1 00:00:00,350 --> 00:00:01,183 - Salud. 2 00:00:01,183 --> 00:00:04,117 (laughing) 3 00:00:04,117 --> 00:00:04,950 All right, let's do this. 4 00:00:04,950 --> 00:00:05,783 - All right. 5 00:00:05,783 --> 00:00:08,366 (upbeat music) 6 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:11,280 Good morning everyone. 7 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,060 I am Senior Airman Madisen Tena 8 00:00:13,060 --> 00:00:14,890 and I am a Cyber Operations Technician 9 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:16,640 in the 33rd Fighter Wing. 10 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:17,940 And here we have-- 11 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:20,647 - I'm Master Sergeant Andre De la Torre Rospigliosi, 12 00:00:20,647 --> 00:00:22,140 but you can call me Shirt. 13 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:23,180 - And today, we're gonna do 14 00:00:23,180 --> 00:00:25,093 Real Talk with the First Sergeant. 15 00:00:26,230 --> 00:00:27,910 How do you stay up to date with the issues 16 00:00:27,910 --> 00:00:29,990 airmen are dealing with? 17 00:00:29,990 --> 00:00:31,053 - Ho, ho, so. 18 00:00:32,330 --> 00:00:33,470 Check it out. 19 00:00:33,470 --> 00:00:38,470 When I came in the Air Force, this nice, new, advanced-- 20 00:00:39,050 --> 00:00:39,883 - Brick. 21 00:00:39,883 --> 00:00:42,870 - Technology here did not exist. 22 00:00:42,870 --> 00:00:46,393 There was flip phones or the AT&T Nokias 23 00:00:46,393 --> 00:00:47,861 that you can throw at the wall-- 24 00:00:47,861 --> 00:00:48,694 - And they don't break. 25 00:00:48,694 --> 00:00:49,527 - They don't break. 26 00:00:49,527 --> 00:00:50,360 - Right. (laughs) 27 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:51,193 - Literally last forever. 28 00:00:51,193 --> 00:00:52,470 They were great. 29 00:00:52,470 --> 00:00:55,430 However, now you have this technology 30 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:58,920 and everyone, most people, have this technology available. 31 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,973 When you have access to information 32 00:01:01,973 --> 00:01:03,850 and everybody is connected 33 00:01:03,850 --> 00:01:05,100 and everybody's on social media, 34 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:06,960 that's how you can communicate. 35 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,815 A lot of the new generation communicates that way. 36 00:01:09,815 --> 00:01:10,648 We can see leaders-- 37 00:01:10,648 --> 00:01:11,481 - Everybody's talking. 38 00:01:11,481 --> 00:01:12,610 - Yeah, we can see leaders nowadays. 39 00:01:12,610 --> 00:01:15,126 I mean, from the Chief Staff of the Air Force, 40 00:01:15,126 --> 00:01:16,480 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, 41 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,310 everybody has their Facebook page, 42 00:01:18,310 --> 00:01:19,957 their social media pages, 43 00:01:19,957 --> 00:01:23,660 and that's how that they deliver messages as well, right? 44 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:26,274 So, I think that's the way to communicate 45 00:01:26,274 --> 00:01:29,240 with the new generation, with airmen nowadays. 46 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,100 That's how you get updates. 47 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,380 It is a great way to communicate-- 48 00:01:33,380 --> 00:01:34,320 - Positively. 49 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:35,947 - Stay in touch with people 50 00:01:35,947 --> 00:01:38,760 and deliver messages. 51 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,949 Hoorah. 52 00:01:39,949 --> 00:01:41,030 (Madisen laughing) 53 00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:42,437 - Sips energy drink. 54 00:01:42,437 --> 00:01:45,020 (laughing) 55 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:47,100 How has the role of a First Sergeant changed 56 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:50,170 from when you first entered active duty and to now? 57 00:01:50,170 --> 00:01:53,217 - When I came in, I was told, 58 00:01:53,217 --> 00:01:54,810 "You don't wanna see your First Sergeant 59 00:01:54,810 --> 00:01:56,133 "unless you're in trouble." 60 00:01:56,133 --> 00:01:59,810 And that's how it's been, that's how it was for awhile. 61 00:01:59,810 --> 00:02:02,130 Maybe around 2010, when I was, 62 00:02:02,130 --> 00:02:04,900 I had a short tour in Honduras and I got a chance 63 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,640 to work hand to hand with a First Sergeant there. 64 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,172 He took me under his wing and took me around the base 65 00:02:10,172 --> 00:02:13,990 and showed me what a First Sergeant does, right? 66 00:02:13,990 --> 00:02:15,610 So, when I saw that, 67 00:02:15,610 --> 00:02:18,200 I realized okay, that's not what I was thinking. 68 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,190 And some people might still think that way today. 69 00:02:21,190 --> 00:02:24,300 I don't know, but that's what I thought 70 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:26,414 that a First Sergeant used to do. 71 00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:27,790 That was my first thought. 72 00:02:27,790 --> 00:02:29,980 But now I realize it's not that. 73 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:31,280 It's completely different. 74 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,810 - We have concluded the Real Talk with the First Sergeant. 75 00:02:33,810 --> 00:02:37,191 As I said, I am Airman Tena and closing is-- 76 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:40,310 - Master Sergeant Andre De la Torre Rospigliosi. 77 00:02:40,310 --> 00:02:41,700 - Known as Shirt. 78 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:43,170 (laughing) 79 00:02:43,170 --> 00:02:44,970 Thank you guys and have a great day.