 All right, good morning. So another, can everybody hear me? Yes, Fanny. Another beautiful morning here at the center of the airspace testing universe that the precipitation that we had last night, you know, put a little moisture there. So as you're driving in, you can see the inversion layer, the little boundary layer. The sunrise and sunsets around here are just absolutely gorgeous. And so, you know, with a little bit of help from Gen AI and Dolly, it was actually a very fitting thing for this morning, so. We'll jump into this. Go ahead, next slide, please. So Secretary Kendall was here in June, and from this very stage, he outlined his priorities for the department. And they are in order, China, China, and China. What he's really saying, and if you listen to his more standard remarks, he's not picking on the Chinese people, and he's not really even picking on the people's Republic of China. You know, the PRC is a, it's a 6,000 year old civilization, very noble civilization, very noble people. It's just very, very hard to say, my three priorities for the department in order are the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Chinese Communist Party. But that's what he's really saying when he's saying China, China, China. We are in a new era of great power competition. So the Chinese Communist Party, and I'll say China, as a shorthand for that, they are militarizing, we are on a path to potential conflict. There is, as you listen to the senior military leaders across the Department of Defense, it is not really a question of, of if we go to war, it's a matter of how long is it until the next war? And so you can almost look at it as we are in an interregnum, a period between wars right now, just like we were between World War I and World War II. And what are we going to do as a nation to be ready for that war? So that's why Secretary Kendall stood up here, and it was very fitting that he did it here at Edwards Air Force Base, because guess what? The Air Force that we go to war with in 2027, go ahead and go to the next slide. The Air Force that we go to war with in 2027 is the Air Force that is right now flying in the skies that you are flying, that you are maintaining, that you are generating, that you are testing. That Air Force is right here right now. So 2027 is the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. And as we get closer to that date, there is varying intelligence estimates on how likely we are to actually fight, but when President Xi came to power in 2013, he told the PLA, the People's Liberation Army, you need to be ready by 2027 to unify by armed, if necessary, China. And so that's the period that we're sitting in right now. Go ahead and go to the next slide for me. China is making a significant investment. They are building islands in the South China Sea. They have stood up an entirely new arm of their armed services, the rocket arm, to send ballistic missiles and do an anti-axis air denial for the entire Pacific. And so that's what we're faced against. And they're not really trying to hide the fact either. I mean, I think they know that we have satellites and our satellites are probably looking into the People's Republic of China. And so there is an aircraft carrier in the desert on a test range, on railroad tracks, so it can actually move across the desert at 15 to 20 knots, that's what a carrier does, and they can practice targeting that. And guess what? It looks strangely like our carriers do. So China's not doing this, and again, I say China. We'll talk a little bit later about dignity and respect. We're not picking on the Chinese people. We are deliberately trying to avert a war that would be started by the People's, by the Chinese Communist Party, by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. Next slide, please. Hard to see right there, but this is how they see, this is a frame, this is still a frame from a Chinese, I will call it propaganda, this is how they see the war, this is how they see the world, and this is how they see their role and how they're gonna protect power and do the A2AB. If you look at the wargaming, the simulations of what conflict would look like, anywhere from 20 to 40,000 US casualties in the first week, this would be devastating. The best hope we have of averting that is what we're doing right here. Next slide, please. So here's an artist rendition, also with the help of a little bit of Gen AI. Artist rendition of what a six-gen fighter. We now, in the 411th, we have a flight for INGAT. We have a flight for CCA. We are testing, we are evaluating the next Air Force, the Air Force of the future that we're gonna fly. Take a look at that quote there. The 2018 National Defense Strategy, NDFs, was a significant change in tone from everything that had come before. So for the last 20 years, post-911, last two decades, we were focused on low-intensity conflict, the global war on terror. While we were doing that, and I won't say distracted, why we were executing that global war on terror, China was modernizing, investing in the future. And the 2018 NDFs very explicitly made that clear that they had moved forward, and in some domains, they had advanced. But this quote does not actually come from the 2018 NDFs. And there's, of course, now the 2022 NDFs, which really doesn't change in tone, that we have to be ready that we're in an era of great power competition. This quote is actually about another war. Go to the next slide for me. This quote is from the aftermath of World War I. So despite the fact that we had invented the airplane in this country, in 1918, at the end of World War I, the Army realized that we had fallen behind technologically. Sound familiar? So we had invented the airplane. We did not fly a single US-designed fighter in World War I. We flew English designs, British designs, we flew French designs, the Sop of Camel, the Newport. Even the biggest mass-produced aircraft that we built, the Jenny Jan 4, was a British design. So despite the fact that we had invented the airplane. So the Army looked at that. They did a big report in the aftermath, after action report they didn't call it that, but in 1918, they said, hey, you know this aviation thing, it might be important for future conflict. At that point in time, I don't know if they really appreciated the fact that we were in an interwar period, kind of like we are now, but the Army invested in the future. And they said, okay we're gonna, this aviation thing might be important. Let's actually do some research and development. Go ahead and go to the next slide. So the Army went to the Silicon Valley of the early 20th century, Dayton, Ohio. And there's a couple of chuckles out there. So I grew up in Beaver Creek, Ohio, one of the suburbs of Dayton, so I can pick on my hometown. It's a little bit amusing to me to think that Dayton, Ohio, but it was. It was the Silicon Valley. It was the hub of innovation. So when the Defense Department stood up DIU, Defense Innovation Unit, earlier in the 2000s, mid-teens, because we wanted some innovation, we're like, all right, so who innovates? Ah, Silicon Valley, let's go put DIU there. And this show is called DIUX. That's exactly what the Army did in 1918. They went to McCook Field, so this is McCook Field. Here's Dayton, Ohio. That's the Miami River that comes through. That's the Mad River. If you've been to Dayton, the Ball Stadium's right there, that's the Riverfront Escape. This is now three softball fields. This was a very, very small field, but Dayton, Ohio is where all the innovation had happened. So AC Delco was there, National Cash Register, NCR, Kettering, another