WEBVTT 00:00.319 --> 00:02.430 It's my great honor to announce our , 00:02.430 --> 00:04.597 our keynote speaker for today . I'm so 00:04.597 --> 00:06.652 glad that he traveled in someone who 00:06.652 --> 00:08.486 spent the majority of his career 00:08.486 --> 00:10.375 leading formations that embrace a 00:10.375 --> 00:12.541 healthy culture . Much of which as you 00:12.541 --> 00:14.430 we all know is within our special 00:14.430 --> 00:16.430 operations community , a tremendous 00:16.430 --> 00:16.229 champion for our soldiers and their 00:16.239 --> 00:18.219 families and is without question 00:18.229 --> 00:20.459 focused on war fighting . Ladies and 00:20.469 --> 00:22.469 gentlemen , the 17th S major of the 00:22.469 --> 00:23.691 army , Michael Weer . 00:29.780 --> 00:32.409 Where did you get it too ? All right , 00:32.869 --> 00:34.758 I think we're on . Hey , how does 00:34.758 --> 00:36.860 everybody hear me ? I'm gonna , I'm 00:36.869 --> 00:40.259 gonna not be tied down to that podium . 00:40.270 --> 00:42.381 It's just , it's more me , sir . Good 00:42.381 --> 00:44.214 to see you . I didn't , I didn't 00:44.214 --> 00:46.437 actually , I didn't get to see you guys 00:46.437 --> 00:48.770 over here . Good to see you , sir , sir . 00:48.770 --> 00:50.659 I promise . I'm coming down , I'm 00:50.659 --> 00:52.770 coming down to see you , sir . Yeah . 00:52.770 --> 00:55.290 Um hate . So this is , this is a pretty 00:55.299 --> 00:57.580 special thing for me and I know sir , 00:57.590 --> 00:59.757 you alluded to a little bit , but I've 00:59.757 --> 01:01.701 been on this journey for a while . 01:01.701 --> 01:04.050 First off , welcome . Look at the 01:04.059 --> 01:06.129 community of interest here that's 01:06.139 --> 01:08.970 invested in people performance . 01:10.339 --> 01:14.290 This is really cool . This hasn't 01:14.300 --> 01:18.300 always been this way and 01:18.309 --> 01:20.531 I think we need to remember that . Like 01:20.531 --> 01:22.753 we're really , really bad . What , what 01:22.753 --> 01:24.698 is our average attention span ? 36 01:24.698 --> 01:26.920 seconds now , since 2008 when everybody 01:26.920 --> 01:29.087 got a smartphone in their hand , we're 01:29.087 --> 01:31.209 about 36 seconds and dropping . It's 01:31.220 --> 01:33.331 really important to remember where we 01:33.331 --> 01:36.809 came , how we got here . This was not 01:36.819 --> 01:39.989 the culture of fitness in the United 01:40.000 --> 01:43.290 States army . It was all about be 01:43.300 --> 01:46.629 harder , not smarter , right ? 01:46.860 --> 01:49.027 Um There's some folks somewhere in the 01:49.027 --> 01:51.193 back of the room here , I need glasses 01:51.193 --> 01:53.360 for seeing this but not for seeing out 01:53.360 --> 01:55.519 there . Um They know what I'm talking 01:55.529 --> 01:57.585 about and there's some of you in the 01:57.585 --> 01:59.696 room that don't know what I'm talking 01:59.696 --> 02:01.751 about , but you need to know that it 02:01.751 --> 02:03.973 would be harder , not smarter . The key 02:03.973 --> 02:05.807 now is to be smarter with grit , 02:07.930 --> 02:10.152 that's the journey we're on right now . 02:10.152 --> 02:12.097 And I think it's important that we 02:12.097 --> 02:14.389 remember that this isn't to be smarter 02:14.660 --> 02:17.869 to do less . This isn't to be smarter 02:18.399 --> 02:21.110 to stop . Every time I get an hour 02:23.240 --> 02:25.460 raised a couple of kids , they know 02:25.470 --> 02:27.414 what that means in my house . That 02:27.414 --> 02:29.581 means , get up and dust it off and get 02:29.581 --> 02:32.529 back in there . Um And so I can 02:32.539 --> 02:35.119 remember , I can remember being in . 02:35.130 --> 02:36.759 Yes , I grew up in the SOCOM 02:36.770 --> 02:38.880 environment . Um But I can remember 02:38.889 --> 02:41.460 when we didn't even have a gym , we had 02:41.470 --> 02:43.770 ropes , you never went anywhere without 02:43.779 --> 02:46.259 a pull up bar and you knew what grass 02:46.270 --> 02:49.330 drills were and we did a lot of running . 02:49.509 --> 02:51.509 I told my daughter you should , you 02:51.509 --> 02:53.676 should go out for cross country . Um , 02:53.676 --> 02:55.898 the army loves its running because it's 02:55.898 --> 02:58.610 free . Um , you might as well learn how 02:58.619 --> 03:02.380 to run . Yeah , my wife , 03:02.490 --> 03:04.601 my wife gives me a hard time for that 03:04.601 --> 03:06.657 one . So I apologize to her for that 03:06.657 --> 03:08.823 one . It's the truth though . So I , I 03:08.823 --> 03:11.869 tell you , look where we've come now 03:13.399 --> 03:15.839 and look where we're trying to go and 03:15.850 --> 03:17.850 then understand the tension and the 03:17.850 --> 03:20.360 resource side of the house because this 03:20.369 --> 03:23.089 is incredibly expensive . But think 03:23.100 --> 03:25.309 about why we're doing it , our 03:25.360 --> 03:28.970 asymmetric advantage for the reason we 03:28.979 --> 03:32.839 exist , which is to fight and win is 03:32.850 --> 03:36.460 the human being . It is our sons and 03:36.470 --> 03:38.589 daughters and , and , and some of the 03:38.600 --> 03:40.767 old folks that are still in the room . 03:40.767 --> 03:42.878 Sorry , Mac , I did look at you , I'm 03:42.878 --> 03:45.044 sorry . Um that are still in uniform . 03:45.350 --> 03:47.809 That's why we exist . That's why I 03:47.820 --> 03:50.770 really appreciate the chief and the 03:50.779 --> 03:52.690 vices perspective in this and the 03:52.699 --> 03:56.270 secretaries , this is a 03:56.279 --> 04:00.149 worthwhile endeavor , but it is not 04:00.470 --> 04:03.960 without cost , changing culture . 04:04.869 --> 04:08.039 It's easy . No , it's not . No , it's 04:08.050 --> 04:10.529 not . Changing . Culture is incredibly 04:10.539 --> 04:13.179 difficult . Uh As a matter of fact , we 04:13.190 --> 04:15.301 really dabble more in climate than we 04:15.301 --> 04:18.669 do culture . We , we remember climates 04:18.678 --> 04:20.845 what's above the water line you see on 04:20.845 --> 04:22.956 the iceberg cultures , what's below , 04:22.956 --> 04:25.011 you know , if we really want to talk 04:25.011 --> 04:24.989 about peak performance , you should 04:24.998 --> 04:27.331 evaluate people when you don't see them . 04:27.559 --> 04:29.726 Right . That's the reason why a lot of 04:29.726 --> 04:31.892 people don't like wearables is because 04:31.892 --> 04:35.670 now I got the truth . Oh , I know 04:35.679 --> 04:38.070 you're not sleeping . No , no , no , 04:38.079 --> 04:41.760 I'm good . Oh , no , you're not uh you 04:41.769 --> 04:43.491 know , monitoring your uh your 04:43.491 --> 04:46.000 nutritional intake . Well , dang , 04:46.010 --> 04:49.269 that's accountability . So , so , so 04:49.279 --> 04:52.799 culturally , this has been a really 04:52.809 --> 04:56.670 long journey , but I'm really excited 04:56.679 --> 04:58.679 and , and nobody saw this . I never 04:58.679 --> 05:00.735 thought I would ever be the sergeant 05:00.735 --> 05:02.623 major of the army , but to be the 05:02.623 --> 05:04.735 sergeant major of the army and to see 05:04.735 --> 05:06.735 from a total army perspective , all 05:06.735 --> 05:10.369 three compos real change , we are 05:10.380 --> 05:13.100 changing the culture of fitness and 05:13.109 --> 05:17.070 what it means in all five domains to 05:17.079 --> 05:21.070 be a healthy ready warfighter to fight 05:21.079 --> 05:23.760 and win smarter with grit . 