1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,280 I am Chief Master Sergeant Gabriel 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,430 Burnett . I am the superintendent of 4 00:00:19,430 --> 00:00:21,597 the Airmen and Family Care Directorate 5 00:00:21,597 --> 00:00:23,440 here at headquarters . Air Force 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,270 Personnel Center at joint base Sentence 7 00:00:26,270 --> 00:00:29,380 for me . Randolph . I'm originally from 8 00:00:29,390 --> 00:00:33,390 Greenville , Alabama . I grew up 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,120 on my life . Small town . I joined the 10 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:40,560 Air Force in June of 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,560 1996 and it was not my first choice 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,550 to join the Air Force . I was going to 13 00:00:47,550 --> 00:00:49,494 come into the military , but I was 14 00:00:49,494 --> 00:00:52,680 coming into the Army . I had my three 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,580 years of ROTC ready to come in with my 16 00:00:55,580 --> 00:00:57,960 little two strikes or whatever it was 17 00:00:57,970 --> 00:01:00,530 for the army . Not gonna lie . My 18 00:01:00,530 --> 00:01:03,170 cousin came down on leave , came to 19 00:01:03,170 --> 00:01:06,610 town on leave one weekend , and she's 20 00:01:06,610 --> 00:01:09,170 in the army and she decided that I was 21 00:01:09,170 --> 00:01:11,340 not going to join the army . That 22 00:01:11,350 --> 00:01:13,517 people were going to join The military 23 00:01:13,517 --> 00:01:15,406 is going to be the Air Force . So 24 00:01:15,406 --> 00:01:17,830 Monday morning she took me to the 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,951 recruiter , the Air Force recruiter , 26 00:01:19,951 --> 00:01:22,062 and said , This is where you're going 27 00:01:22,062 --> 00:01:24,420 into if you come into the military . So 28 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:26,100 at that point , I signed up , 29 00:01:26,110 --> 00:01:28,420 transferred my delayed enlistment over 30 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:30,930 to the Air Force , waited at my time . 31 00:01:30,930 --> 00:01:33,390 And when summer hit went to live with 32 00:01:33,390 --> 00:01:36,430 her for about a month . Next thing you 33 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:38,652 know , I'm on a bus to basic training . 34 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,390 Yeah , it was scary . I 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,850 gotta say , it was scary because , like 36 00:01:48,850 --> 00:01:50,961 I said , I have been around my family 37 00:01:50,961 --> 00:01:53,580 the whole time . We were very tight 38 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:56,030 knit . I love them to death . I had had 39 00:01:56,030 --> 00:01:58,380 a baby sister and I had an older 40 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:00,820 brothers on that middle child that it 41 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:02,931 becomes , too . Where you dependent . 42 00:02:02,931 --> 00:02:05,042 They depend on you for something . My 43 00:02:05,042 --> 00:02:07,310 brother , for money , my sister for 44 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,160 care over the weekend , Always 45 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,271 following me around or something like 46 00:02:11,271 --> 00:02:14,000 that . So we we were always close . And 47 00:02:14,010 --> 00:02:16,650 my mom , I think it was like a second 48 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,970 hand , kind of what I was . So being 49 00:02:20,970 --> 00:02:23,026 on that bus , it was scary because I 50 00:02:23,026 --> 00:02:25,137 didn't know what I was walking into . 51 00:02:25,137 --> 00:02:28,090 Not gonna lie . I heard stuff , but not 52 00:02:28,090 --> 00:02:31,550 like the times that we have now . We're 53 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,360 are future airmen can go on websites 54 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,250 or YouTube and learn a little bit about 55 00:02:38,250 --> 00:02:40,361 what's going to be happening at basic 56 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:42,700 training . We didn't have that option . 57 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:45,470 So it was going in blind or whatever . 58 00:02:45,470 --> 00:02:47,900 I learned from my cousin that told me 59 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:49,956 about Army basic training , which it 60 00:02:49,956 --> 00:02:52,450 was nothing like . So I got to say my 61 00:02:52,450 --> 00:02:55,760 heart was beating at that time . 