1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:03,750 --> 00:00:06,460 There are anthems in my life . Colonel 3 00:00:06,460 --> 00:00:08,627 Rich tributes to both the pleasant and 4 00:00:08,627 --> 00:00:12,190 the pain , mental whiplash to the exact 5 00:00:12,190 --> 00:00:15,410 moment as if new again . Time travel 6 00:00:15,410 --> 00:00:18,010 wanted or not to the trigger to the 7 00:00:18,010 --> 00:00:21,870 visual , to the feeling . It's 8 00:00:21,870 --> 00:00:24,350 the early 70s and we are at Granny and 9 00:00:24,350 --> 00:00:27,640 Granite . Not too many years after my 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,430 dad's return . The many 11 00:00:31,430 --> 00:00:33,870 hands are whole . And on the back porch 12 00:00:33,870 --> 00:00:37,790 howling the song is , We gotta 13 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:39,957 get out of this place by the animals . 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,900 My dad's Vietnam fight song . He sings 15 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:45,500 loud as if lucky . 16 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,410 There are anthems in my life . 17 00:00:59,810 --> 00:01:02,560 It's the early 90's and we are in the 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,782 bravo bar in Milton Hall with the green 19 00:01:04,782 --> 00:01:07,710 hornets . The crew is whole and post 20 00:01:07,710 --> 00:01:10,220 mission howling . The song is small 21 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:12,387 town , saturday night by hal ketchum . 22 00:01:12,820 --> 00:01:16,480 Dumas leads us all and his precious son 23 00:01:16,490 --> 00:01:19,120 AJ is not yet killed in action . 24 00:01:24,630 --> 00:01:26,370 There are anthems in my life . 25 00:01:31,330 --> 00:01:33,790 It's the mid nineties and we are in 26 00:01:33,790 --> 00:01:36,290 Souda Bay Greece with the ruse outbound . 27 00:01:36,290 --> 00:01:39,320 A long and nasty piece ab The squadron 28 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:42,280 is jacked and howling fierce and 29 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,850 overdue . The song is lightning 30 00:01:45,850 --> 00:01:49,260 crashes by live . We lead ourselves and 31 00:01:49,260 --> 00:01:51,482 are invited by the navy never to return 32 00:01:51,482 --> 00:01:52,482 again . 33 00:01:56,570 --> 00:01:57,560 Crash . 34 00:02:03,150 --> 00:02:05,060 There are anthems in my life . 35 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:12,270 It's the late nineties and we are in 36 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:14,900 the blue tail fly flight planning room . 37 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:17,570 The squadron is extremely well led and 38 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:20,130 well peered with a mission to match and 39 00:02:20,130 --> 00:02:23,210 we how often the song is . I get 40 00:02:23,210 --> 00:02:26,070 knocked down and I get up again by mama 41 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,900 cruel in is on the table leading us in 42 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:30,178 the current outburst . 43 00:02:35,330 --> 00:02:37,170 There are anthems in my life . 44 00:02:41,530 --> 00:02:44,010 It is the early two thousand's and we 45 00:02:44,010 --> 00:02:46,580 are at chad's Finney . We are stunned 46 00:02:46,580 --> 00:02:49,120 and staring at him , lying there . The 47 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,231 song is , old man ! Take a look at my 48 00:02:51,231 --> 00:02:53,660 life by Neil young and we all lose it 49 00:02:53,670 --> 00:02:55,614 as the two ship lines up on us and 50 00:02:55,614 --> 00:02:59,200 tribute a howl uncontrollable and 51 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,040 futile my life . 52 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,260 I'm a lot . 53 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:10,500 There are anthems in my life . These 54 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:12,556 are some of mine , at least the ones 55 00:03:12,556 --> 00:03:15,400 I'll share . What are yours , 56 00:05:16,590 --> 00:05:18,868 forgive me ? The obligatory untethered . 57 00:05:18,868 --> 00:05:22,110 So here we go . Give yourselves a round 58 00:05:22,110 --> 00:05:23,999 of applause for that last video . 59 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:34,280 You're straight , we're ready on your 60 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,310 shoulders . We will win . How many 61 00:05:37,310 --> 00:05:39,366 people showed up here ? Just because 62 00:05:39,366 --> 00:05:41,421 they're curious as to what I'm gonna 63 00:05:41,421 --> 00:05:43,532 say , raise your hand cause that's me 64 00:05:43,532 --> 00:05:45,699 too , man . I don't know what's coming 65 00:05:45,699 --> 00:05:49,590 out . I have no clue . Um 66 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,822 we'll talk a little bit about more that 67 00:05:51,822 --> 00:05:53,933 more of that that later . But General 68 00:05:53,933 --> 00:05:56,100 McNabb and general kelly to the entire 69 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:59,790 80 a staff to uh peg 70 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:02,910 And uh everybody that puts this on , 71 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,087 it's just an absolute treat to be here 72 00:06:05,087 --> 00:06:07,253 And you talked about the venue and the 73 00:06:07,253 --> 00:06:09,420 opportunity to give us um we owe you a 74 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:11,531 round of applause for making all this 75 00:06:11,531 --> 00:06:11,440 possible . Thank you very much 76 00:06:17,780 --> 00:06:19,850 to my five star commander , the 77 00:06:19,850 --> 00:06:21,850 Commander of the Minihan family and 78 00:06:21,850 --> 00:06:23,961 always permanently outranked me to my 79 00:06:23,961 --> 00:06:25,670 bride Ashley , You're amazing 80 00:06:30,020 --> 00:06:32,242 General Everhart and Chief thank you so 81 00:06:32,242 --> 00:06:34,353 much for being here . You're always a 82 00:06:34,353 --> 00:06:36,353 strong presence in my life and it's 83 00:06:36,353 --> 00:06:38,520 great to to bask in the shadow of your 84 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,631 coaching tree . Thank you very much . 85 00:06:40,631 --> 00:06:42,909 All right . I've got three uncles here . 86 00:06:42,909 --> 00:06:42,230 I talked about him in last year's 87 00:06:42,230 --> 00:06:44,590 speech . My grandfather gave birth to 88 00:06:44,590 --> 00:06:46,701 an airman or marine , a civil servant 89 00:06:46,701 --> 00:06:48,646 and a public school teacher and my 90 00:06:48,646 --> 00:06:50,812 parents couldn't make it here . But my 91 00:06:50,812 --> 00:06:53,410 uncle's uncle tim Cine , uncle steve , 92 00:06:53,420 --> 00:06:56,090 uh , and Sue . And certainly chicken 93 00:06:56,090 --> 00:06:58,090 nancy , thank you so much for being 94 00:06:58,090 --> 00:07:00,257 here . I'm gonna come back to you in a 95 00:07:00,257 --> 00:06:59,990 second . But thank you , 96 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,580 I'm gonna introduce ma'rwa later , but 97 00:07:07,580 --> 00:07:10,170 I need to get eyes on target on DR J 98 00:07:10,170 --> 00:07:12,520 and brink . And I wanna welcome you to 99 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,187 here as well . As well as ali 100 00:07:14,187 --> 00:07:16,409 Bondholder , thank you for being here . 101 00:07:16,409 --> 00:07:18,576 All right , You can give them a clap . 