05:24.839 --> 05:26.895 That's exciting to me that , that is 05:26.895 --> 05:28.672 really exciting to me because I 05:28.672 --> 05:30.895 remember when we got our first physical 05:30.895 --> 05:33.899 therapist , I think it was 2003 or four 05:34.489 --> 05:37.829 and nobody would go see her because 05:37.839 --> 05:40.850 that was sacrilege . You don't go see a 05:40.859 --> 05:43.320 physical therapist and she thought 05:43.329 --> 05:45.440 something was wrong with her . It's a 05:45.440 --> 05:47.662 really good story . I wish she was here 05:47.662 --> 05:47.619 to tell it . She's like , is there 05:47.630 --> 05:49.963 something wrong with me with the people ? 05:49.963 --> 05:52.130 What , what you know , and it was no , 05:52.130 --> 05:54.297 we don't know what to do with you . We 05:54.297 --> 05:56.352 don't even know what you provide and 05:56.352 --> 05:58.297 that's weakness . Going to see the 05:58.297 --> 06:00.408 physical therapist . I remember about 06:00.408 --> 06:02.408 the 05 time frame when scraping and 06:02.408 --> 06:04.279 needling was witchcraft 06:08.149 --> 06:11.679 in the United States Army . The surgeon 06:11.690 --> 06:13.857 general knows what I'm talking about . 06:14.200 --> 06:17.290 That's real . Look where we are . Now . 06:17.820 --> 06:20.519 I have my own scraping kit . I can't 06:20.529 --> 06:22.751 get to , I just can't needle myself . I 06:22.751 --> 06:24.862 just , I , I , so I don't have my own 06:24.862 --> 06:26.973 needles . Uh Although I thought about 06:26.973 --> 06:29.140 having my youngest daughter experiment 06:29.140 --> 06:32.609 on me , um It's , it's 06:32.619 --> 06:35.850 really look at the change , but the 06:35.859 --> 06:38.081 years that I mentioned are important to 06:38.081 --> 06:40.279 remember how long it has taken to get 06:40.290 --> 06:43.059 here . I am always like I , I make the 06:43.070 --> 06:45.181 surgeon general nervous . I know that 06:45.181 --> 06:47.890 because I'm always straddling the fence 06:48.179 --> 06:51.730 of the ethical discussions about human 06:51.739 --> 06:53.961 performance because I'm pretty sure the 06:53.961 --> 06:55.795 Chinese right now and some other 06:55.795 --> 06:57.961 adversaries aren't struggling with the 06:57.961 --> 06:59.899 ethical conversation about human 06:59.910 --> 07:02.190 performance . And so how do we find 07:02.200 --> 07:05.309 that sweet spot to stay legal , moral 07:05.320 --> 07:08.380 and ethical , but really figure out 07:09.209 --> 07:11.790 how to invest in human performance 07:12.209 --> 07:14.320 because we're gonna modernize all our 07:14.320 --> 07:16.487 things , right ? One day , we probably 07:16.487 --> 07:18.653 won't be that long . We probably won't 07:18.653 --> 07:20.709 even need gla we'll figure out , you 07:20.709 --> 07:22.931 know , the new LASIK , the new Pr K and 07:22.931 --> 07:24.709 we won't , you know , how do we 07:26.510 --> 07:30.040 transform the human to be 07:30.049 --> 07:32.760 better equipped and ready for all the 07:32.769 --> 07:35.320 tech and all the advancements we're 07:35.329 --> 07:37.790 doing with our stuff . 07:39.079 --> 07:41.246 We spend a lot of time in this space . 07:41.246 --> 07:44.260 I'm looking at uh Trade O CS M and the 07:44.269 --> 07:47.779 uh uh CCS M CS M Harrison and CS M 07:47.790 --> 07:50.959 Hilton . And we literally 07:50.970 --> 07:53.540 look at everything we're doing for a 07:53.549 --> 07:55.660 2030 beyond army . And it only gets 07:55.670 --> 07:58.450 more complicated . How are we gonna 07:58.459 --> 08:01.160 ensure we're not overwhelming private 08:01.170 --> 08:04.519 Weimer for pick whatever M OS , 08:04.529 --> 08:06.585 whatever special we want to do there 08:06.585 --> 08:08.751 isn't a specialty out there that's not 08:08.751 --> 08:10.918 getting more advanced , more technical 08:10.918 --> 08:14.070 requires more mental aptitude to pay 08:14.079 --> 08:16.190 attention and understand what's going 08:16.190 --> 08:19.489 on inside that tank inside that 08:19.500 --> 08:22.670 the uh vehicle inside that 08:22.679 --> 08:25.670 helicopter , it's not less , it's more , 08:26.910 --> 08:29.170 that's the human space . And so I get 08:29.179 --> 08:32.440 excited about this . III I really do . 08:32.880 --> 08:34.936 Um As a matter of fact , I , I might 08:34.936 --> 08:36.880 watch myself because I wanna , I'm 08:36.880 --> 08:38.991 gonna spend a bunch of time answering 08:38.991 --> 08:42.260 questions . So it's 2024 . We're 08:42.270 --> 08:45.179 transforming the human domain , but 08:45.190 --> 08:48.390 it's not fast enough for me . And 08:48.400 --> 08:50.233 that's a good thing . You want a 08:50.233 --> 08:52.456 sergeant major of the army , you want a 08:52.456 --> 08:54.789 vice and you want a chief , you want us . 08:54.789 --> 08:56.844 It's not fast enough because then we 08:56.844 --> 08:58.956 don't lose momentum . But I also want 08:58.956 --> 09:02.500 to acknowledge 52 52 53 brigades right 09:02.510 --> 09:05.510 now with H two F 50 by the end of the 09:05.520 --> 09:08.929 Fy , that's no small feat . And I , the , 09:08.940 --> 09:11.900 the chief's goal is 100 and 11 of these 09:11.909 --> 09:14.570 across and figure out all three compos . 09:14.580 --> 09:17.299 That's a massive investment . It's not 09:17.309 --> 09:19.476 the equipment that I get excited about 09:19.476 --> 09:21.650 though . It's the subject matter 09:21.659 --> 09:23.715 experts that come with the equipment 09:24.590 --> 09:26.659 for too long . We were enamored with 09:26.669 --> 09:30.539 gym equipment . I am not standing here 09:30.549 --> 09:32.660 before you as a sergeant major of the 09:32.660 --> 09:35.580 army because of gym equipment . Now , 09:35.590 --> 09:37.590 Jim equipment's been part of that . 09:37.590 --> 09:39.312 There's , there's at least one 09:39.312 --> 09:41.479 individual somewhere hiding in here in 09:41.479 --> 09:43.423 this room that's rebuilt me almost 09:43.423 --> 09:45.368 twice . They've tried to medically 09:45.368 --> 09:47.534 retire me three different times in the 09:47.534 --> 09:50.359 army . Um But to be honest with you , 09:50.429 --> 09:52.651 it was later in life when it really got 09:52.651 --> 09:56.299 hard that I found the importance of the 09:56.309 --> 09:58.979 mental and the spiritual component 10:00.380 --> 10:02.436 because the longer you do this job , 10:03.320 --> 10:06.150 the more those will become in the 10:06.159 --> 10:08.780 forefront of your mind and then the 10:08.789 --> 10:10.969 magic pillar 10:12.289 --> 10:12.869 sleep 10:15.799 --> 10:18.179 again , it was harder , not smarter . 10:18.380 --> 10:21.739 Now , it's smarter with grit sleep . 10:22.289 --> 10:24.869 That's my number one pillar right now 10:25.179 --> 10:28.400 is sleep . I have 10:28.409 --> 10:31.799 ruthless sleep hygiene , ruthless . 