1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,920 - My name is Colonel Louis Orndorff, and this is my DCMA. 2 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:10,405 I'm currently the commander at DCMA Middle East, 3 00:00:10,405 --> 00:00:14,572 and I am stationed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4 00:00:14,990 --> 00:00:17,670 This is my rank in the Saudi military, 5 00:00:17,890 --> 00:00:19,900 so this is my name in Arabic, 6 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:23,400 and then this is the rank for O six or colonel, 7 00:00:23,510 --> 00:00:25,760 and then of course, the organization that I work with. 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,130 So I wear this so when I interface with them, 9 00:00:28,290 --> 00:00:31,380 they at least know what level they're dealing with. 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,580 We oversee four military sale contracts 11 00:00:33,580 --> 00:00:34,720 across the Middle East. 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,990 It's very similar to what we do back in the States, 13 00:00:36,990 --> 00:00:40,960 but with that foreign military sale dynamic, 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,090 when you are supporting foreign military sales, 15 00:00:43,090 --> 00:00:45,670 you have to travel and go where the job is, 16 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:47,500 whether it's back here in Virginia, 17 00:00:47,550 --> 00:00:51,717 or it's in Kuwait or Jordan or Raytheon in Boston, 18 00:00:52,450 --> 00:00:54,120 this is part of that integrating 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,460 and bringing the whole team together 20 00:00:55,460 --> 00:00:57,940 to make sure that we get those weapons systems delivered. 21 00:00:57,940 --> 00:00:59,980 So every time we have a tank that rolls, 22 00:01:00,030 --> 00:01:01,660 every time a jet that flies, 23 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,200 every time a missile that launches, 24 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,250 it is part of the FMS program. 25 00:01:06,330 --> 00:01:09,430 That means that that's US Military personnel and civilians 26 00:01:09,430 --> 00:01:10,780 that are not in harm's way. 27 00:01:10,790 --> 00:01:12,280 Folks find it very fascinating in that 28 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,600 it's nothing like they imagined. 29 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,730 There's always something interesting, 30 00:01:14,730 --> 00:01:16,000 there's always something new. 31 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,380 We recently took a trip as the CMO, 32 00:01:18,380 --> 00:01:20,230 drove out into the desert to a place called 33 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:21,330 The Edge Of The World. 34 00:01:21,345 --> 00:01:24,542 I have a great team. These guys come from all over DCMA. 35 00:01:24,542 --> 00:01:28,709 It's pretty cool that DCMA lets me have this job. (laughs)