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Good morning . Here's your May RSD

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update . We'll start with leadership

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messaging , and our acting deputy

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commander , Colonel Trepasso , has your

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update . Good morning , 1

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twenty-seventh Wing . Our enlisted

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force is the backbone of the 1

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twenty-seventh Wing , and your recent

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performance has proven that . You

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executed flawlessly in a high ops tempo

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environment despite manning shortages .

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Our steadfast leadership is here to

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support you at every level . General

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Volcker is still on assignment for the

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Air Force , and we look forward to .

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Her return next month , the acting wing

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commander Colonel Lamara has appointed

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Chief Cello as the acting wing command

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chief while we go through the process

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of selecting Chief Hedrick's

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replacement . This stability keeps us

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focused on our next critical task , the

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returning of our airmen from deployment .

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Redeployment and reintegration isn't

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automatic . It requires deliberate

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effort . Our newly created program

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Operation Return with Honor does just

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that . It provides the support our

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airmen need to make sure that they feel

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welcomed , appreciated , and are made

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aware of all the support avenues that

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are available to them . Ultimately

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everything we do comes down to taking

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care of our team and getting ready for

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the next mission . Have a great drill .

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Stay focused , take care of each other .

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We stand ready In Mission

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Next , the future of Selfridge

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continues to take shape through strong

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partnerships and historic investment .

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Earlier this week , I had the

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opportunity to cover an event that

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highlighted our strong community

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support . Michigan National Guard

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leadership partnered with Macomb County

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officials and community organizations

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to host more than 300 business .

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Representatives at Selfridge Air

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National Guard Base on Monday . The

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infrastructure day was coordinated by

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Macomb County's Planning and Economic

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Development Department to educate

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companies on how to bid for work tied

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to a nearly $1 billion Air Force

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investment planned for Selfridge over

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the next five years . Is

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gonna allow us to really do that deeper

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dive into what do these projects look

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like , what are the priorities , what

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are the timelines . So today you're

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gonna get a very high level of what do

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the next five years look like . The

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investment will upgrade the base to

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support the 127th wings transition from

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the A-10 Thunderbolt 2 and KC-135

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strato tanker to the F-15 EX Eagle 2

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and KC 46 Pegasus platforms . To put

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the investment value in perspective ,

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the adjutant general of the Michigan

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National Guard said the investment at

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Selfridge will be the 2nd largest in

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Air Force history after the

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reconstruction of Tyndall Air Force

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Base in Florida . They got literally

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wiped out by a hurricane , and they

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invested $7 billion into it over the

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last 10 years or so to rebuild that

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base . Attendees received guidance on

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navigating government contracting

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processes

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and learned about the timing of the

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projects . While the investment at

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Selfridge is expected to bring

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significant infrastructure updates over

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the coming years , leaders emphasize

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that strong partnerships with local

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stakeholders remain essential to

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mission success .

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We say that is the sound of freedom .

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That is the sound of freedom and thank

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God they're one of ours . That's what

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we say in this community . Now here's

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Senior Master Sergeant Johnson with

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short segment . Shirt here coming to

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you live from Building 50 to talk about

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health and forced development . We are

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still in the diagnostic phase for the

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new Air Force fitness standards , so

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take this time to learn where you are

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and how you can improve . My

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expectation of you is to take ownership

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of your fitness now and not wait until

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July 1st when the first testing begins .

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And while standards matter , how you

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prepare for them matters just as much .

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We are investing in you through fitness

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and nutrition classes . The base

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nutritionist and myself are offering a

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traveling road show for fitness and

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nutrition talks that can come to a unit

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near you . We've already delivered two

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of them , and we've received great

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feedback . Our focus on readiness and

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growth extends beyond fitness . It's

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also about you as a leader . Continuing

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to develop leaders across the wing and

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examples of that include the Joint

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Junior enlisted Conference and the

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Additional duty First Sergeant

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symposium . Where leaders came together

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to learn more about themselves and how

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they can meet the needs of the Air

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Force , and more recently , I was able

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to attend our community listens course

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with many of you . What a great

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opportunity to learn about how we can

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better communicate with each other .

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You can always check back here to hear

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about the next opportunity for your

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professional development . And lastly ,

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I want you to know that we are building

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the next generation of first sergeants .

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We're hiring additional duty first

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sergeants and first sergeant positions

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right now , and I couldn't be more

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excited to welcome more people to join

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the team as we focus on taking care of

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our people . At the end of the day ,

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everything we do comes back to taking

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care of our team . So go out , have a

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fantastic drill weekend and make the

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most of it . Resilient airmen train the

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mind and body . We stay fit to fight ,

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and we stand ready . To access any of

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the photos , videos , or other wing

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content we release , head over to our

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link tree . You can scan the QR code or

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visit the link directly . Thank you for

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your time and have a great drill

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weekend .