I spent the majority of my adult life in
a profession where a hesitation could
mean that and while I’ve been fortunate
enough to avoid the life-threatening
perils myself many of my fellow comrades
does not fare as well see I was a
military working dog handler in the
United States Air Force and essentially
it was my duty each day to play with
dogs it was great
however the term play is often different
for us and it usually looks like this or
this even this so how many of you here
have a dog had a dog play the dog you
know what it is
dogs bark amazing they bring out an
array of emotions in us when you’re sad
they know it they can sense our movies
they’re also really good at keeping the
squirrels out of the art which is
important because I want those acorns
for myself
they can also help with getting all the
stuffing out of the pillows and more so
they know how to untie your shoes
permanently so being a military working
dog handler specifically charged with
the technique improvised explosive
devices demands a frame of mind that
amongst a few things can withstand
intense criticism is crying for any
challenge and has the ability to quickly
take in data and make decisions this
this is Benny Mike hey Mike again
throughout the duration of our time
together he was the light of my life he
remains close to my heart even today
so my time with Benny taught me a lot
more than just the basic fundamentals of
doctrine and their so here I was not
rare I truly did not anticipate just how
valuable and influential that this
profession would be to me outside of a
uniform and it was when my military
service career ended when I had to make
the decision of leaving
Benny behind that I realized this is the
choice I had to deal with so that I
could pursue a new path as a civilian
well then he really never left me behind
he’s given me significant amount of life
lessons that I’ve been able to apply and
both my professional life personal and
even academic there are some of those
lessons that I’d like to share with you
here today and the overarching theme the
concept that I’d like for you to learn
to take away today I learned while being
a military working dog handler so being
the dog handler it requires requires us
to pay attention to very minut details
that other people maybe don’t don’t
foresee and understanding these little
nuances and the thoughts that Edgar can
indicate something very important to us
that as handlers we all change a
behavior or COPD see when a dog the
Texan odor such as an explosive that
handler needs to be aware of it and what
she you should be aware of it before
they actually located the dogs are
trained to
final response at the source of the odor
and the last thing that you want is to
be standing right over an explosive
device so some dogs they get energized
there are tales and ears they’ll do
weird things there are other subtle
changes as well as they’re sniffing
behavior or maybe even a possum
these steel bees could be so slight it
can easily go on notice especially to
the untrained eye and this is just one
example of how in sync a dog team really
needs to be so let’s put this in the
context of something that we might all
be familiar whether that’s patients how
many of you here have served in Atlanta
all right
or maybe you’ve just been provoked by
another driver out on the road maybe you
found yourself in the one-and-only
checkout line at the grocery store now
imagine the amount of patience that dog
must have been waiting all day to home
this is play daily training is essential
to maintaining military working dogs
proficiency it’s the duty and the
responsibility of the handler along with
the assistance of trainers and of of
seasoned cameras to hone in on the
abilities and building built skill sets
of the mwd and the team and so training
like this requires an immense amount
patience some of you might be familiar
with trying to teach sauce tricks like
stay or pullover and it can be
frustrating when they don’t walk away
training is an enduring process
sometimes it lacks motivation I say lack
serious motivation
I found very quickly that my impatience
was not welcome in the training center
for attitudes can significantly diminish
the quality of training and this seems
it seemed unprepared and not fit for
duty learning is difficult the academic
environment can often be a full and
ancient animal I found myself under
immense pressure when transitioning from
the military to a university set
sometimes things are moving too best
through the other times too slow so I
never was a good student in fact I
almost a lot ISIL and to meet college I
was born on vaccine however when I did
find myself in the role of a student
once again it was easier than I could
recall why that’s finally because I now
have the patience that it takes to learn
to be a student I just repeat that to my
time with men my high school so would
have never imagined graduating my
undergrad was snooping Lotte Alex it was
unreal so when you find yourself getting
angry at that driver or father that the
cashier is taking too long or maybe for
some of you it’s writing that one line
of code or creating the right bowing
primers whatever it might be
pay attention to your Co pianist
so there’s another there’s another kind
of contact that I’d like to share and I
think many of us are late to it in one
way or maybe the experiences some degree
highlight and that’s hesitation
so military working dogs big massive
hesitation fear of pain or death is
often an afterthought sit back and I can
