WEBVTT 00:00.300 --> 00:02.467 Citizen airmen do it because they want 00:02.467 --> 00:04.809 to . Not because they have to , that's 00:04.820 --> 00:07.920 a big difference most every one of them 00:07.929 --> 00:10.539 um does it because they feel driven to 00:10.550 --> 00:13.130 serve . You know , when , when I got 00:13.140 --> 00:15.779 off active duty , I had done my 00:15.789 --> 00:17.956 requirement . You know , you sign up , 00:17.956 --> 00:20.122 you enlist , you raise your hand , you 00:20.122 --> 00:19.739 do your job , you do it the best you 00:19.750 --> 00:22.709 can and you leave in the reserve . I'm 00:22.719 --> 00:24.941 here because I want to be and they want 00:24.941 --> 00:27.170 me here because they need me . The 00:27.180 --> 00:29.347 other cool thing about being a citizen 00:29.347 --> 00:31.569 airman is the things that you learn the 00:31.569 --> 00:33.791 other 28 days of the month you bring to 00:33.791 --> 00:35.902 bear here . Conversely , the stuff we 00:35.902 --> 00:35.750 teach you in the reserve , you bring to 00:35.759 --> 00:38.959 bear at your job . So what you 00:38.970 --> 00:41.229 typically see with citizen airman are 00:41.840 --> 00:43.673 people that can handle stressful 00:43.673 --> 00:45.896 situations . People that can learn very 00:45.896 --> 00:47.784 quickly . People that communicate 00:47.784 --> 00:49.451 extremely well , they're very 00:49.451 --> 00:51.784 dependable . They usually show up early , 00:51.784 --> 00:53.951 they stay late . It's like the perfect 00:53.951 --> 00:56.173 employee . That whole airman concept is 00:56.173 --> 00:56.159 really driven home in the reserve . It 00:56.169 --> 00:58.169 always has been , I think first and 00:58.180 --> 01:00.236 foremost , the Reserve has taught me 01:00.236 --> 01:02.110 that um , you don't have to own 01:02.119 --> 01:04.119 something to care about it . 5 12 3 01:04.119 --> 01:06.341 Lift Wing is a classic association with 01:06.341 --> 01:08.508 the 436 . We don't own very much stuff 01:08.508 --> 01:10.930 out here , but Dover is my home and I 01:10.940 --> 01:13.139 think that every single 5 , 12 person 01:13.180 --> 01:15.347 feels that way has that level of pride 01:15.347 --> 01:17.624 might not be as geeky as I am about it , 01:17.624 --> 01:19.736 but it is our home . You know , Dover 01:19.736 --> 01:22.250 is my base . The solutions that I had 01:22.260 --> 01:24.339 1520 years ago for problems are not 01:24.349 --> 01:26.610 today's solutions . So that's always a 01:26.620 --> 01:28.676 challenge too . As , you know , as I 01:28.676 --> 01:30.787 get long in the tooth and salt on the 01:30.787 --> 01:32.898 fenders , I realize that , you know , 01:32.898 --> 01:35.231 just because Skip said it's a good idea , 01:35.231 --> 01:37.287 doesn't necessarily mean it's a good 01:37.287 --> 01:39.509 idea and that's not an effective way to 01:39.509 --> 01:38.779 lead either because if you just lead , 01:38.790 --> 01:40.846 because the old man says it , that's 01:40.846 --> 01:42.568 not leadership . Leadership is 01:42.569 --> 01:44.791 understanding that there's people above 01:44.791 --> 01:46.902 you below you and around you that can 01:46.902 --> 01:49.013 make as good or better decisions than 01:49.013 --> 01:51.180 you can make . I've got airmen in this 01:51.180 --> 01:53.291 organization that have more schooling 01:53.291 --> 01:55.458 than I've got . I learn every day from 01:55.458 --> 01:55.169 them . I think the thing I learned that 01:55.180 --> 01:57.013 was most important and it really 01:57.013 --> 01:59.180 changed who I was as a leader was that 01:59.180 --> 02:01.069 you , you've got to find what the 02:01.069 --> 02:03.236 mission is and tie the person that was 02:03.236 --> 02:05.347 working that mission to the mission , 02:05.347 --> 02:07.569 showing them that , you know , they are 02:07.569 --> 02:09.736 an important and in part of what we're 02:09.736 --> 02:11.902 trying to accomplish and no matter how 02:11.902 --> 02:11.764 much money they make or what their 02:11.774 --> 02:13.885 station in life is or , you know what 02:13.885 --> 02:15.925 skills they possess , they help if 02:15.934 --> 02:18.045 bettering yourself interests you , if 02:18.045 --> 02:20.654 serving others without any expectation 02:20.664 --> 02:23.464 of immediate payback interests you , if 02:23.475 --> 02:25.642 doing amazing things , interests you . 02:25.764 --> 02:27.024 This is a pretty good gig .