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Good morning , everyone . If you would

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kindly please um take your seats ,

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we'll get started here . It's great to

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see all your smiling faces . It's a

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great day . So , welcome

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to Family Farm too . Let's get tactical

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resiliency and upstream prevention

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toolkit building . This is a really

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exciting forum . My name is Holly Daly

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and I'm honored to be your a USA family

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readiness director . So if you were

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able to join us yesterday for Family

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Forum , one , we learned about the

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army's prevention efforts and the

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importance of resilience and prevention

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of harmful behaviors . This morning ,

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you will hear from experts that will

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provide programs and resources to

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assist with upstream protective factors ,

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reducing risk factors and reducing

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overall stress to thrive in army life .

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That sounds great to me . Right . So to

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be part of the conversation today , um

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for those of you who are in your room ,

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we have some question cards for you .

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Please write the questions down and we

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have staff who will come get them from

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you and bring them up to the moderator

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and for those who of you who are online .

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Thank you for joining us . We're so

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excited because I know that some of the

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A USA chapters and the um installations

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are having watch parties . So hi to all

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of you out there online . Um ask your

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questions on the , on the feed . So

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we'd like to hear from you at this time .

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It is my honor . I would like to

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introduce our army , senior spouse

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leaders . We're so grateful for your

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leadership . Um Mrs Patty George and

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Mrs Kimberly Weimer . Sorry , Kimberly ,

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I was trying to get that out there . So

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welcome both of you .

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Ok , I've already made . Thanks .

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Thanks Holly , thanks so much to a USA

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and to Holly for inviting us to be part

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of this forum . Yes , it's an

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honor for us to be here and uh join you

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all this morning and we are excited

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about this next panel . They are going

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to be highlighting some of amazing

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wellness um opportunities and resources

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that the army has to empower us to

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inspire us and to educate soldiers and

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families . Henry Kissinger said when

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there's peace under the heavens , big

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problems become little problems and

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little problems . Don't need to worry

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us when there is turmoil , little

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problems become big problems and big

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problems overwhelm us . So as you learn

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about the resources today , know that

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the intent is for every army family to

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go out and to use them . They are

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supposed to help reduce turmoil so that

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those little problems don't suddenly

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feel like big overwhelming problems

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that you're having a hard time handling .

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So first in our panel , we're gonna

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have Casey , who's gonna share the

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great news about the Wellness Centers

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and master resiliency training . I know

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Randy and I have both used the Wellness

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Centers . We did not love the bod pod ,

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but in three minutes we know where we

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needed to improve . So and , and so

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there it was on that one and then next

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we're gonna have Erica , uh she is

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going to share some opportunities um

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about nonm medical counseling through

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our military one source site . And um I

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know personally for me over the last 20

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years of multiple double digit

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deployments trying to raise two girls

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often as a single parent balancing work .

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There have been times where um I

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encountered the need for non medical

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counseling and I have had personal

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growth through that and have become

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more resilient for it and also it

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modeled for my two daughters that it is

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OK to ask for help . Um So we're

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excited to hear about those

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opportunities and then Sergeant Major

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Perry is going to be up next for , to

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speak to us for those of us that don't

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live near or on an installation across

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the nation and elsewhere . He's going

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to share uh opportunities of how we can

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um access resources for those and where

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we can find those resources and how to ,

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how to empower ourselves with those .

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And then our last person on the panel

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is gonna be Robin Robin is gonna talk

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about financial front line and great uh

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opportunity to learn about budgeting

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and saving . I know I used it at JB LM

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when we moved there . They have uh free

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certified financial planners and what a

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great opportunity to learn from

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somebody who really knows what they're

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doing . I know I learned a lot about

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how much I wasn't saving . So and then

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so to kick this panel off , um , and

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give us a hands on opportunity to learn

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about the Comprehensive Soldier and

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Family Fitness program . We have Miss

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Evie King , who is the armed forces

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insurance spouse of the year for 2023 .

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And she has taken the master resiliency

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courses and become a master resiliency

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trainer . She is , um , an advocate for

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military spouses , active Guard

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reserves and veterans to help connect

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friendship , accountability and

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inspiration . Let's welcome to the

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stage .

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Thank you . Hi , everyone . Good

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morning . Uh , this is my first a USA .

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Thank you so much Holly and the A USA

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family team for allowing me to be here .

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Can you tell that I'm a newbie because

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immediately yesterday , I could tell

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who were seasoned conference attendees

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and who were the newbies by one thing ?

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We all wear them shoes .

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I was waiting in line . I don't know if

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any of you were waiting in line

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yesterday , waiting to get in and

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already my feet were killing me and it

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was only like 9 30 in the morning .

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Someone next to me was wearing this

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beautiful black suit , very put

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together and they had bright blue A six

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on . Not even like the trendy white

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shoes that we all see all over

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Instagram . No , they were here to walk

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around and their feet were gonna feel

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good . So you bet today I brought flats

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that I'm changing into right after this ,

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but I'm not here to talk about shoes .

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Um I'm here to do a demo for you for

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resilience training in three acts . So

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I need six volunteers and I have

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Starbucks gift cards as a thank you

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because it is early in the morning and

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I'm asking you to participate . So who

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would like to ? Yes , just come on up .

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I just need six . Awesome . Thank you

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so much . You can just come up on stage .

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We're gonna have a mic . I'm just gonna

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give you a piece of paper . You have a

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script you just have to read . I made

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this really easy for you . Awesome . If

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you all wanna stand next to , next to

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each other in front , we have act one .

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Act two . Great . Act

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two . All right . For my act three , I

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need act three . Ok .

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Wonderful . Thank you so very much .

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Act three . All right . No pressure .

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But you all are pretending to be myself

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and my husband . He's a fantastic human

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being . So , um , please present us

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well this morning .

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All right . So we're gonna be talking

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about my favorite tool and I thought it

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would be interesting to do something

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like this because often if you ask a

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big group to just yell out stuff , it

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tends to be quite silent . So let me

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set the stage for you . Act one . It

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is August 2012 . It is my spouse's

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third deployment in under five years

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and it is my first as an active duty

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military spouse . We did two before

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that . I had also just taken the

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master resilience training out at Fort

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Campbell . I'm one of the originals .

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We were the pilot program out at Fort

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Campbell . It was 30 spouses and 30

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service members . And since we're all

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here today talking about it , I'm

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guessing we did really well . Uh , so

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thank you . All right . Act one .

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It should be just on , I think . Hi .

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Oh , no .

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Hi . Ok . Hi . How was your day ?

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Awful . Everything that could go wrong

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did go wrong . Yes . My husband at the

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time was in full negativity bias

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mode . And if you know , my husband ,

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he is actually extremely upbeat person .

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So I knew something was wrong . Every

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single conversation we were having was

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ending with this feeling of

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helplessness and I was weighed down .

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It got to the point where I basically ,

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when he would call and I would look at

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the caller id , which is basically just

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a bunch of numbers . We all know that ,

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that when that happened . Um , I didn't

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even want to pick up the phone and we

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weren't even married a year . At that

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point , we were supposed to be in our

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honeymoon phase and I didn't even want

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to talk with my spouse because I knew ,

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I knew that hearing him and hearing how

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his day went was just gonna bring me

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down and there was nothing I can do

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about it . So , having just completed

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master resiliency training , I decided

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to try something differently . Act two .

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Hey , what is something good that

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happened for you today ? All right .

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Pause . What do you think ? He said ?

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Think about it . He is in that , that

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negativity bias . Nothing .

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Yes , nothing .

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No , no , no , no . Sh share with me

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something good . One good thing that

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happened today . It can be small . Uh

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OK , we had Taco Tuesday today .

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All right . Well , tomorrow , I'm gonna

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ask you that question again and I want

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you to come up with a better answer and

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actually tell me why you chose that

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answer . So we continued to do that

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through the remainder of the deployment .

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And what was really magical is because

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he knew that I was going to ask this

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question . He started going throughout

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his day looking for something to share

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with me and I did the same . So he was

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very excited for our phone call . Now ,

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does that mean that we didn't talk

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about the tough things ? No , but that

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wasn't the entire conversation that we

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were having . So yesterday , one of the

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panelists talked about and we're all

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here talking about upstream prevention .

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And he mentioned that we need to create

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conditions that make life worth living .

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I want to go further because yes , we

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can have those conditions . But if we

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don't notice them , we're just going to

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continue building that negativity bias

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and confirmation bias and going through

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life hoops , um , with all of the bad

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things sticking on us and all of the

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good things passing you by those

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conditions exist and that is why . And

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I know some of you in the room probably

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know exactly the tool that we're

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talking about today . Hunt the good

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stuff , which yes , I know some of you

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have very strong feelings about it ,

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but it is actually my favorite tool and

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it is my favorite tool because it is

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one of the easiest to learn and it is

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one of the easiest to share and

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it can strengthen your relationships

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which will get into Act three and

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you'll see how that works out . Hunt

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the good stuff builds optimism and

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gratitude , which are the engine of

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resilience , right ? It is like your

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daily gym workout , right ? You're

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going to the resilience gym . Are you

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gonna pick up the £200 weight ? No ,

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you're gonna leave feeling really

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discouraged . You're gonna start a

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little bit light . Maybe you're gonna

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feel it and it's gonna get easier every

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single time you use it . And that to me

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is hunt the good stuff . All right .

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Act three . Setting the scene . My

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spouse is now back . We've been doing

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hunt the good stuff throughout the

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whole deployment and we have now

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entered that crucial reintegration

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stage . What are three good things that

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happened to you today ? Hm . Well , I

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really enjoyed waking up early and

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spending time with you on the patio .

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It was nice to spend a slow morning

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together after spending so many

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mornings apart . What about you ? I

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liked our hike this afternoon . I've

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been cooped up at work all week and I

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enjoyed getting out in nature . The

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fresh air was so rejuvenating . I love

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hunt the good stuff as a relationship

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building tool . Do you see what

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happened there ? Think about it . We've

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just spent months apart and now we

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spent the day together and we get to

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tell each other what it is during that

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day that we notice and had an impact on

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us , right ? As a family , we are

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creating an attitude of gratitude

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within our household , right ? We are

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identifying situations that have a

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positive impact on our well being and

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now I as a spouse and him and a spouse ,

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we can now recreate those . So now I

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know when my spouse comes back from a

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deployment that he probably wants some

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slow mornings together and he knows

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that I really enjoy going on walks

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outside because I find the fresh air

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rejuvenating essentially what's

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happening is we are giving our spouses

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and our family members the answer key

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to the manual that we all wish we were

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born with . So yesterday , one of the

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panelists also mentioned that it can be

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really difficult with all the small

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things kind of piling up , right ? I

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think he described it as death by 1000

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cuts . Hunt . The good stuff is

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stopping and smelling the roses and

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then hunt the good stuff in a

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relationship building sense . When you

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share it with each other , it is

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reaffirming and it's also allowing you

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to be resilient to gym , accountability

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buddies . And so what we're doing is is

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we're actually , uh , creating a life

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by 1000 roses . So , thank you so very

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much . Can we give a round of applause

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to these actors ? Yes . If I could , I

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would give you all Tony's . Um , I will

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not be getting one for my very good ,

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uh , very short screenplay , but thank

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you so very much for having me today .

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I hope for those of you who understand ,

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hunt the good stuff who have used it

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before , go home today and have that

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conversation with your family , your

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teenager . I guarantee you is going to

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say nothing but don't let it stop there .

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And especially once they know that

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that's going to be a question that you

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continue to ask . They're gonna go

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throughout their day trying to take

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notice of good things that they also

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have something to share with you . So

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again , thank you so very much . I hope

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you enjoyed this morning's demo . And I

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am very pleased to introduce Miss

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Halverson who is going to be the

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moderator for today's panel and all of

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the panelists . Thank you .

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Thank you .

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What a great demonstration . How about

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another round of applause for ey and

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for the academy award level volunteers .

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Amazing work

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as military spouses . We know readiness

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and resilience , balancing careers and

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families , long deployments , the

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military culture . And of course , all

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of the moves today , we have a panel to

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talk to you about some tools for your

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tool kit as a military spouse and not

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only for you but for you to share far

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and wide . One thing we hear all the

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time from soldiers and family members

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is that we , I wish I had heard about

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this program a resource earlier and

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getting that information out as we've

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talked has been a constant battle , but

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we're here today to present you with

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some of the programs and resources that

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you can put in your tool kit and that

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you can share with our soldiers and

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family members . So today on our panel ,

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we are fortunate to have Sergeant major

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Michael Perry , the senior enlisted

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leader to the department C Deputy chief

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of Staff G nine , which has oversight

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for all of our soldier and family

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programs . Next to him , we have MS

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Erica Slayton , Director of military

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Community Support programs in the

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Office of the Secretary of Defense for

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Military Community and Family Policy

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next to her is Casey Adam Miller ,

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Chief training prevention resilience

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and readiness directorate in the D CS G

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nine . And on the end is Miss Robin

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Mirazi Financial Education Program

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manager prevention resilience and

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readiness directorate in the D CS G

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nine . Thank you for being here today .

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Panel members . Thank you . Thank you

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very much

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starting with Sergeant major . Um Would

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you mind giving a brief introduction of

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yourself ? Yes , ma'am a little bit

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about yourself . Yes , ma'am . Thank

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you , Mrs Halverson . And thank you all

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for being here . So I am S Major

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Michael Perry . I have the privilege

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and the honor of serving as a senior

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estate advisor to the D CS G nine who

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happened to be Lieutenant General Kevin

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Vine . Uh I've served in this position

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now for about 18 months and it's truly

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been an honor um from a family

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perspective , I've got a spouse of 10

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years . We have a blended family , five

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Children and three beautiful

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grandchildren , all all granddaughters

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as a matter of fact . So I absolutely

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love that . Uh you know , brief

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description of what the G nine does .

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And so , you know , um the G nine has

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been around since 2019 , but candidly ,

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a lot of people still don't realize

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what is the G nine and what do we do ?

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And so , you know , this , this panel

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is a great opportunity for us to

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highlight some of the programs that ,

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that ultimately that we do for our

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soldiers . Our families , our spouses

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at the installations . Um We do lead uh

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the integration across the entire army

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staff working very closely with the

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other uh quality of life partners ,

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income . Uh You know , the the title of

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this panel is Let's get tactical . And

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so when you think of income really from

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a garrison perspective on every one of

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our installations , that's where a lot

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of the services and the uh the

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resources are uh that we execute , you

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know , from an army perspective , an

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army staff , uh we're providing the

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policies , the programs , the

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resourcing long term . But again , it's

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about us all working together in order

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to deliver the effects , which again is

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to ensure that our soldiers and our

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families have everything they need ,

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especially from a quality of life

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perspective . Uh There's been a renewed

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emphasis on war fighting , but the

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reality is while our soldiers and our

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service members are the ones that

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deploy uh in , in defense of our great

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Constitution . Uh We cannot deploy

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without the love and support and the

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peace of mind that , that our soldiers

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and our families are . Excuse me , our

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families , our Children , our spouses

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have everything they need at the

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installation . Um You know , when you

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go to an installation , you're not

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gonna see a big neon sign on some

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building that says G nine . You know ,

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here's what we do , right ? But uh you

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know , some things that are in our

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portfolio that , that absolutely impact

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uh a lot of you and those that are

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online , you know , housing in barracks ,

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uh installation resources , child youth ,

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uh and um school services , morale ,

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welfare , recreation , army community

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service , uh as well as a myriad of

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soldier and family programs . Uh One of

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the big ones for us is spouse

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employment . Uh And there's been a lot

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of uh emphasis and effort from an army

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and a dod perspective to ensure that we

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continue to evolve . Uh The way that

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we're , you know , understanding the

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dynamics of how army spouses and

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wanting to have their own careers has

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changed and soldiers are gonna have to

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continue to P CS from one installation

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to another . And what we should never

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do is put a spouse , um you know ,

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career and , and his or her goals in

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jeopardy . Uh And so we're putting a

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lot of emphasis uh in that area . Some

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additional programs we have is EF MP

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Financial Readiness , which Robin is

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gonna talk in depth about uh army

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family action plan and prevention

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resources . And so it's all of these

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programs coming together which again ,

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uh gives our soldiers and fam our

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families the ability to uh be a team to

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support and win . Uh Again , thank you

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very much for being here . It's truly

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an honor . I look forward to your

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questions . Thanks , Sergeant major ,

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Erica . Good morning . Uh again , Erica

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Slaton , I am the Director for military

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Community Support programs that's in

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military community and family policy ,

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uh very happy to be here and be on the

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stage with a team of experts here . We

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all work together towards supporting

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our service members and families . I

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have been in the role as director here .

