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Recently I spoke to you about some 

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changes in policy and standards that 

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we're making to make us a more 

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effective war fighting force . I also 

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mentioned That when we do these things , 

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I want to give you the why behind what 

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we're doing . So we can be out there 

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with the facts as they sometimes 

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compete with the rumors . Today I'm 

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gonna talk to you about the duty 

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identifier tabs . These are elements of 

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our force for which we should be proud , 

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the accomplishments we've made , the 

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certificates we've achieved that 

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identify our individual specialty that 

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contribute to the entire team . Over 

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the years we've continued to increase 

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the number of approved tabs to where 

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now we have over 134 approved tabs . 

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This is a lot of tabs . And it's 

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under the rule , the principle that we 

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have of easy to understand , easy to 

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comply with , and easy to enforce this 

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fails that test . But there's a bigger 

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issue at play here . As we identify 

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ourselves as one type of airmen or 

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another with one specialty or one skill 

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set or another , we really diminish 

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ourselves . While that is a 

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contribution that we make , our real 

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value is our integral part of a winning 

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war fighting team . And that's what we 

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want to emphasize we want to emphasize 

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that we value the team over the 

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individual we value the mission over 

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the function . And we do this to ensure 

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that we are lethal and ready to fly , 

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fight and win . Air power anytime , 

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anywhere .