WEBVTT 00:08.739 --> 00:10.628 Good afternoon and welcome to the 00:10.628 --> 00:12.683 Campaign of Learning warfighter Talk 00:12.683 --> 00:14.683 hosted by J3 Director Major General 00:14.683 --> 00:16.739 David Sanford . A special welcome to 00:16.739 --> 00:18.739 the members of the DLA team who are 00:18.739 --> 00:20.961 watching remotely . I'm Jake Boyer from 00:20.961 --> 00:22.795 Public Affairs , your MC today . 00:23.260 --> 00:25.316 Sergeant Major Ruiz's appointment as 00:25.316 --> 00:27.427 the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine 00:27.427 --> 00:29.149 Corps was the culmination of a 00:29.149 --> 00:31.204 distinguished leadership journey , a 00:31.204 --> 00:33.371 veteran of multiple combat deployments 00:33.371 --> 00:36.040 and support . He , he , uh , he , he 00:36.040 --> 00:38.700 said no , no bio . Oh , no bio , sorry , 00:38.840 --> 00:41.860 apologies , Sergeant Major , uh . I 00:41.860 --> 00:43.749 would now like to welcome Command 00:43.749 --> 00:45.749 Sergeant Major Peedrick Casarez for 00:45.749 --> 00:47.804 opening remarks . I was , I was told 00:47.804 --> 00:51.400 very , very carefully , no bio . 00:51.779 --> 00:53.946 That was one of the things that he got 00:53.946 --> 00:56.223 from the other warfighter talks . So I , 00:56.223 --> 00:58.446 I hope I got it right , SMMC and team , 00:58.446 --> 01:00.668 uh , I have to give you a warning . You 01:00.668 --> 01:02.890 should be prepared for this . This is , 01:02.890 --> 01:04.779 uh , interactive , uh , so I hope 01:04.779 --> 01:06.890 everybody go ahead and cough a little 01:06.890 --> 01:09.001 bit , get ready , because this , uh , 01:09.001 --> 01:11.550 introduction is going to include . A 01:11.550 --> 01:14.750 group woo you knew that was gonna 01:14.750 --> 01:16.861 happen . It's also gonna include some 01:16.861 --> 01:19.169 singing that I hope that our , uh , 01:19.430 --> 01:21.750 Marine Corps is , uh , cops teammates 01:21.750 --> 01:24.029 are gonna help . So , uh , uh , with no 01:24.029 --> 01:26.085 bio , we're gonna , we're gonna go a 01:26.085 --> 01:28.251 little off the cuff and do this little 01:28.251 --> 01:30.362 bit , uh , different . So we're gonna 01:30.362 --> 01:32.769 show the summage of the Marine Corps 01:33.190 --> 01:36.769 DLA spirit . Uh , since our 01:36.769 --> 01:39.309 mission every single day is to support 01:39.309 --> 01:42.489 the war fighter , we actually brought 01:42.489 --> 01:46.319 the war fighter here for us , OK ? 01:47.239 --> 01:50.410 And I wanna make sure that we show the 01:50.410 --> 01:53.440 United States Marine Corps how DLA 01:53.440 --> 01:57.190 welcomes its most senior enlisted 01:57.569 --> 02:00.639 leader . And I know the safety team and 02:00.639 --> 02:02.849 our surgeon is here , so they promised 02:02.849 --> 02:05.071 that they told me that we're gonna tone 02:05.071 --> 02:07.016 it down just a little bit so we're 02:07.016 --> 02:10.570 gonna be a notch below a permanent 02:10.570 --> 02:13.570 hearing damage level , right ? That's 02:13.570 --> 02:17.529 good . OK , uh , so on a count of 3 , 02:17.889 --> 02:19.945 and I think everybody's already been 02:19.945 --> 02:22.111 able to get this right , so on a count 02:22.111 --> 02:25.729 of 3 we're gonna do a DLA woo for 02:25.729 --> 02:28.630 the saw major of the Marine Corps . 02:29.240 --> 02:32.539 Everybody ready ? Anybody need to cough ? 02:33.110 --> 02:37.000 OK , one . 2 02:38.119 --> 02:40.850 3 Oh , 02:42.020 --> 02:44.242 very good . I hope that's gonna get you 02:44.242 --> 02:46.464 all pumped up , uh , and , and ready to 02:46.464 --> 02:49.660 go . So on behalf of the entire Defense 02:49.660 --> 02:53.220 Logistics Agency , it is my honor to 02:53.220 --> 02:55.839 introduce Sergeant Major of the Marine 02:55.839 --> 02:59.410 Corps Carlos A . Ruiz , a war 02:59.410 --> 03:00.410 fighter . 03:05.089 --> 03:07.889 OK , that's gonna continue just a 03:07.889 --> 03:09.945 little bit more because I wanna make 03:09.945 --> 03:12.111 sure we get a little bit of singing in 03:12.111 --> 03:15.100 here . So as a soldier and a fellow NCO , 03:15.259 --> 03:18.639 I'm incredibly proud to have the song 03:18.639 --> 03:21.360 Major of the Marine Corps here , uh , 03:21.369 --> 03:24.139 because all the services consider the 03:24.139 --> 03:26.619 non non-commissioned officers the 03:26.619 --> 03:29.779 backbone of that service . So to have 03:29.779 --> 03:31.890 the backbone of the Marine Corps over 03:31.890 --> 03:35.169 here , it's pretty special . And also 03:35.169 --> 03:38.050 as a soldier , I'm well schooled on the 03:38.050 --> 03:41.539 Marine Corps hymn . That is my very , 03:41.619 --> 03:43.786 very favorite part of it , and I think 03:43.786 --> 03:46.008 you can help me over here . It's , it's 03:46.008 --> 03:49.470 on the 3rd verse . And it's , it's 03:49.470 --> 03:51.692 about the army and the navy because you 03:51.692 --> 03:53.859 know , the XO and I , we , we're gonna 03:53.859 --> 03:56.026 have to make sure that , uh , we are , 03:56.026 --> 03:58.248 uh , we have a good word put in for our 03:58.248 --> 04:00.526 final duty station so we're gonna show , 04:00.669 --> 04:02.669 we're gonna sing one portion of the 04:02.669 --> 04:05.059 song right here , OK , you , so you 04:05.059 --> 04:08.229 know it's gonna be if the army , OK . 04:09.139 --> 04:11.580 Everybody ready ? I know the Marines 04:11.580 --> 04:13.747 know this , so everybody else can just 04:13.747 --> 04:17.600 join in . OK , if the army and 04:17.600 --> 04:21.079 the navy ever look on 04:21.079 --> 04:25.000 heaven's scenes , they will find the 04:25.000 --> 04:28.920 streets are guarded by United 04:28.920 --> 04:32.130 States Marines . Woo , 04:33.549 --> 04:35.790 so I , I know that part in there and , 04:35.910 --> 04:38.170 and , uh , this was a very , uh , 04:38.220 --> 04:40.331 important part on it because I wanted 04:40.331 --> 04:42.442 to make sure XO and I get a good word 04:42.442 --> 04:44.442 from the Marine Corps when it comes 04:44.442 --> 04:46.720 time for our final , uh , duty station , 04:47.290 --> 04:51.149 uh . By all kid assigned , the spirit 04:51.149 --> 04:53.739 of the hymn , which is always the first 04:53.739 --> 04:57.299 to fight for right and freedom , is the 04:57.299 --> 05:00.100 same ethos I know that everybody here 05:00.100 --> 05:03.170 saw when we saw the Marine Corps 05:03.170 --> 05:06.799 birthday video not that long ago 05:07.299 --> 05:11.019 and wow , in that video we had the 05:11.019 --> 05:13.980 commandant and the son major at the 05:13.980 --> 05:16.147 Marine Corps War Memorial , and I know 05:16.147 --> 05:19.410 we all looked at it and . It was 05:19.410 --> 05:21.369 pouring down rain . They were in a 05:21.369 --> 05:23.649 dress uniform , and I think that's the 05:23.649 --> 05:26.339 perfect symbol of that indomitable 05:26.339 --> 05:30.010 spirit that service in defense of our 05:30.010 --> 05:31.954 nation and the Constitution of the 05:31.954 --> 05:35.309 United States in every clime and place . 05:36.420 --> 05:38.880 And when the commandant's guidance 05:38.880 --> 05:41.119 makes it clear that every marine is 05:41.119 --> 05:45.029 first and foremost a rifleman and 05:45.029 --> 05:47.679 Sa Major Ruiz says that the goal is to 05:47.679 --> 05:50.679 make that rifleman more lethal , our 05:50.679 --> 05:53.079 mission here at DLA becomes crystal 05:53.079 --> 05:56.559 clear . Every meal we deliver becomes a 05:56.559 --> 05:58.760 strength to advance . Every uniform 05:58.760 --> 06:00.799 item provides camouflage for 06:00.799 --> 06:03.519 concealment and protection to own the 06:03.519 --> 06:05.480 battle space . Every piece of 06:05.480 --> 06:07.959 construction material builds to forward 06:07.959 --> 06:10.160 defenses that keep them in a fight . 06:10.480 --> 06:12.880 Every repair repair part restores the 06:12.880 --> 06:15.480 lethal precision to their equipment , 06:15.640 --> 06:17.750 ensuring rifles fire through and our 06:17.750 --> 06:19.861 warfighters dominate the engagement . 06:20.399 --> 06:22.910 Every single drop of fuel is the power 06:22.910 --> 06:24.521 for a jet to roar overhead , 06:24.521 --> 06:26.899 guaranteeing they never fight alone , 06:27.359 --> 06:30.079 and every vial for medical supply is a 06:30.079 --> 06:33.299 promise to bring them home . The core 06:33.299 --> 06:36.260 readiness is not a job . It is our 06:36.260 --> 06:39.190 pledge and duty to every warfighter . 06:39.959 --> 06:42.410 That is why we are so proud to host you 06:42.410 --> 06:45.529 here today . So everybody , one last 06:45.529 --> 06:49.209 final woo to get this started , uh , so 06:49.209 --> 06:51.929 we can all make sure , uh , that , uh , 06:51.940 --> 06:54.690 uh , as we , uh , one day , uh , move 06:54.690 --> 06:57.880 to a final , uh , whatever our , uh , 06:57.890 --> 07:00.130 mission is , uh , that we're gonna be 07:00.130 --> 07:02.809 joining our team of Marines , uh , up , 07:02.839 --> 07:05.950 up above . One 07:06.619 --> 07:08.440 23 . 07:20.739 --> 07:23.739 I'm trying to process this if I'm dying 07:23.739 --> 07:27.040 soon . Like the final destination is 07:27.040 --> 07:29.262 that , is that what it is ? We're we're 07:29.262 --> 07:32.619 all dying soon . Uh , hi , in 07:32.619 --> 07:35.000 preparation one day , one day , just 07:35.000 --> 07:37.470 one day , just one day , not any . OK . 07:37.589 --> 07:40.589 Is it OK if I , if I walk here ? OK . 