WEBVTT 00:04.219 --> 00:06.275 I think the reason the red tails are 00:06.275 --> 00:08.275 successful is because we talk about 00:08.275 --> 00:10.608 being a family all the time . But to me , 00:10.608 --> 00:12.830 what it really means is that we respect 00:12.830 --> 00:14.886 everybody . Right . So , um I've had 00:14.886 --> 00:17.108 the opportunity to be an s as a pilot . 00:17.108 --> 00:16.420 I've had the opportunity to be a 00:16.430 --> 00:18.541 project officer in a lot of different 00:18.541 --> 00:20.763 roles . Um I've been at the wing , I've 00:20.763 --> 00:22.930 been in maintenance now . Um , and one 00:22.930 --> 00:24.708 thing that I have found is that 00:24.708 --> 00:26.874 everybody in this wing wants to get it 00:26.874 --> 00:29.041 done , wants to do the mission , wants 00:29.041 --> 00:31.097 to work hard . Um And a lot of times 00:31.097 --> 00:31.094 when they run it into issues , it's not 00:31.104 --> 00:33.284 because of their desire or because of 00:33.294 --> 00:35.461 what they , they , they , they want to 00:35.461 --> 00:37.516 do . It's just because of the system 00:37.516 --> 00:39.238 that they operate within is so 00:39.238 --> 00:41.405 difficult . And , um you know , in the 00:41.405 --> 00:41.174 bureaucracy and the red tape and the 00:41.185 --> 00:43.185 rules and the , you know , and they 00:43.185 --> 00:45.407 have to work through that . Um And what 00:45.407 --> 00:47.241 I try to do is always to respect 00:47.241 --> 00:49.352 everybody on this base no matter what 00:49.352 --> 00:51.463 their role is . Right . I mean , it's 00:51.463 --> 00:53.685 all about pilots pushing the red button 00:53.685 --> 00:52.884 and dropping the bomb . But at the end 00:52.895 --> 00:55.117 of the day it takes a maintainer to get 00:55.117 --> 00:57.284 that aircraft ready to go . It takes a 00:57.284 --> 00:59.506 lot of maintenance , um , to lead up to 00:59.506 --> 01:01.562 that jet , breaking the ground and , 01:01.562 --> 01:00.680 and then you break that up to the 01:00.689 --> 01:02.800 support group and without the support 01:02.800 --> 01:04.856 group , we couldn't be there and the 01:04.856 --> 01:04.819 guy wasn't getting paid , his family 01:04.830 --> 01:07.052 was not taking care of , you know , and 01:07.052 --> 01:09.108 everybody's in charge of the medical 01:09.108 --> 01:08.690 people take care of us . I mean , 01:08.699 --> 01:10.699 everybody , the calm , you can't do 01:10.699 --> 01:12.699 anything without calm anymore . You 01:12.699 --> 01:14.866 know , I , I couldn't even get my hair 01:14.866 --> 01:14.639 cut paid for a day because the , the 01:14.650 --> 01:16.817 credit card thing wasn't working . You 01:16.817 --> 01:18.539 know what I mean ? So it takes 01:18.539 --> 01:20.317 everybody and I think if we can 01:20.317 --> 01:22.428 continue to respect everybody and let 01:22.428 --> 01:21.904 everybody know their roles important 01:21.934 --> 01:23.878 and make everybody feel valued and 01:23.878 --> 01:26.101 they're all part of the mission , man , 01:26.101 --> 01:25.614 everybody around here , part of the 01:25.625 --> 01:27.681 mission . And that makes people just 01:27.681 --> 01:29.792 want to go to work every day . Um And 01:29.792 --> 01:32.014 that's what's stayed consistent here in 01:32.014 --> 01:31.574 the red tails I think is no matter who 01:31.584 --> 01:33.695 the commander is , no matter who's in 01:33.695 --> 01:35.917 charge , no matter who the chiefs are . 01:35.917 --> 01:38.028 That , that desire to get the mission 01:38.028 --> 01:39.973 done is what is , what has made us 01:39.973 --> 01:39.464 continue to be successful . And that's 01:39.474 --> 01:41.696 why we got picked to the , the F-35 and 01:41.696 --> 01:43.752 we're gonna be , I mean , one of the 01:43.752 --> 01:45.641 premier fighter wins in the World 01:45.641 --> 01:46.745 December of 23 . It's gonna be awesome .