10:32.510 --> 10:35.039 Um And I , and I was fortunate enough 10:35.049 --> 10:38.849 to even do a sleep study um to , to 10:38.859 --> 10:41.469 truly look at , you know what the brain 10:41.479 --> 10:43.590 was doing in the sleep because uh you 10:43.590 --> 10:45.479 know , I love our wearables , but 10:45.479 --> 10:47.646 that's one thing we , we still haven't 10:47.646 --> 10:49.757 got to , to measuring his brain waves 10:49.757 --> 10:52.150 while sleeping . Um And I tell you , I 10:52.159 --> 10:54.381 will , I will not compromise on sleep . 10:54.929 --> 10:57.820 I will do less pt for sleep , 10:58.849 --> 11:00.905 but I will not compromise on sleep . 11:00.960 --> 11:04.250 That is a cultural shift . Just me even 11:04.260 --> 11:07.590 standing here telling you that is 11:07.599 --> 11:10.510 evidence of a cultural shift . I didn't 11:10.520 --> 11:14.299 say I wouldn't do PT , I didn't say I 11:14.309 --> 11:17.099 wasn't going to do PT . But if I'm 11:17.109 --> 11:19.919 going to bed and I know my marks 11:19.929 --> 11:22.040 because I have been wearing wearables 11:22.040 --> 11:25.940 for years . So I know my indicators 11:25.950 --> 11:28.061 and warnings actually don't even need 11:28.061 --> 11:30.061 to pull the app up . I'll make that 11:30.061 --> 11:32.830 decision right then and there drop that 11:32.840 --> 11:34.618 room , temp all the way down to 11:34.618 --> 11:37.869 freezing , make it dark . 11:38.260 --> 11:41.260 Don't even touch that phone in bed set 11:41.270 --> 11:44.719 that adjust the alarm and maybe err on 11:44.729 --> 11:47.270 the side of 30 45 minutes extra sleep , 11:49.169 --> 11:52.549 that discipline matters . That's the 11:52.559 --> 11:54.392 journey we're on . That's a good 11:54.392 --> 11:57.049 journey to be on because when the day 11:57.059 --> 12:00.090 comes that we get called and we have to 12:00.099 --> 12:03.669 do hard things , by the way , we do 12:03.679 --> 12:06.099 hard things in the army . That's a good 12:06.109 --> 12:08.276 thing . That's a , that's a , that's a 12:08.276 --> 12:10.553 culture you wanna be a part of , right ? 12:10.553 --> 12:12.776 If you don't know what a manga eye is , 12:12.776 --> 12:12.359 please go look that up or ask somebody 12:12.369 --> 12:14.599 afterwards . We do hard things in the 12:14.609 --> 12:17.849 army should be proud of that . I need 12:17.859 --> 12:20.030 all that resiliency and all that 12:20.039 --> 12:22.150 discipline I need for when I gotta go 12:22.150 --> 12:24.261 do that hard thing when I'm not gonna 12:24.261 --> 12:27.929 sleep , when I'm gonna have nutrition 12:27.940 --> 12:30.218 that I , I won't say the three letters , 12:30.780 --> 12:34.690 um , not great nutrition when 12:34.700 --> 12:37.260 I'm not gonna be able to do the PT that 12:37.270 --> 12:39.500 I want to do . Um , you know how much 12:39.510 --> 12:41.510 PT I did in the invasion of Iraq in 12:41.510 --> 12:45.260 2003 0 . I was trying to live on 12:45.270 --> 12:49.109 naps and hide and move all night . Like 12:49.119 --> 12:51.409 real , I got a , I've got a fair amount 12:51.419 --> 12:54.489 of combat but actual real war large 12:54.500 --> 12:56.722 scale combat operations , which is what 12:56.722 --> 12:58.833 we , our Olympics . That's what we're 12:58.833 --> 13:01.260 training for . That's when you , the 13:01.270 --> 13:03.437 pillars matter the most because you're 13:03.437 --> 13:05.890 not going to be able to use those in 13:05.900 --> 13:07.900 that , that that moment . Does that 13:07.900 --> 13:10.469 make sense ? Remember everything you're 13:10.479 --> 13:13.760 doing in this domain is for when we 13:13.770 --> 13:17.130 have to go do something hard because 13:17.140 --> 13:19.390 you're not gonna build that resilience 13:19.400 --> 13:21.622 in the time of crisis . It doesn't work 13:21.622 --> 13:24.020 that way . Um It's critical to include 13:24.030 --> 13:25.863 your family and I appreciate you 13:25.863 --> 13:28.141 bringing up the family component , sir , 13:28.141 --> 13:30.308 because you'll find out the longer you 13:30.308 --> 13:29.809 do this , you're only as resilient as 13:29.820 --> 13:32.210 your family is . Um when you gotta go 13:32.219 --> 13:34.441 do that hard thing and your mind's back 13:34.441 --> 13:36.330 worried about your family because 13:36.330 --> 13:38.309 they're not resilient that affects 13:38.320 --> 13:40.376 readiness . That's a real thing . So 13:40.376 --> 13:42.542 thanks for bringing that in there . Um 13:42.542 --> 13:44.764 Certain units are already figuring that 13:44.764 --> 13:46.820 out and we got some of the , some of 13:46.820 --> 13:48.987 the units right here . They're already 13:48.987 --> 13:51.042 figuring out how to incorporate some 13:51.042 --> 13:53.042 family education in all five of the 13:53.042 --> 13:55.209 pillars . Um The spiritual side of the 13:55.209 --> 13:57.264 house has been doing this for a long 13:57.264 --> 13:59.542 time . Um The other pillars are really , 13:59.542 --> 14:01.542 really figuring out to include even 14:01.542 --> 14:03.709 having like kid days and incorporating 14:03.709 --> 14:05.764 it into our kids at a young age . So 14:05.764 --> 14:07.987 pretty , pretty proud of that . Again , 14:07.987 --> 14:11.369 that's cultural change leaders in the 14:11.380 --> 14:14.739 room . I'm a little ruthless on this 14:14.750 --> 14:17.460 too . If you're not modeling it , 14:19.020 --> 14:21.020 then there's no authenticity in the 14:21.020 --> 14:24.789 program . PC C and , 14:24.799 --> 14:27.119 and I do appreciate day two right now 14:27.130 --> 14:29.929 at PC C . But the part that you left 14:29.940 --> 14:31.884 out , which I'll , I , I'll , I'll 14:31.884 --> 14:34.229 share . Why do you think we had to do 14:34.239 --> 14:37.909 that ? It's because we had 14:37.919 --> 14:40.729 leaders coming into a crucible command 14:40.739 --> 14:44.309 position that are not as 14:44.320 --> 14:47.340 resilient as they think . And some of 14:47.349 --> 14:49.293 those because I get all the data , 14:50.049 --> 14:52.271 they're coming from locations that have 14:52.271 --> 14:55.510 H two F in their brigades may even 14:55.520 --> 14:58.219 becoming the brigade commander , but 14:58.229 --> 15:00.396 they're entering a crucible leadership 15:00.510 --> 15:03.479 position and they're not as resilient 15:03.489 --> 15:06.510 as they should be . And so 15:07.390 --> 15:09.390 the , the battalion and the brigade 15:09.390 --> 15:12.210 level command , you are on the X all 15:12.219 --> 15:14.750 the time . And so it's critical , this 15:14.760 --> 15:17.038 isn't about winning the crossfit games . 15:17.320 --> 15:20.159 This is about all five of the pillars 15:20.169 --> 15:22.002 and investing in all of them and 15:22.002 --> 15:24.002 modeling the appropriate behavior . 15:24.002 --> 15:26.080 This generation , if the audio and 15:26.090 --> 15:28.299 video does not match , we have no 15:28.309 --> 15:31.219 authenticity , they will not buy in , 15:32.520 --> 15:34.687 they , they'll , they'll go right back 15:34.687 --> 15:37.479 to the device in their hand and now 15:37.489 --> 15:40.159 they will not leverage the investment 15:40.169 --> 15:42.225 that we just talked about that we're 15:42.225 --> 15:44.929 providing for them in uniform . That's 15:44.940 --> 15:47.162 why the leadership component to this is 15:47.162 --> 15:49.273 so important . That's why I'm excited 15:49.273 --> 15:51.950 to see the actual real culture change 15:51.960 --> 15:54.159 happen in the army because people are 15:54.169 --> 15:56.391 buying into this . People wanna sleep . 