1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: The Michael Arry Shoe. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: Well, mister Chairman, the Joint Chiefs, Generals, admirals, commanders, officers, 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 2: senior enlisted, NCOs, enlisted in, every member of our American military, 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, and welcome to the War Department. 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: Because the era of the Department of Defense is over. 6 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: You see, the. 7 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: Motto of my first platoon was those who longed for 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 2: peace must prepare for war. 9 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: This is, of course, not a new idea. This crowd 10 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: knows that the. 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: Origin dates to the fourth century Rome and has been 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: repeated ever since, including by our first Commander in Chief, 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: George Washington, the first leader of the War Department. It 14 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: captures a simple yet profound truth. To ensure peace, we 15 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: might prepare for war. From this moment forward, the only 16 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 2: mission of the newly restored Department of War is this 17 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 2: war fighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, unrelenting 18 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 2: and uncompromising in that pursuit. Not because we want war, 19 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,279 Speaker 2: No one here wants war. But it's because we love peace. 20 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,279 Speaker 2: We love peace for our fellow citizens. They deserve peace, 21 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: and they rightfully expect us to deliver it. 22 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: Our number one job. 23 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: Of course, is to be strong so that we can 24 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: prevent war in the first place. The President talks about 25 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: it all the time. It's called peace through strength, and 26 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: as history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve 27 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: peace are those who are willing to wage. 28 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: War to defend it. 29 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous. It ignores 30 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: human nature and it ignores human history. Either you protect 31 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: your people and your sovereignty, or you will be subservient 32 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: to something or someone. 33 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: It's a truth as old as time. 34 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: And since waging war is so costly in blood and treasure, 35 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: we owe our republic a military that will win any war. 36 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: We choose, or any war that is thrust upon us. 37 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: Should our enemies choose foolishly to challenge us, they will 38 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: be crushed by the violence, precision, and. 39 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: Ferocity of the War Department. 40 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: In other words, to our enemies fa fo. 41 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: If necessary. Our troops can translate that for you. Another 42 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: way to put it is peace through. 43 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 2: Strength brought to you by the warrior ethos, and we 44 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: are restoring both. As President Trump has said, and he's right, 45 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 2: we have the strongest, most powerful, most lethal, and most 46 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: prepared military on the planet. That is true, full stop. 47 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: Nobody can touch us. It's not even close. This is 48 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: true largely because of the historic investments that he made 49 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: in his first term, and we will continue in this term. 50 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: But it's also true because of the leaders in this 51 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: room and the incredible troops that you all lead. But 52 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: the world, and as the chairman mentioned, our enemies. 53 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: Get a vote. You feel it, I feel it. 54 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 2: This is a moment of urgency mounting urgency, enemies gather, 55 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: threats grow. 56 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: There is no time for games. We must be prepared. 57 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: If we're going to prevent and avoid war, we must 58 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: prepare now. We are the strength part of peace through strength, 59 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: and either we're ready to win or we are not. 60 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: You see this urgent moment. 61 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: Of course, requires more troops, more munitions, more drones, more patriots, 62 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 2: more submarines, more B twenty one bombers. It requires more innovation, 63 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: more AI in everything and ahead of the curve, more 64 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 2: cyber effects, more counter uas, more space, more speed. America 65 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: is the strongest, but we need to get stronger and quickly. 66 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: The time is now and the cause is urgent. 67 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 2: The moment requires restoring and refocusing our devents, industrial base, 68 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 2: our shipbuilding industry, and on shoring all critical components. It requires, 69 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 2: as president Trump has done getting our allies and. 70 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: Partners to step up and share the burden. America cannot 71 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: do everything. 72 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: The free world requires allies with real hard power, real 73 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: military leadership, and real military capabilities. Apartment is tackling and 74 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: prioritizing all of these things. And I'll be giving a 75 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: speech next month that'll showcase the speed, innovation and generational 76 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: acquisition reforms we are undertaking urgently. Likewise, the nature of 77 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 2: the threats we face in our hemisphere and in deterring 78 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: China is another speech for another day coming soon. This 79 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: speech today, as I drink my coffee, this speech today 80 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: is about people and it's about culture. The topic today 81 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: is about the nature of ourselves, because no plan, no program, 82 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: no reform, no formation will ultimately succeed unless we have 83 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: the right people and the right culture at the War Department. 84 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: If I've learned one core lesson in my eight months 85 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: in this job, it's that personnel is policy. 86 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: Personnel is policy. 87 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 2: The best way to take care of troops is to 88 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: give them good leaders committed to the war fighting culture 89 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: of the Department. 90 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: Not perfect leaders. 