WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:03.349 Right outside of it . As an athlete , 00:03.410 --> 00:05.521 when you're getting ready to run your 00:05.521 --> 00:05.380 race , you don't just get up and run 00:05.380 --> 00:07.750 your race . You train for it ahead of 00:07.750 --> 00:09.861 time and then you're mentally walking 00:09.861 --> 00:11.917 through the thought process . That's 00:11.917 --> 00:13.306 what organs do for you . 00:17.250 --> 00:19.250 So the first thing I want people to 00:19.250 --> 00:21.250 understand it's not really a game , 00:21.250 --> 00:23.361 it's really preparation for war , and 00:23.361 --> 00:25.472 ultimately war games are really there 00:25.472 --> 00:27.694 to train our force , take a look at how 00:27.694 --> 00:29.861 we should invest in our resources , as 00:29.861 --> 00:32.083 well as teaching decision makers how to 00:32.083 --> 00:34.194 make decisions in a zerog environment 00:34.194 --> 00:36.472 so they can learn the good and the bad , 00:36.472 --> 00:38.472 bringing in experts from around the 00:38.472 --> 00:40.306 Department of Defense , whole of 00:40.306 --> 00:42.417 government , State Department , etc . 00:42.417 --> 00:44.028 to provide the most accurate 00:44.028 --> 00:46.139 representation of what we think , how 00:46.139 --> 00:48.250 the US would respond . As well as how 00:48.250 --> 00:50.194 we think our adversaries think and 00:50.194 --> 00:52.417 react to the battle space environment . 00:52.417 --> 00:54.583 War games could be anywhere from a 500 00:54.583 --> 00:56.806 war game , large blue force , large red 00:56.806 --> 00:58.694 force down to 50 people in a room 00:58.694 --> 01:00.750 working through issues and resolving 01:00.750 --> 01:02.909 those in real time with a very small 01:02.909 --> 01:05.131 amount of cost , we can do war games to 01:05.131 --> 01:07.131 prep for that stuff up front . It's 01:07.131 --> 01:09.353 perm cost , right ? A couple of airline 01:09.353 --> 01:09.309 tickets , a little bit of money before 01:09.309 --> 01:11.420 you're here , and so it's pittance on 01:11.420 --> 01:13.365 the overall amount of money for an 01:13.365 --> 01:15.531 exercise . So we can do again the reps 01:15.531 --> 01:17.970 and sets . Why would want to waste half 01:17.970 --> 01:20.250 a billion dollars doing an exercise and 01:20.250 --> 01:22.472 then we spend the entire time trying to 01:22.472 --> 01:24.639 resolve issues , we lose all that time 01:24.639 --> 01:27.050 and capability . If I can't train as a 01:27.050 --> 01:29.330 joint force in a non-threatening 01:29.330 --> 01:31.552 environment at zero Gs , how am I going 01:31.552 --> 01:33.849 to do that in ? We have to go back to 01:33.849 --> 01:36.016 what we knew and how we trained in the 01:36.016 --> 01:38.238 80s and the way to do that is exercises 01:38.238 --> 01:40.405 and war games . So these exercises are 01:40.405 --> 01:42.571 gonna help us one break down the stove 01:42.571 --> 01:44.738 pipes , learn how to integrate , learn 01:44.738 --> 01:44.330 how to collaborate and how to be more 01:44.330 --> 01:45.919 effective as an air force . 01:58.500 --> 01:59.209 I up in here .