1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:15,109 --> 00:00:17,559 Mission command is a leadership 3 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:19,781 philosophy . It's a command and control 4 00:00:19,781 --> 00:00:22,115 construct that we have in the Air Force . 5 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:24,314 And it's based on some fundamental 6 00:00:24,314 --> 00:00:26,719 principles . One is that shared 7 00:00:26,719 --> 00:00:28,886 situational awareness . And that means 8 00:00:28,886 --> 00:00:30,886 we all have to be operating off the 9 00:00:30,886 --> 00:00:32,997 same sheet of music because only when 10 00:00:32,997 --> 00:00:35,200 you do that , can you build the trust 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,367 that's required to work together as an 12 00:00:37,367 --> 00:00:39,478 effective team and only when you have 13 00:00:39,478 --> 00:00:41,533 the trust are you able to delegate . 14 00:00:41,639 --> 00:00:44,330 Authority , not responsibility , 15 00:00:44,650 --> 00:00:47,169 authority down to the lowest competent 16 00:00:47,169 --> 00:00:49,169 level . And so what you're doing is 17 00:00:49,169 --> 00:00:51,759 help build that trust today . You're 18 00:00:51,759 --> 00:00:54,720 helping get some reps and sets so that 19 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,664 you'll be able to exercise mission 20 00:00:56,664 --> 00:00:57,119 command .