91 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 2: Good leaders competent, qualified, professional, agile, aggressive, innovative, risk taking, 92 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: a political faithful to their oath and. 93 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: To the Constitution. 94 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: Eugene Sledge, in his World War II memoir wrote quote, 95 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: war is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste. Combat leaves 96 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 2: an indelible mark on. 97 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: Those who are forced to endure it. 98 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 2: The only redeeming factors are my comrade's incredible bravery and 99 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: their devotion to each other. In combat, there are thousands 100 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: of variables. As I learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 101 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 2: as so many of you did in so many more places. 102 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 2: Leaders can only control about three of them. You control 103 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: how well you're trained, mostly how well you're equipped, and 104 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 2: the last variable is how well you lead. After that, 105 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 2: you're on your own. Our warfighters are entitled to be 106 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: led by the best and most capable leaders. That is 107 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 2: who we need you all to be. Even then, in combat, 108 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: even if you do everything right, you may still lose 109 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 2: people because the enemy always gets a vote. 110 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: We have a sacred duty to ensure. 111 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 2: That our warriors are led by the most capable and 112 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: qualified combat leaders. This is one thing you and I 113 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: can control, and we owe it to the force to 114 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 2: deliver it. 115 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: For too long we have simply not done that. 116 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: The military has been forced by foolish and reckless politicians 117 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: to focus on the wrong things. In many ways, this 118 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: speech is about fixing decades of decay, some of it obvious, 119 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: some of it hidden, Or as the Chairman has put it, 120 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 2: we are clearing out the debris, remove the distractions, clearing 121 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 2: the way for leaders to be leaders. 122 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: You might say we're ending the war on warriors. I 123 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: heard someone wrote a book about that. 124 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 2: For too long, we've promoted too many uniform leaders for 125 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 2: the wrong reasons, based on their race, based on gender quotas, 126 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 2: based on historics, so called firsts. We've pretended that combat 127 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: arms and non combat arms are the same thing. We've 128 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: weeded out so called toxic leaders under the guise of 129 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 2: double blind psychology assessments, promoting risk averse go along to 130 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 2: get along conformists instead. 131 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: You name it. The Department did it. Foolish and reckless political. 132 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 2: Leaders set the wrong compass heading and we lost our way. 133 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: We became the Woke Department, But not anymore. 134 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 2: Right now, I'm looking out at a sea of Americans 135 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: who made a choice when they were young men and 136 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: young women to do something most Americans will not, to 137 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 2: serve something greater than yourself, to fight for God and country, 138 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 2: for freedom and the Constitution. You made a choice to 139 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: serve when others did not, and I commend you. 140 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: You are truly the best of America. 141 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: But this does not mean, and this goes for all 142 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 2: of us, that our past to this auditorium on this 143 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 2: day was a straight line, or that the conditions of 144 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 2: the formations we lead are where we want them to be. 145 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 2: You love your country and we love this uniform, which 146 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 2: is why we must do better. 147 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: We just have to be honest. We have to say 148 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: with our. 149 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: Mouths what we see with our eyes, to just tell 150 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 2: it like it is in plain English, to point out 151 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: the obvious things right in front of us. 152 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: That's what leaders must do. 153 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: We cannot go another day without directly addressing the plank 154 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 2: in our own eye, without addressing the problems in our 155 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: own commands and in our own formations. This administration has 156 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 2: done a great deal from day one to remove the 157 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: social justice, politically correct, and toxic ideological garbage that had 158 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 2: infected our department. 159 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: To rip out the politics. 160 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 2: No more identity months, dei offices, dudes in dresses, no 161 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:43,479 Speaker 2: more climate change worship, no more division distraction or gender delusions. 162 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: No more debris. 163 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 2: As I've said before, and we'll say again, we are 164 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 2: done with that shit. I've made up my mission to 165 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: uproot the obvious distractions that made us less capable and 166 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 2: less lethal. That said, the War Department requires the next step. 167 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 2: Underneath the garbage is a deeper problem and a more 168 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 2: important problem that we are fixing and fixing fast. Common 169 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 2: sense is back at the White House, so making the 170 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 2: necessary changes is. 171 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: Actually pretty straightforward. 172 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 2: President Trump expects it and litmus test for these changes, 173 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 2: It's pretty simple. Would I want my eldest son, who 174 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: is fifteen years old, eventually joining the types of formations 175 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 2: that we are currently wielding. If in any way the 176 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: answer to that is no, or even yes, but then 177 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 2: we're doing something wrong because my son is no more 178 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 2: important than any other American citizen who dons the cloth 179 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 2: of our nation. He is no more important than your son, 180 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 2: all precious souls made in the image and likeness of God. 181 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: Every parent deserves to know that their son or their 182 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: daughter that joins our ranks is entering exactly the kind 183 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: of unit that the Secretary of War would want his 184 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 2: son to join. 185 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 1: Think of it as the Golden rule test. Jesus said, 186 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: do unto others. That's which you would. 