WEBVTT 00:25.290 --> 00:27.457 It's Mike Regan here with a message uh 00:27.457 --> 00:29.512 for the entirety of the Pennsylvania 00:29.512 --> 00:31.623 National Guard . I'm gonna ask you to 00:31.623 --> 00:33.734 do something for me , which is pretty 00:33.734 --> 00:35.957 simple . We ask a lot of hard things of 00:35.957 --> 00:37.957 you , I will grant . But this one's 00:37.957 --> 00:40.123 kind of simple in a sense , I'm asking 00:40.123 --> 00:42.012 you to watch the video that comes 00:42.012 --> 00:44.179 behind me . Roughly three minutes . It 00:44.179 --> 00:46.290 will give you a glimpse of what agile 00:46.290 --> 00:48.012 combat employment looks like . 00:48.012 --> 00:50.150 Specifically , it's footage captured 00:50.159 --> 00:53.099 and pictures captured from the exercise 00:53.110 --> 00:55.388 that we conducted called Iron Keystone . 00:55.388 --> 00:57.610 The first of its kind , all three wings 00:57.610 --> 00:59.388 participating in a co ordinated 00:59.388 --> 01:01.470 exercise designed simply to give 01:01.479 --> 01:03.209 everyone a glimpse of what the 01:03.220 --> 01:05.540 potential future conflict might look 01:05.550 --> 01:07.959 like . I can tell you with certainty 01:08.250 --> 01:10.349 that the conflict of the future will 01:10.360 --> 01:12.550 look nothing like what we've 01:12.559 --> 01:15.279 experienced in the past . Consequently , 01:15.580 --> 01:18.010 uh I ask everyone to think differently , 01:18.019 --> 01:20.500 act differently and potentially train 01:20.510 --> 01:23.040 differently so that we can ultimately 01:23.290 --> 01:27.139 be ready for what comes next in an 01:27.150 --> 01:29.094 unprecedented display of unity and 01:29.094 --> 01:31.779 innovation . 150 airmen from the three 01:31.790 --> 01:33.957 Pennsylvania International Guard Wings 01:33.957 --> 01:36.123 assembled a Fort Indian Town gap for a 01:36.123 --> 01:38.012 groundbreaking exercise held from 01:38.012 --> 01:40.769 August 3 to 6 2023 01:41.660 --> 01:43.720 exercise . Iron Keystone marked the 01:43.730 --> 01:45.730 very first joint endeavor among the 01:45.730 --> 01:47.841 wings signaling a powerful commitment 01:47.841 --> 01:49.786 to enhance their collective combat 01:49.786 --> 01:51.897 readiness across our three wings , we 01:51.897 --> 01:54.063 have units that perform a wide variety 01:54.063 --> 01:56.230 of missions . We wanted to bring these 01:56.230 --> 01:58.063 units together with their unique 01:58.063 --> 02:00.230 tactics and insights during integrated 02:00.230 --> 02:02.119 operations . At the heart of this 02:02.119 --> 02:03.952 dynamic exercise lay a paramount 02:03.952 --> 02:05.730 objective to pioneer innovative 02:05.730 --> 02:07.879 approaches in executing agile combat 02:07.889 --> 02:11.279 employment or ace concepts . Ace is a 02:11.289 --> 02:13.400 transformative doctrine that empowers 02:13.400 --> 02:15.233 airmen in small units to conduct 02:15.233 --> 02:17.345 missions from decentralized or remote 02:17.345 --> 02:20.100 locations . This adaptability enables 02:20.110 --> 02:22.054 them to align with the commander's 02:22.054 --> 02:24.166 intent . Despite minimal guidance and 02:24.166 --> 02:26.279 respond effectively to any unforeseen 02:26.520 --> 02:29.729 circumstances . We recognize the 02:29.740 --> 02:31.796 growing threat that China and others 02:31.796 --> 02:33.796 pose to the United States and their 02:33.796 --> 02:35.740 ability to disrupt our capacity to 02:35.740 --> 02:37.462 operate from large centralized 02:37.462 --> 02:39.573 locations . The lessons we've learned 02:39.573 --> 02:41.629 from this exercise will increase our 02:41.629 --> 02:43.684 survivability and ability to project 02:43.684 --> 02:47.330 air power in a future conflict exercise . 