07:40.799 --> 07:43.132 Will you do me a favor ? You're too far . 07:44.190 --> 07:46.523 You're too far out there . If you could , 07:46.523 --> 07:48.746 if you're standing back there , come on 07:48.746 --> 07:52.519 over . one . And if you're back there , 07:52.640 --> 07:56.589 come on in . It's OK . It's all right . 07:56.829 --> 07:58.662 They don't bite . There's some , 07:58.662 --> 08:00.718 there's some chairs back here . Like 08:00.880 --> 08:04.820 it's all right . I think those chairs 08:04.820 --> 08:06.980 were reserved for you , so , uh , you 08:06.980 --> 08:09.519 don't worry about the reserve stuff . 08:10.660 --> 08:13.470 Just come on over . go . 08:15.200 --> 08:17.940 It's a marine thing I think we really 08:17.940 --> 08:20.559 don't like empty seats in between 08:20.559 --> 08:23.700 people like we attract to each other 08:24.200 --> 08:26.089 and so it's weird when we have in 08:26.089 --> 08:28.144 between things so I I mean I'll take 08:28.144 --> 08:31.059 this . I appreciate it , how you doing ? 08:32.299 --> 08:34.466 We're gonna do one more thing . I like 08:34.466 --> 08:36.521 to get to know the audience that I'm 08:36.521 --> 08:39.000 speaking to . I snuck in a little early 08:39.000 --> 08:42.448 today , right ? um . I think I came 08:42.448 --> 08:44.670 from you were waiting for me looking at 08:44.670 --> 08:46.504 the porthole looking through the 08:46.504 --> 08:48.670 through the hatch waiting for me but I 08:48.670 --> 08:50.948 was already inside having coffee right . 08:51.679 --> 08:54.940 Just watching , observing you . 08:56.169 --> 08:58.225 Maybe I saw a couple of you that are 08:58.225 --> 09:00.280 here , but I just wanted to see what 09:00.280 --> 09:03.429 happens inside this building . So , uh , 09:03.440 --> 09:05.718 do me a favor , could you please stand ? 09:10.419 --> 09:12.641 And if you just do me a quick favor and 09:12.641 --> 09:16.020 then in the 360 degree around you just 09:16.020 --> 09:18.849 reach over and introduce yourself with 09:18.849 --> 09:21.071 your first name and where you're from . 09:46.650 --> 09:49.090 Carlos , sir , Arizona , nice to meet 09:49.090 --> 09:53.030 you , sir . Carlos , sir . Buffalo , 09:53.039 --> 09:55.270 New York . Sorry about the bills . 09:57.669 --> 10:00.039 OK , I didn't say hold hands and walk 10:00.039 --> 10:01.372 on the beach together . 10:08.809 --> 10:11.309 I don't know what your path is when you 10:11.609 --> 10:13.609 leave your home and I don't know if 10:13.609 --> 10:15.831 you're for the last 10 years or 2 years 10:15.831 --> 10:18.053 or 3 months you've been making the same 10:18.053 --> 10:20.165 turns and you park almost in the same 10:20.165 --> 10:22.276 parking spot and you walk to the same 10:22.276 --> 10:24.489 space that you work at in the same way 10:24.489 --> 10:27.210 each day , um , and you pass each other 10:27.210 --> 10:30.090 up and , and you're in your bubbles and 10:30.090 --> 10:32.849 maybe that's OK for you , uh , but 10:32.849 --> 10:34.682 we're in the business I'm in the 10:34.682 --> 10:36.738 business of people and it's really , 10:36.738 --> 10:39.330 really . Uh , important to me to 10:39.330 --> 10:41.849 understand who's around me . Where are 10:41.849 --> 10:44.570 they from ? What do they do ? What do 10:44.570 --> 10:46.514 they think about , what they think 10:46.514 --> 10:48.848 about ? And so , maybe right here , sir , 10:48.848 --> 10:51.409 uh maybe if you can just , uh , what do 10:51.409 --> 10:53.760 you do ? How long you been here ? Um , 10:54.770 --> 10:57.479 Marcus Bowers work at the J331 . Been 10:57.479 --> 11:00.549 here , uh , almost 12 years . Almost 12 11:00.549 --> 11:02.493 years , sir . Did you serve in the 11:02.493 --> 11:04.493 uniform before ? I retired from the 11:04.493 --> 11:06.605 Marine Corps in 2022 . OK , I'm gonna 11:06.605 --> 11:09.590 check tattoos a little later . OK , I 11:09.590 --> 11:11.812 can do that , sir . Awesome , sir . Can 11:11.812 --> 11:13.590 we , uh , you toss it over here 11:13.590 --> 11:15.368 somewhere ? Just pick anybody . 11:19.159 --> 11:20.992 Right , right there on the end , 11:21.200 --> 11:22.256 holding your lip . 11:26.320 --> 11:28.376 We just became family . We know each 11:28.376 --> 11:30.542 other's names . We're good . Oh yeah , 11:31.799 --> 11:32.799 retired as well . 11:40.729 --> 11:41.729 Uh , 11:44.609 --> 11:46.887 awesome . Pass it over there somewhere . 11:47.450 --> 11:49.672 Someone you don't know , make it really 11:49.672 --> 11:52.289 uncomfortable . Good afternoon , Mark 11:52.289 --> 11:54.669 Mizrahi , uh , DLA Energy , uh , 11:54.729 --> 11:56.729 quality assurance , and , uh , been 11:56.729 --> 11:59.520 with DLA 9 years now , uh , marine 11:59.520 --> 12:02.640 veteran AO Tech . Awesome . Amotech . 12:02.690 --> 12:05.890 He never saw the sunlight ever . You're 12:05.890 --> 12:07.890 in the right place , probably . You 12:07.890 --> 12:10.280 wanna toss it back there ? Oh sure . Um 12:13.429 --> 12:15.989 Uh , Mike Ois , I work for OSD . You . 12:17.500 --> 12:21.320 parts T as well , uh , you've been here 12:21.320 --> 12:23.650 about 10 years . Awesome , over here , 12:23.859 --> 12:27.159 toss it over here . I want to volunteer 12:27.159 --> 12:30.900 to be next . Thank you , sir . Did you 12:30.900 --> 12:33.067 see somebody got up like I'm not doing 12:33.067 --> 12:35.000 this . I'm not here . Mike's no 12:35.000 --> 12:37.167 insulation management . I've been here 12:37.167 --> 12:39.000 4 years , uh , physical security 12:39.000 --> 12:41.140 specialist . Uh , I volunteer because 12:41.140 --> 12:42.820 we just to have some army 12:42.820 --> 12:46.729 representation . Retired 12:46.729 --> 12:49.739 retired retired Army in 2009 . After 12:49.739 --> 12:51.961 all , the Marine Corps loved the Marine 12:51.961 --> 12:54.017 Corps , but I just wanted to provide 12:54.017 --> 12:56.183 some Army representation . Thank you , 12:56.183 --> 12:59.020 ma'am , right there . Yeah , sure , she 12:59.020 --> 13:00.909 kept going down and further . She 13:00.909 --> 13:03.076 couldn't get any further down this her 13:03.076 --> 13:05.640 seat . Uh , Colleen , uh , I actually 13:05.640 --> 13:08.159 work on the hand of learning , uh , so 13:08.159 --> 13:11.559 I'll put this on . Been working at DLA 13:11.559 --> 13:13.859 for about a year and a half . And my 13:13.859 --> 13:17.099 grandfather was a marine in Oh awesome , 13:17.950 --> 13:21.390 right . Let's see who else is 13:21.390 --> 13:24.640 terrified of the spotlight ? Nobody 13:24.640 --> 13:27.119 here is , I know , uh , right here , 13:27.239 --> 13:28.849 sir . Yes sir , 13:31.500 --> 13:34.400 I'm . That deal is . 13:35.280 --> 13:36.280 November . 13:39.479 --> 13:41.812 Awesome . What about right here , ma'am ? 13:41.812 --> 13:43.590 What about yourself and give us 13:43.590 --> 13:45.590 something about you that you like , 13:45.590 --> 13:47.868 some hobby or something that we should , 13:47.868 --> 13:49.979 uh , I got it . OK . You got like you 13:49.979 --> 13:52.289 got like 10 seconds . So I , I'm very 13:52.289 --> 13:54.770 shocked , very , very shocked . So I'm 13:54.770 --> 13:56.937 Karen Rundstrom . I'm the DLA chief of 13:56.937 --> 13:59.890 staff . I've been at DLA for 24 years . 14:00.530 --> 14:03.169 I have a 10 year old daughter named Bub , 14:03.690 --> 14:06.130 who does gymnastics and finally was 14:06.130 --> 14:08.929 able to recruit mommy into doing adult 14:08.929 --> 14:11.969 gymnastics , of which I started Friday 14:11.969 --> 14:15.369 and I have lived it and I will continue 14:15.369 --> 14:17.369 to do it every Friday from now on . 14:17.770 --> 14:21.219 Love it . OK , you only get one . 14:23.289 --> 14:25.400 And I come from a family of emotion , 14:26.530 --> 14:27.330 awesome . 14:32.229 --> 14:34.950 I am your son Ma . My first name . 14:38.090 --> 14:42.000 My first name is uh Petra . Uh , I am 14:42.000 --> 14:45.820 from 2nd floor command suite , uh , but 14:45.820 --> 14:48.042 beyond that , uh , I know everybody can 14:48.042 --> 14:50.570 hear my Texas accent , uh , very well 14:50.570 --> 14:53.409 so . Uh , from Texas , uh , but I was 14:53.409 --> 14:56.530 born and raised , uh , in Finland . Wow , 14:56.729 --> 14:58.929 awesome , awesome . What about someone 14:58.929 --> 15:00.873 right here in this leadership team 15:00.873 --> 15:02.818 right here ? You got , you all are 15:02.818 --> 15:04.818 tight . You went straight for those 15:04.818 --> 15:06.929 three seats . My name tape says right 15:06.929 --> 15:09.096 here . I will sit right here . I got , 15:09.096 --> 15:11.207 man . I'm the deputy director for the 15:11.207 --> 15:15.039 Joint Reserve Force . Your 15:15.039 --> 15:18.239 powers . For about 14 years and retired . 15:18.950 --> 15:21.006 Awesome pick somebody over here so . 15:24.460 --> 15:26.349 Hi , I'm Jessica Senito . I'm the 15:26.349 --> 15:28.571 knowledge manager for our Joint Reserve 15:28.571 --> 15:30.849 Force . I have never served in uniform , 15:30.849 --> 15:33.309 um . Because I know myself well and 15:33.309 --> 15:35.142 they this country needs to be in 15:35.142 --> 15:37.198 uniform because they weren't alone . 15:37.880 --> 15:40.047 I'm very happy to support those of you 15:40.047 --> 15:42.269 who are awesome . Pick one more . We'll 15:42.269 --> 15:45.780 go one more , OK . The gentleman back 15:45.780 --> 15:49.760 there with the . Yes , sir . 15:52.659 --> 15:54.992 Good afternoon . My name is Ralph Croce . 