187 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: Have done unto yourself. It's the ultimate simplifying. 188 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: Test of truth. 189 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: The new War Department golden rule is this, do onto 190 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 2: your unit as you would have done onto your own 191 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 2: child's unit. Would you want him serving with fat or 192 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 2: unfit or undertrained troops, or alongside people who can't meet 193 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 2: basic standards, or in a unit where standards were lowered 194 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 2: so certain types of troops could make it, in in 195 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 2: a unit where leaders were promoted for reasons other than 196 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 2: merit performance and war fighting. 197 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,719 Speaker 1: The answer is not just no, it's hell no. 198 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: This means at the War Department, first and foremost, we 199 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 2: must restore a ruthless, dispassionate, and common sense application of standards. 200 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 2: I don't want my son serving alongside troops who are 201 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: out of shape, or in combat unit with females who 202 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men, 203 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 2: or troops who are not fully proficient on their assigned weapons, 204 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 2: platform or task, or under a leader who was the 205 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 2: first but not the best. Standards must be uniform, gender neutral. 206 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: And high. 207 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 2: If not, they're not standards, they're just suggestions, suggestions that 208 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 2: get our sons and daughters killed when it comes to 209 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 2: combat arms units, and there are many different. 210 00:13:54,760 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: Stripes across our joint force. The era of political correct overly. 211 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 2: Sensitive, don't hurt anyone's feelings. Leadership ends right now. 212 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: At every level. 213 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 2: Either you can meet the standard, either you can do 214 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 2: the job. Either you are disciplined, fit and trained, or 215 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: you are out. And that's why today, at my direction, 216 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 2: and this is the first of ten Department of War 217 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: directives that are arriving at your commands as we speak 218 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 2: and in your inbox today, at my direction, each service 219 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 2: will ensure that every requirement for every combat mos, for 220 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 2: every designated combat arms position returns to the highest male standard. 221 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 2: Only because this job is life or death. Standards must 222 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 2: be met and not just met. 223 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: At every level. We should seek to exceed the. 224 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 2: Standard, to push the envelope, to compete its common sense 225 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: and core to who we are and what we do. 226 00:14:58,800 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: It should be in. 227 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: Our DNA today, at my direction, we are also adding 228 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 2: a combat field test for combat. 229 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: Arms units that must be executable. 230 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: In any environment, at any time and with combat equipment. 231 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: These tests they'll look familiar. 232 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 2: They'll resemble the Army Expert Physical Fitness Assessment or the 233 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 2: Marine Corps combat Fitness Test. 234 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: I'm also directing that warfighters in combat jobs execute their 235 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: service Fitness. 236 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 2: Test at a gender neutral, age normed MAIL standard scored 237 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 2: above seventy percent. It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. 238 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: If the Secretary of. 239 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 2: War can do regular hard PT, so can every member 240 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: of our Joint Force. 241 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: Now that I use Monday service, AI makes solving tickets 242 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: my form of meditation money. 243 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations or 244 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 2: really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely 245 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls 246 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 2: of the Pentagon and. 247 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: Leading commands around the country in the world. It's a 248 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: bad look. It is bad and it's not who we are. 249 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: So whether you're an airborne ranger or a chair borne ranger, 250 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 2: a brand new private or a four star general, you 251 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 2: need to meet the height and weight standards and pass 252 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 2: the PT test. 253 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: And as the Chairman said, yes there is no PT. 254 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: Test, but today, at my direction, every member of the 255 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: Joint Force at every rank is required to take a 256 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 2: PT test twice a year, as well as meet height 257 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: and weight requirements twice a year. 258 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: Every year of service. 259 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: Also today, at my direction, every warrior across our joint 260 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: force is required to do PT every duty day. 261 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: Should be common SATs. 262 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 2: I mean most units do that already, but we're codifying 263 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 2: and we're not talking like hot yoga and stretching. 264 00:16:58,200 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: Real hard PT. 265 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 2: There's either a as a unit or as an individual 266 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 2: at every level, from the joint chiefs to everyone in 267 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 2: this room to the youngest private leaders set the standard, 268 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: and so many. 269 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: Of you do this already active guard and reserve. 270 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 2: This also means grooming standards, no more beards, long hair, 271 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 2: superficial individual expression. We're gonna cut our hair, sha shave 272 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 2: our beards, and adhere to standards because it's like the 273 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 2: broken windows. 