1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:10,939 Good afternoon and welcome to the 3 00:00:10,939 --> 00:00:12,994 Campaign of Learning warfighter Talk 4 00:00:12,994 --> 00:00:14,883 hosted by Lieutenant General Mark 5 00:00:14,883 --> 00:00:16,883 Simmerly . A special welcome to the 6 00:00:16,883 --> 00:00:18,661 members of the DLA team who are 7 00:00:18,661 --> 00:00:20,883 watching remotely . I'm Jake Boyer with 8 00:00:20,883 --> 00:00:22,939 DLA Public Affairs , your MC today . 9 00:00:24,219 --> 00:00:25,608 This meeting is locked . 10 00:00:30,129 --> 00:00:32,073 I would like to welcome Mr . Brian 11 00:00:32,073 --> 00:00:34,240 Marcus , foreign policy advisor at the 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,296 Office of the Director , for opening 13 00:00:36,296 --> 00:00:37,296 remarks . 14 00:00:44,529 --> 00:00:46,640 Thank you . Good afternoon , everyone 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,090 here and on the net . It is such an 16 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:50,812 honor for me to serve as State 17 00:00:50,812 --> 00:00:52,979 Department foreign policy advisor here 18 00:00:52,979 --> 00:00:55,770 at DLA . No matter where we look around 19 00:00:55,770 --> 00:00:58,349 the world , we can see existing or 20 00:00:58,349 --> 00:01:00,650 potential risks where logistics can be 21 00:01:00,650 --> 00:01:03,509 contested . Illuminating and overcoming 22 00:01:03,509 --> 00:01:05,910 those risks requires strong 23 00:01:05,910 --> 00:01:08,589 partnerships like the one between DLA 24 00:01:08,589 --> 00:01:10,589 and the State Department . This 25 00:01:10,589 --> 00:01:12,422 afternoon , it is my pleasure to 26 00:01:12,422 --> 00:01:14,645 welcome back to Fort Belvoir , a friend 27 00:01:14,645 --> 00:01:16,811 and colleague to me and to many others 28 00:01:16,811 --> 00:01:18,830 at DLA and throughout the larger 29 00:01:18,830 --> 00:01:21,040 interagency logistics community . 30 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,662 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 31 00:01:23,662 --> 00:01:25,839 Global Operations Seth Green , Dass 32 00:01:25,839 --> 00:01:27,839 Green has a record of distinguished 33 00:01:27,839 --> 00:01:30,400 service both at home and overseas . He 34 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,567 brings to bear a range of perspectives 35 00:01:32,567 --> 00:01:34,678 from his Foreign Service , security , 36 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:36,839 and logistics background and his 37 00:01:36,839 --> 00:01:39,949 private sector experience . His bureau 38 00:01:39,949 --> 00:01:42,309 is a key node in the state DLA 39 00:01:42,309 --> 00:01:44,510 relationship . We're so fortunate to 40 00:01:44,510 --> 00:01:46,790 have the benefit of his expertise as 41 00:01:46,790 --> 00:01:49,750 part of the Warfighter series . Please 42 00:01:49,750 --> 00:01:52,389 join me in welcoming to the stage DLA's 43 00:01:52,389 --> 00:01:54,589 partner and friend , Deputy Assistant 44 00:01:54,589 --> 00:01:56,478 Secretary of State , Seth Green . 45 00:02:00,169 --> 00:02:01,169 Thank you . 46 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,620 Well , good afternoon , everyone . And 47 00:02:08,339 --> 00:02:11,330 thanks Brian and uh uh it's a privilege 48 00:02:11,330 --> 00:02:13,497 to be here with you all today . I know 49 00:02:13,497 --> 00:02:15,608 I'm coming after lunch , so we'll try 50 00:02:15,608 --> 00:02:17,941 to try to keep it uh keep it light . Um , 51 00:02:17,941 --> 00:02:20,163 I've had the honor of working alongside 52 00:02:20,163 --> 00:02:22,330 my military colleagues for the past 24 53 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:24,497 years uh across Central Asia , Eastern 54 00:02:24,497 --> 00:02:26,719 Europe , the Middle East , and Africa , 55 00:02:26,719 --> 00:02:28,941 and today my portfolio has given me the 56 00:02:28,941 --> 00:02:31,163 honor of working alongside the military 57 00:02:31,163 --> 00:02:33,386 logisticians across every COCOM defense 58 00:02:33,386 --> 00:02:35,552 activity in the Pentagon . And to host 59 00:02:35,552 --> 00:02:37,719 uh DLA's uh liaison for the Department 60 00:02:37,719 --> 00:02:39,719 of State , uh , working together to 61 00:02:39,719 --> 00:02:39,250 advance US national security and 62 00:02:39,250 --> 00:02:42,360 foreign policy . Uh , now I know , uh , 63 00:02:42,570 --> 00:02:44,889 diplomacy and military logistics may 64 00:02:44,889 --> 00:02:47,056 seem like distant cousins , um , but I 65 00:02:47,056 --> 00:02:49,056 was , uh , reminded over the recent 66 00:02:49,056 --> 00:02:51,289 July 4th weekend how critical diplomacy 67 00:02:51,289 --> 00:02:53,178 and military logistics are to our 68 00:02:53,178 --> 00:02:56,130 nation , um , actually from the 69 00:02:56,130 --> 00:02:58,241 beginning of our , uh , of our shared 70 00:02:58,241 --> 00:03:00,241 history , our nation was founded on 71 00:03:00,241 --> 00:03:02,519 this partnership . Uh , so I know , uh , 72 00:03:02,519 --> 00:03:04,852 our military logisticians all loved the , 73 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:06,860 uh , the , uh , General Eisenhower 74 00:03:06,860 --> 00:03:09,138 quote about , uh , logistics wins wars , 75 00:03:09,138 --> 00:03:11,589 uh , in the dip , uh , diplomatic corps 76 00:03:11,589 --> 00:03:13,367 where it was quoting , uh , Ben 77 00:03:13,367 --> 00:03:15,478 Franklin . So , uh , I wanna take you 78 00:03:15,478 --> 00:03:18,110 back to , uh , 1776 , right ? Uh , Ben 79 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:20,509 Franklin , 70 years old , famously 80 00:03:20,509 --> 00:03:22,565 clever , chronically uncomfortable , 81 00:03:22,565 --> 00:03:24,565 was sent across the Atlantic by the 82 00:03:24,565 --> 00:03:26,731 Continental Congress on a mission that 83 00:03:26,731 --> 00:03:28,898 quite literally determined whether the 84 00:03:28,898 --> 00:03:31,120 United States would survive . He packed 85 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:30,570 up his household , his office , his 86 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:33,119 supplies , his diplomatic cargo , and , 87 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:36,520 uh , jumped on the , uh , not a cushy 88 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,330 passenger ship , but , uh , the 89 00:03:38,330 --> 00:03:40,610 reprisal , which was a continental Navy 90 00:03:40,610 --> 00:03:42,666 warship under the command of Captain 91 00:03:42,666 --> 00:03:44,777 Lambert Wicks . This was the military 92 00:03:44,777 --> 00:03:47,054 transportation network of its day . Um , 93 00:03:47,054 --> 00:03:49,166 the voyage was treacherous , uh , bad 94 00:03:49,166 --> 00:03:51,166 weather , British patrols , leaking 95 00:03:51,166 --> 00:03:53,054 hull , uh , but Franklin knew the 96 00:03:53,054 --> 00:03:55,110 stakes , and he wasn't just carrying 97 00:03:55,110 --> 00:03:54,320 letters , he was carrying the hope of 98 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,750 our nation . Uh , he arrived in France 99 00:03:56,750 --> 00:03:58,917 not with an army , but with strategy , 100 00:03:58,917 --> 00:04:01,028 charm , and urgency . His mission was 101 00:04:01,028 --> 00:04:03,139 to secure French support , military , 102 00:04:03,139 --> 00:04:05,361 financial , and logistics , and through 103 00:04:05,361 --> 00:04:07,472 relentless diplomacy against enormous 104 00:04:07,472 --> 00:04:09,528 odds , he succeeded . Empowered by a 105 00:04:09,528 --> 00:04:11,250 revolutionary government , his 106 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,417 diplomacy saved our infant nation . In 107 00:04:13,417 --> 00:04:15,472 1778 , thanks to Franklin's effort , 108 00:04:15,472 --> 00:04:17,639 France formally allied with the United 109 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:19,861 States , and that alliance brought with 110 00:04:19,861 --> 00:04:21,861 it troops , ships , gunpowder , and 111 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:21,859 money , exactly what Washington's army 112 00:04:21,859 --> 00:04:24,029 needed . Yorktown doesn't happen 113 00:04:24,029 --> 00:04:26,390 without French cannons and French cash , 114 00:04:26,670 --> 00:04:28,670 and those French assets didn't fall 115 00:04:28,670 --> 00:04:30,670 from the sky . They had to be moved 116 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:32,781 back from France to the United States 117 00:04:32,781 --> 00:04:36,290 by DLA's predecessors , uh . Logistics 118 00:04:36,290 --> 00:04:38,457 makes victories possible and diplomacy 119 00:04:38,457 --> 00:04:40,570 makes logistics happen . So I wanna 120 00:04:40,570 --> 00:04:42,792 fast forward to today and talk a little 121 00:04:42,792 --> 00:04:44,626 bit about how we plot our course 122 00:04:44,626 --> 00:04:46,514 together , where we need to go to 123 00:04:46,514 --> 00:04:46,459 continue making victories of tomorrow 124 00:04:46,459 --> 00:04:48,626 possible . I'm gonna talk a little bit 125 00:04:48,626 --> 00:04:50,848 about the State Department and our role 126 00:04:50,848 --> 00:04:52,737 in national security strategy and 127 00:04:52,737 --> 00:04:54,959 enterprise , as well as how we tie into 128 00:04:54,959 --> 00:04:57,181 the interagency , uh , with DOD and DLA 129 00:04:57,181 --> 00:04:59,292 specifically . I'll talk a little bit 130 00:04:59,292 --> 00:05:01,292 about , uh , the State Department's 131 00:05:01,292 --> 00:05:03,570 logistics network , uh , both our , uh , 132 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:05,737 headquarters level as well as our post 133 00:05:05,737 --> 00:05:08,015 level logistics operations . I'll , uh , 134 00:05:08,015 --> 00:05:10,181 touch on our DLA partnership currently 135 00:05:10,181 --> 00:05:10,049 and then I wanna talk about , uh , 136 00:05:10,059 --> 00:05:12,220 global competition and our collective 137 00:05:12,220 --> 00:05:14,442 impact on global presence and contested 138 00:05:14,442 --> 00:05:17,059 logistics at the end , uh , I'll talk a 139 00:05:17,059 --> 00:05:19,170 little bit more about how DLA , uh , 140 00:05:19,179 --> 00:05:23,100 can engage with state as needed . So 141 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:24,933 to start out , what is the State 142 00:05:24,933 --> 00:05:27,044 Department ? We're the oldest cabinet 143 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:29,267 department with the mission to protect 144 00:05:29,267 --> 00:05:31,433 and promote US security , prosperity , 145 00:05:31,433 --> 00:05:33,378 and democratic values and shape an 146 00:05:33,378 --> 00:05:35,544 international environment in which all 147 00:05:35,544 --> 00:05:37,767 Americans can thrive . Well , the State 148 00:05:37,767 --> 00:05:37,500 Department provides our global 149 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:39,722 diplomatic platforms around the world , 150 00:05:39,722 --> 00:05:41,778 uh , we have about 270 embassies and 151 00:05:41,778 --> 00:05:43,778 consulates in about 160 countries . 152 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:46,093 They're all headed by a chief of 153 00:05:46,093 --> 00:05:48,316 mission who is the president's personal 154 00:05:48,316 --> 00:05:50,427 representative . The State Department 155 00:05:50,427 --> 00:05:52,316 uh provides that platform for the 156 00:05:52,316 --> 00:05:54,093 entire diplomatic defense , law 157 00:05:54,093 --> 00:05:55,982 enforcement and national security 158 00:05:55,982 --> 00:05:58,204 enterprises in order to engage with our 159 00:05:58,204 --> 00:06:00,371 host governments , um , and state also 160 00:06:00,371 --> 00:06:02,538 manages that management platform which 161 00:06:02,538 --> 00:06:04,704 includes logistics operations in order 162 00:06:04,704 --> 00:06:06,371 to enable all of our whole of 163 00:06:06,371 --> 00:06:08,316 government partners to succeed and 164 00:06:08,316 --> 00:06:10,482 execute the administration's agenda in 165 00:06:10,482 --> 00:06:12,427 their country of assignment . Next 166 00:06:12,427 --> 00:06:14,593 slide please . Our diplomatic missions 167 00:06:14,593 --> 00:06:16,760 exist to protect American citizens and 168 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,927 US interests as well as serving as the 169 00:06:18,927 --> 00:06:21,149 focal point for bilateral relationships 170 00:06:21,149 --> 00:06:23,093 and in some countries multilateral 171 00:06:23,093 --> 00:06:25,260 relationships . Um I just want to talk 172 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:27,371 a little bit about uh scope and scale 173 00:06:27,371 --> 00:06:31,040 so you understand uh DOD has an $850 174 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,984 billion budget a year , uh , State 175 00:06:32,984 --> 00:06:35,040 Department's is $63 billion which is 176 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,010 about 7.5%. Uh , DOD has about 3 177 00:06:39,010 --> 00:06:41,209 million employees . Uh , Department of 178 00:06:41,209 --> 00:06:43,410 State has about 18,000 , which is 179 00:06:43,410 --> 00:06:45,429 0.006%. 180 00:06:46,850 --> 00:06:49,600 Um , Again , and then we just ate , uh , 181 00:06:49,609 --> 00:06:52,049 lunch and want to , uh , uh , talk a 182 00:06:52,049 --> 00:06:54,271 little bit about , uh , authorities and 183 00:06:54,271 --> 00:06:56,382 resources , um , because , you know , 184 00:06:56,382 --> 00:06:58,438 being a diplomat I need to speak the 185 00:06:58,438 --> 00:07:00,549 language of , uh , of the people that 186 00:07:00,549 --> 00:07:02,716 I'm around . So , uh , but we're gonna 187 00:07:02,716 --> 00:07:02,119 do a little , uh , a little call in and 188 00:07:02,119 --> 00:07:04,649 out . So Department of Defense , you 189 00:07:04,649 --> 00:07:07,070 all have enormous , enormous resources 190 00:07:07,130 --> 00:07:09,450 and very limited authorities . State 191 00:07:09,450 --> 00:07:11,809 Department has tremendous authorities 192 00:07:11,809 --> 00:07:15,760 and very limited resources . Uh , 193 00:07:16,260 --> 00:07:18,316 for my army folks , who , how many , 194 00:07:18,316 --> 00:07:20,538 how many army folks they got here ? All 195 00:07:20,538 --> 00:07:23,079 right , well , all right , um , my 196 00:07:23,079 --> 00:07:26,769 authorities are so big . My 197 00:07:26,769 --> 00:07:28,936 authorities are so big you could drive 198 00:07:28,936 --> 00:07:31,158 an armored division through them . Uh , 199 00:07:31,158 --> 00:07:33,420 where are my navy folks at ? Sailors , 200 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:35,922 there you go . Alright , my authorities 201 00:07:35,922 --> 00:07:39,779 are so big . My authorities are 202 00:07:39,779 --> 00:07:41,946 so big you could drive a carrier group 203 00:07:41,946 --> 00:07:44,057 through them . Where are my Air Force 204 00:07:44,057 --> 00:07:46,809 folks at ? There you go , my 205 00:07:46,809 --> 00:07:50,390 authorities are so big . That's right . 