1 00:00:03,369 --> 00:00:05,449 Back in February , the vice chief of 2 00:00:05,449 --> 00:00:07,840 staff of the Air Force came by and said , 3 00:00:08,090 --> 00:00:10,090 I want you to take a look at it and 4 00:00:10,170 --> 00:00:12,800 modernize the curriculum , and we built 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,289 it with one thing in mind , and that is 6 00:00:15,289 --> 00:00:17,860 to produce captains that are more 7 00:00:17,860 --> 00:00:20,082 relevant for the Air Force . That's not 8 00:00:20,082 --> 00:00:22,082 just in our eyes here , it's in the 9 00:00:22,082 --> 00:00:24,082 eyes of their unit when they return 10 00:00:24,082 --> 00:00:27,350 home . So when they come here , not 11 00:00:27,350 --> 00:00:30,510 everybody has knowledge of what the DCW 12 00:00:30,510 --> 00:00:32,621 construct or the deployed combat wing 13 00:00:32,621 --> 00:00:34,669 construct is . Not all of them know 14 00:00:34,669 --> 00:00:37,740 what an MGFE or a Miss Generation Force 15 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:40,549 element is . And so talking about these 16 00:00:40,549 --> 00:00:43,110 things as well as our new deployment 17 00:00:43,110 --> 00:00:45,221 model and some of the things that our 18 00:00:45,221 --> 00:00:47,349 strategic leaders have passed down to 19 00:00:47,349 --> 00:00:50,020 us , they are learning this knowledge 20 00:00:50,270 --> 00:00:52,492 and then going to be able to pass it on 21 00:00:52,492 --> 00:00:54,381 to those at their home stations . 22 00:00:54,849 --> 00:00:57,639 Everything we do , the captains are 23 00:00:57,639 --> 00:01:00,400 getting more repetitions , getting more 24 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,919 familiar with the concepts , getting 25 00:01:02,919 --> 00:01:05,559 more familiar with their particular 26 00:01:05,559 --> 00:01:09,370 roles in an A staff or 27 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:13,120 a unit of action . So 28 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,398 SOS is packed with a lot of highlights , 29 00:01:15,398 --> 00:01:17,453 but the one that I'm most excited to 30 00:01:17,453 --> 00:01:19,287 facilitate is the field training 31 00:01:19,287 --> 00:01:21,453 exercise . It puts into action all the 32 00:01:21,453 --> 00:01:21,150 learning and the planning that's taken 33 00:01:21,150 --> 00:01:23,372 place up to that point . So the student 34 00:01:23,372 --> 00:01:25,428 teams , they're split in half . They 35 00:01:25,428 --> 00:01:27,428 are no longer co-located with their 36 00:01:27,428 --> 00:01:29,650 commanders , and they have to execute a 37 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:31,594 mission over the span of about 100 38 00:01:31,594 --> 00:01:33,769 acres . So at any point it looks like 39 00:01:33,769 --> 00:01:36,239 hey captain , 3 new tasks just dropped . 40 00:01:36,449 --> 00:01:38,616 Oh and by the way , get ready to run 1 41 00:01:38,616 --> 00:01:42,050 mile and comms are degraded so it's 42 00:01:42,050 --> 00:01:44,161 time to fall back on those principles 43 00:01:44,161 --> 00:01:46,106 of mission command that we've been 44 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,328 teaching over the past month . The most 45 00:01:48,328 --> 00:01:50,439 value I got out of the course was the 46 00:01:50,439 --> 00:01:52,494 AFPP process , so the , the planning 47 00:01:52,494 --> 00:01:54,161 process , and working with my 48 00:01:54,161 --> 00:01:56,383 classmates from different backgrounds . 49 00:01:56,383 --> 00:01:58,439 We had operators and folks that were 50 00:01:58,439 --> 00:01:58,160 more ops focused , and then we had 51 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,882 folks that were more in like a 52 00:01:59,882 --> 00:02:01,938 supporter or base function role . So 53 00:02:01,938 --> 00:02:04,160 being able to work with them across the 54 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,327 planning process cycles and being able 55 00:02:06,327 --> 00:02:08,438 to iterate on that was rewarding . We 56 00:02:08,438 --> 00:02:10,660 aren't looking to the other services to 57 00:02:10,660 --> 00:02:13,389 be the planning expert and us just the 58 00:02:13,389 --> 00:02:16,839 air-minded folks . And so we hope that 59 00:02:16,839 --> 00:02:19,172 they leave here with that understanding . 60 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,431 Beyond that , we're teaching physical 61 00:02:21,431 --> 00:02:23,542 fitness , we're teaching leadership , 62 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,839 so they go back and they continue to 63 00:02:25,839 --> 00:02:28,750 develop to be leaders in the Air Force 64 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:30,806 because hopefully that's that's what 65 00:02:30,806 --> 00:02:31,119 it's all about .