WEBVTT 00:06.040 --> 00:08.630 besides like your personal 00:08.630 --> 00:10.797 accomplishments like as far as the M . 00:10.797 --> 00:12.852 C . T . Goes and that's how you guys 00:12.852 --> 00:15.640 move in and out . Well when we first 00:15.640 --> 00:18.250 got here we had a lot of frustrated 00:18.250 --> 00:21.220 cargo . We had stuff that had been here 00:21.230 --> 00:24.330 for seven or eight months and we didn't 00:24.330 --> 00:26.441 know where it was supposed to go . It 00:26.441 --> 00:28.441 didn't have like the right shipping 00:28.441 --> 00:30.441 information or whatever . So it was 00:30.441 --> 00:32.330 just frustrated cargo that's been 00:32.330 --> 00:34.386 hanging out in the weather forever . 00:34.386 --> 00:37.570 And so honestly one of the biggest 00:37.570 --> 00:39.792 things that we've been working on and I 00:39.792 --> 00:42.014 applaud now starting bailey for it to , 00:42.014 --> 00:43.848 he's been one of the main people 00:43.848 --> 00:46.014 helping me . I came out here and there 00:46.014 --> 00:47.903 were boxes that were like rotting 00:47.903 --> 00:47.890 because they had been here so long and 00:47.890 --> 00:50.570 he has managed to help us as well as 00:50.570 --> 00:52.681 with our army leadership , we've been 00:52.681 --> 00:54.681 contacting people to find out where 00:54.681 --> 00:56.792 this stuff needs to go . A lot of the 00:56.792 --> 00:59.300 problems were the cargo out here . Like 00:59.300 --> 01:01.522 it was for maybe an army battalion that 01:01.522 --> 01:04.000 already went home so nobody knew what 01:04.000 --> 01:06.360 to do with it . So it was just a matter 01:06.360 --> 01:08.471 of us getting all that stuff out . So 01:08.471 --> 01:10.804 probably as far as the M . C . T . Goes , 01:10.804 --> 01:12.860 I would say cleaning up the yard and 01:12.860 --> 01:15.138 getting all that frustrated cargo gone . 01:15.138 --> 01:17.304 We're down to like , We went from like 01:17.304 --> 01:19.471 60 something pieces and now we're down 01:19.471 --> 01:21.638 to 15 that we are trying to get out of 01:21.638 --> 01:23.693 here . So , and we've done that in a 01:23.693 --> 01:25.693 matter of a month and a half . Um , 01:25.693 --> 01:27.749 when we realized that that was a big 01:27.749 --> 01:29.860 issue . So that would probably be one 01:29.860 --> 01:29.860 of my biggest things that I'm happy 01:29.860 --> 01:32.900 about and what are your goals for the 01:32.910 --> 01:36.860 coming months ? Honestly . 01:36.870 --> 01:39.070 Um I'm a little concerned about the 01:39.070 --> 01:42.350 drawdown . Um I know that it's gonna 01:42.360 --> 01:45.830 get busier but I work closely with 01:45.840 --> 01:49.180 the ground M . C . T . Um also here 01:49.190 --> 01:52.850 so I hope that we can help alleviate . 01:52.850 --> 01:54.906 I know a lot of steps gonna be going 01:54.906 --> 01:57.072 ground . So I kind of hope that we can 01:57.072 --> 01:58.794 work closer with them and help 01:58.794 --> 02:01.017 alleviate some of their stuff . Because 02:01.017 --> 02:00.720 I was looking at some of the regs and 02:00.730 --> 02:02.786 there's certain loopholes we can get 02:02.786 --> 02:04.897 around and we can send some things by 02:04.897 --> 02:08.310 air as long as it's going to in theater 02:08.310 --> 02:10.421 somewhere to Afghanistan or something 02:10.421 --> 02:12.532 like that . And I don't know that all 02:12.532 --> 02:14.643 of our customers know that and so I'm 02:14.643 --> 02:16.754 afraid that you know they're gonna be 02:16.754 --> 02:18.866 sending a lot of trying to send a lot 02:18.866 --> 02:18.650 of stuff ground when they could 02:18.650 --> 02:20.594 actually send an air and they just 02:20.594 --> 02:22.761 don't know . So honestly my goal is to 02:22.761 --> 02:24.706 try to let our customers know that 02:24.706 --> 02:26.706 there's other options so they don't 02:26.706 --> 02:28.817 have to send everything by ground air 02:28.817 --> 02:30.983 is faster in most cases and especially 02:30.983 --> 02:33.094 if it's going to Afghanistan you know 02:33.094 --> 02:35.150 and that will help alleviate some of 02:35.150 --> 02:37.150 the ground . So they're not busting 02:37.150 --> 02:39.317 tail trying to You know support all of 02:39.317 --> 02:41.483 that . So that's what I'm hoping to do 02:41.483 --> 02:43.483 and how do you feel the drawdown is 02:43.483 --> 02:47.410 going to affect 37 honestly . 