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Hi , everyone . Welcome back to Chiefs

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Chat . This is your command , Chief

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Beth Ferrer . And today we have a very

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special guest . So we're very excited

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to have today , our very own director

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of staff , none other than legendary

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Miss Wendy Walden , ma'am . I'm so

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happy to have you here finally . Right .

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We've been trying to get you here for

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so many months , but that's just a

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testament to how busy you are . And so

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to have you here today is just

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absolutely uh humbling and honor for ,

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for us all . And so , um I would just

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say that 38 years in the federal

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service . Wow , that is not a small

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feat , ma'am . And so what , what does

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that feel like ? Well , first , let me

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just say I'm honored to be sitting here

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because , you know , I feel like I'm

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something now because I got a seat with

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the uh chief Chat . And so that's ,

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that's a big deal . I'm , I'm somebody .

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Uh so 38 years are really a long time .

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It's been a great uh fantastic career

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uh doing things uh getting to see

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people uh experiencing things that I

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never thought I would when I started uh

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right out of college back in 1985 . So

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it's been a fantastic ride this last 38

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years . Oh my God . Yes , ma'am . Just

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uh having witnessed how you work and

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how you mentor um is such a , an

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inspire , inspiring thing for thing for

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me . And so , um with all of that ,

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what would you say to our teammates in

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the Air Force Sustainment Center that

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are just now starting here in our

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organization ? Because I'm sure many of

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them would love to be able to get to

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the point where you are myself included .

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And so um just wanna be able to share

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some thoughts to our teammates . Sure .

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So , uh you know , coming right out of

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school or are coming new into the base

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and it's a big world . So what do I do

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here ? So a few things I think are

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really important first learn your craft ,

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right ? Whether you're a mechanic out

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on the shop floor , you're a supply

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planner , uh You're a scheduler , you

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engineer , take the time to learn and

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understand your craft , become an

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expert in , in your area . And uh the

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second thing is take advantage of all

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these great opportunities that the Air

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Force has for you . The Air Force will

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train , you will educate you and give

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you a vast world of experiences . So

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when you see those opportunities come ,

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uh just take advantage of them and then

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uh lastly uh be that agent of change

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you're new to our organization , you

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might see some things uh that we don't

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see . Uh you know , our , our , our ,

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our mission statement is uh forging

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readiness and accelerating innovation

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for America war fighters . So we need

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you to force that uh innovation be that

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agent change and , and uh help make us

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the best organization that we can be .

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If you do all those things , you'll

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have a great , fantastic , wonderful ,

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38 year career also . Oh my gosh ,

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ma'am . Thank you so much . I'll tell

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you when we get mentorship nuggets from

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a , a amazing leaders like yourselves .

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Like that's definitely something to be

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cherished . And so I hope you all took

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notes . Uh These are uh great

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opportunities when we can hear from our

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civilian leaders like Miss Walden and

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so team I know and it's not lost on us

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how , how much of uh great work that

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you do every single day . And so to all

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of our leaders out there , uh including

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our civilian airmen , uh and many great

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mentors just like Miss Walden . Please

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know that we truly tru truly appreciate

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what you do every single day . Thank

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you for tuning in with us and please

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take care of yourselves and keep

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leading . Well .