

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I'll tell you the story how that came

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up , maybe a couple of beers . I think

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J Jody wanted to get him on stage for

01:00:03.628 --> 01:00:05.683
this morning's keynote address . But

01:00:05.889 --> 01:00:07.889
you got stuck with me instead . And

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even though I offered to sing , she

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begged me not to . So I will not . Uh

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as my neighbor , she's heard that a

01:00:14.000 --> 01:00:16.111
couple of times , especially when the

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shower windows open and she continued

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stop , please . But as I look across

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all these elements for the reality of

01:00:23.421 --> 01:00:25.532
war that we're going to be looking at

01:00:25.532 --> 01:00:27.810
the undisputed bottom line is that we

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know the guard and the reserve soldiers

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are going to be committed . We know

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that they're well trained , they're

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lethal and that you're ready when

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called upon . And if I've learned

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anything from the past year , plus

01:00:39.764 --> 01:00:41.876
what's happening first in the Ukraine

01:00:41.876 --> 01:00:44.042
just this past week . And John touched

01:00:44.042 --> 01:00:46.209
about it in Israel , taken by surprise

01:00:46.209 --> 01:00:48.320
with the depth of the intel apparatus

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and the horrific things that are taking

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place there . And we know that an indo

01:00:52.709 --> 01:00:55.459
paycom is facing this truth as well .

01:00:55.469 --> 01:00:58.129
Is we cannot wait . And when the next

01:00:58.139 --> 01:01:00.739
crisis comes , our army will not have

01:01:00.750 --> 01:01:02.969
the luxury of time to build our lethal

01:01:02.979 --> 01:01:04.923
force , to build that war fighting

01:01:04.923 --> 01:01:07.929
culture , to build resilient resiliency .

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We've got to be prepared today . We

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have got to build that warrior ethos

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and each and every individual that we

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come in contact with that resiliency

01:01:19.219 --> 01:01:21.669
has got to be built today . And that's

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a leader , responsibility , a leader

01:01:23.899 --> 01:01:26.010
through engagement , a leader through

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the structure , a leader through the

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training to build that in every

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formation that's coming . Because if

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and when the next fight comes and it's

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coming , we can't expect it to be a by

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with and through or a train and equip

01:01:40.010 --> 01:01:42.139
operation . But rather it's our

01:01:42.149 --> 01:01:45.550
soldiers , it's our soldiers ,

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these best squads that were in the room ,

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they're going to be fighting on the

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front lines . It's going to be us .

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That's the reality of the next war and

01:01:56.340 --> 01:01:58.229
the war fighters that some of you

01:01:58.229 --> 01:02:00.396
recruiters and drill sergeants brought

01:02:00.396 --> 01:02:02.562
into the ranks are the ones that could

01:02:02.562 --> 01:02:02.429
be on the front lines as the newest

01:02:02.439 --> 01:02:04.989
privates and junior leaders . And you

01:02:05.000 --> 01:02:07.929
gotta keep asking yourself every night .

01:02:08.080 --> 01:02:11.350
Are we leading ? Are we building that

01:02:11.360 --> 01:02:13.471
warrior ethos ? It's going to empower

01:02:13.471 --> 01:02:15.638
the soldiers to win in combat . That's

01:02:15.638 --> 01:02:18.229
our responsibility is our training .

01:02:18.239 --> 01:02:22.159
Tough enough . Is our equipment

01:02:22.169 --> 01:02:25.560
ready ? Are our standards high enough ?

01:02:25.570 --> 01:02:28.129
Are we enforcing them ? Are we holding

01:02:28.139 --> 01:02:30.250
ourselves accountable and that of our

01:02:30.250 --> 01:02:33.290
subordinates do our teams , trust one

01:02:33.300 --> 01:02:37.219
another . Are

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we ready ? That is a question that I

01:02:41.189 --> 01:02:44.189
ask every night . It's a question Sar

01:02:44.199 --> 01:02:47.919
Major and I would go over every

01:02:47.929 --> 01:02:51.429
day , every touch point . We had every

01:02:51.439 --> 01:02:54.270
soldier engaged every unit visit . We'd

01:02:54.280 --> 01:02:57.659
ask that question . I know that Dan

01:02:57.870 --> 01:03:00.360
Hogenson has the same question because

01:03:00.389 --> 01:03:02.611
your responsibility , John Jensen and I

01:03:02.611 --> 01:03:04.833
have the discussion and with Jody every

01:03:04.833 --> 01:03:07.110
formation and it's not just a simple .

01:03:07.120 --> 01:03:10.290
Yes , but it's rather yes . But here's

01:03:10.300 --> 01:03:12.600
more that we have to do . Here's where

01:03:12.610 --> 01:03:14.777
we're doing well and have to sustain .