15:54.992 --> 15:57.215 I'm a retired Marine . I've been at DLA 15:57.510 --> 16:00.809 for 3 months , and I work for J351 , 16:00.820 --> 16:02.931 and I'm , I'm an ops research analyst 16:03.099 --> 16:05.266 for the supply chain Risk management . 16:07.869 --> 16:10.710 You're a tracker . Awesome . Give him 16:10.710 --> 16:11.710 one . 16:16.340 --> 16:18.396 There's always an old core . There's 16:18.396 --> 16:20.618 always an old core hanging around ready 16:20.618 --> 16:24.369 to poke you , sir , uh . 16:25.849 --> 16:28.469 Observations continue , right , to 16:28.489 --> 16:32.099 watching you , uh , Move 16:32.099 --> 16:34.940 about watching you smile , let go a 16:34.940 --> 16:37.530 little bit . I don't know what you're 16:37.530 --> 16:40.080 expecting out of me uh in the next few 16:40.080 --> 16:42.358 minutes , but I don't know either , so , 16:42.409 --> 16:44.465 we're gonna figure it out together . 16:44.530 --> 16:46.697 What , what I would say , what I would 16:46.697 --> 16:50.380 start with is that . Uh The 16:50.380 --> 16:53.020 briefs that I've gotten this morning 16:53.020 --> 16:55.780 for a couple of hours have really 16:55.780 --> 16:59.219 helped me , uh , better understand what 16:59.219 --> 17:02.340 you do for us , and I , I come here in 17:02.340 --> 17:05.810 peace , right , uh , I've come 17:05.810 --> 17:09.020 to figure out why is it that in my own 17:09.020 --> 17:12.280 service , uh , I'll hear a lot of , 17:12.660 --> 17:16.560 uh , it's , it's on DLAs . Lap . 17:16.900 --> 17:19.067 It's DLA this , it's DLA that . Well , 17:19.067 --> 17:22.030 it's DLA . And I wanted to see well 17:22.030 --> 17:24.189 what is DLA who are the people behind 17:24.189 --> 17:27.530 DLA so I can better take what you do 17:28.020 --> 17:30.076 and then return back to my formation 17:30.076 --> 17:32.949 and tell them what a wonderful group of 17:32.949 --> 17:35.630 professionals are here every day 17:35.630 --> 17:38.140 fighting to ensure that my marines , 17:38.359 --> 17:40.415 your marines , your service member , 17:40.430 --> 17:43.829 whatever tribe that you come from , um , 17:44.750 --> 17:46.917 understand that you are taking care of 17:46.917 --> 17:49.880 them , right . And uh and I have been 17:49.880 --> 17:53.729 so so impressed . And so I 17:53.729 --> 17:55.951 ask you to do weird things , you know , 17:55.951 --> 17:58.173 and then we try to do weird things that 17:58.173 --> 18:00.396 sergeant majors . We're like hurrah and 18:00.396 --> 18:02.562 shake each other's hand and , and know 18:02.562 --> 18:05.959 each other's first name . Because it's 18:05.959 --> 18:09.040 gotta , it's gotta be worth something , 18:09.560 --> 18:11.893 the same turns , the same parking spots , 18:11.893 --> 18:13.727 the same office space , the same 18:13.727 --> 18:16.959 meetings , the same . And I , and I 18:16.959 --> 18:19.070 wanna make sure that somehow I'm able 18:19.070 --> 18:21.359 to convey my appreciation that you did 18:21.359 --> 18:24.079 30 , 40 , 10 , 4 years , no years at 18:24.079 --> 18:27.560 all in a uniform . You still kept your 18:27.560 --> 18:30.439 place in the tribe and you still got 18:30.439 --> 18:33.760 after this compelling thing inside of 18:33.760 --> 18:36.400 you that says you want to serve . In 18:36.400 --> 18:39.239 whatever shape or form , there's still 18:39.239 --> 18:41.280 something inside of you that says I 18:41.280 --> 18:43.169 wanna do this , there's something 18:43.169 --> 18:46.969 calling me here . if the 18:48.310 --> 18:51.290 If the title of the presentation 18:51.790 --> 18:53.949 uh got you confused and you thought I 18:53.949 --> 18:56.116 was gonna speak to you about warehouse 18:56.116 --> 18:58.910 modernization , uh , it was just 18:58.910 --> 19:02.500 clickbait , OK . Uh , 19:02.750 --> 19:05.670 Petra was , uh , just pressing me on a 19:05.670 --> 19:08.630 title for a topic for my for whatever 19:08.630 --> 19:10.797 conversation I was gonna have , so I'm 19:10.797 --> 19:12.963 like , do they really want a topic ? I 19:12.963 --> 19:14.908 said , I don't know what I'm gonna 19:14.908 --> 19:17.019 speak about until I feel the energy , 19:17.019 --> 19:18.908 and they say , well , the what if 19:18.908 --> 19:21.074 warehouse . And then I get a couple of 19:21.074 --> 19:23.297 emails and even this morning , uh , the 19:23.297 --> 19:25.130 email came to me and said , uh , 19:25.130 --> 19:27.352 Sergeant Major , I hear you're speaking 19:27.352 --> 19:29.463 about warehouse modernization . And I 19:29.463 --> 19:31.574 would just like to offer that I would 19:31.574 --> 19:33.630 like to take you to Camp Pendleton , 19:33.630 --> 19:33.540 I'm sorry , Miramar , California , 19:33.550 --> 19:35.772 where we have this great warehouse that 19:35.772 --> 19:37.939 you can see . And I just couldn't help 19:37.939 --> 19:39.994 but smile . It's like , I don't know 19:39.994 --> 19:42.050 anything about it was just clickbait 19:42.050 --> 19:44.050 and you're here , but now you can't 19:44.050 --> 19:47.900 leave hora . And maybe I'll start 19:47.900 --> 19:51.579 with . With what I think , I think 19:52.000 --> 19:54.239 about your world and where you come 19:54.239 --> 19:56.439 from , uh , and I got a little bit of 19:56.439 --> 20:00.290 taste this morning . But uh 20:00.609 --> 20:03.380 I imagine once upon a time the Wright 20:03.380 --> 20:05.658 brothers looked at each other and says , 20:05.689 --> 20:07.689 they say to each other , what if we 20:07.689 --> 20:10.650 could fly ? And it didn't take very 20:10.650 --> 20:13.089 long before somebody else says , what 20:13.089 --> 20:15.089 if we can put a machine gun on it ? 20:15.089 --> 20:18.849 Right ? Your world . And then someone 20:18.849 --> 20:21.489 said , well , what if we take this 20:21.489 --> 20:23.545 machine gun to ensure that the other 20:23.545 --> 20:26.020 plane goes down in this fiery crash , a 20:26.020 --> 20:29.500 big old fireball . And then someone 20:29.500 --> 20:31.780 says , well , what if we shoot the 20:31.780 --> 20:34.060 pilot like a cannonball straight up to 20:34.060 --> 20:36.060 the sky and then hopefully somebody 20:36.060 --> 20:38.116 before that person said , what if we 20:38.116 --> 20:40.729 invented a parachute , right ? And so I 20:40.729 --> 20:42.849 think that for me logistics is about 20:42.849 --> 20:45.290 the what ifs . What if we can make it 20:45.290 --> 20:47.689 smaller ? What if we can make it faster . 20:48.550 --> 20:50.949 What if we can increase the distance 20:50.949 --> 20:54.329 times 3 ? What if we can break it down 20:54.329 --> 20:56.496 to this , this small little thing that 20:56.496 --> 20:58.890 we can carry better . What if he 20:58.890 --> 21:01.001 doesn't need a power source like what 21:01.001 --> 21:03.329 ifs , what ifs , what ifs , because 21:04.569 --> 21:06.670 Innovations are not uh . 21:08.189 --> 21:10.229 Innovations at all in some cases . 21:11.880 --> 21:15.079 Some , in most cases , um , it's an 21:15.089 --> 21:18.260 antidote . It is a signal 21:18.260 --> 21:21.920 to uh get after a solution to a nagging 21:21.920 --> 21:25.680 problem . The seatbelt 21:26.560 --> 21:30.229 Uh , the airbag . Uh , bulletproof 21:30.229 --> 21:33.900 vest . Um , those things 21:33.900 --> 21:35.920 are innovations . 21:37.829 --> 21:40.089 They were necessary . They were , 21:40.709 --> 21:43.020 they're welcomed . I put my seatbelt on 21:43.020 --> 21:45.979 every morning and we . We appreciate 21:45.989 --> 21:47.989 that . We appreciate , I appreciate 21:47.989 --> 21:50.211 that Gen 3 , sappy played Carrier Hua . 21:51.319 --> 21:53.229 I appreciate it , but it's not an 21:53.229 --> 21:57.130 innovation . Maybe 21:57.869 --> 22:00.689 just this morning , uh , I saw scissors . 22:02.229 --> 22:05.630 Saw scissors , like somebody said , 22:05.709 --> 22:09.209 what if we put two knives together ? I 22:09.209 --> 22:12.069 saw a telephone . What if we can speak 22:12.069 --> 22:15.170 to each other ? From thousands of miles 22:15.170 --> 22:18.640 away instantly . What if ? What 22:18.640 --> 22:22.020 if , uh . What if , 22:22.160 --> 22:25.479 um . A motor vehicle . 22:26.939 --> 22:29.500 What if the horse never got tired ? 22:30.219 --> 22:32.275 What if the horse carriage never got 22:32.275 --> 22:34.608 tired ? What if we made a motor vehicle ? 22:35.880 --> 22:39.510 So for me those things . They weren't 22:39.510 --> 22:41.788 solving a problem , really . They were . 22:42.510 --> 22:46.089 Things that someone could look ahead to 22:46.089 --> 22:48.260 and thought that maybe society could 22:48.260 --> 22:50.819 use something like this , and in some 22:50.819 --> 22:54.689 cases , In some cases , uh , it was an 22:54.689 --> 22:58.170 easy sell . In some cases he 22:58.170 --> 23:01.650 was very quick to take on into 23:01.650 --> 23:04.030 society and and move and move it along 23:04.030 --> 23:07.290 and in other cases he was not . It took 23:07.780 --> 23:09.891 a very , very long time for something 23:09.891 --> 23:13.319 like that . For someone to fight for it , 23:13.530 --> 23:15.752 like from the horse back to the horse . 23:16.650 --> 23:19.790 Back to the horse to the tank . Like 23:19.790 --> 23:21.901 there had to be somebody like you are 23:21.901 --> 23:24.109 in this room that said what if this 23:24.109 --> 23:27.150 horse uh was bulletproof ? What if this 23:27.150 --> 23:30.290 horse could go on for , I don't know . 23:31.459 --> 23:34.609 30 , 40 , 60 , 90 miles bulletproof . 