Cognition and Curiosity: A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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War on the Rocks threw a party for almost 200 people on the sidelines of I/ITSEC, the premier modeling and simulations conference held every year in Orlando. At this party, we had a special guest for a live podcast recording: Lt. Gen. Brian "Smokey" Robinson, the commander of Air Education and Training Command. In a chat with Ryan, he laid out his objectives, the future of education and immersive training for airman, and the centrality of data. Robinson emphasized this is not just about pilots — as pilot training is only 10 percent of what his command does — but all airmen. In forging ahead, he echoed former Assistant Secretary James Geurts, saying "We have to demand curiosity." The two also chatted about his career, why he joined the Air Force, and why squadron command was his favorite job. They also took some questions from the audience on professional military education, the T-7A program, his tentative 2023 pilot training goal, and his favorite superhero.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the War on the Rocks podcast on strategy, defense and foreign affairs.
0:14.3	My name is Ryan Evans.
0:15.9	In this episode I sat down with Lieutenant General Robinson, Ryan Robinson, the commander of
0:20.9	air education and Training Command.
0:23.0	We did this show at a party in Orlando on the sidelines of Itcick,
0:26.8	the nation's actually probably the world's premiere modeling and simulations conference
0:31.5	that takes place in Orlando every year right after Thanksgiving.
0:35.4	I hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed recording it.
0:38.1	I'm very proud to introduce especially for this group of people, someone who needs no introduction, Lieutenant General Brian Robinson,
0:44.8	the commander of ATC.
0:46.2	So thank you for joining us.
0:47.2	You're welcome.
0:48.2	Thank you.
0:49.2	So I'd love to start, just tell us a bit about yourself and your career. Why did you join the Air Force?
0:56.0	A bit about me. So my background I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania most of my young life a few five years between bracketed and New York City,
1:05.2	Long Island and then back to Philadelphia there. Part of my allure to join in the
1:10.2	Air Force was a as I got interested in always enjoyed flying as a passenger
1:16.9	on commercial aircraft. We didn't do it much as in my family because we didn't have the means to do that
1:22.4	certainly no access to
1:23.3	flying privately at all but about three doors down there was a older friend of
1:28.9	ours who was probably four years my senior that had gotten into the Air Force Academy and so when he
1:34.6	would come home on summer break Benny and I would talk and part through his
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