206 00:07:50,489 --> 00:07:52,767 You can fly a flight wing through them . 207 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,271 All right , where are my marines at ? 208 00:07:55,929 --> 00:07:57,985 There you go . My authorities are so 209 00:07:57,985 --> 00:08:01,970 big you could run a fire team 210 00:08:01,970 --> 00:08:05,869 through them . We all , I was a , 211 00:08:05,950 --> 00:08:07,839 I was a regional security officer 212 00:08:07,839 --> 00:08:10,061 worked with Marine security guards . We 213 00:08:10,061 --> 00:08:12,117 all know that 4 Marines , they can , 214 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:11,630 they can do what a carrier group can do , 215 00:08:11,670 --> 00:08:12,670 right ? 216 00:08:16,549 --> 00:08:20,390 All right , next slide . Uh , while the 217 00:08:20,390 --> 00:08:22,612 logistics operations at state is much , 218 00:08:22,612 --> 00:08:24,557 much smaller than DOD's , it means 219 00:08:24,557 --> 00:08:26,334 we're very , we have to be very 220 00:08:26,334 --> 00:08:28,501 flexible and adaptable . It also means 221 00:08:28,501 --> 00:08:28,109 we don't have any staff . We don't have 222 00:08:28,109 --> 00:08:30,276 a planning staff . The people that are 223 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:32,553 planning are the people that are doing . 224 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:34,720 So if you look up at the slide and you 225 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:34,710 see , uh , the numbers here , all of 226 00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:37,229 this is being done by a , a , a staff , 227 00:08:37,309 --> 00:08:40,309 the fraction of , of what even , uh , a 228 00:08:40,309 --> 00:08:42,309 DLA staff has , um , so it's really 229 00:08:42,309 --> 00:08:44,489 tremendous , and what that means is 230 00:08:44,869 --> 00:08:46,869 that , uh , the Department of State 231 00:08:46,869 --> 00:08:49,419 staff that's doing the planning . May 232 00:08:49,419 --> 00:08:51,260 not have the degree of planning 233 00:08:51,260 --> 00:08:54,179 documents and con-ops and uh and and 234 00:08:54,179 --> 00:08:56,235 planning documents that you might be 235 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:58,401 used to um and we'll talk a little bit 236 00:08:58,401 --> 00:09:00,457 later about how to engage with state 237 00:09:00,457 --> 00:09:02,623 and sort of what to expect when you're 238 00:09:02,623 --> 00:09:04,568 engaging with state both in steady 239 00:09:04,568 --> 00:09:06,846 state and crisis . Next slide , please . 240 00:09:08,099 --> 00:09:10,155 So two things I wanna , I wanna make 241 00:09:10,155 --> 00:09:12,321 sure to leave you with , uh , on our , 242 00:09:12,321 --> 00:09:15,809 uh , uh , our logistics platforms , uh , 243 00:09:15,820 --> 00:09:17,987 domestically and overseas , um , is we 244 00:09:17,987 --> 00:09:20,098 are inherently distributed and we are 245 00:09:20,098 --> 00:09:22,264 inherently interagency focused . So at 246 00:09:22,264 --> 00:09:24,431 the State Department , our distributed 247 00:09:24,431 --> 00:09:26,431 logistics system is organic to each 248 00:09:26,431 --> 00:09:28,320 mission and relies heavily on the 249 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,431 commercial networks , including local 250 00:09:30,431 --> 00:09:32,709 networks to positively affect outcomes . 251 00:09:32,709 --> 00:09:34,931 Our logistics systems enable the entire 252 00:09:34,931 --> 00:09:36,764 interagency operating across our 253 00:09:36,764 --> 00:09:38,931 platform , meaning the embassies , our 254 00:09:38,931 --> 00:09:38,570 consulates , or diplomatic presence . 255 00:09:39,270 --> 00:09:41,492 My team only has two overseas logistics 256 00:09:41,492 --> 00:09:43,603 hubs , one in Antwerp , Belgium , and 257 00:09:43,603 --> 00:09:45,826 one in Frankfurt , Germany . We use the 258 00:09:45,826 --> 00:09:47,830 overseas , uh , to support Europe , 259 00:09:47,950 --> 00:09:50,283 Africa , Middle East , and Central Asia , 260 00:09:50,283 --> 00:09:52,394 and we support South America and East 261 00:09:52,394 --> 00:09:55,010 Asia out of COI . To contrast that , uh , 262 00:09:55,179 --> 00:09:57,179 DLA has a broad overseas layout of 263 00:09:57,179 --> 00:09:59,068 owned , leased , contracted , and 264 00:09:59,068 --> 00:10:01,290 episodic locations to preposition goods 265 00:10:01,290 --> 00:10:03,512 and fuel and services , and this is due 266 00:10:03,512 --> 00:10:05,401 to your broad requirement of your 267 00:10:05,401 --> 00:10:07,568 primary military customers . They need 268 00:10:07,568 --> 00:10:09,512 fuel , parts , goods , services to 269 00:10:09,512 --> 00:10:11,679 support their bases , ships , planes , 270 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:11,169 vehicles , weapons systems , equipment . 271 00:10:11,659 --> 00:10:13,659 State doesn't have a lot of these , 272 00:10:13,659 --> 00:10:15,826 right ? Um , what we have is , uh , we 273 00:10:15,826 --> 00:10:18,048 have people and we have platforms , and 274 00:10:18,048 --> 00:10:20,270 our people and platforms are what we go 275 00:10:20,270 --> 00:10:22,500 to battle with . State's role is also 276 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:24,722 to build partnerships for the entire US 277 00:10:24,722 --> 00:10:26,944 interagency for a variety of tactical , 278 00:10:26,944 --> 00:10:29,111 operational , and strategic purposes , 279 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:31,659 so we're there to enable and keep the 280 00:10:31,659 --> 00:10:33,826 conversation going between our country 281 00:10:33,826 --> 00:10:35,881 and the host country . Um , and that 282 00:10:35,881 --> 00:10:38,103 dialogue may be more subtle in the long 283 00:10:38,103 --> 00:10:40,210 term and in order to represent the 284 00:10:40,210 --> 00:10:42,432 entirety of US government interests and 285 00:10:42,432 --> 00:10:44,729 over decades , um , that doesn't mean 286 00:10:44,729 --> 00:10:46,785 there aren't difficult conversations 287 00:10:46,785 --> 00:10:49,007 had nor direct disagreements , but it's 288 00:10:49,007 --> 00:10:50,729 important that as we're having 289 00:10:50,729 --> 00:10:52,785 difficult engagements that we have a 290 00:10:52,785 --> 00:10:55,007 strategy together , uh , between , uh , 291 00:10:55,090 --> 00:10:57,257 different interagency elements and the 292 00:10:57,257 --> 00:10:59,368 State Department folks at the embassy 293 00:10:59,368 --> 00:11:01,368 so that we're not , uh , you know , 294 00:11:01,368 --> 00:11:03,257 winning a , a tactical battle and 295 00:11:03,257 --> 00:11:05,368 losing a long term war . Next slide , 296 00:11:05,368 --> 00:11:08,429 please . So 297 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:11,427 talk a little bit about how we're task 298 00:11:11,427 --> 00:11:13,593 organized at uh at headquarters . So , 299 00:11:13,690 --> 00:11:17,340 uh , I have 5 logistics 300 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:19,507 operations programs that you all might 301 00:11:19,507 --> 00:11:21,618 interact with . Uh , our first one is 302 00:11:21,618 --> 00:11:23,396 our transportation office . Our 303 00:11:23,396 --> 00:11:25,507 transportation program is responsible 304 00:11:25,507 --> 00:11:27,618 for doing , uh , personal effects for 305 00:11:27,618 --> 00:11:29,729 most of the interagency , uh , that's 306 00:11:29,729 --> 00:11:31,562 overseas at our embassies . Uh , 307 00:11:31,562 --> 00:11:33,451 including DOD , we ship the , the 308 00:11:33,451 --> 00:11:32,770 personal effects for our marine 309 00:11:32,770 --> 00:11:35,048 security guards , our defense attaches , 310 00:11:35,048 --> 00:11:38,010 our SCOs , uh , CBS . So , um , they're 311 00:11:38,010 --> 00:11:40,570 also , uh , shipping supplies primarily 312 00:11:40,570 --> 00:11:42,960 again , uh , via commercial cargo ships , 313 00:11:43,210 --> 00:11:45,520 uh , although we do use , uh , uh , 314 00:11:45,570 --> 00:11:48,130 charter air and , and such . Um , the 315 00:11:48,130 --> 00:11:50,241 next is our despatch agency network . 316 00:11:50,489 --> 00:11:52,545 Our desk dispatch agency network you 317 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,600 can think of as sort of a diplomatic 318 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,545 import export and , and , uh , CRP 319 00:11:56,545 --> 00:11:58,489 program . Um , this includes ESO , 320 00:11:58,489 --> 00:12:00,711 which is our European logistics support 321 00:12:00,711 --> 00:12:02,878 office out of Antwerp , Belgium . Um , 322 00:12:02,878 --> 00:12:04,378 this supports unclassified 323 00:12:04,378 --> 00:12:06,378 transportation , so this particular 324 00:12:06,378 --> 00:12:08,211 team also does the chartering of 325 00:12:08,211 --> 00:12:10,267 aircraft , ships , trains , trucks , 326 00:12:10,267 --> 00:12:10,239 and , uh , recently even a horse and 327 00:12:10,239 --> 00:12:12,200 buggy , um , to enable our global 328 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,919 mission , um , as well as operates our 329 00:12:14,919 --> 00:12:17,030 own expedited logistics program which 330 00:12:17,030 --> 00:12:18,919 is a sort of a catalog program of 331 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:21,030 common goods and services , uh , that 332 00:12:21,030 --> 00:12:23,363 are needed by our embassies abroad . Um , 333 00:12:23,919 --> 00:12:26,252 Uh , we have a secure logistics network , 334 00:12:26,252 --> 00:12:28,197 so they provide a full spectrum of 335 00:12:28,197 --> 00:12:30,363 classified shipment options to support 336 00:12:30,363 --> 00:12:32,363 national security operations at our 337 00:12:32,363 --> 00:12:34,363 posts abroad . We have a diplomatic 338 00:12:34,363 --> 00:12:36,141 pouch and mail team . Um , this 339 00:12:36,141 --> 00:12:35,919 includes diplomatic mail which is 340 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:39,349 similar to your , uh , APO or , uh , 341 00:12:39,770 --> 00:12:43,429 uh , APO or or MPO FPO , 342 00:12:43,590 --> 00:12:47,229 right ? Um , so ours is DPO . Uh , we 343 00:12:47,229 --> 00:12:50,969 also have our , uh . Uh , classified 344 00:12:50,969 --> 00:12:53,247 and unclassified diplomatic pouch , uh , 345 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:55,194 classified pouches are escorted by 346 00:12:55,194 --> 00:12:57,306 diplomatic couriers , and , um , just 347 00:12:57,306 --> 00:12:59,306 as a quick note for those who might 348 00:12:59,306 --> 00:13:01,083 know defense couriers , defense 349 00:13:01,083 --> 00:13:03,194 couriers can take items from CONIS or 350 00:13:03,194 --> 00:13:04,972 from a military base to another 351 00:13:04,972 --> 00:13:07,083 military base or back to CONIS . Um , 352 00:13:07,083 --> 00:13:09,139 diplomatic couriers using the Vienna 353 00:13:09,139 --> 00:13:11,361 Convention on Diplomatic Relations as a 354 00:13:11,361 --> 00:13:13,583 treaty mechanism can actually travel to 355 00:13:13,583 --> 00:13:15,750 any civilian airport , any port , um , 356 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,861 and bring classified diplomatic pouch 357 00:13:17,861 --> 00:13:19,919 through those ports uninspected . So 358 00:13:19,919 --> 00:13:21,919 for our national security this is a 359 00:13:21,919 --> 00:13:23,900 critical capability um that is not 360 00:13:23,989 --> 00:13:26,640 replicable by anyone else and we use 361 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,919 that authority uh through that treaty 362 00:13:28,919 --> 00:13:31,030 authority uh to ensure that we can 363 00:13:31,030 --> 00:13:32,919 maintain our national security uh 364 00:13:32,919 --> 00:13:34,940 equipment and information flowing 365 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,799 between the United States and uh our 366 00:13:37,799 --> 00:13:40,599 posts abroad . And finally , uh , we 367 00:13:40,599 --> 00:13:42,766 have a new program that just started , 368 00:13:42,766 --> 00:13:44,877 uh , as many of you know , um , USAID 369 00:13:44,877 --> 00:13:47,043 shut down and now the State Department 370 00:13:47,043 --> 00:13:48,988 is taking over a lot of the , uh , 371 00:13:48,988 --> 00:13:50,988 foreign assistance programs whether 372 00:13:50,988 --> 00:13:53,099 it's , uh , global food security or , 373 00:13:53,099 --> 00:13:55,099 uh , non-foodstuffs , and , uh , my 374 00:13:55,099 --> 00:13:57,429 team has been tasked with the logistics 375 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,384 program for those so we are in the 376 00:13:59,384 --> 00:14:01,440 process of developing this and we're 377 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,496 excited to work with DLA and and the 378 00:14:03,496 --> 00:14:05,551 rest of the DOD , uh , enterprise on 379 00:14:05,551 --> 00:14:07,718 figuring out how we're gonna do that . 380 00:14:07,718 --> 00:14:09,718 Uh , next slide , please . Oh , I'm 381 00:14:09,718 --> 00:14:13,520 sorry . Uh , crisis logistics , um , 382 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,820 so let me talk real quick about this . 383 00:14:17,010 --> 00:14:18,843 So how we're organized in crisis 384 00:14:18,843 --> 00:14:20,843 logistics , we have the secretary's 385 00:14:20,843 --> 00:14:22,899 task force . So the secretary's task 386 00:14:22,899 --> 00:14:24,677 force , uh , composes of , uh , 387 00:14:24,677 --> 00:14:26,621 different elements from across the 388 00:14:26,621 --> 00:14:28,843 enterprise , uh , uh , State Department 389 00:14:28,843 --> 00:14:30,954 enterprise , uh , in order to support 390 00:14:30,954 --> 00:14:33,066 the secretary and service that , uh , 391 00:14:33,066 --> 00:14:35,010 that jock . Or node , uh , for the 392 00:14:35,010 --> 00:14:37,121 secretary , uh , during , uh , during 393 00:14:37,121 --> 00:14:39,177 crisis we also charter aircrafts and 394 00:14:39,177 --> 00:14:41,674 ships , uh , so again primarily looking 395 00:14:41,674 --> 00:14:43,896 at , uh , uh , commercial options , but 396 00:14:43,896 --> 00:14:46,118 this team also does coordination with , 397 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:48,285 uh , Transcom and , uh , and the other 398 00:14:48,285 --> 00:14:50,304 cocoms to ensure that we're , uh , 399 00:14:50,315 --> 00:14:53,534 deconflicted . Um , we have our , uh , 400 00:14:53,554 --> 00:14:56,080 post support team . Which , uh , works 401 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:57,858 on a number of programs such as 402 00:14:57,858 --> 00:14:59,858 individual travel needs , allowance 403 00:14:59,858 --> 00:15:01,691 adjustments , school support for 404 00:15:01,691 --> 00:15:03,747 dependents , contractors in critical 405 00:15:03,747 --> 00:15:05,802 risk management , um , and they also 406 00:15:05,802 --> 00:15:08,024 deal with issues like pet travel , uh , 407 00:15:08,024 --> 00:15:09,747 so when we evacuate a bunch of 408 00:15:09,747 --> 00:15:11,802 civilians from , uh , from dangerous 409 00:15:11,802 --> 00:15:13,969 places , uh , sometimes they come with 410 00:15:13,969 --> 00:15:16,080 pets , uh , that can be challenging , 411 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,247 uh , but work with , uh , Transcom and 412 00:15:18,247 --> 00:15:20,469 and others on , on those . Then finally 413 00:15:20,469 --> 00:15:19,760 we have the coordination cell , and 414 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,927 that's where I sit and this is where . 