23:35.040 --> 23:37.151 What if this horse can carry 5 people 23:37.151 --> 23:40.819 and protect these things ? And so , 23:41.040 --> 23:43.199 oh , and then of course , inevitably 23:43.199 --> 23:45.421 there's somebody that says , what if we 23:45.421 --> 23:47.477 can put a machine gun on the horse , 23:47.477 --> 23:49.709 right ? Those things continue for me in 23:49.709 --> 23:53.390 my head about logistics on the what 23:53.390 --> 23:56.540 ifs . This is I think where you live 23:56.540 --> 23:58.762 and I don't , you know , all I can go . 23:59.290 --> 24:01.290 To every chair here and you do very 24:01.290 --> 24:04.089 different things . You come from very 24:04.089 --> 24:06.790 different places and you bring into 24:06.790 --> 24:09.310 this building into our organization , 24:10.229 --> 24:14.209 um . Your own piece of the pie . And in 24:14.209 --> 24:16.709 your own way you help this organization 24:17.040 --> 24:18.810 move forward just a little . 24:21.180 --> 24:23.430 Logistics is art and science , yeah . 24:24.369 --> 24:28.199 It's like You , you here , maybe 24:28.199 --> 24:30.366 there's one or two of you in this room 24:30.366 --> 24:32.643 who can see something that the general , 24:32.643 --> 24:34.477 the sergeant major , some of the 24:34.477 --> 24:36.366 brightest people in this room are 24:36.366 --> 24:38.439 watching this , can't even possibly 24:38.439 --> 24:40.800 fathom that we need one day , but you 24:40.800 --> 24:43.819 do and you see it . And then you have 24:43.819 --> 24:46.219 to work at understanding the whole 24:46.219 --> 24:48.400 concept and knowing it inside and out 24:48.400 --> 24:51.319 backwards and forwards . You have to 24:51.319 --> 24:53.599 fight for it and get it made and get it 24:53.599 --> 24:55.543 tested and fight fight fight while 24:55.543 --> 24:57.599 others are saying we don't need , we 24:57.599 --> 24:59.821 don't need this what are we doing ? You 24:59.821 --> 25:01.821 need to focus on this , but yet you 25:01.821 --> 25:05.579 fight . I can't possibly teach you 25:05.579 --> 25:08.479 anything about logistics . The last 25:08.479 --> 25:10.646 time I was in a warehouse was 25 years 25:10.646 --> 25:14.560 ago , right ? I all I can share 25:14.560 --> 25:17.439 with you is my experiences from this 25:17.439 --> 25:21.260 building . I guess my first 25:21.640 --> 25:24.400 experience is that I knew nothing about 25:24.400 --> 25:28.329 what you do until a few hours ago . And 25:28.329 --> 25:30.829 that most marines anyway know nothing 25:31.010 --> 25:33.229 about what you deliver to them day in 25:33.290 --> 25:35.800 and day out , and I plan to change that . 25:40.160 --> 25:42.239 I had no idea that when I was in the 25:42.239 --> 25:45.439 warehouse 25 years ago . That the 25:45.439 --> 25:47.772 things that I was moving in this pallet , 25:47.959 --> 25:50.181 the heavy things in this pallet , these 25:50.181 --> 25:52.859 helmets had taken years of research , 25:53.599 --> 25:56.160 so much hard work to get these things 25:56.160 --> 25:58.438 into production and out to the marines , 25:58.800 --> 26:01.439 and that the locations and the bins 26:01.439 --> 26:05.369 that I would count . 100 times a day 26:06.189 --> 26:08.550 that each one of those little things 26:08.550 --> 26:10.869 required so much work to get it to 26:10.869 --> 26:13.579 always be there for the warfighter . I 26:13.579 --> 26:17.540 had no idea That the 7 26:17.540 --> 26:20.930 ton that we used in Afghanistan and had 26:20.930 --> 26:24.900 transformed it into a uh emergency 26:24.900 --> 26:27.780 room hospital , a hospital emergency 26:27.780 --> 26:31.729 room . With an ER doctor in the back , 26:32.000 --> 26:34.430 a couple of nurses , and some marines 26:35.010 --> 26:37.232 will end up saving the lives of Marines 26:37.232 --> 26:39.343 at the point of injury , shock trauma 26:39.343 --> 26:41.989 platoon . You ever heard of that ? You 26:41.989 --> 26:44.770 would end up delivering an LVSR after 26:44.770 --> 26:47.030 that , after that 7 ton , here comes 26:47.030 --> 26:49.910 this beautiful machine that can move so 26:49.910 --> 26:53.790 swiftly , so amazingly into any 26:53.790 --> 26:56.310 point of injury to get any marine out 26:56.310 --> 26:58.390 of the fight and get him inside that 26:58.390 --> 27:01.719 hilo into the golden hour . And they 27:01.719 --> 27:05.709 still live . I had 27:05.709 --> 27:09.550 no idea . Uh , until I visited a marine 27:09.550 --> 27:12.880 in a training evolution . Who was 27:12.880 --> 27:15.339 wearing uh boots that you created . 27:17.449 --> 27:19.616 It just happened that he was in Norway 27:19.616 --> 27:22.829 and he was wearing jungle boots . Right , 27:23.119 --> 27:25.839 what are you doing in 2 ft 3 ft of snow 27:25.839 --> 27:28.000 with jungle boots , devil dog ? I've 27:28.000 --> 27:30.222 seen Marines do a lot of dumb things in 27:30.222 --> 27:32.333 the past , yeah , especially with the 27:32.333 --> 27:34.500 stuff that you issue to them . They do 27:34.500 --> 27:36.833 some crazy stuff . But this time it was . 27:37.839 --> 27:40.006 Where's your boots ? Where's your cold 27:40.006 --> 27:43.380 weather boots ? And so I just Put a pin 27:43.380 --> 27:46.459 on that . What happened after that trip , 27:46.709 --> 27:49.469 it led me to visit Logistics command . 27:50.300 --> 27:53.540 He led me to visit my own very , my 27:53.540 --> 27:56.209 very own systems command . I visited 27:56.209 --> 28:00.140 every individual issue facility that I 28:00.140 --> 28:02.550 could to see what the problem . It 28:03.319 --> 28:05.486 continues to be with individual combat 28:05.486 --> 28:09.349 equipment . And I 28:09.349 --> 28:13.219 was . I was , 28:13.310 --> 28:17.229 I was , uh , the word is upset of what 28:17.229 --> 28:19.550 I was . I was listening to . 28:21.140 --> 28:23.307 And everywhere that I went after those 28:23.307 --> 28:25.473 visits , I would pay attention to what 28:25.473 --> 28:28.300 the Marines were wearing . With the 28:28.300 --> 28:30.699 gear that they were carrying , how they 28:30.699 --> 28:32.699 were carrying it , how it was being 28:32.699 --> 28:35.089 maintained . What was being bought . 28:36.109 --> 28:39.699 Versus and Warren versus what was being 28:39.699 --> 28:42.589 issued and Warren . Did they trust the 28:42.589 --> 28:45.150 things that you had delivered to them 28:45.430 --> 28:47.949 and had the leadership failed them by 28:47.949 --> 28:50.410 not wearing the things that you tested 28:50.510 --> 28:52.677 and feel it and now they've taken that 28:52.677 --> 28:56.239 example . And so 28:57.109 --> 28:59.331 I didn't , I didn't like that feeling , 28:59.331 --> 29:01.331 and this is how I now I've ended up 29:01.331 --> 29:05.250 here . To try to connect everyone 29:05.250 --> 29:08.410 together to try to do my very best for 29:08.410 --> 29:10.849 the war fighter that you speak of , and 29:10.849 --> 29:13.071 I like your PowerPoint slide because it 29:13.071 --> 29:15.609 reads , after all the platforms , after 29:15.609 --> 29:17.770 all your different organizations that 29:17.770 --> 29:19.930 you have at the very bottom of every 29:19.930 --> 29:23.130 slide says war fighter always . 29:24.219 --> 29:26.275 And you focused on the right thing . 29:30.310 --> 29:33.219 The marine , the last corporal . The 29:33.219 --> 29:36.060 last corporal on the field . Doesn't 29:36.930 --> 29:39.790 Give 2 cents about the budget . Could 29:39.790 --> 29:41.790 care less about how long it takes , 29:42.180 --> 29:44.310 could care less about being fair with 29:44.310 --> 29:47.260 contracts , the rules of whatever it is 29:47.260 --> 29:49.709 that , that you do , they could care 29:49.709 --> 29:53.680 less . There's Marines on the 29:53.680 --> 29:55.680 field today who are field stripping 29:55.680 --> 29:59.319 their MRE . Right , 29:59.709 --> 30:01.765 they're field stripping their MRE in 30:01.765 --> 30:04.670 order to make it what ? lighter . 30:05.900 --> 30:08.500 Right , not , not have with you so much 30:08.500 --> 30:12.260 trash . There are Marines in barracks 30:12.260 --> 30:16.109 rooms today . who are nerding out on 30:18.260 --> 30:22.229 Radar wave propagation , so maybe they 30:22.229 --> 30:24.062 can figure out how to make their 30:24.062 --> 30:27.089 antenna fit in the pack . There are 30:27.089 --> 30:29.609 marines today all over the globe who 30:29.609 --> 30:33.250 are constantly speaking and thinking to 30:33.250 --> 30:36.369 themselves , what if ? Just like I hope 30:36.369 --> 30:39.219 this building is . That you are 30:39.219 --> 30:42.329 constantly talking about well what if . 30:45.140 --> 30:46.069 That marine 30:49.920 --> 30:52.239 That marine who was not wearing cold 30:52.239 --> 30:54.810 weather boots , uh , was quickly found 30:54.810 --> 30:56.921 some boots so you don't have to worry 30:56.921 --> 30:59.032 about that , alright ? and usually in 30:59.032 --> 31:01.199 the Marine Corps the way it works is , 31:01.199 --> 31:03.199 uh , staff sergeant , take off your 31:03.199 --> 31:05.310 cold weather boots and give it to the 31:05.310 --> 31:09.170 Lance corporal . Right . For that 31:09.170 --> 31:12.780 young marine who was later given those 31:12.819 --> 31:15.239 those cold weather boots . I had that 31:15.239 --> 31:17.479 memory in my head , so when I visited 31:17.810 --> 31:20.729 uh Systems command . I said , why don't 31:20.729 --> 31:23.007 we have cold weather boots ? Say sorry , 31:23.007 --> 31:25.229 Major , we do have cold weather boots . 