102 00:07:18,576 --> 00:07:18,560 It's okay . 103 00:07:22,580 --> 00:07:24,970 I also want to point out Colonel Mark 104 00:07:24,970 --> 00:07:26,914 Fritchey . You sitting here ? He's 105 00:07:26,914 --> 00:07:28,748 responsible for us ? Never being 106 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:31,570 allowed back in Souda Bay Greece . Um , 107 00:07:31,580 --> 00:07:33,810 when I talk about the first three 108 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:35,866 squadrons in my life and how , how , 109 00:07:35,866 --> 00:07:37,866 how I learned about the nobility of 110 00:07:37,866 --> 00:07:39,921 what we do , how I learned about the 111 00:07:39,921 --> 00:07:42,032 discipline of what we do . And then I 112 00:07:42,032 --> 00:07:41,830 learned about the command of what we do . 113 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,173 That's the discipline , man right there . 114 00:07:44,173 --> 00:07:46,396 So , if you want to know what it's like 115 00:07:46,396 --> 00:07:49,300 to go three years without ever getting 116 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:51,522 orders signed the first time . You need 117 00:07:51,522 --> 00:07:53,578 to talk to this man right there . So 118 00:07:53,578 --> 00:07:55,744 sir , I'm in debt to you forever . God 119 00:07:55,744 --> 00:07:58,630 bless you . Alright . You too . 120 00:08:01,970 --> 00:08:04,640 So unplanned . This is why I'm the uh 121 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,872 the outcast of the family . I found out 122 00:08:06,872 --> 00:08:08,983 this is my change of command . You're 123 00:08:08,983 --> 00:08:11,150 looking at two teachers that dedicated 124 00:08:11,150 --> 00:08:13,039 40 years of their lives to public 125 00:08:13,039 --> 00:08:15,094 service in the public denver schools 126 00:08:15,094 --> 00:08:17,206 here , hold on , wait for it . Uh The 127 00:08:17,206 --> 00:08:19,261 day they retired , they didn't get a 128 00:08:19,261 --> 00:08:21,317 ceremony , They didn't get a lunch , 129 00:08:21,317 --> 00:08:20,480 they didn't get a certificate of 130 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,702 appreciation . They just didn't show up 131 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:25,560 the next day and that was it . So , if 132 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,650 you would please give them a round of 133 00:08:28,650 --> 00:08:30,483 applause to thank them for their 134 00:08:30,483 --> 00:08:31,928 service to this nature of 135 00:08:48,230 --> 00:08:50,000 thank you for that slide . 136 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:54,150 Alright , Don't get ahead of me here . 137 00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:57,818 I told you , I told you I'm untethered . 138 00:08:57,818 --> 00:09:00,050 Got all my thank you's done LFG bingo . 139 00:09:00,060 --> 00:09:02,227 All right , here's the deal . I'm just 140 00:09:02,227 --> 00:09:04,450 gonna be me , which means everyone in 141 00:09:04,450 --> 00:09:06,561 the front rows in the splash zone , I 142 00:09:06,561 --> 00:09:08,561 can get some froth going and if the 143 00:09:08,561 --> 00:09:10,783 light hits it right , you'll be able to 144 00:09:10,783 --> 00:09:10,530 see the spray . There's actually rain 145 00:09:10,530 --> 00:09:13,050 slickers underneath your chairs . Um 146 00:09:13,060 --> 00:09:15,171 And the reason these chairs are empty 147 00:09:15,171 --> 00:09:17,060 is because they knew better . I'm 148 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:19,282 already doing it . I'm gonna do my pace 149 00:09:19,282 --> 00:09:21,282 thing . I'm gonna get going and I'm 150 00:09:21,282 --> 00:09:21,070 gonna get into it and I'm gonna own 151 00:09:21,070 --> 00:09:23,014 this stage and I'll probably creep 152 00:09:23,014 --> 00:09:24,959 around until the feedback from the 153 00:09:24,959 --> 00:09:27,014 speakers hits , okay ? I'm not gonna 154 00:09:27,014 --> 00:09:29,181 try my hardest not to say the F bomb . 155 00:09:29,181 --> 00:09:31,403 Okay , so you don't get credit for that 156 00:09:31,403 --> 00:09:33,570 bingo unless I say it . But if I think 157 00:09:33,570 --> 00:09:35,514 it , you don't get credit for that 158 00:09:35,514 --> 00:09:37,681 either . I'm gonna say amazing because 159 00:09:37,681 --> 00:09:39,903 that's my go to adjective . Let's go to 160 00:09:39,903 --> 00:09:42,070 the free space . You're gonna feel the 161 00:09:42,070 --> 00:09:44,292 passion . I'm emotional . I'm irish . I 162 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:46,930 can't help it . I'm not scared to cry 163 00:09:46,930 --> 00:09:49,430 in front of people . I don't know . And 164 00:09:49,430 --> 00:09:51,597 I used to say I could hold myself from 165 00:09:51,597 --> 00:09:53,819 the bar , but I've retired at that . So 166 00:09:53,819 --> 00:09:55,930 it all comes out through crying . You 167 00:09:55,930 --> 00:09:57,763 get good parts of that . My wife 168 00:09:57,763 --> 00:09:59,763 accuses me of being yellow and I've 169 00:09:59,763 --> 00:10:01,930 already done that today . So my speech 170 00:10:01,930 --> 00:10:04,550 will be in yellow caps and I can 171 00:10:04,550 --> 00:10:06,383 promise you this speech won't be 172 00:10:06,383 --> 00:10:08,606 perfect . It won't be the most eloquent 173 00:10:08,606 --> 00:10:10,606 thing you've ever heard . But I can 174 00:10:10,606 --> 00:10:12,772 promise you it'll be from the heart we 175 00:10:12,772 --> 00:10:14,994 got business to attend to here . I view 176 00:10:14,994 --> 00:10:17,150 this as my commander's call . I was 177 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:19,840 heartbroken last year to not be here in 178 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,480 person , part state of the Union , 179 00:10:25,190 --> 00:10:29,120 part update and certainly part of where 180 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,120 we need to go slag . The fight to 181 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,120 get to the fight 182 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,050 is a decision or a series of 183 00:10:42,050 --> 00:10:45,420 decisions that we simply have to make . 184 00:10:47,050 --> 00:10:49,270 It has 0 to do with the distance 185 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,930 from here to where we need to go and it 186 00:10:53,930 --> 00:10:57,550 has zero to do with the challenge that 187 00:10:57,550 --> 00:11:01,160 lies ahead . it's simply the decision 188 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,940 to invest our american tenacity and 189 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:08,930 when now slag . 190 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,420 So last year we talked about our shared 191 00:11:13,420 --> 00:11:15,730 past , our legacy 192 00:11:17,770 --> 00:11:20,150 and we talked about the future . We 193 00:11:20,150 --> 00:11:23,860 talked about , let's go as a sign of 194 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:25,860 when I say it to you and you say it 195 00:11:25,860 --> 00:11:29,300 back , it means I respect you . I'm 196 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:31,411 appreciative of the oath you took the 197 00:11:31,411 --> 00:11:33,578 uniform you wear . I'm appreciative of 198 00:11:33,578 --> 00:11:36,260 how you get after the mission , the 199 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:40,240 dedication , the sacrifice . And 200 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,351 then we layered in fight club crawl , 201 00:11:43,830 --> 00:11:47,630 put a map on the table , put the red 202 00:11:47,630 --> 00:11:51,160 order of battle down and then tell me 203 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,327 what you're gonna do 204 00:11:58,100 --> 00:12:01,280 and that delivered a strategy , bump it 205 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:01,710 up . 