WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:11.580 I'd 00:11.580 --> 00:13.747 like to welcome you to 400 like Castle 00:13.747 --> 00:16.120 Irc 2011 . An Army reserve training 00:16.120 --> 00:18.450 exercise for Army engineers . I'm your 00:18.450 --> 00:20.617 host Army Sergeant dan are weber . I'm 00:20.617 --> 00:22.728 excited for this opportunity to share 00:22.728 --> 00:24.950 with you the story of the United States 00:24.950 --> 00:27.117 Army Engineers . First up , we have to 00:27.117 --> 00:29.006 forward support companies joining 00:29.006 --> 00:31.117 forces an effort to maintain military 00:31.117 --> 00:33.283 vehicles and equipment . Army Sergeant 00:33.283 --> 00:35.283 Stephan Wiley explains equipment is 00:35.283 --> 00:37.394 vital to completing any job . Members 00:37.394 --> 00:39.617 of the Army reserves 3 15 and nine 83rd 00:39.617 --> 00:41.783 fourth Support companies came together 00:41.783 --> 00:43.839 to provide maintenance during castle 00:43.839 --> 00:45.839 installation related construction . 00:45.839 --> 00:47.950 This two week engineer exercise under 00:47.950 --> 00:50.061 the command control of the three 72nd 00:50.061 --> 00:52.283 Engineer Brigade is designed to provide 00:52.283 --> 00:54.617 technical experience for units involved . 00:54.617 --> 00:56.783 The maintenance mission was to take to 00:56.783 --> 00:58.530 complete FSC battalion level 00:58.530 --> 01:00.752 maintenance operations , move them from 01:00.752 --> 01:02.600 home station , set them into an 01:02.600 --> 01:05.020 environment and be ready to support 01:05.020 --> 01:07.131 maintenance for the total exercise of 01:07.131 --> 01:09.460 Castle IRC fixing equipment so others 01:09.460 --> 01:11.682 can be on their way . It's important to 01:11.682 --> 01:13.627 the maintenance soldiers . They're 01:13.627 --> 01:15.738 working hard and I think we'll have a 01:15.738 --> 01:17.793 better product this year . Take home 01:17.793 --> 01:19.849 than we've had in years past for the 01:19.849 --> 01:22.016 three 63rd Public Affairs detachment . 01:22.016 --> 01:24.127 Um Army Sergeant Stephan Wiley a long 01:24.127 --> 01:26.349 bumpy ride from mechanic shop . I found 01:26.349 --> 01:28.516 the 3 36 engineer company out of Weird 01:28.516 --> 01:30.627 in west Virginia building a small but 01:30.627 --> 01:32.793 important project here at Castle IRC . 01:32.793 --> 01:34.849 The 3 36 Army engineers are a little 01:34.849 --> 01:36.849 more than halfway done with a guard 01:36.849 --> 01:38.738 tower crafted from long pieces of 01:38.738 --> 01:40.793 various size treated lumber and so I 01:40.793 --> 01:42.627 see Sergeant Anthony Cramer from 01:42.627 --> 01:44.627 Pittsburgh , pennsylvania beam with 01:44.627 --> 01:46.404 pride as he oversaw the project 01:46.404 --> 01:48.182 performed by his lower enlisted 01:48.182 --> 01:50.293 soldiers , they're doing great , they 01:50.293 --> 01:52.404 are all my soldiers are doing great , 01:52.404 --> 01:54.516 even the ones that came out here with 01:54.516 --> 01:56.349 no experience , they're learning 01:56.349 --> 01:58.682 private first class Joshua chai Chester , 01:58.682 --> 02:00.404 a 12 whiskey carpentry masonry 02:00.404 --> 02:02.238 specialist , expressed to me his 02:02.238 --> 02:04.127 opinion of the commission and non 02:04.127 --> 02:06.016 commissioned officers leading the 02:06.016 --> 02:05.840 project . We're doing a great job 02:05.840 --> 02:07.562 that's going around , watching 02:07.562 --> 02:09.729 everybody , making sure everybody's on 02:09.729 --> 02:11.840 point and do what they're supposed to 02:11.840 --> 02:14.007 be doing , giving a little bit of help 02:14.007 --> 02:15.784 working hand . They're not just 02:15.784 --> 02:17.951 standing around telling you what to do 02:17.951 --> 02:17.030 there actually in there helping you 02:17.040 --> 02:18.984 castle IRC is main goal is to give 02:18.984 --> 02:20.900 soldiers like PFC chai Chester an 02:20.900 --> 02:23.122 opportunity to swing the hammer and cut 02:23.122 --> 02:25.233 the boards . Training out here is hot 02:25.233 --> 02:27.344 and labor intensive , luckily for the 02:27.344 --> 02:29.567 engineers , the 72 17th medical support 02:29.567 --> 