31:25.229 --> 31:25.209 They're on the shelf . 31:29.000 --> 31:32.930 OK . It just For me when 31:32.930 --> 31:35.770 I looked in the mirror . All I can ask 31:35.770 --> 31:38.670 myself is what if we actually issued 31:38.670 --> 31:40.781 the Marines the gear that they need . 31:42.959 --> 31:45.020 So , I come here in peace . 31:47.359 --> 31:49.880 To say thank you for everything that 31:49.880 --> 31:53.520 you do for us . I come to tell 31:53.520 --> 31:56.959 you that I will push as much as I can 31:56.959 --> 31:59.109 for our hardest and as hard as I can 31:59.109 --> 32:01.890 for as long as I can . To make sure 32:01.890 --> 32:04.130 that the gear that you are testing and 32:04.130 --> 32:07.780 moving along is trusted . And worn 32:08.189 --> 32:10.356 by the Marines . What I ask from you . 32:11.900 --> 32:14.060 What I ask from you is that you never 32:14.060 --> 32:16.410 stop dreaming . And you never stop 32:16.410 --> 32:19.729 asking yourself what if ? You shook 32:19.729 --> 32:22.170 hands , you know each other's names , 32:22.489 --> 32:24.600 you know just a tiny little bit about 32:24.600 --> 32:27.689 each other . Because at some point 32:27.689 --> 32:30.800 inevitably , You got , you have to be 32:30.800 --> 32:32.744 comfortable enough to lean over to 32:32.744 --> 32:34.967 somebody and say . What if we could put 32:34.967 --> 32:38.869 a machine gun on that ? And you need to 32:38.869 --> 32:40.760 be with hell yeah , rah . 32:42.619 --> 32:45.469 OK , I think I'll stop there because I 32:45.469 --> 32:48.920 really wanna hear from you . Your 32:48.920 --> 32:52.359 thoughts , push back . Did you come 32:52.359 --> 32:54.248 here to shoot me in the face with 32:54.248 --> 32:56.192 something , uh , you're interested 32:56.192 --> 32:58.359 about Marine Corps things , equities , 32:58.359 --> 33:00.470 where we're going , if I can't answer 33:00.470 --> 33:02.692 your question , I'll come back to you , 33:02.692 --> 33:04.915 but I'll do my very best is that fair ? 33:05.540 --> 33:08.020 OK , over to you . We'll now open it up 33:08.020 --> 33:10.242 for questions both in the room and from 33:10.242 --> 33:12.353 our remote sites . You can submit via 33:12.353 --> 33:14.576 email to COL@DLA.mil or by scanning the 33:14.576 --> 33:16.687 QR code . For those in the audience , 33:16.687 --> 33:18.798 if you have a question , please raise 33:18.798 --> 33:20.798 your hand and a member of the staff 33:20.798 --> 33:23.709 will bring you a microphone . Sorry , 33:23.790 --> 33:26.099 Major , I have a question . Good 33:26.099 --> 33:28.630 afternoon . Sir , where are you from ? 33:28.930 --> 33:31.780 I'm from California . Where ? Ladera 33:31.780 --> 33:34.300 Heights . I have no idea where that is . 33:36.520 --> 33:40.489 It's the bougie area . Um , 33:40.750 --> 33:42.972 this is from a forced modernization and 33:42.972 --> 33:45.083 strategic direction standpoint . What 33:45.083 --> 33:47.194 are the key priorities and challenges 33:47.194 --> 33:49.430 in implementing force design 2030 and 33:49.430 --> 33:51.750 how will these changes impact 33:51.750 --> 33:53.949 individual marines ? Yes sir , that's 33:53.949 --> 33:56.589 good , um , and I like how you read 33:56.589 --> 33:58.700 that and I like that it's you that is 33:58.700 --> 34:00.770 asking that because most of the time 34:00.910 --> 34:03.077 it's a Lance Corporal , which I love , 34:03.077 --> 34:05.299 my favorite person in the whole world , 34:05.299 --> 34:07.521 but they have a card that their officer 34:07.521 --> 34:09.854 told them read this and shut up , right ? 34:09.854 --> 34:11.949 And like this 19 year old Sergeant 34:11.949 --> 34:14.110 Major of the Marine Corps for a very 34:14.110 --> 34:16.870 strategic question for you , yeah , but 34:16.870 --> 34:18.989 you're the real deal so um . 34:20.759 --> 34:23.009 In 32 years that I have in service , I 34:23.009 --> 34:25.949 know I'm a boot to most of you . Uh , 34:26.070 --> 34:28.070 we have never stopped changing . We 34:28.070 --> 34:30.439 have never stopped modernizing . Uh , 34:30.979 --> 34:33.060 we , meaning the commandant of the 34:33.060 --> 34:35.171 Marine Corps at the time , said we're 34:35.171 --> 34:37.171 just gonna put a date on it because 34:37.171 --> 34:39.227 we're in a hurry and this is gonna , 34:39.227 --> 34:41.338 this is gonna cost some waves , so we 34:41.338 --> 34:43.393 did what we did and now we're in the 34:43.393 --> 34:45.560 implementation phase as you said . The 34:45.560 --> 34:47.560 biggest challenge is is are my Navy 34:47.560 --> 34:50.010 partners here ? Every ships , ships , 34:50.050 --> 34:53.999 ships , ships . Right , it is , 34:54.628 --> 34:58.329 it is existential to our way of life as 34:58.329 --> 35:00.989 marines because this is where we fight 35:00.989 --> 35:03.948 from and so this is why you see , I 35:03.948 --> 35:07.249 think , uh , this momentum being built 35:07.628 --> 35:10.128 on the execution of more and more ships 35:10.299 --> 35:12.468 for us amphibs are the key , yeah , 35:13.108 --> 35:16.069 like amphibs are it . It is being ever 35:16.069 --> 35:19.249 present , ever forward with the MU 3.0 35:19.259 --> 35:23.000 arc mu heel to toe . Like that's where 35:23.000 --> 35:26.219 the marines belong forward . Because 35:26.219 --> 35:28.330 getting to the fight , the next fight 35:28.330 --> 35:30.520 is gonna be really hard , yeah . It's 35:30.520 --> 35:32.631 gonna be really , really hard , so we 35:32.631 --> 35:35.600 wanna live in that place , so yes , the 35:35.600 --> 35:39.120 ships is , is , is the challenge the I 35:39.120 --> 35:42.010 think the what you live is the 35:42.239 --> 35:45.340 consistent and . Um , predictable 35:45.340 --> 35:49.110 funding , yeah . So the CRs don't help 35:49.570 --> 35:53.409 and uh uh budgets that last do 35:53.409 --> 35:56.290 help so it prevents us from , uh , as 35:56.290 --> 35:58.770 you know , stopping a project and 35:58.770 --> 36:00.929 having to start again a year later or 36:00.929 --> 36:03.151 the funding being available too late in 36:03.151 --> 36:06.489 the year and we can't execute so the 36:06.489 --> 36:09.610 commandant has uh . The first two 36:09.610 --> 36:12.290 priorities are modernizing while 36:12.290 --> 36:15.649 maintaining um crisis response . We do 36:15.649 --> 36:18.580 windows as a Marine Corps . Absolutely 36:19.360 --> 36:21.870 But if you keep moving down , sir , uh , 36:21.879 --> 36:24.959 the quality of life of the marines is , 36:25.320 --> 36:29.139 is right there . Because it is for us 36:29.139 --> 36:31.500 anyway , the weapons system is the 36:31.500 --> 36:34.110 marine . So this is why I'm so 36:34.110 --> 36:37.060 passionate about what they wear . And 36:37.060 --> 36:40.290 what touches their body . It is 36:40.919 --> 36:42.975 You can , we can talk long range and 36:43.159 --> 36:46.629 and . Whatever's coming next with Gen 6 . 36:47.350 --> 36:49.461 And all the things that we bought for 36:49.461 --> 36:51.939 the marines , but for the corps , uh , 36:51.949 --> 36:54.810 the lifeblood is , is the recruiting 36:54.860 --> 36:58.350 and retention of our marines . So that 36:58.350 --> 37:00.461 leads me really to the last one which 37:00.461 --> 37:03.610 is the pool . Of qualified . 37:05.959 --> 37:09.350 Folks that we can still recruit in the 37:09.350 --> 37:11.760 next couple of years is shrinking . So , 37:11.770 --> 37:13.048 if you have children , 37:15.600 --> 37:18.659 Who are 22 years old is still hiding in 37:18.659 --> 37:22.250 your attic . You know , because they're 37:22.250 --> 37:25.510 still there . Uh , we're hiring . 37:27.149 --> 37:29.316 So for , for me that I would say those 37:29.316 --> 37:31.260 three things , sir . I have one of 37:31.260 --> 37:32.649 those too , by the way . 37:35.320 --> 37:38.840 Got one over here . Good afternoon , 37:38.929 --> 37:41.151 Sergeant Major . Uh , my name is Doctor 37:41.151 --> 37:42.651 Jason Potts . I'm with DLA 37:42.651 --> 37:44.373 Transformation . Um , I have a 37:44.373 --> 37:46.540 statement and then a question based on 37:46.540 --> 37:50.020 the statement . Um As a marine veteran , 37:50.300 --> 37:52.419 uh , one of the things that I was so 37:52.419 --> 37:54.659 glad to see was the Marine Corps 37:54.659 --> 37:56.649 finally addressing the barracks 37:56.649 --> 38:00.129 situation . Uh , going back a long time 38:00.129 --> 38:02.296 ago , I remember how bad it was living 38:02.296 --> 38:04.407 in , in the barracks in Terry Point . 38:04.407 --> 38:06.407 It was pretty bad . So you guys are 38:06.407 --> 38:05.889 addressing that now , and that's 38:05.889 --> 38:08.169 awesome . So my question is , why did 38:08.169 --> 38:10.225 it take so long for that to happen ? 38:11.050 --> 38:13.383 That's fair . It's a good question , um . 38:16.000 --> 38:18.111 There's no one answer , right , sir , 38:18.111 --> 38:21.300 um . It started off with a big fight 38:21.300 --> 38:23.580 that we were in and we made very hard 38:23.580 --> 38:25.636 decisions to invest on the platforms 38:25.636 --> 38:27.802 and things that would help the marines 38:27.802 --> 38:29.858 come home , and to this day we don't 38:29.858 --> 38:32.191 apologize for investing in those things . 