206 00:12:05,660 --> 00:12:07,882 I don't really , you know , if you're a 207 00:12:07,882 --> 00:12:10,530 crew dog , don't read this , just do 208 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:13,130 your job . I don't care what it is . 209 00:12:13,130 --> 00:12:15,440 Fly freaks or support . Here's what you 210 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,410 need to know . We're 211 00:12:19,410 --> 00:12:21,521 here to defend the homeland project . 212 00:12:21,521 --> 00:12:23,466 Air power globally and support the 213 00:12:23,466 --> 00:12:26,520 joint team . Victory will ride on your 214 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,420 shoulders . And the main thing is 215 00:12:29,420 --> 00:12:33,370 unrepentant lethality . And if 216 00:12:33,370 --> 00:12:37,180 we do that , America's peace , 217 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:40,490 prosperity and prestige is preserved 218 00:12:40,490 --> 00:12:42,657 and strengthened . That's all you need 219 00:12:42,657 --> 00:12:45,470 to know slide , 220 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,030 take that strategy , put on at Fight 221 00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:54,830 Club , walk deeper 222 00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:57,810 reps bigger weight on the bar 223 00:12:58,630 --> 00:13:01,280 with the benefit of the diversity of 224 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,170 this team , 225 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,420 background , officer , enlisted , 226 00:13:09,530 --> 00:13:13,060 fly fixed Support Guard , active duty 227 00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:16,640 reserve civilian , add the depth 228 00:13:17,660 --> 00:13:19,771 that's not just a map and how hard it 229 00:13:19,771 --> 00:13:21,650 is , but it's a map to victory 230 00:13:25,210 --> 00:13:27,266 and now you've got mobility Guardian 231 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,527 don't take your image from last year . 232 00:13:31,527 --> 00:13:35,250 Not that it was bad . This 233 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:38,180 is the thing . Everybody here make the 234 00:13:38,180 --> 00:13:40,330 main thing , the main thing . This is 235 00:13:40,330 --> 00:13:41,290 the main thing 236 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,620 how we gonna fight and win 237 00:13:49,910 --> 00:13:53,130 and make the decision to do it slide , 238 00:13:58,290 --> 00:14:00,346 Forgive me I have an opinion on this 239 00:14:00,346 --> 00:14:01,957 after 32 years of doing it . 240 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:09,520 Nobody is as ready as they think , 241 00:14:11,090 --> 00:14:14,510 nobody is as integrated as they think 242 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,870 and nobody Is as agile as they think 243 00:14:18,930 --> 00:14:20,986 and mobility Guardian is gonna prove 244 00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:23,152 each one of these things for ourselves 245 00:14:23,152 --> 00:14:25,390 for our joint team . There's a shot 246 00:14:25,390 --> 00:14:27,612 clock in my office right now with about 247 00:14:27,612 --> 00:14:31,000 300 days on it . I'll bet my reputation 248 00:14:32,180 --> 00:14:36,060 and I bet our accelerated change on 249 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:38,340 this vehicle to move where we need to 250 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:39,970 move slide 251 00:14:45,370 --> 00:14:49,310 flight fight club run with 252 00:14:49,310 --> 00:14:52,900 the benefit of the web tax with the 253 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:54,940 benefit of the advanced instructors 254 00:14:56,130 --> 00:14:58,590 with the benefit of the staff to staff 255 00:14:58,850 --> 00:15:02,550 sock Global Strike pack off A F . M . 256 00:15:02,550 --> 00:15:06,100 C . A . C . C . Full integration 257 00:15:06,110 --> 00:15:07,830 unleashed violence 258 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,970 delivers us the manifesto , not like 259 00:15:20,970 --> 00:15:24,100 ted or carl , you might have to google 260 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:27,940 that some of you young guys build it 261 00:15:27,940 --> 00:15:28,340 up . 262 00:15:32,070 --> 00:15:35,950 Here's the premise Airman on the magic 263 00:15:38,510 --> 00:15:40,566 and yet everybody in here knows it's 264 00:15:40,566 --> 00:15:43,010 really not magic at all . It's hard , 265 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,440 it's lonely , it's difficult . 266 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:50,020 It comes at a personal expense . 267 00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:54,291 I thought after that when some people 268 00:15:54,291 --> 00:15:56,347 would be saying bingo by now . But I 269 00:15:56,347 --> 00:15:58,620 guess not . There is no magic . 270 00:16:01,190 --> 00:16:02,740 Although you are the magic 271 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:07,240 lethality matters most . 272 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,810 We are the maneuver . 273 00:16:14,630 --> 00:16:18,510 Nobody else can do it too much 274 00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:20,210 water . Too much distance 275 00:16:22,050 --> 00:16:23,270 maneuver 276 00:16:27,330 --> 00:16:30,780 puts capabilities to advantage so we 277 00:16:30,780 --> 00:16:34,430 can kill at scale 278 00:16:36,050 --> 00:16:37,130 at tempo 279 00:16:42,210 --> 00:16:44,099 and that it's time to start using 280 00:16:44,099 --> 00:16:47,420 winning language period dot destroy 281 00:16:47,430 --> 00:16:50,900 dominate , ses deny 282 00:16:53,790 --> 00:16:57,260 unrepentant lethality build it up . 283 00:17:00,850 --> 00:17:02,794 So there's an acknowledgement here 284 00:17:06,420 --> 00:17:08,364 that the ingredients are mind body 285 00:17:08,364 --> 00:17:08,890 craft 286 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:15,660 physically fit . I get asked this all 287 00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:17,827 the time . If you could do one thing , 288 00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:20,104 what would it be ? This is craft right . 289 00:17:21,410 --> 00:17:24,970 one Wish Magic one . Do your job , Do 290 00:17:24,970 --> 00:17:27,340 it . Well that's it . It all works that 291 00:17:27,340 --> 00:17:27,740 way 292 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,991 and that if we get those three things 293 00:17:36,991 --> 00:17:39,620 working together and that we understand 294 00:17:39,870 --> 00:17:41,870 like my grandfather's world War two 295 00:17:41,870 --> 00:17:44,092 patch did that . There's no choice here 296 00:17:44,610 --> 00:17:48,270 we win or die . And then if your mind 297 00:17:48,270 --> 00:17:50,381 body craft is ready for that then you 298 00:17:50,381 --> 00:17:52,870 will win , we will win build it . 