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It'll be in November , it will be two

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years in November . I've been , but

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I've been with military and family

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policy for , for 10 years . And so it's

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been a really , really an honor to be a

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part of um our , our portfolio programs

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from literally childcare programs to

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MWR programs to casualty and mortuary

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affairs . But military community

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support programs which I lead and

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oversee is really focused on three

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centralized program . The first is

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military one source . Uh And we'll talk

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about that here very uh very shortly

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here , I guess over the course of the

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conversation . The second is the

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military and family life counseling

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program or M FLAC program . I've heard

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it mi flick too . It just depends on if

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you're from the north or the south , I

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guess . Uh And then the last one is the

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spouse education and career

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opportunities program or CEO program .

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Uh So those are the three programs that

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are overseas . I am also the spouse of

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a retired marine . It does not fall

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short on me that I am surrounded by

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soldiers and folks . But uh um but this ,

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this is all your word is one fight . So

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again , just really happy to be a part

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of the panel . Thank you . Thank you ,

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Erica Casey . Hi . Thank you so much

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for , for having us and for attending

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this today . Um My name is Casey

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Eidemiller . I'm the Chief of training

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and Education and the uh , uh

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directorate of uh prevention resilience

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and readiness in the G nine . And I am

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a military spouse . My husband is in

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the army and we just welcomed our first

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dependent daughter two weeks ago . Um ,

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so , so , um ,

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I'm , I'm awake and I'm here and I had

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my coffee . Um but I'm also the program

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manager for CS F two . And um I've been

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doing this job for 7.5 years . And

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what's really great is um I think that

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this is one of the first areas with

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training and education that we have

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tried to enter into the integrated

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prevention capability um and

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functionality . We do suicide

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prevention as well as substance abuse

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prevention and we also touch on

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financial readiness and sexual

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harassment and assault prevention um in

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different areas . Um Bringing all of

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that in not to say that you have to be

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resilient to overcome those things .

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But how can we really make sure that

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we're not being redundant ? We are also

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providing these different life skills

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to all of our soldiers and their

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families and um army civilians . So ,

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uh we do have a very broad portfolio um

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when it comes to providing those

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training and education um to the field

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in uh units , but also in professional

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military education . So I'm happy to

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talk about CS F two and how that is

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complementary to H two F and to the

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armed forces , uh Wellness Centers um

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and all the other capabilities that ,

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that we work with across the prevention

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spectrum . So , thank you for having us .

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Thanks Casey . And I have to say at

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this point after my first kid , I was

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still in sweatpants . So very

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impressive . Comfy tights . Robin . Hi ,

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everybody . My name is Robin Mirazi .

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Um So I am the financial education

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program manager under D Pr R . That's

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how we say it and actually can remember

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it . Um So I am actually also an active

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duty army spouse and have been for

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about 19 years to my high school

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sweetheart of over 26 years . And um so

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we've been together a long time and um

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when we go and we look at all of the

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different things for , for financial

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readiness , it actually encompasses a

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lot . So I've been accredited financial

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counselor for the last 16 years ,

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really working within the realm of the

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army life . And so what I really like

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to talk to you about today is really

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getting after financial well being so

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financial well being is how our

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financial situation and money

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choices provide us security

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and freedom of choice . And when we

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look at that , it's not as simple as

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just looking at money in versus money

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out . It's really looking at our social

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and economic environment our behaviors ,

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kind of our knowledge and our skills .

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So it encompasses so much more than

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just going and doing something of , of

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basic financial management . And so

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we're going to go and explore a little

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bit of that today . And so I really go

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and encompass everything that these

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folks going to do because we're really

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trying to look at this from a holistic

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approach and breaking down the barriers ,

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reaching across directorates , reaching

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across pro to be able to go and to see

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that linkage of financial readiness and

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the stressors that are involved with it

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and try to go into increase resiliency

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within the force in an area that's

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really hard to talk about . So , thank

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you for having me . Thank you for all

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those introductory comments . And we'll

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get on to some questions for Sergeant

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major . How is the Army's approach to

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prevention evolved over the years and

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what key strategies have been

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implemented to address the critical

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issue ? Yes , ma'am . Thank you . So ,

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bottom line up front , it really comes

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down to getting the structure uh

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aligned appropriately . And um you know ,

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the Secretary of the Army last year ,

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made a decision to bring in the army

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resiliency directorate , which has been

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around for about 10 years and has done

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phenomenal work , uh you know , in

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support of the G one uh and to bring it

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up up underneath the G nine . and this

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was critical because uh you know what

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we're trying to do is to get upstream

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with a lot of our uh programs and , and

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the prevention of harmful behaviors .

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Well , if you've got the resources in

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one space and , and um you know , we're

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very good at response and that was kind

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of what the G nine and those programs

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that you would see at army community

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service or at your installations , it

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was something happened and then we

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would be able to respond . And so now

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by aligning uh A RD underneath the G

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nine , we can really look at it much

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more holistically and ensure that we're

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getting upstream and , and implement

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some programs , use some data , some

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analytics uh in order to ensure that

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we're getting well left of any of those

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harmful behaviors and make sure that

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we've got programs , resources and

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policies uh that are better aligned

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because now we've got them both

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together . Can I follow that up with

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another question ? What mechanisms are

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in place for soldiers to confidentially

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seek help or report concerns related to

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their own mental health or the mental

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health of their peers ? Yes , ma'am .

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So I know with the , the mid FLAC

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program , I know you can help me out

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with that , right , ma'am . Um But

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ultimately , um I would say

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confidentiality is very , very

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important . Um And this is where I

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would say leadership is critical um to

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a lot of the programs that we have to

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implement . Um you know , when soldiers

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trust their leaders , especially that

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first line supervisor , that sergeant ,

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that platoon sarge the squad leader .

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Um you know , our uh platoon leaders ,

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you know , that , that front line level ,

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that tactical level leadership um while

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yes , we want to absolutely respect

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their confidentiality when you build

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the trust . Uh and you have these

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cohesive teams , um you know , those

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soldiers will actually feel , you know ,

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very , um you know , empowered and they

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feel like they can bring those problems

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to uh their leadership and , and , and

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when their leaders can , then sometimes

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just having a conversation ,

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understanding , what is that stressor

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that's going on in your life . Uh And

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then when that leader realizes like ,

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wow , you know , Perry really needs

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some additional assistance or Perry's

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spouse may need some additional

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assistance , then that's where , you

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know , we can leverage uh our military

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family life consultants um and military

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one source and some other resources

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that are out there in order to ensure

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that ultimately they get the support

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that they need . Thank you . Yes ,

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ma'am , Erica . What is non medical

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counseling and how have Department of

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Defense , nonm medical counseling

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programs evolved over the years . So

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it's , it's interesting because uh we

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coined the term non medical counseling

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way back in the day . And so , and it

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started with uh with military one

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source and then shortly after that with

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the military and family life counseling

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program . So military one source 2005

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is when it was established as military

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one source as you see today . And then

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the military and Family Life counseling

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program back in 2007 . And so non

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medical counseling was a way for us to

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provide support around those every day .

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And military life issues that can cause

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stressors within a , a military context ,

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whether it's communication , uh with a

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spouse , whether it is parent , parent ,

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child communications , whether it's

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relationships , whether it's grief loss .

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And so those were the , the types of

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issues that are non medical counselors

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are all licensed master's level or phd

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counselor can provide either through

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military one source as one avenue . Um

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and then through the military and

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family life counseling program as the

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other avenue . Um and it is what ,

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what's really great about it at the

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time and still is great is that it is

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confidential . And so individuals ,

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families are more likely and more

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receptive to going to see a master's

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level licensed counselor when they know

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that their information won't be shared

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with others with the exception of maybe

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a mandated or a duty to warn in the

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case of someone's looking to harm

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themselves or others . But other than

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that , everything else is confidential .

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And so how we've evolved over the years

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has really , I mean , we have really

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grown and I'll start first with the

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military and Family Life counseling

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program again , back in 2007 , we

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started with 24 counselors um who were

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supporting a unit over in Germany . And

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now we have grown fast forward to today .

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Over 2500 counselors across the world

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with military . One source . Uh the non

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medical counseling started , it was

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just face to face in telephonic support .

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And as we've heard and the needs of our

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service members and families , we've

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expanded that to uh to online

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counseling and then video counseling as

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well . So we've really seen um uh uh

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various , uh we've definitely seen

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evolution of the program and how we

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deliver the support to ensure that

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we're delivering it in a way that

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service members and families want to

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receive it . Um And the last thing I'll

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say about that in terms of evolution um

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of counseling services . I believe that

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the last active duty spouse survey 2021

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we saw that there were more spouse that

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were looking that who had actually

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taken advantage of counseling services .

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We've even seen more of a demand for

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our counseling services as well . So

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the word is out . Uh , but we certainly

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want to uh ensure that uh our service

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members and families know that this

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support is available to them . Uh And

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um , and as an augment to some of the

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other resources that are here on the

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stage . Thank you , Erica Casey . How

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do family members and the soldiers

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circle of support ? Access CS F two

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training . And could you go over what

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CS F two is and education ? Yes . Uh So

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comprehensive soldier , family fitness .

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Um that is the overarching program that

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includes the master of resilience

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training capability , but also a lot of

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performance skills . The uh Asma check ,

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which is a self assessment tool , um

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that is mandatory on an annual basis

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for soldiers . Um And we also have uh

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CS F two program managers at um the

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installations that have a performance

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center , the performance centers are

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manned by contractors , but they all

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have a master's or phd in sports

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psychology , performance , psychology ,

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counseling , kinesiology , education ,

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et cetera . Um They also um are

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mandated to have certification from the

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Association of American Sports

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Psychology for coach uh performance .

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So um really , really a robust

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capability at 33 different locations

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across the army . The newest one is

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being set up at Fort Wu . Um So for

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family members to access these now ,

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unfortunately , you know , we are not

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at every single installation , but we

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do have virtual capabilities . I know .

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Um yesterday , uh Colonel Preston

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mentioned uh how we need to ensure that

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you can access these different things

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in different platforms , whether it's

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in person virtually um telephonically ,

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etcetera . So we're doing our best to

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provide that capability um locally to

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uh families as well . So if you're a

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family member on an installation or

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near an installation , you are more

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than welcome to walk into any

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performance center and request any kind

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of training . We do life skills . So um

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it doesn't have to be one of the M RT

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14 M RT skills at all . It can be

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something um to do with um overcoming

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failure . It can have to do with

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academic um uh note taking capability

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or better test taking capability . We

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have um a lot of different offerings at

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and you can find those on our website .

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You can also go to our website to

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request training . Um So , um if you

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are not near an installation , you can

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submit that request and we can figure

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out a way to either um bring the

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performance experts to you . They do

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have a travel capability um or we can

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do a virtual training if that makes

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more sense um for the , the request

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that you've submitted . So , um we want

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people to understand that CS F two is a

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lot more broad than M RT . Um We did

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have a previous CG of uh trade , do

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come to us and ask us to create a

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training for overcoming failure for our

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BC T trainees . Um And we've created

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something called basic connections and

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it focuses on understanding your

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emotion , being able to explain it and

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connect to your peers um in a um

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emotionally regulatory way . Um So we

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have those capabilities in house to

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develop any kind of curriculum that to

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help you overcome or go from good to

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great . You don't have to be in crisis

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to use a performance center or our CS F

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two capabilities , but it is available

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to all family members and circle of

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support . Circle of support is um ,

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your friends , your parents , uh , it

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does not have to be a dependent , um ,

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who accesses these , um , this

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capability . Uh , mainly because we see ,

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uh , more and more that um , your

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typical family , um , that we knew , uh ,

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once upon a time is not the status quo

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anymore . So we wanna ensure that those

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soldiers who don't have a spouse , um ,

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do still feel supported and their ,

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their closest um people in their lives

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uh have the access to these

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capabilities as well . You mentioned a

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few things , but would you like to go

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into detail about how CS F two has

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changed over the last 14 years ? Yes ,

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absolutely as well . Definitely . Um So ,

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CS F two did start off with , you know ,

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the five domains um of , of fitness and

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we still uh hold fast to those . Uh but

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we have expanded our capability and we

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want to ensure that um again , it's not

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just master resilience training , those

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skills are phenomenal . They are uh

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grounded in over 30 years of uh science

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and research . We continue to evolve

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and um utilize ex uh current and

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emerging research um to ensure that we

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are um in lockstep with academia .

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However , we do provide suicide

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prevention training . Now , at the

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performance centers , they work with

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the suicide prevention program managers

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who are still the lead at the

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installation . So I wanna be clear . Um

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but we , we want to ensure that that

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capability is um available with expert

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facilitators who can help transition um

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that knowledge and skill set and um

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help change behaviors um when it comes

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to suicide , substance abuse , um

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sexual harassment and assault ,

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financial um struggles , etcetera . So

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um we have expanded beyond M RT . We do

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squad leader development course um

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which is part of the uh this , this is

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my squad initiative . Um So we

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really um we don't try and own

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everything . We want the units to have

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uh this training and understand that

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they can tailor it however they want .

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But that goes for family members , frgs ,

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uh sfrgs , etcetera . So um we ,

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the way that this has grown over time

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is our implementation science as well .

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Um That is a , that's the piece we

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really have struggled with . Um We know

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this works , we know if you do it , it ,

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it can change the trajectory of , of um

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a lot of lives . But how do you find

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time ? How do you , how do you make

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sure that this is a , you know , baked

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into the pancake , so to speak ? Um And

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that's where we're really working on

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the coach education piece . Um We are

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partnering with academia to ensure that

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our um curriculum as we move forward is

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coach , coachable , not just train the

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trainer . So you're not just doing a

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block of instruction with a powerpoint

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and everybody falls asleep and they're

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annoyed by it . Um We really wanna make

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sure that , um , you can do this in the

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moment and that soldiers understand how

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to implement this in their lives and

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same thing with families . Um , and

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then , uh , providing the same language

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to families as we do to soldiers so

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that they , um , are speaking the same

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language when it comes to these skills .

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And can I , um , understand each other ,

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um , when we're , w we're working

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through some of these issues . So , um ,

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we're continuing to evolve and we're

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always taking um , any kind of

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constructive feedback that we possibly

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can , um , to be better and , and do

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more for soldiers and families . Thank

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you , Robin . In your opening , you

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mentioned how the army is taking a

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holistic approach to soldiers and

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family . Economic well being . Can you

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expand on that a little more ? Yeah .

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Sure . So , thank you for that . So ,

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economic security , we , I think we can

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all attest right now when we go and we

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look at our cost of living expenses ,

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they probably have increased a lot ,

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right ? I know I'm actually stationed

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out at joint base mccord and our gas

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prices are still about $5 a gallon and

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our everyday expenses with housing ,

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with access to child care , right ?

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With services , all those things have

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increased . And when we look at

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economic security , we have to look at

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it more holistically . Remember how I

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talked about financial well being .

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When we look at financial well being ,

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it's not just on how much money is

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coming in versus how much is going out .

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It's really going and looking at , like

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I said , those so and economic

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environment going and looking at your

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attitude , your beliefs and a lot of

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those things are really your

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unconscious beliefs that you had

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growing up around finances . If you are

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someone who is a money avoider or

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someone who looks at money as a status

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symbol or going , I don't know , maybe

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like me and our super money vigilant .

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Not just because a financial counselor ,

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right ? But also because I grew up in a

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household where I needed to be or I

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would have swayed something like money

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avoider , right ? Those unconscious

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beliefs are what going to stay with us

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as we're adults and they impact our

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behaviors . But also it's looking at

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access to opportunities . So when we

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look at the whole quality of life ,

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we're looking at housing , we're

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looking at child care , we're looking

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at spouse employment over the course of

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19 years , I've had to start and stop

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my career more times than I can count .