38:32.191 --> 38:35.479 Along the way , um , the funding for 38:35.540 --> 38:37.762 the maintenance of the barracks was set 38:37.762 --> 38:41.320 at 80% . And over the years you just , 38:41.800 --> 38:44.022 it just doesn't get any better and then 38:44.022 --> 38:46.100 the money runs out . And then here 38:46.100 --> 38:47.878 comes the bill , here comes the 38:47.878 --> 38:49.989 barracks , and it comes with 30 years 38:49.989 --> 38:53.939 of interest . Um , so those are . The 38:53.939 --> 38:57.500 reasons is not an excuse , it is just 38:57.500 --> 39:00.379 the facts of of why we why we are where 39:00.379 --> 39:04.040 we are . Um , We're fighting , as you 39:04.040 --> 39:06.096 know , sir , it's , it's readiness . 39:06.096 --> 39:08.179 The Marines don't have an office . 39:09.179 --> 39:11.580 Maybe here you do you walk to a to a 39:11.580 --> 39:13.889 desk for most , but for most of the cop 39:14.580 --> 39:16.913 they go from their barracks as you know , 39:16.913 --> 39:20.090 to the field . They go to the to the 39:20.090 --> 39:23.959 vehicles , they go to the MO . Right ? 39:24.989 --> 39:27.590 They pivot from their room , so this is 39:27.590 --> 39:30.189 why it's important for me to sustain 39:30.189 --> 39:32.270 their transformation in , in the 39:32.270 --> 39:36.229 barracks . It is readiness . It is 39:36.629 --> 39:40.070 focus . It is a promise kept to the 39:40.070 --> 39:42.292 marine and the family . I don't know if 39:42.292 --> 39:44.459 you have children in the service , but 39:44.459 --> 39:46.570 I would hope that you don't want your 39:46.570 --> 39:48.810 child in a mold infested room . It's 39:48.810 --> 39:51.270 not what they deserve . I don't have , 39:51.290 --> 39:53.489 uh , I actually appreciate any time 39:53.489 --> 39:56.810 there is a scandal . When I say scandal 39:56.810 --> 39:59.429 like social media scandal , you know , 39:59.570 --> 40:01.570 they show a barracks or they show a 40:01.570 --> 40:03.570 marine posting something because he 40:03.570 --> 40:06.729 points me to , OK . Right . Um 40:08.100 --> 40:11.810 So It's 40:11.810 --> 40:13.921 important not because , and I said it 40:13.921 --> 40:17.810 in a testimony . That we're not 40:17.810 --> 40:21.580 pampering them . Uh There is 40:21.580 --> 40:24.620 no such place anymore that's safe . And 40:24.620 --> 40:26.676 so if they're gonna fight from their 40:26.676 --> 40:28.842 barracks , if they're gonna fight from 40:28.842 --> 40:31.260 their base in this next fight , then we 40:31.260 --> 40:34.020 better get it together quicker . The 40:34.020 --> 40:36.020 counterargument is , is that in the 40:36.020 --> 40:39.689 Marine Corps we lose 30,000+ Marines a 40:39.689 --> 40:43.669 year . By design And we bring in 40:43.669 --> 40:47.350 that many every year . By design , our 40:47.350 --> 40:50.669 average age for the sergeants and below 40:50.669 --> 40:54.439 is 19.something years old . By design . 40:55.500 --> 40:57.556 Your niece , they can't take rushing 40:57.556 --> 40:59.722 that machine gun that you will do it , 40:59.722 --> 41:01.944 sir , but you're gonna require a lot of 41:01.944 --> 41:04.139 pain meds , a lot of Motrin , a lot of 41:04.139 --> 41:07.340 creams , lots of things . That Lance 41:07.340 --> 41:10.919 Corporal boy Domino's Pizza . Domino's 41:10.919 --> 41:13.141 pizza and the man soda and they're on . 41:15.120 --> 41:17.176 Did I just say man soda ? I didn't . 41:18.979 --> 41:22.290 And so for me it's , it's um they work 41:22.290 --> 41:24.290 so hard and they do such incredibly 41:24.290 --> 41:27.709 dangerous things that . The bills here 41:28.439 --> 41:31.320 Luckily with the budget that's in place 41:31.320 --> 41:33.487 we think that the next couple of years 41:33.487 --> 41:35.959 they're gonna see great improvement now 41:35.959 --> 41:38.699 we haven't . We have not been doing 41:38.699 --> 41:41.280 anything . We've , we've refurbished 41:41.739 --> 41:45.659 20223 barracks in the last two 41:45.659 --> 41:48.459 years and so it's , it's come along and 41:48.459 --> 41:50.540 then we did weird things like clean 41:50.540 --> 41:54.290 mattresses . We did weird 41:54.290 --> 41:57.489 things like uh how long do we , how 41:57.489 --> 41:59.322 long is it before we refresh the 41:59.322 --> 42:02.540 furniture ? The last model was every 30 42:02.540 --> 42:04.707 years we would refresh the furniture . 42:06.469 --> 42:10.239 Let's do 10 years . Right ? And 42:10.239 --> 42:13.100 so , we are moving because we know that 42:13.360 --> 42:16.100 uh we can't recruit our way out of the 42:16.280 --> 42:18.391 out of this issue , we have to retain 42:18.391 --> 42:20.479 our way , so we better put forth an 42:20.479 --> 42:23.409 effort . The marine is a strange 42:23.409 --> 42:25.631 creature as you know as long as they're 42:25.631 --> 42:27.465 in the dirt , as long as they're 42:27.465 --> 42:29.465 deployed , as long as they're doing 42:29.465 --> 42:31.631 what they're signed up to do , they'll 42:31.631 --> 42:33.798 stay . And their barracks are crappy , 42:33.798 --> 42:35.631 but their leadership is top tier 42:35.810 --> 42:39.070 they'll stay . They will stay because 42:39.070 --> 42:41.292 it's worth it . Don't , they don't care 42:41.292 --> 42:43.459 where they sleep . You can give them a 42:43.459 --> 42:47.050 Taj Mahal condo-like facilities with a 42:47.050 --> 42:49.161 butler , but their leadership sucks . 42:49.161 --> 42:52.639 They're gone . Which is strange in that 42:52.639 --> 42:54.639 way , and I think that's why you're 42:54.639 --> 42:56.861 proud . Right , but they deserve better 42:56.861 --> 42:59.530 and it's the old folks like me keep 42:59.530 --> 43:01.863 thinking that way Devil Dog . I love it , 43:01.863 --> 43:03.974 but it's my responsibility to deliver 43:03.974 --> 43:06.989 that . A better place , so . That means 43:06.989 --> 43:09.267 food and that means the the rest of it . 43:10.610 --> 43:11.610 Thank you . 43:14.850 --> 43:15.906 Right here , sir . 43:22.110 --> 43:25.659 Losartan Major Don Bruce DLAJ 3 . Sir , 43:25.820 --> 43:29.060 we hear so much about the , the Joint 43:29.060 --> 43:31.419 Chiefs , but I'm wondering if you could 43:31.419 --> 43:34.500 tell us a little bit about the senior 43:34.500 --> 43:37.100 enlisted leaders , your , your peers in 43:37.100 --> 43:40.870 the other services and . How you 43:40.870 --> 43:43.149 interact with each other and what you 43:43.149 --> 43:46.350 focus on as a group to support our 43:46.350 --> 43:48.572 marines , sailors , soldiers , airmen , 43:48.572 --> 43:50.794 and , and , uh , Space Force , uh , men 43:50.794 --> 43:54.379 and women . Yes sir , uh . Dave Isom 43:54.379 --> 43:58.139 missed our CA and um . Uh 43:59.149 --> 44:01.500 What I love about what I , what I love 44:01.500 --> 44:03.444 about him is that he comes from an 44:03.489 --> 44:05.600 organization that understands what it 44:05.600 --> 44:07.656 means to develop people at a certain 44:07.656 --> 44:09.822 level , right , so if he's grown up in 44:09.822 --> 44:12.250 the SEALs . And the way they fed them , 44:12.290 --> 44:14.290 the way they trained them , the way 44:14.290 --> 44:16.346 they developed them is exactly how I 44:16.346 --> 44:18.068 want to train and develop this 44:18.068 --> 44:21.179 generation of Marines . And so what 44:21.500 --> 44:24.860 that has led to uh with SMA Weimer , 44:25.070 --> 44:28.379 who's also from Special operations has 44:28.379 --> 44:31.800 led to finally all of us being in line , 44:32.179 --> 44:35.739 online . As one team to say this is 44:35.739 --> 44:38.360 what's next , the way that we develop 44:38.540 --> 44:40.429 marines , the way that we develop 44:40.429 --> 44:42.596 airmen , the way that we develop it is 44:43.260 --> 44:46.020 the Department of War's box is called 44:46.020 --> 44:48.820 Total Force Fitness , but every service 44:48.820 --> 44:51.699 has their own version of that . So 44:51.699 --> 44:53.921 think of , uh , data , right ? I have a 44:54.360 --> 44:57.000 garment and you have data that can help , 44:57.459 --> 44:59.820 uh , maybe in your day , sir , you were 44:59.820 --> 45:01.709 my platoon sergeant and you had a 45:01.709 --> 45:03.709 cigarette in your mouth . As you're 45:03.709 --> 45:05.987 leading me through PT probably , right ? 45:06.860 --> 45:10.689 Right . And so 45:11.149 --> 45:13.482 you know what's wrong with that , right ? 45:13.482 --> 45:15.649 Like what is , why , why are we trying 45:15.649 --> 45:17.760 to change this model and why are we , 45:18.370 --> 45:20.560 why are we looking to data to help us 45:21.030 --> 45:23.030 just be in front of the platoon and 45:23.030 --> 45:26.330 lead them . But this generation , uh , 45:26.389 --> 45:28.556 and very rightly so is expecting a lot 45:28.556 --> 45:31.229 more and I think of it as , and we 45:31.229 --> 45:33.285 think of it as the senior leadership 45:33.620 --> 45:36.110 develop developing them like division 45:36.110 --> 45:39.449 one athletes . Right , like really . 45:40.260 --> 45:42.909 If I had a shirt that told me that told 45:42.909 --> 45:45.229 me how dehydrated you were because you 45:45.229 --> 45:48.080 were out the last two nights . And then 45:48.080 --> 45:50.239 your watch told me as the platoon 45:50.239 --> 45:53.060 sergeant that you haven't slept . And 45:53.060 --> 45:55.060 you're not completely rested , it's 45:55.060 --> 45:58.260 just things that I can do to predict 45:58.260 --> 46:01.030 how you will perform . And then how do 46:01.030 --> 46:03.629 I know what the low standard is , what 46:03.629 --> 46:05.830 the high standard is ? I usually know 46:05.830 --> 46:08.052 what the high standard is . Does anyone 46:08.052 --> 46:10.163 know ? I'll pick a marine . It's OK . 