15:56.789 --> 16:00.320 People wanna have increased aptitude to 16:00.330 --> 16:02.960 be able to critically think if you're a 16:02.969 --> 16:05.025 command sergeant major or a sergeant 16:05.025 --> 16:07.247 major to be able to give your commander 16:07.247 --> 16:09.469 sound advice when they ask your opinion 16:09.469 --> 16:11.580 on things because you're able to read 16:11.580 --> 16:13.525 and retain information because you 16:13.525 --> 16:16.190 sleep , you wanna be able to go out and 16:16.200 --> 16:19.080 crush an ac ft I didn't say 16:19.530 --> 16:22.929 600 like I have one in like 2.5 weeks . 16:23.640 --> 16:27.219 Um and I don't get a 600 16:28.969 --> 16:30.858 I'd like to but that ball throw , 16:33.919 --> 16:36.141 sorry , I had to get that ball throw in 16:36.141 --> 16:38.363 there . Sorry , I hate that ball , that 16:38.363 --> 16:40.530 ball throw just I just don't get along 16:40.530 --> 16:42.641 with that ball through . Um You gotta 16:42.641 --> 16:44.863 model it . And so if you're a leader in 16:44.863 --> 16:46.697 the room , I would encourage you 16:46.697 --> 16:49.039 modeled behavior is contagious , 16:50.520 --> 16:52.687 but that works on the negative and the 16:52.687 --> 16:56.679 positive side and this generation it 16:56.690 --> 16:59.380 means everything , everything . If 16:59.390 --> 17:01.330 you're not modeling it , they've 17:01.340 --> 17:03.396 already turned you off regardless of 17:03.396 --> 17:05.618 what you're saying and what slide shows 17:05.618 --> 17:07.562 you're building because you're not 17:07.562 --> 17:11.270 living it . And so it , it do a 17:11.280 --> 17:13.336 little self assessment and make sure 17:13.336 --> 17:15.502 you're assessing down at echelon , the 17:15.502 --> 17:17.724 credibility you have by the leaders you 17:17.729 --> 17:19.840 have and then invest in them . That's 17:19.840 --> 17:21.785 the part I love about H two F . If 17:21.785 --> 17:23.951 there's a gap there , there's a say do 17:23.951 --> 17:26.540 gap watching your leaders take 17:26.550 --> 17:29.550 advantage of what H two F offers builds 17:29.560 --> 17:31.616 instantaneous credibility . You know 17:31.616 --> 17:34.030 why ? Because you're vulnerable , you 17:34.040 --> 17:36.439 gotta get into the arena , your 17:36.449 --> 17:38.671 soldiers are gonna watch you get in the 17:38.671 --> 17:40.393 arena and watch you improve in 17:40.393 --> 17:42.800 whichever pillar that your assessment 17:42.810 --> 17:45.900 says you need to improve on . Ok . That 17:45.910 --> 17:48.021 one , that one I could beat that dead 17:48.030 --> 17:50.680 horse till you couldn't recognize it . 17:52.790 --> 17:56.780 Ok ? Sorry forgot I had a 17:56.790 --> 18:00.770 mic on , hey , my goal and then we're 18:00.780 --> 18:02.780 gonna start Slido because I've used 18:02.780 --> 18:04.836 Slido before and , and I guarantee I 18:04.836 --> 18:07.002 can continue this conversation . Um My 18:07.002 --> 18:09.819 goal is that what we're talking about 18:09.829 --> 18:12.890 inside all five of the domains becomes 18:12.900 --> 18:16.209 part of our basics . And if you know me , 18:16.219 --> 18:18.275 you know where I'm going with this , 18:18.275 --> 18:21.459 this needs to be part of the basics and 18:21.469 --> 18:23.358 what it means to be a war fighter 18:23.358 --> 18:24.939 regardless of your CMF . 18:27.520 --> 18:29.520 And you know how I feel about being 18:29.520 --> 18:31.742 brilliant at the basics . But right now 18:31.742 --> 18:34.800 this is not in our basics right now . 18:35.510 --> 18:39.229 Individual soldier responsibility is 18:39.239 --> 18:41.910 where I wanna go with this , right ? 18:42.000 --> 18:44.222 This isn't , I didn't take the physical 18:44.222 --> 18:46.444 therapist or the strength co twist with 18:46.444 --> 18:48.689 me . This is I am surrounded by non 18:48.699 --> 18:50.810 commissioned officers who have bought 18:50.810 --> 18:53.530 into this , believe it , they're 18:53.540 --> 18:56.270 modeling it . And so therefore , now I 18:56.280 --> 18:58.502 know it's a basic responsibility of the 18:58.502 --> 19:00.669 individual soldier . That's the goal , 19:00.669 --> 19:02.558 that's where we're trying to go . 19:02.558 --> 19:04.724 Because now guess what , you're taking 19:04.724 --> 19:06.891 that home , like you don't even know , 19:06.891 --> 19:09.002 but you're teaching nutrition in your 19:09.002 --> 19:11.224 home just based off of behavior changed 19:11.224 --> 19:13.002 at work . You're teaching sleep 19:13.002 --> 19:15.224 discipline at home , based off behavior 19:15.224 --> 19:17.949 at work . You're teaching the spiritual 19:17.959 --> 19:20.209 domain matters because believing in 19:20.219 --> 19:22.163 something bigger than yourself and 19:22.163 --> 19:25.400 having purpose is a real thing . You're 19:25.410 --> 19:28.359 taking that home , you get up and you 19:28.369 --> 19:31.359 do physical fitness or mobility . I 19:31.369 --> 19:33.369 call it mobility , sir . I know the 19:33.369 --> 19:35.425 yoga thing . It's a real thing . I'm 19:35.425 --> 19:37.758 terrible at it . But boy , do I need it ? 19:37.758 --> 19:39.980 But mobility is a real thing . Recovery 19:39.980 --> 19:42.036 is a real thing . You're doing it at 19:42.036 --> 19:41.849 work , you're taking it home , you're 19:41.859 --> 19:43.970 modeling at home , you're modeling in 19:43.970 --> 19:47.140 your community . It should become the 19:47.150 --> 19:50.300 basics . That's my goal . Like a lot of 19:50.310 --> 19:52.532 folks ask , you know , hey , what , you 19:52.532 --> 19:54.630 know , I can tell you in my tenure 19:54.640 --> 19:57.130 however short lived this experiment is 19:58.609 --> 20:00.776 at the end of it . That's my goal with 20:00.776 --> 20:02.831 H two F in the domains is it becomes 20:02.831 --> 20:04.942 part of the basic fabric from initial 20:04.942 --> 20:07.270 entry training and to however long you 20:07.280 --> 20:09.349 honorably serve your country because 20:09.359 --> 20:11.303 there's no time limit on honorable 20:11.303 --> 20:14.349 service . And then you take it with you 20:14.380 --> 20:16.380 and it's part of your family . It's 20:16.380 --> 20:18.699 part of your basics . OK ? All right . 20:18.709 --> 20:21.959 Let's take some questions . I'm ready 20:21.969 --> 20:25.270 for you . I'm ready . This is work . 20:25.280 --> 20:26.280 It's dangerous . 20:30.180 --> 20:32.347 That's actually not true . It's always 20:32.347 --> 20:34.458 there . So I was gonna go look at the 20:34.458 --> 20:33.530 website until you told me you were 20:33.540 --> 20:35.818 gonna put me on there in a video . Now , 20:35.818 --> 20:37.873 now I'm gonna struggle to go look at 20:37.873 --> 20:39.984 the website . All right . To the team 20:39.984 --> 20:41.818 in the back . I'm not seeing the 20:41.818 --> 20:43.929 questions pop up yet . You're telling 20:43.929 --> 20:46.151 me I got 10 minutes . OK , Slido is not 20:46.160 --> 20:48.049 working . We're gonna go hot with 20:48.049 --> 20:51.380 somebody in the room . Come on . Who's 20:51.390 --> 20:53.501 bold enough to stand up and give me a 20:53.501 --> 20:55.557 question . There we go right there , 20:58.500 --> 21:01.430 sir , sir . Is that ? 