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I'm a remote worker which yay , we're

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putting , we're putting our money where

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our mouth is , right ? We're making our

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as yesterday , I think it was Colonel

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Preston . So we got to have our voice

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match our actions , right ? So I'm

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going and being able to be there as a

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remote worker and being able to see

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also because my husband's in battalion

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command . So I'm also a senior advisor ,

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which when did that happen ? I don't

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know when that happened . Looking at

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all of that , we have to look at it

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holistically because everything plays

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into it . It's not as simple as money

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and versus money out . Yes , there's

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going to be times when there is more

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bills than there is money coming in .

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But maybe , is it because we had no pay

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to ? Maybe because we didn't have

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affordable housing . Maybe it's because

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our spouse lost their job because they

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are in the middle of A PC . So we have

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to look , get everything holistically

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and we need to look at those inherent

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unconscious beliefs that we have

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because they're going to organically

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going to influence our behaviors . So

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when I say looking at it , holy , it's

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really diving deep down and , and I

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believe it's under the ice , you know ,

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the iceberg that master resilience ,

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right ? And it's really trying to dive

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a lot deeper , peel back the onion ,

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right ? To be able to see what is

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really going on in the route . If I

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went and said , hey , I want somebody

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to stand up and tell me about , you

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know , their financial stressors . Did

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that ? Just make your like heart kind

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of palpitate , right ? Because it's

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something that we don't do , we don't

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talk about finances , we're more apt to

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go to talk about , you know , what

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shoes we're going to go to wear , right .

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What we're going to do for dinner or

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something like that . But we're not

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going to talk about our , what I'm

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trying to do is to be able to really

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open that up . And like with our major

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perry , talked about is developed with

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our leaders of going and being able to

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ask those intrusive questions and not

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just as simple as do you have enough

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money to pay for something ? But do you

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have affordable child care ? Do you

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have affordable housing ? Are you

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struggling if you are ? Let me get you

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to the resources and maybe those

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resources aren't going to be as simple

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as walking to a financial counselor .

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Maybe it's going and breaking it down

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and saying , hey , if I'm developing

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stressors that are manifesting into

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physical or psychological with anxiety

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with so many right ? With fighting

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within relationships or maybe they're

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leading to something a little bit more

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harmful , right ? Like financial abuse

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or possibly suicide , maybe it's going

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and also educating those mental health

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professionals to be able to identify

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what those triggers are and help to get

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them to those right resources . So

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looking at it holistically , it's not

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as simple as go see a financial

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counselor is going , being able to see

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everything that's going on and peeling

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back that onion . Yeah , if I could

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just add to that Robin , I think one of

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the things that I absolutely love about

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military , one source is that it is

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holistic . I mean , there are a

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plethora of resources that we provide

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through this 24 7 call center and

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website and we've got state consultants

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that are around the country as well .

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One of our most popular services is

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what's called middle tax , which is our

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tax services . Everybody's gotta do

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taxes . And so , uh , it is a really

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great opportunity for us to get in the

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door and for that tax counselor or that

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financial counselor to talk with that

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service member , a family member and

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then identify , um , not only what's

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said , but what's not said . And so

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being able to , to direct service

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members and families , maybe it's the

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health and wellness coach , maybe it is

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the financial counselor , maybe someone

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on the installation , maybe if I just

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moved and I need to talk with someone

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about relocation . I mean , those are

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all the , uh , um , I guess the secret

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sauce is what I absolutely love about

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the programs is that you can start

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thinking you need one thing , but you

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come out with 234 , but you're able to

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access it , access it when , uh , when

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you need to , from across the world .

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Great . Thank you , Sergeant major . In

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what ways does leadership play a role

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in promoting resilience and preventing

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harmful behaviors in the army ? Yes ,

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ma'am . So , you know , I , I'd

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mentioned that a little bit before and

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I've , you know , I've had the

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privilege of serving for 31 years in

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our army on active duty in 28 years of

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those I've been a non commissioned

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officer . So I , I've led soldiers in

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support of my officers . And so I've

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always been very passionate about

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leadership and our responsibility ,

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especially as non commissioned officers .

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Um , you know , part of our creed is

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officers will have maximum time to

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accomplish their duties , they will not

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have to accomplish mine . And so , you

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know , as a non commissioned officer ,

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whether you're a young corporal all the

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way up to a command SAR major or SAR

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major , I think it's very important for

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us to understand , you know , our , our

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charge and our responsibility um to ,

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you know , getting to know our soldiers

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and , you know , really , you have to

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take advantage of um the opportunity

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when you're at that lower echelon level .

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You know , when you're that corporal ,

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you're that sergeant , you're that

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squad leader even up through a platoon

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SAR and I would offer a first sergeant

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because , you know , you're , it's that

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last time really throughout your career

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as a leader , especially as an NCO that

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you're gonna have that ability to

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intimately understand and know , you

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know , your soldiers , their families ,

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their spouses , where are they from ?

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What do they like to do ? And , and so

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again , building that foundation of

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trust , um , you know , at echelon

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across our non commissioned officer

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corps , again , in support of a

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leadership team at some point is

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absolutely critical and then getting

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those senior spouses as well , you know ,

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they are leaders of within uh our

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formations . Um you know , and

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sometimes they inherit that

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responsibility . Uh uh But I , I find

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if we again educate our young spouses

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as well , uh as they continue to

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support their soldier , then as their

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soldier gets into positions of

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increased responsibility , um typically

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they'll embrace that role and even when

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they have a career of their own , um

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they'll , they'll find the time in

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order to be able to , you know ,

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support uh those critical things . And

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I , I think it's absolutely imperative .

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And so again , leadership is important

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and leadership also has the

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responsibility . Um You know , ma'am ,

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you mentioned all those phenomenal

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programs that we have that are

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available , you know , within the CS F

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two . And I , I think we've just got to

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continue to leverage as many resources

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as possible , as many digital platforms

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as possible . Uh and opportunities to

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be able to highlight uh you know , all

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of those programs that we have and time

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is something that um we always never

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have enough of . But as leaders if

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understand the programs that are out

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there that can help build resiliency .

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Um Again , we've invested a lot of uh

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resources and money into those things .

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And it's just about , again , leaders

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at echelon understanding all those

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programs that are available and just

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like we would um you know , before we

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go out to shoot a rifle on a range and

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to get qualified , um you have to , you

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know , do A PM I , you know , you have

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to be able to go through and um

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understand how to operate that weapon .

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And I think it's the same thing . We

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have to train our young soldiers and

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our spouses and our family members to

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be resilient and there's a ton of

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resources out there . And so we just

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have to expose them to that again

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upstream . And so those are just a few

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things that hopefully are helpful from

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a leadership perspective . I like that

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you brought up that spouses are leaders

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too . And I don't think we often think

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of ourselves as leaders . In fact , I

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think of ourselves as inadvertent

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leaders . We love this soldier and

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we're with this soldier , but by

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proximity , we become leaders as well .

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Yes , ma'am . Yes . Thank you very much .

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Thank you , Erica . What are some of

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the top issues you hear from military

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families and how are you addressing

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those ? Yeah . So um and I'll talk

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from the standpoint of like what we're

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seeing among all of our programs . So

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first , one of the top reasons why

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service members and families reach out

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to military , one source or to the

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military and family life counseling

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program to speak with the counselors

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for relationship issues . That's the

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number one reason . And so we have uh

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through both of those programs , really

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have implemented a lot of great

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resources to support those

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relationships . One is through the

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military and family life counseling

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program we've implemented a brief

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relationship check up just like you

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check in , you know , make sure your

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car has , you know , tires filled up

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with air and you know , all the things

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are working on the , in on the car . Um

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How's your relationship doing ? So it's

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an opportunity for an online assessment ,

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brief , online assessment to be

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conducted uh with the couple and then

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also that assessment being provided to

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the counselor and then that counselor

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uh through the military and family life

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counseling program able to work on a

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particular issue like if it is

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communication . And so , uh we have

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seen through just that one intervention ,

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just phenomenal results . Um couples

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were connected and we uh will continue

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to expand that program because we just ,

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we hear from , from couples

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specifically that they really

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appreciate having someone to talk with

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and to drill down to those solution

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focused um uh activities to support the

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the relationship . The other thing

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we've done through military , one

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source is we've offered a um online

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solution because many folks say , yeah ,

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I wanna do , I , I want , I want help ,

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but I wanna do something on my own .

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And so we've offered a , a resource

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called our relationship . It's an

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online program where you can connect

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with a coach , again , centered around

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a relation , uh an issue that you would

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like to focus on as a couple , whether

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it's uh again , communication , trust ,

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uh and fidelity . And so the coach ,

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you would , uh you would meet with that

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coach um or not if you want to do it on

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your own for a series um O over several

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weeks . And what we found is through

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the , the evidence , evidence shows us

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that , that couples who stay within the

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program are able to improve the quality

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of their relationship . And so again ,

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just a really great uh resources that

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we offer to support relationships . Now ,

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speaking again , as a spouse , uh who's

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also been unemployed after A P CS , we

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also hear that spouse employment is

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very important . It continues to be

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something that uh as a department that

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we deal with , there's a 21%

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unemployment rate and there's a lot of

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uh reasons for that piece . Yes , child

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care . We have a very transient

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military community . And so through the

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spouse education and career

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opportunities program are co and that

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is an augment to the employee employee

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employee readiness programs that are on

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the installation . We offer master's

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level coaches that are , it can support

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military spouses around resume writing ,

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mock interviews . They can connect them

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to some tools that we have online , the

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Myers Briggs career assessments , um

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also uh connecting them to other

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resources like Udemy for upskilling and

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reskilling . That is a an education

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platform where a spouse can go on and

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take marketing courses or other co

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other courses to help to uh improve

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their marketability . Uh The other

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thing we offer through the spouse

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education and career opportunities

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program is access to the military

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spouse , employment partnership or me .

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And currently we're up to over 700

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employers who signed a statement of ,

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of support to say , hey , I know you're

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a military spouse . I'm looking for a

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military spouse . Um , I know for me it

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was challenging to say to a employer .

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Yeah , I'm a military spouse because ,

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you know , that I was thinking that

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maybe they wouldn't offer the job just

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because of that . Um But now , no , not

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with MS E , these employers are looking

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to hire military spouses . And so since

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the exception of MS E MI or these

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employers have hired over 270,000

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military spouses . So a really great uh

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program for spouses and the last one ,

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I'll talk about with co uh while I've

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got the , the mic is um the military

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spouse career Accelerator pilot R MS CP

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because everything has to have an

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acronym . Of course , uh it , this was

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a 12 week hate Fellowship . It is a

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three year pilot , um that we be soft

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launch in December . It has been

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amazingly popular . Uh , since we

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launched the program , we've had over

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230 spouses that have been placed into

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fellowships with corporate partners .

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And we have more than an 80% conversion

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rate from military spouse , fellow to

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employee with an average salary of

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about $70,000 a year . This is for

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military spouses who are career ready .

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So lots of things going on for us to uh ,

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so specifically support military

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spouses . And the last thing I'll talk

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about , I know the LA is the last thing .

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This is the last thing , um , is

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support around Children and youth ,

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particularly with our military and

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family life counseling program . So we

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have those child and youth behavioral

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counselors that are there in schools ,

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child development centers and child

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programs and , and you know , they hear

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that Children need , they need support .

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And so with this , whether it's uh

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emotional regulation , whether it's

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getting uh connected in social groups ,

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those those counselors are there and

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supporting our Children . So again , um

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we will continue to listen to the needs

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of our military community and evolve

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and adjust our programs accordingly .

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Thank you . Gosh , there's so many

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resources . Here's one for KC . How do

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CS F two Armed Forces , wellness

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Centers and holistic health and fitness

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differ from each other ? I love this

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question . Um So they all complement

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each other . There is not a redundancy .

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Um When it comes to these different

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resources , I think there's a lot of

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confusion because they all sound the

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same . There's a lot of similar jargon

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that surrounds each of those

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capabilities . And um and really , they ,

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they um definitely are complementary

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rather than redundant . Um CS F two ,

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we've talked about um it is a uh mental

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fitness capability , uh life skills .

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Um It is also I , I failed to mention ,

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we vigorously evaluate everything that

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comes out of the CS F two program . Um

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We evaluate it for efficacy and

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behavior change and if it doesn't work ,

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we stop doing it . Um And so that is

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something that is , is very significant

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when it comes to CS F two . Um H two F

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is a phenomenal capability . It is

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based at brigades . It is for , you

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know , those units to really thrive in

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the physical realm and they've made

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leaps and bounds when it comes to uh

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musculoskeletal injuries . And um and

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really helping uh soldiers um get to

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peak physical fitness um shape . Uh

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They also have bring in the chaplains

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for the spiritual component . They

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bring in us for the mental fitness

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component . Um And then the Armed

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Forces Wellness Centers are phenomenal .

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We work with them um to provide

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training education , they have uh

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nutrition specialists , sleep

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specialists . Um they have recently

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transitioned the postpartum and

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pregnancy , uh PT to H two F , but

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they're continuing to work um to ensure

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that that is a capability that it's

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available to , to soldiers as well .

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But the armed forces Wellness centers

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are also available to families . Um So

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I think between the three of those

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capabilities continuing to work

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together , um , there is no redundancy ,

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there is capability , there , there is

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mental fitness , there's physical

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fitness , there's uh spiritual fitness

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with the chaplains and then , um you

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know , sleep activity , nutrition as

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well . So , um I know for , for CS F

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two , we often bring the performance

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experts to a Wellness Center or to um

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uh under the H two F umbrella . So

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there are a lot of different um

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opportunities for partnership there um

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and ensuring that we're working across

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those different programs and we're not

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creating any kind of stove pipe . Um

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And from , from what we've seen in the

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field , it is working very well

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together . Thank you Robin . If I'm a

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brand new army spouse , what are some

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of the resources that can help us

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manage our finances ?

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I am mainly because I'm an army South ,

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but also I remember coming in 19 years

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ago after a lovely honeymoon at Fort

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Sill Oklahoma . And uh we got our first

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P CS at Fort Carson , Colorado

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where my husband promptly dropped me

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off and said , see , I , I'm going on a

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deployment . I was like , who , where

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am I ? I'm from New York . Like , what

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is this ? It's mountains . It , it ,

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it's windy , it doesn't rain , what's

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going on here . And um and I had no

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friends and it was a real struggle

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point for me when we got there . And I

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remember going ok , I can sit here and

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can wallow in this or I can pick myself

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off my feet . I didn't live on the

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installation . We lived about 30

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minutes out of the way because we gonna

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get housing on post . And so I remember

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walking into the army community service

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center , not for financial assistance

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because I wanted a job . And I heard

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that's where you go , you go to army

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community service and those people will

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go to help you with the job . But then

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once I got there , I realized it was

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like , I am 22 years old . I have no

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idea about anything with how to go into

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pay bills , how to do my expenses . And

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I luckily had someone that worked at er

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p who literally sat me down and said ,

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hey , this is a little bit more than

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just spouse employment because we need

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to look to be able to see what you want ,

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your salary range , what you're trying

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to look at . So let's peel back on and

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be able to figure out what you really

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need in order to be able to go and kind

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of take care of everything . And that's

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where I got exposed to the financial

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rights program . So I may have walked

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in for one thing , but because they

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went and sat and they asked me those

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questions , I was able to go to get to

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a different direction , still got a job .

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But I also was able to go to get that

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budgeting assistance . So I was able to

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go and to have them sit down and kind

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of show me all the resources that was

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19 years ago . Fast forward to where we

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are today is completely

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transformational . What I would say is

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when you come to the first installation

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or maybe you're a seasoned person ,

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right ? Because life happens ,

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milestones happen . And , and that's

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something that the panel talked about

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yesterday is that there's all these

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different personal and professional

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points in a soldier's career , but also

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within a family's holistic life and

59:43.659 --> 59:46.709
journey , right ? And so like Casey ,

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who is not a brand new army , but just

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had their first child , right ? Guess

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what ? That's a new milestone and it's

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gonna shape their life , right ? So it

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doesn't matter where you are in the

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spectrum , everybody can use assistance .