46:10.620 --> 46:13.489 Do you know the minimum ? Combat 46:13.489 --> 46:16.169 fitness test score for the Marine Corps ? 46:16.290 --> 46:18.512 Like what is the minimum score that you 46:18.512 --> 46:21.949 must get to pass ? 150 . 46:23.659 --> 46:25.492 If I ask , she's a master of the 46:25.492 --> 46:27.889 Marines , did you know that ? Good job . 46:27.969 --> 46:30.649 Well , these are smart marines . You 46:30.649 --> 46:33.800 gotta play along . Most Marines don't 46:33.800 --> 46:35.967 know because they don't care . Right , 46:35.967 --> 46:38.244 it's a minimum standard . So , to your , 46:38.244 --> 46:40.467 to answer your question is that we have 46:40.467 --> 46:42.429 become aligned in the way that we 46:42.429 --> 46:44.830 develop our people and it's powerful 46:44.830 --> 46:46.774 because then we go to the chairman 46:47.030 --> 46:49.870 through the CIAC and then the sect war 46:49.870 --> 46:52.550 is very passionate about standards and 46:52.550 --> 46:54.750 very passionate about moving out and 46:54.750 --> 46:57.469 getting lethal and so we think that 46:57.469 --> 46:59.949 this is the perfect timing . With 46:59.949 --> 47:02.870 barracks , with food , with data to 47:02.870 --> 47:05.429 make a better version of a marine or 47:05.429 --> 47:07.750 pick your service . So in that way 47:07.750 --> 47:10.739 we're aligned first and then . Tied 47:10.739 --> 47:14.219 with first is that we're all somehow we 47:14.219 --> 47:16.139 come from different experiences , 47:16.459 --> 47:18.860 different services , and yet we find 47:18.860 --> 47:20.916 ourselves speaking the same things , 47:20.916 --> 47:24.340 discipline . Culture Proficiency in 47:24.340 --> 47:27.540 your job like we are talking the same 47:27.540 --> 47:29.620 things all of the time , which is 47:29.620 --> 47:31.509 strange because we didn't grow up 47:31.509 --> 47:33.979 together . In that this generation of 47:33.979 --> 47:37.310 folks . Maybe not here , but um . 47:38.129 --> 47:40.409 Your children , your grandchildren . 47:41.870 --> 47:44.949 They wanna know why in a different way . 47:46.629 --> 47:49.350 So for the core , it's teaching them 47:49.350 --> 47:52.699 what to do . It's important to do this 47:52.699 --> 47:56.139 and do it this way . But the why is 47:56.139 --> 47:58.195 important and an example is what I'm 47:58.195 --> 48:00.610 wearing . I , my , my boots are left 48:00.610 --> 48:02.840 over right . With a bridge in the 48:02.840 --> 48:06.110 center . Right , um , why ? 48:06.770 --> 48:09.419 Well , one , because I said so , right ? 48:09.770 --> 48:12.649 And then 2 , because a corpsman can go 48:12.649 --> 48:15.050 in there and cut your laces and get to 48:15.050 --> 48:17.610 your leg , uh , a little faster , 18 of 48:17.610 --> 48:19.666 an inch above the left breast pocket 48:19.666 --> 48:21.943 like the commandant likes to say . Why ? 48:21.943 --> 48:23.943 Because we said so , number 1 , and 48:23.943 --> 48:26.790 then 2 , because it's exactness . And 48:26.790 --> 48:29.189 we demand from our aviators to our 48:29.189 --> 48:31.411 motormen to our machine gunners that it 48:31.411 --> 48:34.739 is this many mills . So we find 48:34.739 --> 48:37.810 ourselves talking . The very basics 48:38.350 --> 48:40.969 that we started with 30+ years ago 48:41.389 --> 48:43.389 because we know that's what wins no 48:43.389 --> 48:45.278 matter what you deliver here , no 48:45.278 --> 48:47.389 matter what platform you deliver from 48:47.389 --> 48:49.830 DLA it is discipline and standards that 48:49.830 --> 48:52.389 will win . We need to build the force . 48:54.310 --> 48:58.169 That when the AI model says . Uh , this 48:58.169 --> 49:01.850 mission set , uh , it's only gonna be a 49:01.850 --> 49:04.909 6% chance of success . 49:06.179 --> 49:08.389 We need a force that's a 6% . That is 49:08.389 --> 49:11.389 so high . Like I am in that is awesome . 49:12.270 --> 49:14.469 How do we build that ? And that's why 49:14.469 --> 49:17.750 we are aligned to build that and not 49:17.750 --> 49:19.806 have a force that says well I'm only 49:19.806 --> 49:22.719 gonna do it if it's at 20% . That's not 49:22.719 --> 49:26.600 how it works , right ? So . We 49:26.600 --> 49:28.600 have direct communications with the 49:28.600 --> 49:30.850 chairman and the sec ward and we are 49:30.850 --> 49:32.628 moving out , which is awesome . 49:35.360 --> 49:36.693 I think uh right here . 49:40.639 --> 49:42.861 You got it because of the people on the 49:42.861 --> 49:45.139 outside . Sorry about this , our Major , 49:45.300 --> 49:47.300 uh , Trevor Kons from the Air Force 49:47.300 --> 49:49.522 Petroleum office , uh , my question for 49:49.522 --> 49:51.300 you , sir , is , um , regarding 49:51.300 --> 49:53.467 acquisitions for innovations , right ? 49:53.467 --> 49:56.020 We have ways of bringing in new ideas 49:56.020 --> 49:58.187 or innovations at small scales through 49:58.187 --> 50:00.353 like sibers or sitters and things like 50:00.353 --> 50:02.520 that . But when it comes to enterprise 50:02.520 --> 50:04.742 adaptations of different things , we're 50:04.742 --> 50:04.580 still mired in the same fight app 50:04.580 --> 50:06.524 process , the POM cycles , we're 5 50:06.524 --> 50:08.691 years out if we're absolutely lucky if 50:08.691 --> 50:10.802 it doesn't get yanked prior to that . 50:10.802 --> 50:12.969 So between you and your other and your 50:12.969 --> 50:15.247 compatriots as the other service leads . 50:15.247 --> 50:17.413 Uh , is there any discussion on how we 50:17.413 --> 50:19.524 can attack that problem set of taking 50:19.524 --> 50:19.030 that good idea that the marine has a 50:19.030 --> 50:21.086 check , uh , transforming wave forms 50:21.086 --> 50:23.197 and adding that to the backpack ? How 50:23.197 --> 50:25.363 can we take that and adapt that across 50:25.363 --> 50:27.820 our entire force faster ? Yes sir . 50:27.909 --> 50:30.229 Well , it's definitely happening faster 50:30.229 --> 50:33.620 than ever before , although not . But I 50:33.620 --> 50:35.509 learned a lesson uh along the way 50:35.509 --> 50:38.760 speaking to formations . um , when the 50:39.060 --> 50:42.320 UAS counter UAS conversation started to 50:42.820 --> 50:44.979 really pick up speed , you know , a 50:44.979 --> 50:48.780 couple of years ago , um . I was 50:48.780 --> 50:50.947 of the mind of , uh , I'll give you an 50:50.947 --> 50:53.169 example that I'm , I can see in my head 50:53.169 --> 50:55.447 right now . There was a 2nd lieutenant . 50:55.447 --> 50:57.280 The 2nd lieutenant that was very 50:57.280 --> 50:59.391 passionate about what he could do for 50:59.391 --> 51:01.558 the Marine Corps . And uh he wanted to 51:01.558 --> 51:03.724 buy off the shelf things and he wanted 51:03.724 --> 51:05.836 to to do this and this for the core . 51:06.250 --> 51:09.540 And uh and I was , I was fluffing his 51:09.540 --> 51:11.659 pillows and I was saying how awesome 51:11.659 --> 51:14.060 that idea was and did I say , did I 51:14.060 --> 51:15.949 just say fluffing his pillows ? I 51:15.949 --> 51:19.419 didn't . And I was just Opening doors 51:19.419 --> 51:21.699 for this young officer to get there 51:21.699 --> 51:24.840 faster , right ? from my seat . And it 51:24.840 --> 51:28.810 wasn't until um . I was just so 51:28.810 --> 51:32.709 drunk on . Talented marines who have 51:32.709 --> 51:35.169 great ideas who wanna move really fast . 51:35.899 --> 51:39.699 Uh But their depth of the war 51:39.699 --> 51:42.560 fighting concept is like this much and 51:42.560 --> 51:45.840 so it wasn't until the . 51:46.500 --> 51:49.439 You know , you really in the room that 51:49.439 --> 51:52.620 say this is how it works because these 51:52.620 --> 51:54.564 are all the things that we have to 51:54.564 --> 51:56.810 think about . You know , and your idea 51:56.810 --> 52:00.050 is great , but we have to figure out 52:00.229 --> 52:03.409 what's in the air with what we have to , 52:03.790 --> 52:07.149 we have to do so many things like even 52:07.389 --> 52:10.629 I'll give you an example of arming a 52:10.629 --> 52:14.300 drone . Right , so you would think , 52:14.379 --> 52:17.620 well , they just give Maine some . Some 52:17.620 --> 52:19.560 C4 put on a on a drone . They're 52:19.560 --> 52:22.010 marines who uh kill , right , and go 52:22.010 --> 52:24.010 blow up some , excuse my language . 52:24.729 --> 52:27.007 Well , that's not how it works , right ? 52:27.007 --> 52:29.689 Because these are . Young marines who 52:29.689 --> 52:33.090 need to walk the dog and then crawl and 52:33.090 --> 52:35.290 then run and then once they get it 52:35.290 --> 52:37.401 they're off and running but we have a 52:37.401 --> 52:39.623 responsibility as the leadership to say 52:39.929 --> 52:42.040 we're gonna certify you these are the 52:42.040 --> 52:44.096 metrics , these are the requirements 52:44.096 --> 52:46.229 and we move on . I think that the . 52:47.010 --> 52:49.340 What the service does well is that they 52:49.340 --> 52:51.899 gather the talent , they identify that 52:51.899 --> 52:54.100 talent and put them in positions like 52:54.100 --> 52:56.939 for me , CISO or McW , places where 52:56.939 --> 52:59.290 they can use those ideas and get them 52:59.659 --> 53:02.820 moving with the right mentoring around 53:02.820 --> 53:05.260 them , right ? There may be a time and 53:05.260 --> 53:07.316 there will be a time where the Lance 53:07.316 --> 53:09.371 Corporal knows better than you . And 53:09.371 --> 53:11.800 probably today for me the 19-year-old 53:11.800 --> 53:14.080 Lance Corporal may have , you know , 3 53:14.080 --> 53:16.399 times the influence than the battalion 53:16.399 --> 53:20.260 commander does in their world . Uh , 53:20.350 --> 53:22.870 but they're missing the rest of it and 53:22.870 --> 53:25.310 so the more we coach , the more we 53:25.310 --> 53:27.530 mentor , the more we find out who the 53:27.530 --> 53:29.790 talented folks that are hiding at 2 in 53:29.790 --> 53:32.068 the morning playing a video game , but . 