1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:06,090 --> 00:00:07,090 Where ? 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:11,864 Hi , everyone . Welcome to another 4 00:00:11,864 --> 00:00:14,449 episode of Ask Away J BS A , I'm 5 00:00:14,460 --> 00:00:16,627 Lieutenant Faith Powers , sitting with 6 00:00:16,627 --> 00:00:18,904 Brigadier General Russell Dirk Drigger , 7 00:00:18,904 --> 00:00:20,960 your joint base , San Antonio and 50 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,182 2nd a swing commander . Welcome , sir . 9 00:00:23,182 --> 00:00:25,404 Thanks , Faith . I'm happy to be here . 10 00:00:25,404 --> 00:00:27,460 And this episode , we'll be taking a 11 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:27,459 deep dive into all things , General 12 00:00:27,469 --> 00:00:29,489 Drigger from his experience as the 13 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:31,611 installation commander to his fashion 14 00:00:31,611 --> 00:00:33,778 sense . Are you ready for this , sir ? 15 00:00:33,778 --> 00:00:36,340 Maybe let's do what we can . All right . 16 00:00:36,819 --> 00:00:38,708 So as you know , joint base , San 17 00:00:38,708 --> 00:00:41,279 Antonio is a very massive installation 18 00:00:41,290 --> 00:00:43,680 and is often referred to as the beast . 19 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,007 What is it like being the installation 20 00:00:46,007 --> 00:00:48,229 commander of J BS A , the largest joint 21 00:00:48,229 --> 00:00:50,062 base in the entire Department of 22 00:00:50,062 --> 00:00:52,173 Defense ? Well , you know , I've been 23 00:00:52,173 --> 00:00:54,173 here a couple of times when I was a 24 00:00:54,173 --> 00:00:56,007 squatter commander . I was up at 25 00:00:56,007 --> 00:00:57,840 Randolph and I remember watching 26 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,007 General Carter as she was dealing with 27 00:01:00,007 --> 00:01:02,229 the beast , we didn't call it the beast 28 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:01,689 at the time , but we all , we all 29 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:03,756 called it the beast . And I remember 30 00:01:03,756 --> 00:01:05,922 thinking , oh my Lord , who would ever 31 00:01:05,922 --> 00:01:08,699 want that job . So here I am . And it's 32 00:01:08,709 --> 00:01:10,876 been an amazing adventure for the past 33 00:01:10,876 --> 00:01:13,709 two years . We've got a fantastic team 34 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,720 that covers down on everything from 35 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,569 security to the civil engineering , to 36 00:01:18,580 --> 00:01:21,010 the personnel and everything in between . 37 00:01:21,019 --> 00:01:22,908 So amazing missions go on that we 38 00:01:22,908 --> 00:01:25,209 support and so just the importance of 39 00:01:25,220 --> 00:01:27,349 what we do makes this a really 40 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,527 fantastic job to have . And then , you 41 00:01:29,527 --> 00:01:31,749 know , with the local community , you , 42 00:01:31,749 --> 00:01:33,860 you don't have anything like military 43 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:36,082 city usa anywhere , anywhere else . And 44 00:01:36,082 --> 00:01:38,304 so to be able to partner together and , 45 00:01:38,304 --> 00:01:40,304 and try to get after a lot of these 46 00:01:40,304 --> 00:01:42,249 problems is really an amazing , an 47 00:01:42,249 --> 00:01:44,416 amazing adventure . And now you're not 48 00:01:44,416 --> 00:01:46,527 just the commander , right ? You're a 49 00:01:46,527 --> 00:01:48,860 father , you're a son , you're a friend , 50 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:50,971 you're wearing a lot of hats . And so 51 00:01:50,971 --> 00:01:50,300 what are some ways that you fill your 52 00:01:50,309 --> 00:01:52,476 cup so that you're able to balance all 53 00:01:52,476 --> 00:01:54,531 the many hats that you wear ? Sure . 