WEBVTT 00:04.940 --> 00:07.750 brian , B R Y A . N . Bailey , D A . I . 00:07.760 --> 00:10.020 L . E . Y . Major Station , Adolfas Air 00:10.020 --> 00:12.120 Force Base with the 97th Training 00:12.120 --> 00:14.120 Squadron out there inter flying out 00:14.120 --> 00:16.231 here with the 58 Airlift Squadron and 00:16.231 --> 00:18.287 some of our pack effort AMC brothers 00:18.287 --> 00:20.176 tonight we went out and exercised 00:20.176 --> 00:22.231 becoming the Global Response Force , 00:22.231 --> 00:21.950 taking 82nd airborne . Put them 00:21.950 --> 00:24.270 anywhere we want in the world are part 00:24.270 --> 00:26.492 tonight . We took three Humvees and how 00:26.492 --> 00:28.437 it's here . That was what the army 00:28.437 --> 00:30.548 really needed to secure the drop zone 00:30.548 --> 00:32.714 tonight . So we were the lead aircraft 00:32.714 --> 00:34.770 going across the drop zone , put our 00:34.770 --> 00:36.603 equipment out , followed by 1371 00:36.603 --> 00:38.659 jumpers putting that force on the DZ 00:38.659 --> 00:40.881 securing it . Then we landed , uploaded 00:40.881 --> 00:43.350 cargo and then went and landed on that 00:43.360 --> 00:45.740 runway that they had seized , bringing 00:45.740 --> 00:48.180 in reinforcements as well . Kind of 00:48.180 --> 00:51.430 mimicking a large force exercise over 00:51.430 --> 00:53.597 the course of several hours all in one 00:53.597 --> 00:55.708 night . This was a very real training 00:55.708 --> 00:57.708 for us . Absolutely . We had guys , 00:57.708 --> 00:59.930 temporal combat packs , combat shoots . 00:59.930 --> 01:01.874 This is why it would really work . 01:01.874 --> 01:03.708 We've been practicing with large 01:03.708 --> 01:05.819 package week all week and now we come 01:05.819 --> 01:05.810 to hit night . It was as real as it's 01:05.810 --> 01:07.921 going to get sort of the real thing . 01:07.921 --> 01:09.977 Our crew has done several joe access 01:09.977 --> 01:12.770 before this one is just another one we 01:12.770 --> 01:14.714 do about Quarterly . Now bring all 01:14.714 --> 01:16.826 these aircraft in both experience for 01:16.826 --> 01:18.992 the Army and experience for aircrews . 01:18.992 --> 01:21.103 Keep us fresh and the techniques that 01:21.103 --> 01:23.270 we use out here . But the real word in 01:23.270 --> 01:22.670 the exercise , we're using the aircraft 01:22.670 --> 01:24.837 just like you would obviously the drop 01:24.837 --> 01:27.059 zone we put these guys on the night was 01:27.059 --> 01:29.226 very close to the airfield . However , 01:29.226 --> 01:29.130 it could have been anywhere in the 01:29.130 --> 01:31.297 world , so we could take her out right 01:31.297 --> 01:33.463 out of here , out of pope airfield and 01:33.463 --> 01:35.519 take this force with refillable C-17 01:35.519 --> 01:37.741 literally anywhere in the world we want 01:37.741 --> 01:39.797 to put up . So that's why it's joint 01:39.797 --> 01:42.019 training for us and the army figure out 01:42.019 --> 01:43.852 how to get those moving pieces , 01:43.852 --> 01:45.908 especially in a joint environment to 01:45.908 --> 01:48.130 where we need to put them as fast as we 01:48.130 --> 01:50.186 can . Two C 17 , performs well under 01:50.186 --> 01:52.074 this kind of austere environments 01:52.074 --> 01:54.241 because we are irrefutable , We can go 01:54.241 --> 01:56.130 anywhere in the world with tanker 01:56.130 --> 01:58.352 support , uh , so we can take off right 01:58.352 --> 02:00.297 out here and direct deliver to any 02:00.297 --> 02:02.408 combat zone . We so choose uh capable 02:02.408 --> 02:04.463 of carrying passengers rolling stock 02:04.463 --> 02:06.574 and putting them in there . We landed 02:06.574 --> 02:08.741 the night on an austere field . It was 02:08.741 --> 02:10.908 dirt 4000 ft long , so it's big enough 02:10.908 --> 02:13.019 long enough wide enough for us to get 02:13.019 --> 02:15.019 in . And that could be any piece of 02:15.019 --> 02:16.963 concrete or dirt that we've seized 02:16.963 --> 02:19.074 anywhere in the world . So that's why 02:19.074 --> 02:21.297 it's such an amazing aircraft being a C 02:21.297 --> 02:21.010 17 . I've been flying this jet just 02:21.010 --> 02:23.420 under nine years . I got 4000 hours in 02:23.420 --> 02:25.420 it and she's taking me to all seven 02:25.420 --> 02:27.531 continents , brought me home safe and 02:27.531 --> 02:27.490 sound . Every time we were very lucky 02:27.490 --> 02:29.620 tonight , we had a very experienced 02:29.620 --> 02:31.900 crew . We had four evaluator pilots and 02:31.900 --> 02:34.011 two evaluated load masters downstairs 02:34.011 --> 02:36.590 were all FDU instructors at Alphas . We 02:36.590 --> 02:38.812 come out here to join with the exercise 02:38.812 --> 02:40.940 to validate our training , keep us 02:40.940 --> 02:43.162 current and real world training so that 02:43.162 --> 02:45.273 we can take this little piece of real 02:45.273 --> 02:47.496 world training and put it back into the 02:47.496 --> 02:49.718 schoolhouse . So all of us , we had two 02:49.718 --> 02:51.773 majors and a bunch of tech sergeants 02:51.773 --> 02:53.996 downstairs . So very experienced crew . 02:53.996 --> 02:55.996 We can take the experiences that we 02:55.996 --> 02:57.940 gain tonight and to go back to the 02:57.940 --> 03:00.051 schoolhouse and Alphas Air Force Base 03:00.051 --> 03:02.162 and start spreading out at the lowest 03:02.162 --> 03:04.329 level to our newest crews . Working in 03:04.329 --> 03:06.218 joint environments . Never easy . 03:06.218 --> 03:08.218 Everybody's got different goals and 03:08.218 --> 03:07.850 different perspectives . So when we 03:07.850 --> 03:09.961 come through training like this way , 03:10.030 --> 03:12.340 it's a good experience so that we can 03:12.340 --> 03:14.229 come together and we know when we 03:14.229 --> 03:16.396 absolutely have a no fail mission that 03:16.396 --> 03:18.507 will make it work . So it's kind of a 03:18.507 --> 03:20.729 it's good practice for us . This crew , 03:20.729 --> 03:20.540 we've known each other very well . 03:20.540 --> 03:22.596 We've got a small small unit back at 03:22.596 --> 03:25.040 Alphas uh fly together all the time . 03:25.100 --> 03:27.378 That was my D . O . Sitting next to me . 03:27.378 --> 03:29.600 Uh He's my immediate supervisor . So we 03:29.600 --> 03:31.920 fly quite a bit uh together . Uh The 03:31.920 --> 03:34.031 aircraft community and C . 17 is even 03:34.031 --> 03:36.198 smaller than the C . 17 community as a 03:36.198 --> 03:38.531 whole . So it is a tight knit community . 03:38.640 --> 03:42.160 Uh But it's it gives us the opportunity 03:42.160 --> 03:44.382 to come out here and train and get even 03:44.382 --> 03:46.493 closer so that we can know how to fly 03:46.493 --> 03:46.460 with each other when it really happened . 03:47.040 --> 03:49.140 Absolutely , joe ax is a great 03:49.150 --> 03:51.261 opportunity to come out here . Mostly 03:51.261 --> 03:53.483 17 crews fight for the right to come be 03:53.483 --> 03:55.706 a part of this because it's such a good 03:55.706 --> 03:57.817 training . We can't get everybody out 03:57.817 --> 03:57.470 here every time . So these are select 03:57.470 --> 04:00.190 slots I know from the FDU . We had a 04:00.190 --> 04:02.246 waiting list for guys that wanted to 04:02.246 --> 04:04.468 come out here . So we got lucky and got 04:04.468 --> 04:06.579 to be the ones pick this time because 04:06.579 --> 04:06.470 it is such a good training . It's real 04:06.470 --> 04:08.637 world experience . It's real jumpers , 04:08.637 --> 04:10.859 it's real cargo . Really putting things 04:10.859 --> 04:13.220 landing in austere environment . So 04:13.220 --> 04:15.331 this is great training for us all the 04:15.331 --> 04:17.276 time and it validates the national 04:17.276 --> 04:19.442 security option with a global response 04:19.442 --> 04:19.310 for us to be able to put a little piece 04:19.310 --> 04:21.254 of America anywhere we want in the 04:21.254 --> 04:23.477 world . So absolutely , this is some of 04:23.477 --> 04:25.366 the best training we can get . We 04:25.366 --> 04:24.760 always want to be part of it .