SOUTHCOM Adm. Kurt W. Tidd.: Adm. Tidd remarks to @WestPoint_USMA cadets: Life Hack







  1. Adm. Tidd remarks to cadets: In uniform & in life, being part of a team means we treat each other w/respect & hold each other accountable. Anything else falls short. Anything less is unacceptable.
  2. Adm. Tidd remarks to cadets: Life Hack #4 - Respect yourself & your teammates - ALL of your teammates. Integrating has made us stronger & more effective. Diverse teams tend to be more creative & cohesive.
  3. Adm. Tidd remarks to cadets: Life Hack #3 - Take care of & rely on your team. When you are following someone else, finds ways to support & ease their load. When you're leading, depend on others & invest in their growth & value their contributions.
  4. Adm. Tidd remarks to cadets: Life Hack #2 - Cross boundaries. Strength & success lies in diversity. The security challenges we face in today's complex world can't be solved alone. We succeed through partnerships.
  5. Adm. Tidd remarks to cadets: Life Hack #1 - Do the right thing. In the military, this means respecting , protecting innocent civilians, following the rules on the battlefield & never taking matters into your own hands. If we do, we lose legitimacy.
  6. Adm. Tidd remarks to cadets: SOUTHCOM's 4 imperatives- 1. Respect for 2. True Jointness 3. Development of NCO corps 4. Institutionalization of Gender Perspectives & Integration I believe these are "must do's" to succeed against today's threats.
  7. Adm. Tidd remarks: Today's military leaders must have a basic grounding in history, culture, & context to succeed in complex modern security environment. Technical training may teach the "what" & "how," but only broader understanding can help leaders grasp the "why”
  8. Adm. Tidd remarks: Like , China & Russia aren't overtly threatening to destroy the rules-based system -- they're engaged in something more opaque. They're undermining the system from within, exploiting benefits while undercutting its principles.
  9. Adm. Tidd remarks: In Latin America, possess capabilities - weapons, tracking technology, & smuggling means -that many times outmatch law enforcement. Region may be at peace, but due in part to these groups, it's the most violent region on the planet
  10. Adm. Tidd remarks: In Latin America, challenges to the rules-based int'l system come from both non-state and state actors alike. Their motivations are different, but many of their means -- & detrimental effects -- are the same.
  11. Adm. Tidd remarks: Latin America & Caribbean represents the "next frontier" of some of the toughest, most complex, & most dynamic security challenges that exist today.
  12. Adm. Tidd remarks: China is using economic statecraft to pull & into its orbit, as part of their intent to reshape the international system in its favor.

  1. Adm. Tidd remarks: Russian role in & is alarming given its intel & cyber capabilities, proven interference in multiple elections, & global intent to upend the int'l order, disrupt regional politics & discredit democratic institutions.
Adm. Tidd remarks: don’t intend to overturn or replace governments. Instead, it corrodes governments from within… weakening them just enough to make it easy to do business. Cumulative effects eat away at core democratic values like rule of law.

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