little suburb is actually named after Kettering, the man that invented the electric starter for the cars. Because before that, I had a crank and he did that and people were occasionally killed starting their cars because the little crank wheel would start to go and it would hit them in the chest and they would die. So Dayton, Ohio, Army goes there and establishes, McCook Field, go ahead and go to the next slide for me. So this is AFMC in the early 1920s. This was the entire Army division that was getting after aviation. And you can see all of the investments, all of the technologies that led to our victory in World War II were created and tested and developed at McCook Field. The parachute, retractable gear, the supercharger. You know, the fact that we're flying at high altitude and needed oxygen masks and needed oxygen systems, all of that was tested, developed, and eventually they out flew, you know, you'll see this field is small, use it all. It's three softball fields. Now that solid is when Chief and I were back in Dayton, last month we actually drove by, drove by McCook Field, there's a little plaque there, says, you know, here was McCook Field. Eventually it got to be too small and the Army moved that aviation division up the Mad River about seven, seven, eight miles to where Huffman Prairie was, where Wright Field was, which is where the Wright brothers had been testing their airplanes when they had been developing in 20 years prior to that. And that eventually became Wright Patterson Air Force Base, which is where our headquarters still is and where we still do all of the material management. And all the flight tests happened there, you know, through 1944, finally, you know, as we were getting towards the end of World War II, they realized, hey, you know, the stuff that we're testing is getting faster, getting higher, it's getting dangerous, there's a popular area, we probably shouldn't be flying, you know, all of these high-risk test missions because occasionally airplanes, particularly back then, we crashed a lot of airplanes as we were developing the technology because we were trying to accelerate the future. So that's when the Army Air Corps at the time decided, Army Air Forces decided, let's move this entire test operation out to a remote location, Edwards Air Force Base, or it wasn't known as Edwards at the time, we didn't name it Edwards until 1949, but that moved here, and so we are doing the same thing that we did 100 years ago for the exact same reason. The other thing we did, go ahead and go to the next slide for me, is in 1919, we stood up a little school to train Army officers in engineering principles in this aviation thing, you know, at this point in time it's still a brand new field. And the Air Service Engineering School, eventually it's, that's what ATHIT grew out of. This is actually what the Test Pilot School grew out of. You know, it started this, the Air Service Engineering School was originally the Test Pilot School and the Air Force Institute of Technology. So this is the class, Air Service Engineering School class of 1923, and take a look at those faces and see if you recognize one, and it's not dock waters. That was an easy one, sorry. So go ahead and bill for me. So back right corner there, Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle class of 1923, 100 years ago. That was an investment that 19 years later, we would realize the return on investment in education. That's exactly what we're doing right now at the Test Pilot School. There is right now, probably a student at the Test Pilot School, she is our next Jimmy Doolittle. She is gonna be the one that when we fight the next war is going to go and go to the next slide, is going to come up with the innovative operational concept, that's a phrase from the 2018 NDS, innovative operational concepts. She's a student right now at the Test Pilot School, our next Jimmy Doolittle. And so what we are doing, the reason I wanted to go through this historical context, is right now what you're doing is incredibly important for our future, for a number of reasons. All right, next. So here's our new Chief of Staff. His very first memo to the force is hey, we gotta carry the torch on. So the operational imperatives, those came in and Secretary Kendall, he talked about them on this stage when he was here in June. The operational imperatives, Secretary Kendall really issued those because he was unhappy with how quickly DOD and the requirements process was delivering capability. And so General Alvin's message is very, very clear. And you know who's actually working on all seven operational imperatives? I'm looking out right now at the folks that are actually delivering that. And go ahead and bill for me. And I think General Alvin may know what he's talking about. He is a graduate of the best test pod school in the world. And I say that wearing a different test pod school patch. The U.S. Air Force Test Pod School. Next slide please. So those are the OIs, each of these are photos from things that you guys are doing. So there is not an OI, there's a lot of wings across the Air Force and they're very proud about their mission and they may be touching on one of them. We are across the board. What you are doing is incredibly important for the future of our Air Force and the future of our Space Force. And it's true for the Space Force. I mean, we had a satellite in the bath. You know, we are across the domain, we are getting after this. So go ahead and next slide. Over 60 years ago, we delivered the future of the Air Force, right? This was the, as we were rolling out the Century Series fighters, we needed a trainer, a high-speed trainer. And so, you know, this is the prototype T-38 flying over our lake bed going built for me. And last week, you know what showed up? The replacement to the T-38, the T-7 is now on. The future Air Force, you guys are building it, you guys are accelerating it to the warfighter right here. Next. And there it is, on our ramp. Oh, yeah. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Next slide. So over 70 years ago, we also had the newest bomber and then we were putting it through flight test. That's the XB-52. This is what, when the Cold War. It was the, you know, there were a lot of bombers, a lot of it changed. After this week, I mean, this is the one that carries through the Cold War. And guess what, we're gonna fly it for another 30 years. Go ahead and build. And so, you can't see the date there, the date. We could probably get part 2052 for the date. Well, we're gonna be flying the B-52 for a long time. We're about to put new engines on the B-52, commercial engines, the SERP. We're putting new avionics on there. We're putting a new radar. Go ahead and next slide, please. We're putting new weapons. So that is the AGM-183 Aero. That is a hypersonic missile. We, you, the 419th just flew this test. And this is the future. We are going to prevent the next war or if we have to fight the next war, we're gonna win the next war with what we're doing right here and right now. Next. So, and it's across the board. These are all things that we're currently working that you are currently working on. And it's real easy to get energized and you get excited about the stuff that's flying in the skies. Go ahead and go to the next slide. But it's more than just what we're flying because a pilot without a maintainer is just a pedestrian. I mean, it takes every single function. We do not have enough people. We are going to need to grow by probably close to 2,000 people over the next three years to support all the work that we have coming down the