01:00:01.929 --> 01:00:04.151
You want to know why I'm gonna tell you

01:00:04.151 --> 01:00:06.151
a little secret because it's one of

01:00:06.151 --> 01:00:08.570
your benefits as a federal employee .

01:00:08.580 --> 01:00:11.459
And yes , if you're wearing uniform and

01:00:11.469 --> 01:00:14.030
yes , if you have a dependent ID card ,

01:00:14.040 --> 01:00:16.810
it's one of your benefits is to be able

01:00:16.820 --> 01:00:19.530
to go to use one of our free

01:00:19.580 --> 01:00:23.209
credentialed non-biased financial

01:00:23.219 --> 01:00:26.945
counselors . We have them all over , ok ?

01:00:27.465 --> 01:00:29.854
And not just as government , but also

01:00:29.945 --> 01:00:32.485
through personal financial counselors

01:00:32.495 --> 01:00:36.294
through OD and there's over 300 K

01:00:36.715 --> 01:00:39.425
and O as well . So that means you have

01:00:39.435 --> 01:00:41.955
a whole lot of resources to be able to

01:00:41.965 --> 01:00:43.854
assist you . But guess what ? Not

01:00:43.854 --> 01:00:46.600
everybody wants to go in person , not

01:00:46.610 --> 01:00:49.340
everybody wants to take that first step

01:00:49.350 --> 01:00:52.379
and walk physically . And we know that

01:00:52.439 --> 01:00:55.500
because approximately 70% of our

01:00:55.510 --> 01:00:57.580
uniform service and their families

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don't walk into our centers . So let's

01:01:00.419 --> 01:01:02.689
not go and continue to do the what

01:01:02.699 --> 01:01:04.810
definition of insanity doing the same

01:01:04.810 --> 01:01:06.921
thing over and over again , expecting

01:01:06.921 --> 01:01:09.169
different results . Right . So let's go

01:01:09.179 --> 01:01:11.860
and think bigger . So let's go to look

01:01:11.870 --> 01:01:14.500
at how we can expand those resources

01:01:14.510 --> 01:01:17.149
through military . One source who also

01:01:17.159 --> 01:01:19.409
have financial counselors and can do it

01:01:19.419 --> 01:01:22.469
virtually telephonically , but also

01:01:22.479 --> 01:01:24.535
maybe you just want to be able to go

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and have a resource to go to . So if

01:01:27.260 --> 01:01:30.550
anybody remembers last year , remember

01:01:30.560 --> 01:01:32.629
what our awesome website is .

01:01:34.209 --> 01:01:36.500
Financial front line dot org . I'm only

01:01:36.510 --> 01:01:38.843
going to have you say it once this time .

01:01:38.843 --> 01:01:41.066
So Financial Front Line do or if you go

01:01:41.066 --> 01:01:43.177
on there , you're going to be able to

01:01:43.177 --> 01:01:45.232
see all of our great resources . But

01:01:45.232 --> 01:01:47.399
I'm not going to go and just tailor it

01:01:47.399 --> 01:01:49.899
for soldiers because one , I'm a spouse

01:01:49.909 --> 01:01:51.631
and I don't know what the heck

01:01:51.631 --> 01:01:53.631
everything was talking about . So I

01:01:53.631 --> 01:01:56.290
also have it for family members and we

01:01:56.300 --> 01:01:58.600
have a really great called Mill Spouse

01:01:58.610 --> 01:02:01.040
Money Mission and it's talking about

01:02:01.050 --> 01:02:04.580
your finances without all the jargon .

01:02:04.590 --> 01:02:07.300
Right ? So , really kind of tailoring

01:02:07.310 --> 01:02:09.709
it to what you need to know . But we

01:02:09.719 --> 01:02:12.060
also have sections for our service

01:02:12.070 --> 01:02:15.199
providers and our leaders . And when I

01:02:15.209 --> 01:02:18.149
go and I look at for our spouses , yes ,

01:02:18.159 --> 01:02:20.381
there's these resources that you can go

01:02:20.381 --> 01:02:23.679
to . But one thing I remember from that

01:02:23.689 --> 01:02:26.909
time , 19 years ago to where I am today

01:02:27.449 --> 01:02:30.590
is that our spouses don't know about

01:02:30.600 --> 01:02:33.199
these resources . Yes , they know about

01:02:33.340 --> 01:02:35.507
all there . There's all these programs

01:02:35.507 --> 01:02:37.959
that are there to help them , but why

01:02:37.969 --> 01:02:40.520
aren't they necessarily utilizing them

01:02:40.530 --> 01:02:43.080
to their fullest capacity ? Right . So

01:02:43.090 --> 01:02:45.312
that's where we need help to be able to

01:02:45.312 --> 01:02:48.280
figure out what's not working . Where

01:02:48.290 --> 01:02:51.580
do we push this out to be able to get

01:02:51.590 --> 01:02:53.820
you the information that you need ? But

01:02:53.830 --> 01:02:55.989
in a way that it's going to go to

01:02:56.000 --> 01:02:59.475
resonate because I have lots of

01:02:59.485 --> 01:03:01.955
training opportunities . I've got lots

01:03:01.965 --> 01:03:03.885
of providers . I've got lots of

01:03:03.895 --> 01:03:07.635
resources . But what I don't have is

01:03:07.645 --> 01:03:10.114
the feedback of how it's resonating .

01:03:10.284 --> 01:03:12.451
And just one thing I wanna just add on

01:03:12.451 --> 01:03:14.905
to that for , for , for spouses is ,

01:03:14.915 --> 01:03:17.026
does anybody know what the number one

01:03:17.026 --> 01:03:20.709
stressor is in marriage ? Money ?

01:03:20.719 --> 01:03:23.979
Right . Ok . So , II I , it is , let's

01:03:23.989 --> 01:03:25.711
be real . It's one of the main

01:03:25.711 --> 01:03:28.580
stressors . Part of it is because we

01:03:28.590 --> 01:03:31.449
don't always learn how to communicate

01:03:31.699 --> 01:03:33.755
and we especially don't learn how to

01:03:33.755 --> 01:03:35.949
communicate about finances . And it

01:03:35.959 --> 01:03:38.229
goes back to what I was saying before

01:03:38.330 --> 01:03:41.250
about what we call money , scripts ,

01:03:41.260 --> 01:03:44.050
those unconscious beliefs that we had

01:03:44.060 --> 01:03:47.729
growing up our values , what we go and

01:03:47.739 --> 01:03:51.520
have for goals . And I remember what my

01:03:51.530 --> 01:03:53.709
goals were , what my financial values

01:03:53.719 --> 01:03:56.596
were so far different than my husband

01:03:56.606 --> 01:04:00.056
so far different . And it took several

01:04:00.066 --> 01:04:02.626
years to finally be able to meet in the

01:04:02.636 --> 01:04:04.987
middle . So what we're trying to do is

01:04:04.997 --> 01:04:07.027
to speed that up and try to work

01:04:07.037 --> 01:04:08.981
communication and we have a really

01:04:08.981 --> 01:04:11.093
great class it's actually a mandatory

01:04:11.093 --> 01:04:13.096
training . So if you go and you get

01:04:13.106 --> 01:04:15.106
married , it is a mandatory finance

01:04:15.106 --> 01:04:17.328
rightness training . But where we do is

01:04:17.328 --> 01:04:20.017
we talk about resiliency in it and we

01:04:20.027 --> 01:04:21.916
talk , talk about how to use your

01:04:21.916 --> 01:04:23.916
communication styles , develop your

01:04:23.916 --> 01:04:26.634
goals and really provide all those

01:04:26.644 --> 01:04:28.894
resources . So we have two great

01:04:28.904 --> 01:04:31.803
resources that are called the my rating

01:04:31.813 --> 01:04:34.783
as a money manager and financial values

01:04:34.793 --> 01:04:36.793
that are worksheets that are on our

01:04:36.793 --> 01:04:38.904
website to help to get you to get the

01:04:38.904 --> 01:04:41.126
conversation going . Because until that

01:04:41.126 --> 01:04:43.349
happens , you're never gonna be on that

01:04:43.349 --> 01:04:45.823
level playing field . And if you're

01:04:45.833 --> 01:04:48.071
anything like in my family , you have a

01:04:48.081 --> 01:04:51.680
saver , sometimes an extreme saver and

01:04:51.690 --> 01:04:53.801
then you have a spender who lives for

01:04:53.801 --> 01:04:56.061
the day . Like my husband , you can

01:04:56.071 --> 01:04:59.071
create a lot of conflict , right ? And

01:04:59.081 --> 01:05:01.137
then that's gonna create that stress

01:05:01.137 --> 01:05:03.359
within that marriage . So it's not just

01:05:03.359 --> 01:05:05.470
going and looking at it financially ,

01:05:05.470 --> 01:05:07.414
but it's also going and looking at

01:05:07.414 --> 01:05:09.637
communication and all the programs that

01:05:09.637 --> 01:05:11.581
we have listed again looking at it

01:05:11.581 --> 01:05:14.370
holistically . Thank you . We have

01:05:14.379 --> 01:05:16.268
quite a few questions from uh our

01:05:16.268 --> 01:05:18.435
audience and for those of you that are

01:05:18.435 --> 01:05:20.919
watching the live stream uh webcast ,

01:05:20.929 --> 01:05:23.096
please submit your questions as well .

01:05:23.096 --> 01:05:25.318
We have staff that are monitoring those

01:05:25.318 --> 01:05:27.540
questions , just indicate your location

01:05:27.540 --> 01:05:29.540
and which panel member you have the

01:05:29.540 --> 01:05:31.707
question ? For first , we have one for

01:05:31.707 --> 01:05:33.929
Erica . Are there any plans to dedicate

01:05:33.929 --> 01:05:35.929
government service jobs to military

01:05:35.929 --> 01:05:38.350
spouses ? Not just military spouse

01:05:38.360 --> 01:05:40.629
preference but a percentage of the

01:05:40.639 --> 01:05:42.989
large installation support positions

01:05:43.000 --> 01:05:46.370
that are uh vacant and , or take a very

01:05:46.379 --> 01:05:49.870
long time to fill . Uh Thank you for

01:05:49.879 --> 01:05:52.929
the question . Um The spouse hiring

01:05:52.939 --> 01:05:55.050
spouse employment through the federal

01:05:55.050 --> 01:05:57.272
government is not within our port in my

01:05:57.272 --> 01:06:00.129
particular portfolio . Um That is uh a

01:06:00.139 --> 01:06:02.083
function that's under our civilian

01:06:02.083 --> 01:06:04.500
personnel uh uh policy and as well as

01:06:04.679 --> 01:06:07.090
um office of personnel management .

01:06:07.219 --> 01:06:10.050
What I can say is that through the

01:06:10.060 --> 01:06:12.338
military spouse employment partnership ,

01:06:12.338 --> 01:06:14.338
we have had made a concerted effort

01:06:14.338 --> 01:06:16.439
through the me jobs portal to have a

01:06:16.449 --> 01:06:19.139
feed of all of those federal jobs to go

01:06:19.149 --> 01:06:21.371
through that portal uh specifically for

01:06:21.371 --> 01:06:23.830
military spouses . So we wanted to make

01:06:23.840 --> 01:06:25.507
sure that we're increased the

01:06:25.507 --> 01:06:27.909
visibility of all of the federal uh

01:06:27.919 --> 01:06:29.919
opportunities that are available to

01:06:29.919 --> 01:06:31.808
military spouses and then also uh

01:06:31.808 --> 01:06:34.030
working with our partners um across the

01:06:34.030 --> 01:06:36.389
different services so that they , that

01:06:36.399 --> 01:06:39.310
the spouses are also aware uh of those ,

01:06:39.320 --> 01:06:41.479
those uh resources and job

01:06:41.489 --> 01:06:43.500
opportunities that are available um

01:06:43.510 --> 01:06:45.566
especially for , for military spouse

01:06:45.566 --> 01:06:49.510
employment . Um Here's one for anyone

01:06:49.520 --> 01:06:51.687
in the panel . What can we as industry

01:06:51.687 --> 01:06:54.020
partners do to help spread the word

01:06:54.090 --> 01:06:56.540
about non medical counseling benefits

01:06:56.550 --> 01:06:58.219
to the entire army family .

01:07:00.820 --> 01:07:04.580
I'll take that boy . Um It , it

01:07:04.590 --> 01:07:08.330
as um I've heard it shared many times .

01:07:08.340 --> 01:07:10.469
It's very challenging . It is very

01:07:10.479 --> 01:07:13.229
challenging . We have um a population

01:07:13.239 --> 01:07:16.050
where every year 200,000 service

01:07:16.060 --> 01:07:18.239
members leave the military . We also

01:07:18.250 --> 01:07:20.028
have , you know , those who are

01:07:20.028 --> 01:07:22.459
incoming . So we're always constantly

01:07:22.469 --> 01:07:24.580
educated about these programs . And I

01:07:24.580 --> 01:07:26.802
will say I will go into rooms like this

01:07:26.802 --> 01:07:28.691
and I will talk about some of the

01:07:28.691 --> 01:07:30.802
resources that I've just talked about

01:07:30.802 --> 01:07:33.975
and maybe one third of the room . And

01:07:33.985 --> 01:07:36.096
I'm like , I've been out here beating

01:07:36.096 --> 01:07:38.152
the job , you know , and , and it is

01:07:38.152 --> 01:07:40.354
still very challenging . Um We've got

01:07:40.364 --> 01:07:42.625
to really be uh innovative and use

01:07:42.635 --> 01:07:46.155
every avenue possible , every avenue

01:07:46.165 --> 01:07:49.179
possible to meet um our service members

01:07:49.189 --> 01:07:51.320
and families where there are , I know

01:07:51.330 --> 01:07:53.497
with social media , uh clearly , we're

01:07:53.497 --> 01:07:55.608
on every social media ma major social

01:07:55.608 --> 01:07:58.679
media channel . Um Also having that

01:07:58.689 --> 01:08:00.959
face to face support is , is so

01:08:00.969 --> 01:08:03.025
important . So as our counselors are

01:08:03.025 --> 01:08:04.858
talking with service members and

01:08:04.858 --> 01:08:06.969
families , um they're connecting with

01:08:06.969 --> 01:08:09.136
military one source , they've gotta be

01:08:09.136 --> 01:08:11.358
aware of all these other resources that

01:08:11.358 --> 01:08:13.358
are available . Um as well . Um The

01:08:13.358 --> 01:08:15.469
other thing I will say with regard to

01:08:15.469 --> 01:08:17.805
raising awareness um of these programs

01:08:17.814 --> 01:08:21.674
is that we need more individuals who've

01:08:21.685 --> 01:08:25.095
had a success story to raise their hand

01:08:25.104 --> 01:08:28.595
and say this program really helped me ,

01:08:28.939 --> 01:08:31.240
let me tell you about it and bring

01:08:31.250 --> 01:08:33.306
other people along . I think that um

01:08:33.306 --> 01:08:35.417
often times we don't hear though , we

01:08:35.417 --> 01:08:38.520
hear more stories about individuals who

01:08:38.629 --> 01:08:40.518
maybe it was too late for them to

01:08:40.518 --> 01:08:42.351
connect with the resource or now

01:08:42.351 --> 01:08:44.407
they're out of the military and they

01:08:44.407 --> 01:08:46.629
weren't aware that they could have used

01:08:46.629 --> 01:08:48.851
this resource . They came out of pocket

01:08:48.851 --> 01:08:51.018
and paid for re uh a resource . But if

01:08:51.018 --> 01:08:52.907
we were to really highlight those

01:08:52.907 --> 01:08:55.680
stories of that spouse that got the job

01:08:56.099 --> 01:08:59.789
of that individual or the couple who

01:08:59.798 --> 01:09:02.020
talked with the counselor and said , my

01:09:02.020 --> 01:09:04.242
goodness , I talked with that counselor

01:09:04.242 --> 01:09:06.465
and that counselor saved my marriage or

01:09:06.465 --> 01:09:08.242
that counselor helped me have a

01:09:08.242 --> 01:09:10.354
stronger relationship with my child .