00 , 21:03.469 --> 21:06.020 yes , sir . What ? 21:15.760 --> 21:16.219 Oh , 21:23.560 --> 21:26.369 hey , sir . Do me a favor . Incentivize 21:26.380 --> 21:29.540 how intrinsically or extrinsically . 21:32.579 --> 21:35.709 Uh huh . Uh 21:36.680 --> 21:37.680 Yeah . 21:40.829 --> 21:44.510 OK . My BM I is below . 21:47.520 --> 21:50.359 Oh That's extrinsic . OK . Yeah . 21:51.359 --> 21:52.979 Yeah . Yeah . 21:56.119 --> 21:56.650 Yeah . 22:03.209 --> 22:07.030 OK . Yeah . 22:07.040 --> 22:09.390 So , unfortunately , sir . Uh 22:09.699 --> 22:11.810 unfortunate . We're , we're not gonna 22:11.810 --> 22:13.810 extrinsically motivate this through 22:13.810 --> 22:15.921 money . Those of you that know me . I 22:15.921 --> 22:17.977 know my MS arm and Wallace right now 22:17.977 --> 22:20.032 knows if I could snap a finger . I'd 22:20.032 --> 22:22.439 have my intrinsic versus extrinsic . 22:22.449 --> 22:24.939 Those you've been to PC C know my slide , 22:25.000 --> 22:27.420 the intrinsic versus extrinsic the day 22:27.430 --> 22:29.839 I have to fully extrinsically motivate 22:29.849 --> 22:31.910 you through the dollar . We got a 22:31.920 --> 22:33.753 problem , especially when you're 22:33.753 --> 22:35.920 capital C for commitment and you're at 22:35.920 --> 22:38.219 the field grade level . Like if you 22:38.229 --> 22:41.239 can't buy in to the vision and what 22:41.250 --> 22:43.417 we're talking about , then you may not 22:43.417 --> 22:45.417 be the leader we need in the United 22:45.417 --> 22:47.694 States army . That's the honest to God . 22:47.694 --> 22:49.806 And you knew that . So you knew I was 22:49.806 --> 22:52.040 going there , you know me . Um And if 22:52.050 --> 22:53.994 you still haven't figured out that 22:53.994 --> 22:56.069 performance e vows actually matter 22:56.260 --> 22:58.260 because a lot of what you just said 22:58.260 --> 23:00.371 could be articulated in performance . 23:00.371 --> 23:03.989 Es um then again , we're not leveraging 23:04.000 --> 23:07.680 the tools we already have . Um And then 23:07.689 --> 23:11.359 sir , we're on a journey . That's why I 23:11.369 --> 23:13.869 get excited about the young service 23:13.880 --> 23:16.069 members that are coming in now because 23:16.079 --> 23:18.400 this will be all they know . What 23:18.410 --> 23:20.632 you're really referencing is the frozen 23:20.632 --> 23:22.410 middle , which is why we had to 23:22.410 --> 23:24.410 incorporate this at day two at PC C 23:26.449 --> 23:28.671 because we still have some people . And 23:28.671 --> 23:30.671 oh , by the way , human behavior is 23:30.671 --> 23:33.660 hard to change , hard to change . I did 23:33.670 --> 23:37.650 not always sleep well , but I got 23:37.660 --> 23:40.660 tired of being an angry leader and I 23:40.670 --> 23:43.550 got tired of being an angry dad . If 23:43.560 --> 23:45.504 you want to know the honest to God 23:45.504 --> 23:47.739 truth , that's when it hit me the 23:47.750 --> 23:49.861 hardest because I worked in a culture 23:49.861 --> 23:52.939 where you could be a bit of an because 23:52.949 --> 23:55.005 it was mission first and it would be 23:55.010 --> 23:57.479 harder , not smarter . Well , that 23:57.489 --> 24:00.689 didn't work at home . And I was raising 24:00.699 --> 24:02.699 a couple of kids and I got a pretty 24:02.699 --> 24:04.699 awesome wife . And , and when I saw 24:04.699 --> 24:06.921 that behavior finally , unfortunately , 24:06.921 --> 24:09.143 it took a while to manifest in my thick 24:09.143 --> 24:11.255 skull . That that's what was going on 24:11.255 --> 24:13.366 at home . Um But that was what caused 24:13.366 --> 24:15.599 me to wanna , you know , to say do gap 24:15.609 --> 24:17.720 wasn't there , there were the empathy 24:17.720 --> 24:20.189 was not even a word in my vocabulary 24:20.199 --> 24:22.319 back then . And then I was running in 24:22.329 --> 24:24.385 the red . My tack was in the red all 24:24.385 --> 24:26.385 the time . And so everybody's gonna 24:26.385 --> 24:28.729 have that different experience . But 24:28.869 --> 24:31.560 the change the game changer for me was 24:31.569 --> 24:33.625 a was leaders . I had around me that 24:33.625 --> 24:35.736 pulled me aside and said , hey , what 24:35.736 --> 24:37.625 are you doing ? Because they were 24:37.625 --> 24:37.239 trying to model something different . 24:37.250 --> 24:39.306 That's why I always go back to model 24:39.306 --> 24:41.472 behavior . You can read every book you 24:41.472 --> 24:43.750 want out there on somebody's read list , 24:45.920 --> 24:49.329 it won't amount to a hill of beans . If 24:49.339 --> 24:51.729 something in you doesn't decide to 24:51.739 --> 24:53.630 change , you can have all the 24:53.640 --> 24:55.640 information . That's why I struggle 24:55.640 --> 24:58.410 with the 36 2nd attention span . And 24:58.420 --> 25:01.380 the , you know , ask Siri ask Google , 25:01.390 --> 25:03.390 I mean , you have , we have all the 25:03.390 --> 25:05.168 information at our hands . Like 25:05.168 --> 25:07.390 literally , we don't even have to touch 25:07.390 --> 25:09.612 it . Now you just speak to me . Chat GP 25:09.612 --> 25:11.779 T will tell you there's an hour in the 25:11.779 --> 25:13.890 building at all and we still struggle 25:13.890 --> 25:15.890 to change human behavior , which is 25:15.890 --> 25:18.001 what you're getting at , which is why 25:18.001 --> 25:21.719 05 to me 05 and 06 command teams 25:21.729 --> 25:24.660 are the most powerful command team out 25:24.670 --> 25:26.949 there . If they're not out there every 25:26.959 --> 25:29.829 day , modeling , talking about this and 25:29.839 --> 25:32.030 demonstrating being vulnerable , 25:32.270 --> 25:34.520 admitting that this journey is not 25:34.530 --> 25:36.308 perfect , right ? We strive for 25:36.308 --> 25:37.974 excellence , not perfection , 25:37.974 --> 25:40.197 perfection doesn't exist . They haven't 25:40.197 --> 25:42.308 replaced us with robots yet . This is 25:42.308 --> 25:44.750 still human performance . Um Then we , 25:44.760 --> 25:47.150 we never see change at all . And that's 25:47.160 --> 25:49.104 part of our struggle in the United 25:49.104 --> 25:51.382 States military is because of turnover . 25:51.430 --> 25:53.750 And so if we're not consistent on this 25:53.760 --> 25:56.329 journey , you'll , you'll make huge 25:56.339 --> 25:58.506 strides in an organization . Nobody in 25:58.506 --> 26:00.617 here has ever been in an organization 26:00.617 --> 26:00.550 where this has happened . You'll make 26:00.560 --> 26:03.010 huge strides for 2 to 3 years . And 26:03.020 --> 26:06.050 then what changes 26:08.900 --> 26:11.819 model behavior changes ? A different 26:11.920 --> 26:15.489 model comes in which is why I talk 26:15.500 --> 26:19.030 about the iceberg . A new leader should 26:19.040 --> 26:20.929 not be able to come in and change 26:20.929 --> 26:23.096 culture overnight . Culture is hard to 26:23.096 --> 26:25.520 change , but a new leader can come in 26:25.530 --> 26:28.079 and change climate quickly . 