pipe that the Air Force and the Space Force are asking us to do. We don't have that. If your function was not important, we would've already cut it. And we would have you doing something else. So everything that you are doing, and so it's really going to go to the next slide before me. It is really the mixture of all the installation support, all the mission support, all the test planning, test reporting, test execution that is important. And it is the 412th test wing as a team that's going to make that Air Force of 2027 a reality. Next slide, please. So our mission, we test and evaluate advanced aerospace systems. And we do it with world class installation and mission support. You are accelerating capability to the war fighter. Tomorrow's Air Force is the one that's flying right here. So we'll talk into that just a minute about what our priorities are. We just did a strategic planning off site. We're in the process of drafting our strategic roadmap. We've identified four lines of effort. And our very most important one, our primary effort is going to be about our people. Developing our people, developing our teams, because you are the ones that do the mission. We are going to take care of the people so that you can take care of the missions. The Air Force of 2027 is an Air Force that can win that war when we have to fight that war. While we're at it, we do not have all the infrastructure that we need to do that. So we are going to enhance what we have and build out what we need. We also, it is unlikely that the Air Force doesn't have 2,000 people to spare. And it turns out that the reason that the Army Air Force moved that testing here in 1944 is because it was remote and isolated. That was a desirable quality. And it still is for flight tests. Remote and isolated means that it comes along with some challenges in terms of just quality of life. So that is going to be a focus area. That also impacts our recruiting and retention of folks. So we are going to enhance that where we can, but we're probably not gonna get 2,000 people. So we are going to have to be more efficient in how we do our processes, which means deploying AI, machine learning, GenAI, all the data analytics to be faster, more efficient and smarter about how we do that. So that is going to be a big line of effort. And then finally, we are going to, we have a very important mission and we are going to tell our story about that mission and I'll explain why in just a minute. So next slide please. So our initial priorities, we have three of them, is we are gonna focus on quality of life things. This is to get after our recruiting, development and retention issues. There's a number of very promising starts on here. So as you look at, what is it that makes life difficult here in the center of the aerospace testing universe? Just testing it out for later, making sure it's gonna work. The, it's housing, right? It's how far away you have to live and to make the commute. I know some folks are driving 45 minutes an hour, some people more than an hour every day to get to work, one way. At least gas is only $7 a gallon. It's actually come down. I mean, we're down now to five. It's kind of funny when you listen to the news, they just reported gas prices are now like on average across the country, below $3 a gallon, but they always say taking California out of the equation. So we hear that, we get that. There's a number of initiatives. We are any day now expect to hear from OSD that our 300 unit apartment complex has been approved and that we can do the road and cutting early in the spring. So that is 300 more units on base that then opens up housing for additional family members. Schools, healthcare, we're in discussions with some private healthcare providers about bringing an urgent care thing on base. So there's a number of things that we can do. Yep, go ahead. It's something that chief and I feel very important. We need to take care of you because you have a very important mission to take care of. And so that's why quality of life is gonna be one of our first focus areas. A couple other notes on that. California is helping us out as well. So California, one of our local congressmen, Congressman Garcia, sponsored legislation so that military spouses that have a certificate, professional certificate can transport that to any other state and have reciprocal licensing and credentialing. California was the last state that did not acknowledge that. It does now. So it is now on the books. My wife just went there last week. My wife is a teacher in Colorado. So when she comes here next summer, she's already started the process. It's very straightforward. You go to cta.ca.gov and it's just a thing and you upload your certificate. You upload your military orders and then the bureaucracy does something and then your new California certificate pops out and that's across. There's about 20 different professions unless you're a lawyer for whatever reason. The lawyers that wrote the law said that lawyers don't count but all the other ones do have reciprocal licensing and credentialing. Right now it's a two year bill in the assembly. There is a proposal to exempt military retirement benefits from California taxes. That won't pass this year, but it's a two year bill. It's on the assembly. It's something that the California military governor's council and the assembly is very interested. It's probably, it's not only revenue neutral for the state of California. It's actually probably a positive because there's a number of folks that retire and then decide that financially they can't stay in California for the taxes. Guess what? That is a big drain on our potential recruiting. I would love for a lot of folks that reach after their 2030 whatever it is plus years of service that they would stay here and continue doing the job because it's an incredibly important job. So that's gonna help. So that's quality of life. The foundation of all of it, we are now in the 21st century. Well, I had two decades into the 21st century. The thing that distinguishes the 21st century that from everything that came before it is the ubiquity of data. And who, I won't ask for show of hands. Probably everybody's played with chat GPT right now. It is the world has changed. And AI, machine learning, gen AI, we are going to leverage those things. We are going to use data to make decisions and to be more efficient about how we do it. So we have a lot of initiatives on that and stand by for more information as we go forward. The really good ideas here are coming from the execution layer. So the way that we are going to get after these priorities are something that we call commanders initiatives. And anybody can propose a commanders initiative and it can be at the group level. We can raise it up to the wing level. And what that will do is we'll put resources against it. We'll track it. They can be different timelines. These are different than long range strategic objectives. These might be things that take three months. It might be a year away. It might be two years away, but they're things that we want to do. And we're gonna have a couple dozen. So if in your work center, if in your workplace you have an idea that like, you know what? Right now I am taking, I have to take this invoice or I have to take this logistics sheet and I have to type in all these invoice numbers and then I get a print out and then I get a floppy disk and I go over to this other system and I plug it in and I type it something in again and I take something else. It sounds like, sorry, we have some systems that it takes four different things and then they'll