54 00:01:54,531 --> 00:01:57,379 Yeah . My , uh you know , we , my kids 55 00:01:57,389 --> 00:01:59,556 are now out of the house . Uh One's in 56 00:01:59,556 --> 00:02:01,667 uh one's in college and one's in grad 57 00:02:01,667 --> 00:02:03,778 student and one of the things that my 58 00:02:03,778 --> 00:02:06,000 bride Janet and I had to figure out was 59 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,167 what does life look like whenever that 60 00:02:08,167 --> 00:02:10,389 happens . And so we took to cooking and 61 00:02:10,389 --> 00:02:12,500 so every night get a chance to just , 62 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:12,050 we just get in the kitchen and cook a 63 00:02:12,059 --> 00:02:14,115 little bit and watch a silly show to 64 00:02:14,115 --> 00:02:16,281 kind of back down off of the day . And 65 00:02:16,281 --> 00:02:18,503 so that's , uh that's kind of the daily 66 00:02:18,503 --> 00:02:20,615 thing we try to get together with the 67 00:02:20,615 --> 00:02:22,837 family as much as we can and , uh , and 68 00:02:22,837 --> 00:02:22,559 they get after that and then personally 69 00:02:22,570 --> 00:02:24,770 I've , uh , I do a little bit of 70 00:02:24,779 --> 00:02:26,946 civilian flying on the , on the side , 71 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:29,279 so I try to fly when I can . Well , sir , 72 00:02:29,279 --> 00:02:31,880 the people really want to know what is 73 00:02:31,889 --> 00:02:34,679 your fashion sense outside of uniform ? 74 00:02:34,699 --> 00:02:38,059 I don't have fashion sense . III I 75 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:40,126 can't believe that wear khakis and a 76 00:02:40,126 --> 00:02:42,580 polo shirt . Um , but , uh , yeah , not , 77 00:02:42,589 --> 00:02:45,460 not all that fashionable . Ok . Well , 78 00:02:45,470 --> 00:02:47,692 we , we'll be sure to add a picture for 79 00:02:47,692 --> 00:02:49,692 the viewers so they can see that as 80 00:02:49,692 --> 00:02:52,026 well . I'm sure they'll be excited . Ok , 81 00:02:52,026 --> 00:02:54,248 sir . So we're gonna do a little bit of 82 00:02:54,248 --> 00:02:56,248 a game time right here . So in this 83 00:02:56,248 --> 00:02:55,979 edition of Ask Away , we wanna play 84 00:02:55,990 --> 00:02:58,101 what we call this or that . So , just 85 00:02:58,101 --> 00:03:00,434 tell us your preference of this or that . 86 00:03:00,434 --> 00:03:03,360 Are you ready ? Ok . Coffee or tea , 87 00:03:03,369 --> 00:03:05,750 coffee , breakfast or dinner . I'd say 88 00:03:05,759 --> 00:03:08,210 breakfast rom coms or action movies . 89 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:10,164 I'm an action movie , but when Jan 90 00:03:10,164 --> 00:03:12,220 wants to watch a ROM com , I'm there 91 00:03:12,220 --> 00:03:14,331 with her . Good job , Miss Jane Beach 92 00:03:14,331 --> 00:03:16,699 or mountains . Ah , I like mountains , 93 00:03:16,710 --> 00:03:18,877 but my wife's a beach girl . So it's a 94 00:03:18,877 --> 00:03:21,210 beach . Ok , cowboy boots or cowboy hat , 95 00:03:21,369 --> 00:03:25,039 cowboy boots , savory or sweet , um , 96 00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:28,300 savory dogs are cats . We've had cats , 97 00:03:28,309 --> 00:03:31,199 but I prefer dogs , sunrise or sunset . 98 00:03:33,190 --> 00:03:35,412 I'd like to be a morning person . But , 99 00:03:35,412 --> 00:03:38,050 uh , sunsets are pretty fair . Gum or 100 00:03:38,059 --> 00:03:40,337 mints . Uh Well , as you saw Mints , I , 101 00:03:40,337 --> 00:03:43,149 I'm hooked on Altoids and music or 102 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,729 audio books . You know , it's a good 103 00:03:45,740 --> 00:03:47,907 question because I'm driving around uh 104 00:03:47,907 --> 00:03:50,018 all over San Antonio and I would have 105 00:03:50,018 --> 00:03:52,789 to say it's podcasts podcast for the 106 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,800 win and some , and some music , but 107 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,744 usually podcast . Ok . All right . 108 00:03:56,744 --> 00:03:58,689 Thank you , sir . Well , this will 109 00:03:58,689 --> 00:04:00,689 conclude our ask away J BS A and we 110 00:04:00,689 --> 00:04:02,689 just wanna thank you for being here 111 00:04:02,689 --> 00:04:04,578 with us and answering some of our 112 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:03,770 questions . Well , thanks . This has 113 00:04:03,779 --> 00:04:05,835 been a good time . Thank you all for 114 00:04:05,835 --> 00:04:08,001 watching another episode of Ask Away J 115 00:04:08,001 --> 00:04:10,001 BS A . 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