274 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: Theory of policing. It's like when you let the small 275 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: stuff go, the. 276 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 2: Big stuff eventually goes, so you have to address the 277 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: small stuff. This is on duty, in the field and 278 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,719 Speaker 2: in the rear. If you want a beard, you can 279 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 2: join special forces. If not, then shave. We don't have 280 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 2: a military full of Nordic pagans, but unfortunately we have 281 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 2: had leaders who either refuse to call bs and enforce standards, 282 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 2: or leaders who felt like they were not. 283 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: Allowed to enforce standards. 284 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 2: Both are unacceptable and that's why today, at my direction, 285 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 2: the era of unprofessional appearance is over. 286 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: No more Beardoz. 287 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 2: The era of rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles is done. 288 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 2: Simply put, if you do not meet the male level 289 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 2: physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test, 290 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 2: or don't want to shave and look professional, it's time. 291 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: For a new position or a new profession. 292 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 2: I sincerely appreciate the proactive efforts the secretaries have already 293 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 2: taken in some of those areas service secretaries. 294 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: And these directives are intended to simply accelerate those efforts. 295 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: On the topic of standards, allow me. 296 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: A few words to talk about toxic leaders Upholding and 297 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 2: demanding high standards is not toxic. 298 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: Enforcing high standards not toxic. Leadership. Leading warfighters toward the goals. 299 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 2: Of high, gender neutral and uncompromising standards in order to 300 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 2: forge a cohesive, formidable, and lethal department of War is 301 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 2: not toxic. 302 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: It is our duty consistent with our constitutional oath. Real 303 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: toxic leadership is endangering subordinates with low standards. 304 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 2: Real toxic leadership is promoting people based on immutable. 305 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: Characteristics or quotas instead of based on merit. 306 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 2: Real toxic leadership is promoting destructive ideologies that are an 307 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 2: anathema to the Constitution and the laws of nature and 308 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 2: Nature's God. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, 309 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 2: the definition of toxic has been turned upside down, and 310 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 2: we're correcting that. That's why today, at my direction, we're 311 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: undertaking a full review of the Department's definitions of so 312 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 2: called toxic leadership, bullying, and hazing to empower leaders to 313 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 2: enforce standards without fear of retribution or second guessing. Of course, 314 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 2: you can't do like nasty bullying and hazing. We're talking 315 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 2: about words like bullying and hazing and toxic. They've been 316 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 2: weaponized and bastardized inside our formations, undercutting commanders and NCOs. 317 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: No more. 318 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 2: Setting, achieving and maintaining high standards is what you all do. 319 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: And if that makes me toxic, then so be it. Second. 320 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 2: Today, in our direction, we're ensuring that every service, every unit, 321 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 2: every schoolhouse, and every form of professional military education conduct 322 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 2: an immediate review of their standards. Now we've done this 323 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 2: in many places already, but today it goes across the 324 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 2: entire Department of War. Any place where tried and true 325 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 2: physical standards were altered, especially since twenty fifteen when combat 326 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 2: arms standards were changed to ensure females could qualify, must 327 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 2: be returned to their original standard. 328 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: Other standards have been manipulated to hit. 329 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 2: Racial quotas as well, which is just as unacceptable. This too, 330 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 2: must end, merit only the President talks about it all 331 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: the time, Merit based. Here are two basic frameworks I 332 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: urge you to pursue in this process, standards I call 333 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 2: my staffs at all about them. The nineteen ninety test 334 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 2: and the E six test. The nineteen nineties test is simple, 335 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 2: what were the military standards in nineteen ninety and if 336 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 2: they have changed, tell me why? Was it a necessary 337 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 2: change based on the evolving landscape of combat or was 338 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 2: the change due to a softening, weakening, or gender based 339 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 2: pursuit of other priorities. Nineteen nineties seems to be as 340 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 2: good a place to start as any. 341 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 1: And the E six test. Ask yourself, does what you're. 342 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 2: Doing make the leadership accountability and lethality efforts of an 343 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 2: E six or frankly an O three? 344 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: Does it make it easier or more complicated? 345 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 2: Does the change in power staff sergeants, petty officers, and 346 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 2: tech sergeants. To get back to basics, the answer should 347 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 2: be a resounding yes. The E six tests or zero 348 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 2: three test clarifies a lot, and it clarifies quickly because 349 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 2: war does not care if you're a man or a woman. 350 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 2: Neither does the enemy, nor does the weight of your rucksack, 351 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 2: the size of an artillery round, or the body weight 352 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 2: of a casualty on the battlefield who must be carried 353 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 2: this and I want to be very clear about this, 354 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 2: This is not about preventing women from serving. We very 355 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 2: much value the impact of female troops. Our female officers 356 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 2: and NCOs are the absolute best. 357 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: In the world. 