talk to each other. We're gonna change that. And so if in your work center and I see a lot of cradians going north-south, like, yep, that's my work center. You are the ones that have the ideas. If you're like, why am I doing this? Why am I typing the same number in into four different systems? Bring that up and we'll figure out how do we actually move into the 21st century. This is something that AFMC has as one of their strategic priorities. They're calling it digital material management. You can also call it digital transformation and we're gonna do it because we need to be more efficient about how we're doing. And then finally, we are gonna tell our story. We're gonna tell our story first off for ourself so that we can be proud, so that we can actually look at photos of the B-21. We can look at the B-21 flying over like, we did that. We made that happen. What I am doing, the defenders that we have at the gate that are keeping the B-21 safe and we'll talk about a little bit later during the CUI portion about the fact that we are. We are a target right now for foreign surveillance. We're gonna tell that story for our internal audience. We're also gonna tell it for our stakeholders. We have a lot of partners across the Air Force and across the Space Force that need to know that we are working hard to accelerate capability to the warfighter. We're doing it. There's another audience that I want to hear our story and I want them to hear very, very loud and clear. And that's the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. I know they're looking at us and I hope they watch this video when we post it. We are gonna be ready. We don't wanna fight. Our goal is to have technology that's capable enough that it changes the calculus that they go through as to like, hey, we're gonna invade Taiwan next week and then they're gonna look and like, ah, you know what? Maybe not. But then if we actually do have to fight that war then we're gonna win that war. I want them to hear it loud. So I acknowledge the quality of life challenges. I also acknowledge that we are in, in interregnum period and the Air Force needs us to serve right now. And that's another part about telling our story is it's gonna help with our recruiting. I'm willing to put up with a little bit of quality of life stuff because I know how important it is and that's the reason each of you are here serving as well. And so that's another important aspect. By telling our story and by telling why we serve it will help us recruit other teammates because we need more people. We need people to come and work for us. So here's an example. We're gonna do this on a weekly basis. Here's an example of why we serve. Go ahead and go to the next slide. So this is Vanessa Gonzalez. I didn't check, is she here? Vanessa Gonzalez, all right. Take a look at this. This is why Vanessa serves. Go ahead and next slide. My name is Vanessa Gonzalez and I am a sensor fusion engineer for the 412th Test Wing. I work at the 411th CTF. As a sensor fusion engineer I do developmental tests and evaluation on the sensor fusion system on Raptor. Sensor fusion is the brain of the jet. It receives all the data from the sensors on the jet and puts it into one spot. It uses that information to display it to the pilot, to task sensors to do other things. So I grew up in the Antelope Valley. That basically meant that I always saw planes flying above me, above my house, above my school. I promised myself that I'd be a part of that. I've always dreamt about working on them. Never thought I'd actually do it. And then I decided to pursue my degree in aerospace engineering. 12 years later, lots of hard work, two degrees and a few moments of doubt. I served to make good on that dream I had as a little girl. I'm actually first generation American. My family came here from El Salvador so they immigrated here. And so I just saw the opportunities that I had that they didn't and I went from there and my parents and my family always believed in me and that's the only way I made it through college. I served because the F-22 platform tells a story of human ingenuity and determination that I am proud to be a part of. A story that inspires future generations to dream big and reach high. I served because I believe in the importance of safeguarding our nation and providing our pilots with the best tools to defend our skies. Just take it as long as everyone. Stand up, Vanessa. There are 7,000 more stories like Vanessa's and we're gonna tell them. So, all right, next slide please. So it went live on your desktop. You will now go and build, you will see a new SharePoint link, the comm squadron has pushed that out to your desktop. So it is now live. Next slide. And lots of really good information. Again, we're gonna move forward and so explore it, have fun. Next slide. All right, so turn the page real quick on some less things, but I've got a foot stop disk. This is actually hot off the press. This was yesterday morning. This is the traffic stop. Go ahead and build for me please. So there is a, look, don't speed on base. In six months we've had over 700 citations. And that's really the tip of the iceberg, right? We know the defenders cannot be everywhere all the time. I am shocked when Chief and I are driving on the staff car and somebody passes me in the staff car. I mean, talk about a colossal lack of situational awareness. But this is serious, this is a safety thing. The speed limit's there for a reason. We have young kids in the neighborhoods, the speed limit's 15 miles an hour. That is plenty fast in the neighborhood. School zones, if you speed in the school zone, guess what? You're gonna be suspended. You're driving, privilege is gonna be suspended. Every single month, somebody is doing an excess of 90 miles an hour on Rosemont. There are citations over 100 miles an hour on Rosemont. It is, that is unacceptable. So please, and it's of course the folks that came here are probably not the ones that need to hear the message, but don't speed. All right, next slide. All right, so one other less fortunate thing. So hopefully you read our message in the tower a couple weeks ago. Respect and human dignity are a big deal. And this is in the workforce, in the workplace, how we treat each other. The off-base incidents were very embarrassing and unsettling, and it is not who we are. We need to value each other, go back to the core values. I won't tell you the story, I'll say that for another time, about I came in the Air Force the same time that we adopted the core values. And in that period of time, we've gone through six different colors of t-shirts underneath the flight suit, and four different colors of boots, and three different uniforms from BDUs to ABUs to OCPs. And so, I mean, if there's one constant about the Air Force, it's that we love to change things. The core values have not changed for as long as I've been in the service, so that's a good place to go back to. Even more importantly, I ask each of you, by humans, we are naturally conflict avoiders. If you see something that's not right in the work center, we can actually avoid a lot of future things and in EO issues and complaints, just by addressing it peer to peer. If you see something that's not right, and there's a very professional way to do it, is to speak up and say, look, that's not right. And you can do it in a way that's not mean, but call out things that aren't right and say, hey, just let's treat other people with dignity and respect. And that's why I was very clear when we started out. We have nothing against the Chinese people. The Chinese people are humans like everybody