01:09:10.354 --> 01:09:12.298
Those are the types of stories . I

01:09:12.298 --> 01:09:14.465
think that will help get the attention

01:09:14.465 --> 01:09:16.520
of our military community so that we

01:09:16.520 --> 01:09:16.199
can continue to raise awareness of

01:09:16.208 --> 01:09:18.097
these programs . But we've got to

01:09:18.097 --> 01:09:20.259
address it at all angles and I'll ,

01:09:20.270 --> 01:09:22.326
I'll just add to that . I think also

01:09:22.326 --> 01:09:24.381
using a little bit of mental agility

01:09:24.381 --> 01:09:26.714
when it comes to non medical counseling .

01:09:26.714 --> 01:09:28.826
What that means . Um You obviously we

01:09:28.826 --> 01:09:30.826
have our mid flex but you also have

01:09:30.826 --> 01:09:32.659
your performance experts . Now ,

01:09:32.659 --> 01:09:34.714
they're not necessarily counselors ,

01:09:34.714 --> 01:09:36.937
but they have a skill set that can help

01:09:36.937 --> 01:09:36.479
you work through different issues if

01:09:36.490 --> 01:09:38.212
you're having issues with your

01:09:38.212 --> 01:09:40.268
supervisor and you don't know how to

01:09:40.268 --> 01:09:40.134
communicate , they could help you that

01:09:40.145 --> 01:09:43.495
financial counselors . Um So knowing

01:09:43.504 --> 01:09:45.671
that that when we're talking about non

01:09:45.671 --> 01:09:47.893
medical counseling , it doesn't have to

01:09:47.893 --> 01:09:49.948
be a behavior , health um thing , it

01:09:49.948 --> 01:09:51.948
can be , you know , whatever you're

01:09:51.948 --> 01:09:54.115
looking for or looking at . So I think

01:09:54.115 --> 01:09:56.282
maybe kind of broadening that habit of

01:09:56.282 --> 01:09:58.004
what do we mean by non medical

01:09:58.004 --> 01:09:59.893
counseling . It can be a uh a lot

01:09:59.893 --> 01:10:02.115
broader than behavior . Health . Yeah ,

01:10:02.115 --> 01:10:04.282
I will absolutely echo that . So , and

01:10:04.282 --> 01:10:06.393
I see it , especially from being as a

01:10:06.393 --> 01:10:08.226
financial counselor a lot wasn't

01:10:08.226 --> 01:10:10.448
actually going and doing budgeting , it

01:10:10.448 --> 01:10:12.615
was going and working through a lot of

01:10:12.615 --> 01:10:16.169
the kind of hidden issues and really

01:10:16.180 --> 01:10:18.589
trying to almost be a coach more than

01:10:18.600 --> 01:10:20.822
going and sitting down and being like ,

01:10:20.822 --> 01:10:22.990
please explain to me why you feel that

01:10:23.000 --> 01:10:25.803
you need to spend $1700 a month on

01:10:25.812 --> 01:10:28.833
Grubhub . I just am curious . Oh , and

01:10:28.842 --> 01:10:30.942
then you peel it back and you really

01:10:30.953 --> 01:10:33.542
realize it's actually a little bit more

01:10:33.553 --> 01:10:36.812
about a behavior right ? Than actually

01:10:36.823 --> 01:10:39.123
about the action . So I absolutely

01:10:39.132 --> 01:10:41.299
agree with that of really trying to go

01:10:41.299 --> 01:10:44.163
and I think our mindset is automatic to

01:10:44.172 --> 01:10:46.462
go to what we need to go to mental

01:10:46.473 --> 01:10:49.826
health . But if you sat in yesterday's

01:10:49.835 --> 01:10:52.002
forum , it was really great to hear it

01:10:52.002 --> 01:10:54.306
reiterated . We're trying to move maybe

01:10:54.315 --> 01:10:56.496
a little bit away from that and really

01:10:56.505 --> 01:11:00.036
expand that definition of non medical

01:11:00.045 --> 01:11:02.855
counseling counseling in general and

01:11:02.866 --> 01:11:05.536
not go straight automatically to the

01:11:05.545 --> 01:11:08.715
expert , but try to go to see really

01:11:08.726 --> 01:11:10.559
through intrusive leadership and

01:11:10.559 --> 01:11:13.439
questions how it plays in . And if I

01:11:13.450 --> 01:11:15.672
could add so phenomenal answers and you

01:11:15.672 --> 01:11:17.506
know , so when we talk about non

01:11:17.506 --> 01:11:19.617
medical counseling , let's just focus

01:11:19.617 --> 01:11:21.783
on counseling , right ? So this is a ,

01:11:21.783 --> 01:11:23.783
a fundamental responsibility of our

01:11:23.783 --> 01:11:25.561
leaders , you know , with their

01:11:25.561 --> 01:11:27.561
soldiers , especially at that lower

01:11:27.561 --> 01:11:27.189
level . And it's um , you know , we've

01:11:27.200 --> 01:11:29.144
got a finite amount of resources ,

01:11:29.144 --> 01:11:31.256
whether it's , you know , the highest

01:11:31.256 --> 01:11:33.367
level of care you need for behavior ,

01:11:33.367 --> 01:11:35.589
health . And as you try to leverage all

01:11:35.589 --> 01:11:37.644
the different resources and programs

01:11:37.644 --> 01:11:39.811
that are out there , we really have to

01:11:39.811 --> 01:11:39.569
get the soldiers or their families or

01:11:39.580 --> 01:11:41.858
their spouses to the appropriate level .

01:11:41.858 --> 01:11:43.969
And so sometimes , you know , again ,

01:11:43.969 --> 01:11:45.858
if , uh , if you got that engaged

01:11:45.858 --> 01:11:48.080
leader and I'll keep going back to this

01:11:48.080 --> 01:11:50.191
at the , at the most junior level and

01:11:50.191 --> 01:11:52.302
he or she understands what's going on

01:11:52.302 --> 01:11:54.524
in that soldier's life again , when you

01:11:54.524 --> 01:11:56.636
understand what's going on and you're

01:11:56.636 --> 01:11:56.350
like , hey , I'm having some financial

01:11:56.359 --> 01:11:58.526
problems and if you're counseling your

01:11:58.526 --> 01:12:00.637
soldiers and you're sitting down with

01:12:00.637 --> 01:12:02.859
them in a formal basis once a month and

01:12:02.859 --> 01:12:02.729
you're picking up on some of those ,

01:12:02.740 --> 01:12:04.518
those ISMs , you know , Perry's

01:12:04.518 --> 01:12:06.462
behavior or something's going on .

01:12:06.462 --> 01:12:08.684
Right . That's the importance of that ,

01:12:08.684 --> 01:12:10.796
engaged and caring and passionate and

01:12:10.796 --> 01:12:12.851
committed leadership because you can

01:12:12.851 --> 01:12:14.907
avert a lot of the other things that

01:12:14.907 --> 01:12:17.073
happen . Again , this is really , it's

01:12:17.073 --> 01:12:19.296
prevention and , and if , if , if it is

01:12:19.296 --> 01:12:21.518
truly something that , well , we've got

01:12:21.518 --> 01:12:23.684
to get you to a professional financial

01:12:23.684 --> 01:12:25.684
counselor or , you know , to a high

01:12:25.684 --> 01:12:27.851
level of , of , of , of non medical uh

01:12:27.851 --> 01:12:30.073
counseling , then that leader can , can

01:12:30.073 --> 01:12:32.018
make that determination . But it's

01:12:32.018 --> 01:12:34.296
amazing what leaders are trained to do ,

01:12:34.296 --> 01:12:36.073
whether they're officers or non

01:12:36.073 --> 01:12:38.184
commissioned officers through uh PM E

01:12:38.184 --> 01:12:40.351
and just through experience of serving

01:12:40.351 --> 01:12:42.407
in the military . And I think we can

01:12:42.407 --> 01:12:44.462
avert a lot of issues and challenges

01:12:44.462 --> 01:12:46.684
again , if we just uh continue to focus

01:12:46.684 --> 01:12:48.684
on being those caring and committed

01:12:48.684 --> 01:12:50.851
leaders . Thank you . Thank you . This

01:12:50.851 --> 01:12:53.018
is for you , Sergeant Major . What are

01:12:53.018 --> 01:12:54.962
the metrics of performance measure

01:12:54.962 --> 01:12:57.184
measures to determine how well upstream

01:12:57.184 --> 01:12:59.129
prevention is working ? So this is

01:12:59.129 --> 01:13:01.129
something uh again , as I mentioned

01:13:01.129 --> 01:13:03.580
earlier that uh A RD just came to the G

01:13:03.589 --> 01:13:05.533
nine in July of this year . And so

01:13:05.533 --> 01:13:07.819
candidly , we , we do not have , um ,

01:13:07.830 --> 01:13:10.180
we have not been able to determine what

01:13:10.189 --> 01:13:11.856
are those metrics if , if I'm

01:13:11.856 --> 01:13:13.856
understanding that , right . But by

01:13:13.856 --> 01:13:16.078
having again , the A RD with the G nine

01:13:16.078 --> 01:13:18.245
where we've got the prevention , we've

01:13:18.245 --> 01:13:20.300
got the sports uh response and we've

01:13:20.300 --> 01:13:22.300
got that holistic approach . That's

01:13:22.300 --> 01:13:24.522
what we're trying to do right now is to

01:13:24.522 --> 01:13:26.689
establish and to get those baselines .

01:13:26.689 --> 01:13:28.911
So we can understand again where , what

01:13:28.911 --> 01:13:31.078
are some programs that we're funding ?

01:13:31.078 --> 01:13:33.189
And we've been funding for years that

01:13:33.189 --> 01:13:32.953
candidly aren't delivering the effects

01:13:32.962 --> 01:13:35.018
that we need to do from a prevention

01:13:35.018 --> 01:13:37.240
perspective . And that's what uh having

01:13:37.240 --> 01:13:39.406
this underneath , one director will be

01:13:39.406 --> 01:13:41.518
able to do . And again , uh , once we

01:13:41.518 --> 01:13:43.518
identify what are those metrics and

01:13:43.518 --> 01:13:45.629
I'll just be candid . We're not there

01:13:45.629 --> 01:13:45.333
yet . Um , you know , I don't know if

01:13:45.342 --> 01:13:47.453
you have anything else on that . No ,

01:13:47.453 --> 01:13:49.620
you're , you're absolutely right . And

01:13:49.620 --> 01:13:49.303
I think we've got some of our

01:13:49.312 --> 01:13:51.423
prevention , um , experts here in the

01:13:51.423 --> 01:13:53.256
office as well . But yes . Um so

01:13:53.256 --> 01:13:55.425
working on the baseline uh metrics for

01:13:55.436 --> 01:13:57.214
that uh measures of performance

01:13:57.214 --> 01:13:59.380
measures of effectiveness . Um because

01:13:59.380 --> 01:14:01.547
obviously there are a lot of different

01:14:01.547 --> 01:14:03.492
programs that we , that we need to

01:14:03.492 --> 01:14:05.547
establish that for . And then what's

01:14:05.547 --> 01:14:07.769
the overarching prevention ? Um Moe and

01:14:07.769 --> 01:14:09.992
mops . So we do have a ways to go . But

01:14:09.992 --> 01:14:12.246
um we're working hard um on that

01:14:12.255 --> 01:14:14.255
because that is definitely , uh you

01:14:14.255 --> 01:14:16.088
know , one of the first steps to

01:14:16.088 --> 01:14:18.088
ensuring that we um have the proper

01:14:18.088 --> 01:14:20.311
prevention framework for the army and ,

01:14:20.311 --> 01:14:22.422
and if I could offer uh you know , so

01:14:22.422 --> 01:14:22.100
those experts that are out there , um

01:14:22.109 --> 01:14:24.331
please , you know , this is uh candidly

01:14:24.339 --> 01:14:26.450
a new space and it's important for us

01:14:26.450 --> 01:14:28.609
to be innovative uh in our approach

01:14:28.620 --> 01:14:30.620
moving forward , you know , the the

01:14:30.620 --> 01:14:32.676
army isn't designed , you know , and

01:14:32.676 --> 01:14:34.731
structured to be able to potentially

01:14:34.731 --> 01:14:36.676
solve this problem . You know , so

01:14:36.676 --> 01:14:39.009
leveraging academia and those companies ,

01:14:39.009 --> 01:14:41.231
organizations out there and having them

01:14:41.231 --> 01:14:43.287
come and talk to us and , and we can

01:14:43.287 --> 01:14:45.342
better describe what are some of our

01:14:45.342 --> 01:14:44.979
challenges , you know , across our

01:14:44.990 --> 01:14:47.101
camps , nations imposed ? What are we

01:14:47.101 --> 01:14:49.268
trying to prevent , what are we trying

01:14:49.268 --> 01:14:51.268
to achieve on the other end ? Uh We

01:14:51.268 --> 01:14:53.434
welcome , you know , um your support ,

01:14:53.434 --> 01:14:55.657
your expertise and your advice , uh you

01:14:55.657 --> 01:14:57.879
know , moving forward on how we can get

01:14:57.879 --> 01:14:59.823
better in this space . Thank you ,

01:14:59.823 --> 01:14:59.700
Casey . This is for you and you touched

01:14:59.709 --> 01:15:01.839
on this a little bit before spiritual

01:15:01.850 --> 01:15:04.017
readiness is an important part of life

01:15:04.017 --> 01:15:07.200
for most army families . What type of

01:15:07.209 --> 01:15:09.265
collaboration with religious support

01:15:09.265 --> 01:15:11.265
services is occurring to assist and

01:15:11.265 --> 01:15:13.609
help military families ? Uh That's a

01:15:13.620 --> 01:15:15.398
great question . Uh Now I don't

01:15:15.398 --> 01:15:17.342
represent the chaplain , so I just

01:15:17.342 --> 01:15:19.564
wanna be clear about that , but um when

01:15:19.564 --> 01:15:21.564
it comes to our partnership with um

01:15:21.564 --> 01:15:23.620
with the chaplains and partnering on

01:15:23.620 --> 01:15:25.676
spiritual readiness , um I know that

01:15:25.676 --> 01:15:27.842
they've got a couple of initiatives um

01:15:27.842 --> 01:15:30.009
out there right now with the chaplains

01:15:30.009 --> 01:15:32.176
um doing spiritual readiness uh pilots

01:15:32.176 --> 01:15:33.898
that we have helped support um

01:15:33.898 --> 01:15:36.149
evaluations for . And um we add ,

01:15:36.359 --> 01:15:38.581
additionally , we partnered with them .

01:15:38.581 --> 01:15:40.470
I mentioned the basic connections

01:15:40.470 --> 01:15:42.803
training that we did for basic trainees .

01:15:42.803 --> 01:15:45.100
Um And in that , uh in that training ,

01:15:45.109 --> 01:15:47.549
we actually studied uh doing the

01:15:47.560 --> 01:15:49.671
training with performance experts and

01:15:49.671 --> 01:15:51.782
doing the training with chaplains and

01:15:51.782 --> 01:15:53.838
the chaplains actually were a little

01:15:53.838 --> 01:15:56.060
bit more effective in uh providing that

01:15:56.060 --> 01:15:58.116
training to soldiers and getting the

01:15:58.116 --> 01:15:57.709
soldiers to talk to them or the

01:15:57.720 --> 01:16:00.053
trainings to talk to them , um you know ,

01:16:00.053 --> 01:16:01.887
post training or in , in between

01:16:01.887 --> 01:16:04.419
training as well . So , um we continue

01:16:04.430 --> 01:16:06.541
to work with the chaplains to provide

01:16:06.541 --> 01:16:08.708
them tools with the curriculum that we

01:16:08.709 --> 01:16:11.799
develop um so that they have uh

01:16:11.810 --> 01:16:14.819
additional capability , but um but also

01:16:14.830 --> 01:16:16.819
really uh promote the chaplain

01:16:16.830 --> 01:16:19.109
capability within the units um as their

01:16:19.120 --> 01:16:21.185
spiritual readiness capability .

01:16:21.245 --> 01:16:23.935
Because um I think a lot of times um

01:16:23.944 --> 01:16:26.000
there's been confusion about um what

01:16:26.000 --> 01:16:28.166
the spiritual readiness domain means .