62 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:04,150 I think it's awesome . I haven't had , 63 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,960 you know , these roadblocks or 64 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,770 these trials or tribulations that we 65 00:03:10,770 --> 00:03:13,780 may feel or some have gone through 66 00:03:13,780 --> 00:03:17,230 possibly before me because of what they 67 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:19,570 had to go through . But as far as being 68 00:03:19,580 --> 00:03:21,820 a woman in the military , I got to say 69 00:03:21,830 --> 00:03:24,540 that it's a great feeling to be able to 70 00:03:24,540 --> 00:03:28,060 know that I am able , you know , to 71 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:31,200 serve and serve in a capacity that I 72 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,590 want to serve . There are no limits to 73 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:37,490 what we can do , what I can do , 74 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:40,320 regardless of what it is . So I'm 75 00:03:40,330 --> 00:03:43,580 grateful and honestly , there there is 76 00:03:43,580 --> 00:03:46,520 no different feeling . Then , 77 00:03:46,530 --> 00:03:48,960 truthfully , I think anyone else and I 78 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,730 think it's because of all the a great 79 00:03:52,730 --> 00:03:55,080 wingman , all the great leaders of the 80 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,370 great peers or supervisors that I have 81 00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:59,080 served with , that I have not 82 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,370 necessarily run into any major issues 83 00:04:02,380 --> 00:04:06,150 being a woman or being a female 84 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,030 within the ranks . You know , they made 85 00:04:09,030 --> 00:04:12,670 me feel truly like I was there , 86 00:04:12,670 --> 00:04:16,350 sister in arms or I was an airman 87 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,751 and their women , you know , I didn't 88 00:04:18,751 --> 00:04:22,720 have any difficult run ins . Yes , I 89 00:04:22,730 --> 00:04:24,630 think I'm truly I think I'm truly 90 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,460 blessed in that arena . 91 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:33,440 Yeah , the number one woman 92 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:36,660 that I look up to he is 93 00:04:38,140 --> 00:04:40,830 my mom . And I hate to be , you know , 94 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,730 seems like that's that cliche . But my 95 00:04:43,730 --> 00:04:46,820 mom , I think , is one of the strongest 96 00:04:46,830 --> 00:04:50,650 individuals that I have ever met in my 97 00:04:50,650 --> 00:04:53,010 life . And I think that is the person 98 00:04:53,010 --> 00:04:56,680 that created the core of who I 99 00:04:56,690 --> 00:05:00,490 am . The things that I would say 100 00:05:00,490 --> 00:05:03,080 that she went through as a single 101 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,060 parent raising three . And I would say 102 00:05:07,070 --> 00:05:09,640 different generations because we were 103 00:05:09,650 --> 00:05:13,650 not close in age . So each one 104 00:05:13,650 --> 00:05:17,200 of us kind of came up in a different 105 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,880 decade , you can say . But she was the 106 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,330 strongest individual that I have ever 107 00:05:24,330 --> 00:05:27,960 seen . Working 12 to 15 hours a 108 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,920 day on her feet , no less in 109 00:05:31,930 --> 00:05:35,320 a factory , seeing her being 110 00:05:35,330 --> 00:05:38,450 able to go to work every day , 111 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:43,140 then come home at 67 oclock , 112 00:05:43,150 --> 00:05:46,950 depending on what her shift was to come 113 00:05:46,950 --> 00:05:50,510 home and feed us and make big meals . 114 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,290 These were not Hey , let me fix you a 115 00:05:53,290 --> 00:05:55,970 sandwich or anything like that . But 116 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:58,036 she would come home . She would cook 117 00:05:58,036 --> 00:06:01,220 for us . She would make sure that we 118 00:06:01,220 --> 00:06:03,950 were doing our work , our homework , 119 00:06:03,950 --> 00:06:07,190 and they say , and getting to bed on 120 00:06:07,190 --> 00:06:09,220 time . And she can get up in the 121 00:06:09,220 --> 00:06:11,220 morning and make sure that we got 122 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:14,450 dressed and we got to the bus and we 123 00:06:14,450 --> 00:06:17,650 got to school every day on the weekends . 