02:31.567 unit from Perrin florida are making 02:31.567 --> 02:33.733 sure the engineers stay hydrated , but 02:33.733 --> 02:35.622 they also take time for simulated 02:35.622 --> 02:37.733 lifesaving training . This particular 02:37.733 --> 02:39.844 exercise involved an army soldier who 02:39.844 --> 02:39.250 hit the ground a little too hard here 02:39.250 --> 02:41.361 at Fort Hunter , Liggett and possibly 02:41.361 --> 02:43.940 broke his leg . The 72 17 msu medical 02:43.940 --> 02:45.884 team transport to simulate injured 02:45.884 --> 02:48.107 soldier to the based medical unit acute 02:48.107 --> 02:50.110 care wing . Once inside the medics 02:50.110 --> 02:52.166 began to run I . V . S and did their 02:52.166 --> 02:54.680 best to stabilize the patient , 72 17 02:54.690 --> 02:56.801 medical support unit , sergeant first 02:56.801 --> 02:58.746 class Sharon casby from Montgomery 02:58.746 --> 03:00.801 Alabama shared how she felt once the 03:00.801 --> 03:02.770 patient arrived . Actually excited 03:02.770 --> 03:05.020 about the patient because I like I love 03:05.020 --> 03:07.360 doing medical training . I really do 03:07.430 --> 03:09.486 leading the medical staff during the 03:09.486 --> 03:11.541 stabilization and evaluation process 03:11.541 --> 03:13.652 was army Major Dina say no more . And 03:13.652 --> 03:15.819 she had this to say about her soldiers 03:15.819 --> 03:18.350 performance . Our troops are very good 03:18.350 --> 03:22.180 whole well trained , very capable . Um 03:22.190 --> 03:24.412 This is not something our medics get to 03:24.412 --> 03:26.579 do on a regular basis as part of their 03:26.579 --> 03:29.320 civilian jobs . So here when we come 03:29.320 --> 03:31.520 for annual training it's it's great 03:31.520 --> 03:33.580 training for them . They performed 03:33.590 --> 03:35.870 remarkably well . Everybody had a job 03:35.880 --> 03:38.110 to do and they did it well . These 03:38.110 --> 03:40.277 troops sure to work up an appetite and 03:40.277 --> 03:42.443 the food service specialists have done 03:42.443 --> 03:44.610 a great job keeping us fed and happy . 03:44.610 --> 03:46.777 Army Sergeant Stephan Wiley reports on 03:46.777 --> 03:49.110 the cooks and they're tasty competition . 03:49.110 --> 03:51.110 Soldiers work up hunger many ways . 03:51.110 --> 03:53.277 Food service specialists from the 3 15 03:53.277 --> 03:55.332 4 support company with help from the 03:55.332 --> 03:57.332 nine 83rd . Forward support company 03:57.332 --> 03:59.388 Work hard to provide two hot meals a 03:59.388 --> 04:01.499 day for everyone participating in the 04:01.499 --> 04:03.054 castle installation related 04:03.054 --> 04:05.110 construction exercise on 400 Liggett 04:05.110 --> 04:07.580 California cooking In general . It's 04:07.580 --> 04:09.747 not that bad when you're at home . But 04:09.747 --> 04:11.790 cooking for about 700 people . It's 04:11.790 --> 04:14.450 kind of kind of hectic . Sometimes 04:15.840 --> 04:18.800 the 3 15 is also competing for a Philip 04:18.810 --> 04:21.520 K . Conley award which is the top army 04:21.520 --> 04:23.750 food service award and the judge how we 04:23.750 --> 04:26.940 cook it , scratched how we go about 04:26.950 --> 04:30.840 cleaning , measuring taste of food so 04:30.840 --> 04:32.951 far . I mean , it's going out right . 04:33.540 --> 04:35.596 These soldiers know their food helps 04:35.596 --> 04:37.870 keep the army strong and rolling along 04:37.950 --> 04:39.880 for the three 63rd Public Affairs 04:39.880 --> 04:41.713 Detachment . I'm Army Sergeant , 04:41.713 --> 04:43.936 Stephan Wiley . When the army engineers 04:43.936 --> 04:46.047 come to town , they bring the biggest 04:46.047 --> 04:47.824 baddest land equipment that the 04:47.824 --> 04:49.602 military has to offer loaders , 04:49.602 --> 04:51.491 scrapers , rollers and other huge 04:51.491 --> 04:53.658 wheeled earthmovers are the focus here 04:53.658 --> 04:55.824 at Castle IRC , an Army Reserve annual 04:55.824 --> 04:57.991 training exercise at 400 Liggett . The 04:57.991 --> 04:59.824 six 59th engineer company out of 04:59.824 --> 05:01.880 Spokane Washington are driving these 05:01.880 --> 05:03.991 behemoths , an effort to improve this 05:03.991 --> 