01:16:28.166 --> 01:16:30.444
And , um , and for CS F too , you know ,

01:16:30.444 --> 01:16:32.777
it's a very , very broad definition and ,

01:16:32.777 --> 01:16:35.134
um , the chaplains really have , um ,

01:16:35.145 --> 01:16:37.375
that we've obviously consulted them and

01:16:37.384 --> 01:16:39.606
they agree that , you know , this isn't

01:16:39.606 --> 01:16:41.717
just a religious support capability .

01:16:41.717 --> 01:16:43.995
It is , um , spiritual readiness . And ,

01:16:43.995 --> 01:16:46.106
um , and the chaplains really are our

01:16:46.106 --> 01:16:48.464
right hand , um , person for that

01:16:48.475 --> 01:16:51.959
capability . Um , I will say that , um ,

01:16:51.970 --> 01:16:54.240
they had , I don't wanna speak too much

01:16:54.250 --> 01:16:56.361
about this , but they do have a scale

01:16:56.361 --> 01:16:58.194
that they've been working on for

01:16:58.194 --> 01:17:00.417
spiritual readiness um with Doctor Lisa

01:17:00.417 --> 01:17:02.361
Miller out of Colombia . Um And so

01:17:02.361 --> 01:17:04.472
they're um , we are working with them

01:17:04.472 --> 01:17:07.279
on , on that project as well . So , um

01:17:07.290 --> 01:17:09.068
again , wanna leave that to the

01:17:09.068 --> 01:17:11.012
chaplains , but we are um , we are

01:17:11.012 --> 01:17:13.012
partnering with them on any kind of

01:17:13.012 --> 01:17:14.901
spiritual readiness capability to

01:17:14.901 --> 01:17:17.068
ensure that that is getting out to the

01:17:17.068 --> 01:17:19.359
units as well . Thank you , Erica at JB

01:17:19.370 --> 01:17:21.740
LM . We have in flex embedded in the

01:17:21.750 --> 01:17:24.140
schools . They s they seem to be

01:17:24.149 --> 01:17:26.149
stationary , not changing every two

01:17:26.149 --> 01:17:28.260
years . And they have been absolutely

01:17:28.260 --> 01:17:30.316
critical in the mental health of our

01:17:30.316 --> 01:17:32.038
Children following COVID . How

01:17:32.038 --> 01:17:34.569
widespread is this program in flex in

01:17:34.580 --> 01:17:37.290
flex in schools ? And is it funded to

01:17:37.299 --> 01:17:39.759
continue ? Especially as wait lists for

01:17:39.770 --> 01:17:41.919
mental health counseling are months

01:17:41.930 --> 01:17:45.450
long ? All right , I'll make sure I get

01:17:45.459 --> 01:17:48.470
all those questions . So , uh so as far

01:17:48.479 --> 01:17:50.790
as uh mi military and family life

01:17:50.799 --> 01:17:53.021
counselors in school , and we call them

01:17:53.021 --> 01:17:55.243
specifically child and youth behavioral

01:17:55.243 --> 01:17:57.350
inflex . Um They are uh across the

01:17:57.359 --> 01:18:00.069
world . Um We , as I mentioned , we

01:18:00.080 --> 01:18:03.069
have over 2500 inflex who are in

01:18:03.080 --> 01:18:05.136
assignments all across the world . I

01:18:05.136 --> 01:18:07.629
will say that particularly in school ,

01:18:07.729 --> 01:18:10.140
more than half of M FLAX support

01:18:10.149 --> 01:18:11.927
Children and youth and over and

01:18:11.927 --> 01:18:13.816
supporting over a hun 1000 public

01:18:13.816 --> 01:18:16.750
schools as well . So , um absolutely ,

01:18:16.759 --> 01:18:19.950
we uh there's definitely a place for

01:18:19.959 --> 01:18:22.015
child and youth behavioral influx is

01:18:22.015 --> 01:18:23.959
they're supporting uh Children and

01:18:23.959 --> 01:18:26.070
youth . And the second question was ,

01:18:26.070 --> 01:18:29.060
was with regard to the , is it is going

01:18:29.069 --> 01:18:31.430
to continue continuing up ? Well ,

01:18:32.279 --> 01:18:34.168
there is everything is subject to

01:18:34.168 --> 01:18:36.339
budget , right ? So I'll put that out

01:18:36.350 --> 01:18:38.350
there . But uh I will tell you that

01:18:38.350 --> 01:18:40.680
given the success of our , of the

01:18:40.689 --> 01:18:42.689
military and Family Life counseling

01:18:42.689 --> 01:18:44.800
program and what we've seen as June ,

01:18:44.800 --> 01:18:46.578
we're talking about measures of

01:18:46.578 --> 01:18:48.578
effectiveness . Um We start a logic

01:18:48.578 --> 01:18:50.819
model several years back and our uh

01:18:50.830 --> 01:18:53.790
have uh recently refined that logic

01:18:53.799 --> 01:18:57.220
model so that uh we see that service

01:18:57.229 --> 01:18:59.740
members particularly that , that take

01:18:59.750 --> 01:19:01.806
advantage of that counseling session

01:19:01.806 --> 01:19:04.028
after the first counseling session . Um

01:19:04.028 --> 01:19:06.139
they , they rate their , well , first

01:19:06.139 --> 01:19:08.339
before the counseling session , they

01:19:08.350 --> 01:19:10.572
rate their , the level or their , their

01:19:10.572 --> 01:19:13.580
rate of um or their perception of the

01:19:13.600 --> 01:19:16.000
uh problem severity . And then after

01:19:16.009 --> 01:19:18.120
the counseling session , they rate it

01:19:18.120 --> 01:19:20.287
again . And we , what we've seen is um

01:19:20.287 --> 01:19:22.398
the majority of those service members

01:19:22.398 --> 01:19:24.565
and families that , that uh go through

01:19:24.565 --> 01:19:26.759
counseling , see improvement . And so

01:19:26.770 --> 01:19:30.669
more than 80% . So uh definitely we'd

01:19:30.680 --> 01:19:33.060
like to continue to see the program um

01:19:33.069 --> 01:19:36.540
to continue . Um But it is a phenomenal

01:19:36.549 --> 01:19:38.979
program that we do think that uh it

01:19:38.990 --> 01:19:41.046
really is making a difference in the

01:19:41.046 --> 01:19:42.879
lives of our service members and

01:19:42.879 --> 01:19:44.939
families . Thank you , Casey . Can

01:19:44.950 --> 01:19:47.006
service members or family members of

01:19:47.006 --> 01:19:49.500
traditional guard members utilize CS F

01:19:49.509 --> 01:19:51.979
two services in person or virtually .

01:19:52.290 --> 01:19:54.350
And if so , how do we um register ?

01:19:54.810 --> 01:19:57.490
Absolutely . Um All three compos can

01:19:57.500 --> 01:20:00.500
use it . Um In fact , uh Wisconsin has

01:20:00.509 --> 01:20:03.189
uh Fort mccoy has a dedicated National

01:20:03.200 --> 01:20:06.629
Guard um uh resilience

01:20:06.640 --> 01:20:09.229
center . Um but guardsmen and

01:20:09.240 --> 01:20:12.229
reservists um can absolutely use any

01:20:12.240 --> 01:20:14.129
performance center , whether it's

01:20:14.129 --> 01:20:16.351
active duty . Um The Fort Jackson Trade

01:20:16.351 --> 01:20:18.890
do schoolhouse or the Fort mccoy um

01:20:18.899 --> 01:20:21.490
center . So , um that again , you just

01:20:21.500 --> 01:20:23.722
submit um through the website , you can

01:20:23.722 --> 01:20:26.680
submit a training request and um and

01:20:26.689 --> 01:20:28.856
the nearest center will likely support

01:20:28.856 --> 01:20:31.419
you . Um whether that's virtually or in

01:20:31.430 --> 01:20:33.597
person , um depending on your location

01:20:33.597 --> 01:20:35.874
and your and your request . But um yes ,

01:20:35.874 --> 01:20:39.020
available to all three compos , service

01:20:39.029 --> 01:20:41.339
members , families , civilians , great

01:20:41.680 --> 01:20:43.799
sergeant major . Do any of your

01:20:43.810 --> 01:20:45.532
organizations address military

01:20:45.532 --> 01:20:48.500
transition or re um at retirement or

01:20:48.509 --> 01:20:50.479
end of enlistment to ensure family

01:20:50.490 --> 01:20:53.080
success after service . It's a great

01:20:53.089 --> 01:20:56.450
question . Um This again , I don't

01:20:56.459 --> 01:20:58.070
think it's something that we

01:20:58.070 --> 01:21:00.070
specifically deal with within the G

01:21:00.070 --> 01:21:02.237
nine , but one of our responsibilities

01:21:02.237 --> 01:21:04.292
being a part of the army staff is to

01:21:04.292 --> 01:21:06.403
make sure that , you know , the G one

01:21:06.403 --> 01:21:08.237
who has the , you know , the the

01:21:08.237 --> 01:21:10.348
transition assistance program um that

01:21:10.348 --> 01:21:12.459
we're working closely with them , you

01:21:12.459 --> 01:21:11.990
know , as General Vine and I get out

01:21:12.000 --> 01:21:13.944
across our installations . I think

01:21:13.944 --> 01:21:15.611
anytime army senior leaders ,

01:21:15.611 --> 01:21:17.556
especially from the army staff are

01:21:17.556 --> 01:21:19.611
getting out there , you know , we're

01:21:19.611 --> 01:21:19.504
doing town halls , we're talking to our

01:21:19.515 --> 01:21:21.571
soldiers , our families , leaders at

01:21:21.571 --> 01:21:23.737
the garrison and the installations and

01:21:23.737 --> 01:21:25.793
understanding what are some of those

01:21:25.793 --> 01:21:27.904
challenges . Uh The great opportunity

01:21:27.904 --> 01:21:29.682
is that even if it's not in our

01:21:29.682 --> 01:21:31.626
portfolio , you know , we have the

01:21:31.626 --> 01:21:33.682
access uh to our counterparts on the

01:21:33.682 --> 01:21:35.848
army staff and other agencies in order

01:21:35.848 --> 01:21:38.071
to say , hey , how are we doing in this

01:21:38.071 --> 01:21:40.237
space ? And if I could add to that one

01:21:40.237 --> 01:21:42.348
thing that we do , especially for the

01:21:42.348 --> 01:21:44.015
financial portion through the

01:21:44.015 --> 01:21:46.071
transition assistance program , both

01:21:46.071 --> 01:21:48.237
working across the director , director

01:21:48.237 --> 01:21:50.404
to Soldier For Life Program . But also

01:21:50.404 --> 01:21:52.609
with OS D is that we have been able to

01:21:52.620 --> 01:21:55.720
collaborate and that collaboration is

01:21:55.729 --> 01:21:58.299
so instrumental to be able to go to

01:21:58.310 --> 01:22:00.421
provide the boots on ground , what is

01:22:00.421 --> 01:22:02.649
actually happening and being able when

01:22:02.660 --> 01:22:05.229
they're kind of creating curriculum or

01:22:05.240 --> 01:22:07.296
something . And it's really great on

01:22:07.296 --> 01:22:09.407
paper , but realistically how is it ,

01:22:09.407 --> 01:22:11.518
you know , really being executed . So

01:22:11.518 --> 01:22:13.684
it's critical to be able to take those

01:22:13.684 --> 01:22:15.796
experiences and be able to share . So

01:22:15.796 --> 01:22:17.796
we've been able to do a lot of that

01:22:17.796 --> 01:22:19.907
collaboration and at least I know for

01:22:19.907 --> 01:22:21.851
my program , we go and collaborate

01:22:21.851 --> 01:22:23.907
every single year on that curriculum

01:22:23.907 --> 01:22:26.073
specifically for the tap program . And

01:22:26.073 --> 01:22:28.351
one other thing on that too , it was a ,

01:22:28.351 --> 01:22:30.879
a part of the executive order 13822 ,

01:22:31.000 --> 01:22:34.439
which allowed military one source to

01:22:34.450 --> 01:22:37.279
partner with the transition assistance

01:22:37.290 --> 01:22:40.160
program . So for so for service members

01:22:40.169 --> 01:22:42.839
who opt in to receive follow on

01:22:42.850 --> 01:22:45.020
transition support , military , one

01:22:45.029 --> 01:22:47.600
source will reach out to 100% of those

01:22:47.609 --> 01:22:49.720
service members who are transitioning

01:22:49.720 --> 01:22:51.831
to just say , hey , did you know that

01:22:51.831 --> 01:22:53.831
these resources that are , that are

01:22:53.831 --> 01:22:53.759
available to support you through your

01:22:53.770 --> 01:22:55.992
transition ? And then for those who are

01:22:55.992 --> 01:22:58.819
not uh transition ready , we then

01:22:58.830 --> 01:23:01.052
provide additional outreach through our

01:23:01.052 --> 01:23:02.941
peer support through military one

01:23:02.941 --> 01:23:05.163
source . And that enables us to conduct

01:23:05.163 --> 01:23:07.979
outreach through a phone call . Uh to

01:23:07.990 --> 01:23:09.879
just ensure that they , that that

01:23:09.879 --> 01:23:12.046
service member has knows about all the

01:23:12.046 --> 01:23:14.101
resources that that's available . Do

01:23:14.101 --> 01:23:16.350
you have housing where you will be um

01:23:16.359 --> 01:23:20.069
where you will eventually uh travel to ?

01:23:20.080 --> 01:23:22.649
Do you have a support system ? And so

01:23:22.660 --> 01:23:24.950
we do have mechanisms in place to

01:23:24.979 --> 01:23:27.250
ensure that successful transition of ,

01:23:27.259 --> 01:23:29.529
of service members and their families .