415 00:15:21,927 --> 00:15:24,734 We , um , collect requirements , do the , 416 00:15:24,784 --> 00:15:26,895 uh , requirements gathering , uh , we 417 00:15:26,895 --> 00:15:29,375 do interagency deconfliction and , uh , 418 00:15:29,385 --> 00:15:31,505 reporting is directed , um , and this 419 00:15:31,505 --> 00:15:33,616 group is closely connected with DLA . 420 00:15:33,616 --> 00:15:35,838 So , uh , I set up there , uh , with my 421 00:15:35,838 --> 00:15:37,984 team we own , uh , the logistics cell 422 00:15:37,984 --> 00:15:40,095 which includes not just the state but 423 00:15:40,095 --> 00:15:42,445 other interagency partners we have , uh , 424 00:15:42,465 --> 00:15:44,505 Transcom . We have , uh , usually 425 00:15:44,505 --> 00:15:46,895 someone from Joint Staff J4 that links 426 00:15:46,895 --> 00:15:49,520 into the JLOC and NMCC . And then we 427 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,479 have , uh , uh , callback and 428 00:15:51,479 --> 00:15:53,701 connectivity to our DLA counterparts as 429 00:15:53,701 --> 00:15:56,900 needed . Uh , we also work closely with , 430 00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:00,679 uh , our , uh , AO Milla , our , uh , 431 00:16:00,690 --> 00:16:03,609 joint staff J4 , our Cocom J3s and 4s , 432 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:06,309 and the X shops , particularly , uh , 433 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,780 for , for sensitive shipments , um , 434 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,669 and , uh , uh . During the 435 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:15,404 during the the recent crisis , for 436 00:16:15,404 --> 00:16:17,571 example , uh , I was regularly talking 437 00:16:17,571 --> 00:16:19,738 to my OSD Joint Staff Transcom , UCcom 438 00:16:19,738 --> 00:16:21,904 Centcom , SOCOM , and DLA colleagues , 439 00:16:21,904 --> 00:16:24,071 making sure that we're all synced up . 440 00:16:24,071 --> 00:16:26,127 We did some great work on that , and 441 00:16:26,127 --> 00:16:28,293 when we get to questions , if you , if 442 00:16:28,293 --> 00:16:27,799 you wanna , uh , get into that , I'm 443 00:16:27,799 --> 00:16:30,077 happy to , to talk more about it . But , 444 00:16:30,077 --> 00:16:32,243 um , one key I wanna leave you with is 445 00:16:32,243 --> 00:16:34,243 that , um , please don't wait for a 446 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:36,010 crisis to learn who your State 447 00:16:36,010 --> 00:16:38,200 Department colleagues are , um . At 448 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,367 that point again because we don't have 449 00:16:40,367 --> 00:16:42,422 a large staff , uh , the people that 450 00:16:42,422 --> 00:16:44,644 are doing are busy doing , um , so it's 451 00:16:44,644 --> 00:16:46,200 great to , uh , build these 452 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,422 relationships in advance . Next slide . 453 00:16:49,650 --> 00:16:51,706 So this is a little bit about the uh 454 00:16:51,706 --> 00:16:53,761 the different crises that we've been 455 00:16:53,761 --> 00:16:56,710 doing over the past year um and uh uh 456 00:16:57,090 --> 00:16:59,719 you can see that most of them uh DOD 457 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:03,039 had a a big role in . Next slide , 458 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:06,989 please . So post logistics operations 459 00:17:06,989 --> 00:17:09,045 are a little bit different . Uh , at 460 00:17:09,045 --> 00:17:11,378 most posts we have a management officer . 461 00:17:11,378 --> 00:17:13,560 Uh , at the larger posts we'll have 462 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,449 someone called a general services 463 00:17:15,449 --> 00:17:17,671 officer , and this is really your focal 464 00:17:17,671 --> 00:17:19,616 point at the embassy , uh , is the 465 00:17:19,616 --> 00:17:21,838 general services officer . They are the 466 00:17:21,838 --> 00:17:24,004 supply chain logistics professionals , 467 00:17:24,004 --> 00:17:26,171 um , and , uh , many GSOs are gonna be 468 00:17:26,171 --> 00:17:28,282 unfamiliar with DOD logistics or NDLA 469 00:17:28,282 --> 00:17:30,171 in particular . So I'll have some 470 00:17:30,171 --> 00:17:31,893 suggestions at the end of this 471 00:17:31,893 --> 00:17:34,116 presentation on how to initially engage 472 00:17:34,116 --> 00:17:36,171 successfully . And again , uh , some 473 00:17:36,171 --> 00:17:38,282 points of contact here . DOD also has 474 00:17:38,282 --> 00:17:40,780 at post typically a senior defense 475 00:17:40,780 --> 00:17:42,780 official , uh , that is usually the 476 00:17:42,780 --> 00:17:44,947 defense attache . Uh , their logistics 477 00:17:44,947 --> 00:17:47,099 representative is either a senior 478 00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:49,377 non-commissioned officer or a civilian , 479 00:17:49,377 --> 00:17:51,543 uh , operations coordinator or OPSCO . 480 00:17:51,543 --> 00:17:53,599 That's also a great point of contact 481 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:55,766 for you to have a post , uh , and they 482 00:17:55,766 --> 00:17:57,432 can always help translate DOD 483 00:17:57,432 --> 00:17:59,488 requirements to state requirements . 484 00:17:59,488 --> 00:18:01,655 GSO operations at post usually consist 485 00:18:01,655 --> 00:18:03,821 of uh customs and shipping , housing , 486 00:18:03,821 --> 00:18:05,821 motor pool , procurement , property 487 00:18:05,821 --> 00:18:08,043 management , and travel , and then they 488 00:18:08,043 --> 00:18:10,043 also cover down on pouch and mail , 489 00:18:10,043 --> 00:18:12,280 crisis logistics , PCS support , and 490 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,060 visit support as needed . From my 491 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:16,616 observation , state and DOD 492 00:18:16,616 --> 00:18:18,616 coordination is often best during a 493 00:18:18,616 --> 00:18:20,838 crisis because the organizational needs 494 00:18:20,838 --> 00:18:22,560 are more self-evident and lend 495 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,893 themselves to better conversations , uh , 496 00:18:24,893 --> 00:18:27,116 between agencies . However , this again 497 00:18:27,116 --> 00:18:30,140 doesn't happen by accident . Our 498 00:18:30,140 --> 00:18:33,219 current DLA relationship really took a , 499 00:18:33,229 --> 00:18:35,451 uh , hit a major milestone in this past 500 00:18:35,451 --> 00:18:37,618 year as an institution . We signed a , 501 00:18:37,618 --> 00:18:40,020 uh , a shared , uh , $7600 agency to 502 00:18:40,020 --> 00:18:42,520 agency acquisition agreement , uh , for 503 00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:46,459 10 years and $600 million for all goods 504 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,570 and services across the DLA catalog . 505 00:18:48,570 --> 00:18:50,681 What does this mean ? This means that 506 00:18:50,681 --> 00:18:52,920 during steady state or during crisis . 507 00:18:53,060 --> 00:18:55,579 You or our folks at Post can reach out 508 00:18:55,579 --> 00:18:58,180 to each other and uh and connect and 509 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:00,236 make sure that our teams at Post are 510 00:19:00,236 --> 00:19:02,500 able to execute on our mission and able 511 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,780 to plug into the great systems that you 512 00:19:04,780 --> 00:19:07,280 already have uh and we don't have to 513 00:19:07,410 --> 00:19:10,420 reinvent the wheel or negotiate uh 514 00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:12,579 hopefully love lawyers but we don't 515 00:19:12,579 --> 00:19:14,635 have to go through lawyers each time 516 00:19:14,635 --> 00:19:18,489 which is nice um . And um uh 517 00:19:18,489 --> 00:19:21,689 and that's been a a real uh real change 518 00:19:21,689 --> 00:19:23,856 and positive change over the past year 519 00:19:23,969 --> 00:19:25,810 um we're also exploring ways to 520 00:19:25,810 --> 00:19:27,977 potentially leverage this agreement to 521 00:19:27,977 --> 00:19:30,032 help our new uh foreign humanitarian 522 00:19:30,032 --> 00:19:32,088 assistance response so excited about 523 00:19:32,088 --> 00:19:34,032 that . Um , current DLA partnering 524 00:19:34,032 --> 00:19:36,143 includes subsistence and fuel support 525 00:19:36,143 --> 00:19:37,532 in Iraq and Qatar , uh , 526 00:19:37,532 --> 00:19:39,754 pharmaceuticals and medical equipment , 527 00:19:39,754 --> 00:19:41,977 uh , purchases from DLA Aviation , land 528 00:19:41,977 --> 00:19:44,199 and Maritime and disposition Services . 529 00:19:44,199 --> 00:19:44,020 Our embassies and consulates also 530 00:19:44,020 --> 00:19:45,742 leverage Fedmal for a range of 531 00:19:45,742 --> 00:19:47,939 miscellaneous items , and DLN Energy 532 00:19:47,939 --> 00:19:50,161 provides , uh , fuel options globally . 533 00:19:50,161 --> 00:19:52,328 Um , I should also mention , Admiral , 534 00:19:52,328 --> 00:19:54,383 your fuel folks have been absolutely 535 00:19:54,383 --> 00:19:56,383 fantastic for us . Uh , so I really 536 00:19:56,383 --> 00:19:58,839 appreciate the team . Um , troop 537 00:19:58,839 --> 00:20:00,617 supports worked with us to make 538 00:20:00,617 --> 00:20:02,839 subsistence prime vendors more flexible 539 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:05,117 to support , uh , state interests , uh , 540 00:20:05,117 --> 00:20:07,172 and hard to support regions , and in 541 00:20:07,172 --> 00:20:09,395 crisis , DLA provides , uh , support to 542 00:20:09,395 --> 00:20:11,395 our posts , typically fuel , MREs , 543 00:20:11,395 --> 00:20:13,617 medicines , and equipment . I know Mark 544 00:20:13,617 --> 00:20:15,728 was , uh , busy with , uh , our folks 545 00:20:15,728 --> 00:20:15,329 in Lebanon , uh , during that 546 00:20:15,329 --> 00:20:17,551 evacuation , and , and , uh , they were 547 00:20:17,551 --> 00:20:19,689 incredibly grateful for that . Next 548 00:20:19,689 --> 00:20:23,680 slide . So now we'll get to uh 549 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,736 global competition and why the State 550 00:20:25,736 --> 00:20:27,624 Department is critical for global 551 00:20:27,624 --> 00:20:29,624 competition um and this is also why 552 00:20:29,624 --> 00:20:31,359 it's so important that they're 553 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,479 supported uh through the whole of 554 00:20:33,479 --> 00:20:36,500 government uh including DLA . So state 555 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:38,500 our diplomatic platforms are on the 556 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:40,722 front line of global competition in the 557 00:20:40,722 --> 00:20:40,719 Indo-Pacific region and around the 558 00:20:40,719 --> 00:20:43,880 world . Increasing global reliance on 559 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,769 the PRC , whether it's rare earth 560 00:20:45,769 --> 00:20:47,824 minerals , uh , chips for cars , and 561 00:20:47,824 --> 00:20:50,047 even construction leaves the developing 562 00:20:50,047 --> 00:20:51,880 world vulnerable to coercion and 563 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,991 exploitation and more unstable due to 564 00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:56,102 corruption , bribery , and even state 565 00:20:56,102 --> 00:20:58,324 capture . The Belt Road Initiative is a 566 00:20:58,324 --> 00:21:00,547 massive PRC infrastructure project that 567 00:21:00,547 --> 00:21:00,069 they claim is intended to enhance 568 00:21:00,069 --> 00:21:01,569 connectivity , trade , and 569 00:21:01,569 --> 00:21:03,847 communications across Eurasia , Africa , 570 00:21:03,847 --> 00:21:05,625 and Latin America . It involves 571 00:21:05,625 --> 00:21:07,569 investments in infrastructure like 572 00:21:07,569 --> 00:21:09,291 ports , railways , roads , and 573 00:21:09,291 --> 00:21:11,180 telecommunication networks and is 574 00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:11,130 recognized by the United States and our 575 00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:12,908 allies as an economic influence 576 00:21:12,908 --> 00:21:15,099 campaign . This complicates our 577 00:21:15,099 --> 00:21:17,266 operations overseas as we live in many 578 00:21:17,266 --> 00:21:19,432 countries where Section 889 compliance 579 00:21:19,432 --> 00:21:21,599 is just not possible . The entire host 580 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:23,655 nation infrastructure is composed of 581 00:21:23,655 --> 00:21:25,655 non-compliant technology , and this 582 00:21:25,655 --> 00:21:25,569 also leaves us vulnerable to 583 00:21:25,569 --> 00:21:27,736 cyberattacks , monitoring , and leaves 584 00:21:27,736 --> 00:21:30,020 host nations vulnerable as well . There 585 00:21:30,020 --> 00:21:31,798 have been a number of shifts in 586 00:21:31,798 --> 00:21:33,631 international relations that are 587 00:21:33,631 --> 00:21:35,853 important , however , for example , the 588 00:21:35,853 --> 00:21:35,819 Japanese ambassador recently attended 589 00:21:35,819 --> 00:21:37,819 the commemoration of the bombing of 590 00:21:37,819 --> 00:21:39,486 Darwin , which is a symbol of 591 00:21:39,486 --> 00:21:41,597 reconciliation and strengthening ties 592 00:21:41,597 --> 00:21:43,486 between Japan and Australia . The 593 00:21:43,486 --> 00:21:43,380 improved relations and cooperation 594 00:21:43,380 --> 00:21:45,436 between Japan and other countries in 595 00:21:45,436 --> 00:21:47,602 the region , such as Australia and the 596 00:21:47,602 --> 00:21:49,269 United States are crucial for 597 00:21:49,269 --> 00:21:49,089 addressing strategic challenges in the 598 00:21:49,089 --> 00:21:51,540 region . It demonstrates the united 599 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:53,596 front in dealing with issues such as 600 00:21:53,596 --> 00:21:55,873 regional security , economic stability , 601 00:21:55,873 --> 00:21:57,818 and influence of the PRC . It also 602 00:21:57,818 --> 00:21:59,984 underscores the importance of building 603 00:21:59,984 --> 00:21:59,699 and maintaining strong international 604 00:21:59,699 --> 00:22:02,430 partnerships . Indications and warning 605 00:22:02,430 --> 00:22:04,374 of impending conflict or increased 606 00:22:04,374 --> 00:22:06,319 competition is typically seen most 607 00:22:06,319 --> 00:22:08,263 acutely by our diplomatic missions 608 00:22:08,263 --> 00:22:10,319 because they live in the country and 609 00:22:10,319 --> 00:22:12,097 can see that change . Our posts 610 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:14,152 frequently see these INW much sooner 611 00:22:14,152 --> 00:22:16,041 and more clearly than those of us 612 00:22:16,041 --> 00:22:17,930 outside the impacted the impacted 613 00:22:17,930 --> 00:22:20,041 country or the region . Over the past 614 00:22:20,041 --> 00:22:22,097 decade , many in DOD were exposed to 615 00:22:22,097 --> 00:22:24,263 environments like Iraq and Afghanistan 616 00:22:24,263 --> 00:22:26,097 where we got our indications and 617 00:22:26,097 --> 00:22:25,589 warnings through our own intelligence 618 00:22:25,589 --> 00:22:27,645 collection on the ground , drones or 619 00:22:27,645 --> 00:22:29,422 host nation security feeding it 620 00:22:29,422 --> 00:22:31,589 directly to the military . With states 621 00:22:31,589 --> 00:22:33,311 presence around the world , we 622 00:22:33,311 --> 00:22:33,270 understand the local environment , 623 00:22:33,729 --> 00:22:35,618 government , culture , and people 624 00:22:35,618 --> 00:22:37,451 through direct engagement in our 625 00:22:37,451 --> 00:22:39,673 diplomatic platform , and our posts are 626 00:22:39,673 --> 00:22:41,896 not just made up of Americans as well . 