124 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,270 This is the woman that taught me how to 125 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:23,430 play softball to be the best player I 126 00:06:23,430 --> 00:06:26,400 think ever . You know , in comparison , 127 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,567 I don't think I can ever take anything 128 00:06:28,567 --> 00:06:30,456 away from her still trying to dig 129 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:32,590 myself out of her shadow , you know , 130 00:06:32,590 --> 00:06:35,270 when it comes to those things . But she 131 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,290 is one that I think is a phenomenal 132 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:42,140 woman . And she taught me to be the 133 00:06:42,150 --> 00:06:46,010 best person that I can be the best 134 00:06:46,010 --> 00:06:49,160 human that I can be in . 135 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:53,600 Honestly , it carry over into 136 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,490 me being the best airman that I can be 137 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,260 and taught me how to care for others , 138 00:07:00,140 --> 00:07:02,900 you know , as she cared for me . So if 139 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:05,990 it's anybody she remember , she's 140 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,190 most in pollute the central 141 00:07:09,190 --> 00:07:11,740 woman in my life . Yeah . 142 00:07:18,940 --> 00:07:22,460 Yeah , I think the biggest part of that 143 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:25,720 is communication and and being able to 144 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,460 talk to our airmen . Being able 145 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:32,810 to communicate openly , be transparent 146 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:36,120 because when you do that , you form 147 00:07:36,130 --> 00:07:39,430 that bond and that trust that Hey , 148 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,900 what she's saying is true and she's 149 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:46,710 taken into account us and talking to 150 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,180 them and getting their thoughts getting 151 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:53,570 there by and getting them to understand 152 00:07:53,570 --> 00:07:56,630 and see . Hey , this this is our plan . 153 00:07:56,630 --> 00:07:59,030 This is how we plan to execute and it 154 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:02,810 includes everyone . So it's not 155 00:08:02,820 --> 00:08:06,060 a one way discussion . It's saying this 156 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:08,180 is this is what it is . Let's talk 157 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:11,980 about it . So once you ring individuals 158 00:08:11,990 --> 00:08:15,490 into that circle to be able to talk 159 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,060 openly and to communicate with them , 160 00:08:18,070 --> 00:08:20,181 they start to trust and they start to 161 00:08:20,181 --> 00:08:22,403 see that Hey , she's not trying to hide 162 00:08:22,403 --> 00:08:25,210 anything . And that creates the air of 163 00:08:25,210 --> 00:08:28,060 fairness , that air of equity bility 164 00:08:28,340 --> 00:08:31,710 amongst everyone because you're putting 165 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,510 everything on the table , you know ? So 166 00:08:34,510 --> 00:08:37,710 I think the key to that is the 167 00:08:37,710 --> 00:08:41,070 communication and and for me , that 168 00:08:41,070 --> 00:08:44,030 trust amongst our team members and 169 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,410 amongst our airmen to make sure they 170 00:08:46,420 --> 00:08:49,210 understand that Hey , this is who I am . 171 00:08:49,220 --> 00:08:52,760 So you create that openness and you let 172 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,090 them know that I would never ask you to 173 00:08:55,090 --> 00:08:57,090 do anything that I wouldn't do . So 174 00:08:57,090 --> 00:08:59,230 therefore , I'm letting you know this 175 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,570 is how it is . This is what it is . So 176 00:09:01,580 --> 00:09:03,413 I think the biggest thing of the 177 00:09:03,413 --> 00:09:05,540 communication Yeah , yeah , 178 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,560 yeah , I think one of the 179 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:17,180 biggest accomplishments that probably 180 00:09:17,180 --> 00:09:20,560 has touched me throughout my career was 181 00:09:20,570 --> 00:09:24,460 about one of my teams back at Kadena 182 00:09:24,470 --> 00:09:28,360 Air Base over in Japan . And my team , 183 00:09:28,940 --> 00:09:31,260 I would say , work their butts off and 184 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:33,482 that's that's the best way I can put it 185 00:09:33,482 --> 00:09:36,560 without knowing R rated with my words . 