 Hello, 127th Wing and welcome to the September drill today. I'm filming this video from finance where I want to recognize Staff Sergeant Raphael for all the hard work that he has been doing now as everyone knows one of the best things that that you Can do for an airman is to pay them on time and pay them correctly Now Sergeant Raphael has been doing a great job to ensure that's that's happening every month. In fact in the last Quarter we've had over 34 people that have come to the wing as new members And we have to get them in the system properly to get them paid and additionally hundreds I mean hundreds of arrows orders that comes through the system to ensure people are getting paid correctly and on time The best thing you can do for an airman is to pay them in time and pay them correctly We don't want to underpay them and we definitely don't want to overpay them. So with that Sergeant Raphael I want to thank you for everything that you're doing give you my coin. Thank you so much appreciate it there Okay now for a quick COVID update The wing is currently in health protection condition alpha So although in the local area infection rates have been up and down over the last several weeks We have not been seeing that happening here at Selfridge. So we've decided to stay in health protection condition alpha So what does that mean for you? Just the same things that we've been telling you every drill weekend Please good hygiene wash your hands and above all if you're not feeling well Don't come to work. Tell your supervision and don't come to work I'm gonna tell you a few things what the 127th wing has been doing over the last Several weeks. I can't tell you how proud I am of the organization really getting after new warfighting concepts Specifically ace or agile combat employment This last month northern agility 22.2, which is part of northern strike We bounced 810s all over the state of Michigan to do agile combat employment and Integrated combat turns all across the state of Michigan I mean we did ICTs in Traverse City and Grayling and Oscota and Alpina and then our tankers took part as well in Oscota and Alpina doing hot pit refueling and all kinds of good things when it comes to ace So I appreciate all the work that that we're doing for that now That has gotten recognition at the highest levels of the Air Force In fact the staff at the Air National Guard Bureau says Michigan is really leading the way when it comes to certain aspects of ace Additionally the Secretary of the Air Force came to visit Alpina during our exercise to see what we were doing keep in mind That's the second time the Secretary has visited the state of Michigan in a month So it just tells you what we're doing here in the state of Michigan is getting recognized at the highest level so with that well done Okay, now everybody should know that this during this drill weekend We have our AMC and ACC inspectors here for our capstone visit. This is a big deal This is our big inspection where they're going to look at everything that we are doing here in the 127th wing So we have over a hundred inspectors here from ACC and AMC So I ask that when they're come to they come to visit you please show them the great things that you're doing Show them your programs and be proud of them. So I'm looking forward to our results at the end of this inspection. I Just came back from the National Guard Association of the United States Conference, which was down in Columbus, Ohio Every year Nagas recognizes organizations across the Air National Guard and Army National Guard Enterprise The 127th mission support group was recognized as a distinguished support group or mission support organization For a Nagas this year. So I want to just thank everyone in the 127th MSG for everything that you guys did the last year all the great work well deserved and well earned Thank you very much So really quick, I'd like to talk about professional organizations There are many professional organizations that we have that advocate for us There's an old saying in Washington, DC that if you're not at the table, you're on the menu These professional organizations keep us off the menu and keep us at the table So I just talked about the National Guard Association Association of the United States There's others out there to include Ingus Which is the enlisted association of the National Guard of the United States. There's also Nagam Which is the National Guard Association of Michigan Air Force Association or AFA Tanker, I'm sorry airlift and tanker association or ATA These are all organizations that that advocate for us and what we do here in our military in our Air Force So I encourage all of you just to look and see what they are doing for all of us when you have the opportunity It is our goal that the 127th wing is the best-led most efficient effective and adaptable Organization in the United States Air Force. I appreciate your leadership and I appreciate your professionalism