WEBVTT 00:06.570 --> 00:09.359 21 , we just did a flyover of Estonia , 00:09.500 --> 00:12.479 Latvia , and Lithuania . It feels good 00:12.479 --> 00:15.920 to be able to be . Baltic NATO allies 00:25.260 --> 00:27.038 Careful , you have reached your 00:27.038 --> 00:28.038 destination . 01:16.860 --> 01:19.027 Welcome everybody . Uh , what a , what 01:19.027 --> 01:20.860 a tremendous day for us . It's a 01:20.860 --> 01:23.027 tremendous day for our guard , and I'm 01:23.027 --> 01:25.709 certainly proud to be a part of it . Of 01:25.709 --> 01:28.349 all the people we recognize today , our 01:28.349 --> 01:30.349 leaders , our supporters , our 01:30.349 --> 01:32.959 community stakeholders . By far the 01:32.959 --> 01:35.860 most significant attendees today are 01:35.860 --> 01:36.860 our airmen . 03:16.240 --> 03:18.073 Major General Greg Knight here . 03:18.073 --> 03:20.300 Welcome to Tag's Corner . I continue to 03:20.300 --> 03:22.411 be proud and amazed by the incredible 03:22.411 --> 03:24.522 work of our service members . Despite 03:24.522 --> 03:26.467 the easing of restrictions and the 03:26.467 --> 03:28.633 lifting of mask mandates , the fight's 03:28.633 --> 03:30.522 not over . New waves of the Delta 03:30.522 --> 03:32.522 variant are popping up all over the 03:32.522 --> 03:34.522 globe . If you've been on the fence 03:34.522 --> 03:36.633 about getting vaccinated , now is the 03:36.633 --> 03:38.522 time . I encourage you to protect 03:38.522 --> 03:40.633 yourself , your loved ones , and your 03:40.633 --> 03:42.689 team from this virus . Thank you and 03:42.689 --> 03:44.911 until next time , stay safe and put the 03:44.911 --> 03:44.309 Vermonters ahead . 04:44.920 --> 04:48.649 Might often prevails over right . But 04:48.649 --> 04:50.705 it was then that General Ethan Allen 04:50.705 --> 04:52.538 responded with , the gods of the 04:52.538 --> 04:54.760 valleys are not the gods of the hills . 04:59.890 --> 05:03.049 For decades , soldiers have come from 05:03.049 --> 05:05.329 all over the country and our partners 05:05.329 --> 05:07.829 from all over the world to train here 05:07.929 --> 05:09.985 to learn the military mountaineering 05:09.985 --> 05:12.096 skills that our Army mountain warfare 05:12.096 --> 05:13.707 school instructors provide . 05:21.679 --> 05:23.735 Every student , from every branch of 05:23.735 --> 05:25.320 the military , and from our 05:25.320 --> 05:27.542 international partners experiencing the 05:27.542 --> 05:29.764 hard realistic training offered by some 05:29.764 --> 05:31.987 of the best cadre in the world to carry 05:31.987 --> 05:33.987 with them a piece of Vermont . They 05:33.987 --> 05:34.987 earn it . 05:42.109 --> 05:44.470 So we've been partners here with North 05:44.470 --> 05:47.230 Macedonia for 33 years , and I would 05:47.230 --> 05:50.070 tell you that the professionalism , the 05:50.070 --> 05:52.589 development , the interoperability 05:52.589 --> 05:55.429 focus , becoming a NATO ally 4 years 05:55.429 --> 05:57.429 ago , just gives you an idea of the 05:57.429 --> 06:00.390 trend line and their progression and 06:00.390 --> 06:02.446 professionalism and excellence as an 06:02.446 --> 06:02.089 army . 