186 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:39,490 But they work their tails off and they 187 00:09:39,490 --> 00:09:43,410 came out on top in a Air Force 188 00:09:43,410 --> 00:09:45,577 performance award , and they were able 189 00:09:45,577 --> 00:09:48,480 to garner the MPF of the year for the 190 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,020 Air Force . So that accomplishment for 191 00:09:52,030 --> 00:09:55,050 my team was . I think the greatest 192 00:09:55,060 --> 00:09:57,280 accomplishment throughout my Air Force 193 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,760 career is seeing how hard my team had 194 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,710 worked and everything that they had 195 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:05,310 done throughout that year . I think any 196 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:09,170 time that any airmen that I am 197 00:10:09,170 --> 00:10:11,570 supporting or I am working with any 198 00:10:11,570 --> 00:10:15,350 time they win is a win for me , so I 199 00:10:15,350 --> 00:10:17,660 think that's the biggest accomplishment 200 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:21,630 of my career , how hard my team had 201 00:10:21,630 --> 00:10:23,900 worked . And for them to come out on 202 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:27,260 top as the top flight of the year 203 00:10:27,740 --> 00:10:30,170 for the Air Force within our curriculum 204 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,720 that that has been , I think , my 205 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,109 biggest accomplishment . 206 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,650 Yeah . Yeah . 207 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,070 The advice that I can learn to them is 208 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,960 one Don't be afraid , um , 209 00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:51,150 to join because you're a woman , 210 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:54,790 right ? Because , like , I see it in 211 00:10:54,790 --> 00:10:58,690 the beginning , Yeah . For my 24 212 00:10:58,690 --> 00:11:02,030 years , I have felt a part of a 213 00:11:02,030 --> 00:11:05,490 team for that entire time . Starting 214 00:11:05,490 --> 00:11:08,800 from the first day that I landed at 215 00:11:08,810 --> 00:11:11,290 Davis Moth in . When I walked in , they 216 00:11:11,290 --> 00:11:14,230 treated me as an equal . They treated 217 00:11:14,230 --> 00:11:17,420 me as a part of the 218 00:11:17,430 --> 00:11:20,620 overall mission and what we're trying 219 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:23,820 to do . I never felt like I was 220 00:11:23,830 --> 00:11:25,941 different . I never felt that I was a 221 00:11:25,941 --> 00:11:28,052 female part of the team where I was a 222 00:11:28,052 --> 00:11:30,500 woman that happened to be on the team . 223 00:11:30,510 --> 00:11:34,200 I just felt like I was an airman . And 224 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,320 what I want to pass to them is come , 225 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:41,220 you know , join and bring the best that 226 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:43,960 you have and felt be afraid . 227 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,790 I knew a little bit about the program . 228 00:11:52,790 --> 00:11:56,270 I knew the program existed . I kind of 229 00:11:56,270 --> 00:11:59,140 knew from my last duty assignment . We 230 00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:03,070 kind of met with one of the RCC to kind 231 00:12:03,070 --> 00:12:05,620 of give us some insight of the program 232 00:12:05,630 --> 00:12:07,740 and what we do for our recovery . 233 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:11,160 Airmen . But I never had any 234 00:12:11,170 --> 00:12:13,880 knowledge has seen , 235 00:12:13,890 --> 00:12:17,640 you know who are hearing the 236 00:12:17,650 --> 00:12:21,040 commercials or see as whatever 237 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,740 marketing that they had showing , you 238 00:12:23,740 --> 00:12:26,480 know , of the transistors within the 239 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,250 program . But that was it . 240 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,870 Yeah , Yeah . 