01:23:31.109 --> 01:23:33.419
Thank you . This is from Facebook . Um

01:23:33.430 --> 01:23:35.709
And for Erica , this is a military one

01:23:35.720 --> 01:23:37.720
source question . Is it possible to

01:23:37.720 --> 01:23:40.959
list all of the EF MP offices , social

01:23:40.970 --> 01:23:43.180
media links along with organizational

01:23:43.189 --> 01:23:45.356
account , contact information for each

01:23:45.356 --> 01:23:48.279
location . Uh Thank you for the

01:23:48.290 --> 01:23:50.419
question . I can certainly take that

01:23:50.430 --> 01:23:52.959
back . Uh One of the tools that I know

01:23:52.970 --> 01:23:55.100
we have on military . One source is

01:23:55.109 --> 01:23:58.649
called EF MP . And me , it is a tool

01:23:58.660 --> 01:24:01.700
that allows uh families or families

01:24:01.709 --> 01:24:03.598
that have Children or adults with

01:24:03.598 --> 01:24:05.376
special , with special needs to

01:24:05.376 --> 01:24:07.270
identify the resources that they

01:24:07.459 --> 01:24:09.879
looking for . And then from there , uh

01:24:09.890 --> 01:24:12.350
it'll , it then connects them with the

01:24:12.359 --> 01:24:15.200
family support centers um in the

01:24:15.209 --> 01:24:17.290
location that in the location where

01:24:17.299 --> 01:24:19.410
they're going . But specifically with

01:24:19.410 --> 01:24:21.132
regard to that question , I'll

01:24:21.132 --> 01:24:23.077
certainly take that back to see if

01:24:23.077 --> 01:24:25.188
there are additional opportunities to

01:24:25.188 --> 01:24:27.299
um have that list all in one place if

01:24:27.299 --> 01:24:29.410
it's not there already . It's another

01:24:29.410 --> 01:24:31.577
military one source question . How has

01:24:31.577 --> 01:24:33.743
the website changed ? And is it easier

01:24:33.743 --> 01:24:35.899
to navigate ? Thank you for that

01:24:35.910 --> 01:24:38.021
question as well . I will tell you we

01:24:38.021 --> 01:24:40.399
are on military one source 4.0 right

01:24:40.410 --> 01:24:42.620
now and we continue to evolve the

01:24:42.629 --> 01:24:44.740
website to meet the needs of our

01:24:44.750 --> 01:24:46.972
service members and families . It's not

01:24:46.972 --> 01:24:49.520
perfect . However , uh one thing I will

01:24:49.529 --> 01:24:52.209
say is that this past year , the last

01:24:52.220 --> 01:24:54.331
past two years , if you have not gone

01:24:54.331 --> 01:24:56.498
to military , one source , I encourage

01:24:56.498 --> 01:24:58.720
you to go to the website . We created a

01:24:58.720 --> 01:25:01.020
category uh category menu which you can

01:25:01.029 --> 01:25:03.729
identify who you are . Like , I am a

01:25:03.740 --> 01:25:05.890
spouse . I am a service member . And

01:25:05.899 --> 01:25:08.121
then from there , you will get tailored

01:25:08.121 --> 01:25:10.859
resources . And so , um yes , we

01:25:10.870 --> 01:25:12.870
continue to evolve the website . We

01:25:12.870 --> 01:25:15.092
continue to improve it . But we know we

01:25:15.092 --> 01:25:17.479
have , um uh uh we know we have more

01:25:17.490 --> 01:25:20.580
work to do and we'll continue to , um

01:25:20.689 --> 01:25:23.560
to streamline the website in a way that

01:25:23.569 --> 01:25:26.120
supports click , you know , easy to

01:25:26.129 --> 01:25:28.296
click through and find the resource um

01:25:28.296 --> 01:25:30.296
that , that , that individual needs

01:25:30.296 --> 01:25:32.351
when they're , when they're visiting

01:25:32.351 --> 01:25:34.462
the website . If I could just to , uh

01:25:34.462 --> 01:25:36.685
going back to the question about , uh ,

01:25:36.685 --> 01:25:36.529
you know , military one source and the

01:25:36.540 --> 01:25:38.596
EF MP . So , uh , for those of , you

01:25:38.596 --> 01:25:40.596
don't know , you know , last year ,

01:25:40.596 --> 01:25:42.707
August of last year we rolled out the

01:25:42.707 --> 01:25:45.049
new EEF MP . Um , and so anybody that

01:25:45.060 --> 01:25:47.227
has had , you know , a family member ,

01:25:47.227 --> 01:25:49.338
a child , a spouse , uh , that , um ,

01:25:49.338 --> 01:25:51.449
has , you know , had special needs or

01:25:51.449 --> 01:25:53.616
needed some additional , uh , care and

01:25:53.616 --> 01:25:55.727
considerations as we're transitioning

01:25:55.727 --> 01:25:58.020
up until last year , um , it was

01:25:58.029 --> 01:26:00.140
candidly filling out some paperwork ,

01:26:00.140 --> 01:26:02.196
taking in a heart copy , dropping it

01:26:02.196 --> 01:26:04.418
off at some office not knowing where it

01:26:04.418 --> 01:26:06.362
was at . And so , uh , while we've

01:26:06.362 --> 01:26:08.585
still got some work to do the one thing

01:26:08.585 --> 01:26:10.751
that we really appreciate about , um ,

01:26:10.751 --> 01:26:12.751
the new program , the EEF MP is its

01:26:12.751 --> 01:26:14.807
transparency . You know , now , um ,

01:26:14.807 --> 01:26:17.085
you know , that soldier , their spouse ,

01:26:17.085 --> 01:26:19.196
they can see exactly where , um , the

01:26:19.196 --> 01:26:21.362
packet is at in the process . And so ,

01:26:21.362 --> 01:26:23.475
uh , if the point of contact is not

01:26:23.484 --> 01:26:25.540
something that , that we have , um ,

01:26:25.540 --> 01:26:27.762
then that's something that , you know ,

01:26:27.762 --> 01:26:29.984
we'll also look to do within the G nine

01:26:29.984 --> 01:26:33.209
itself . Ok , Thank you , Casey . Um

01:26:33.220 --> 01:26:36.009
How are you connecting to the , I'm

01:26:36.040 --> 01:26:38.262
gonna have to read this to the doctrine

01:26:38.262 --> 01:26:41.959
of FM 7-22 H two F

01:26:41.970 --> 01:26:45.189
and A R 3 50-1 pregnancy postpartum

01:26:45.200 --> 01:26:49.009
regulation . Um So how are we

01:26:49.020 --> 01:26:51.339
connected ? So , uh CS F two is listed

01:26:51.350 --> 01:26:54.919
within 7-22 and um we do use that

01:26:54.930 --> 01:26:57.740
doctrine in the new curriculum that we

01:26:57.750 --> 01:27:01.549
create . Um So we are , we

01:27:01.560 --> 01:27:04.700
are well versed in 7-22 and there to

01:27:04.709 --> 01:27:07.189
support um H two F with the mental

01:27:07.200 --> 01:27:10.160
fitness portion . Um And then as far as

01:27:10.169 --> 01:27:13.640
uh P three T , we would love to support

01:27:13.649 --> 01:27:15.871
with our performance experts . It's not

01:27:15.871 --> 01:27:18.149
currently in our contract . Um However ,

01:27:18.149 --> 01:27:21.020
I do know that H two F is taking on

01:27:21.029 --> 01:27:23.660
that , um uh that capability just

01:27:23.669 --> 01:27:25.725
because uh the Armed Forces Wellness

01:27:25.725 --> 01:27:28.439
Center has shifted over to DH A . Um So ,

01:27:28.450 --> 01:27:30.819
uh we don't wanna lose uh the P three T

01:27:30.830 --> 01:27:32.997
capability . So they are shifting that

01:27:32.997 --> 01:27:35.339
over . Um And H two F is uh looking at

01:27:35.350 --> 01:27:38.419
what they can do to support that um uh

01:27:38.430 --> 01:27:41.720
initiative and uh we will continue to

01:27:41.729 --> 01:27:43.840
look um internally to see what we can

01:27:43.840 --> 01:27:46.700
do in the future , um if need be from

01:27:46.709 --> 01:27:49.399
the CS F two standpoint . Um But either

01:27:49.410 --> 01:27:53.160
way , um wherever P three T lands , um

01:27:53.169 --> 01:27:55.225
our performance experts are happy to

01:27:55.225 --> 01:27:57.810
provide any kind of um uh mental

01:27:57.819 --> 01:28:00.390
fitness support um that's needed in

01:28:00.399 --> 01:28:02.779
addition to what P three tr provides ?

01:28:03.319 --> 01:28:05.430
Thank you . So we're getting close to

01:28:05.430 --> 01:28:07.652
the end and this is one for everybody .

01:28:07.652 --> 01:28:09.708
And I think it's kind of the million

01:28:09.708 --> 01:28:12.500
dollar question . Uh We are hearing

01:28:12.509 --> 01:28:14.979
some great examples of families using

01:28:14.990 --> 01:28:16.934
services and resources provided by

01:28:16.934 --> 01:28:19.509
these programs . Do you ask ? Or do you

01:28:19.520 --> 01:28:21.890
have data that indicates how families

01:28:21.899 --> 01:28:23.955
are learning about these resources .

01:28:23.955 --> 01:28:26.500
For example , Robin mentioned um

01:28:26.509 --> 01:28:28.509
walking into the A CS for a job and

01:28:28.509 --> 01:28:31.350
learning about financial resources . Um

01:28:31.359 --> 01:28:33.526
other than someone just walking in the

01:28:33.526 --> 01:28:35.692
door , how do we reach families to let

01:28:35.692 --> 01:28:37.637
them know where to go when they've

01:28:37.637 --> 01:28:40.390
never heard of these acronyms A CS , er

01:28:40.399 --> 01:28:43.709
PM WRC SF two , et cetera

01:28:43.830 --> 01:28:46.459
before . It's a great question . So

01:28:46.470 --> 01:28:48.637
I'll start . Um So , you know , it's ,

01:28:48.637 --> 01:28:51.180
it's , it's amazing how technology has

01:28:51.189 --> 01:28:53.411
helped us , you know , connect and have

01:28:53.411 --> 01:28:55.578
access to information , you know , any

01:28:55.578 --> 01:28:57.633
question we have , you know , we can

01:28:57.633 --> 01:28:59.856
type in Google and we'll have an answer

01:28:59.856 --> 01:28:59.779
like that , right ? Um I think the

01:28:59.790 --> 01:29:01.401
challenge though that that's

01:29:01.401 --> 01:29:04.540
inadvertently created is maybe leaders

01:29:04.549 --> 01:29:06.771
think that hey , you know , if you need

01:29:06.771 --> 01:29:08.716
the answer , it's , it's just just

01:29:08.716 --> 01:29:10.771
Google it . Right . And so again , I

01:29:10.771 --> 01:29:12.993
think it goes back to ensuring that any

01:29:12.993 --> 01:29:15.049
digital platforms that we're using ,

01:29:15.049 --> 01:29:14.899
whether it's military , one source ,

01:29:14.910 --> 01:29:17.132
you know , financial front line dot org

01:29:17.132 --> 01:29:19.243
and , and the myriad of other sources

01:29:19.243 --> 01:29:21.077
that are out there , there is an

01:29:21.077 --> 01:29:23.354
individual responsibility right ? From ,

01:29:23.354 --> 01:29:25.577
from a spouse or from a soldier to , to

01:29:25.577 --> 01:29:27.743
do some navigation . Now , the problem

01:29:27.743 --> 01:29:29.743
is you can find information but you

01:29:29.743 --> 01:29:31.799
won't have context , right ? You may

01:29:31.799 --> 01:29:33.854
not understand . And that goes right

01:29:33.854 --> 01:29:36.132
back to where the leader comes in . Um ,

01:29:36.132 --> 01:29:38.299
and so I would offer that , you know ,

01:29:38.299 --> 01:29:40.577
there's some individual responsibility .

01:29:40.577 --> 01:29:42.799
Uh , and we've got to continue to do as

01:29:42.799 --> 01:29:44.632
much as we can , um , to provide

01:29:44.632 --> 01:29:46.799
instead of these unique niche websites

01:29:46.799 --> 01:29:48.910
where soldiers and their families and

01:29:48.910 --> 01:29:51.021
spouses can get information about one

01:29:51.021 --> 01:29:52.799
thing that the more that we can

01:29:52.799 --> 01:29:55.021
leverage this one stop shopping , go to

01:29:55.021 --> 01:29:57.243
one source that directs you to a myriad

01:29:57.243 --> 01:29:59.466
of other resources . Um then that'll be

01:29:59.466 --> 01:30:01.577
very effective . And so I think those

01:30:01.577 --> 01:30:03.577
are some things that , that we just

01:30:03.577 --> 01:30:03.414
have to continue to do . But again ,

01:30:03.423 --> 01:30:05.590
that leader responsibility and I would

01:30:05.590 --> 01:30:07.423
offer just from a senior mission

01:30:07.423 --> 01:30:09.201
command perspective when you're

01:30:09.201 --> 01:30:11.201
bringing new family members and new

01:30:11.201 --> 01:30:13.354
soldiers uh onto an installation . Um

01:30:13.363 --> 01:30:15.594
We've got some phenomenal examples of

01:30:15.604 --> 01:30:18.233
reception uh and integration , right ?

01:30:18.244 --> 01:30:20.188
Um Whether , you know , you have a

01:30:20.188 --> 01:30:22.466
reception company or not , um you know ,

01:30:22.466 --> 01:30:24.466
your ability to wrap your arms even

01:30:24.466 --> 01:30:26.133
well before they get onto the

01:30:26.133 --> 01:30:29.074
installation um is invaluable . And so

01:30:29.083 --> 01:30:31.440
sponsorship is a critic component of

01:30:31.451 --> 01:30:33.761
that . So the more information uh that

01:30:33.770 --> 01:30:36.141
again , leaders typically can provide

01:30:36.230 --> 01:30:39.161
incoming soldiers and their families um

01:30:39.250 --> 01:30:42.101
is , is invaluable uh to helping to

01:30:42.110 --> 01:30:44.054
build trust and then when they get

01:30:44.054 --> 01:30:45.943
there having more formalized , uh

01:30:45.943 --> 01:30:47.832
whether it's a town hall with the

01:30:47.832 --> 01:30:49.943
senior mission commander or others to

01:30:49.943 --> 01:30:51.888
be able to say , hey , here's some

01:30:51.888 --> 01:30:54.110
resource that we have having our senior

01:30:54.110 --> 01:30:56.221
spouses get up and say , hey , here's

01:30:56.221 --> 01:30:56.130
some things that you can do . Uh And

01:30:56.141 --> 01:30:58.252
here's some programs that we have and

01:30:58.252 --> 01:31:00.363
so those are just a few things that I

01:31:00.363 --> 01:31:02.419
would offer . Thanks so much . Major

01:31:02.419 --> 01:31:04.419
Erica . Yeah . Um , so I'll make it

01:31:04.419 --> 01:31:06.474
really quick because I think we're ,

01:31:06.474 --> 01:31:08.530
we're uh at time here . Um There was

01:31:08.530 --> 01:31:10.530
this , this information is a little

01:31:10.530 --> 01:31:12.697
dated but uh we did a survey some time

01:31:12.697 --> 01:31:14.752
back which asked um spouses how they

01:31:14.752 --> 01:31:16.974
like to receive information or how they

01:31:16.974 --> 01:31:19.085
get information . The first one was a

01:31:19.085 --> 01:31:21.197
service member . I have no idea why .

01:31:21.197 --> 01:31:23.363
Like my goodness , like my Marie never

01:31:23.363 --> 01:31:25.474
shared anything with me . Uh And then

01:31:25.474 --> 01:31:27.697
second was internet and third was , was

01:31:27.697 --> 01:31:29.641
social media . And so I think that

01:31:29.641 --> 01:31:31.863
we've got to explore every avenue um as

01:31:31.863 --> 01:31:34.030
the sergeant major said to ensure that

01:31:34.030 --> 01:31:36.197
we're reaching , uh we're reaching our

01:31:36.197 --> 01:31:38.363
intended audience . Yeah , I would say

01:31:38.363 --> 01:31:40.530
uh ditto to sergeant major and Erica .

01:31:40.530 --> 01:31:42.530
Um And then I would also say that I

01:31:42.530 --> 01:31:44.641
know from a CS F two perspective , we

01:31:44.641 --> 01:31:46.863
really try to um let the senior mission

01:31:46.863 --> 01:31:48.641
commander um tailor it to their

01:31:48.641 --> 01:31:50.474
installation and utilize um that

01:31:50.474 --> 01:31:52.530
capability however they see fit . Um

01:31:52.530 --> 01:31:54.450
But I would also say that um our

01:31:54.459 --> 01:31:57.370
sponsorship program um ensuring that um

01:31:57.379 --> 01:31:59.600
those personnel have those tools

01:31:59.609 --> 01:32:02.000
available to , to let the service

01:32:02.009 --> 01:32:04.342
member and the family know , like , hey ,

01:32:04.342 --> 01:32:06.509
this is available to you . We know you

01:32:06.509 --> 01:32:08.620
just came here . Um You can access um

01:32:08.620 --> 01:32:10.842
these different um services um at the ,

01:32:10.842 --> 01:32:13.220
at this installation this way . Um And

01:32:13.229 --> 01:32:16.209
then I I again , echo the social media

01:32:16.220 --> 01:32:18.387
and everything . Um Our communications

01:32:18.387 --> 01:32:20.442
and outreach team is working um like

01:32:20.442 --> 01:32:22.387
Gangbusters to try and get as much

01:32:22.387 --> 01:32:24.331
information out . But we know that

01:32:24.331 --> 01:32:26.442
that's not the only way people absorb

01:32:26.442 --> 01:32:28.664
that information . So really getting it

01:32:28.664 --> 01:32:28.410
down um to the installations and making

01:32:28.419 --> 01:32:30.141
sure that those people who are

01:32:30.141 --> 01:32:32.086
responsible for um acclimating the

01:32:32.086 --> 01:32:34.086
service member in the family to the

01:32:34.086 --> 01:32:36.229
location also um are able to provide

01:32:36.240 --> 01:32:38.310
those resources . Um and that

01:32:38.319 --> 01:32:42.250
information um ha handily and I'll

01:32:42.259 --> 01:32:44.259
just say , I , everything that they

01:32:44.270 --> 01:32:46.381
said , but what always concerns me is

01:32:46.381 --> 01:32:49.290
how do I get to the spouses ? Um

01:32:49.299 --> 01:32:51.355
because they're the folks that are ,

01:32:51.355 --> 01:32:53.466
are the ones that are staying back uh

01:32:53.466 --> 01:32:55.890
when their service member is going off .