02:47.420 --> 02:50.950 Other than just more cargo going 02:50.950 --> 02:53.010 out . Um I don't think it's really 02:53.010 --> 02:55.260 going to affect us too terribly much 02:55.260 --> 02:57.427 because like I said sather is gonna be 02:57.427 --> 02:59.482 one of the last M . C . T . S . Here 02:59.482 --> 03:01.427 are one of the last basis standing 03:01.427 --> 03:03.482 Department of State's coming in so I 03:03.482 --> 03:05.371 don't know that it's really gonna 03:05.371 --> 03:07.690 affect our mission or anything like 03:07.690 --> 03:10.410 that . Um It's weird right now because 03:10.410 --> 03:12.577 you would think with the drawdown that 03:12.577 --> 03:15.050 we would have more cargo coming in and 03:15.050 --> 03:17.520 going out like from customers either 03:17.520 --> 03:19.631 shipping at home or to Afghanistan or 03:19.631 --> 03:21.687 wherever . But right now we actually 03:21.687 --> 03:25.020 have more cargo coming in to 03:25.020 --> 03:27.040 customers than we have customers 03:27.040 --> 03:29.207 sending things home . Which I think is 03:29.207 --> 03:31.640 really bizarre and it's been that way 03:31.640 --> 03:35.210 ever since I got here . So um I think 03:35.210 --> 03:37.500 it's gonna be a little bit interesting 03:37.500 --> 03:40.100 for my cargo guys because you know 03:40.100 --> 03:42.267 right now that's the majority of their 03:42.267 --> 03:44.156 work is getting things out to the 03:44.156 --> 03:46.710 customers and I would imagine that with 03:46.710 --> 03:48.821 the drawdown it's gonna change but we 03:48.821 --> 03:50.988 haven't seen a change yet . Um But I'm 03:50.988 --> 03:53.043 assuming especially with some of the 03:53.043 --> 03:55.154 the battalions with all of them going 03:55.154 --> 03:57.321 home . I mean that's gonna be a lot of 03:57.321 --> 03:59.266 stuff being shipped back home . So 03:59.266 --> 04:01.210 anyway I think that's gonna be the 04:01.210 --> 04:03.060 biggest change for them is your 04:03.060 --> 04:06.620 deployment . Anything absolutely not . 04:06.630 --> 04:10.030 I honestly feel spoiled being here . Um 04:10.040 --> 04:12.880 I like it here a lot . I have great 04:12.880 --> 04:14.936 people to work with and I don't know 04:14.936 --> 04:17.102 why but I had a really bad outlook . I 04:17.102 --> 04:19.269 thought it was gonna be terrible and I 04:19.269 --> 04:21.213 really have really really honestly 04:21.213 --> 04:23.500 enjoyed it . And I've also really liked 04:23.510 --> 04:25.621 working for the army battalion that I 04:25.621 --> 04:28.440 work for . Um It's definitely different 04:28.440 --> 04:31.870 and it's definitely new . But um my 04:31.880 --> 04:34.102 colonel new york commander when he came 04:34.102 --> 04:36.269 down here , the first thing he said to 04:36.269 --> 04:35.710 me when he met me was he was like I 04:35.710 --> 04:37.821 don't care that you're Air Force . He 04:37.821 --> 04:39.932 said we're all the same team . We may 04:39.932 --> 04:41.988 speak a different language but we're 04:41.988 --> 04:44.043 all working towards the same mission 04:44.043 --> 04:43.720 and that's all I care about . And so I 04:43.720 --> 04:45.942 was like awesome . So we really started 04:45.942 --> 04:48.053 off on a good foot and it's been that 04:48.053 --> 04:50.220 way ever since I got here . How do you 04:50.220 --> 04:52.553 feel about being part of the 37th M . C . 