else. We are all on this planet together and a war between our nation and the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party who would drag the People's Republic of China in with it would be devastating to the planet, and we don't want that. And so respect and human dignity is absolutely key and because it is so important because the chief believes about it so much, I've asked him to say a few words, so. Chief, thanks, sir. Oh, hey, oh, this is on and it's echoing up here. Awesome. Hey, so, hey guys, it's okay to cheer and be proud. That's part of what we do, right? So if you wanna get loud, if you hear something you like, cheer, right? That culture is very, very important to the success of our team. So the boss asked me to come up here and talk a little bit about what Wright looks like. So I wrote down a couple of note cards which I don't normally do, right? But I think it's extremely important for me to communicate to you. Is there one example of what Wright looks like to you? That's a question you guys can respond to that. No? What Wright looks like to me may not be your perspective of what Wright looks like, but I've been wearing our nation's cloth for nearly 26 years. 16 December will be 26 years. And I'll tell you, it works a long time. But I don't get inspired that easily anymore because I've been through a lot, but Vanessa, that story you just told right there is why I continue to do what I do every day. So thank you for what you're doing for the United States of America and Edwards Air Force Base. How about one more round of applause for Vanessa? All right, so, like I said, there's a lot of people that might have a different perspective on what Wright looks like. But over the last almost 26 years, there's a couple enduring truths that I want to share with you. And if you've heard me speak before, this might be a repeat, but there's a reason for that. What Wright looks like to me is United States airmen acting like a United States airman. And what do I mean by that? Act, attitude, right? Attitude is everything. I'm a young man that came out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I didn't have the right attitude. But it was a civilian and a senior NCO that showed me what Wright looked like. If you're a senior NCO at this installation, I'm gonna charge you today to go out and lead, I got your back. We need your leadership now more than ever before. Senior NCOs, I need your leadership now more than ever before. The other individual, Pat McCoy, a civilian, an airman, a civilian airman, is one of the reasons I'm standing in front of you today. So how about a round of applause for our civilian teammates that are the backbone of Edwards Air Force. So attitude. There's a saying that goes, it's 10% what happens to you and what's the other 90%. How you react to it. It's your actions or inactions that will drive success in your unit. It's your attitude that that airman will remember when they go to their next installation. Let me give you a quick example of what wrong looks like. Me and my spouse, Jessica, I've been here for about a month and some of you have heard this story, so I'll leave the derogatory part out. And we're walking through the BX because that's nostalgic to me because I grew up in the military and we're walking through. And by the way, that is a good BX. I've been around this Air Force and that's a great BX and the team over there is doing great work to ensure we have what we need here. And we're walking through there and I see a senior NCO with two young NCOs, two young NCOs. And I look at my wife, I said, that's what right looks like. So we go and we turn the corner and we're behind him and all I hear is this place sucks. This is coming from the senior NCO. This is this and this is that and this is that. And my wife looks at me and she says, aren't you gonna say something? I said, not today. But I went and visited that individual and had a conversation with him about why are they communicating that message? Right? That's not the right message. That is not the right message. Your attitude matters and what you communicate to our teammates matters. Please, please, please understand that. The boss just showed the history of our United States Air Force where we were and where we're going. And we can't do it without each and every one of you. Attitude is important, but I need you to act like an airman. So the sea is the foundation and that's culture. What is the culture in your organization? What is the culture here on Edwards Air Force Base? And I don't believe it's what I see on Facebook. I don't. I'm gonna reiterate that I've been doing this for almost 26 years. I've been deployed to the worst parts of the world 11 times and it's not here at Edwards Air Force Base. This is the center of the future of our United States Air Force. Before I came here, I knew nothing about the test world. I didn't know what Wright looked like in the test world. But the front row here and that individual over there, my wingman, and the chiefs. Can I get the chiefs to stand up real quick? I do this to them a lot. These are the individuals that make a difference in my life each and every day. That was the culture that a chief master sergeant and I don't know if you guys know this if you're not in maintenance. We have 13 retired chief master sergeants. Number might have changed in the last month, month and a half, but I doubt it. 13 retired chief master sergeants still serving here in the maintenance group. And they're bringing a culture and they're building a culture that hopefully when the young airmen leave here, they understand what Wright looked like. Your attitude matters. Your culture matters. Where's the weapons team at? Are they here today? Where's the weapons team at? When I first got here, me and my wife had an opportunity speaking of culture to go see a load comp. If you haven't done that, please, if you get the invite, go see it. One December. Hole, that's a shameless plug for chief hole crab and his weapons team over there in maintenance. But like I said, I didn't know what to expect coming into the test world and I got invited to go to a load comp and I had been a first sergeant out in the maintenance career field. But sometimes you forget what's important and we went down there and that day, man, that lit my fire to watch how impressive the culture in the weapons organization is led by chief Aguero. So chief, thanks for what you're doing. If you're here today, I don't know, but you showing these airmen in the weapons section, if you want to know what Wright looks like, go visit the weapons section. Thanks guys for what you're doing. That's the character we need. And since I need you to act like an airman, I need you to work together as a team. With the right attitude as a leader in the organization in which you lead, building the right culture, teamwork is inevitable. I've seen teams fail simply because the leader had the wrong attitude. Your attitude matters every day, right? And if you're sitting in here and you're like, oh my God, man, I just need to get out of here. Thanksgiving's coming. Remember one thing, you control your attitude. Attitude equals altitude. And if you're in A1C and you're sitting in here, man, I don't have anything to do with culture. Oh, I must swear right there. BS, you do. I think the essence of leadership is by example. You know what Wright looks like. You are taught what Wright looks like. Do it, for the right reasons. A culture is very, very, very important, right? When I think about culture, I also think about the United States of America and the culture that we have or don't