06:13.529 --> 06:15.760 We've been with Senegal for 12 years 06:16.049 --> 06:18.160 and it's been a great partnership for 06:18.160 --> 06:20.271 us because it's mutually beneficial , 06:20.271 --> 06:22.929 so it helps both organizations , both 06:22.929 --> 06:25.529 militaries , build readiness . I'll 06:25.529 --> 06:28.420 give you as an example in May we did a 06:28.850 --> 06:31.329 medical readiness exercise and over the 06:31.329 --> 06:33.809 period of 9 days working with their 06:33.809 --> 06:36.209 Senegalese medical counterparts they 06:36.209 --> 06:38.959 saw 540 patients doing a bowel 06:38.959 --> 06:41.089 resection on a 2 day old infant and 06:41.089 --> 06:44.480 during that procedure . And E5 in the 06:44.480 --> 06:47.480 Air guard , uh , that young airman was 06:47.480 --> 06:49.559 able to breathe for the infant for , 06:49.630 --> 06:51.741 for 20 minutes of the procedure , and 06:51.741 --> 06:53.574 she just recently graduated from 06:53.574 --> 06:55.908 nursing school . You can't make that up . 06:55.908 --> 06:58.186 You , you're not gonna do that at home . 07:10.130 --> 07:12.829 Thank you for this excellent ceremony 07:13.089 --> 07:14.811 in recognition of the one year 07:14.811 --> 07:16.978 anniversary of the partnership between 07:16.978 --> 07:19.256 Austria and the Vermont National Guard . 07:20.230 --> 07:22.920 Through these exchanges , like today's 07:22.920 --> 07:25.279 exchange between our two fighter wings , 07:25.600 --> 07:28.679 we not only work together , but we also 07:28.679 --> 07:31.119 learn together , get to know each other . 07:31.320 --> 07:33.920 When we stand shoulder to shoulder as 07:33.920 --> 07:37.809 partners . We are mighty and powerful 07:37.809 --> 07:38.510 indeed . 08:09.170 --> 08:11.281 Understand the work that you're doing 08:11.281 --> 08:13.448 here is critically important . And I'm 08:13.448 --> 08:15.170 talking at the highest level . 08:17.399 --> 08:19.399 So Vermont's in a good spot . We're 08:19.399 --> 08:21.510 good with our F-35 , but in my role , 08:21.510 --> 08:23.510 we can't forget the rest of the Air 08:23.510 --> 08:27.299 National Guard . Because we 08:27.299 --> 08:29.188 have states right now that are in 08:29.188 --> 08:31.521 jeopardy of losing their flying mission , 08:31.521 --> 08:33.521 but if I can articulate what you're 08:33.521 --> 08:35.577 doing here as one example and say we 08:35.577 --> 08:37.688 are more efficient and we're better , 08:37.688 --> 08:39.890 and here's why . you . 08:43.580 --> 08:45.524 Now we've got a better argument to 08:45.524 --> 08:48.000 recapitalize more aircraft sooner 08:48.599 --> 08:50.766 within the Air National Guard and take 08:50.766 --> 08:52.321 care of our sister states . 09:07.299 --> 09:09.521 We're going to have to be nimble and in 09:09.521 --> 09:11.355 instances like we see here , the 09:11.355 --> 09:13.466 decisive action concept , we're going 09:13.466 --> 09:15.466 to have to fight both which you may 09:15.466 --> 09:17.632 have is a very specific force on force 09:17.632 --> 09:19.577 fight can very quickly change to a 09:19.577 --> 09:21.132 counterinsurgency mission . 09:27.140 --> 09:29.260 You make yourself better in , in this 09:29.260 --> 09:31.482 type of challenging environment because 09:31.500 --> 09:33.820 the , the more you train here and the 09:33.820 --> 09:35.987 more you learn , the less you're going 09:35.987 --> 09:37.987 to learn more painfully overseas in 09:37.987 --> 09:38.987 real conflict . 09:48.539 --> 09:50.761 You have to be able to apply everything 09:50.761 --> 09:52.983 that we learned here and be that nimble 09:52.983 --> 09:55.095 combat force on the ground and in the 09:55.095 --> 09:57.280 air . We've seen in my view , great 09:57.280 --> 09:59.447 strides . It's a greater understanding 09:59.447 --> 10:02.320 of each organization and it amplifies 10:02.320 --> 10:04.264 our lethality and our war fighting 10:04.264 --> 10:04.179 functions .