26:29.449 --> 26:32.359 Not always good either , not always 26:32.369 --> 26:35.619 good . Uh That's why I'm passionate and 26:35.630 --> 26:37.741 excited at the same time . And you've 26:37.741 --> 26:40.019 been on this journey a long time , sir . 26:40.019 --> 26:42.241 I mean , you and I know each other . Uh 26:42.241 --> 26:44.519 The fact that I'm even talking to an a , 26:44.519 --> 26:46.890 a pri primarily army audience , a 26:46.900 --> 26:49.067 couple of joint partners in here , but 26:49.067 --> 26:51.289 army include our international partners 26:51.289 --> 26:53.150 in 2024 . We're even having this 26:53.160 --> 26:56.020 conversation open mic is a big deal . 26:56.030 --> 26:58.086 It's never fast enough though I know 26:58.086 --> 27:00.086 the ice is never cold enough for me 27:00.086 --> 27:02.141 either . Um You know , I'm like what 27:02.141 --> 27:04.252 Lance Armstrong won all those races . 27:04.252 --> 27:06.369 But what , how do I do that legally ? 27:06.739 --> 27:08.930 Like I wanna win , winning matters to 27:08.939 --> 27:11.161 me . There's no silver and bronze medal 27:11.161 --> 27:13.329 for , for what we do . There's only 27:13.339 --> 27:15.839 gold , so I'm always on the edge of 27:15.849 --> 27:18.300 wanting that , you know . So good 27:18.310 --> 27:21.479 question , sir , Ann . Good to see you . 27:23.150 --> 27:24.150 Yes , sir . 27:29.689 --> 27:33.160 You say you talk too much . No , you 27:33.170 --> 27:35.448 let me hang in there . It was all good , 27:35.448 --> 27:37.503 sir . Uh Ace Colwood with the Social 27:37.503 --> 27:39.670 Connection initiative . Uh Can we talk 27:39.670 --> 27:41.948 about mental health for a quick second ? 27:41.948 --> 27:44.059 Um Us surgeon general has declared an 27:44.059 --> 27:46.319 epidemic of loneliness and isolation . 27:46.329 --> 27:48.551 And as you're thinking about building a 27:48.551 --> 27:50.551 fighting force and uh some of the a 27:50.551 --> 27:52.773 effects of feeling isolated even in the 27:52.773 --> 27:54.885 context of the community that it is a 27:54.885 --> 27:57.229 US army . Uh How's the army approaching ? 27:57.239 --> 27:59.709 Making sure folks are feeling connected 27:59.719 --> 28:01.775 in that kind of sense of purpose and 28:01.775 --> 28:03.941 belonging within the US army so we can 28:03.941 --> 28:06.052 continue to be successful . Yeah . No 28:06.052 --> 28:08.330 great question and incredibly relevant . 28:08.330 --> 28:10.441 Uh This is the , this is why we're so 28:10.441 --> 28:12.552 passionate about , you know , in , in 28:12.552 --> 28:14.719 uniform . We call it a cohesive team . 28:14.719 --> 28:17.052 What does it mean to be a cohesive team ? 28:17.052 --> 28:19.052 Um I've had civilian t uh teammates 28:19.052 --> 28:21.219 that I know like , hey , could you add 28:21.219 --> 28:20.790 a little more to that ? What does that 28:20.800 --> 28:23.489 mean ? Um My brother works at a company 28:23.500 --> 28:25.611 I won't mention the name and , and uh 28:25.611 --> 28:27.722 they talk culture and they talk a lot 28:27.722 --> 28:29.611 of that . They don't use the term 28:29.611 --> 28:31.778 cohesive . Um You know , I would argue 28:31.778 --> 28:33.790 cohesive to us means something very 28:33.800 --> 28:35.744 different . Like we would like , I 28:35.744 --> 28:38.199 don't even know you . Like some people 28:38.209 --> 28:40.660 think the term cohesive but because 28:40.670 --> 28:42.503 we're on the same sheet of music 28:42.503 --> 28:44.392 because we believe in the mission 28:44.392 --> 28:46.392 because we believe in the culture , 28:46.392 --> 28:48.281 even when the , the video doesn't 28:48.281 --> 28:50.650 always match . But we , we , we buy 28:50.660 --> 28:52.719 into it . That's true . Buying into 28:52.729 --> 28:54.760 culture . There isn't anything I 28:54.770 --> 28:56.826 wouldn't do for her . Like I've laid 28:56.826 --> 28:58.659 out my life for her . That's the 28:58.659 --> 29:01.349 cohesive we talk about . And this 29:01.359 --> 29:03.430 generation , it goes a little bit to 29:03.439 --> 29:05.217 the fact that they are socially 29:05.217 --> 29:07.328 disconnected , right ? Like , and you 29:07.328 --> 29:09.495 know , people always want to know what 29:09.495 --> 29:08.829 are you reading right now . I'm reading 29:08.839 --> 29:11.006 more about that than I'm reading about 29:11.006 --> 29:13.228 anything else right now . I'm , I'm , I 29:13.228 --> 29:15.339 spend more time in the human space on 29:15.339 --> 29:17.089 the outside side of like human 29:17.099 --> 29:20.869 interaction . COVID exacerbated 29:21.119 --> 29:23.175 those pre existing conditions didn't 29:23.175 --> 29:27.000 cause it , it just was gasoline on a 29:27.010 --> 29:29.232 fire that was already happening . We're 29:29.232 --> 29:31.469 more in tune to what's going on in our 29:31.479 --> 29:34.650 hands than we even are the television 29:34.660 --> 29:38.060 anymore . The television will be on , 29:38.140 --> 29:40.418 but it doesn't actually own us anymore . 29:40.439 --> 29:42.550 There's four people in the room could 29:42.550 --> 29:44.717 be or couldn't , may not be my house . 29:44.717 --> 29:47.660 I cannot confirm or deny . And now if 29:47.670 --> 29:49.726 it's premier league or rugby , I'm , 29:49.726 --> 29:51.726 I'm , I'm like probably missing all 29:51.726 --> 29:53.949 kinds of phone calls . Um , if it's 29:53.959 --> 29:56.181 something else , nobody's even watching 29:56.181 --> 29:58.181 that television , the television is 29:58.181 --> 30:01.109 becoming the newspaper . It's that 30:01.119 --> 30:03.979 thing in our hand , which concerns me 30:03.989 --> 30:06.100 because when that goes to an eyeglass 30:06.100 --> 30:08.699 or a contact lens or a , wherever we're 30:08.709 --> 30:11.479 going next , how disconnected are we 30:11.489 --> 30:15.290 gonna be as human beings ? And , and 30:15.300 --> 30:17.356 for me it's a little strange because 30:17.356 --> 30:19.920 within the socom world , another kind 30:19.930 --> 30:22.949 of fun fact that I cherish now is I 30:22.959 --> 30:25.015 tended to spend most of my life in a 30:25.015 --> 30:26.903 community of where no phones were 30:26.903 --> 30:30.349 allowed . Oh , that is a blessing . I 30:30.359 --> 30:32.540 love it . And now you're trying , 30:32.550 --> 30:34.494 you're starting to see some of the 30:34.494 --> 30:36.494 corporate world go to , hey , leave 30:36.494 --> 30:38.661 your phone outside . It's not actually 30:38.661 --> 30:40.828 for , you know , corporate espionage . 30:40.828 --> 30:42.994 It's actually for like I need somebody 30:42.994 --> 30:42.839 to pay attention in this meeting 30:43.089 --> 30:45.311 because we got , we gotta make money at 30:45.311 --> 30:47.367 the end of the month and like things 30:47.367 --> 30:46.869 are happening and please put your phone 30:46.880 --> 30:50.000 down . So I , I will tell you that's 30:50.010 --> 30:52.239 our big push is social interaction . 