have in this country. It's up to us to determine what it looks like here at Edwards Air Force Base. Control your AOR, build a strong culture, and morale will be a byproduct. Stop chasing morale and build culture. Stop chasing morale and build culture. Let me say that one more time. Culture is a byproduct. Morale is a byproduct of a culture, positive or negative. If I give you a day off, yay, I'm happy today. Guess where you gotta go tomorrow? Back to that culture. Culture is important. And teamwork is as important. You saw the pictures the boss had up here earlier. Those planes do not get in the air without the team sitting in this auditorium right now. And China isn't deterred without the team in here right now. What you do does matter. Find a way to tie yourself to the mission and find a way to act like an American airman, whether you're a civilian or whether you're wearing our nation's cloth act like an airman. And if you're a senior NCO when you're in here, go lead, I got your back, try me on it. Cause words without actions are just discussions and I'm done talking. I'm gonna start acting. And I got your back. I'd be remissed if I didn't take care of the team that takes care of me. So I do have a shameless plug for FSS here. Education fair is going on today at Club Maroc. You didn't think I was gonna do it, did you? One of the benefits of this great nation is we get free education here if you're a military member. Go over there and get educated. Cause there's a lot of people that can take a lot of things from you but they can never take your education. So from 11 to 1600 today, go visit Club Maroc. And on my last point, you wanna know it right? Looks like they'll see what Katie and the club team is doing for you each and every day. Support your club. Thank you guys. Chief is a great partner. Thank you Chief, thanks Chief for those words. Next slide. This is what Wright looks like too. So hats off to all of our hundred trustee team scores. All right, next slide. Because I won the Chinese Communist Party to know that we are in flight testing at the B-21. If this doesn't get you excited to come to Yorkshire today, it is, I mean, that is gorgeous. I mean, if nothing else, I mean, the technology aside, it's just beautiful. Talking to one of the chase pilots, like it looked really cool. So that's what we're doing. That's what you guys are doing. All right, so we started five minutes late, which means we have about 10 minutes for questions. Next slide please. So there's the detection number, and I think we're gonna get our very capable team off. We've also have microphones if you're not bashful and you wanna ask the question in place, in person. All right, so it's 412-707-412-EWCC. Tango Whiskey, Charlie Charlie, Test Wing CC. All right, here's the question. System sustainment is a real challenge for unique test capabilities. We bring on board to support customers. Is there any proposals in the work to keep critical capabilities without them divesting in them for sake of obsolescence? Yeah, so that's a great question, huge question, and something that the Air Force is actually wrestling with. We are modernizing every single weapon system in the Air Force, from radios and computers to all of our nuclear weapons, and we're doing it all at the same time. We are working on the newest bomber, the B-21, at the same time that we're working on the oldest bomber, the B-52, and so there's a trade-off that the Air Force faces. There's only so much money, and so how do you, what do you invest in recapitalization and what do you invest in sustainment? And so these are questions at the very highest level that our four stars are wrestling with. How long do we keep the B-1? We are going to be a two-bomber Air Force. It's gonna be the B-21 and the B-52. When do we phase out the B-2? We are still doing B-2 testing today, and when we phase out the B-2 is going to depend on on what the 420th finds out about the B-21 and how ready the B-21 is. And so those are questions that are actually going to be answered by you, by the data that you're doing. So I don't have an easy answer that we're going to keep the B-1 flying for this long and we're gonna put the sustainment money there because we need those dollars to go elsewhere. But guess what? You saw B-1 up there because we are still doing stuff on the B-21. B-21 is a, or B-1 is a stop gap until B-21 comes online. So it is a very, very complicated juggling thing. That's all I'll say about that. Oh. Okay. Next question is... The hard ones, she's gonna get all the hard ones. The next question is, is it required for us to stop during Reveley slash the national anthem and why? I don't need to phone a friend on this one. No money's needed. All right? Yes, on a military installation, it is required that you stop and pay respect during Reveley and during retreat and absolutely during the song that we all agreed to defend. Whoa! So that's almost emotional to me. A lot of my friends have given their life for that music and I'll give you an example. So the answer was yes in case I don't get back to it. And why, here's why. For all the men and women that have given their life for our country, that's why. Somebody's brother, somebody's sister, somebody's mother, somebody's father. To give two minutes of your time to stop your car, put your four-way blinkers on. See how I'm doing this? That's what you do during this. And sit there and give a moment for those people who gave their life. That's why I stopped. I guess you gotta find a reason to want to and that's my reason. Is it mandatory? Yes, but there's a lot of mandatory things on this base, like the speed limit. See how I'd wrap that back up? I'm just saying. I'm getting good at this stuff. Okay? But it's even better when you find a reason to, find your why and stop and take a second to think about all those individuals. Right? It's hard for younger people to understand that, that haven't been through what a lot of us seasoned, won't call them old doc. I think they're old. Seasoned individuals have been through, but the short answer is yes, the long answer is find your why and it's easy to stop. And it's easy to pay respect. That's why. All right, so we got three minutes left. We got great answers, great answers. We got three minutes left, so we got about two or three maybe questions. We will answer all the questions through the tower. So anything that you texted in or sent in, we will certainly get to and we're gonna answer too, but if we have some hot party ones that need to be addressed in this venue, or if there's any in the audience as well. There's one back here. Go ahead, audience. Colonel Wigard, good morning. Morning. My question is, well, first of all, my name is Ted Reynolds. I'm with the HVAC department. My name for you, sir, is when, if all, we are going to be included. And I mean that all the C.E. gonna be included in the pay raise that was also given to the maintenance group this year. Yep, great question. I don't have an immediate answer. We will get an answer. It is one of the things as we are looking under our strategic line of efforts, the Recruit Developer Tain objective is are we using all of the authorities that we have, all of the incentives that we have for recruiting and pay, incentive pay, et cetera, et cetera. So we will get into that and we will definitely get an answer back through Colonel Purcell. Good question. Thank you for asking. Thank you. Another one in the audience, or I think we have time for one more because we've got to, I want to get to the awards because this is also really a lot of fun. Here's a question, sir. Is there a proposal