05:05.936 military installation . Specialist 05:05.936 --> 05:07.713 Jacob seals , 12 bravo . Combat 05:07.713 --> 05:09.713 engineer from UKIP A California has 05:09.713 --> 05:11.602 gained hours of experience on his 05:11.602 --> 05:13.658 combat roller and explain to me what 05:13.658 --> 05:15.769 his roller actually does . The roller 05:15.769 --> 05:17.824 is . Uh , basically just compact the 05:17.824 --> 05:21.420 dirt so that we could build layers of 05:21.420 --> 05:24.790 rock on top to make the foundation more 05:24.790 --> 05:26.734 steady . Although specialist seals 05:26.734 --> 05:28.734 enjoys driving his roller , he does 05:28.734 --> 05:30.568 consider it a slow , tedious job 05:30.568 --> 05:32.568 compared to the combat loader . The 05:32.568 --> 05:34.623 most fun I'd have to say I hear from 05:34.623 --> 05:36.401 the guys is the loader , you're 05:36.401 --> 05:38.401 actually shovelling up the dirt and 05:38.401 --> 05:40.679 putting in the back of the dump trucks . 05:40.679 --> 05:42.734 And I heard that everyone loves that 05:42.734 --> 05:44.679 piece of equipment . Soldiers take 05:44.679 --> 05:46.901 turns driving each military big wheel , 05:46.901 --> 05:49.012 ensuring excellent results regardless 05:49.012 --> 05:51.123 of the machine or the soldier here in 05:51.123 --> 05:53.346 the States or overseas less than half a 05:53.346 --> 05:53.000 football field from the scrapers and 05:53.000 --> 05:55.222 rollers . A small hut is being built to 05:55.222 --> 05:57.111 the untrained military I the 46th 05:57.111 --> 05:58.944 engineer company from Southfield 05:58.944 --> 06:00.889 michigan are building some type of 06:00.889 --> 06:03.111 house or shed close . It's called a sua 06:03.111 --> 06:05.070 hut . The southwest Asia hut is a 06:05.070 --> 06:06.860 standalone multipurpose wooden 06:06.860 --> 06:08.971 structure built to house soldiers and 06:08.971 --> 06:10.916 equipment . Staff Sergeant Jeffrey 06:10.916 --> 06:12.916 Jackson , a construction supervisor 06:12.916 --> 06:15.380 whose hometown is Toledo Ohio enjoys 06:15.380 --> 06:17.490 being outside with his troops . My 06:17.490 --> 06:19.657 soldiers are great , they like to joke 06:19.657 --> 06:21.768 on the ground and play , but you know 06:21.768 --> 06:23.990 that's how they keep their morale up so 06:23.990 --> 06:26.212 I don't mind so I like to joke with him 06:26.212 --> 06:28.434 too , but I like to keep them in line . 06:28.434 --> 06:30.546 Also , annual training is the time of 06:30.546 --> 06:32.546 year when soldiers are rewarded for 06:32.546 --> 06:31.710 sitting through power point 06:31.710 --> 06:33.910 presentations , online safety courses 06:33.910 --> 06:35.966 and the dreaded military paperwork . 06:35.966 --> 06:38.077 Private first class keith Brandon , a 06:38.077 --> 06:40.299 12 whiskey carpentry masonry specialist 06:40.299 --> 06:42.580 from Bay City Michigan agrees . I don't 06:42.580 --> 06:44.730 really like sitting down and doing 06:44.730 --> 06:46.897 paperwork and all that , I like to get 06:46.897 --> 06:49.090 out and do stuff and uh you know more 06:49.090 --> 06:51.090 hands on and more a little bit more 06:51.090 --> 06:53.146 labor labor work than sitting around 06:53.146 --> 06:55.368 all day . The general consensus here at 06:55.368 --> 06:57.423 Castle IRC is more hands on training 06:57.423 --> 06:59.479 and less paperwork training that may 06:59.479 --> 07:01.430 never change . So the 46 builds on 07:01.430 --> 07:03.430 enjoying the fresh air and hands on 07:03.430 --> 07:05.541 training here in the desert mountains 07:05.541 --> 07:07.652 of central California From 400 leg at 07:07.652 --> 07:09.760 Castle ICC ? I'm Army Sergeant Dan , 07:09.760 --> 07:11.927 are weber . Thank you for joining us . 07:13.450 --> 07:17.260 What's up ? What was that ? 07:17.640 --> 07:20.620 It was a demo range . What ? The demo 07:20.620 --> 07:22.842 range 93rd down on the demo range , the 07:22.842 --> 07:25.064 19 83rd infantry battalions of the demo 07:25.064 --> 07:27.630 range , yep . Well , apparently there's 07:27.640 --> 07:29.696 there's demo range training going on 07:29.696 --> 07:31.807 here , too . All right , well , let's 07:31.807 --> 07:32.940 get out of here .