358 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 2: But when it comes to any job that requires physical 359 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,239 Speaker 2: power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be 360 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 2: high and gender neutral. If women can make it excellent. 361 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 2: If not, it is what it is. If that means 362 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 2: no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it. 363 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 2: That is not the intent, but it could be the result, 364 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 2: so be it. It will also that we mean that 365 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 2: weak men won't qualify because we're not playing games. 366 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: This is combat. 367 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 2: This is life or death, as we all know. This 368 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 2: is you versus an enemy hell bent on killing you. 369 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 2: To be an effective lethal fighting force, you must trust 370 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: that the warrior alongside you in battle is capable, truly 371 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 2: physically capable of doing what is necessary under fire. You 372 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 2: know this is the only standard you would want for 373 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 2: your kids and for your grandkids. Apply the War Department 374 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 2: Golden Rule, the nineteen ninety test, and the East sixth Test, 375 00:23:54,960 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 2: and it's really hard to go wrong. Third, we are 376 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 2: attacking and ending the walking on eggshells and zero defect 377 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 2: command culture. A risk averse culture means officers execute not 378 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 2: to lose instead of to win. A risk averse culture 379 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 2: means NCOs are not empowered to enforce standards. Commanders and 380 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 2: NCOs don't take necessary risks or make tough adjustments. 381 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: For fear of rocking the boat or making mistakes. 382 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 2: A blemish free record is what peacetime leaders covet the most, 383 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 2: which is the worst of all incentives. 384 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 3: You. 385 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 1: We as senior leaders, need. 386 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 2: To end the poisonous culture of risk aversion and empower 387 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 2: our NCOs at all levels to enforce standards. 388 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: Truth be told. For the most part, we don't need 389 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: new standards. 390 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: We just need to reestablish a culture where enforcing standards 391 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 2: is possible, and that's why today, at my direction, I'm 392 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 2: issuing new policies that will overhaul the IG, EO ANDMEO processes. 393 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 2: I call it the no more walking on eggshells policy. 394 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 2: We are liberating commanders and NCOs. We are liberating you. 395 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 2: We are overhauling an inspector general process, the IG that 396 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 2: has been weaponized, putting complainers, ideologues and. 397 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: Poor performers in the driver's seat. 398 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 2: We're doing the same with the Equal Opportunity and Military 399 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 2: Equal Opportunity policies the EO and MOO at our department, 400 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 2: no more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complaints, no more 401 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: repeat complainants, no more smearing reputations, no more endless waiting, 402 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: no more legal limbo, no more side tracking careers, no 403 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 2: more walking on eggshells. Of course, being a racist has 404 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 2: been illegal in our formations since nineteen forty eight. The 405 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 2: same goes for sexual harassment. Both are wrong and illegal. 406 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 2: Those kinds of infractions will be ruthlessly enforced. But telling 407 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 2: someone to shave or get a haircut, or to get 408 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: in shape or to fix their uniform and to show 409 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 2: up on time or to work hard, that's exactly the 410 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 2: kind of discrimination we want we are not civilians. You 411 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 2: are not civilians. You are set apart for a distinct purpose. 412 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 2: So we as a department need to stop acting and 413 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 2: thinking like civilians and get back to basics and put 414 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 2: the power back in the hands of commanders and NCOs. 415 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 2: Commanders and NCOs who make life and death decisions. Commanders 416 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 2: and NCOs who enforce standards and ensure readiness. Commanders and 417 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 2: NCOs who in this war department have to look in 418 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 2: the mirror and have to pass the Golden Rule test. 419 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 2: My kids, your kids, because sons and daughters. So I 420 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 2: urge you all here today and those watching, take this 421 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 2: guidance and run with it. The core of this speech 422 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 2: is the ten directives were announcing today. They were written 423 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 2: for you. For Army leadership, for Navy leadership, for Marine 424 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 2: Corps leadership, for Air force leadership, space force leadership. These 425 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 2: directives are designed to take the monkey off your back and. 426 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: Put you the leadership back in the driver's seat. Move 427 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: out with urgency because we have your back. 428 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 2: I have your back, and the Commander in Chief has 429 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 2: your back. And when we give you this guidance, we 430 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 2: know mistakes will be made. 431 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: It's the nature of leadership. 432 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 2: But You should not pay for earnest mistakes for your 433 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 2: entire career, and that's why today, at my direction, we're 434 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 2: making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel 435 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 2: records that will allow leaders with forgivable, earnest or minor 436 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 2: infractions to not be encumbered by those infractions in perpetuity. 