53:32.919 --> 53:35.790 They can save the next day . Then I 53:35.790 --> 53:37.901 think that's where you and I belong , 53:37.901 --> 53:40.012 identify , get into the right place . 53:40.679 --> 53:43.012 And get those ideas a little bit faster . 53:43.379 --> 53:45.699 It's not good enough yet , but that's 53:45.699 --> 53:49.360 where we are right now . Yeah , our 53:49.360 --> 53:51.416 time is just about up . This will be 53:51.416 --> 53:52.527 our last question . 53:56.780 --> 53:57.139 Sir , 54:00.889 --> 54:04.290 Oh , it's me . OK . Sorry , Major , uh , 54:04.409 --> 54:06.465 this is from a sailor , airman , and 54:06.465 --> 54:08.576 soldier welfare perspective . This is 54:08.576 --> 54:10.798 from headquarters DLA . So , Major , we 54:10.798 --> 54:12.853 talk a lot about programs for mental 54:12.853 --> 54:15.020 health and physical wellness . What is 54:15.020 --> 54:17.187 the single biggest obstacle preventing 54:17.187 --> 54:19.409 our service members from actually using 54:19.409 --> 54:20.965 these resources and how can 54:20.965 --> 54:23.020 non-commissioned officers break that 54:23.020 --> 54:25.610 stigma at the lowest level ? Trust . We 54:25.610 --> 54:28.820 have so many programs . There are so 54:28.820 --> 54:32.040 many problems . I don't know why one 54:32.040 --> 54:35.570 year . I have uh a low number of these 54:35.570 --> 54:37.737 issues , and then the next year I have 54:37.737 --> 54:39.903 a higher number . I have no idea why . 54:40.270 --> 54:44.120 And so I think for me is trust 54:44.399 --> 54:48.050 in the in the program . Trust in 54:48.050 --> 54:48.510 uh . 54:51.850 --> 54:53.739 Trust that you're not going to be 54:53.739 --> 54:57.620 judged . In a way that's gonna pull you 54:57.620 --> 54:59.620 away from the team and you're never 54:59.620 --> 55:02.110 going to return . And that is one of 55:02.110 --> 55:04.166 the biggest fear anyway for my tribe 55:04.389 --> 55:08.110 that you're out of the team . And You 55:08.110 --> 55:09.888 feel isolated and you're done . 55:12.050 --> 55:14.570 That I can surround a marine , I can 55:14.570 --> 55:16.514 surround a marine with hundreds of 55:16.514 --> 55:19.149 other marines , and they still may feel 55:19.149 --> 55:21.719 completely and utterly alone . Because 55:21.719 --> 55:23.780 of what they're going through . They 55:23.780 --> 55:25.613 may feel like whatever pain that 55:25.613 --> 55:27.860 they're feeling may never going to 55:27.860 --> 55:31.649 subside . And that no one wants to 55:31.649 --> 55:34.070 hear about it . And therefore suffer in 55:34.070 --> 55:37.949 silence . Until they run out 55:37.949 --> 55:39.782 of options because they're 19 or 55:39.782 --> 55:42.005 they're 22 years old and they only have 55:42.005 --> 55:44.709 so much options in their head that they 55:44.709 --> 55:48.219 think it's available . And so if , if 55:48.219 --> 55:51.790 our I can invest , you know , $300 55:51.790 --> 55:54.780 million on this one program . It's 55:54.780 --> 55:56.899 never going to take the place of the 55:56.899 --> 55:59.939 human to human interaction . And so 55:59.939 --> 56:02.899 this is why to me a barracks is 56:02.899 --> 56:04.732 important because I get to put 2 56:04.732 --> 56:06.699 Marines , 3 Marines , sometimes 4 56:06.699 --> 56:08.979 Marines in a barracks . So they're 56:08.979 --> 56:12.459 never alone . And they have 56:12.459 --> 56:14.850 experiences and they can one's from 56:14.850 --> 56:17.017 Kansas , one's from Texas , one's from 56:17.017 --> 56:20.090 California , and that's how trust gets 56:20.090 --> 56:22.201 developed so we know when something's 56:22.201 --> 56:24.719 off . There's not enough medicine , 56:24.800 --> 56:27.429 there's not enough navy doctors . And 56:27.429 --> 56:30.120 frankly , I don't want more . 56:31.790 --> 56:34.889 Because it is our responsibility . At 56:34.889 --> 56:37.449 the very trenches to know our people . 56:38.570 --> 56:42.120 And take it personal . So there is no 56:42.120 --> 56:45.560 for me anyway . Um , I'll , I'll keep 56:45.560 --> 56:48.590 trying . I'll keep putting money in on 56:48.820 --> 56:52.530 every program that I that I can . But 56:52.530 --> 56:55.179 while I'm doing that My place on the 56:55.179 --> 56:57.770 field is to develop the leadership that 56:57.770 --> 57:00.120 can attract the young person to open 57:00.120 --> 57:02.287 their mouth and say I have a problem . 57:03.209 --> 57:05.830 And from there I can bring him back 57:05.830 --> 57:07.830 into the team fast enough and other 57:07.830 --> 57:09.886 marines can see that this person was 57:09.886 --> 57:12.629 not broken outcasted in fact we helped 57:12.629 --> 57:14.573 them and they returned back to the 57:14.573 --> 57:16.851 fight . So if you're here in this room , 57:16.851 --> 57:19.018 if you're listening to me and you were 57:19.018 --> 57:21.018 that person that for a brief moment 57:21.018 --> 57:23.185 life got a hold of you and he was just 57:23.185 --> 57:25.139 wearing you out and you're staying 57:25.139 --> 57:27.750 silent because now you're good , my 57:27.750 --> 57:29.750 challenge to you is come out of the 57:29.750 --> 57:32.699 closet . And tell your story that you 57:32.699 --> 57:34.866 did say something and someone did help 57:34.866 --> 57:38.610 you so others will follow . And I think 57:38.610 --> 57:40.899 in that we may save one more service 57:40.899 --> 57:43.449 member . I'll leave you with that . 57:43.850 --> 57:45.628 Thank you for having me , Ura . 57:45.628 --> 57:46.628 Appreciate you . 57:51.270 --> 57:53.437 Yeah , er Major , first of all , thank 57:53.437 --> 57:55.437 you , uh , Dave Sanford , Atlanta , 57:55.437 --> 57:57.603 Georgia , 3 kids , none in the attic . 57:58.649 --> 58:01.110 Awesome 1 at home though . Yes sir , me 58:01.110 --> 58:03.221 too . Keep him in the basement . So , 58:03.221 --> 58:05.443 uh , but first of all , thank you for , 58:05.443 --> 58:07.721 uh , just a very powerful message . Um , 58:07.721 --> 58:07.669 I do gotta digress for just a second to 58:07.669 --> 58:09.669 highlight , uh , the verse that the 58:09.669 --> 58:11.836 Sergeant Major let us in . Um , I just 58:11.836 --> 58:14.058 want everybody to know , especially the 58:14.058 --> 58:13.629 Army and the Navy , that the Air Force 58:13.629 --> 58:15.719 was not mentioning that . Um , I 58:15.719 --> 58:18.052 understand it was probably an age thing , 58:18.052 --> 58:20.275 but I also think it was probably just a 58:20.275 --> 58:22.330 fear thing . And I understand if all 58:22.330 --> 58:22.199 fear of the Air Force , that makes 58:22.199 --> 58:24.199 sense to me , but thank you again . 58:24.239 --> 58:28.139 Thank you . The pity clap , but , um , 58:28.199 --> 58:30.143 thank you again to our Major for a 58:30.143 --> 58:32.143 powerful message . Uh , your , your 58:32.143 --> 58:34.255 highlights , uh , both on service and 58:34.255 --> 58:36.477 sacrifice , uh , not lost on me and not 58:36.477 --> 58:38.532 lost on our audience , uh , the need 58:38.532 --> 58:38.489 for us all to , uh , to think through 58:38.489 --> 58:40.711 that , um , so we can be there for that 58:40.711 --> 58:42.933 Lance Corporal , uh , the discussion on 58:42.933 --> 58:44.711 the what ifs and the need to be 58:44.711 --> 58:46.767 innovative and to challenge , if you 58:46.767 --> 58:46.489 will , the status quo so we can get 58:46.489 --> 58:49.489 better , um , is , is again not lost on 58:49.489 --> 58:51.600 us and the need at the end of the day 58:51.600 --> 58:53.822 to be able to support those 19 year old 58:53.822 --> 58:55.878 Marines or 19.9 sergeant and below . 58:55.878 --> 58:57.989 Marines , um , who are actually , you 58:57.989 --> 58:57.780 know , leading the fight forward as you 58:57.780 --> 59:00.189 said , um , in the joint force as well , 59:00.500 --> 59:02.556 a very powerful message we thank you 59:02.556 --> 59:04.778 for your time today , really appreciate 59:04.778 --> 59:04.760 it . On behalf of Lieutenant General 59:04.760 --> 59:06.816 Simmerly , just like to pass you his 59:06.816 --> 59:08.816 coin and again thank you for , uh , 59:08.816 --> 59:10.649 everything . Thank you , sir . I 59:10.649 --> 59:12.482 appreciate you . Thank you . Mhm 59:16.649 --> 59:19.929 OK , awesome . OK , outside strip off 59:19.929 --> 59:21.818 your top , uh , blouses if you're 59:21.818 --> 59:24.096 wearing them , we're going for 3 miles , 59:24.096 --> 59:27.580 yeah ? In boots , ladies and gentlemen , 59:27.659 --> 59:29.937 this concludes today's warfighter talk . 59:30.020 --> 59:32.076 Please take a moment to complete our 59:32.076 --> 59:34.131 survey for today's event by scanning 59:34.131 --> 59:36.242 the QR code on the screen . For those 59:36.242 --> 59:38.353 who missed the live event , a link to 59:38.353 --> 59:40.409 the full video will be posted to the 59:40.409 --> 59:42.464 Campaign of Learning website . 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