627 00:22:41,896 --> 00:22:41,410 We have a number of local staff and 628 00:22:41,410 --> 00:22:43,521 third country nationals , all of whom 629 00:22:43,521 --> 00:22:45,521 are talking with host nation , uh , 630 00:22:45,660 --> 00:22:47,438 government , business , private 631 00:22:47,438 --> 00:22:49,438 institutions , NGOs , people on the 632 00:22:49,438 --> 00:22:51,660 street . They speak the language , they 633 00:22:51,660 --> 00:22:53,604 read the media , they're on social 634 00:22:53,604 --> 00:22:55,493 media , um , many , most are born 635 00:22:55,493 --> 00:22:57,716 native to these countries , and they're 636 00:22:57,716 --> 00:22:59,882 much more likely to identify something 637 00:22:59,882 --> 00:23:02,180 concerning early . The press reported 638 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:04,458 recently right before the Iran strikes , 639 00:23:04,458 --> 00:23:07,819 the way way folks in the press in the 640 00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:09,819 United States know that something's 641 00:23:09,819 --> 00:23:11,763 going to happen is that they see a 642 00:23:11,763 --> 00:23:13,597 bunch of cars parked late at the 643 00:23:13,597 --> 00:23:13,579 Pentagon and all the pizza delivery 644 00:23:13,579 --> 00:23:17,380 starts to turn up , right ? So our 645 00:23:17,380 --> 00:23:19,380 folks at our posts , they're seeing 646 00:23:19,380 --> 00:23:21,547 those kind of indications and warnings 647 00:23:21,619 --> 00:23:23,979 um at that level of nuance and cultural 648 00:23:23,979 --> 00:23:26,201 understanding and that's something that 649 00:23:26,201 --> 00:23:28,979 uh DLA and DOD can tap into . Cables 650 00:23:28,979 --> 00:23:30,646 from posts in the IC are good 651 00:23:30,646 --> 00:23:32,930 indications of this change , and , uh , 652 00:23:32,989 --> 00:23:34,822 DLA can of course tap into those 653 00:23:34,822 --> 00:23:37,619 through your J2 , uh , through DIA and , 654 00:23:37,630 --> 00:23:39,900 uh , and even your PE . We , uh , 655 00:23:39,910 --> 00:23:41,632 always pay attention to , um , 656 00:23:41,632 --> 00:23:43,854 emergency action committee cables , EAC 657 00:23:43,854 --> 00:23:46,188 cables , and security operations cables . 658 00:23:46,188 --> 00:23:48,132 Those are , are two that typically 659 00:23:48,132 --> 00:23:50,188 provide great readouts on changes in 660 00:23:50,188 --> 00:23:52,354 the security environment . Uh , during 661 00:23:52,354 --> 00:23:54,577 steady state we engage in competition , 662 00:23:54,577 --> 00:23:56,743 uh , as the Department of State . Uh , 663 00:23:56,743 --> 00:23:58,910 we've recently begun to staff a number 664 00:23:58,910 --> 00:24:01,021 of Pacific Island countries , uh , as 665 00:24:01,021 --> 00:24:03,243 well as , uh , posts in the Caribbean , 666 00:24:03,243 --> 00:24:05,299 um , with new micro missions . These 667 00:24:05,299 --> 00:24:07,521 are small presences in order to support 668 00:24:07,521 --> 00:24:07,359 our national security priorities . 669 00:24:08,439 --> 00:24:10,550 These countries are very important to 670 00:24:10,550 --> 00:24:12,772 our , uh , national security strategy . 671 00:24:12,772 --> 00:24:14,661 You only need to read the interim 672 00:24:14,661 --> 00:24:16,772 national security strategy or some of 673 00:24:16,772 --> 00:24:18,995 your own co-ops to understand why these 674 00:24:18,995 --> 00:24:21,328 posts are particularly important to you , 675 00:24:21,328 --> 00:24:23,495 um . They are very difficult for us to 676 00:24:23,495 --> 00:24:25,495 support , um , and I know I've been 677 00:24:25,495 --> 00:24:27,661 very grateful to , uh , to DLA and all 678 00:24:27,661 --> 00:24:29,828 they're trying to do to help us figure 679 00:24:29,828 --> 00:24:31,995 out how to ensure we can put people on 680 00:24:31,995 --> 00:24:34,050 the ground there and , uh , and keep 681 00:24:34,050 --> 00:24:35,995 them sustained in order to execute 682 00:24:35,995 --> 00:24:38,161 these new missions . Um , we also need 683 00:24:38,161 --> 00:24:40,217 lines of communication to be able to 684 00:24:40,217 --> 00:24:42,495 provide fuel , food , and support , uh , 685 00:24:42,495 --> 00:24:44,550 ensuring we have a means to retrieve 686 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,606 and move people and material both in 687 00:24:46,606 --> 00:24:48,828 and out of the country . And all crises 688 00:24:48,828 --> 00:24:50,883 are not kinetic , uh , for example , 689 00:24:50,883 --> 00:24:52,939 we've had a number of posts over the 690 00:24:52,939 --> 00:24:52,790 past couple of years with major 691 00:24:52,790 --> 00:24:56,189 infrastructure issues . Um , we also 692 00:24:56,189 --> 00:24:58,356 don't have the same level of expertise 693 00:24:58,356 --> 00:25:00,300 you all have . So for example , in 694 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:01,780 Quito , uh , we had a big 695 00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:03,502 infrastructure issue where the 696 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:05,669 electricity was , was , uh , failing , 697 00:25:05,669 --> 00:25:07,502 and we were really contemplating 698 00:25:07,502 --> 00:25:07,390 whether we would have to draw down that 699 00:25:07,390 --> 00:25:10,040 post and bring people home . Um , in 700 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,207 working with DLA , one of the areas we 701 00:25:12,207 --> 00:25:14,540 explored was whether we could push , uh , 702 00:25:14,540 --> 00:25:16,596 temporary generators and fuel out to 703 00:25:16,596 --> 00:25:18,762 help them , uh , so they could stay in 704 00:25:18,762 --> 00:25:21,040 their houses and keep posts going , um , 705 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,151 but we didn't have an expertise there 706 00:25:23,151 --> 00:25:22,359 to understand what kind of generators 707 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,248 we needed or what kind of fuel we 708 00:25:24,248 --> 00:25:26,359 needed or how that was gonna happen . 709 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,470 So looking at , uh , ways to tap into 710 00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:30,526 your expertise to maybe send someone 711 00:25:30,526 --> 00:25:32,637 out there to help them figure out how 712 00:25:32,637 --> 00:25:34,692 to refine their ask , um , these are 713 00:25:34,692 --> 00:25:36,859 the kind of things that DLA can do for 714 00:25:36,859 --> 00:25:36,660 our posts that we can't do on our own . 715 00:25:38,540 --> 00:25:40,651 But it's a two-way street . Also this 716 00:25:40,651 --> 00:25:42,818 is a relationship . It's not a we need 717 00:25:42,818 --> 00:25:44,651 from you , um , state , uh , can 718 00:25:44,651 --> 00:25:46,818 provide a lot of great help for , uh , 719 00:25:46,818 --> 00:25:48,762 DLA as you are exploring different 720 00:25:48,762 --> 00:25:50,707 options around the world . Uh , we 721 00:25:50,707 --> 00:25:52,484 routinely assist DOD addressing 722 00:25:52,484 --> 00:25:54,762 challenges in the Indopecom region and , 723 00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:56,540 and elsewhere , um , and that's 724 00:25:56,540 --> 00:25:58,910 inherent to our function again . We are 725 00:25:58,910 --> 00:26:00,688 inherently dispersed and we are 726 00:26:00,688 --> 00:26:02,966 inherently interagency and are focused . 727 00:26:02,966 --> 00:26:04,910 Our GSOs are literally paid by the 728 00:26:04,910 --> 00:26:07,132 interagency , uh , to do their jobs and 729 00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:09,077 maintain these capabilities , um , 730 00:26:09,229 --> 00:26:11,229 because our posts have steady-state 731 00:26:11,229 --> 00:26:13,118 relationships across host country 732 00:26:13,118 --> 00:26:15,229 governments , industry , and in other 733 00:26:15,229 --> 00:26:17,285 countries , including partner nation 734 00:26:17,285 --> 00:26:19,451 diplomatic presences , our GSOs can be 735 00:26:19,451 --> 00:26:21,673 very resourceful . They all have vetted 736 00:26:21,673 --> 00:26:21,670 vendor lists . They all have the 737 00:26:21,670 --> 00:26:23,948 ability to do due diligence in country . 738 00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:26,548 They have connections with host nation , 739 00:26:26,548 --> 00:26:28,826 allies , industry , and others locally . 740 00:26:28,826 --> 00:26:30,714 They all understand the customs , 741 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,714 import and export , warehousing and 742 00:26:32,714 --> 00:26:32,219 transportation support available . 743 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,111 They've done , uh , they've looked at 744 00:26:35,111 --> 00:26:37,278 hotels , rental houses , rental cars , 745 00:26:37,278 --> 00:26:39,333 mission vehicles , drivers for teams 746 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:41,500 coming in . They've got interpretation 747 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,500 and translation services , and they 748 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,556 have local vetted contracting , uh , 749 00:26:45,556 --> 00:26:47,667 support staff . And our mission local 750 00:26:47,667 --> 00:26:49,778 staff also have a network of partners 751 00:26:49,778 --> 00:26:49,719 who we've worked with , both to help 752 00:26:49,719 --> 00:26:51,775 point you in the right direction and 753 00:26:51,775 --> 00:26:53,997 help you avoid mistakes . They can also 754 00:26:53,997 --> 00:26:56,219 help you with host nation authorities , 755 00:26:56,219 --> 00:26:55,349 port authorities , and airport 756 00:26:55,349 --> 00:26:58,469 authorities . Our diplomatic posts also 757 00:26:58,469 --> 00:27:00,569 represent a safe and secure platform 758 00:27:00,569 --> 00:27:02,625 for executive branch employees , the 759 00:27:02,625 --> 00:27:04,958 TDY out of in support of local programs . 760 00:27:04,958 --> 00:27:07,069 If approved by your defense attache , 761 00:27:07,069 --> 00:27:09,291 DLA personnel have the resources , uh , 762 00:27:09,291 --> 00:27:11,513 uh , will have the resources at post to 763 00:27:11,513 --> 00:27:13,736 assist you in the ability to coordinate 764 00:27:13,736 --> 00:27:15,958 activities across the interagency . And 765 00:27:15,958 --> 00:27:18,125 I will say in , in my experience again 766 00:27:18,125 --> 00:27:20,347 24 years , about half of which has been 767 00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:22,236 overseas , the most effective DLA 768 00:27:22,236 --> 00:27:24,347 executed programs in the country have 769 00:27:24,347 --> 00:27:26,569 come when folks come out to post , talk 770 00:27:26,569 --> 00:27:28,625 with post because you hit the entire 771 00:27:28,625 --> 00:27:30,625 interagency in one thing , having a 772 00:27:30,625 --> 00:27:32,791 conversation at Post . Is surprisingly 773 00:27:32,791 --> 00:27:34,569 way more efficient and way more 774 00:27:34,569 --> 00:27:36,791 effective than trying to find all those 775 00:27:36,791 --> 00:27:38,847 folks in headquarters and and uh and 776 00:27:38,847 --> 00:27:38,510 build that from scratch here before 777 00:27:38,900 --> 00:27:41,067 going out so I just tossed that out as 778 00:27:41,067 --> 00:27:43,719 a as an anecdotal , uh , not for 779 00:27:43,719 --> 00:27:47,680 attribution kind of comment . Um , post 780 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,791 can help facilitate introduction to , 781 00:27:49,791 --> 00:27:51,736 uh , host nation industries . Uh , 782 00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:53,624 again , reach out to your defense 783 00:27:53,624 --> 00:27:55,513 attache for that . Um , also , if 784 00:27:55,513 --> 00:27:57,680 you're working on a project in support 785 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,791 of a chief mission priority , you may 786 00:27:59,791 --> 00:28:01,847 also have access to diplomatic cargo 787 00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:03,958 and programs , right ? There are many 788 00:28:03,958 --> 00:28:06,013 DOD programs that are actually State 789 00:28:06,013 --> 00:28:05,800 Department authorities with DOD 790 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,680 implementation . So talk to your 791 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,030 attorneys and your , um , SDOs , uh , 792 00:28:10,079 --> 00:28:12,190 in the country to learn more . If you 793 00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:14,412 qualify , you can reach out to us , and 794 00:28:14,412 --> 00:28:14,280 we can help you with the logistics 795 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,040 coordination . Um , For those 796 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,207 personnel who are deploying overseas , 797 00:28:20,207 --> 00:28:22,540 uh , and working out of an embassy , um , 798 00:28:22,540 --> 00:28:24,520 we also have , uh , the chief of 799 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,742 missions , uh , Armored Vehicle Program 800 00:28:26,742 --> 00:28:28,909 and happy to help link you all up with 801 00:28:28,909 --> 00:28:30,909 those . Um , they are substantially 802 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:33,131 different than those provided under DOD 803 00:28:33,131 --> 00:28:35,187 contract , um , so if you have folks 804 00:28:35,187 --> 00:28:35,060 working under Chief mission Authority 805 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,280 again happy to , uh , to facilitate 806 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,050 those conversations as well . Um , in 807 00:28:40,050 --> 00:28:42,161 preparation for conflict , um , there 808 00:28:42,161 --> 00:28:44,383 is a need to deconflict operations with 809 00:28:44,383 --> 00:28:46,328 DLA , Transcom , and DOD to ensure 810 00:28:46,328 --> 00:28:48,217 state can continue to execute our 811 00:28:48,217 --> 00:28:50,383 mission even in a less than permissive 812 00:28:50,383 --> 00:28:52,494 environment without having to rely on 813 00:28:52,494 --> 00:28:54,217 DOD given the restrictions and 814 00:28:54,217 --> 00:28:56,217 constraints constraints we're gonna 815 00:28:56,217 --> 00:28:58,272 find ourselves under . It's critical 816 00:28:58,272 --> 00:29:00,328 that my office Global Operations has 817 00:29:00,328 --> 00:29:02,328 direct liaison authority with DLA , 818 00:29:02,328 --> 00:29:04,661 Transcom , and others , and that , that , 819 00:29:04,661 --> 00:29:06,828 that , uh , is built into your plans . 