01:32:55.899 --> 01:32:58.010
So it's really great to go to hear it

01:32:58.010 --> 01:32:59.955
from the absolutely the leadership

01:32:59.955 --> 01:33:02.066
perspective . But how does that young

01:33:02.066 --> 01:33:04.330
spouse who may not feel comfortable

01:33:04.339 --> 01:33:06.596
going to newcomers orientation may not

01:33:06.605 --> 01:33:08.976
feel comfortable going or has no bloody

01:33:08.985 --> 01:33:11.096
clue what the heck that is . So it's

01:33:11.105 --> 01:33:14.235
how do we get to them ? And if I knew

01:33:14.246 --> 01:33:17.166
that answer , I , I may not be here .

01:33:17.175 --> 01:33:19.286
Like I honestly , I probably wouldn't

01:33:19.286 --> 01:33:21.286
be here . Right . Um But I struggle

01:33:21.286 --> 01:33:24.215
with that even as an Sfrg advisor , I

01:33:24.226 --> 01:33:26.585
don't know , I don't know how to get

01:33:26.596 --> 01:33:28.763
that and I'm just gonna be transparent

01:33:28.763 --> 01:33:30.985
about it , but what I'm trying to do is

01:33:30.985 --> 01:33:33.152
to be able to figure that out . And so

01:33:33.152 --> 01:33:35.861
the best place to do that is this might ,

01:33:35.972 --> 01:33:37.972
this might sound as a shocker , but

01:33:37.981 --> 01:33:39.912
it's to ask them , where do you

01:33:39.921 --> 01:33:42.182
actually get this information ? What's

01:33:42.191 --> 01:33:45.171
preventing you from walking in ? And I

01:33:45.182 --> 01:33:47.461
think too often we look at it from the

01:33:47.472 --> 01:33:50.041
super , super high level and we forget

01:33:50.051 --> 01:33:51.662
that we can go to have those

01:33:51.662 --> 01:33:53.952
conversations , we can go in to see

01:33:53.961 --> 01:33:56.959
them . So that's what I would just say .

01:33:58.689 --> 01:34:00.856
Well , what a great discussion today .

01:34:00.856 --> 01:34:03.078
I , I have learned a lot and I hope all

01:34:03.078 --> 01:34:05.300
of you have as well . I'd like to close

01:34:05.300 --> 01:34:07.022
this out by giving you each an

01:34:07.022 --> 01:34:08.856
opportunity to make some closing

01:34:08.856 --> 01:34:11.022
comments . Thank you , ma'am . So , uh

01:34:11.022 --> 01:34:13.133
you know , Mrs George Mrs Weer , just

01:34:13.133 --> 01:34:15.300
obviously thank you in advance for all

01:34:15.300 --> 01:34:17.522
your years of service and dedication to

01:34:17.522 --> 01:34:19.745
your spouses . Uh And for the next four

01:34:19.745 --> 01:34:18.990
years that you're gonna give our army

01:34:19.000 --> 01:34:21.529
as senior spouses uh at the ultimate

01:34:21.634 --> 01:34:23.694
like capital s , right ? Um And so

01:34:23.705 --> 01:34:25.761
thank you very much for being here ,

01:34:25.761 --> 01:34:27.816
Mrs Robertson . Thank you for your ,

01:34:27.816 --> 01:34:29.983
your dedication , your support and for

01:34:29.983 --> 01:34:29.814
leading this panel uh to , you know ,

01:34:29.825 --> 01:34:32.047
everybody that's out there , you know ,

01:34:32.047 --> 01:34:34.325
that , that either dialed in , uh , um ,

01:34:34.325 --> 01:34:36.381
dialed in uh you know , is , is , is

01:34:36.381 --> 01:34:38.436
viewing that I show my age there , I

01:34:38.436 --> 01:34:40.714
apologize . Uh You know , that that is ,

01:34:40.714 --> 01:34:42.936
is online or that happens to be here in

01:34:42.936 --> 01:34:45.047
person . You know , we've , we've had

01:34:45.047 --> 01:34:44.850
some great discussion and , and we

01:34:44.859 --> 01:34:47.290
recognize that um you know , the army

01:34:47.299 --> 01:34:49.410
is huge , right ? Especially when you

01:34:49.410 --> 01:34:51.521
add in the guard , the Reserve um and

01:34:51.521 --> 01:34:53.688
our active component and we , we uh we

01:34:53.688 --> 01:34:55.855
are serving in very dynamic times . Um

01:34:55.855 --> 01:34:58.077
We recognize and our , our , our army ,

01:34:58.077 --> 01:35:00.299
senior leaders recognize the challenges

01:35:00.299 --> 01:35:02.521
that are out there and they really have

01:35:02.521 --> 01:35:04.743
some um you know , it , some challenges

01:35:04.743 --> 01:35:06.577
ahead to figure out how with the

01:35:06.577 --> 01:35:08.521
resources that we have , how do we

01:35:08.521 --> 01:35:10.410
maxim the resources to do all the

01:35:10.410 --> 01:35:12.688
things that we have to do ? Ultimately ,

01:35:12.688 --> 01:35:14.855
you know , the army is called to fight

01:35:14.855 --> 01:35:14.404
and win our nation's wars , right ? But

01:35:14.415 --> 01:35:16.637
again , they cannot do that without the

01:35:16.637 --> 01:35:18.637
care , the love uh and the peace of

01:35:18.637 --> 01:35:20.748
mind of our , of our families and our

01:35:20.748 --> 01:35:22.748
spouses uh at our camp stations and

01:35:22.748 --> 01:35:24.637
post . So , uh again , just thank

01:35:24.637 --> 01:35:26.804
everybody in advance and um you know ,

01:35:26.804 --> 01:35:28.693
looking forward to uh continue to

01:35:28.693 --> 01:35:30.859
support any way that we can within the

01:35:30.859 --> 01:35:33.479
G nine . Thank you , Erica . Um Really

01:35:33.490 --> 01:35:35.712
quick , help us carry the water . We've

01:35:35.712 --> 01:35:37.657
shared a lot of information here .

01:35:37.657 --> 01:35:39.990
Please uh help us talk about all of the ,

01:35:39.990 --> 01:35:42.046
all of the programs and resources we

01:35:42.046 --> 01:35:44.379
talked about today . Um Also real quick ,

01:35:44.379 --> 01:35:46.434
I would I would just say that , um ,

01:35:46.434 --> 01:35:48.490
you know , the , the entire point of

01:35:48.490 --> 01:35:50.657
this is , uh , you know , upstream pre

01:35:50.657 --> 01:35:52.657
prevention and , um , a lot of what

01:35:52.657 --> 01:35:54.379
we've discussed is that , that

01:35:54.379 --> 01:35:56.601
prevention that you do . You know , for

01:35:56.601 --> 01:35:58.823
anybody who went and ran the 10 miler .

01:35:58.823 --> 01:35:58.649
I don't know , maybe you went and ran

01:35:58.660 --> 01:36:00.716
it cold , but hopefully you prepared

01:36:00.716 --> 01:36:02.799
for it . Um , I think the same thing

01:36:02.810 --> 01:36:04.866
goes for a lot of what we're talking

01:36:04.866 --> 01:36:06.977
about , you know , go see a financial

01:36:06.977 --> 01:36:09.088
counselor before it's an issue . Go ,

01:36:09.088 --> 01:36:09.049
you know , talk to him if like if

01:36:09.060 --> 01:36:11.227
you've got , you know , a , a big life

01:36:11.227 --> 01:36:13.282
event coming up , maybe just talk to

01:36:13.282 --> 01:36:15.504
them and , you know , how do I navigate

01:36:15.504 --> 01:36:17.671
this ? How do I make sure that I , you

01:36:17.671 --> 01:36:19.782
know , um bring my best self to um to

01:36:19.782 --> 01:36:21.975
this next um uh uh capability in my

01:36:21.984 --> 01:36:23.873
life . Um And same thing with the

01:36:23.873 --> 01:36:26.095
performance experts , you know , go and

01:36:26.095 --> 01:36:28.262
see them um to go from good to great .

01:36:28.262 --> 01:36:31.035
You do not have to have a problem to be ,

01:36:31.044 --> 01:36:33.345
to build your resilience muscle . Um So

01:36:33.354 --> 01:36:35.521
I would say , you know , just continue

01:36:35.521 --> 01:36:37.521
to keep that front of mind for your

01:36:37.521 --> 01:36:39.576
families , for your units for um you

01:36:39.576 --> 01:36:41.884
know , what any uh area in life . Um

01:36:41.895 --> 01:36:44.479
Just make sure that you keeping that

01:36:44.490 --> 01:36:46.157
primary prevention , upstream

01:36:46.157 --> 01:36:49.250
prevention lens on . Um And that will

01:36:49.259 --> 01:36:52.049
help us shift as an army as well . And

01:36:52.060 --> 01:36:54.393
before I get the hook , I will just say ,

01:36:54.393 --> 01:36:56.459
in order to go and to be ready and

01:36:56.470 --> 01:36:58.970
resilient within the army , within your

01:36:58.979 --> 01:37:01.146
family , you have to be able to secure

01:37:01.146 --> 01:37:03.146
your financial front line . So I'll

01:37:03.146 --> 01:37:05.209
just leave it at that and please go

01:37:05.220 --> 01:37:07.276
visit our website at financial front

01:37:07.276 --> 01:37:10.580
line dot org . Well , thank you very

01:37:10.589 --> 01:37:12.645
much to all of our panels for all of

01:37:12.645 --> 01:37:14.811
the information they provided . Please

01:37:14.811 --> 01:37:16.200
help me . Thanks , Ben .

01:37:20.950 --> 01:37:23.339
We hope you found today's form valuable

01:37:23.350 --> 01:37:25.350
and we would like to leave you with

01:37:25.350 --> 01:37:27.406
this thought . How will you go forth

01:37:27.406 --> 01:37:29.779
after today to build and enhance your

01:37:29.790 --> 01:37:31.950
toolkit ? As you heard today , there

01:37:31.959 --> 01:37:33.903
are a lot of programs and services

01:37:33.903 --> 01:37:36.015
available to help with resiliency and

01:37:36.015 --> 01:37:37.792
readiness to include our family

01:37:37.792 --> 01:37:40.015
readiness pavilion . Booths on the main

01:37:40.015 --> 01:37:42.015
exhibit floor . How how many of you

01:37:42.015 --> 01:37:44.237
have been to the main exhibit floor and

01:37:44.237 --> 01:37:46.237
seen the ? Please head down there .

01:37:46.237 --> 01:37:48.348
There are a lot of really interesting

01:37:48.348 --> 01:37:48.020
booths down there that apply to

01:37:48.029 --> 01:37:51.799
military family members . Um Also uh

01:37:51.810 --> 01:37:55.660
take a visit to booth number 25

01:37:55.669 --> 01:37:58.330
49 which is the installation enterprise

01:37:58.339 --> 01:38:01.740
assembly area . And um the US install

01:38:02.029 --> 01:38:04.196
army installation management command I

01:38:04.330 --> 01:38:07.120
com is working with the army software

01:38:07.129 --> 01:38:09.689
factory from Army Futures Command to

01:38:09.700 --> 01:38:12.270
pilot a new concept for an installation

01:38:12.279 --> 01:38:15.310
app . It's called the My Army Post app

01:38:15.319 --> 01:38:19.049
and survey it tailors content to the

01:38:19.060 --> 01:38:20.919
user and allows the community to

01:38:20.930 --> 01:38:24.339
provide real time feedback . Please

01:38:24.350 --> 01:38:28.310
scan the QR code is that it's

01:38:28.459 --> 01:38:31.319
over there . Ok , to see a video and

01:38:31.330 --> 01:38:33.740
take a short survey . Um , you can

01:38:33.750 --> 01:38:35.528
visit with the software factory

01:38:35.528 --> 01:38:37.306
soldiers at the booth , uh , to

01:38:37.306 --> 01:38:39.528
interact with a live version and , uh ,

01:38:39.528 --> 01:38:41.583
test what that's what that is like .

01:38:41.583 --> 01:38:43.870
Your feedback will inform this effort ,

01:38:43.879 --> 01:38:45.935
which is a top priority of our brand

01:38:45.935 --> 01:38:48.680
new CS A . Hm .

01:38:55.459 --> 01:38:59.140
We , I say never ,

01:39:01.220 --> 01:39:03.331
they never said , what do you think ?

01:39:03.331 --> 01:39:05.553
What do you need ? This is our chance .

01:39:05.553 --> 01:39:08.459
There are 38,000 people . If 37,000 go

01:39:08.470 --> 01:39:10.637
and take a look at the app and tell us

01:39:10.637 --> 01:39:13.669
this would be helpful when they talk

01:39:13.680 --> 01:39:15.458
about . How do we know all this

01:39:15.458 --> 01:39:17.458
information ? Those are the kind of

01:39:17.458 --> 01:39:19.569
things . So please just take a moment

01:39:19.569 --> 01:39:21.680
and also share it with your friends .

01:39:21.680 --> 01:39:23.847
Uh Let us know how we can be , have an

01:39:23.847 --> 01:39:25.736
amazing app that will really be a

01:39:25.736 --> 01:39:27.791
useful tool that people will want to

01:39:27.791 --> 01:39:30.069
download and use to empower themselves .

01:39:30.069 --> 01:39:31.069
Thank you .

01:39:34.029 --> 01:39:36.196
No , that's perfect . That's perfect .

01:39:37.220 --> 01:39:39.331
Ok , so I'm putting the A USA have on

01:39:39.331 --> 01:39:41.830
now and uh we want to encourage you to

01:39:41.839 --> 01:39:43.617
keep up to date on all of these

01:39:43.617 --> 01:39:46.149
resources and programs through the A

01:39:46.160 --> 01:39:49.680
USA family um or the 120 all volunteer

01:39:49.689 --> 01:39:51.689
run chapters of a USA . They're all

01:39:51.689 --> 01:39:54.370
over the country . Membership is free .

01:39:54.399 --> 01:39:56.510
Membership is if you're interested in

01:39:56.510 --> 01:39:58.510
our premium membership . But wait ,

01:39:58.510 --> 01:40:00.566
there's more , you can stop by the A

01:40:00.566 --> 01:40:02.677
USA membership pavilion and you might

01:40:02.677 --> 01:40:04.899
qualify for free customs courtesies and

01:40:04.899 --> 01:40:06.955
Traditions of the United States Army

01:40:06.955 --> 01:40:09.066
book , which was authored by our very

01:40:09.066 --> 01:40:11.177
own Ginger Perkins . She is another a

01:40:11.177 --> 01:40:14.125
USA senior spouse , senior um uh what

01:40:14.325 --> 01:40:17.890
our fellow God , thank you . Um So uh

01:40:17.899 --> 01:40:20.890
check that out . Um One gentle reminder ,

01:40:20.899 --> 01:40:23.700
please give feedback . Now on today's

01:40:23.709 --> 01:40:25.876
for , take out your phone , select the

01:40:25.876 --> 01:40:28.009
QR code on the screen and let your

01:40:28.020 --> 01:40:30.242
voice be heard . This is how we improve

01:40:30.242 --> 01:40:33.049
our programs for the next uh a fa

01:40:33.060 --> 01:40:35.430
conference . And this concludes family

01:40:35.439 --> 01:40:37.550
forum number two . Please join us for

01:40:37.550 --> 01:40:39.550
the third family forum . Quality of

01:40:39.550 --> 01:40:41.717
life , target topics , health care and

01:40:41.717 --> 01:40:44.149
spouse employment , which is at 1500

01:40:44.160 --> 01:40:46.450
Eastern time right here . The same room

01:40:46.459 --> 01:40:49.330
1 47 A B and on Wednesday will be the

01:40:49.339 --> 01:40:51.339
much anticipated and popular army

01:40:51.350 --> 01:40:53.461
Senior Leaders town hall , which will

01:40:53.461 --> 01:40:56.649
be across the hall in room room 1 46 A

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B and uh thank you very much for

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attending and we'll see you at three .

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Yes , sir . I got