for a fence gate surrounding the entirety of Edwards Air Force Base to deter the enemy? A fence? Yes, a fence or a gate. Fence or a gate. So there are over, it's over 100 miles of perimeter. That's a lot of fence. We do have other means. Fences can be climbed. They can be entered. So it's not necessarily clear that a fence would deter everything. One of the reasons that we like being remote and isolated is across 500 square miles of desert. We've got rattlesnakes, Mojave greens. That's our gate. We do have other means though of actually without an actual physical barrier of knowing when people are coming. And I'll leave it at that. Our defenders are extremely capable of knowing what's out there. So where we need fences, we'll have fences. And where we'll use other technologies and other means. We're gonna use other technologies and other means to protect what we have here. All right, so I do want us to get into the award ceremony. I wanna thank the chief. I wanna thank each and every one of you for what you do for us. It is, and I mean this genuinely, as sincerely, it is incredibly important. I have a daughter that's about to commission the Air Force, so if she ends up going all around. Yeah, I mean, so this is personal. If we end up in a war, I want us to have the best damn Air Force that we have so that first off, we don't have to fight that war. But second, if we do, we're gonna win it. Thank you. I'm Staff Sergeant Antonio Ramirez from the 412th Maintenance Group. Staff Sergeant Brandon Whiteley from the 412th Maintenance Group, and we will be your MCs for today's events. All right. It is now time to recognize the 412th Test Wing third quarter award nominees and winners. Nominees, please stand when your names are displayed. Audience, please feel free to make some noise and show support. Winners will also get a chance to throw an axe at the inflatable turkeys in my left. Starting with the team category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineering Group, Operations, Engineering, Requirements, and Optimization, JSE Software Development Team, from the 412th Mission Support Group, High Bomber Maintenance Team, from the 75th Test Squadron F-16 Weapons, from the 12th Civil Engineering Group, Operations Center. In the testing category, the nominees are as follows. From the 411th Flight Test Squadron, F-22 Raptor released three testing. That's good. From the 416th Flight Test Squadron, Agility Prime testing, from the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Project Havoc, from the 412th Maintenance Group, F-TX, 20 cents. From the 412th Operations Group, Global Reach, C-17 Air Launch, Intermediate Range Ballistic Mission Team, from the 412th Test Engineering Group, F-22 released three tests. From the United States Test Pilot School, Have Viper, GPT. And the winner is, from the United States Test Pilot School, Have Viper, GPT. Now on to the civilian categories. First up, in the Supervision Management category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Adam Burgess. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Daniel O'Connell. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Allison Skiles. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Bryce S. Olson. From the 412th Operations Group, Catherine Allen. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Nestor Rodriguez. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Cassie Welborn. From the Test Management Group, Josefina Gonzalez. From the 412th Test Wing Agency's, Chrisia Urquizucho. And the winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Bryce S. Olson. In the Scientific Engineering category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Gary Kravokovic. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Vanessa Gonzalez. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Rihanna Mayer. From the United States Test Pilot School, Erin Wenner. From the 412th Test Wing Agency's, Ivan Ching. And the winner is, from the 412th Test Engineering Group, Rihanna Mayer. Stephanie G. Okay, I'll maybe use that. In the Scientific, Err, excuse me, in the Specialist and Analysis category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineering Group, Emelda Bontalan. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Stefan Nelz. From the 412th Operations Group, Stephanie Gray. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Sandra Elena Testrejon. From the 412th Test Management Group, Shyvana Farr. From the United States Test Pilot School, Raul Icharri. From the 412th Test Wing Agency's, Gerano Serrano. And the winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Stefan Nelz. In the Program Project Manager category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineering Group, Jeff Lynch. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, James Morris. From the 412th Medical Group, Jean Aquelon. From the 412th Operations Group, Brett Smith. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Steven Nassau. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Alan Agopian. From the 412th Test Management Group, Brittany Groner. From the United States Test Pilot School, Megan Cochran. In the 412th Test Wing Agency's, Melvin Hoyle. And the winner is, from the 412th Operations Group, Brett Smith. In the Staff Technician category, the nominees are as follows. Come on. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Jeff Craig. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Raylene Locker-Profthor. From the 412th Medical Group, Margaret Kaiser. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Megan Avila. From the 412th Operations Group, Zachary Kofal. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Miguel Davis. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Dante Cummings. From the 412th Test Management Group, Sharon Dawson. From the United States Test Pilot School, Brian Sanchez. From the 412th Wing Agency's, Jamal Hammond. And the winner is, from the 412th Operations Group, Zachary Kofal. In the Trades Flavors category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Brandon Clifton. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Graham Brown. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Aaron Moore. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Eric Weatherford. And the winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Aaron Moore. In the Administrator-Commander Support Staff category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineering Group, Emily Ann Johnson. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Sarah DeCore. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Cody Vernon. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Marco Suerta. From the 412th Operations Group, Elizabeth Browning. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Jesus Renteria. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Jamie Lee Beck. From the 412th Test Wing Agencies, Julie Triggs. And the winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Arbore Squirtland. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees in the civilian categories. It's now time for the military portion of the awards. In the Field of Great Officers category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Medical Group, Major Don Rollins. Congratulations! From the 412th Operations Group, Major Rachel Williams. From the United States Test Pilot School, Major Stephanie Cowder. From the 412th Test Wing Agencies, Major John Morales. And the winner is, from the 412th Operations Group, Major Rachel Williams. In the Company Grade Officer category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Medical Group, Captain Emily Doe. From the 412th Medical Group, Captain Emily Doe. From the 412th Medical Group, Captain Andrew Metz. From the 412th Test Wing Agencies, Captain Michael Bove. From the 412th Maintenance Group, First Lieutenant Michael Shin. Congratulations to the Operations Group, First Lieutenant Thomas Murphy. