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Hey team , Lieutenant General Scott

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Spelman here , 55th chief of Engineers .

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We're coming to you today from Qatar

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with our great Middle East District ,

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our district commander , Colonel Flip C

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Crest and our great DPM . Mr Tom Waters .

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Hey flip . So we're coming off the

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third quarter , EGM where we were

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talking about thinking differently

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about delivering this massive program

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in the Army Corps of Engineers . You

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have had a massive program here in the

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district for some time . What is one of

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the things you're doing to do things

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differently to get after the challenges

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you have ? Hey , sir , again , welcome

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to Qatar and thank you for asking that

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question . Hey , I think , you know ,

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with the Middle East District , it's a

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very dynamic environment and coming off

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the E G M like you said , sir , you

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know , what , what , how do we take ,

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you say , normal business processes and

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stretch them sometimes , right ? And we

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have to do that every day here in the

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Middle East District with our , our

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host , we work in nine different

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countries . Currently , our host nation

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partners really want us to try things

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differently . And so , you know , we're

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used to doing split delivery where we

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don't do the entire USA package , but

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we'll try different things with them .

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So it's a great opportunity to use what

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we know works and apply it to

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operations here in the Middle East .

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And we do that every day and you're

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doing that in abundance . We do in

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abundance . We do it in Qatar , Saudi

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Arabia . They are always challenging us

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with these unique dynamic problems that

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we have to work through . So if you're

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interested in , you know , immersing

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yourself in diverse cultures and really

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thinking out of the box , then , you

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know , come work with the Middle East

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District and that's what I want to talk

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to Mr Waters about the team that he's

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looking for to build the talent of the

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future . Hey , Tom , so last time you

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and I talked , we talked a little bit

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about the program . I'm just , can you

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give the team an update for the , the

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program that you have today in the

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district and the type of talent that

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you're looking for to bring over ? Yes ,

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sir . And uh sir , thank you back uh so

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much for coming back to Qatar . Um We

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had you about a year ago in Kuwait and

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uh it's rare to get you out in this

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part of the A O and it's also , it's

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also rare to get uh uh people out in

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our part of the A O . We have a

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tremendous program about two billion in

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nine countries . Right now , some of

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the most complex work in you . If you

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want to work on a multi mission surface

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combatant ship program , Lior combat

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ships . We have half a billion program

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going into the ground right now in

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Jubail and Saudi Arabia right on the

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coast . So good accommodations , good

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complex work work that you're just not

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going to see anywhere else in you say

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us , we're doing missile defense ,

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we're doing Thadd Patriot F-15

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F-16 , F-18 . We have programs that

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support the war fighter . We have

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programs that support foreign countries .

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If you want to be part of regional

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security stability operations , you

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know , do more than just a project come

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out and work for us . You're going to

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get experience out in the Middle East

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district that you're never going to see

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anywhere else in USA right now . And

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chief , we also , I'd be remiss if I

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didn't mention we also have the

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transatlantic expeditionary district .

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They have an invaluable mission right

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now supporting over the horizon . A

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very important mission based out of

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Kuwait . We need good people for that

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mission too . So if you're interested ,

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look us up Middle East District , Pao

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or look me up , you know , in the

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global and we're going to recruit you

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and we're going to get you out to the

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field . So some really unique work here

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in the district . But you're also

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looking for some folks to have a little

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bit of time within us . Safe . Right .

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Yes . So we're hungry for young

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engineers that are hungry to be with us .

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But we also need that seasoned veteran

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that needs to come out here because we

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need senior leaders and we need senior

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technical leaders that can help guide

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some of our , our younger workforce

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that we're trying to grow . That's

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right . Yes . Well , you're certainly

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building strong out here in the Middle

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East District and flip , I just want to

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say thanks for your leadership and Tom ,

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thanks for all . You do , sir . Thank

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you , sir . Great building strong .