820 00:29:06,828 --> 00:29:08,606 There are several Department of 821 00:29:08,606 --> 00:29:10,772 State-led missions that will always be 822 00:29:10,772 --> 00:29:13,050 prioritized by our national leadership , 823 00:29:13,050 --> 00:29:14,994 so planning to deconflict early is 824 00:29:14,994 --> 00:29:17,050 important . Supporting chief mission 825 00:29:17,050 --> 00:29:18,717 personnel at an embassy under 826 00:29:18,717 --> 00:29:20,439 authorized departure , ordered 827 00:29:20,439 --> 00:29:22,606 departure , military aided departure , 828 00:29:22,606 --> 00:29:24,717 and embassy reinforcement will always 829 00:29:24,717 --> 00:29:26,439 be a priority . Supporting the 830 00:29:26,439 --> 00:29:28,606 evacuation or neo non uh non-combatant 831 00:29:28,606 --> 00:29:30,439 evacuation operations of private 832 00:29:30,439 --> 00:29:32,328 American citizens when commercial 833 00:29:32,328 --> 00:29:34,439 aviation is not available will always 834 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,161 be a priority . Sustaining our 835 00:29:36,161 --> 00:29:37,939 diplomatic platforms while they 836 00:29:37,939 --> 00:29:40,161 continue to operate at the direction of 837 00:29:40,161 --> 00:29:42,217 POTUS and SEC state will always be a 838 00:29:42,217 --> 00:29:44,328 priority . And there's a tension that 839 00:29:44,328 --> 00:29:46,550 always exists , right ? DOD , uh , when 840 00:29:46,550 --> 00:29:48,439 conflict starts , wants to remove 841 00:29:48,439 --> 00:29:50,550 targets , right ? So State Department 842 00:29:50,550 --> 00:29:50,489 is there , they're non-combatants . 843 00:29:50,569 --> 00:29:52,791 Let's get them out of the theater so we 844 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:55,013 don't have to worry about them and deal 845 00:29:55,013 --> 00:29:57,069 with it in times of conflict . State 846 00:29:57,069 --> 00:29:58,902 Department's trying to shape and 847 00:29:58,902 --> 00:30:01,069 influence the outcome . We wanna be on 848 00:30:01,069 --> 00:30:03,236 the ground as long as we can to try to 849 00:30:03,236 --> 00:30:02,729 shape and influence that outcome to 850 00:30:02,729 --> 00:30:06,130 reduce conflict . Um , sometimes we get 851 00:30:06,130 --> 00:30:08,297 it right , sometimes we get it wrong , 852 00:30:08,297 --> 00:30:10,297 you know , the ones where we get it 853 00:30:10,297 --> 00:30:12,408 wrong are in the paper all the time . 854 00:30:12,408 --> 00:30:14,519 Right , um , the ones where we get it 855 00:30:14,519 --> 00:30:17,280 right are never in the paper , um , and , 856 00:30:17,290 --> 00:30:19,959 uh , uh , what I would say is that , um , 857 00:30:19,969 --> 00:30:22,540 the best outcomes have usually been 858 00:30:22,770 --> 00:30:24,881 where there's a robust conversation , 859 00:30:24,881 --> 00:30:27,103 uh , that allows the secretary of state 860 00:30:27,103 --> 00:30:29,214 and the president to make an informed 861 00:30:29,214 --> 00:30:28,989 decision with great military advice , 862 00:30:29,530 --> 00:30:33,150 um . We speak about competition to 863 00:30:33,150 --> 00:30:36,790 uh uh uh in conflict space we're in a 864 00:30:36,790 --> 00:30:40,439 position uh sorry . When we talk about 865 00:30:40,439 --> 00:30:43,859 uh competition to conflict in the 866 00:30:43,859 --> 00:30:47,579 Indoacom area . We need to understand 867 00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:50,020 that if we're getting into the conflict 868 00:30:50,020 --> 00:30:52,300 space there , gray tails are not flying 869 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:54,420 into Beijing and Taiwan . We're gonna 870 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:57,339 have to do that to get in uh people 871 00:30:57,339 --> 00:31:00,020 into and out of those locations , uh , 872 00:31:00,060 --> 00:31:03,250 via our , uh , resources . What that 873 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:06,550 means is in order to do that we need to 874 00:31:06,550 --> 00:31:10,530 deconflict with . DLA and Transcom and 875 00:31:10,540 --> 00:31:12,762 and uh and OACcom in order to make sure 876 00:31:12,762 --> 00:31:14,984 that we have the ability to do that and 877 00:31:14,984 --> 00:31:17,207 all of the aircraft for example are not 878 00:31:17,207 --> 00:31:19,151 being crafted by Transcom right um 879 00:31:19,469 --> 00:31:22,310 similarly we have a lot of resources in 880 00:31:22,310 --> 00:31:24,630 the region that can be leveraged in 881 00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:26,686 support of those uh , those types of 882 00:31:26,686 --> 00:31:28,963 conflict so it's really important that , 883 00:31:28,963 --> 00:31:31,019 uh , state is able to accomplish our 884 00:31:31,019 --> 00:31:33,186 mission and that offshore enablers are 885 00:31:33,186 --> 00:31:35,329 prepared to support this mission . So 886 00:31:35,329 --> 00:31:38,469 how can you engage with state ? So , 887 00:31:39,010 --> 00:31:41,232 uh , because state is so much smaller . 888 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,504 Um , and the planners are also the 889 00:31:43,504 --> 00:31:45,839 doers . It means that DOD to be 890 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:48,006 successful with state , it's important 891 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:50,061 to communicate clearly , concisely , 892 00:31:50,061 --> 00:31:52,117 and ensure a smooth pass off between 893 00:31:52,117 --> 00:31:53,895 different DOD organizations and 894 00:31:53,895 --> 00:31:55,895 elements to ease that burden on the 895 00:31:55,895 --> 00:31:58,117 single state person that's dealing with 896 00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:00,339 everyone . Right , please be patient on 897 00:32:00,339 --> 00:32:02,450 planning requirements , uh , both the 898 00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:04,506 time and bandwidth from state . Um , 899 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:06,283 DOD can help again by obtaining 900 00:32:06,283 --> 00:32:08,228 requirements , providing COAS . In 901 00:32:08,228 --> 00:32:10,228 minimizing the staffing or planning 902 00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:12,395 lift for state , give state the option 903 00:32:12,395 --> 00:32:14,506 to engage on key meetings , but don't 904 00:32:14,506 --> 00:32:16,728 expect them to actually be able to show 905 00:32:16,728 --> 00:32:18,950 up and staff all of them , uh , letting 906 00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:21,061 us know which ones are a priority and 907 00:32:21,061 --> 00:32:23,061 where , when decisions are gonna be 908 00:32:23,061 --> 00:32:24,950 made is also helpful to help them 909 00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:26,950 prioritize which ones they attend . 910 00:32:26,950 --> 00:32:29,117 State logistics in the field primarily 911 00:32:29,117 --> 00:32:31,339 relies on unclassified systems , but we 912 00:32:31,339 --> 00:32:33,395 can operate up to secret as needed . 913 00:32:33,395 --> 00:32:35,061 Our folks in the field , uh , 914 00:32:35,061 --> 00:32:37,172 logisticians rarely have access to TS 915 00:32:37,172 --> 00:32:39,228 systems , and those would need to be 916 00:32:39,228 --> 00:32:41,450 pushed through the defense attache . So 917 00:32:41,450 --> 00:32:43,672 please keep that in mind . If the level 918 00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:46,079 of classification , uh , exceeds secret , 919 00:32:46,579 --> 00:32:49,020 our GSOs all have top secret clearance . 920 00:32:49,089 --> 00:32:51,422 It's just they don't have those systems . 921 00:32:51,780 --> 00:32:53,859 Um , again , encourage you to build 922 00:32:53,859 --> 00:32:55,748 that relationship with your state 923 00:32:55,748 --> 00:32:57,637 counterparts , even if there's no 924 00:32:57,637 --> 00:32:59,859 business today . Um , understanding who 925 00:32:59,859 --> 00:33:01,970 your State Department customers are , 926 00:33:01,970 --> 00:33:04,081 who your State Department , uh , uh , 927 00:33:04,081 --> 00:33:06,192 liaisons are is very important . Um , 928 00:33:06,192 --> 00:33:08,303 encourage you to coordinate with your 929 00:33:08,303 --> 00:33:10,470 regional leaderships . Um , you know , 930 00:33:10,470 --> 00:33:12,637 uh , we worked , uh , great with our , 931 00:33:12,637 --> 00:33:14,748 our teams out of , uh , Tampa , Pearl 932 00:33:14,748 --> 00:33:16,470 Harbor , in Germany . I really 933 00:33:16,470 --> 00:33:18,692 appreciate , uh , the teams out there , 934 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:17,790 uh , Colonel Yates , Colonel Runyon , 935 00:33:18,069 --> 00:33:20,236 uh , Captain Brown , really appreciate 936 00:33:20,236 --> 00:33:22,347 all everything you and your teams are 937 00:33:22,347 --> 00:33:24,347 doing for our teams , uh , uh , out 938 00:33:24,347 --> 00:33:26,569 there . We also have , uh , Mark Gage , 939 00:33:26,569 --> 00:33:28,680 our DLA liaison to state , um , who , 940 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,902 uh , is our agency to agency connective 941 00:33:30,902 --> 00:33:33,069 tissue , uh , and can help anyone from 942 00:33:33,069 --> 00:33:35,180 headquarters or the major subordinate 943 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:37,347 commands to connect , uh , effectively 944 00:33:37,347 --> 00:33:39,569 with our teams . Uh , of course , Brian 945 00:33:39,569 --> 00:33:41,680 Marcus , our DLA polled , um , and he 946 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,847 can help advise you , you know , which 947 00:33:43,847 --> 00:33:45,902 direction to go to , and , uh , uh , 948 00:33:45,902 --> 00:33:48,069 Lieutenant Colonel , uh , Mike Carlson 949 00:33:48,069 --> 00:33:50,236 is our military liaison advisor , uh , 950 00:33:50,236 --> 00:33:52,540 and is , uh , also an excellent POC who 951 00:33:52,540 --> 00:33:54,207 can help you connect with our 952 00:33:54,207 --> 00:33:56,373 headquarters team and how to engage in 953 00:33:56,373 --> 00:33:56,219 strategic planning or crisis planning 954 00:33:56,219 --> 00:33:58,552 with our teams in Washington or at post . 955 00:33:58,869 --> 00:34:01,500 Um , My team at Global Operations 956 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,667 Directorate stands ready to facilitate 957 00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:05,889 and build on the great cooperation that 958 00:34:05,889 --> 00:34:07,722 DLA and the State Department has 959 00:34:07,722 --> 00:34:09,944 worldwide . And uh in closing , I spoke 960 00:34:09,944 --> 00:34:12,219 at the beginning about how in 1776 Ben 961 00:34:12,219 --> 00:34:13,719 Franklin used the military 962 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,830 transportation network to travel on a 963 00:34:15,830 --> 00:34:18,052 diplomatic mission forging the alliance 964 00:34:18,052 --> 00:34:17,840 with France that would bring French 965 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,840 money , troops , and weapons to our 966 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,673 shores and kicking off a massive 967 00:34:21,673 --> 00:34:23,396 military logistics effort that 968 00:34:23,396 --> 00:34:25,340 ultimately secured victory for our 969 00:34:25,340 --> 00:34:27,451 nation . Today we're not crossing the 970 00:34:27,451 --> 00:34:29,451 Atlantic on leaky frigates . Well , 971 00:34:29,451 --> 00:34:31,396 most of us , uh , we're , uh , the 972 00:34:31,396 --> 00:34:33,118 mission remains , whether it's 973 00:34:33,118 --> 00:34:35,396 humanitarian aid in the Horn of Africa , 974 00:34:35,396 --> 00:34:37,340 uh , deterrence in Europe , crisis 975 00:34:37,340 --> 00:34:37,178 response in the Middle East , or 976 00:34:37,178 --> 00:34:40,260 competition in DECO . Our national 977 00:34:40,260 --> 00:34:42,204 security goals still depend on the 978 00:34:42,204 --> 00:34:44,427 precise dance between diplomatic access 979 00:34:44,427 --> 00:34:46,593 and logistics power . You in this room 980 00:34:46,593 --> 00:34:48,760 don't just move materials , you enable 981 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,871 missions , and we at state don't just 982 00:34:50,871 --> 00:34:52,982 talk to foreign governments , we help 983 00:34:52,982 --> 00:34:52,689 secure permissions for basing and 984 00:34:52,689 --> 00:34:55,060 overflight , which Chairman Brown spoke 985 00:34:55,060 --> 00:34:57,171 about at the last Worldwide logistics 986 00:34:57,171 --> 00:34:59,171 symposium . We protect our critical 987 00:34:59,171 --> 00:35:01,171 access to sea lanes and US business 988 00:35:01,171 --> 00:35:03,116 access to markets . We develop and 989 00:35:03,116 --> 00:35:05,060 retain partnerships that help make 990 00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:07,227 movement possible . So we need to take 991 00:35:07,227 --> 00:35:09,449 a lesson from Franklin . When diplomacy 992 00:35:09,449 --> 00:35:11,338 and logistics sail together , our 993 00:35:11,338 --> 00:35:13,449 republic wins . Let's not think about 994 00:35:13,449 --> 00:35:15,727 each other operating in parallel lanes . 995 00:35:15,727 --> 00:35:17,671 Let's build a single road together 996 00:35:17,671 --> 00:35:17,439 because when state and defense move in 997 00:35:17,439 --> 00:35:19,606 sync , we don't just respond to global 998 00:35:19,606 --> 00:35:21,760 challenges , we shape the world in 999 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,093 service of American values and security . 1000 00:35:24,093 --> 00:35:25,093 Thank you . 1001 00:35:32,610 --> 00:35:34,666 We'll now open it up for questions , 1002 00:35:34,666 --> 00:35:36,721 both in the room and from our remote 1003 00:35:36,721 --> 00:35:38,610 sites who can submit via email to 1004 00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:41,020 COL@DLA.mil or by scanning the QR code . 