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Second Lieutenant Carlos Easterhoek. And the winner is, from the 412th Mission Support Group, Captain Robert Williams. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Major Michael Bove. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Just for the record, the cop just got a bull's eye. In the Senior Nod Commissioned Officer category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineering Group, Master Sergeant Calvin Moore. From the 412th Medical Group, Master Sergeant April Gregory. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Master Sergeant Lincoln Moore. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Master Sergeant Calvin Castillo. From the 412th Operations Group, Master Sergeant Matthew Giles. From the 412th Test Maintenance Group, Master Sergeant Laressa Anton. Winner is, from the 412th Operations Group, Master Sergeant Matthew Giles. In the Nod Commissioned Officer category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Technical Sergeant Jose Ariano. From the United States Test Pilot School, Technical Sergeant Joseph Fromm. From the 412th Test Wing Agencies, Technical Sergeant Taylor Hydrick. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Staff Sergeant Larry McIver. From the 412th Medical Group, Staff Sergeant Nelson Towns. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Staff Sergeant Mark Farring. From the 412th Operations Group, Staff Sergeant Renato Avalos. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Staff Sergeant Carlos Mendez. Here is, from the 412th Mission Support Group, Staff Sergeant Ray Pizzeras follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Senior Airman Thomas Moriarty. From the 412th Medical Group, Senior Airman Jonathan Edling. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Senior Airman Jasmine Gary. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Senior Airman Stephanie Lopez. From the 412th Operations Group, Senior Airman Jeremy Madden. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Senior Airman Eduardo Hernandez. From the United States Test Pilot School, Senior Airman Aaron Stofield. From the 412th Testing Agencies, Airman Gracie Piller. Just from the 412th Mission Support Group, Senior Airman Matthew Chiles. The nominee and winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Senior Airman Matthew Chiles. Now it's time for the special categories. Nominated for the innovation category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Comprehensive Industrial Oil Analysis and Diagnostic Testing Team. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Maria Elena Cisneros. From the 412th Medical Group, Marjorie Intanilla-Ramos. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Nicholas Browney. From the 412th Operations Group, V2 RLT team. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Jordan Connor. The winner is, from the 412th Test Engineering Group, Jordan Connor. Nominated for self-safety well done of the quarter, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Jaslyn Castillo. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Matthew Perez. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Crash Damage Disabled Aircraft Company team. From the 412th Operations Group, Guillermo Ortiz. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Ryland Stamfeld. From the United States Test Pilot School, Nathan Cheehee. And the winner is, from the 412th Test Engineering Group, Ryland Stamfeld. Well, wait, leadership is so impressed by the nominations that we have a second winner. And the second winner is, from the 412th Operations Group, Guillermo Ortiz. In the For the Warfighter category, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Corwin Burr. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Letitia Pendoja. From the 412th Mission Support Group, Victor Medina Oranales. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Luke Staley. From the 412th Operations Group, Alexander Hutchison. From the Operating Location, United States Air Force Plant 42, Kenneth Ortiz Padilla. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Anthony Parsec. From the 412th Test Wing Agencies, Bertrand Shepard. And the winner is, from the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Corwin Burr. In another twist, leadership was so impressed again by the nominations that we have a second winner. And the winner is, from the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Letitia Pendoja. Nominated for Volunteer of the Quarter, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Electronic Warfare Group, Karina McClelland. From the 412th Medical Group, Staff Sergeant Michael Marino. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Technical Sergeant Brittany Mestorca. From the 412th Maintenance Group, Technical Sergeant, Sergeant, excuse me. From the 412th Operations Group, Technical Sergeant Isaiah Siegel. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Child Development Center, Volunteer Team. From the United States Test Pilot School, Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Poneo. And the winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Technical Sergeant Brittany Mestorca. For the Spouse of the Quarter, the nominees are as follows. From the 412th Operations Group, Quincy Boswell. From the 412th Test Engineering Group, Holly Sick. From the United States Test Pilot School, Nicole Cato-Stevens. And the winner is, from the 412th Operations Group, Quincy Boswell. Except for never happening, it's been through half of the season. In the added category of Dorm of the Quarter, the nominee and winner is, from the 412th Maintenance Group, Airman First, Bust, and as always, our last award is for the group with the most spirit. So let's go around the group. So real quick, man, let me update you guys on this. So before, if you won the spirit award, right, you had to set up the next award ceremony, but guess what? That's not the case anymore because that's not how we're doing it here. Because we want to hear all your spirit, right? We're going to get a schedule together. Everybody's going to share a little bit of the loft, but I want to hear some spirit. So if you didn't show us your spirit before, because you didn't want to set up an award ceremony, now's your chance to bring the heat. So let's go. Woo! Let's go, let's go. It's after much deliberation. And Chief Stolzmanns, are either of you like to provide some closing remarks? I will, thank you. So look at that, right on time, that's on time on target. Woo! So it's actually a lot of fun to read through all the award packages. It is incredibly hard to pick, which is a good thing because the award packages are all about the war-winning capability. I am just really, really happy that when we go to war, we're going to be going to war with the B21, with NGAD, CCAs, and not with Nerf Axes, because that's not going to work in the Pacific. But what you guys are doing every day is going to, so time to go out there and do it some more. Thank you. I really appreciate each and every one of you for being here today. Thank you for taking time to show your support for our outstanding performers. This concludes our ceremony. Please stand for the departure of the official party.