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- Hi, I'm Colonel Rich
Bourquin, I go by 'Bear'.

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I'm the Commander of Space Delta 4,

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here at Buckley Air Force Base.

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Space Delta 4 was founded
on 24th July of this year,

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and the mission of our Delta
is to provide strategic

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and theater missile warning,
to the United States

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and our international partners.

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So establishment of Space
Delta 4 is important

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because, as part of the
overall establishment

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of mission deltas and
garrisons within US Base Force,

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it allows commanders to
focus on a singular mission.

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For Space Delta 4, that
mission is Missile Warning.

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So now we can be lean and agile,

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and really forward-thinking
just within that one mission,

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specifically, you know, looking
not just to current threats,

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but to future threats, that
might threaten the nation,

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moving forward.

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So the benefit that Delta 4 gives

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to both the military and our country

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is getting really in that
missile warning capability.

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So we operate at an
array of different space,

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and ground based sensors,
which provide advanced warning

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of potential attack to the
United States and our allies.

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But it's really a lot more than just that,

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you know, those sensors were designed

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to provide missile warning,

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but they proven to be very capable,

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and they meet a multitude
of other mission sets,

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to include battlespace
characterization, missile defense,

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space domain awareness,
and technical intelligence.

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So these sensors provide
data really across

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the many different enterprises,

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of not just US Base Force,

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but really across the
Department of Defense.

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So personally, I'm very excited

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about taking command of Space Delta 4.

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I've been in the Missile Warning Community

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for most of my career.

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I've been in for 24 years,

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as a Second Lieutenant.

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I started out as an Operator

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of the Defense Support Program,

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which is one of our Space-Based
Missile Warning Assets.

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I've been here at Buckley
as a Director of Operations,

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and then came back last year,
as the Vice Wing Commander.

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And even beyond those actual
operational assignments,

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I've done many assignments,

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using the data that our
Missile Warning Assets provide.

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In theater, in career, in The Pacific,

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in South West Asia,

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in infraSTRACOM, you
know, I've seen the data

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that's produced by this Delta,

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and this mission has
always meant a lot to me.

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So on top of that,

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I'm excited that I get
to spend so much time,

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with the people of Space Delta 4,

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the people that support
and operate these sensors,

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the people that are doing amazing things,

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with, you know...

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finding the best ways to
utilize these capabilities,

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and provide those capabilities

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to our national senior leaders,

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to make really key strategic decisions,

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you know, just as an
example, we've heard from...

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you know, just this past year,

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the President, and certainly
the Chief of Space Operations

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have mentioned, in Guinea, we had attacks

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that came from Iran, missile attacks

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towards some of the bases
that had US Forces in Iraq.

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And again, some of the capabilities

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that are in Space Delta 4, were that,

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right at the edge of that
attack, they saw it via warning,

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which prevented any US
casualties in that attack.

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So, you know, I see day-to-day,
what the people are doing,

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how they're making the
most of these systems,

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and it's amazing to me, and
so I'm looking to do anything

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I can, to help those folks
get the mission done,

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make sure their lives are better,

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and at the end of my command tour,

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to make sure that we have, you know,

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really moved the bar forward

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on how we present those capabilities,

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how we use those capabilities best,

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for the American people,

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and for the International Community.

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