299 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,367 I'm curious if there's anybody on this 300 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:02,367 screen in this room . I don't don't 301 00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:04,533 please don't identify yourself but I'm 302 00:18:04,533 --> 00:18:06,533 just curious about this . These are 303 00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:09,510 post Afghanistan evacuation interviews 304 00:18:09,510 --> 00:18:13,410 that we did to 305 00:18:13,410 --> 00:18:16,320 make sure that we captured the 306 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,280 sentiments after 307 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,210 that up . Can you 308 00:18:24,210 --> 00:18:25,988 see the weight on their faces ? 309 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,260 They've seen things they can't unsee 310 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:37,660 they felt things they can't own feel 311 00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:41,507 and they've heard things they can't un 312 00:18:41,507 --> 00:18:44,870 hear there is a burden here 313 00:18:45,990 --> 00:18:49,680 that needs to be addressed , wear your 314 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,820 heart . The fusion of mind , body craft , 315 00:18:52,830 --> 00:18:53,810 build it up . 316 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,640 It takes all 3 to be a hero . It takes 317 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,460 all three to be selfless to be devoted 318 00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:09,000 to get the service that our country 319 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,560 needs to win slide . 320 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:15,570 Who saw this ? 321 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:25,070 These two right here bringing DR 322 00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:28,070 J said Minihan , you want to make a 323 00:19:28,070 --> 00:19:31,810 difference , Put a mental health 324 00:19:31,810 --> 00:19:35,580 appointment on your calendar . So I did 325 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,700 And three people could see it . So I 326 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:40,700 tweeted it 327 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:51,810 now I think then I can carry a heavy 328 00:19:51,810 --> 00:19:52,520 burden 329 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,278 and I think I'm strong 330 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,620 but that tweet started the scariest 331 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:07,170 three days of my career . You 332 00:20:07,170 --> 00:20:11,080 cannot possibly know what 333 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,810 it means to say . It's a 334 00:20:14,810 --> 00:20:16,643 sign of strength , not a sign of 335 00:20:16,643 --> 00:20:18,810 weakness to make an appointment . It's 336 00:20:18,810 --> 00:20:20,754 a sign of strength , not a sign of 337 00:20:20,754 --> 00:20:24,600 weakness to ask for help . You have 338 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,520 no idea how much 339 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,440 courage it takes to do that until 340 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,900 you've done it , go to that part of the 341 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,680 hospital , no one else goes to right up 342 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,000 that elevator , sit in that waiting 343 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,860 room , log onto that computer , do that 344 00:20:43,860 --> 00:20:46,230 uptake , have them call your name , 345 00:20:47,010 --> 00:20:49,177 have to invite you to the back for the 346 00:20:49,177 --> 00:20:51,343 verbal uptake and then get to the back 347 00:20:51,343 --> 00:20:53,343 to the professional that just has a 348 00:20:53,343 --> 00:20:56,600 conversation with you in this room 349 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,822 right now . There are people looking at 350 00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:01,400 me going , I will never need to do that . 351 00:21:01,590 --> 00:21:05,170 And you were right there are people in 352 00:21:05,170 --> 00:21:07,337 this room right now sitting beside you 353 00:21:07,337 --> 00:21:09,559 looking at me that are saying preach it 354 00:21:09,559 --> 00:21:12,820 brother , I've taken the same walk and 355 00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:16,790 he's on target and then there 356 00:21:16,790 --> 00:21:19,520 are people in this room right now that 357 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,687 are wondering if they can generate the 358 00:21:21,687 --> 00:21:23,964 courage because they know they need to , 359 00:21:24,130 --> 00:21:26,130 that's who I'm talking to right now 360 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:31,033 and I'm here to tell you if I can do it , 361 00:21:31,930 --> 00:21:32,910 you can do it . 362 00:21:37,050 --> 00:21:38,994 And actually the actions after the 363 00:21:38,994 --> 00:21:41,340 decision were easier than the decision 364 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:45,110 to do it . There is 365 00:21:45,110 --> 00:21:48,750 no stigma in my family , in my 366 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:52,390 headquarters and in God command I 367 00:21:52,390 --> 00:21:56,090 will eliminate the 368 00:21:56,090 --> 00:21:58,980 stigma with you . We will lower the 369 00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:02,190 barriers , we will increase options and 370 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:03,600 access slide . 371 00:22:08,370 --> 00:22:10,350 We do ourselves a disservice to 372 00:22:10,350 --> 00:22:12,480 casually talk about these things . 373 00:22:20,020 --> 00:22:22,187 I got an email from a load master that 374 00:22:22,187 --> 00:22:25,380 participated in Afghanistan , the evac 375 00:22:25,380 --> 00:22:29,380 portion and his email 376 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:32,040 was very detailed . I was gonna go home 377 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,090 and shoot myself but then I remembered 378 00:22:35,090 --> 00:22:36,420 the chat we had 379 00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:45,130 and his chain of command was superb in 380 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:47,297 setting the conditions for him to step 381 00:22:47,297 --> 00:22:48,297 forward 382 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:53,231 and in our conversations after I said 383 00:22:53,410 --> 00:22:56,330 what would help ? He said it would have 384 00:22:56,330 --> 00:22:58,940 helped knowing what we were getting 385 00:22:58,940 --> 00:23:02,810 into an impossible task at the time . 386 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,680 What's it feel like to hear those 387 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,736 things , see those things feel those 388 00:23:11,736 --> 00:23:14,870 things , What's it like 389 00:23:16,180 --> 00:23:18,236 to see families that are separated , 390 00:23:18,236 --> 00:23:20,458 they know for the rest of their lives . 