04:52.553 --> 04:54.664 T . S . Mission and playing your role 04:54.664 --> 04:56.664 in operation . You don . Oh I think 04:56.664 --> 04:59.970 it's great . We um it's definitely like 04:59.970 --> 05:01.914 I said before a million times it's 05:01.914 --> 05:03.970 different from air force because I'm 05:03.970 --> 05:07.160 not used to um just having one little 05:07.160 --> 05:09.382 piece like this just moving it by air . 05:09.382 --> 05:12.200 I know in the air Force we you know 05:12.210 --> 05:14.377 cargo is cargo . It doesn't matter how 05:14.377 --> 05:16.720 we move it cargo is you know it's all 05:16.720 --> 05:19.620 one skill set . So a lot of these guys 05:19.620 --> 05:23.260 as well as myself we're not used to 05:23.260 --> 05:25.570 having it narrowed down so much . Um , 05:25.580 --> 05:27.480 just just to being air cargo and 05:27.480 --> 05:29.470 especially just helping the army 05:29.470 --> 05:31.581 customers . So it's kind of different 05:31.581 --> 05:33.414 being on an air force base , but 05:33.414 --> 05:35.414 helping army customers because they 05:35.414 --> 05:37.748 come from other places and we help them . 05:37.748 --> 05:39.748 But um , but I think it's awesome . 05:39.748 --> 05:42.150 We've , we've definitely learned a lot 05:42.160 --> 05:45.630 and uh , I feel it's neat because we 05:45.630 --> 05:48.160 can see the difference that we're 05:48.160 --> 05:50.410 making . Like , I know certain pieces 05:50.410 --> 05:52.521 of cargo coming in . This cool things 05:52.521 --> 05:54.688 like fire trucks that we're sending to 05:54.688 --> 05:56.910 Afghanistan . So you kind of get to see 05:56.910 --> 05:59.132 the big picture and I think that's kind 05:59.132 --> 06:01.188 of the instead of , you know , being 06:01.188 --> 06:03.354 not being able to see where this stuff 06:03.354 --> 06:05.780 is going . I think it's cool how long 06:05.780 --> 06:09.440 have a turnaround for a full cargo 06:09.440 --> 06:12.280 coming in and out . Doesn't sit in the 06:12.280 --> 06:14.970 cargo yard . Well , when customers 06:14.970 --> 06:17.160 bring in cargo , it that kind of 06:17.160 --> 06:21.040 depends on um , the customer , 06:21.050 --> 06:23.050 they'll come in and they'll tell us 06:23.050 --> 06:25.390 when it has to be there . Um , if it's 06:25.390 --> 06:28.550 a high priority cargo , it'll probably 06:28.550 --> 06:30.494 won't sit here for more than a day 06:30.494 --> 06:32.717 because we're pretty busy hub , we have 06:32.717 --> 06:34.828 aircraft coming in every single day . 06:34.828 --> 06:36.950 Um , if it's space a cargo , which 06:36.950 --> 06:39.006 means that they don't care when it's 06:39.006 --> 06:41.890 going to get there . Um it still is , I 06:41.890 --> 06:44.001 have yet to see anything sit here for 06:44.001 --> 06:46.480 more than a week at the most and that 06:46.480 --> 06:49.220 was because , um , like for instance , 06:49.220 --> 06:51.220 I was talking about fire trucks , a 06:51.220 --> 06:52.998 fire truck can't go on just any 06:52.998 --> 06:55.220 aircraft obviously . So we have to wait 06:55.220 --> 06:57.331 um , for that specific aircraft to be 06:57.331 --> 06:59.320 scheduled to come in . Um , but 06:59.320 --> 07:01.376 honestly , things don't normally sit 07:01.376 --> 07:03.209 here for more than a week if the 07:03.209 --> 07:05.487 customer rings it to send it out . Now . 07:05.487 --> 07:07.764 As I was talking about before , though , 07:07.764 --> 07:09.876 when we get cargo in to go out to the 07:09.876 --> 07:12.098 customer , usually that usually doesn't 07:12.098 --> 07:14.264 sit here long either . We have certain 07:14.264 --> 07:13.870 customers that come in on a regular 07:13.870 --> 07:15.981 basis , like literally once a week to 07:15.981 --> 07:18.400 pick up their stuff . Um , but then , 07:18.400 --> 07:20.622 like I said , we did have an issue with 07:20.920 --> 07:23.470 stuff coming in and the customer , we 07:23.470 --> 07:25.692 didn't know who the customer was or the 07:25.692 --> 07:27.692 shipping information was wrong . So 07:27.940 --> 07:30.051 that was , those were the only things 07:30.051 --> 07:32.218 that sat here for a while would be the 07:32.218 --> 07:34.273 frustrated cargo that we didn't know 07:34.273 --> 07:36.607 where it was supposed to go . So do you , 07:36.607 --> 07:38.740 do you know what type of flights are 07:38.740 --> 07:40.962 coming in and that's how you schedule . 