437 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 2: People make honest mistakes, and our mistakes should not define 438 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 2: an entire career. Otherwise, we only try not to make mistakes, 439 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 2: and that's not the business we're in. We need risk 440 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 2: takers and aggressive leaders and a culture that supports you. 441 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 2: Fourth at the War Department, promotions across the Joint Force 442 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 2: will be based on one thing, merit color blind, gender 443 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 2: neutral merit based. The entire promotion process, including evaluations of 444 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 2: war fighting capabilities, is being thoroughly re examined. We've already 445 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 2: done a lot in this area, but more changes are 446 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 2: coming soon. Will promote top performing officers and NCOs faster 447 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 2: and get rid of poor performers more quickly. Evaluations, education, 448 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 2: and field exercises will become real evaluations, not box checks, 449 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 2: for every one of us at every level. These same 450 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 2: reforms happened before World War Two as well. General George 451 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 2: Marshall and Secretary of War Henry Stimpson did the same thing, 452 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 2: and we won a world war because of it. As 453 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 2: it happens, when he started the job, Chairman Kane gave 454 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 2: me a frame and a photo to hang in my office. 455 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 2: A matching frame and photo hangs in his. It's a 456 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 2: photo of Marshall and Stimpson preparing for World War two. 457 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 2: Those two leaders famously kept the door open between their 458 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 2: offices for the entirety of the war. They worked together, 459 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 2: civilian and uniform. Every single day. Chairman Kane and I 460 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 2: do the same. There is no daylight between us. Our 461 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 2: doors are always open. Our job together is to ensure 462 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 2: our military is led by the very best, ready to 463 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 2: answer the nation's call. 464 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: Fifth. 465 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 2: As you have seen and the media has obsessed over, 466 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 2: I have fired a number of senior officers since taking 467 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 2: over the previous chairman, other members of the Joint Chiefs, 468 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 2: combatant commanders, and other commanders. 469 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: The rationale for me has been straightforward. 470 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 2: It's nearly impossible to change a culture with the same 471 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 2: people who helped create or even benefited from that culture, 472 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 2: even if that culture was created by a previous president 473 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 2: and previous secretary. 474 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: My approach has been simple. 475 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 2: When in doubt, assess the situation, follow your gut, and 476 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,239 Speaker 2: if it's the best for the military. 477 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: Make a change. 478 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,479 Speaker 2: We all serve at the pleasure of the President every 479 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 2: single day, but in many ways it's not their fault. 480 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: It's not your fault. 481 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 2: As foolish and reckless as the Woke Department was, those 482 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 2: officers were following elected political leadership. An entire generation of 483 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,959 Speaker 2: generals and admirals were told that they must parrot the 484 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 2: insane fallacy that quote our diversity is our strength. 485 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: Of course, we know our unity is our strength. They 486 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: had to put out dizzying. 487 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 2: DEI and LGBTQI plus statements. They were told females and 488 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 2: males are the same thing, or that males who think 489 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 2: they're females totally normal. They were told that we need 490 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 2: a green fleet and electric tanks. They were told to 491 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 2: kick out Americans who refused an emergency vaccine. 492 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: They followed civilian. 493 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 2: Policies set by foolish and reckless political leaders. Our job, 494 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 2: my job has been to determine which leaders simply did 495 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 2: what they must to answer the prerogatives of civilian leadership, 496 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: and which leaders are truly invested in The Woke depart 497 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 2: and therefore incapable of embracing the War Department and executing 498 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,479 Speaker 2: new lawful orders. 499 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: That's it. It's that simple. 500 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 2: So for the past eight months we've gotten a good 501 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 2: look under the hood of our officer Corps. We've done 502 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 2: our best to thoroughly assess the human terrain. 503 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: We've had to make trade offs and some difficult decisions. 504 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: It's more of an art than a science. 505 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 2: We have been and will continue to be judicious but 506 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 2: also expeditious. The new Compass heading is clear. Out with 507 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 2: the Sharellis, the Mackenzie's and the Millies, and in with 508 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 2: the Stockdales, the schwartz Coughs, and the patents. More leadership 509 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 2: changes will be made of that, I'm certain, not because 510 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 2: we want to, but because we must. Once again, this 511 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 2: is life and death. The sooner we have the right people, 512 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 2: the sooner we can advance the right policies. Personnel is policy. 513 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 2: But I look out at this group and I see 514 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 2: great Americans, leaders who have given decades to our great 515 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 2: Republic at great sacrifice, to yourselves and. 516 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: To your families. 517 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 2: But if the words I'm speaking today are making your 518 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 2: heart sink, then you should do the honorable thing and resign. 519 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: We would thank you for your service, but I suspect. 520 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 2: I know the overwhelming majority of you feel the opposite. 521 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 2: These words make your hearts full. You love the War 522 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 2: Department because you love what you do, the profession of arms. 523 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 2: You are hereby liberated to be an apolitical, hard charging, 524 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 2: no nonsense constitutional leader that you joined the military to be. 525 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 2: We need you locked in on the M, not the D, 526 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 2: the E, or the not the or the die of dime. 527 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 2: By that, I mean the M military of the instruments 528 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 2: of national power. 529 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: We have entire departments across. 530 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,800 Speaker 2: The government dedicated to diplomatic, informational and economic lines of effort. 