1005 00:35:41,409 --> 00:35:43,631 For those in the audience , if you have 1006 00:35:43,631 --> 00:35:45,853 a question , please raise your hand and 1007 00:35:45,853 --> 00:35:45,810 a member of the staff will bring you a 1008 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:46,550 microphone . 1009 00:35:56,570 --> 00:35:58,737 Well hey Seth , I'll , I'll go first . 1010 00:35:58,737 --> 00:36:00,903 Uh , so Dave Sanford here , um , quick 1011 00:36:00,903 --> 00:36:03,014 question for you . So , uh , OSD is , 1012 00:36:03,014 --> 00:36:04,903 uh , launched an initiative , the 1013 00:36:04,903 --> 00:36:07,014 Regional Sustainment Framework , uh , 1014 00:36:07,014 --> 00:36:09,237 around the globe to try to partner with 1015 00:36:09,237 --> 00:36:11,292 other nations to conduct maintenance 1016 00:36:11,292 --> 00:36:13,514 repair , overhaul activities forward so 1017 00:36:13,514 --> 00:36:15,570 we don't have to bring those , those 1018 00:36:15,570 --> 00:36:17,903 systems back , um , reduce the timeline , 1019 00:36:17,903 --> 00:36:20,126 uh , so those systems can stay in DLA . 1020 00:36:20,126 --> 00:36:22,126 We've been looking internally um we 1021 00:36:22,126 --> 00:36:24,292 don't necessarily um we don't have our 1022 00:36:24,292 --> 00:36:26,014 own maintenance repair overall 1023 00:36:26,014 --> 00:36:28,014 capability but we obviously sustain 1024 00:36:28,014 --> 00:36:30,014 that support that and so we've been 1025 00:36:30,014 --> 00:36:32,181 interested in . How do we partner with 1026 00:36:32,181 --> 00:36:34,070 some of those nations to uh maybe 1027 00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:36,292 expand a role to talk about or to build 1028 00:36:36,292 --> 00:36:38,514 uh or manufacture capability like boxes 1029 00:36:38,514 --> 00:36:40,681 to disruptive systems that we could we 1030 00:36:40,681 --> 00:36:42,903 could procure and maybe open up some of 1031 00:36:42,903 --> 00:36:45,070 the supply nodes . I just curious your 1032 00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:47,126 thoughts on maybe how we can advance 1033 00:36:47,126 --> 00:36:46,870 that effort . Um , I know you talked 1034 00:36:46,870 --> 00:36:49,037 about the , the chief of mission , the 1035 00:36:49,037 --> 00:36:50,814 economic officer as well as the 1036 00:36:50,814 --> 00:36:52,870 attaches , um , but being a small 1037 00:36:52,870 --> 00:36:55,037 agency also , what is the best way for 1038 00:36:55,037 --> 00:36:56,759 us maybe to proceed to be more 1039 00:36:56,759 --> 00:36:58,926 effective in , in that capacity ? It's 1040 00:36:58,926 --> 00:37:01,949 a great question . Um , for sure you 1041 00:37:01,949 --> 00:37:04,171 have a , you have a poll out here who , 1042 00:37:04,229 --> 00:37:06,669 uh , who can help us through the , uh , 1043 00:37:06,780 --> 00:37:08,909 the poll mill bureau , um , get that 1044 00:37:08,909 --> 00:37:11,131 tasked out . So the way that would work 1045 00:37:11,131 --> 00:37:13,020 at State Department is our , uh , 1046 00:37:13,020 --> 00:37:15,187 Political Military Bureau , uh , would 1047 00:37:15,187 --> 00:37:17,131 task that out to the Department of 1048 00:37:17,131 --> 00:37:19,409 State , um , through our regional , uh , 1049 00:37:19,409 --> 00:37:21,631 regional , uh , assistant secretaries . 1050 00:37:21,631 --> 00:37:23,576 So think of our regional assistant 1051 00:37:23,576 --> 00:37:25,687 secretaries as your co-coms , right ? 1052 00:37:25,687 --> 00:37:27,687 So . And and the Political military 1053 00:37:27,687 --> 00:37:29,853 bureau is sort of your uh entree point 1054 00:37:29,853 --> 00:37:31,798 into that . So they're taking that 1055 00:37:31,798 --> 00:37:33,909 functional requirement . They're then 1056 00:37:33,909 --> 00:37:36,131 packaging it up , uh , briefing those , 1057 00:37:36,131 --> 00:37:37,853 uh , those cocoms on what that 1058 00:37:37,853 --> 00:37:37,820 requirement is , and they're then 1059 00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:40,110 tasking that out to the embassies , um , 1060 00:37:40,379 --> 00:37:43,939 am I on track ? OK , so I would suggest 1061 00:37:43,939 --> 00:37:46,050 as a , as a first entry point is , is 1062 00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:48,272 to , to go . Through your , uh , polled 1063 00:37:48,272 --> 00:37:50,328 to , uh , to the poll mill bureau at 1064 00:37:50,328 --> 00:37:52,328 state test that out and then you're 1065 00:37:52,328 --> 00:37:54,550 100% correct . The folks that post that 1066 00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:56,550 are gonna be interested in this are 1067 00:37:56,550 --> 00:37:58,606 gonna be your defense attache , um , 1068 00:37:58,606 --> 00:38:00,828 perhaps your SCO , your , your security 1069 00:38:00,828 --> 00:38:02,717 cooperation office , and the econ 1070 00:38:02,717 --> 00:38:04,828 officer , the economic officer , um , 1071 00:38:04,828 --> 00:38:06,883 and my bet is in a lot of the places 1072 00:38:06,883 --> 00:38:09,050 that you're interested in that they're 1073 00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:11,385 already somewhat keyed up on this and , 1074 00:38:11,465 --> 00:38:15,449 and ready to help . The one other note 1075 00:38:15,449 --> 00:38:17,616 I would put on there , right , is that 1076 00:38:17,616 --> 00:38:19,838 your economics officer is going to have 1077 00:38:19,850 --> 00:38:23,570 uh that that big picture uh uh uh of of 1078 00:38:23,570 --> 00:38:25,570 the of the country and the business 1079 00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:27,626 community , um , but I would suggest 1080 00:38:27,626 --> 00:38:30,010 that that , um , linking up the GSO in 1081 00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:32,121 that conversation , uh , particularly 1082 00:38:32,121 --> 00:38:34,232 when you're talking about things like 1083 00:38:34,232 --> 00:38:36,288 boxes and shipping and all of this . 1084 00:38:36,288 --> 00:38:38,343 The Econ officer is gonna be able to 1085 00:38:38,343 --> 00:38:40,510 tell you big things about uh how these 1086 00:38:40,510 --> 00:38:44,199 ports are uh you know impacting you 1087 00:38:44,199 --> 00:38:46,939 know different uh political economic 1088 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,959 type uh uh relationships and such . 1089 00:38:50,189 --> 00:38:52,949 your GSO is down at that port every 1090 00:38:52,949 --> 00:38:55,800 single week . Picking up shipments , 1091 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,056 receiving shipments , shipping stuff 1092 00:38:58,056 --> 00:39:00,449 out , they're talking to the actual 1093 00:39:00,449 --> 00:39:03,750 vendors and the actual , you know , uh , 1094 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,610 uh , port , uh , workers , they're 1095 00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:08,610 gonna also be able to provide you a 1096 00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:11,330 much more , um , tactical practical 1097 00:39:11,330 --> 00:39:15,159 level conversation , um , so . I would 1098 00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:18,080 suggest that we include the the GSO in 1099 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,247 that conversation only because I think 1100 00:39:20,247 --> 00:39:22,560 they can add a uh a of actionable 1101 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,280 flavor to what you wanna do , uh . 1102 00:39:26,409 --> 00:39:28,020 More quickly , more better . 1103 00:39:30,949 --> 00:39:31,949 Yeah . 1104 00:39:43,649 --> 00:39:45,538 Hey , good afternoon , sir . Sean 1105 00:39:45,538 --> 00:39:47,760 Teeter , so I wanted to ask , uh , kind 1106 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,982 of specific to , uh , the Indo Paycom , 1107 00:39:49,982 --> 00:39:52,149 uh , problem set you mentioned the One 1108 00:39:52,149 --> 00:39:54,260 Belt One Road initiative , and I know 1109 00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:56,316 from our point of view access basing 1110 00:39:56,316 --> 00:39:58,427 and overflight , uh , in that area of 1111 00:39:58,427 --> 00:40:00,205 the world is so important . I'm 1112 00:40:00,205 --> 00:40:02,316 wondering if you , you talk about how 1113 00:40:02,316 --> 00:40:04,482 that's a pressure campaign from , uh , 1114 00:40:04,482 --> 00:40:06,482 from the PRC . I wonder if from the 1115 00:40:06,482 --> 00:40:08,705 State Department perspective . That has 1116 00:40:08,705 --> 00:40:10,816 been paying dividends from China from 1117 00:40:10,816 --> 00:40:12,816 your , uh , from your viewpoint and 1118 00:40:12,816 --> 00:40:14,593 that countries affected by that 1119 00:40:14,593 --> 00:40:16,593 pressure campaign , are they , have 1120 00:40:16,593 --> 00:40:18,593 they become more , uh , reticent to 1121 00:40:18,593 --> 00:40:20,850 deal with us , more , uh , reserved in 1122 00:40:20,850 --> 00:40:23,072 what they will or won't talk about with 1123 00:40:23,072 --> 00:40:25,294 regards to access basing overflight and 1124 00:40:25,294 --> 00:40:27,350 any other thoughts , uh , uh , along 1125 00:40:27,350 --> 00:40:29,461 those lines , sir ? For sure . I will 1126 00:40:29,461 --> 00:40:32,389 start by saying I'm not a , a sme on . 1127 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,129 Uh , on that area and that specific , 1128 00:40:35,209 --> 00:40:37,431 but I could tell you my experience both 1129 00:40:37,431 --> 00:40:39,542 in , uh , in Europe and Africa , um , 1130 00:40:39,542 --> 00:40:41,709 as well as sort of what I'm , what I'm 1131 00:40:41,709 --> 00:40:44,570 seeing in our reporting , so , um , for 1132 00:40:44,570 --> 00:40:47,959 sure . The the Chinese in Africa and in 1133 00:40:47,959 --> 00:40:50,979 uh Eastern , uh , Eastern Europe , uh , 1134 00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:54,360 are using the Belt Road Initiative and 1135 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,110 their style of foreign assistance to , 1136 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,120 uh , gain influence and , uh , and 1137 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:04,719 access . So , um , when 1138 00:41:05,139 --> 00:41:08,314 USAID used to . Do let's say a road 1139 00:41:08,314 --> 00:41:10,425 project or something like that , what 1140 00:41:10,425 --> 00:41:13,074 they would do is they would identify uh 1141 00:41:13,074 --> 00:41:16,314 a local , uh , a local NGO . It might 1142 00:41:16,314 --> 00:41:18,481 have had some international folks with 1143 00:41:18,481 --> 00:41:20,536 it , but it would always have people 1144 00:41:20,536 --> 00:41:22,647 from that country because what we use 1145 00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:24,647 our foreign assistance to do is not 1146 00:41:24,647 --> 00:41:26,703 only build the road , but what we're 1147 00:41:26,703 --> 00:41:28,758 trying to do is , you know , teach a 1148 00:41:28,758 --> 00:41:30,981 man to fish , right ? The Chinese don't 1149 00:41:30,981 --> 00:41:33,147 do that . What they do is they come in 1150 00:41:33,147 --> 00:41:35,370 with a whole bunch of Chinese workers . 1151 00:41:35,370 --> 00:41:37,592 The money that's going towards building 1152 00:41:37,592 --> 00:41:39,758 that is all going back to China , um , 1153 00:41:39,758 --> 00:41:42,060 and , uh , uh , in the same way that , 1154 00:41:42,090 --> 00:41:44,201 uh , when I was in Central Asia and , 1155 00:41:44,201 --> 00:41:46,850 uh , you know , that literally the word 1156 00:41:46,850 --> 00:41:49,969 for junk was Chinese , right ? If you 1157 00:41:49,969 --> 00:41:53,750 had . Clothes or you know what have 1158 00:41:53,750 --> 00:41:57,209 you that broke and it , it wasn't good 1159 00:41:57,429 --> 00:41:59,485 they would call it Chinese like they 1160 00:41:59,485 --> 00:42:02,350 are aware that like these roads crumble 1161 00:42:02,350 --> 00:42:06,070 in two years um they are aware that the 1162 00:42:06,070 --> 00:42:08,014 infrastructure uh and what they're 1163 00:42:08,014 --> 00:42:10,070 getting for it is not building their 1164 00:42:10,070 --> 00:42:11,959 own capacity . But a lot of these 1165 00:42:11,959 --> 00:42:13,681 countries don't have their own 1166 00:42:13,681 --> 00:42:15,792 resources . They don't have their own 1167 00:42:15,792 --> 00:42:17,848 capacity and tremendous corruption , 1168 00:42:17,860 --> 00:42:19,971 you know , bribery , like they're not 1169 00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:22,027 constrained by the same laws and and 1170 00:42:22,027 --> 00:42:24,193 constraints that we and our European , 1171 00:42:24,193 --> 00:42:26,249 uh , colleagues have . And therefore 1172 00:42:26,249 --> 00:42:28,416 they are buying influence and they are 1173 00:42:28,416 --> 00:42:30,360 shaping and influencing a cadre of 1174 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,582 decision makers and elites within these 1175 00:42:32,582 --> 00:42:34,638 countries . Do you have anything you 1176 00:42:34,638 --> 00:42:36,219 wanna do that , OK . 1177 00:42:38,860 --> 00:42:40,971 Hey sir Adam Silverman , just a quick 1178 00:42:40,971 --> 00:42:43,138 question and kind of follow on to what 1179 00:42:43,138 --> 00:42:45,249 you're just talking about with the um 1180 00:42:45,249 --> 00:42:48,010 uh . With what's happened with USA how 1181 00:42:48,010 --> 00:42:50,129 are we moving forward to address the 1182 00:42:50,129 --> 00:42:52,018 diplomatic and economic and other 1183 00:42:52,018 --> 00:42:54,250 things that they were doing to , you 1184 00:42:54,250 --> 00:42:56,629 know , help forward American uh 1185 00:42:57,010 --> 00:42:59,121 interests in those countries ? Yeah , 1186 00:42:59,409 --> 00:43:02,510 so , uh . I don't have a great answer 1187 00:43:02,510 --> 00:43:04,750 for you yet because that's still being 1188 00:43:04,750 --> 00:43:06,972 developed . What I can tell you is that 1189 00:43:06,972 --> 00:43:09,083 there's a , a number of programs that 1190 00:43:09,083 --> 00:43:11,250 the Secretary of State has agreed that 1191 00:43:11,250 --> 00:43:13,472 we're gonna continue on , uh , and so , 1192 00:43:13,472 --> 00:43:15,583 uh , some of those are food related , 1193 00:43:15,583 --> 00:43:17,639 uh , a large number of them are food 1194 00:43:17,639 --> 00:43:19,472 related , and , um , under a new 1195 00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:21,806 reorganization that went live on Monday . 1196 00:43:21,806 --> 00:43:23,861 Um , there is a , uh , new Office of 1197 00:43:23,861 --> 00:43:25,806 Global Food Security , um , that's 1198 00:43:25,806 --> 00:43:27,972 taking over those , a lot of what came 1199 00:43:27,972 --> 00:43:29,750 out of BHA , uh , the Bureau of 1200 00:43:29,750 --> 00:43:31,472 Humanitarian Assistance , um , 1201 00:43:31,472 --> 00:43:33,750 separately in our PRM , our , our , uh , 1202 00:43:33,750 --> 00:43:36,028 Population refugees and Migration , uh , 1203 00:43:36,028 --> 00:43:38,083 uh , bureau , um , they're taking on 1204 00:43:38,083 --> 00:43:40,417 some of the other emergency food stuffs . 