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5340	9040	I thought it was interesting last year.
10120	14640	The expectation of DoD was sadly pretty low.
15100	20380	Expecting someone in a suit, expecting someone in a uniform,
20380	23080	who would not engage this community.
23080	25920	And I remember after we gave a talk last year,
26300	28280	a bunch of folks came up and they're like,
28280	30500	you're not what we expected.
30500	35600	And you're doing super cool shit. How can we help?
35840	39400	And those are the discussions we want to have.
39400	41960	Because Will and I are constantly worried.
41960	47480	We're constantly working to raise the bar and make things better.
47480	50780	But we need that level of expertise and partnerships.
51040	55300	So I was thrilled that last year we could go directly engage,
55300	58860	show that we aren't what you expect,
58860	61460	and we do really, really cool things.
61860	64620	And the opportunities are really broad.
64660	69160	So if someone's out thinking, well, I'm interested in helping the military,
69160	72120	but I don't know if I want to work on a weapons system.
72500	75620	Every technology under the sun is part of the military.
75620	79240	We do disaster relief every year during the hurricane season.
79240	83720	The Air Force is flying planes in to move people that are under stress
83720	85140	and deliver supplies.
85140	88420	And that is a major part of what the military does
88420	90380	that doesn't make the news.
90380	92540	We work in energy, we work in medicine,
92540	96200	providing a lot of frontline responders to COVID-19.
96420	99260	All of this is empowered by software.
99260	104540	We need digital experts who want to help us take our game to the next level.
104580	107700	So no matter what you are interested in working with us on,
107700	110000	the opportunity is there.
110000	112400	And we will be here year after year at DEFCON
112400	116160	bringing opportunities for you to participate in our mission,
116160	119080	to learn more about us so that we can learn from you.
119220	123720	So when we were building MySymptoms.mil earlier this year,
123720	126700	which is part of our COVID-19 response,
126700	128460	before we let out the door,
128460	130820	we reached out to someone in the DEFCON community
130820	134340	because that needs to be part of our culture.
134740	136300	We're creating software.
136300	137460	We think it's pretty good.
137460	139260	We have a pretty good SWAT team,
139260	141200	but we want those outside eyes.
141200	142580	And this is for something,
142580	145000	COVID-19 is something that's bringing us all together
145000	148140	and that's a perfect example of community engagement.
148140	150980	And we tightened it up and we got out the door.
151280	154580	From my view, the defense companies mirror the government.
154580	159520	And the government is slow and 20 years, if not more, behind the time.
159520	162280	So it has to start with the government leading the dance
162280	165100	and having more people who have technical backgrounds
165100	168340	who don't look like what you expect in the Pentagon
168340	173460	start bringing in new ideas, new technologies, and just a new culture.
173460	176200	And that's part of why we're here as part of DEFCON,
176200	179860	part of why we're talking with you through a very different venue
180240	182960	than you normally get out of this five-sided building.
182960	184600	So that's step one.
184600	186420	The government's got to change.
186420	189380	Step two is government doesn't make much.
189380	192460	We have amazing airmen who write code for us every day
192460	197940	and sci-fi inspired organizations called Kessel Run, Kobayashi Maru,
197940	204880	and 60 more names covering the sci-fi and comic book universe.
204880	210780	They're awesome teams, but they're a small component of what industry provides.
210780	215300	We don't build airplanes. We don't build satellites ourselves, rarely.
215420	218620	And so if industry doesn't learn to adopt these new techniques,
218620	222920	if they don't become better at software and shift to new trends in development
222920	228460	like containerization and shift to open approaches to determining errors in code
228460	231360	like bug bounties and open sourcing of code,
231360	234880	then we will continue to be further and further behind the times.
234900	237620	And ultimately, our model's got to be hybrid.
237720	239900	We won't open source all of our code.
239900	243240	We will always have things we reserve for conflict.
243380	245800	But we don't open source anything today.
245800	249080	We did that for the first time this year, RoRo,
249080	254100	the first time we have open source code that's needed for operations.
254100	258480	I expect that's the most secure code we have right now in the Air Force.
258480	263560	So what's next? The question I have for industry is what's next?
263560	266400	And when are you going to be part of the solution?
266860	270120	There's a cultural piece we need to get at here.
270120	273480	A couple things that drive me crazy.
273480	276080	One, good enough for government work.
276080	279940	That is absolute bullshit. End of sentence.
279940	285180	Two is, you know, Will mentioned that government is behind.
285180	286900	How is that okay?
286900	291900	And this is one of the reasons I left the private sector and came into government
291900	295660	because we can't be okay with this.
295660	299200	So part of what Will and I do is reset this culture
299200	303840	and challenge ourselves, never have acceptance for that
304460	308060	because neither one of those statements make any sense to me.
308060	312520	So do you both have tenure in your jobs? Because it seems like a really bad idea.
