1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:02,284 Happy birthday guardians . I can't 2 00:00:02,284 --> 00:00:04,620 begin to tell you just how proud I am 3 00:00:04,630 --> 00:00:06,741 to serve at your side as the Chief of 4 00:00:06,741 --> 00:00:08,963 Space operations . And I can't begin to 5 00:00:08,963 --> 00:00:11,019 tell you just how proud I am of each 6 00:00:11,019 --> 00:00:13,297 and every one of you and your families . 7 00:00:13,297 --> 00:00:15,408 We've spent this past year focused on 8 00:00:15,408 --> 00:00:17,630 continuing to build out the service and 9 00:00:17,630 --> 00:00:19,741 then integrating the service to great 10 00:00:19,741 --> 00:00:22,050 effect Today . What started with one 11 00:00:22,050 --> 00:00:23,994 person in the space force just two 12 00:00:23,994 --> 00:00:26,760 years ago now we number over 60 , 13 00:00:27,290 --> 00:00:29,530 active duty guardians . We also have an 14 00:00:29,540 --> 00:00:31,651 equal number , almost an equal number 15 00:00:31,651 --> 00:00:33,596 of civilians on our team as well . 16 00:00:33,596 --> 00:00:35,040 We've finalized the major 17 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,151 organizational building blocks of the 18 00:00:37,151 --> 00:00:39,262 service by establishing space systems 19 00:00:39,262 --> 00:00:40,984 Command and Space training and 20 00:00:40,984 --> 00:00:43,151 Readiness Command . This past summer , 21 00:00:43,151 --> 00:00:45,100 I'm also equally proud of our work 22 00:00:45,110 --> 00:00:47,350 integrating into the national security 23 00:00:47,350 --> 00:00:49,850 fabric . In January of this past year , 24 00:00:49,860 --> 00:00:51,693 we became the 18th member of the 25 00:00:51,693 --> 00:00:53,860 intelligence community , which is also 26 00:00:53,860 --> 00:00:56,027 already paying significant dividends . 27 00:00:56,027 --> 00:00:58,082 We've integrated more fully into the 28 00:00:58,082 --> 00:01:00,138 Department of Defense and especially 29 00:01:00,138 --> 00:01:02,027 the big strategic documents . The 30 00:01:02,027 --> 00:01:04,082 department is working on as we speak 31 00:01:04,082 --> 00:01:06,193 And we've integrated more effectively 32 00:01:06,193 --> 00:01:08,304 with other sister services to include 33 00:01:08,304 --> 00:01:10,249 identifying over 720 inter service 34 00:01:10,249 --> 00:01:12,360 transfers that will transfer into our 35 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,540 service and identifying the missions 36 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:17,130 that will transfer from the army and 37 00:01:17,130 --> 00:01:19,352 the Navy . They'll begin transferring . 38 00:01:19,352 --> 00:01:21,810 In this coming year , we focused a lot 39 00:01:21,810 --> 00:01:24,032 of our effort on integrating across the 40 00:01:24,032 --> 00:01:26,380 department to accelerate our ability to 41 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:29,120 deliver capability . The j rock , the 42 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,630 Joint requirements Council made us the 43 00:01:31,630 --> 00:01:33,408 lead integrator for Joint space 44 00:01:33,408 --> 00:01:35,680 requirements for the department and our 45 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,569 Space Warfighting Analysis Center 46 00:01:37,569 --> 00:01:39,850 completed the design work that provides 47 00:01:39,850 --> 00:01:42,170 the analytical underpinning for our 48 00:01:42,170 --> 00:01:44,270 necessary shift to a more defendable 49 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:47,020 and resilient architecture . And it's 50 00:01:47,020 --> 00:01:49,020 going to allow us to integrate more 51 00:01:49,020 --> 00:01:51,076 effectively with our allies and with 52 00:01:51,076 --> 00:01:53,076 our partners , including commercial 53 00:01:53,076 --> 00:01:55,131 industry . Again , it's been a great 54 00:01:55,131 --> 00:01:57,298 second year . I'm excited for the year 55 00:01:57,298 --> 00:01:59,353 ahead . And let me just thank you in 56 00:01:59,353 --> 00:02:01,409 advance for all the work that you're 57 00:02:01,409 --> 00:02:03,631 going to do uh , to continue to deliver 58 00:02:03,631 --> 00:02:05,687 on this great news service of ours , 59 00:02:05,687 --> 00:02:07,798 the United States Space Force Chief . 60 00:02:07,798 --> 00:02:09,687 Yes , sir . We also published the 61 00:02:09,687 --> 00:02:11,909 Guardian ideal , which as you know , is 62 00:02:11,909 --> 00:02:13,909 our blueprint for our human capital 63 00:02:13,909 --> 00:02:16,131 Management . We're really excited about 64 00:02:16,131 --> 00:02:15,970 what we're really excited about is you 65 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:18,137 guys have been there every step of the 66 00:02:18,137 --> 00:02:20,248 way when we've asked for guardians to 67 00:02:20,248 --> 00:02:22,470 be a part of their own future , you all 68 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:24,526 have stepped up , You've raised your 69 00:02:24,526 --> 00:02:26,526 hand , you've come to work , you've 70 00:02:26,526 --> 00:02:28,470 gotten the mission done and you've 71 00:02:28,470 --> 00:02:30,414 helped us figure out what your own 72 00:02:30,414 --> 00:02:32,581 future looks like . And we couldn't be 73 00:02:32,581 --> 00:02:32,560 happier . We couldn't be more proud and 74 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,782 we couldn't have better products on the 75 00:02:34,782 --> 00:02:36,838 streets . So we're gonna continue to 76 00:02:36,838 --> 00:02:39,004 look at those aspirational documents . 77 00:02:39,004 --> 00:02:41,116 We're going to continue to figure out 78 00:02:41,116 --> 00:02:43,116 how do we best deliver all of these 79 00:02:43,116 --> 00:02:45,282 things that you've been dreaming about 80 00:02:45,282 --> 00:02:47,449 to you . So please hold us accountable 81 00:02:47,449 --> 00:02:49,560 continue to be participative continue 82 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,782 to be inclusive , continue to take care 83 00:02:51,782 --> 00:02:53,838 of each other , continue to hug your 84 00:02:53,838 --> 00:02:56,060 families every night and thank them for 85 00:02:56,060 --> 00:02:58,116 everything they do to make the space 86 00:02:58,116 --> 00:03:00,171 for successful . We are doing things 87 00:03:00,171 --> 00:03:02,171 that are amazing things that people 88 00:03:02,171 --> 00:03:04,227 told us were impossible and it's all 89 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:06,504 happening every single day . So thanks . 90 00:03:06,504 --> 00:03:08,727 Thanks . Thanks for everything that you 91 00:03:08,727 --> 00:03:10,671 do . And happy . Second birthday . 92 00:03:10,671 --> 00:03:11,440 Super , super .