241 00:12:34,940 --> 00:12:37,100 Oh , my God . You're talking about 242 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:40,920 something . That was awesome . I was 243 00:12:40,930 --> 00:12:43,920 excited to be a part of this team all 244 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,150 together , but I was more excited to be 245 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,980 able to experience one of our care 246 00:12:49,990 --> 00:12:53,190 events virtually or in person . But the 247 00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:56,160 virtual one , it will seem right . And 248 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,360 when I say seamless the way that they 249 00:12:59,370 --> 00:13:01,750 were able to conduct it , 250 00:13:03,140 --> 00:13:05,990 I didn't tell a difference when it came 251 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,920 to how they were supporting 252 00:13:09,930 --> 00:13:13,870 and how they were taking care of 253 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,440 those airmen within those sessions . 254 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,410 Right ? So I don't know much about a 255 00:13:20,420 --> 00:13:23,560 care event , but that was one of the 256 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:26,760 best experiences I can say that I've 257 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,960 had up until now . When it came to 258 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,000 actually being around our area 259 00:13:34,010 --> 00:13:37,850 when I was sitting in the sessions to 260 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:41,350 see the number of airmen that were in 261 00:13:41,350 --> 00:13:44,240 there and how they were engaging and 262 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,870 how they were supporting each other 263 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,540 within those rooms . And within those 264 00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:52,460 sessions , it was amazing to see . I 265 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:54,970 mean , that was an outstanding of meant 266 00:13:54,980 --> 00:13:57,960 that our team was able to pull off 267 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,160 virtually over that week . So I got to 268 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,650 say , when I talk about the smile 269 00:14:03,650 --> 00:14:06,030 that's on my face , to be able to be a 270 00:14:06,030 --> 00:14:08,440 part of something like that . It was 271 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,390 crazy . I didn't know how it was going 272 00:14:11,390 --> 00:14:14,280 to go virtually , but the time that 273 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,990 they put into it and what the product 274 00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:21,820 that came out of it , it was 275 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:24,960 amazing . It was awesome . I gotta say , 276 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,660 big kudos to the team for how they were 277 00:14:28,670 --> 00:14:30,160 able to pull that off . 278 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,140 Yeah , the thing that I like to see 279 00:14:43,150 --> 00:14:45,520 when when I was in the sessions is 280 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,640 those individuals being able to 281 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,270 share their stories and they had 282 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,040 a team of airmen , not necessarily just 283 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,070 the support staff , but they have a 284 00:14:59,070 --> 00:15:02,260 team of airmen that came in and they 285 00:15:02,260 --> 00:15:04,960 kind of put their arms around them . So 286 00:15:04,970 --> 00:15:07,990 the stories that I was hearing about 287 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,790 our airmen and and their experiences 288 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,950 was it kind of , uh , 289 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,990 touched , you know , touch my heart a 290 00:15:17,990 --> 00:15:20,900 little bit , and I'm not gonna lie . 291 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:23,440 Was one of those people that had to go 292 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,850 off camera , you know , to go off 293 00:15:25,850 --> 00:15:28,260 camera to kind of gather myself and be 294 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:32,180 like , you know who , Uh , 295 00:15:32,190 --> 00:15:34,246 who's cutting onions , you know , in 296 00:15:34,246 --> 00:15:37,320 this room type type thing . But to hear 297 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,120 the stories that our airmen had to 298 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,240 say about the wounded warrior program 299 00:15:44,250 --> 00:15:47,750 No kidding . I can't express it Enough 300 00:15:47,750 --> 00:15:51,690 of how much it touched me to hear 301 00:15:51,690 --> 00:15:55,010 the support that they received from our 302 00:15:55,010 --> 00:15:58,580 team , how much it strengthened their 303 00:15:58,590 --> 00:16:02,350 domains , how much this program . 