tell you a dozen stories about MWDs who
a sidestep hesitation to protect their
handler their partner or those around
them and in the act of doing so has
seriously injured themselves for
instance this is pepper peppers a
Belgian Malinois who while pursuing the
hostile individual lost on lake while
jumping over a fence today he’s happy at
home with his handler he’s just as loved
and happy and scared enough he’s still
fast so we hesitated for a number of
greece’s anxiety it may be a decision
pretending RV boat or to sting
risk-averse the capacity does not
hesitate and translate into a number of
scenarios it opened the door to
opportunity and it can even serve as a
course of confidence-building I’ve done
things in my life that I never would
have imagined I was blessed with the
opportunity to work the White House for
each day I was surrounded by brilliant
minds face formidable and intellectual
challenges today pursuing students
master’s degrees at this fine execution
path I never anticipated and you
probably wouldn’t believe me if I told
you but I won the local strongman
contest this year I might know I was
at the forefront of each of these
endeavors I recognized my hesitation I
fear failure and embarrassing and in
that baby myself
kind of trust myself I’m not as good as
he is and not as smart as she is I can’t
hear that I’m too shy then he taught me
how to trust myself because he trusted
it be sometimes more than others promise
had I given in even the smallest amount
about my abilities those opportunities
and achievements would have never
happened so
you’re all probably pretty familiar with
sensing when you’re experiencing emotion
or noticing a behavior change after the
facts maybe you have a nervous tic
or maybe your heart size of ambassador
perhaps like posture change whatever it
is the challenge here is to recognize
those emotions before they ought to be
set in it all right so I’m gonna do
something now but actually I’m gonna
bring upon you up to the stage and we’re
gonna demonstrate how to recognize your
Cioffi
any takers all right
this is just a test I’m kidding of
course I’m not really going to bring any
of you up here
however did you notice your Co V when I
indicated that one of you might be
brought to the stage maybe you’re an SI
or a little nervous in your excited
the key here is to recognize these
sensations in their embryonic stage
assess a situation and then react
accordingly refrain yourself so you’re
better positioned to handle the
situation so whether you’re in an
interview talking to a stranger deciding
whether or not to take that global
internship position or standing in front
of an audience understand that you are
in charge of you and well frankly just
stay ahead of your CEO be thank you
[Applause]
a profession where a hesitation could
mean that and while I’ve been fortunate
enough to avoid the life-threatening
perils myself many of my fellow comrades
does not fare as well see I was a
military working dog handler in the
United States Air Force and essentially
it was my duty each day to play with
dogs it was great
however the term play is often different
for us and it usually looks like this or
this even this so how many of you here
have a dog had a dog play the dog you
know what it is
dogs bark amazing they bring out an
array of emotions in us when you’re sad
they know it they can sense our movies
they’re also really good at keeping the
squirrels out of the art which is
important because I want those acorns
for myself
they can also help with getting all the
stuffing out of the pillows and more so
they know how to untie your shoes
permanently so being a military working
dog handler specifically charged with
the technique improvised explosive
devices demands a frame of mind that
amongst a few things can withstand
intense criticism is crying for any
challenge and has the ability to quickly
take in data and make decisions this
this is Benny Mike hey Mike again
throughout the duration of our time
together he was the light of my life he
remains close to my heart even today
so my time with Benny taught me a lot
more than just the basic fundamentals of
doctrine and their so here I was not
rare I truly did not anticipate just how
valuable and influential that this
profession would be to me outside of a
uniform and it was when my military
service career ended when I had to make
the decision of leaving
Benny behind that I realized this is the
choice I had to deal with so that I
could pursue a new path as a civilian
well then he really never left me behind
he’s given me significant amount of life
lessons that I’ve been able to apply and
both my professional life personal and
even academic there are some of those
lessons that I’d like to share with you
here today and the overarching theme the
concept that I’d like for you to learn
to take away today I learned while being
a military working dog handler so being
the dog handler it requires requires us
to pay attention to very minut details
that other people maybe don’t don’t
foresee and understanding these little
nuances and the thoughts that Edgar can
indicate something very important to us
that as handlers we all change a
behavior or COPD see when a dog the
Texan odor such as an explosive that
handler needs to be aware of it and what
she you should be aware of it before
they actually located the dogs are
trained to
final response at the source of the odor
and the last thing that you want is to
be standing right over an explosive
device so some dogs they get energized