391 00:23:20,458 --> 00:23:24,310 What's it like as you climb out 392 00:23:24,390 --> 00:23:26,446 to look down and see the hundreds of 393 00:23:26,446 --> 00:23:29,300 thousands that won't be saved . So we 394 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:33,130 need to talk about this lethality means 395 00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:36,260 we kill the enemy at scale at pace , 396 00:23:38,130 --> 00:23:41,340 put a cross hair on the challenge 397 00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:44,532 and make them regret the day they stood 398 00:23:44,532 --> 00:23:47,390 up against us 399 00:23:50,580 --> 00:23:53,890 tenacity , Courage 400 00:23:54,910 --> 00:23:58,110 fills the gap between what we have and 401 00:23:58,110 --> 00:24:01,290 what we wish we had for time 402 00:24:01,930 --> 00:24:05,670 more ammo , more planes , more booms . 403 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,440 That gap will be filled by tenacity 404 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,240 and we already talked about winning 405 00:24:13,290 --> 00:24:13,730 slide 406 00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:18,190 the challenge , 407 00:24:22,550 --> 00:24:24,970 there is a tailor made force to kill 408 00:24:24,970 --> 00:24:25,720 americans . 409 00:24:28,790 --> 00:24:31,470 There is Overmatch west of the 410 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:35,370 international date line and 411 00:24:35,370 --> 00:24:37,720 there's positional advantage here sucks 412 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,220 to be us slide , do little 413 00:24:44,220 --> 00:24:46,240 a tailor made force to kill him . 414 00:24:47,690 --> 00:24:51,230 Overmatch and positional advantage , 415 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:54,120 slide spruance , 416 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,880 a tailor made force to kill 417 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:03,800 americans . Overmatch positional 418 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,980 advantage slide . Ikar 419 00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:12,490 a tailor made force to kill Americans . 420 00:25:13,510 --> 00:25:17,220 Overmatch positional advantage 421 00:25:18,260 --> 00:25:19,427 back it up , dizzy , 422 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,000 generate your courage , aim the pointy 423 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,630 into the scary place and execute 424 00:25:33,820 --> 00:25:37,580 slide , generate your courage , aim the 425 00:25:37,580 --> 00:25:40,540 point into the scary place and execute , 426 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,160 slide , generate your courage , 427 00:25:44,670 --> 00:25:46,980 aim the pointy into the scary place and 428 00:25:46,980 --> 00:25:50,740 execute slide that's a decision , 429 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,573 this is the decisions I'm talking about , 430 00:25:57,910 --> 00:26:01,740 decide to be the magic , decide to 431 00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:05,490 be lethal , decide to be the maneuver 432 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,090 and decide to win . 433 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:10,720 Slide 434 00:26:14,350 --> 00:26:17,600 I have zero doubt 435 00:26:18,670 --> 00:26:22,210 in our tenacity , zero 436 00:26:22,210 --> 00:26:26,080 doubt that those decisions , we'll go 437 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,930 the right way and what I'm about to 438 00:26:29,930 --> 00:26:33,180 show you is long overdue 439 00:26:34,180 --> 00:26:36,236 and I accept full responsibility for 440 00:26:36,236 --> 00:26:39,740 that and the work is not done on these 441 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:41,810 build it up , 442 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,880 this joins the thousands that have 443 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,102 already been approved at the wing level 444 00:26:53,050 --> 00:26:56,900 tenacity courage 445 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,840 that filled the gap between what we 446 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,500 have and what we wish we had . 447 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:06,878 Please give yourself a round of 448 00:27:06,878 --> 00:27:07,878 applause on this 449 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,060 recognition is powerful and essential 450 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:25,050 in the military . We'll be buried in 451 00:27:25,050 --> 00:27:25,660 these . 452 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,390 It's a powerful statement but it's not 453 00:27:32,390 --> 00:27:34,850 the most powerful statement martin . 454 00:27:34,850 --> 00:27:36,961 Will you please join me up on stage ? 455 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,370 The most powerful statement is one from 456 00:27:41,370 --> 00:27:43,600 someone who benefited from that courage 457 00:27:43,670 --> 00:27:46,090 and that tenacity I introduced to you 458 00:27:46,090 --> 00:27:46,700 mara . 459 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,340 Hello everyone . My name is Mark , I'm 460 00:28:03,340 --> 00:28:06,770 from Afghanistan Last year 461 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:10,640 2021 15 of against I'll leave 462 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,810 Afghanistan . Um I'll leave home . 463 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,920 And I , it was early morning that my 464 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,630 mom told me to go because we need money 465 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,710 and I didn't receive my salary and I 466 00:28:23,710 --> 00:28:27,540 need to go and throughout it will pick 467 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:30,450 up some money from my savings And I 468 00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:32,810 mean I'm looking for the DTM 469 00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:36,790 and I went to the 470 00:28:36,790 --> 00:28:39,580 different A . T . M . And I couldn't 471 00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:42,640 find any and I called my boss is in a 472 00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:47,020 airport which I was an air traffic 473 00:28:47,020 --> 00:28:50,440 controller and I asked my boss can 474 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,330 I use the A . T . M . And 475 00:28:54,330 --> 00:28:57,140 a Kabul airport 476 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,160 and he told me that I'm not 477 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,382 sure that but you can come and try it . 