1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,959 (Jim Garamone) You think is it is there is this a 2 00:00:02,399 --> 00:00:07,589 leadership problem? 3 00:00:03,959 --> 00:00:09,809 (CSM Troxell) So I think, yes, it is a leadership 4 00:00:07,589 --> 00:00:12,349 problem. And because it's a leadership 5 00:00:09,809 --> 00:00:15,150 problem, it leads to cultural problems. 6 00:00:12,349 --> 00:00:18,180 The Chairman just came out with a memo, 7 00:00:15,150 --> 00:00:20,520 you know, about sexual assault prevention 8 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:22,350 and response month here of April that we 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,779 really focus effort on it even though we 10 00:00:22,350 --> 00:00:27,539 focus year-round on it. And he talked 11 00:00:24,779 --> 00:00:29,699 about if leaders from the lowest 12 00:00:27,539 --> 00:00:33,239 tactical level to the highest levels of 13 00:00:29,699 --> 00:00:35,430 command are not all in, we won't make the 14 00:00:33,239 --> 00:00:38,010 necessary impact we need. And the 15 00:00:35,430 --> 00:00:40,379 necessary impact is zero tolerance is 16 00:00:38,010 --> 00:00:43,140 the metric we have to use. So leaders 17 00:00:40,379 --> 00:00:44,820 have to be all-in. And leaders being 18 00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:47,030 all-in means they have to shape the 19 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:49,350 environment they're in. Whether they're a 20 00:00:47,030 --> 00:00:51,629 fireteam leader at the lowest level or a 21 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:53,610 first-line leader or they're a commander 22 00:00:51,629 --> 00:00:55,829 of large group formations or a senior 23 00:00:53,610 --> 00:00:58,199 enlisted leader. Through their example, 24 00:00:55,829 --> 00:01:00,780 through their promoting a healthy 25 00:00:58,199 --> 00:01:05,250 environment that is built on dignity and 26 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:07,140 respect, and so that we have a reception 27 00:01:05,250 --> 00:01:10,140 and integration programs for new troops 28 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:11,850 that bring them in and make them 29 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:15,000 comfortable in the new environment and 30 00:01:11,850 --> 00:01:17,159 then that will affect and we'll get 31 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,710 after some of these things. So my 32 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:21,570 challenge is to leaders out there and 33 00:01:19,710 --> 00:01:25,140 especially our noncommissioned officers 34 00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:26,850 and petty officers and from me through 35 00:01:25,140 --> 00:01:29,060 the service senior enlisted leaders all 36 00:01:26,850 --> 00:01:32,159 the way down to the lowest enlisted 37 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:34,229 first-line leader, we have to own this. 38 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:36,240 That doesn't mean that, you know, our 39 00:01:34,229 --> 00:01:38,700 commanders and our officers don't have a 40 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:41,549 piece of this, but they empower us to get 41 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:45,180 out and find the blind spots in the 42 00:01:41,549 --> 00:01:47,579 organizations that may allow things like 43 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:49,810 sexual assault to fester. So we have a 44 00:01:47,579 --> 00:01:53,000 responsibility to be all in. 45 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:56,470 So NCOs, petty officers, get after it, 46 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,470 because I'm coming out to check.