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Hello , I'm Colonel Wendy Armijo , one

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of second intelligence Wing commander

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with your October 2024 command message .

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A couple of weeks ago , I attended the

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Chief of Staff of the Air Force Wing

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Commanders conference in Washington DC .

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While there our Chief of Staff General

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David Alvin underscored the decisions

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the air force is making in order to re

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optimize for great power competition .

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How and why we're adapting quickly to

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compete in a rapidly changing global

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environment . It is imperative that all

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of us are on the same page and

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understand the urgency , pace and rigor

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at which we need to work to be ready

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throughout history . We have projected

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power generated readiness , modernized

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our force and developed our airmen

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appropriate with the threat we faced at

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the time from the Cold War and the

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unipolar moment where we projected

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power in mighty ways and used quality

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over quantity to post 911 where we

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focused on counter violence and counter

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extremism which demanded smaller forces

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for sustained operations over long

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periods of time . Now , our nation is

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asking us to again pivot and optimize

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the force for great power competition .

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China is building capability at a

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capacity and scale faster than ever

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they're developing in all domains , air

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space and cyber in order to impede our

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ability to project power and support

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our allies in the Pacific . Re

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optimizing is a priority . And the agen

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model of training together and fighting

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together in units of action is the new

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way . We'll present forces . We will

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generate readiness through large scale

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exercises to stress our force and align

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with the demands faced by a rapidly

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moving threat . We'll focus on

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operational discipline and make

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appropriate risk informed decisions

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with the goal of becoming a flexible

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inter operational , ready and

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responsible force which prevails across

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the spectrum of conflict . And finally ,

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we will develop our airmen to be multi ,

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capable and disciplined , focusing on

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standards , honing in our core

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functions and adhering to core values .

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General Alvin emphasizes that we are at

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a time of consequence where our

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adversaries are preparing for conflict

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and we need to maintain a competitive

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advantage . Today's action will impact

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tomorrow's fight .