478 00:29:04,382 --> 00:29:06,630 But when I went there and I was out of 479 00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:08,686 the money and I leave it there and I 480 00:29:08,686 --> 00:29:10,741 decided to go to the main branch and 481 00:29:10,741 --> 00:29:12,830 picked up some money from there and 482 00:29:12,830 --> 00:29:15,580 that day I feel like something is 483 00:29:15,590 --> 00:29:19,060 really , really it's hurt and I feel 484 00:29:19,060 --> 00:29:21,420 like something is wrong . The people 485 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:24,320 was so much freaked out . The traffic 486 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,870 was was bumper to bumper 487 00:29:27,980 --> 00:29:31,970 and it was a day that I could , I 488 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:35,530 feel like something is going to happen 489 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,270 and I was and that most of the road was 490 00:29:40,270 --> 00:29:43,050 closed and I walked to the main bridge 491 00:29:43,060 --> 00:29:45,820 and I see that the old people is 492 00:29:45,820 --> 00:29:49,750 running even they're stepping on 493 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:51,528 the car and they're running and 494 00:29:51,528 --> 00:29:55,510 screaming and yelling and I was so 495 00:29:55,510 --> 00:29:59,300 scared because what as an afghan that I 496 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:01,770 was growing up there , I always expect 497 00:30:01,770 --> 00:30:03,826 that there will be exclusion because 498 00:30:03,826 --> 00:30:07,490 it's what we have every most most of 499 00:30:07,490 --> 00:30:11,380 the time every day or a couple of 500 00:30:11,390 --> 00:30:14,430 times many times and the and I thought 501 00:30:14,430 --> 00:30:16,710 it's an explosion and I hold myself in 502 00:30:16,710 --> 00:30:18,950 the age of the shop that when the 503 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:21,061 people is crossing and I asked one of 504 00:30:21,061 --> 00:30:23,580 the lady and I asked her that what 505 00:30:23,580 --> 00:30:24,250 happened 506 00:30:28,140 --> 00:30:31,750 and she said that the taliban entered 507 00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:32,530 to the Kabul 508 00:30:36,550 --> 00:30:39,160 and I didn't expect that that much easy 509 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,030 will happen . And I was running with 510 00:30:43,030 --> 00:30:44,300 the people and then 511 00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:49,350 and then my mom called me and asked me 512 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:55,330 are you going to come home and I'm like 513 00:30:55,340 --> 00:30:58,760 no there was taliban was already 514 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,780 between me and the home . And I called 515 00:31:01,780 --> 00:31:04,290 the boss , my boss and he told me to 516 00:31:04,370 --> 00:31:07,150 come to the airport , here's it . 517 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,510 And I ran all the way to the airport 518 00:31:11,510 --> 00:31:15,060 and I the Afghanistan flag was 519 00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:18,960 full on the ground fall off in the 520 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,910 ground and I it 521 00:31:22,910 --> 00:31:25,150 just holds so much pain . 522 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,570 So many local and soldiers or military 523 00:31:36,570 --> 00:31:39,970 in Afghanistan die for for that . 524 00:31:43,490 --> 00:31:46,590 And I went to the to the tower and my 525 00:31:46,590 --> 00:31:50,490 boss and everyone was there . I was my 526 00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:54,290 my my brain was it was 527 00:31:54,290 --> 00:31:56,870 freezing and I didn't realize what to 528 00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:59,520 do , where should I go what's going to 529 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,440 happen ? And then there 530 00:32:03,450 --> 00:32:06,160 is moving we are moving to the north 531 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,110 side which was uh Kyle 532 00:32:10,460 --> 00:32:14,130 and we was I was there for three days 533 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:16,550 and were hidden in a 534 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,340 hunger and I hear in a 535 00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:24,520 so many shoot so many people crying so 536 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,210 many people is yelling and they're all 537 00:32:27,210 --> 00:32:30,910 run inside the airport and the first is 538 00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:33,860 to spend that way and in a night 539 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,610 I was I didn't I really wasn't 540 00:32:39,610 --> 00:32:41,590 sure what's going to happen to me 541 00:32:42,170 --> 00:32:45,330 because I couldn't leave and if they 542 00:32:45,340 --> 00:32:48,000 arrest me with my I . D . That I worked 543 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,950 with americans and I'm I was they 544 00:32:51,950 --> 00:32:55,610 were killed me and 545 00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:02,740 and this is the second day I 546 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:05,930 mai one of co workers camps and he was 547 00:33:05,930 --> 00:33:09,920 so so sad and he's with all the tear 548 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,800 on his eye and he told me that people 549 00:33:12,810 --> 00:33:15,080 fall off the the airplane . 550 00:33:16,850 --> 00:33:19,470 And he showed me the video that that 551 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,580 after C-17 depart . The people that 552 00:33:22,580 --> 00:33:24,940 follow from the that there hold 553 00:33:24,940 --> 00:33:27,890 themselves on the on the airplane they 554 00:33:27,900 --> 00:33:31,300 fall off the local people house 555 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,540 rough 556 00:33:36,970 --> 00:33:39,480 and and that that day night I 557 00:33:40,570 --> 00:33:42,910 they're told us that we're going to 558 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,810 leave . I mean the company like that I 559 00:33:46,810 --> 00:33:48,977 work with them and they're saying that 560 00:33:48,977 --> 00:33:52,500 we are going to leave , they're 561 00:33:52,510 --> 00:33:55,600 after we are done and they will 562 00:33:55,610 --> 00:33:57,410 evacuate you guys as well . 563 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,800 But they couldn't trust that anymore . 564 00:34:02,810 --> 00:34:05,710 And I was like if they're living then 565 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,200 they were Taliban . Well can came 566 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,070 inside that year in here as well and I 567 00:34:12,070 --> 00:34:15,350 decided I wish to leave that time . But 568 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,650 there was 3:00 in the night that 569 00:34:17,650 --> 00:34:20,740 they're told us that that we we 570 00:34:20,740 --> 00:34:22,796 canceled the flight tomorrow we will 571 00:34:22,796 --> 00:34:24,684 talk more . And then the next day 572 00:34:24,684 --> 00:34:26,920 they're told us late to be ready and it 573 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,142 was six in the morning and they told us 574 00:34:29,142 --> 00:34:30,950 to be ready that we are living 575 00:34:34,450 --> 00:34:38,140 when I heard it . And I I 576 00:34:38,140 --> 00:34:42,030 only I want I know I know 577 00:34:42,030 --> 00:34:45,270 that they're weird leave but to where I 578 00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:49,020 didn't know . And I called my mom and I 579 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:51,400 told my mom that I'm going to leave 580 00:34:51,410 --> 00:34:52,460 Afghanistan 581 00:34:57,890 --> 00:35:00,620 because I only live with my purse 582 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:02,670 and my 583 00:35:06,450 --> 00:35:10,310 my pajama like only I have mike hey job 584 00:35:10,310 --> 00:35:13,560 on my mom couldn't believe in . She 585 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,100 said no I'm still waiting to come back 586 00:35:21,860 --> 00:35:24,138 and then my mom said that we are going . 