304 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,910 It helps them throughout their recovery . 305 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,900 And that network it . When I 306 00:16:09,910 --> 00:16:12,188 was sitting in the sessions , you know , 307 00:16:12,188 --> 00:16:14,410 a lot of stuff goes through your head , 308 00:16:14,410 --> 00:16:16,299 but the only thing that was going 309 00:16:16,299 --> 00:16:19,910 through my head was Hey , how can I be 310 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,480 more involved ? How can I make sure 311 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,940 that more airmen know about this 312 00:16:25,940 --> 00:16:28,950 program ? More airmen understand how 313 00:16:28,950 --> 00:16:32,140 much this program can help them while 314 00:16:32,140 --> 00:16:34,390 they're going through the things that 315 00:16:34,390 --> 00:16:36,970 they're going through and how these 316 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:39,770 airmen are here for them . And not just 317 00:16:39,770 --> 00:16:43,280 the A f W two staff , but how The 318 00:16:43,290 --> 00:16:46,820 airmen within the A M W two programs 319 00:16:46,830 --> 00:16:49,670 are here for each other . You know , 320 00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:52,180 they were able to open up in some of 321 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:55,200 these sessions for the first time . You 322 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,089 know , you can hear a lot of them 323 00:16:57,089 --> 00:16:59,422 saying , I've never told my story right , 324 00:16:59,422 --> 00:17:02,680 But they were couple enough to be able 325 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,440 to share with their what I say 326 00:17:06,450 --> 00:17:08,506 and always will say , their brothers 327 00:17:08,506 --> 00:17:10,960 and sisters , that they are going 328 00:17:10,970 --> 00:17:13,980 through some of the some things that 329 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:16,110 are similar to what they're going 330 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:19,270 through . And you don't know how much 331 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,030 that helps in your recovery , right ? 332 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,990 And that's what I was seeing . The 333 00:17:24,990 --> 00:17:27,070 stories . No kidding . They were 334 00:17:27,070 --> 00:17:30,410 heartbreaking . But to see how they 335 00:17:30,420 --> 00:17:34,410 came together and how much all of those 336 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:37,240 airmen were coming together to support 337 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:39,730 each other and let them know that you 338 00:17:39,730 --> 00:17:43,620 are not alone was the part that truly 339 00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:44,620 touched . 340 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:56,320 I think what I'm planning to do is 341 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,080 continue in the military and and 342 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,180 continue to have fun and continue to 343 00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:05,590 support our airmen and and continue to 344 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,010 be a part honestly be a part of this 345 00:18:08,010 --> 00:18:10,830 force into the Air Force or the airman 346 00:18:10,830 --> 00:18:12,941 said , Hey , Chief , I'm tired of you 347 00:18:12,941 --> 00:18:15,980 and it's time for you to go . So until 348 00:18:15,990 --> 00:18:19,890 we get to that point , then I am 349 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:22,630 in for the long haul . I want to be 350 00:18:22,630 --> 00:18:24,686 able to serve our airmen in whatever 351 00:18:24,686 --> 00:18:26,930 capacity that they need and support 352 00:18:26,930 --> 00:18:29,960 them and provide that that guidance and 353 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,880 that mentorship for as long as I 354 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,240 possibly can , because I know that the 355 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,020 hands that we're leaving this in are 356 00:18:38,030 --> 00:18:40,280 the most capable and the best that we 357 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,447 have across the world . So I just want 358 00:18:42,447 --> 00:18:44,820 to be able to contribute to them for as 359 00:18:44,820 --> 00:18:48,180 long as possible . So until until that 360 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:51,020 time , I'm in for the long haul to 361 00:18:51,020 --> 00:18:52,464 starting to hang up these 362 00:18:52,464 --> 00:19:00,050 weeks .