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Recently I spoke to you about some

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changes in policy and standards that

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we're making to make us a more

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effective war fighting force . I also

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mentioned That when we do these things ,

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I want to give you the why behind what

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we're doing . So we can be out there

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with the facts as they sometimes

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compete with the rumors . Today I'm

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gonna talk to you about the duty

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identifier tabs . These are elements of

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our force for which we should be proud ,

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the accomplishments we've made , the

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certificates we've achieved that

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identify our individual specialty that

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contribute to the entire team . Over

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the years we've continued to increase

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the number of approved tabs to where

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now we have over 134 approved tabs .

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This is a lot of tabs . And it's

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under the rule , the principle that we

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have of easy to understand , easy to

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comply with , and easy to enforce this

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fails that test . But there's a bigger

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issue at play here . As we identify

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ourselves as one type of airmen or

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another with one specialty or one skill

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set or another , we really diminish

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ourselves . While that is a

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contribution that we make , our real

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value is our integral part of a winning

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war fighting team . And that's what we

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want to emphasize we want to emphasize

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that we value the team over the

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individual we value the mission over

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the function . And we do this to ensure

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that we are lethal and ready to fly ,

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fight and win . Air power anytime ,

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anywhere .