01:03:14.777 --> 01:03:16.943
Here's where we have to focus . Here's

01:03:16.943 --> 01:03:18.999
the resources we need and we have to

01:03:18.999 --> 01:03:21.989
get ready today . That's the reality of

01:03:22.000 --> 01:03:24.300
our army . Today . Your formations are

01:03:24.310 --> 01:03:26.310
doing more and we'll continue to do

01:03:26.310 --> 01:03:28.477
more today because tomorrow it's gonna

01:03:28.477 --> 01:03:31.770
be too late . Our responsibility

01:03:33.189 --> 01:03:36.229
embrace it , drive it , take

01:03:36.239 --> 01:03:38.461
responsibility for it and take pride in

01:03:38.461 --> 01:03:41.149
the success that we're gonna have . I

01:03:41.159 --> 01:03:43.048
want to thank everybody again for

01:03:43.048 --> 01:03:45.159
joining us for this entire week . I'd

01:03:45.159 --> 01:03:46.937
ask you to keep asking the hard

01:03:46.937 --> 01:03:49.048
questions . Every form we have , keep

01:03:49.048 --> 01:03:51.103
driving for more resources to get to

01:03:51.103 --> 01:03:53.103
that higher level of training . You

01:03:53.103 --> 01:03:55.270
hear the words coming out of our mouth

01:03:55.270 --> 01:03:57.381
at the leader level . Now drive us to

01:03:57.381 --> 01:03:59.548
back it up with actions , activity and

01:03:59.548 --> 01:04:01.492
resources and keep challenging one

01:04:01.492 --> 01:04:03.715
another and keep building the formation

01:04:03.715 --> 01:04:05.881
to be better . And most of all , thank

01:04:05.881 --> 01:04:07.992
you . Thank you for the role you play

01:04:07.992 --> 01:04:10.159
in building war fighting rightness and

01:04:10.159 --> 01:04:12.381
taking the very best care of those that

01:04:12.381 --> 01:04:14.492
we care about the most and that's our

01:04:14.492 --> 01:04:16.326
soldiers . Thank you very much .

01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:32.927
So general . Just say , you know , I'd

01:04:32.927 --> 01:04:34.482
be proud to be your uncle .

01:04:36.780 --> 01:04:38.502
Thank you , sir for those very

01:04:38.502 --> 01:04:40.613
important and strategic remarks . And

01:04:40.613 --> 01:04:42.947
thank you even more for your leadership .

01:04:42.947 --> 01:04:45.530
Here's a token from a USA for your

01:04:46.459 --> 01:04:48.681
thank you chair today and thank you for

01:04:48.681 --> 01:04:50.848
your service . I appreciate it . Thank

01:04:50.848 --> 01:04:50.239
you .

01:05:04.370 --> 01:05:06.310
So I would like to thank the

01:05:06.320 --> 01:05:08.949
associations for joining us this

01:05:08.959 --> 01:05:11.110
morning . We appreciate what you have

01:05:11.120 --> 01:05:13.287
done and what you do to look after our

01:05:13.287 --> 01:05:15.287
soldiers , their families and their

01:05:15.287 --> 01:05:17.287
priorities to each of you . We have

01:05:17.287 --> 01:05:19.659
critical issues before us to deal with .

01:05:20.000 --> 01:05:22.167
There is real power in agreeing on the

01:05:22.167 --> 01:05:25.110
critical issues before our army . Again ,

01:05:25.120 --> 01:05:27.009
thank you to our national partner

01:05:27.009 --> 01:05:28.919
sponsor for today's event , Light

01:05:28.929 --> 01:05:31.370
Fighter Systems , which is represented

01:05:31.379 --> 01:05:33.580
again by President Rich Cochise wife

01:05:33.590 --> 01:05:36.929
Kay and Ceo Mike and Big Brother

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Bill .

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I'm proud to say our membership has

01:05:44.919 --> 01:05:47.030
grown in a USA to over a million

01:05:47.040 --> 01:05:49.219
members . And if you're wondering ,

01:05:49.229 --> 01:05:51.118
this is the new logo that will be

01:05:51.118 --> 01:05:54.260
introduced a little later today at our

01:05:54.270 --> 01:05:56.879
opening ceremonies , I'd encourage you

01:05:56.889 --> 01:05:58.945
if you're not already a member . And

01:05:58.945 --> 01:06:01.219
even if you are to stop by the A U A

01:06:01.229 --> 01:06:04.629
pavilion pavilion . This morning , we

01:06:04.639 --> 01:06:08.419
had the Washington tattoo playing uh as

01:06:08.429 --> 01:06:10.651
a band before our introduction . So I'd

01:06:10.651 --> 01:06:12.707
like to thank them for their support

01:06:12.707 --> 01:06:14.979
too . Those wishing to attend the

01:06:14.989 --> 01:06:15.989
opening ,

01:06:19.919 --> 01:06:21.919
those wishing to attend the opening

01:06:21.919 --> 01:06:24.979
ceremony for the 2023 A USA annual

01:06:24.989 --> 01:06:27.629
meeting are invited to do so . The

01:06:27.639 --> 01:06:29.750
annual meeting badges you are wearing

01:06:29.750 --> 01:06:31.979
will allow you inside the ballroom and

01:06:31.989 --> 01:06:34.510
also will allow you to tour our

01:06:34.520 --> 01:06:36.853
exhibits when they are open later today .

01:06:37.209 --> 01:06:39.431
If you do not have a badge yet , please

01:06:39.431 --> 01:06:41.209
stop at the registration at the

01:06:41.209 --> 01:06:43.265
Convention Center to pick them up on

01:06:43.265 --> 01:06:45.431
your way to the opening ceremony . The

01:06:45.431 --> 01:06:47.598
ceremony begins at 9 30 this morning .

01:06:47.598 --> 01:06:49.542
Thank all of you for attending the

01:06:49.542 --> 01:06:51.376
breakfast and that concludes our

01:06:51.376 --> 01:06:50.979
program

01:06:57.379 --> 01:06:58.310
and the child .

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Ok . Yeah ,

01:07:30.639 --> 01:07:31.861
something like that .

01:07:37.750 --> 01:07:39.530
I ok .

01:07:45.989 --> 01:07:48.830
No . Yeah .

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Ok . Ok .

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Yes .