531 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 2: We do the M nobody else does, and our gofos 532 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 2: need to master it in every domain and every scenario. 533 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 2: No more distractions, no more political ideologies, no more debris. Now, 534 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,439 Speaker 2: of course, we're going to disagree at times. We would 535 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 2: not be Americans if we didn't. Being a leader in 536 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 2: a large organization like ourds ME means having frank conversations 537 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 2: and differences of opinion. You will win some arguments and 538 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 2: you will lose some arguments. But when civilian leaders issue 539 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:55,320 Speaker 2: lawful orders we execute. We are professionals in the profession 540 00:34:55,680 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 2: of arms. Our entire constitutional system is predicated upon this understanding. 541 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 2: Now seems like small thing, but it's not. This includes 542 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 2: as well the behavior of our troops online. To that end, 543 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 2: I want to thank and recognize the services for their 544 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 2: new proactive social media policies. 545 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: Use them. Anonymous online or keyboard complaining is not worthy 546 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: of a warrior. It's cowardice masquerading as conscience. 547 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,800 Speaker 2: Anonymous unit level social media pages that trash commanders, demoralized troops, 548 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 2: and undermine unit cohesion must not be tolerated. 549 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:45,880 Speaker 1: Again. Three's E sixes six. We must train and we 550 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 1: must maintain. 551 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,760 Speaker 2: Any moment that we are not training on our mission 552 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,280 Speaker 2: or maintaining our equipment is a moment we are less 553 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 2: prepared for preventing or winning the next war. That is 554 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,360 Speaker 2: why today at MY we are drastically reducing the ridiculous 555 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 2: amount of mandatory training that individuals and units must execute. 556 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 1: We've already ended the most egregious. 557 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 2: Now we're giving you back real time, less PowerPoint briefings 558 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 2: and fewer online courses, more time in the motor pool, 559 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 2: and more time on the range. Our job is to 560 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 2: make sure you have the money, equipment, weapons and parts 561 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,719 Speaker 2: to train and maintain, and then you take it from there. 562 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,240 Speaker 2: You all know this because it's common sense. The tougher 563 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 2: and the higher the standards in our units, the higher 564 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,360 Speaker 2: the retention rates in those units. Warriors want to be challenged, 565 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 2: Troops want to be tested. When you don't train and 566 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:46,399 Speaker 2: you don't maintain, you demoralize, and that's when our best 567 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:50,360 Speaker 2: people decide to take their talents to the civilian world. 568 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 2: The leaders who created the Woke Department have already driven 569 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,439 Speaker 2: out too many hard chargers. We reverse that trend right now. 570 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 2: There is no word world in which high intensity war 571 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 2: exists without pain, agony, and human tragedy. We are in 572 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 2: a dangerous line of work. You are in a dangerous 573 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 2: line of work. We may lose good people, but let 574 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 2: no warrior cry out from the grave if only I 575 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:24,799 Speaker 2: had been properly trained. We will not lose war fighters 576 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,919 Speaker 2: because we fail to train, or equip them or resource them. 577 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: Shame on us. 578 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 2: If we do train like your warriors' lives depend on it, 579 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 2: because they do. To that point, basic training is being 580 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 2: restored to what it should be scary, tough, and disciplined. 581 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 2: We're empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits. 582 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 1: Ensuring that future war fighters are forged. 583 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 2: Yes they can shark attack, they can toss bunks, they 584 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 2: can swear, and yes they can put their hands on recruits. 585 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 2: This does not mean they can be reckless or violate 586 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,320 Speaker 2: the law, but they can use tried and true methods 587 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 2: to motivate new recruits to. 588 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: Make them the warriors. 589 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 2: They need to be back to basics at basic as well, 590 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 2: of course, and you know this basic training is not 591 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 2: where mission readiness should end. The nature of the evolving 592 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:26,400 Speaker 2: threat environment demands that everyone in every job must be 593 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:27,240 Speaker 2: ready to join. 594 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:27,960 Speaker 1: The fight if needed. 595 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 2: A core crew of the Marine Corps is every marine 596 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 2: a rifleman. It means that everyone, regardless of MOS, is 597 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 2: proficient enough to engage an enemy threat at sea, in 598 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 2: the air, or in a so called rear area. We 599 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 2: need to ensure that every member of our uniform military 600 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:52,920 Speaker 2: maintains baseline proficiency and basic combat skills, especially because the 601 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,840 Speaker 2: next war, like the last, will likely. 602 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: Not have a rear area. 603 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:03,360 Speaker 2: Finally, as President Trump rightly pointed out when he changed 604 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 2: the department name, the United States has not won a 605 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 2: major theater war since the name was changed. To the 606 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 2: Department of Defense in nineteen forty seven. One conflict stands 607 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 2: out in stark contrast, the Gulf War. 608 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: Why Well, there's a. 609 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 2: Number of reasons, but it was a limited mission with 610 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 2: overwhelming force and a clear end state. But why do 611 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 2: we execute and win the Golf War the way we 612 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 2: did in nineteen ninety one? 613 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,879 Speaker 1: There's two overwhelming reasons. 