1205 00:43:40,417 --> 00:43:42,790 And uh non-food stuffs , uh , like 1206 00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:45,909 disaster assistance , um , so that's 1207 00:43:45,909 --> 00:43:48,620 being uh housed there and then the 1208 00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:52,469 logistics component to how we move 1209 00:43:52,469 --> 00:43:55,110 stuff and uh and store stuff whether 1210 00:43:55,110 --> 00:43:57,790 it's food or non-food stuff that's 1211 00:43:57,790 --> 00:44:00,629 coming to to my office to support . Um , 1212 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,000 so just as a , as a context , right , 1213 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,959 so USAID primarily operated through 1214 00:44:06,959 --> 00:44:08,792 contracts and grants , bar-based 1215 00:44:08,792 --> 00:44:10,903 contracts and grants , um , so that's 1216 00:44:10,903 --> 00:44:13,126 how they , they move and operate , um , 1217 00:44:13,126 --> 00:44:15,070 they had their own , um , contract 1218 00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:17,181 logistics warehouses , and , and they 1219 00:44:17,181 --> 00:44:19,348 sort of moved things that way . That's 1220 00:44:19,348 --> 00:44:21,459 not how the State Department operates 1221 00:44:21,459 --> 00:44:23,570 as I mentioned we have our own , uh , 1222 00:44:23,570 --> 00:44:25,403 CRPs and our own , uh , despatch 1223 00:44:25,403 --> 00:44:27,348 network to , to do , uh , non-food 1224 00:44:27,348 --> 00:44:29,459 stuffs so largely what we're gonna do 1225 00:44:29,459 --> 00:44:31,626 with the non-food stuffs , I believe , 1226 00:44:31,626 --> 00:44:35,110 and again this is right now being , uh , 1227 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,231 assessed and and decided that we were 1228 00:44:37,231 --> 00:44:40,070 given , uh , a mission and a deadline , 1229 00:44:40,350 --> 00:44:43,010 we were not necessarily given . You 1230 00:44:43,010 --> 00:44:45,250 know the totality of of what we need to 1231 00:44:45,250 --> 00:44:47,250 have a plan today but we're working 1232 00:44:47,250 --> 00:44:49,472 through that um our intent right now as 1233 00:44:49,472 --> 00:44:51,194 I understand it is to take our 1234 00:44:51,194 --> 00:44:53,250 non-foodstuffs and push that through 1235 00:44:53,250 --> 00:44:55,489 our existing , uh , despatch agency 1236 00:44:55,489 --> 00:44:58,560 network . Why ? Because . Now the GSOs 1237 00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,560 on the other side are gonna have to 1238 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,671 pick this up and instead of trying to 1239 00:45:02,671 --> 00:45:04,810 get them to now try to operate a 1240 00:45:04,810 --> 00:45:06,754 contract warehouse and do contract 1241 00:45:06,754 --> 00:45:08,921 oversight of that and and everything , 1242 00:45:08,921 --> 00:45:11,088 what we're gonna do is we're gonna use 1243 00:45:11,088 --> 00:45:12,754 the network that they already 1244 00:45:12,754 --> 00:45:14,977 understand and the systems they already 1245 00:45:14,977 --> 00:45:17,088 understand to do that non-food stuffs 1246 00:45:17,088 --> 00:45:16,969 for the foodstuffs we're still working 1247 00:45:16,969 --> 00:45:18,747 through that , and that's a big 1248 00:45:18,747 --> 00:45:20,525 challenge for us . Um , as I am 1249 00:45:20,525 --> 00:45:22,247 learning because we did not do 1250 00:45:22,247 --> 00:45:24,415 foodstuffs before , um , that there's 1251 00:45:24,415 --> 00:45:27,304 gradations of food such that , um , the 1252 00:45:27,304 --> 00:45:30,344 food that USAID buys and , uh , had , 1253 00:45:30,465 --> 00:45:32,743 had bought and shipped can't be stored , 1254 00:45:32,743 --> 00:45:34,576 let's say , at a , at a DLA food 1255 00:45:34,576 --> 00:45:37,145 warehouse because of some quality level , 1256 00:45:37,225 --> 00:45:39,336 uh , issue . So we're kind of working 1257 00:45:39,336 --> 00:45:41,447 our way through that trying to figure 1258 00:45:41,447 --> 00:45:43,169 out whether we have to make an 1259 00:45:43,169 --> 00:45:45,392 adjustment or whether we have to , um , 1260 00:45:45,392 --> 00:45:47,614 try to develop a , a , uh , a different 1261 00:45:47,614 --> 00:45:49,781 kind of partnership , uh , with , with 1262 00:45:49,781 --> 00:45:51,947 DLA or others and . Mark is helping us 1263 00:45:51,947 --> 00:45:51,439 kind of work through the the thinking 1264 00:45:51,439 --> 00:45:54,989 on that , um , and then , um , the , 1265 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,969 the second part of that is really 1266 00:45:56,969 --> 00:45:59,449 understanding how , um , we , uh , USA 1267 00:45:59,449 --> 00:46:01,989 had historically used not just , uh , 1268 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,889 contracts to do all of the , um , 1269 00:46:03,889 --> 00:46:06,056 logistics and shipments , but they had 1270 00:46:06,056 --> 00:46:07,833 also used a lot of multilateral 1271 00:46:07,833 --> 00:46:10,056 organizations . Um , there's an ongoing 1272 00:46:10,056 --> 00:46:12,222 conversation about whether we're gonna 1273 00:46:12,222 --> 00:46:14,167 continue to use those multilateral 1274 00:46:14,167 --> 00:46:14,159 organizations in the same way so we 1275 00:46:14,159 --> 00:46:15,992 have to understand from a policy 1276 00:46:15,992 --> 00:46:18,215 perspective what they wanna do and then 1277 00:46:18,215 --> 00:46:20,048 that will inform . Our logistics 1278 00:46:20,048 --> 00:46:22,070 planning , so , um , from that 1279 00:46:22,070 --> 00:46:24,389 perspective , uh , policy decisions can 1280 00:46:24,389 --> 00:46:27,389 actually , um , constrain or open us up 1281 00:46:27,389 --> 00:46:30,229 as far as , um , what we choose to use . 1282 00:46:30,389 --> 00:46:32,611 So normally we would do things strictly 1283 00:46:32,611 --> 00:46:35,209 on the , you know , best value , um , 1284 00:46:35,350 --> 00:46:37,572 you know , the , the best value and the 1285 00:46:37,572 --> 00:46:40,350 best execution , um , and sometimes we 1286 00:46:40,350 --> 00:46:42,461 have constraints put on us and that's 1287 00:46:42,461 --> 00:46:44,350 fine and we'll , we'll adjust and 1288 00:46:44,350 --> 00:46:47,489 execute . So not a perfect answer , but 1289 00:46:47,489 --> 00:46:49,545 that's the answer I've got right now 1290 00:46:49,545 --> 00:46:51,449 for you , yeah , sir , our next 1291 00:46:51,449 --> 00:46:53,393 question is coming from one of our 1292 00:46:53,393 --> 00:46:55,393 remote sites . Awesome , sir , good 1293 00:46:55,393 --> 00:46:57,449 afternoon . Um , this first question 1294 00:46:57,449 --> 00:46:59,810 comes from land and maritime DLA . Um , 1295 00:46:59,879 --> 00:47:01,610 do you anticipate an increased 1296 00:47:01,610 --> 00:47:04,010 partnership with NATO countries given 1297 00:47:04,010 --> 00:47:06,310 the outcomes of the recent summit ? And 1298 00:47:06,310 --> 00:47:09,250 if yes , what do you believe DLA should 1299 00:47:09,250 --> 00:47:11,909 do to be postured to support ? 1300 00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,459 Um Can you read that to me one more 1301 00:47:17,459 --> 00:47:19,929 time at the first part ? Do you 1302 00:47:19,929 --> 00:47:21,929 anticipate an increased partnership 1303 00:47:21,929 --> 00:47:24,129 with NATO countries given the outcomes 1304 00:47:24,129 --> 00:47:27,719 of the recent summit ? OK , um , so 1305 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:29,649 from a logistics standpoint , not 1306 00:47:29,649 --> 00:47:33,229 really . Um , we've , we've had 1307 00:47:33,229 --> 00:47:35,340 conversations with Five Eyes and NATO 1308 00:47:35,340 --> 00:47:37,451 partners about , uh , partnering with 1309 00:47:37,451 --> 00:47:39,396 their logistics network and , uh , 1310 00:47:39,396 --> 00:47:41,562 quite frankly , in the same way that , 1311 00:47:41,562 --> 00:47:43,785 um , you know , we are dwarfed by you . 1312 00:47:43,785 --> 00:47:46,007 Um , we dwarf other nations' diplomatic 1313 00:47:46,007 --> 00:47:48,118 course . Uh , they just do not have , 1314 00:47:48,118 --> 00:47:50,679 um , even close to the volume of , of 1315 00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:52,679 diplomats overseas or presence . We 1316 00:47:52,679 --> 00:47:54,600 have a , a philosophy called a 1317 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,639 universal presence where , uh , the 1318 00:47:56,639 --> 00:47:58,719 United States wants to have missions 1319 00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,775 all over the world in order to shape 1320 00:48:00,775 --> 00:48:02,886 and influence . Influence and protect 1321 00:48:02,886 --> 00:48:04,886 our interests , um , most countries 1322 00:48:04,886 --> 00:48:07,052 have a very regionalized hub and spoke 1323 00:48:07,052 --> 00:48:09,052 kind of , uh , operation where they 1324 00:48:09,052 --> 00:48:11,163 have an embassy in , um , in a , uh , 1325 00:48:11,163 --> 00:48:13,386 in a central country and then they'll , 1326 00:48:13,386 --> 00:48:15,497 uh , have representatives go out to , 1327 00:48:15,497 --> 00:48:17,552 you know , 5 , 1015 countries , uh , 1328 00:48:17,552 --> 00:48:20,449 around the region , um , so they're not 1329 00:48:20,449 --> 00:48:22,671 sort of in a position to help us , um , 1330 00:48:22,671 --> 00:48:24,782 and they've not asked for help , uh , 1331 00:48:24,782 --> 00:48:27,116 from us , uh , from the diplomatic side . 1332 00:48:27,116 --> 00:48:28,909 Uh , I'm not sure yet if on the 1333 00:48:28,909 --> 00:48:30,909 humanitarian assistance side , uh , 1334 00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:33,076 that might be something we're engaging 1335 00:48:33,076 --> 00:48:35,131 in , uh , with NATO or the EU , uh , 1336 00:48:35,131 --> 00:48:37,187 but that's always possible . I think 1337 00:48:37,187 --> 00:48:39,353 we're still again in the , in the very 1338 00:48:39,353 --> 00:48:41,409 early stages on that , um , and then 1339 00:48:41,409 --> 00:48:43,409 from a secure logistics side , um , 1340 00:48:43,409 --> 00:48:45,409 most of our secure logistics are no 1341 00:48:45,409 --> 00:48:47,560 foreign , so we can't , uh , we don't 1342 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,671 have the option to use our , our NATO 1343 00:48:49,671 --> 00:48:51,782 partners or or EU . Um , we've talked 1344 00:48:51,782 --> 00:48:53,671 through , uh , uh , some of those 1345 00:48:53,671 --> 00:48:55,727 options , um , and it just doesn't , 1346 00:48:55,727 --> 00:48:57,893 doesn't , uh , doesn't work for , uh , 1347 00:48:57,893 --> 00:49:01,709 our customers . Like so . I hope that 1348 00:49:01,709 --> 00:49:03,098 answered your question . 1349 00:49:06,729 --> 00:49:08,729 Are there any more questions in the 1350 00:49:08,729 --> 00:49:10,840 room ? Oh , got one right down here . 1351 00:49:13,659 --> 00:49:15,715 Hi sir , I'd like to know how you've 1352 00:49:15,715 --> 00:49:17,659 been successful , uh , with only 2 1353 00:49:17,659 --> 00:49:20,110 international locations , uh , 1354 00:49:20,179 --> 00:49:22,346 considering that DLA has them all over 1355 00:49:22,346 --> 00:49:24,568 the place , but you have only Frankfurt 1356 00:49:24,568 --> 00:49:26,679 and I think you said , um , Antwerp , 1357 00:49:26,679 --> 00:49:28,846 Antwerp . How have you been successful 1358 00:49:28,846 --> 00:49:31,012 in getting those things to people that 1359 00:49:31,012 --> 00:49:33,179 are really downrange such as , I don't 1360 00:49:33,179 --> 00:49:32,929 know , the Middle East or other 1361 00:49:32,929 --> 00:49:35,610 locations ? Thank you , yeah , no , and , 1362 00:49:35,620 --> 00:49:38,080 uh , I'm gonna take this recording . 1363 00:49:38,790 --> 00:49:41,012 And I'm gonna show that to the team . I 1364 00:49:41,012 --> 00:49:43,179 really appreciate you saying that it's 1365 00:49:43,179 --> 00:49:45,179 because I have an amazing , amazing 1366 00:49:45,179 --> 00:49:47,401 team . um , I get to , I get to come up 1367 00:49:47,401 --> 00:49:49,457 here and talk to you all . Um , I've 1368 00:49:49,457 --> 00:49:51,290 got behind me a , a team of just 1369 00:49:51,290 --> 00:49:53,290 wizards that , uh , that do amazing 1370 00:49:53,290 --> 00:49:55,512 stuff . um , again , I think part of it 1371 00:49:55,512 --> 00:49:57,623 is a volume and , and another part of 1372 00:49:57,623 --> 00:49:59,901 it is , is what we're shipping , right ? 1373 00:49:59,901 --> 00:50:01,957 So I don't have to do fuel . I don't 1374 00:50:01,957 --> 00:50:04,123 have to do , um , you know , uh , ship 1375 00:50:04,123 --> 00:50:06,290 parts or anything like that . What I'm 1376 00:50:06,290 --> 00:50:08,401 doing is I'm doing personal effects . 1377 00:50:08,401 --> 00:50:10,734 I'm doing , um . You know , shipment of , 1378 00:50:10,734 --> 00:50:12,512 uh , furniture and shipments of 1379 00:50:12,512 --> 00:50:14,568 computers and shipments of of things 1380 00:50:14,568 --> 00:50:16,734 that people need in an office or in an 1381 00:50:16,734 --> 00:50:19,012 embassy , uh , security equipment , um , 1382 00:50:19,012 --> 00:50:21,850 we're doing uh uh shipments uh of uh of 1383 00:50:21,850 --> 00:50:24,830 vehicles , um , we're not doing the 1384 00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:26,951 kinds of shipments that require , you 1385 00:50:26,951 --> 00:50:29,118 know , all of these different types of 1386 00:50:29,118 --> 00:50:31,173 warehouses and capabilities that you 1387 00:50:31,173 --> 00:50:33,340 all have um I , I've gotten to see a , 1388 00:50:33,370 --> 00:50:35,481 a deal . Overseas , uh , particularly 1389 00:50:35,481 --> 00:50:37,759 when I was serving in Afghanistan , uh , 1390 00:50:37,759 --> 00:50:39,981 worked closely with , uh , with the DLA 1391 00:50:39,981 --> 00:50:42,203 folks out there . You guys are , it's , 1392 00:50:42,203 --> 00:50:44,426 it's just a different animal . You guys 1393 00:50:44,426 --> 00:50:43,679 are just on a completely different 1394 00:50:43,679 --> 00:50:45,969 league than we are as far as the , the , 1395 00:50:46,250 --> 00:50:48,409 the breadth , the depth , and the 1396 00:50:48,409 --> 00:50:50,979 technical expertise . Um , we don't , 1397 00:50:51,209 --> 00:50:53,320 we don't require that . We , we don't 1398 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,487 have ships . We don't have airplanes , 1399 00:50:55,487 --> 00:50:57,487 um , we don't have to fuel up , you 1400 00:50:57,487 --> 00:51:00,159 know , B-2s to fly halfway around the 1401 00:51:00,159 --> 00:51:03,879 world and back . So , um . Uh , but for 1402 00:51:03,879 --> 00:51:06,101 the scope and scale that we do have and 1403 00:51:06,101 --> 00:51:08,268 particularly for the type of the , the 1404 00:51:08,268 --> 00:51:10,679 number of venues we have , you are 100% 1405 00:51:10,679 --> 00:51:13,239 correct . I have folks in Antwerp that 1406 00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:15,280 are shipping personal effects to a 1407 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,600 Ouagadougou and , and , uh , and 1408 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,489 shipping them out to Tashkent and 1409 00:51:19,489 --> 00:51:21,711 shipping it out to , uh , to Brussels , 1410 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:25,060 right ? So , um . They are tremendous , 1411 00:51:25,260 --> 00:51:28,280 um , in in , uh , Antwerp we have a ton 1412 00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,502 of , uh , local staff from all over the 1413 00:51:30,502 --> 00:51:32,780 world with different languages as well , 1414 00:51:32,780 --> 00:51:35,002 um , which is really impressive so they 1415 00:51:35,002 --> 00:51:37,800 can not only negotiate , um , import 1416 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:41,760 and export for , um , for Morocco 1417 00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:43,871 or Mozambique , but they can do so in 1418 00:51:43,871 --> 00:51:46,120 native language , um , which is 1419 00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:48,342 fantastic . They can translate bills of 1420 00:51:48,342 --> 00:51:50,679 lading , uh , between languages , um , 1421 00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,239 so that's really cool too , so , um . 