316200	320780	Well, as long as it doesn't come crashing down through the roof any time soon,
320780	324080	RoRo is probably going to make it a few months more.
324960	328460	I will say we've taken extraordinary security precautions
328460	332980	to make sure that everything is going to be okay up in orbital land.
333560	337140	But we are going to let teams move the satellite.
337140	343400	So not move it in a translational sense, but we're going to let teams rotate it.
343400	347140	And if they're good enough and they can do their orbital mechanics quickly enough,
347140	349600	we're asking them to take a picture of the moon.
349680	354540	So what we hope to send out to the hacker community is a wonderful image of the moon
354540	357960	brought courtesy of the hacker team that won.
357960	364340	So that's a pretty, pretty awesome opportunity to have that code actually change something in orbit.
364420	370460	But we've taken extraordinary procedures to make sure that's all that that code will be able to do.
370720	373540	But RoRo, your question is actually an important one.
373540	378340	So in terms of tenure, no, I have no idea how long I have in this job.
378340	384160	I came into defense through happenstance, worked for a couple of secretaries of defense,
384160	388960	built a lot of awesome systems, very few of which I can talk about,
388960	393660	but amazing capabilities, swarming things, et cetera,
393660	396960	made with a lot of incredible men and women in uniform.
396960	401280	But crossing over into this job, running all the Air Force and Space Force programs,
401280	403240	which is an awesome job.
403240	408220	If you're ever asked to do it, say yes, because you get all of these amazing technologies,
408220	412120	satellites and airplanes and cyber tools and amazing people to work with.
412120	417020	But you only get to be in the job as long as you're asked to do it.
417020	419840	And so my tenure could be very short.
419960	424420	And what I hope, what I pray for the Pentagon is that people in leadership
424420	429240	will keep asking technical people to come and serve.
429380	433620	So if you're out there thinking, I'd love to be part of an Air Force hacking team,
433620	435560	then come find us, come join us.
435560	439760	If you want to be part of Defense Digital Service, which would be an amazing job,
439760	443720	where you wouldn't have to wear a suit to work every day, come join them.
443720	449840	Be one of the squadron of nerds. I'm using Air Force. Can you be a squadron of nerds?
449840	452640	So the squadron of nerds is part of the SWAT team of nerds?
452740	456140	Squadron of nerds would be like the Air Force, because we're all squadrons.
456140	459540	So we could have like an auxiliary squadron of nerds.
459680	460740	Well, there you go.
460740	464280	But take the opportunity up. You won't be sorry.
464280	468600	But that's ultimately the trend we need are people that have technical talent
468600	474980	who don't want to work in the government forever, but that say, you know, for one, two, three years,
474980	481980	I want to go take on some new opportunities for the government to make it easy and energizing to do that.
482300	486300	So I'm here on a two-year tour. I am halfway through.
486860	491760	But the story is like I'm part of the story, but I'm not the story.
491760	497740	I'm part of an 80-person team, and this is the best team I've ever been part of.
497740	503060	And there will be another director after me who will represent the team.
503060	509320	But every day, this SWAT team of nerds goes out and works on projects that you really, you can't believe.
509320	511520	It makes an insane impact.
511700	517820	So I'll do my two years, but the mission will go on and the team will continue to rock.
518440	522460	I can see if the Air Force can make DDS an honorary squadron.
522460	523600	That'd be cool.
523600	525500	I'm taken. That's action.
525500	527800	Colonel Bailey, action taken.
528280	532700	Did I say Colonel? Colonel, I just promoted you to Colonel. Captain Bailey, action taken.
534000	536660	Does that mean we can go to space?
537740	540760	This is important. Can we just work this through?
541760	545280	I think astronaut training should be required for that, Brad.
545680	553120	So I was watching Picard with the kids last night, and they have that transporter thing.
553120	555680	I figured somewhere in the classified portfolio?
556720	557400	We're working it.
558240	560640	So if that works, can I go to space?
560640	565460	It's right next to the warp drive, right next to the photon torpedo.
565460	571180	So yes, when we've got teleportation done, Brad, I will personally teleport you up to the space station.
571260	573880	Got it. How's the food up there?
574720	576780	NASA provides that, so I don't know.
577300	579580	Do you think there are any gummy products?
579580	584600	I'm going to guess, oh, I don't know, Brad, because gummy products have a high degree of water content,
584600	586940	and all that's going to outgas.
586940	590180	So how would mayonnaise perform in space?
590180	591120	Not well.
591460	592800	That's a critical issue.
592800	600220	Not well. So you'd have to get at least a pressure-sealed vessel, but all things we can work on.
600220	601440	Science never stops.
601440	606420	I'm a little fussy about mayonnaise, so we'd want to work that through before the transporter.
606420	611220	So spam sandwiches not going to be on your list for astronaut? And a tank?
611860	618660	No, no, I was figuring, well, I am fussy about the mayonnaise, but you can actually put mayonnaise with most foods.
619540	621040	Just something to ponder.