The 96th Test Wing Commander, Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, hosted his first of two commander’s calls here at the Enlisted Heritage Hall, Aug. 15.
Cain spoke about his personal and professional priorities, expectations and vision of the 96th TW. Chief Master Sgt. Jamie Auger, the wing’s command chief, announced the wing would participate in the Air Force’s resilience tactical pause day.
Family, Airmen and Future were announced as Cain’s three professional priorities.
“When I make decisions, I try to include my number one priority. That’s what we all have, that’s what we all go back to,” Cain said in reference to family.
Cain explained how his personal priorities are similar to his professional, which are: family, country and making himself better for the two. The commander also explained his expectations.
“We need to think in a different way about what the Air Force does in order to win the wars of the future,” Cain said.
“We want our Airmen to go out there and have an asymmetric advantage over our adversaries. That’s what our National Defense Strategy tells us to do.”
Cain highlighted the importance of the test mission with the emphasis on sustainment and transformation of both infrastructure and people. He discussed combining of the test spectrum and the Air Force’s future of Enterprise IT as a service.
“We are going to be fearless in the way we go forward, smarter and faster.” Cain said.
Cain switched gears and spoke about how suicide reached a high within the Air Force. He said he wants Airmen to reach out and connect with each other on their unique shared experiences.
“We need to be able to lean on each other as we go through these battles,” said Cain. “We need to relate.”
Auger addressed the wing plans for the resilience tactical pause day Sept. 3.
“One day is not the answer. It is a journey we need to be on together and to continue the conversation,” Auger said. “I implore you to connect and figure out solutions to this hard and complex problem.”
Cain also stressed being good Wingmen.
“If there’s somebody in trouble, somebody better be going toward them,” he said.
Cain emphasized the importance of self-care and the abundant helping agency resources available. He implored all Airmen and supervisors to reach out to the people behind the resources, in order to help one another.
Cain and Auger also answered questions from Airmen after their presentation. The topics ranged from increased deployment readiness, local traffic, the Crestview Bypass and the latest plan for Tyndall AFB’s F-22 Raptors.