I know personally that, yes, I've seen plenty of families get out and do it together, and it's a great family day out as you hunt for the golden gumboots.

Yes, yes.

So we'll have the hunt going.

We're making a few changes this year.

Yes.

We'll have the hunt going for the whole two weeks, for the whole school holiday.

So you should be able to find your golden gumboots from the first Saturday of the holiday to the last Sunday of the holiday.

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stress over time in a relational way, military history, or even populations dealing with systemic and structural stress and trauma, right? And the Latino populations, these are so likely to be compounded.

Yes, I do agree.

I think one of the things that I didn't mention that I'm realizing I should mention is the There's also a high incidence of mild traumatic brain injury with athletes and sports and kids at certain ages.

And the reason why I'm saying this is you find a lot of people, a lot of kids who are, you know, in low socioeconomic standing, really pursuing sports and pursuing athletics as a way to get out of the current situation that they're in into a better situation.

They see it as an opportunity.

I'm talking about football.

I'm talking about basketball, or honestly, any ball sport, to be really honest.

Yeah.

Are you hearing from restaurants or companies that they're seeing a decline in people attending at this point?

Well, they really shouldn't be avoiding restaurants.

The restaurants, you know, There hasn't been a source, right? Restaurants follow so many protocols to keep their guests safe all the time.

This isn't just when there's a concern, right? Buying from a reputable supplier, you mentioned, making sure that they follow proper protocols, which in this case is washing all of the produce before it's served.

You know, hand washing.

I remember talking to people during COVID.

I'm like, we practice hand washing every single day in a restaurant, not just during a certain outbreak, right? All the food safety standards, changing cutting boards, all those things restaurants do and are trained to do all the time.

Well, you know, just say for listeners who are planning to go out this week, dine out this week, are there some questions they should or shouldn't be asking, you know, the waiters or waitresses in the restaurants?

Right.

[laughs] Um, restaurants follow so many protocols to keep their guests safe all the time.

This isn't just when there's a concern, right? Um, buying from a reputable supplier, you mentioned.

Making sure that they follow proper protocols, which at this case is washing all of the produce before it's served.

Um, you know, hand washing.

I remember talking to people during COVID, I'm like, "We practice hand washing every single day in a restaurant, not just during a certain outbreak," right? Um, all the food safety standards, changing cutting boards, all those things restaurants do and, and are trained to do all the time.

So, um, there's no reason not to go to restaurants right now.

And well, f- you know, just say for listeners who are planning to go out this week, dine out this week, are there some questions they should or shouldn't be asking, you know, the, their, you know, waiters or waitresses in the restaurants?

Why is that number so low?

I think there's a lot that comes down to trust.

there's the way you do your work and embedding in your workflow.

And then there's like, oh, I wish this was a little easier.

So they can, a lot of times people right now are using AI tools off to the side.

And that could be because their IT team has not approved or allowed them to use AI as a part of their workflow or, you know, just within their organization.

And so they're using it kind of off to the side as an assistant.

So for the folks who are using it or doing more complex things, how will using AI change the EHS workflow?

How does that initial request evolve into a contract executed by your team?

That is a great question, and that is something that people confuse a lot with AFCAT.

So once we actually receive that LOA, we look at which PEO, or now PAE, will execute the contract for those requirements in that LOA.

So for example, if a country wants to purchase an F-35, we turn that LOA for those aircraft to the F-35 contracting community, um, across the Air Force.

We then turn, we, we, we turn those LOAs over to the experts for those requirements.

We don't have the expertise here in WFK to, to purchase an F-35, so we lean on that F-35 contracting group.

But that does not mean here in AFCAT we do not exicate- execute any contracts, as we execute those requirements that do not fit, um, within a specific PEO.

And Amanda, with, with so many moving parts and international partners, how do you handle the human element, like communication and potential cultural differences during negotiations? Are, are there, like, specific strategies your team employs to build that trust and rapport?