1 00:00:02,170 --> 00:00:05,260 At the end of the day , War doesn't 2 00:00:05,260 --> 00:00:08,460 care about how hard you're fighting . 3 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:11,389 You know , it's the outcomes that 4 00:00:11,389 --> 00:00:13,729 matter , and winning is everything . So 5 00:00:13,729 --> 00:00:15,785 you can fight really , really hard , 6 00:00:15,785 --> 00:00:17,840 and that's great , and you should do 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,007 that , but you should be fighting hard 8 00:00:20,007 --> 00:00:21,896 with a purpose to an end state to 9 00:00:21,896 --> 00:00:23,951 achieve something and make sure that 10 00:00:23,951 --> 00:00:26,173 your outcome is gonna , you know , meet 11 00:00:26,173 --> 00:00:28,285 the commander's intent , not just I'm 12 00:00:28,285 --> 00:00:28,049 working hard to meet the commander's 13 00:00:28,049 --> 00:00:30,160 intent , but 6 months later I've gone 14 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,220 nowhere . If we're not contributing 15 00:00:32,220 --> 00:00:35,430 something , why are we here ? So within 16 00:00:35,430 --> 00:00:37,652 the curriculum of the Air War College , 17 00:00:37,652 --> 00:00:39,950 we have research task forces , graduate 18 00:00:39,950 --> 00:00:42,117 level research on critical warfighting 19 00:00:42,117 --> 00:00:44,889 challenges . Students often provide 20 00:00:44,889 --> 00:00:46,889 potential solutions directly to the 21 00:00:46,889 --> 00:00:49,111 senior leaders that are working through 22 00:00:49,111 --> 00:00:51,222 those challenges . And one example of 23 00:00:51,222 --> 00:00:53,389 that is our Taiwan Deterrence Research 24 00:00:53,389 --> 00:00:55,445 Task Force . They work directly with 25 00:00:55,445 --> 00:00:57,445 Indopaycom and PACAF , and they are 26 00:00:57,445 --> 00:00:59,389 working on uh strategic options to 27 00:00:59,389 --> 00:01:01,630 enable greater deterrence in Taiwan 28 00:01:01,630 --> 00:01:04,199 Strait . With our directed professional 29 00:01:04,199 --> 00:01:06,366 studies , this provides an opportunity 30 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:08,477 for us to focus on what is a critical 31 00:01:08,477 --> 00:01:10,532 enabler for the Air Force , which is 32 00:01:10,532 --> 00:01:12,588 our human capital . So ensuring that 33 00:01:12,588 --> 00:01:14,810 our students are not just understanding 34 00:01:14,810 --> 00:01:16,810 joint planning processes , not just 35 00:01:16,810 --> 00:01:18,921 understanding the values of air power 36 00:01:18,921 --> 00:01:21,143 to the Joint Force , but being ready in 37 00:01:21,143 --> 00:01:21,040 their functional area or regionally 38 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,262 specific area to hit the ground running 39 00:01:23,262 --> 00:01:25,800 on day one . It is critical as the 40 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,000 character of war is changing . We need 41 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,056 to be adaptive and flexible . If you 42 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:32,111 don't understand the fundamentals of 43 00:01:32,111 --> 00:01:34,333 how to integrate air power . It's going 44 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:36,556 to limit the capability that we provide 45 00:01:36,556 --> 00:01:36,010 in the joint fight .