614 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 2: One was President Ronald Reagan's military build up gave an 615 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 2: overwhelming advantage, and two, military and Pentagon leadership had previous 616 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 2: formative battlefield experiences. The men who led this department during 617 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 2: the Gulf War were mostly combat veterans of the Vietnam War. 618 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:59,320 Speaker 2: They said never again to mission creep or nebulous end states. 619 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 2: The same holds true today. Our civilian and military leadership 620 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 2: is chalk full of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who 621 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 2: say never again to nation building and nebulous end states. 622 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:16,160 Speaker 2: This clear eyed view all the way in the White House, 623 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,719 Speaker 2: combined with President Trump's military build up, postures us for 624 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:26,040 Speaker 2: future victories if and we will and when we embrace 625 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 2: the War Department, and we must. We are preparing every day. 626 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,720 Speaker 2: We have to be prepared for war, not for defense. 627 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 2: We're training warriors, not defenders. We fight wars to win, 628 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 2: not to defend. Defense is something you do all the time. 629 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:45,719 Speaker 2: It's inherently reactionary and can lead to overuse, overreach, and 630 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:50,480 Speaker 2: mission creep. War is something you do sparingly on our 631 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,640 Speaker 2: own terms and with clear aims. 632 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:54,439 Speaker 1: We fight to win. 633 00:40:55,680 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 2: We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enid me. 634 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 2: We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We 635 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:09,360 Speaker 2: untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, 636 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,600 Speaker 2: and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically 637 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 2: correct and overbearing rules of engagement. Just common sense, maximum. 638 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:23,240 Speaker 1: Lethality, and authority for war fighters. That's all I ever. 639 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:27,520 Speaker 2: Wanted as a platoon leader, and it's all my E 640 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 2: six squad leaders ever wanted. 641 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 1: Back to that six rule. 642 00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:34,440 Speaker 2: We let our leaders fight their formations, and then we 643 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:41,440 Speaker 2: have their back. It's very simple, yet incredibly powerful. A 644 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,200 Speaker 2: few months ago, I was at the White House when 645 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,640 Speaker 2: President Trump announced his Liberation Day for America's trade policy. 646 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:48,839 Speaker 1: It was a landmark day. 647 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 2: Well, today is another liberation day, the liberation of America's 648 00:41:53,920 --> 00:42:00,160 Speaker 2: warriors in name, indeed and inauthorities. You kill people and 649 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 2: break things for a living. You are not politically correct 650 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:10,759 Speaker 2: and don't necessarily belong always in polite society. We are 651 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 2: not an army of one. We are a joint force 652 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 2: of millions of selfless Americans. 653 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:18,400 Speaker 1: We are warriors. 654 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 2: We are purpose built not for fair weather, blue skies 655 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,520 Speaker 2: or calm seas. We were built to load up in 656 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,759 Speaker 2: the back of helicopters five tons or zodiacs in the 657 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:35,200 Speaker 2: dead of night, in fair weather or foul, to go 658 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:38,680 Speaker 2: to dangerous places to find those who would do our 659 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:43,760 Speaker 2: nation harm and deliver justice on behalf of the American 660 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:49,880 Speaker 2: people in close and brutal combat if necessary. You are different. 661 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,879 Speaker 2: We fight not because we hate what's in front of us. 662 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 2: We fight because we love what's behind us. You see, 663 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 2: the Ivy League faculty loungers will never understand us, and 664 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 2: that's okay because they could never. 665 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 1: Do what you do. The media will. 666 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,120 Speaker 2: Mischaracterize us, and that's okay because deep down they know 667 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 2: the reason they can do what they do is you. 668 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,000 Speaker 2: In this profession, you feel comfortable inside the violence so 669 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:25,560 Speaker 2: that our citizens can live peacefully. Lethality is our calling card, 670 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:33,440 Speaker 2: and victory our only acceptable end state. In closing a 671 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,240 Speaker 2: few weeks ago at our monthly Pentagon Christian Prayer service, 672 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,800 Speaker 2: I recited a commander's prayer. It's a simple yet meaningful 673 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,319 Speaker 2: prayer for wisdom for commanders and leaders. I encourage you 674 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,920 Speaker 2: to look it up if you've never seen it, but 675 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:53,720 Speaker 2: the prayer it ends like this, And most of all, Lord, 676 00:43:54,560 --> 00:44:00,839 Speaker 2: please keep my soldiers safe, lead them, guide them, protect them, 677 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,800 Speaker 2: watch over them. And as you gave all of yourself 678 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:11,280 Speaker 2: for me, help me give all of myself for them. 679 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:11,920 Speaker 1: And Amen. 680 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,200 Speaker 2: I have prayed this prayer many times since I've had 681 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,760 Speaker 2: the privilege of being your secretary, and I will continue 682 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 2: to pray this prayer for each of you as you 683 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:28,399 Speaker 2: command and lead our nation's finest. Go forth and do 684 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:34,399 Speaker 2: good things, hard things. President Trump has your back, and 685 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:40,879 Speaker 2: so do I, and you'll hear from them shortly, move 686 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:46,920 Speaker 2: out and draw fire, because we are the War Department. 687 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:48,480 Speaker 1: God Speak. 688 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,680 Speaker 3: If you like the Michael Berry Show and podcast, please 689 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 3: tell one friend, and if you're so inclined, write a 690 00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:02,160 Speaker 3: nice review of our podcast. Comments, suggestions, questions, and interest 691 00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 3: in being a corporate sponsor and partner can be communicated 692 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:10,640 Speaker 3: directly to the show at our email address, Michael at 693 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,560 Speaker 3: Michael Berryshow dot com or simply by clicking on our 694 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:19,400 Speaker 3: website Michael Berryshow dot com. 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