587 00:35:24,138 --> 00:35:25,730 Then I say , I don't know 588 00:35:27,390 --> 00:35:31,200 there we're flying 589 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,530 out and I will let you know as soon as 590 00:35:33,530 --> 00:35:37,120 I , I find the wifi or anything 591 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,100 and I was in adora and slowly 592 00:35:42,550 --> 00:35:45,340 slowly back to john doe had to , 593 00:35:47,330 --> 00:35:50,730 To Philadelphia and Philadelphia there 594 00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:53,870 send us to the Indiana . I was in 595 00:35:53,870 --> 00:35:57,820 Indiana basis for 41 days and and in 596 00:35:57,820 --> 00:35:59,990 october I making a Utah 597 00:36:04,980 --> 00:36:07,810 but I really appreciate that you guys 598 00:36:07,810 --> 00:36:11,400 have , you are saved my 599 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:15,400 life and because of you , 600 00:36:15,410 --> 00:36:18,610 I have my freedom here . I started my 601 00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:22,500 college , I have a job , I 602 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:23,740 drive my own car . 603 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:28,650 I do have my puppy 604 00:36:32,580 --> 00:36:36,270 and my new nice and kind family 605 00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:37,610 family 606 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,780 and thank you so much for everything 607 00:36:43,780 --> 00:36:45,669 you got done for me . Thank you . 608 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,870 Nice job . I'm gonna tell him you 609 00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:26,100 proud of you proud of you . Hey secret , 610 00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:28,054 she's starting flight training and 611 00:37:28,054 --> 00:37:30,054 we're more than happy taker and Air 612 00:37:30,054 --> 00:37:32,277 mobility command All those in favor say 613 00:37:32,277 --> 00:37:34,332 aye , aye , ayes have it . Thank you 614 00:37:34,332 --> 00:37:33,600 mara . 615 00:37:45,420 --> 00:37:48,260 Alright , we're back to anthems . There 616 00:37:48,260 --> 00:37:49,670 are anthems in my life . 617 00:37:52,990 --> 00:37:55,910 I got two more . My newest and my 618 00:37:55,910 --> 00:37:56,480 oldest 619 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:02,610 and the newest came from the scott Air 620 00:38:02,610 --> 00:38:05,800 Force Base Air Force ball in september 621 00:38:06,110 --> 00:38:09,110 which was magnificent . It's been 622 00:38:09,110 --> 00:38:11,370 pretty tough that scott 623 00:38:13,380 --> 00:38:15,602 with a lot of hard work going on and we 624 00:38:15,602 --> 00:38:17,658 lost an incredible airman named Zach 625 00:38:17,658 --> 00:38:20,100 all , we spent a lot of time in the 626 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:23,010 hangar doing change of command 627 00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:26,950 retirements and memorial services . And 628 00:38:26,950 --> 00:38:29,280 so part of the discussion part of my 629 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,240 speech at the Air Force ball was As 630 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:35,184 we celebrate 75 years . The United 631 00:38:35,184 --> 00:38:37,140 States Air Force is more about the 632 00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:40,200 future than it is the past . Certainly 633 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,600 there's a relationship there and 634 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,560 certainly we build off of it and I 635 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,930 talked about How I wanted to come back 636 00:38:48,930 --> 00:38:50,900 for the 100th birthday 637 00:38:53,210 --> 00:38:56,170 of the Air Force And somehow mentally 638 00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:58,170 acknowledged that that would mean I 639 00:38:58,170 --> 00:39:01,930 would be 80 and I talked about a few 640 00:39:01,930 --> 00:39:04,820 things I would like to see and I would 641 00:39:04,820 --> 00:39:06,987 like to walk into that hangar at scott 642 00:39:06,987 --> 00:39:08,987 on the 100th anniversary of the Air 643 00:39:08,987 --> 00:39:11,860 Force with my bride who will still be 644 00:39:11,870 --> 00:39:15,770 amazingly hot and I talked about 645 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,950 how I wanted my mess dress to fit a 646 00:39:17,950 --> 00:39:19,672 little looser , especially the 647 00:39:19,672 --> 00:39:23,070 cummerbund and I talked about that . I 648 00:39:23,070 --> 00:39:24,490 wanted my kids behind me 649 00:39:27,370 --> 00:39:31,330 with their kids hopefully and I 650 00:39:31,330 --> 00:39:33,441 wanted them to enjoy the sing song of 651 00:39:33,441 --> 00:39:37,070 an airbase , the sound of jets , 652 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,900 the sound of props punishing the air 653 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:45,660 into submission . The bugles 654 00:39:47,060 --> 00:39:50,970 for readily retreat 655 00:39:52,330 --> 00:39:55,520 and taps . We talked about that . I 656 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,990 wanted them to know it was worth it 657 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,911 that the investment that we make into 658 00:40:03,911 --> 00:40:07,690 this country is worth it . That 659 00:40:07,690 --> 00:40:09,740 America is loving within love that 660 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:13,400 America is in love with itself and that 661 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,622 americans are in love with each other , 662 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,210 that our peace prosperity and prestige 663 00:40:26,420 --> 00:40:27,420 it strengthened 664 00:40:30,690 --> 00:40:33,870 And then I talked about that . I wanted 665 00:40:33,870 --> 00:40:35,926 to be surrounded by airmen in an air 666 00:40:35,926 --> 00:40:39,680 Force that were 667 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,880 better than me on their average day 668 00:40:43,950 --> 00:40:45,783 than I ever was on my best day . 669 00:40:47,980 --> 00:40:50,091 And so I thought I had delivered this 670 00:40:50,091 --> 00:40:53,890 message so eloquently and then 671 00:40:53,890 --> 00:40:55,834 jesse with this song happened . Go 672 00:40:55,834 --> 00:40:56,834 ahead , jesse . 673 00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:15,090 Um 674 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,510 I'm standing here outside 675 00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:26,800 to say , 676 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,390 but the dawn is breaking . It's early 677 00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:36,610 morn . The taxi's waiting , he's 678 00:41:36,610 --> 00:41:39,250 blowing his already . 679 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,510 Hold me like you 680 00:42:57,660 --> 00:42:58,882 give her a round of , 681 00:43:12,980 --> 00:43:15,091 I want to sing in a band but I had to 682 00:43:15,091 --> 00:43:17,202 command a band before I could sing in 683 00:43:17,202 --> 00:43:20,590 one . That's how bad my voice is . So 684 00:43:21,730 --> 00:43:25,000 if you ruin O A . R , please stand up 685 00:43:26,340 --> 00:43:27,340 in any capacity . 