30:52.579 --> 30:54.680 We're doing a really good job of 30:54.689 --> 30:56.760 sitting at trade O I don't , I'm not 30:56.770 --> 30:58.714 giving them shout out just because 30:58.714 --> 31:00.770 we're a trade o but Trade O is doing 31:00.770 --> 31:02.603 excellent in this space , in our 31:02.603 --> 31:04.603 controlled environments . Our basic 31:04.603 --> 31:07.239 initial entry training , it's the catch 31:07.250 --> 31:09.609 at our first units we talk about . It's 31:09.619 --> 31:11.675 where all of a sudden they go from a 31:11.675 --> 31:13.563 ton of social interaction . Drill 31:13.563 --> 31:15.563 sergeants that take off their drill 31:15.563 --> 31:17.675 sergeant hat and they put their PC on 31:17.675 --> 31:19.730 and they become that squad leader as 31:19.730 --> 31:21.589 they transition for that human 31:21.599 --> 31:23.750 interaction . But then they get to 31:23.760 --> 31:26.310 their first duty station and all of a 31:26.319 --> 31:28.719 sudden it's , the rack goes all the way 31:28.729 --> 31:30.840 the other way . And it's kind of like 31:30.840 --> 31:33.062 here's your barracks room , here's your 31:33.062 --> 31:35.780 house in , process your family and then 31:35.790 --> 31:37.957 you're kinda on their own . They get a 31:37.957 --> 31:41.000 ton of leash and 22 weeks doesn't erase 31:41.010 --> 31:44.589 1920 years of , of , of behavior 31:44.880 --> 31:47.530 back over to how hard it is to change 31:47.540 --> 31:49.429 behavior . So , what we're really 31:49.429 --> 31:51.540 passionate about and working on right 31:51.540 --> 31:53.318 now is the consistency from the 31:53.318 --> 31:56.619 transition from trade do to first duty 31:56.630 --> 32:00.109 station because I truly do believe your 32:00.119 --> 32:02.219 first term of enlistment is where we 32:02.229 --> 32:04.300 have an opportunity for true change 32:04.310 --> 32:07.300 behavior . And so we're passionate 32:07.310 --> 32:09.366 about and we're , we're , we're full 32:09.366 --> 32:11.532 core press right now on what I call on 32:11.532 --> 32:13.588 boarding and sponsorship . The chief 32:13.588 --> 32:15.421 has asked us to tackle this CS M 32:15.421 --> 32:17.643 Holland from Force Coms got this as the 32:17.643 --> 32:20.319 lead , but that reception , it's not 32:20.329 --> 32:22.218 just in processing and doing your 32:22.218 --> 32:24.107 travel voucher and receiving your 32:24.107 --> 32:26.051 family and , and finding out about 32:26.051 --> 32:29.050 schools , it's about becoming a member 32:29.060 --> 32:31.390 of that new team back to the cohesive 32:31.400 --> 32:34.880 piece and feeling valued the moment you 32:34.890 --> 32:37.112 hit the ground . Because if that person 32:37.112 --> 32:39.279 goes 30 plus days without feeling like 32:39.279 --> 32:41.446 they were , they're valued in that new 32:41.446 --> 32:45.290 team you just lost them . S ma we'll 32:45.300 --> 32:47.522 take your , that's on the mental side . 32:47.522 --> 32:49.689 I , I think that's key . How do we get 32:49.689 --> 32:51.856 left of the mental crisis where we are 32:51.856 --> 32:54.022 right now ? And behavioral health side 32:54.022 --> 32:53.719 of the house where we're reactionary 32:53.949 --> 32:56.171 versus building resiliency . I think it 32:56.171 --> 32:59.219 begins there . So we'll take your last 32:59.229 --> 33:01.479 question from Slido S MA . What you got 33:01.489 --> 33:03.969 it working , huh ? What direction is 33:03.979 --> 33:06.229 the army taken to expand healthy food 33:06.329 --> 33:08.719 availability at dining facilities and 33:08.729 --> 33:10.699 around military bases ? It's 33:10.709 --> 33:12.931 disappointing to have to choose between 33:12.931 --> 33:15.270 Popeye's and Domino's or stro striving 33:15.280 --> 33:17.280 for a strong nutritional foundation 33:17.349 --> 33:19.293 when those facilities are closed . 33:21.300 --> 33:23.633 I I'll , I'll clap with you on that one . 33:24.089 --> 33:26.311 Yeah , and , and believe me , I , I sit 33:26.311 --> 33:29.010 on the A PS board . So and there's a 33:29.020 --> 33:31.131 bunch of you out there that know this 33:31.131 --> 33:33.353 because you have all the information in 33:33.353 --> 33:33.000 your hands right now . So it's just 33:33.010 --> 33:35.479 easier to just own it . Um I struggle 33:35.489 --> 33:37.656 in this space also because this really 33:37.656 --> 33:39.822 goes back to the root question that he 33:39.822 --> 33:42.310 asked over here . There's two pillars 33:42.319 --> 33:44.880 in the five domains that are the most 33:44.890 --> 33:46.709 frustrated . You think it's the 33:46.719 --> 33:49.420 strength coach ? No , you think it's 33:49.430 --> 33:52.900 the physical therapist ? No , it's the 33:52.910 --> 33:55.640 spiritual and the nutritionist 33:58.150 --> 34:00.930 like in the , in the socom world when I 34:00.939 --> 34:03.106 talked to the nutritionist or actually 34:03.106 --> 34:05.161 I talked to the strength coach . The 34:05.161 --> 34:07.383 strength coach is like I can get him to 34:07.383 --> 34:09.661 buy into everything except eating well , 34:09.661 --> 34:11.828 I could get so much performance out of 34:11.828 --> 34:13.939 this team if they would just , like , 34:13.939 --> 34:16.459 stop having five cheat days . Yeah , 34:17.438 --> 34:19.589 because when you're , when you're 21 34:19.599 --> 34:21.766 years old you're invincible . I know I 34:21.766 --> 34:23.898 was invincible at one time and then I 34:23.908 --> 34:25.908 wasn't invincible and then all of a 34:25.908 --> 34:28.019 sudden nutrition mattered . Um , you 34:28.029 --> 34:30.299 know , you know , um , alcohol 34:30.309 --> 34:32.499 discipline mattered . All that stuff 34:32.509 --> 34:34.620 mattered . Right . Because it affects 34:34.620 --> 34:36.676 your sleep . It affects everything , 34:36.676 --> 34:36.458 right ? They're no , they're not , 34:36.468 --> 34:38.746 these things are not individual things , 34:38.746 --> 34:40.746 they're all connected . Um And so I 34:40.746 --> 34:42.468 will tell you , I , I get very 34:42.468 --> 34:44.468 frustrated with this one also , but 34:44.468 --> 34:46.579 here's where , here's where I'm at on 34:46.579 --> 34:46.339 this because there's big change coming . 34:46.539 --> 34:48.261 I'm not gonna get ahead of the 34:48.261 --> 34:50.372 secretary and the chief in this . But 34:50.372 --> 34:52.888 the G four of the Army and Army 34:52.898 --> 34:56.290 Material Command at A MC , there is 34:56.300 --> 34:58.969 cultural change coming in this domain 35:01.310 --> 35:03.489 and guess what happens when you make 35:03.500 --> 35:06.500 big change like that ? You ruffle 35:06.510 --> 35:10.199 feathers , ok ? To include 35:10.209 --> 35:14.030 inside industry just again , 35:14.370 --> 35:16.570 true candor here . But then there's 35:16.580 --> 35:18.820 also things that are legislated in this 35:18.830 --> 35:20.608 space that we have to work with 35:20.608 --> 35:23.429 Congress also . So this is mo there's , 35:23.439 --> 35:25.949 there's cultural institutional stuff 35:25.959 --> 35:28.270 inside the army , the dining facility 35:28.360 --> 35:30.527 who remembers when every battalion had 35:30.527 --> 35:32.749 a dining facility . Ok . We haven't had 35:32.749 --> 35:35.379 that in a while now . We can barely man 35:35.389 --> 35:38.679 brigades because our 92 Gulfs are gonna 35:38.689 --> 35:41.669 be focused on their large scale combat 35:41.679 --> 35:43.901 operation duties and responsibilities , 35:43.901 --> 35:46.439 which is field feeding , not managing 35:46.449 --> 35:49.600 dining facilities right back to why we 35:49.610 --> 35:52.110 exist because we do hard things . You 35:52.120 --> 35:54.510 shouldn't take 5 to 6 days inside the 35:54.520 --> 35:57.389 box at NTC before a heavy brigade gets 35:57.399 --> 36:00.649 its first hot meal . Right . 