07:41.110 --> 07:44.520 So basically you're in charge of taking 07:44.520 --> 07:47.510 that cargo and putting it on that 07:47.510 --> 07:49.566 certain flight because they tell you 07:49.566 --> 07:51.510 what , well we can write , we're , 07:51.510 --> 07:53.454 since we're , we have fixed wing . 07:53.454 --> 07:57.060 Hello ? And sharp emissions . So it's 07:57.060 --> 07:59.004 just like chinooks . We've got all 07:59.004 --> 08:02.350 kinds of different aircraft , but what , 08:02.840 --> 08:05.080 what we can do is not only are we 08:05.080 --> 08:07.247 moving passengers , which , you know , 08:07.247 --> 08:09.302 the KBR that work with us . Um there 08:09.302 --> 08:11.413 are more of the passenger but we also 08:11.413 --> 08:14.280 have some in cargo but we um we 08:14.280 --> 08:16.391 determine what it can go on . Like we 08:16.391 --> 08:18.430 can utilize the space on the 08:18.430 --> 08:20.720 helicopters or whatever we need to the 08:20.720 --> 08:22.780 chinooks that come in here . We can 08:22.780 --> 08:24.724 utilize that space for cargo . And 08:24.724 --> 08:27.040 technically it's supposed to be for 08:27.040 --> 08:28.762 cargo to begin with . And then 08:28.762 --> 08:30.984 passengers are just kind of extra if we 08:30.984 --> 08:33.151 have extra room . So we just determine 08:33.151 --> 08:35.207 what type of aircraft it can go on . 08:35.390 --> 08:37.501 And like I said when stuff comes in , 08:37.501 --> 08:39.760 like say say we've got like couple of 08:39.760 --> 08:42.320 pallets that have been here for maybe a 08:42.320 --> 08:44.360 day or so . But then the customer , 08:44.360 --> 08:46.360 it's not a high priority . Somebody 08:46.360 --> 08:48.582 brings in something else that has to be 08:48.582 --> 08:50.582 there in a certain time and then it 08:50.582 --> 08:52.693 goes it's going to get bumped maybe . 08:52.693 --> 08:54.860 So that's how stuff kind of sits for a 08:54.860 --> 08:56.971 couple of days . How approximately do 08:56.971 --> 08:59.860 you know how big your working area ? 09:01.190 --> 09:05.170 Oh gosh . Um I have no 09:05.170 --> 09:08.520 clue . I have no clue . But we actually , 09:08.520 --> 09:11.120 I know it's gonna start . I don't know 09:11.120 --> 09:13.176 if we told you all but the office is 09:13.176 --> 09:15.120 moving with the drawdown , they're 09:15.120 --> 09:17.231 moving the B . X . And everything and 09:17.231 --> 09:19.342 they're taking over some of our cargo 09:19.342 --> 09:21.176 yard which is a concern with the 09:21.176 --> 09:24.380 drawdown because if we get an influx of 09:24.380 --> 09:27.150 cargo and you know , you know where to 09:27.150 --> 09:30.550 put it . So um , all of this area 09:30.550 --> 09:32.950 behind me is our cargo yard , but we 09:32.950 --> 09:35.730 also share some over there with , with 09:35.730 --> 09:37.952 the AMC , which is just , it's just the 09:37.952 --> 09:39.841 aerial port . And , um , and they 09:39.841 --> 09:41.841 actually put the pallets together . 09:41.841 --> 09:43.063 It's on fixed winds . 09:43.063 --> 09:46.670 We 09:46.670 --> 09:48.892 should know . Yeah , I know . We should 09:48.892 --> 09:51.003 know . We , we have like , you know , 09:51.003 --> 09:53.059 talk about all the reports . Um , we 09:53.059 --> 09:55.226 usually know ahead of time when things 09:55.226 --> 09:57.281 are going to come in . Um , the only 09:57.281 --> 09:59.800 things that we don't really know , like 09:59.800 --> 10:02.290 if cargo is space a then sometimes 10:02.290 --> 10:04.457 we'll just , it will go on there if it 10:04.457 --> 10:06.734 fits , you know what I mean ? It's not , 10:06.734 --> 10:08.734 um , we don't necessarily locket on 10:08.734 --> 10:08.960 that aircraft .