1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,849 You know , like being a , a space 2 00:00:04,849 --> 00:00:06,793 operator just throughout my career 3 00:00:06,793 --> 00:00:08,904 before Space force , you always heard 4 00:00:08,904 --> 00:00:10,960 of General Raymond , uh always great 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:12,960 things . He was like the example of 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,127 what a leader should be , especially a 7 00:00:15,127 --> 00:00:17,127 guardian . And so um once he became 8 00:00:17,127 --> 00:00:19,293 chief of chief of space operations and 9 00:00:19,293 --> 00:00:21,460 everything and uh just seeing him more 10 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:23,627 interviews , more books , more stories 11 00:00:23,627 --> 00:00:22,840 and all that stuff . So meet him in 12 00:00:22,850 --> 00:00:24,961 person , didn't know what to expect , 13 00:00:24,961 --> 00:00:27,183 but it , it was great . It was a really 14 00:00:27,183 --> 00:00:29,294 good experience again , super down to 15 00:00:29,294 --> 00:00:31,239 earth , super knowledgeable , very 16 00:00:31,239 --> 00:00:33,294 passionate uh about the space for us 17 00:00:33,294 --> 00:00:35,461 and where we're going and everything . 18 00:00:35,461 --> 00:00:35,209 And so it was just good , good to hear 19 00:00:35,220 --> 00:00:37,639 from the expert himself . So yeah , it 20 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:40,889 was nice even though he's retired , 21 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:43,779 still a very , very busy man . And so 22 00:00:43,790 --> 00:00:46,012 when we actually got in , he was coming 23 00:00:46,012 --> 00:00:48,340 from the space launch the night prior . 24 00:00:48,490 --> 00:00:50,889 And so got up super early to sit down 25 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:53,011 with us again , like made time for us 26 00:00:53,011 --> 00:00:55,122 and everything . Uh you could tell he 27 00:00:55,122 --> 00:00:57,909 was exhausted . So uh that part was 28 00:00:57,919 --> 00:00:59,975 like trying , not trying to chew too 29 00:00:59,975 --> 00:01:02,141 much , but we just sat down and picked 30 00:01:02,141 --> 00:01:04,141 his brain and , uh , it was a great 31 00:01:04,141 --> 00:01:06,363 time outside of the space force . A lot 32 00:01:06,363 --> 00:01:06,150 of people in other branches or even 33 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,271 civilians understand exactly what the 34 00:01:08,271 --> 00:01:10,104 space war fighter is and what we 35 00:01:10,104 --> 00:01:12,290 actually do . And so having him break 36 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:14,411 that down in a context that's easy to 37 00:01:14,411 --> 00:01:17,019 understand pretty much . Um , if we go 38 00:01:17,029 --> 00:01:19,519 to war , you know , on the battlefield 39 00:01:19,529 --> 00:01:21,529 in all domains , space is a part of 40 00:01:21,529 --> 00:01:23,696 that , of that experience , you know . 41 00:01:23,696 --> 00:01:25,529 And so uh our assets , we enable 42 00:01:25,540 --> 00:01:27,919 communication , GPS , applications , 43 00:01:27,970 --> 00:01:30,910 weapon guided munitions , uh whether 44 00:01:30,919 --> 00:01:33,141 everything is touched by space . And so 45 00:01:33,141 --> 00:01:35,030 there , there will never be a war 46 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:37,141 that's not fought with space and then 47 00:01:37,141 --> 00:01:39,252 who's to know where the next war will 48 00:01:39,252 --> 00:01:39,029 actually be fought at ? It could be in 49 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,080 the space domain . And so we as 50 00:01:41,089 --> 00:01:43,089 guardians and everyone else have to 51 00:01:43,089 --> 00:01:45,256 change that mindset of what is a space 52 00:01:45,256 --> 00:01:47,478 war fighter and we are war fighters . I 53 00:01:47,478 --> 00:01:49,256 think that's one of the biggest 54 00:01:49,256 --> 00:01:51,256 takeaways is that guardians are war 55 00:01:51,256 --> 00:01:53,367 fighters and we do add so much to the 56 00:01:53,367 --> 00:01:55,422 fight . We're no longer that support 57 00:01:55,422 --> 00:01:55,419 element that I think a lot of people 58 00:01:55,430 --> 00:01:57,430 thought of in the past , you know , 59 00:01:57,430 --> 00:01:59,652 we're , we're there on the front line , 60 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:01,779 maybe not in a , in a right there on 61 00:02:01,790 --> 00:02:04,260 the line tangibly , but our front line 62 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,639 is just 100 kilometers above their 63 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,460 atmosphere .