WEBVTT 00:05.349 --> 00:07.460 Colonel Christopher Jones , I'm Wagon 00:07.460 --> 00:09.460 Master six , the commander of First 00:09.460 --> 00:11.627 Cavalry Division sustainment Brigade . 00:11.627 --> 00:13.738 So as a senior uh spur holder for the 00:13.738 --> 00:16.309 brigade , my job is to ensure that we 00:16.319 --> 00:19.100 are living up to the legend of 00:19.110 --> 00:21.332 America's first team that we're doing a 00:21.332 --> 00:23.443 spur ride that keeps in line with the 00:23.443 --> 00:25.443 culture and traditions of the First 00:25.443 --> 00:27.388 Calvary Division . The building of 00:27.388 --> 00:29.054 cohesive teams . I think it's 00:29.054 --> 00:31.110 phenomenal that for task force wagon 00:31.110 --> 00:33.277 master and what's unique and different 00:33.277 --> 00:35.388 to how it would be at home Station as 00:35.388 --> 00:37.332 First Calvary Division Sustainment 00:37.332 --> 00:39.277 Brigade is that here as task force 00:39.277 --> 00:41.388 wagon master . It's a total army task 00:41.388 --> 00:43.610 force . So National Guard Reserve Units 00:43.619 --> 00:45.759 and members along with our kind of 00:45.770 --> 00:48.209 organic troopers all together 00:48.220 --> 00:50.409 participated , built these amazing 00:50.419 --> 00:52.919 cohesive teams in a really sh short 00:52.930 --> 00:55.814 amount of time through duress , through 00:55.825 --> 00:59.534 a very tough physical event that also 00:59.544 --> 01:02.334 helped everyone , not just our National 01:02.345 --> 01:04.964 Guard and Reserve units , but our own 01:05.025 --> 01:07.285 troopers learn and understand our 01:07.294 --> 01:09.405 history . And I think seeing that and 01:09.415 --> 01:11.693 pulled together was amazing . Yeah , I , 01:11.693 --> 01:14.194 I think first and foremost because of 01:14.205 --> 01:16.694 the multi compo task force 01:16.705 --> 01:18.635 configuration we have , there's a 01:18.644 --> 01:20.700 likelihood that many of the soldiers 01:20.700 --> 01:22.866 that are here will never be in another 01:22.866 --> 01:24.755 cavalry unit , both in either the 01:24.755 --> 01:26.977 National Guard Reserve or quite frankly 01:26.977 --> 01:29.088 in the active duty force . So this is 01:29.088 --> 01:30.700 their opportunity . But most 01:30.700 --> 01:32.644 importantly , they're in the first 01:32.644 --> 01:34.644 cavalry division , the only cavalry 01:34.644 --> 01:36.922 division in the army . So I think it's , 01:36.922 --> 01:39.088 it's really special to them to see how 01:39.088 --> 01:41.311 eager soldiers were and leaders were to 01:41.311 --> 01:43.200 do it . And we've had some pretty 01:43.200 --> 01:45.366 senior leaders going through . We have 01:45.366 --> 01:45.029 battalion commanders going through it 01:45.269 --> 01:47.436 because they never had the opportunity 01:47.436 --> 01:49.491 to be in a cavalry unit within their 01:49.491 --> 01:51.713 careers . So I think it's , it's pretty 01:51.713 --> 01:54.047 great . It's part of who we are . Right . 01:54.047 --> 01:53.790 One of the five characteristics of the 01:53.800 --> 01:55.911 army profession is stewardship of the 01:55.911 --> 01:58.133 profession . But I also think esprit de 01:58.133 --> 02:00.244 corps , you know , our winning spirit 02:00.244 --> 02:02.133 and so a spur ride is about those 02:02.133 --> 02:04.189 things . It's about who we were that 02:04.189 --> 02:07.654 help inform who we are and legacy kind 02:07.665 --> 02:09.609 of the shoulders of giants that we 02:09.609 --> 02:11.804 stand on and we owe it to them in the 02:11.815 --> 02:14.037 history of the organization to carry on 02:14.037 --> 02:15.815 these traditions for our future 02:15.815 --> 02:17.871 generations . So we have some pretty 02:17.871 --> 02:19.704 junior soldiers that are part of 02:19.704 --> 02:21.871 today's spur ride , but they certainly 02:21.871 --> 02:24.037 showed leadership skills going through 02:24.037 --> 02:26.204 it , going through each of the lanes , 02:26.204 --> 02:28.204 kind of enduring the , the physical 02:28.204 --> 02:30.093 tests . And so they'll carry this 02:30.093 --> 02:32.148 forward when it's their turn to be a 02:32.148 --> 02:34.505 spur holder and , and bring the others 02:34.514 --> 02:35.494 through a spur ride .