02:47.339 --> 02:49.559 Iron Keystone also aimed to lead the 02:49.570 --> 02:51.589 way in tactical innovation by 02:51.600 --> 02:53.822 synchronizing participants with the new 02:53.822 --> 02:56.000 air force generation model or a four 02:56.080 --> 02:59.389 gen . This model outlines a 24 month 02:59.399 --> 03:01.455 rotational cycle segmented into four 03:01.455 --> 03:04.839 distinct phases , prepare certify 03:04.929 --> 03:08.110 available and reset by aligning their 03:08.119 --> 03:09.897 goals with the required mission 03:09.897 --> 03:12.039 essential tasks or mets of units 03:12.050 --> 03:13.839 entering the commit phase . The 03:13.850 --> 03:15.906 participants increased their overall 03:15.906 --> 03:17.979 readiness and preparedness to deploy 03:17.990 --> 03:21.750 for overseas operations . The old ways 03:21.759 --> 03:23.710 of waging wars from massive secure 03:23.720 --> 03:25.776 bases have become outdated . And the 03:25.776 --> 03:27.942 Pennsylvania National Guard has chosen 03:27.942 --> 03:29.887 to lead the charge in refining and 03:29.887 --> 03:31.720 embracing the ace and F four gen 03:31.720 --> 03:34.380 paradigms . The lessons distilled from 03:34.389 --> 03:36.679 exercise . Iron keystone will resonate 03:36.690 --> 03:38.357 throughout the entire force , 03:38.357 --> 03:40.779 fortifying our lethality and our 03:40.789 --> 03:43.919 resilience . As the last echoes of the 03:43.929 --> 03:46.096 exercise faded against the backdrop of 03:46.096 --> 03:48.096 the Keystone State . It was evident 03:48.096 --> 03:50.096 that the Pennsylvania International 03:50.096 --> 03:52.318 Guard had etched a new chapter in their 03:52.318 --> 03:54.485 story legacy . This display of unity , 03:54.485 --> 03:56.710 integration and agile combat employment 03:56.720 --> 03:58.960 and exercise . Iron Keystone will 03:58.970 --> 04:00.748 undoubtedly shape the future of 04:00.748 --> 04:02.748 military readiness and response and 04:02.748 --> 04:04.692 will put the Pennsylvania National 04:04.692 --> 04:06.526 Guard at the forefront of future 04:06.526 --> 04:09.389 innovations . So thank you again for 04:09.399 --> 04:11.399 taking the time to watch that short 04:11.399 --> 04:14.419 video . Uh It is a precursor to what 04:14.429 --> 04:17.529 will happen in June of 2024 when we 04:17.540 --> 04:20.700 will take this exercise and blow it up 04:20.709 --> 04:23.079 to a much larger scale exercise again 04:23.089 --> 04:25.660 involving all three wings and lots more 04:25.670 --> 04:28.100 people . So please brace yourself for 04:28.109 --> 04:30.579 that , prepare yourself for that . Be 04:30.589 --> 04:33.570 ready for that . We don't know how much 04:33.579 --> 04:37.130 time we have uh to prepare . Uh so that 04:37.140 --> 04:39.980 can't matter what matters most is that 04:39.989 --> 04:42.540 all of us , each and every one of us 04:42.549 --> 04:44.390 begin to think act and train 04:44.399 --> 04:46.700 differently than we are accustomed to 04:46.910 --> 04:49.132 so that when our airmen go out there to 04:49.132 --> 04:51.500 do this stuff , they are capable and 04:51.510 --> 04:53.970 ready to do . So in closing Thank you 04:53.980 --> 04:56.202 again for watching . Thank you for what 04:56.202 --> 04:58.313 you do each and every day to make our 04:58.313 --> 05:00.769 air guard stronger and better Regan out .