1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,250 --> 00:00:07,361 Uh we are building a cadre of experts 3 00:00:07,361 --> 00:00:09,361 to understand how to build training 4 00:00:09,361 --> 00:00:11,306 plans , large scale training plans 5 00:00:11,306 --> 00:00:13,306 break down silos amongst the cabs , 6 00:00:13,306 --> 00:00:15,472 understand how to build small additive 7 00:00:15,472 --> 00:00:17,528 exercises that lead into large scale 8 00:00:17,528 --> 00:00:19,639 exercises . And then finally , people 9 00:00:19,639 --> 00:00:19,430 who become mission planning experts 10 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,607 when it comes to combat support in the 11 00:00:21,607 --> 00:00:23,829 garrison and in four locations , physic 12 00:00:23,829 --> 00:00:26,162 is the combat support instructor course . 13 00:00:26,162 --> 00:00:28,273 It is the brainchild of a group of us 14 00:00:28,273 --> 00:00:30,329 that got together a couple of months 15 00:00:30,329 --> 00:00:32,551 ago for a AF I MS C weapons and tactics 16 00:00:32,551 --> 00:00:34,551 conference . Uh We're part of a mog 17 00:00:34,551 --> 00:00:36,509 that wanted to build up a combat 18 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,798 support airmen . So a FSES like myself , 19 00:00:38,798 --> 00:00:40,853 mission support group A FSES and get 20 00:00:40,853 --> 00:00:43,900 after uh how they get into the fight 21 00:00:43,909 --> 00:00:46,187 along with our operations counterparts . 22 00:00:46,187 --> 00:00:48,242 So what we looked at is we looked at 23 00:00:48,242 --> 00:00:50,298 the airman's manual on what uh these 24 00:00:50,298 --> 00:00:52,353 airmen need to know when they're out 25 00:00:52,353 --> 00:00:54,520 being expeditionary . We brought in uh 26 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,742 a experts from different A FS CS across 27 00:00:56,742 --> 00:00:55,889 in the mission support group , 28 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:58,067 including one of our army counterparts 29 00:00:58,067 --> 00:01:00,067 here at Fort Bliss , came in and he 30 00:01:00,067 --> 00:01:02,067 helped develop from army's point of 31 00:01:02,067 --> 00:01:04,178 view and what the army does will node 32 00:01:04,178 --> 00:01:06,400 in getting us to where we wanna be . Um 33 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,567 this is came down extremely fast and a 34 00:01:08,567 --> 00:01:10,122 lot of people have a lot of 35 00:01:10,122 --> 00:01:12,067 misconceptions of what the A TF is 36 00:01:12,067 --> 00:01:11,535 gonna be , what the cabs are gonna be 37 00:01:11,544 --> 00:01:14,165 doing . And I see this cadre of experts 38 00:01:14,175 --> 00:01:16,915 as a level set across the force on how 39 00:01:16,925 --> 00:01:19,092 to build out these capabilities in the 40 00:01:19,092 --> 00:01:20,981 force . I think as a chief in the 41 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:22,981 United States Air Force , there's a 42 00:01:22,981 --> 00:01:25,036 certain level of assumed knowledge . 43 00:01:25,036 --> 00:01:26,925 When you walk in a room , I think 44 00:01:26,925 --> 00:01:29,147 people think you have all the answers . 45 00:01:29,147 --> 00:01:31,314 What I'm finding out in this course is 46 00:01:31,314 --> 00:01:33,425 I don't have all the answers . I knew 47 00:01:33,425 --> 00:01:32,389 that coming here , but this has 48 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,622 reassured me that I still have a lot of 49 00:01:34,622 --> 00:01:36,844 learning to do . And I say , I say that 50 00:01:36,844 --> 00:01:38,900 in particularly based on some of the 51 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:41,067 the objectives that we've learned that 52 00:01:41,067 --> 00:01:40,529 we've trained to here , I under 53 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:42,707 understand how cargo and personnel are 54 00:01:42,707 --> 00:01:44,873 moved , understanding how we train and 55 00:01:44,873 --> 00:01:46,929 equip uh from a base posturing and a 56 00:01:46,929 --> 00:01:49,040 base defense standpoint , and also uh 57 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,199 small unit uh tactics and how we move 58 00:01:51,209 --> 00:01:53,265 on the battlefield and in the battle 59 00:01:53,265 --> 00:01:55,320 space with safety being uh paramount 60 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,542 but also executing uh the objectives in 61 00:01:57,542 --> 00:01:59,709 terms of how we move and strategically 62 00:01:59,709 --> 00:02:01,820 and tactically place ourselves in the 63 00:02:01,820 --> 00:02:05,389 field , taking this kind of training 64 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,169 back to our home station and allowing 65 00:02:08,179 --> 00:02:10,235 our airmen to become more skilled in 66 00:02:10,235 --> 00:02:12,179 things like small unit tactics and 67 00:02:12,179 --> 00:02:14,346 firing is gonna be really beneficial , 68 00:02:14,346 --> 00:02:16,123 especially , you know , for our 69 00:02:16,123 --> 00:02:18,346 deployed team that may be going outside 70 00:02:18,346 --> 00:02:20,512 the wire . I think the biggest thing I 71 00:02:20,512 --> 00:02:22,623 want to take away of this is it is it 72 00:02:22,623 --> 00:02:24,846 is the time for combat support to start 73 00:02:24,846 --> 00:02:26,846 looking towards how the operational 74 00:02:26,846 --> 00:02:29,068 side of the house does things and start 75 00:02:29,068 --> 00:02:31,068 aligning ourselves with operational 76 00:02:31,068 --> 00:02:33,235 capabilities , right ? Uh When we look 77 00:02:33,235 --> 00:02:35,290 at combat support in general terms , 78 00:02:35,290 --> 00:02:37,346 it's a diverse group of folks in the 79 00:02:37,346 --> 00:02:37,100 first group of , of different 80 00:02:37,110 --> 00:02:39,220 capabilities . When we look at it in 81 00:02:39,229 --> 00:02:41,396 the conflicts moving forward , we need 82 00:02:41,396 --> 00:02:43,396 to create a unit of action out of a 83 00:02:43,396 --> 00:02:45,451 very focused group of combat support 84 00:02:45,451 --> 00:02:47,229 entities who can go forward and 85 00:02:47,229 --> 00:02:49,451 actually conduct a mission in contested 86 00:02:49,451 --> 00:02:51,673 environments . If we don't do that , we 87 00:02:51,673 --> 00:02:53,785 will not be able to win in the future 88 00:02:53,785 --> 00:02:52,880 fight of G PC .