there are tales and ears they’ll do
weird things there are other subtle
changes as well as they’re sniffing
behavior or maybe even a possum
these steel bees could be so slight it
can easily go on notice especially to
the untrained eye and this is just one
example of how in sync a dog team really
needs to be so let’s put this in the
context of something that we might all
be familiar whether that’s patients how
many of you here have served in Atlanta
all right
or maybe you’ve just been provoked by
another driver out on the road maybe you
found yourself in the one-and-only
checkout line at the grocery store now
imagine the amount of patience that dog
must have been waiting all day to home
this is play daily training is essential
to maintaining military working dogs
proficiency it’s the duty and the
responsibility of the handler along with
the assistance of trainers and of of
seasoned cameras to hone in on the
abilities and building built skill sets
of the mwd and the team and so training
like this requires an immense amount
patience some of you might be familiar
with trying to teach sauce tricks like
stay or pullover and it can be
frustrating when they don’t walk away
training is an enduring process
sometimes it lacks motivation I say lack
serious motivation
I found very quickly that my impatience
was not welcome in the training center
for attitudes can significantly diminish
the quality of training and this seems
it seemed unprepared and not fit for
duty learning is difficult the academic
environment can often be a full and
ancient animal I found myself under
immense pressure when transitioning from
the military to a university set
sometimes things are moving too best
through the other times too slow so I
never was a good student in fact I
almost a lot ISIL and to meet college I
was born on vaccine however when I did
find myself in the role of a student
once again it was easier than I could
recall why that’s finally because I now
have the patience that it takes to learn
to be a student I just repeat that to my
time with men my high school so would
have never imagined graduating my
undergrad was snooping Lotte Alex it was
unreal so when you find yourself getting
angry at that driver or father that the
cashier is taking too long or maybe for
some of you it’s writing that one line
of code or creating the right bowing
primers whatever it might be
pay attention to your Co pianist
so there’s another there’s another kind
of contact that I’d like to share and I
think many of us are late to it in one
way or maybe the experiences some degree
highlight and that’s hesitation
so military working dogs big massive
hesitation fear of pain or death is
often an afterthought sit back and I can
tell you a dozen stories about MWDs who
a sidestep hesitation to protect their
handler their partner or those around
them and in the act of doing so has
seriously injured themselves for
instance this is pepper peppers a
Belgian Malinois who while pursuing the
hostile individual lost on lake while
jumping over a fence today he’s happy at
home with his handler he’s just as loved
and happy and scared enough he’s still
fast so we hesitated for a number of
greece’s anxiety it may be a decision
pretending RV boat or to sting
risk-averse the capacity does not
hesitate and translate into a number of
scenarios it opened the door to
opportunity and it can even serve as a
course of confidence-building I’ve done
things in my life that I never would
have imagined I was blessed with the
opportunity to work the White House for
each day I was surrounded by brilliant
minds face formidable and intellectual
challenges today pursuing students
master’s degrees at this fine execution
path I never anticipated and you
probably wouldn’t believe me if I told
you but I won the local strongman
contest this year I might know I was
at the forefront of each of these
endeavors I recognized my hesitation I
fear failure and embarrassing and in
that baby myself
kind of trust myself I’m not as good as
he is and not as smart as she is I can’t
hear that I’m too shy then he taught me
how to trust myself because he trusted
it be sometimes more than others promise
had I given in even the smallest amount
about my abilities those opportunities
and achievements would have never
happened so
you’re all probably pretty familiar with
sensing when you’re experiencing emotion
or noticing a behavior change after the
facts maybe you have a nervous tic
or maybe your heart size of ambassador
perhaps like posture change whatever it
is the challenge here is to recognize
those emotions before they ought to be
set in it all right so I’m gonna do
something now but actually I’m gonna
bring upon you up to the stage and we’re
gonna demonstrate how to recognize your
Cioffi
any takers all right
this is just a test I’m kidding of
course I’m not really going to bring any
of you up here
however did you notice your Co V when I
indicated that one of you might be
brought to the stage maybe you’re an SI
or a little nervous in your excited
the key here is to recognize these
sensations in their embryonic stage
assess a situation and then react
accordingly refrain yourself so you’re
better positioned to handle the
situation so whether you’re in an
interview talking to a stranger deciding
whether or not to take that global
internship position or standing in front
of an audience understand that you are
in charge of you and well frankly just
stay ahead of your CEO be thank you
[Applause]
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