WEBVTT 00:04.240 --> 00:07.040 So this is the the big system that's 00:07.040 --> 00:09.550 hooked up and all the trucks , it runs 00:09.550 --> 00:12.160 circular from the front , all the way 00:12.160 --> 00:15.450 around the truck and they're in 00:15.450 --> 00:19.350 sequence . So like this cable one 00:19.350 --> 00:21.572 and always plugs into the other side of 00:21.572 --> 00:23.906 the box on the other end . If that gets , 00:24.210 --> 00:26.266 if the cable's not hooked up the way 00:26.266 --> 00:28.210 it's supposed to be hooked up , it 00:28.210 --> 00:30.780 won't work . four different types of 00:30.780 --> 00:33.970 boxes . You gotta gunners box which has 00:34.640 --> 00:37.970 one end that's different . You have the 00:37.970 --> 00:40.760 regular box that's usually in the back 00:40.770 --> 00:43.350 or up by the front with a T . C . And 00:43.350 --> 00:46.730 the driver , you have the red boxes , a 00:46.740 --> 00:48.760 radio interface . It's for our new 00:49.240 --> 00:52.550 rhythm radios were installing . And 00:52.550 --> 00:55.460 then you also have your the box that 00:55.460 --> 00:57.627 turns it on and off . And a lot of the 00:57.627 --> 00:59.793 trucks they have it set up to where as 00:59.793 --> 01:01.904 soon as you turn this on it will turn 01:01.904 --> 01:04.160 the the mounts on for the radios . So 01:04.160 --> 01:06.950 you don't even have to do that . Well 01:06.950 --> 01:09.590 these are hooked up to the mountains to 01:09.590 --> 01:12.110 the radios . So instead of having to go 01:12.110 --> 01:15.740 back and grab a hand , like you got 01:15.740 --> 01:17.980 your headset on and you can flip 01:17.990 --> 01:20.560 between each radio or just internal 01:20.560 --> 01:23.740 coms with these switches and then you 01:23.740 --> 01:27.530 can adjust the volume . Um 01:27.540 --> 01:30.820 right now we only work on the commons 01:30.830 --> 01:33.900 and max pros for the most part , the 01:33.910 --> 01:36.960 cure of here have Humvees . So 01:37.340 --> 01:39.930 sometimes we work on their stuff but 01:39.930 --> 01:43.870 it's just maybe once a week uh having 01:43.870 --> 01:45.926 working in common was very important 01:45.926 --> 01:48.150 because it's your life , it's your 01:48.150 --> 01:50.810 lifeline if you get in a fight and you 01:50.810 --> 01:52.699 can't call in your ear support or 01:52.699 --> 01:54.921 anything , you're kind of stuck on your 01:54.921 --> 01:57.143 own . So , we always make sure that the 01:57.143 --> 01:59.310 trucks are working when they leave the 01:59.310 --> 02:01.532 shop and the crews make sure that their 02:01.532 --> 02:03.643 trucks are working before they go out 02:03.643 --> 02:05.880 on the road . So we do what we can to 02:05.880 --> 02:07.713 make sure that everything's were 02:07.713 --> 02:10.047 supposed to be before we send them away . 02:10.047 --> 02:13.220 There's multiple layers because they go 02:13.220 --> 02:15.331 through maintenance , they go through 02:15.331 --> 02:18.460 Iwo and then they come through us or 02:18.460 --> 02:21.750 their common guys and get it squared 02:21.750 --> 02:24.950 away before they roll out . Mhm . Mhm . 02:25.540 --> 02:28.850 Mhm . It's important role , 02:28.860 --> 02:31.220 but the teams have been doing this for 02:31.220 --> 02:33.450 a few months , so they got it down on 02:33.450 --> 02:36.270 pat . Pretty much . We just when we 02:36.270 --> 02:39.160 change things up a little bit , we give 02:39.160 --> 02:41.382 them classes on it and we train them on 02:41.382 --> 02:43.604 the new stuff before we send them out , 02:44.540 --> 02:46.818 we give them the information they need . 02:50.940 --> 02:53.160 I'm the truck commander , responsible 02:53.160 --> 02:55.104 mostly for the Communications Blue 02:55.104 --> 02:56.993 Force tracker in the Harris radio 02:56.993 --> 03:00.060 system . Thank you . 03:03.540 --> 03:07.150 What was that ? What about ? Okay . Mhm . 03:09.040 --> 03:11.096 Blue Force tracker lets us see other 03:11.096 --> 03:13.950 convoys on the road , see ourselves and 03:13.950 --> 03:15.960 send messages back and forth . 03:18.240 --> 03:21.790 Just people . Yeah , that way we know 03:21.790 --> 03:25.210 another convoys are on our roads , it's 03:25.210 --> 03:27.154 another form of communication . If 03:27.154 --> 03:29.210 radios go down or we don't have each 03:29.210 --> 03:30.321 other's frequency . 03:37.040 --> 03:38.250 Yeah . All right , 03:45.140 --> 03:48.350 operating , Yeah . Mhm . 03:49.740 --> 03:52.350 Yeah . Ask you guys . 03:58.440 --> 04:00.530 Okay . Usually we don't have each 04:00.530 --> 04:02.474 other's frequency . We've got many 04:02.474 --> 04:04.808 units operating in the same environment . 04:05.040 --> 04:07.230 Often going all the way from southern 04:07.230 --> 04:10.550 Iraq to Northern Iraq . So it's a 04:11.440 --> 04:14.650 everyone can communicate on the same . 04:15.140 --> 04:17.307 We don't need each other's frequencies 04:17.307 --> 04:20.200 or radios can also communicate with 04:20.200 --> 04:22.580 helicopters , communicate with other 04:22.580 --> 04:23.260 talks 04:30.240 --> 04:33.720 commission for what is your currently 04:33.720 --> 04:35.610 we're serving as the CST for our 04:35.610 --> 04:38.770 company providing sustainment convoy 04:38.770 --> 04:41.620 security team for the convoy teams 04:42.640 --> 04:45.360 up from K crossing the cob adder 04:45.740 --> 04:48.510 bringing food and fuel up to the troops 04:48.510 --> 04:49.732 that are still here . 04:53.840 --> 04:56.550 Okay . Again 05:02.340 --> 05:04.970 I enjoy the sustainment mission . It's 05:04.970 --> 05:07.680 good to bring mail and food . It's 05:07.680 --> 05:09.736 important to keep the troops up here 05:09.736 --> 05:11.680 still comfortable . So that's what 05:11.680 --> 05:12.680 we're doing 05:15.340 --> 05:17.340 back on it . This is a huge part of 05:17.340 --> 05:20.640 history . Yeah . 05:21.740 --> 05:25.160 Crazy . Previously 05:25.540 --> 05:28.230 reason area . How do you think it will 05:28.230 --> 05:32.180 be ? Yeah . I think 05:32.180 --> 05:34.402 we'll look back on it positively . It's 05:34.402 --> 05:37.480 a good end of the war and hopefully it 05:37.480 --> 05:38.010 ends soon .