686 00:43:31,770 --> 00:43:34,670 If you're part of the the gallant unit 687 00:43:35,620 --> 00:43:37,731 of the six 21st C . R . G . Just wave 688 00:43:37,731 --> 00:43:39,842 your hand like this . Go , everyone's 689 00:43:39,842 --> 00:43:39,720 gonna stand up . Don't worry , we're 690 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:42,730 all gonna get there brother . If you 691 00:43:42,730 --> 00:43:44,952 fly fixer support the United States Air 692 00:43:44,952 --> 00:43:45,952 Force stand up . 693 00:43:50,350 --> 00:43:52,461 If you're active duty , retired Guard 694 00:43:52,461 --> 00:43:54,740 Reserve family member spouse , kid , 695 00:43:54,860 --> 00:43:55,930 please stand up . 696 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:05,260 If you love an airman and the Air 697 00:44:05,260 --> 00:44:07,100 Force , please stand up . 698 00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:13,716 If you are the one person that can't 699 00:44:13,716 --> 00:44:15,716 possibly fit into everything else I 700 00:44:15,716 --> 00:44:19,520 said please stand up . 701 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,850 We did this last year . 702 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,960 This is my oldest handful . 703 00:44:32,660 --> 00:44:34,438 This is our family's fight song 704 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:38,910 and I hate it 705 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,170 when it's not sung with Passion . I 706 00:44:48,170 --> 00:44:50,870 hate the end of the ceremonies where 707 00:44:50,870 --> 00:44:52,150 it's mildly addressed 708 00:44:57,030 --> 00:45:00,950 when my grandfather sang it , he's 709 00:45:00,950 --> 00:45:02,561 saying it with glassy eyes . 710 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,967 Perhaps after the ST . Valentine's day 711 00:45:07,967 --> 00:45:10,760 massacre 14 February 1945 when only 712 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,482 half of his squadron came back 713 00:45:16,730 --> 00:45:18,841 and I guarantee you it wasn't without 714 00:45:18,841 --> 00:45:18,600 passion . 715 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,369 Sing it like your pits and Bargor 716 00:45:25,369 --> 00:45:27,740 Squadron where the P . J . Doesn't come 717 00:45:27,740 --> 00:45:30,520 up the rope , the rope is empty 718 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:35,750 or inside down squadron 719 00:45:37,980 --> 00:45:40,036 where you hear about his heroics and 720 00:45:40,036 --> 00:45:41,313 how he tried to escape 721 00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:46,670 or 11 toes . Squadron might have 722 00:45:48,500 --> 00:45:50,389 after they visited him with third 723 00:45:50,389 --> 00:45:51,389 degree burns 724 00:45:54,750 --> 00:45:58,320 or Robin olds or Jackson 725 00:45:59,690 --> 00:46:03,430 or do little Or 726 00:46:03,430 --> 00:46:07,070 perhaps like 124,000 that are now in 727 00:46:07,070 --> 00:46:09,292 pursuit of life , liberty and happiness 728 00:46:11,220 --> 00:46:13,220 or like Zach Hall might , if he had 729 00:46:13,220 --> 00:46:16,020 just one more time to be at a T . A . 730 00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:23,811 Sing it like that , 731 00:46:27,430 --> 00:46:30,550 snuggle up a little bit , get close to 732 00:46:30,550 --> 00:46:33,370 each other . Thanks chief for doing 733 00:46:33,370 --> 00:46:36,430 that . You gotta do that . We're gonna 734 00:46:36,430 --> 00:46:38,486 rip this once and we're gonna rip it 735 00:46:38,486 --> 00:46:41,250 loud in honor of who we are , 736 00:46:42,190 --> 00:46:46,190 what we represent in honor of the magic , 737 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,047 in honor of the lethality that we will 738 00:46:50,047 --> 00:46:53,560 wield for this nation . An honor for 739 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,616 the maneuver . We will guarantee the 740 00:46:55,616 --> 00:46:59,160 joint force and ultimately for the 741 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:03,000 victory we will secure . Now the 742 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,056 last thing you need to hear is me on 743 00:47:05,056 --> 00:47:07,167 mic singing this song . So whoever is 744 00:47:07,167 --> 00:47:09,500 in charge of the mike after I say three , 745 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:13,360 please cut me off for a hot second 1 , 746 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,670 2 , 3 off we go . 747 00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:47,700 All right . 748 00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,440 All right . Almost done 749 00:47:57,500 --> 00:48:01,430 rules of a T . A . Have fun . Please 750 00:48:01,430 --> 00:48:03,152 do have motion for breakfast . 751 00:48:08,180 --> 00:48:10,291 I told you I retired , there's plenty 752 00:48:10,291 --> 00:48:14,080 available now . Please 753 00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,950 do have a reuniting with a friend 754 00:48:18,460 --> 00:48:20,349 and with folks you haven't seen . 755 00:48:20,349 --> 00:48:24,300 Please do meet somebody new . Please do 756 00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:28,160 get passionate about who 757 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,382 we are . This is our time . This is our 758 00:48:30,382 --> 00:48:33,010 celebration and it's okay to walk with 759 00:48:33,010 --> 00:48:36,360 swag and be a bit cocky . Please do go 760 00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:38,471 to the seminars and learn something . 761 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,750 We've really worked hard on that . So 762 00:48:41,750 --> 00:48:45,740 please do all that . Was that at a 763 00:48:45,740 --> 00:48:49,420 session with people that are of similar 764 00:48:49,420 --> 00:48:53,130 rank at me and they said the only place 765 00:48:53,130 --> 00:48:55,297 you see direct orders is in the movies 766 00:48:56,650 --> 00:48:57,400 bullshit . 767 00:49:02,190 --> 00:49:05,010 So if you're in uniform , please do 768 00:49:05,010 --> 00:49:06,732 standard attention right now , 769 00:49:10,460 --> 00:49:13,860 direct order , don't hold back . 770 00:49:17,110 --> 00:49:21,000 Direct order , don't hold 771 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:21,790 back , 772 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,680 move forward . 773 00:49:29,090 --> 00:49:32,180 There is no time to waste . 774 00:49:35,170 --> 00:49:37,059 We're gonna do this three times . 775 00:49:40,340 --> 00:49:42,562 When I say , let's go and you repeat it 776 00:49:42,562 --> 00:49:44,229 the first time , it means you 777 00:49:44,229 --> 00:49:46,630 understand your order . Let's go the 778 00:49:46,630 --> 00:49:49,540 second time . It means 779 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:52,862 that I appreciate the oath you took the 780 00:49:52,862 --> 00:49:55,540 uniform where the mission you get after 781 00:49:55,540 --> 00:49:57,740 the passion in which you get after it 782 00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:04,360 and that I know we 783 00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,640 got each other's back , let's go last 784 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:11,330 one . All this is meaningless . 785 00:50:14,990 --> 00:50:17,101 If you don't back it up with action . 786 00:50:18,220 --> 00:50:21,820 Great speech awesome song . 787 00:50:22,620 --> 00:50:25,980 Great seminars meaningless 788 00:50:27,150 --> 00:50:30,200 unless you go back to your unit and get 789 00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:34,070 after it , let's go 790 00:50:36,050 --> 00:50:37,994 see you on the floor . Have a good 791 00:50:37,994 --> 00:50:37,330 night .