36:01.330 --> 36:04.000 But the dining facility is running and 36:04.010 --> 36:06.090 then there's , there's things that 36:06.189 --> 36:09.169 we're restricted by , um , by other 36:09.179 --> 36:11.550 organizations that don't allow us to 36:11.560 --> 36:14.209 actually mess with recipe cards and all 36:14.219 --> 36:16.386 that stuff that are actually happening 36:16.386 --> 36:18.441 in those warrior restaurants . We're 36:18.441 --> 36:20.330 crashing on all that stuff . Like 36:20.330 --> 36:22.441 there's , this is gonna be disruptive 36:22.441 --> 36:25.810 in a positive way . So it's coming some 36:25.820 --> 36:28.042 of the other things we're working on in 36:28.042 --> 36:31.800 this space is um the cost when you 36:31.810 --> 36:34.929 want to eat healthy . Is it cheaper ? 36:37.060 --> 36:40.879 No , it is hardly , hardly cheaper . 36:41.159 --> 36:43.739 It is expensive . So the same money you 36:43.750 --> 36:45.750 want in your H two F program is the 36:45.750 --> 36:47.806 same money that pays for the food on 36:47.806 --> 36:51.179 the installation outside the , the A P 36:51.189 --> 36:53.290 establishments . All right . And so 36:53.300 --> 36:56.729 campus style dining , anybody here have 36:56.739 --> 36:58.889 uh anybody here been to university 36:58.899 --> 37:02.689 lately or have a brother , sister child , 37:03.719 --> 37:05.830 try not to make sure we have room for 37:05.830 --> 37:07.810 all people like me , campus style 37:07.820 --> 37:09.939 dining , pick your university . It is 37:09.949 --> 37:12.929 good like it is quality . 37:13.939 --> 37:15.883 That's the , that's the road we're 37:15.883 --> 37:17.995 headed . And in 25 you're gonna start 37:17.995 --> 37:20.050 to see some of that change . A MC is 37:20.050 --> 37:21.772 leading it . The chief and the 37:21.772 --> 37:23.883 secretary are passionate about this . 37:23.909 --> 37:27.199 Um We gotta figure out how to do it so 37:27.209 --> 37:29.376 we can afford it . And it also doesn't 37:29.376 --> 37:31.479 break , break your wallet . 37:33.500 --> 37:35.722 One of the ways we can do that is if we 37:35.722 --> 37:38.060 build true campus style feeding on our 37:38.070 --> 37:40.870 installations , people will take their 37:40.879 --> 37:44.290 families there . It becomes more of a 37:44.300 --> 37:46.459 family affair which we go back to 37:46.469 --> 37:48.939 cohesive teams . We go back to getting 37:48.949 --> 37:51.110 left of harmful behaviors . I mean , 37:51.120 --> 37:52.989 there's nothing but goodness in 37:53.000 --> 37:55.167 figuring this out for the army because 37:55.167 --> 37:57.000 the traditional ecosystem on our 37:57.000 --> 37:59.222 garrisons , our camps , post stations , 37:59.222 --> 38:01.520 it's not working anymore . The dining 38:01.530 --> 38:03.909 facility , soldiers come in the army 38:03.919 --> 38:06.086 now without driver's licenses . So you 38:06.086 --> 38:08.030 gotta have a bus route on all your 38:08.030 --> 38:10.086 installations . So they can actually 38:10.086 --> 38:13.510 get to the location with food trying to 38:13.520 --> 38:15.631 figure out how to maximize their meal 38:15.631 --> 38:19.590 card at any , any , um , 38:20.739 --> 38:24.129 business on the installation . So 38:24.139 --> 38:26.306 they're not limited to just the dining 38:26.306 --> 38:28.472 facility . That's something else we're 38:28.472 --> 38:30.528 working on . What's the , what's the 38:30.528 --> 38:32.770 vision of the meal card ? We're 38:32.780 --> 38:34.724 actually working on . What's the , 38:34.724 --> 38:36.891 what's the meal card ? 2.0 because the 38:36.891 --> 38:39.113 traditional piece isn't working . Those 38:39.113 --> 38:41.058 are all , some of the things we're 38:41.058 --> 38:40.909 working on . So that's a really good 38:40.919 --> 38:43.659 question . Nutrition matters . The 38:43.669 --> 38:46.409 reason we don't lean into that domain , 38:47.209 --> 38:49.431 it's because we get away with it . When 38:49.431 --> 38:52.320 we're younger you can eat . I won't say 38:52.330 --> 38:55.340 the foods you can get away with a lot 38:55.350 --> 38:57.750 when you're young and then either you 38:57.760 --> 39:01.159 get injured or age eventually kicks in . 39:02.149 --> 39:05.429 Um , or if you , if you grew up , 39:05.439 --> 39:07.106 that's why I'm focused on the 39:07.106 --> 39:09.050 youngsters . If you grow up in the 39:09.050 --> 39:11.719 culture of , of modeled good culture , 39:11.729 --> 39:13.896 which is why you see a lot of athletes 39:13.896 --> 39:15.840 that come into the army bring this 39:15.840 --> 39:17.951 behavior with them because it started 39:17.951 --> 39:19.785 when they were younger . Like my 39:19.785 --> 39:21.896 daughter knows about my , my youngest 39:21.896 --> 39:23.785 daughter , there isn't much about 39:23.785 --> 39:25.785 nutrition . She doesn't know macros 39:25.785 --> 39:28.879 micros time a day . I mean , she 39:28.889 --> 39:31.320 wrestled and she , she knows 39:31.580 --> 39:34.320 carbohydrate mixes , loading , 39:34.330 --> 39:37.530 unloading hydration . I mean 39:38.070 --> 39:40.070 she's 16 years old and studying all 39:40.070 --> 39:43.770 this why she was after peak performance . 39:44.209 --> 39:46.689 And so the younger we can get , get 39:46.699 --> 39:48.866 left with this , we change the culture 39:48.866 --> 39:50.921 by the time to your point , sir , by 39:50.921 --> 39:52.977 the time they're at the end of their 39:52.977 --> 39:55.379 first term , second term , full 20 year 39:55.389 --> 39:57.629 retirement , the back end is healthier 39:57.639 --> 40:01.090 people who are smarter and 40:03.120 --> 40:05.610 a little smarter than I was . Ok . 40:07.290 --> 40:09.979 Thank you s ma h hey , last thing for 40:09.989 --> 40:12.469 me is this is this you telling me to 40:12.479 --> 40:15.229 get out of here ? OK . Hey , real quick 40:15.239 --> 40:18.149 before we do awards . Um The thing I 40:18.159 --> 40:21.860 wanted to leave you with uh just , just , 40:22.399 --> 40:24.343 just leave it in your head kind of 40:24.343 --> 40:26.566 where we , where we started and kind of 40:26.566 --> 40:28.566 wrap it up . I want to redefine the 40:28.566 --> 40:30.788 basics , everything we're talking about 40:30.788 --> 40:33.010 in here . The goal is to become part of 40:33.010 --> 40:34.955 the individual soldier basics , it 40:34.955 --> 40:36.860 matters . Um , 40:39.189 --> 40:40.169 keep in mind 40:43.120 --> 40:46.850 you're only as hard as the last hard 40:46.860 --> 40:49.060 thing you've done . And if you haven't 40:49.070 --> 40:52.219 done anything hard lately , you're not 40:52.229 --> 40:54.340 nearly as hard as you think you are . 40:56.719 --> 41:00.290 We do hard things in the army . H two 41:00.300 --> 41:04.070 F exists so we can be ready to 41:04.080 --> 41:07.010 do the hard things that the nation 41:07.310 --> 41:10.139 needs and is expecting us to do . Make 41:10.149 --> 41:11.689 sense . Thanks everybody .