1422 00:51:53,540 --> 00:51:55,840 You know , small but mighty , um , and , 1423 00:51:55,899 --> 00:51:57,955 uh , our ESA team is fantastic , and 1424 00:51:57,955 --> 00:52:00,066 Frankfurt is where we have our , uh , 1425 00:52:00,066 --> 00:52:02,232 our , uh , classified , uh , logistics 1426 00:52:02,232 --> 00:52:04,566 hub , and they do a tremendous job , uh , 1427 00:52:04,566 --> 00:52:06,732 with our interagency partners , making 1428 00:52:06,732 --> 00:52:08,566 sure that , uh , um , the entire 1429 00:52:08,566 --> 00:52:10,788 national security apparatus , including 1430 00:52:10,788 --> 00:52:12,843 your , uh , military attaches , your 1431 00:52:12,843 --> 00:52:14,955 defense attaches overseas , and , and 1432 00:52:14,955 --> 00:52:17,177 all of the DOD components that post are 1433 00:52:17,177 --> 00:52:19,232 taken care of . So , uh , I , I take 1434 00:52:19,232 --> 00:52:21,288 your comment both as the kudos to my 1435 00:52:21,288 --> 00:52:23,399 team and also huge kudos to your team 1436 00:52:23,399 --> 00:52:23,159 on the , the great work you all do . 1437 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:28,333 Got one down here in the front . 1438 00:52:33,729 --> 00:52:35,785 Yes Sir , Colin Williamson , the DLA 1439 00:52:35,785 --> 00:52:37,979 historian . You mentioned the 1440 00:52:37,979 --> 00:52:40,600 foodstuffs earlier and in 1441 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:43,820 2022 after Russia invaded 1442 00:52:43,820 --> 00:52:46,379 Ukraine , we had all sorts of problems 1443 00:52:46,379 --> 00:52:48,657 getting certain foodstuffs into Europe . 1444 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,320 Uh , if I if my memory is correct , 1445 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:53,949 it's mostly milk products and the like , 1446 00:52:54,250 --> 00:52:56,389 and the State Department helped us 1447 00:52:56,659 --> 00:52:59,219 solve that problem , but that was 1448 00:52:59,219 --> 00:53:01,629 temporary is my understanding . Do you 1449 00:53:01,629 --> 00:53:05,469 know what the status of those European . 1450 00:53:05,870 --> 00:53:08,037 Restrictions to foodstuffs coming in , 1451 00:53:08,037 --> 00:53:09,870 especially from , from DLA prime 1452 00:53:09,870 --> 00:53:12,120 vendors . I have no idea . We just 1453 00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,560 inherited this program , but I , I 1454 00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:16,727 appreciate the question . What I'll do 1455 00:53:16,727 --> 00:53:18,782 is , uh , I'm asking my team , she's 1456 00:53:18,782 --> 00:53:18,679 already on it . I'm asking my team . 1457 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,871 We're gonna follow up . We'll , we'll 1458 00:53:20,871 --> 00:53:22,871 get you an answer to that . Um , it 1459 00:53:22,871 --> 00:53:25,093 could be a , it could be a treaty issue 1460 00:53:25,093 --> 00:53:26,927 with the EU . I mean , the EU is 1461 00:53:26,927 --> 00:53:26,719 notoriously bureaucratic , and they 1462 00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,239 have a lot of constraints , um , but I , 1463 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:31,320 I sincerely don't know . I , I will 1464 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,376 find out for you and I'll get you an 1465 00:53:33,376 --> 00:53:35,487 answer . Thanks , sir , yeah . If you 1466 00:53:35,487 --> 00:53:37,431 wanna come up afterwards too we'll 1467 00:53:37,431 --> 00:53:39,542 we'll get some more details and we'll 1468 00:53:39,542 --> 00:53:41,820 make sure we get it to you . All right , 1469 00:53:41,820 --> 00:53:44,149 folks , we got time for one more 1470 00:53:44,149 --> 00:53:46,760 question . Nope , I got a question . Uh , 1471 00:53:46,850 --> 00:53:48,961 this is Eli . I'm with the automation 1472 00:53:48,961 --> 00:53:51,129 branch . Um , I heard you say you 1473 00:53:51,129 --> 00:53:53,073 mentioned something about the 7600 1474 00:53:53,073 --> 00:53:55,185 where you didn't have to reinvent the 1475 00:53:55,185 --> 00:53:57,296 wheel . Um , I'm assuming that's with 1476 00:53:57,296 --> 00:53:59,518 the new G invoicing with the Department 1477 00:53:59,518 --> 00:54:02,250 of , uh , Treasury , and so I just 1478 00:54:02,250 --> 00:54:04,194 really recently went through the G 1479 00:54:04,194 --> 00:54:07,570 invoicing , uh , uh , training . And I 1480 00:54:07,570 --> 00:54:10,290 thought it was awesome really uh how 1481 00:54:10,290 --> 00:54:12,457 we're doing business with , you know , 1482 00:54:12,457 --> 00:54:14,623 these older legacy systems and this is 1483 00:54:14,623 --> 00:54:17,590 more of a browser based system so but 1484 00:54:17,610 --> 00:54:19,721 as I was thinking about it it it only 1485 00:54:19,721 --> 00:54:22,090 solves like maybe half of the equation 1486 00:54:22,090 --> 00:54:24,370 because you could the restrictions is 1487 00:54:24,370 --> 00:54:26,409 that you can only use it with other 1488 00:54:26,409 --> 00:54:28,631 trading partners within the military or 1489 00:54:28,631 --> 00:54:30,800 the government . But it doesn't solve 1490 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,689 like the uh and I'm talking about 1491 00:54:32,689 --> 00:54:35,810 Mppers like cat one MPR versus a CT 2 1492 00:54:35,810 --> 00:54:38,120 Mipper and the cat 2 Mipper portion 1493 00:54:38,439 --> 00:54:40,661 that deals with contractors and vendors 1494 00:54:40,661 --> 00:54:42,772 and like that so I was wondering , is 1495 00:54:42,772 --> 00:54:44,661 there any like push towards maybe 1496 00:54:44,661 --> 00:54:46,550 getting the vendors , the private 1497 00:54:46,550 --> 00:54:49,149 companies to buy into , uh , using the 1498 00:54:49,149 --> 00:54:52,979 7600 Bravo , uh , you know , platform . 1499 00:54:53,370 --> 00:54:55,537 Because then that would solve a lot of 1500 00:54:55,537 --> 00:54:57,426 issues as well , you know , great 1501 00:54:57,426 --> 00:54:59,592 question . I , um , I would have , I , 1502 00:54:59,592 --> 00:55:01,592 I would have to ask Treasury , um , 1503 00:55:01,592 --> 00:55:01,570 because I think they , they run that 1504 00:55:01,570 --> 00:55:04,449 program , but it's a fantastic , uh , 1505 00:55:04,649 --> 00:55:06,816 tool for us , and we're , we're really 1506 00:55:06,816 --> 00:55:08,482 excited about it . Um , State 1507 00:55:08,482 --> 00:55:10,593 Department is , is again just getting 1508 00:55:10,593 --> 00:55:12,816 into the , the G invoicing , um , and , 1509 00:55:12,816 --> 00:55:14,927 uh , it really does help us track one 1510 00:55:14,927 --> 00:55:16,982 of the things we're working on right 1511 00:55:16,982 --> 00:55:19,093 now is to better understand how our , 1512 00:55:19,093 --> 00:55:20,871 uh , because we're not a single 1513 00:55:20,871 --> 00:55:22,982 customer , right ? This is why we had 1514 00:55:22,982 --> 00:55:22,530 to sign the agency to agency agreement . 1515 00:55:22,810 --> 00:55:24,921 Is because we have our headquarters , 1516 00:55:24,921 --> 00:55:27,088 but we have all the bureaus across our 1517 00:55:27,088 --> 00:55:29,310 headquarters and then we have embassies 1518 00:55:29,310 --> 00:55:29,050 and consulates all over the world 200 1519 00:55:29,050 --> 00:55:32,750 and . 75 plus um uh embassies and 1520 00:55:32,750 --> 00:55:34,861 consulates all over the world so it's 1521 00:55:34,861 --> 00:55:36,790 difficult for us right now to 1522 00:55:36,790 --> 00:55:39,110 understand who's buying what from DLA 1523 00:55:39,110 --> 00:55:41,332 and what element of DLA because you all 1524 00:55:41,332 --> 00:55:43,277 also have you know uh different uh 1525 00:55:43,277 --> 00:55:46,320 components and and such so as we , uh , 1526 00:55:46,629 --> 00:55:48,629 with your help we are learning more 1527 00:55:48,629 --> 00:55:50,740 about what our partnership looks like 1528 00:55:50,830 --> 00:55:53,409 and then we're trying to drive towards , 1529 00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:55,979 uh , better integration . Uh , across 1530 00:55:55,979 --> 00:55:58,146 programs and , uh , that data is gonna 1531 00:55:58,146 --> 00:56:00,423 help us do it and this is part of that , 1532 00:56:00,423 --> 00:56:02,646 right , is I'm trying to get out , um , 1533 00:56:02,646 --> 00:56:04,757 to meet with you all and to encourage 1534 00:56:04,757 --> 00:56:06,812 you , um , to , to get in touch with 1535 00:56:06,812 --> 00:56:08,423 your , uh , State Department 1536 00:56:08,423 --> 00:56:10,590 counterparts because again with , with 1537 00:56:10,590 --> 00:56:12,701 DLA linked up to the State Department 1538 00:56:12,701 --> 00:56:14,701 you're touching every agency that's 1539 00:56:14,701 --> 00:56:16,868 overseas at our posts . You don't have 1540 00:56:16,868 --> 00:56:19,500 to do 7600 agreements with every other 1541 00:56:19,500 --> 00:56:21,667 agency as long as you've got that with 1542 00:56:21,667 --> 00:56:24,010 the GSO at post . That GSO at Post now 1543 00:56:24,010 --> 00:56:26,409 can execute a contract for Department 1544 00:56:26,419 --> 00:56:28,308 of Agriculture at Post . They can 1545 00:56:28,308 --> 00:56:30,641 execute for Department of State at Post . 1546 00:56:30,641 --> 00:56:32,641 They can execute for , uh , for the 1547 00:56:32,641 --> 00:56:34,530 defense attache at Post , right , 1548 00:56:34,530 --> 00:56:34,290 because you're all paying into that , 1549 00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:36,722 uh , working capital fund called ICAS . 1550 00:56:36,722 --> 00:56:40,580 Um , so the this partnership is really , 1551 00:56:40,699 --> 00:56:42,643 really powerful in a special way . 1552 00:56:42,643 --> 00:56:44,866 Again , our , our authorities , uh , my 1553 00:56:44,866 --> 00:56:47,459 big authorities , um , are , are really 1554 00:56:47,459 --> 00:56:50,300 helping you to , uh , execute that 1555 00:56:50,300 --> 00:56:52,189 broader national security mission 1556 00:56:52,189 --> 00:56:54,790 across the interagency . Thank you . 1557 00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:57,744 Sir , it's over to you for closing 1558 00:56:57,744 --> 00:57:00,780 remarks . I have done my closing 1559 00:57:00,780 --> 00:57:03,370 remarks . Fair enough . Thank you , Mr . 1560 00:57:03,429 --> 00:57:05,550 Green . General Sanford , over to you 1561 00:57:05,550 --> 00:57:06,770 for final comments . 1562 00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,007 So Seth , if we could you come right , 1563 00:57:14,007 --> 00:57:15,951 sorry , sorry . So , uh , learning 1564 00:57:15,951 --> 00:57:18,284 protocol , uh , now , first of all , uh , 1565 00:57:18,284 --> 00:57:17,639 thank you and thank you to your team , 1566 00:57:17,860 --> 00:57:19,916 uh , down in the audience for , uh , 1567 00:57:19,916 --> 00:57:22,138 coming out here and , uh , hopefully it 1568 00:57:22,138 --> 00:57:24,138 gave you a little respite from your 1569 00:57:24,138 --> 00:57:23,939 building and , um , but we really need 1570 00:57:23,939 --> 00:57:25,939 it . Thank you . Oh great , great . 1571 00:57:25,939 --> 00:57:27,828 Well , you're welcome , obviously 1572 00:57:27,828 --> 00:57:27,500 anytime we appreciate you , uh , coming 1573 00:57:27,500 --> 00:57:29,667 here . We learned a lot . It's good to 1574 00:57:29,667 --> 00:57:31,556 understand the connective tissues 1575 00:57:31,556 --> 00:57:33,667 between , um , the DLA and with the , 1576 00:57:33,667 --> 00:57:33,659 with the State Department , especially 1577 00:57:33,659 --> 00:57:35,881 the logistics side , but also the , the 1578 00:57:35,881 --> 00:57:38,103 greater pieces with the missions of the 1579 00:57:38,103 --> 00:57:39,992 embassies . I appreciate that . I 1580 00:57:39,992 --> 00:57:39,879 understand small but mighty , but um , 1581 00:57:39,889 --> 00:57:42,000 as the state department works through 1582 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,000 the reorg , uh , we obviously wanna 1583 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,056 stay clued or or in tune with you to 1584 00:57:46,056 --> 00:57:48,222 understand what changes that may drive 1585 00:57:48,222 --> 00:57:48,209 toward the agency if we need to pick up 1586 00:57:48,209 --> 00:57:50,320 some more of that logistic support as 1587 00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:52,653 as we go forward we'll be there for you . 1588 00:57:52,653 --> 00:57:54,987 So we're excited to see where that goes , 1589 00:57:54,987 --> 00:57:54,530 and I , I would be remiss if I didn't 1590 00:57:54,530 --> 00:57:56,641 say . Thank you , uh , for , uh , for 1591 00:57:56,641 --> 00:57:58,752 Brian Marcus , uh , being here . Uh , 1592 00:57:58,752 --> 00:58:00,863 we obviously have the , the best pull 1593 00:58:00,863 --> 00:58:00,745 out in the , in the department . You do , 1594 00:58:00,955 --> 00:58:02,955 um , and so we're , uh , we benefit 1595 00:58:02,955 --> 00:58:04,733 from him and his leadership and 1596 00:58:04,733 --> 00:58:06,622 guidance daily . So thank you for 1597 00:58:06,622 --> 00:58:06,235 everything . And on behalf of General 1598 00:58:06,235 --> 00:58:08,457 Summerly , I just wanna pass you one of 1599 00:58:08,457 --> 00:58:10,513 his coins . Thank you so much . No , 1600 00:58:10,513 --> 00:58:10,344 thank you . And again , thank you for 1601 00:58:10,344 --> 00:58:12,566 being here today with us . I appreciate 1602 00:58:12,566 --> 00:58:12,054 it . 1603 00:58:16,719 --> 00:58:20,050 that's . Ladies and gentlemen , this 1604 00:58:20,050 --> 00:58:22,050 concludes today's warfighter talk . 1605 00:58:22,050 --> 00:58:24,050 Thank you for your attendance . 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