WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:03.700 All right sir , as we did yesterday . 00:03.710 --> 00:05.932 Um if you could just give me your first 00:05.932 --> 00:08.860 and last name , spelled them your rank 00:08.870 --> 00:12.780 uh unit and what your position is , 00:12.790 --> 00:15.150 what what what we're doing here ? Okay . 00:15.540 --> 00:18.500 Okay . Lieutenant Colonel R . I . A . N . 00:18.510 --> 00:22.210 Powell . H . O W E L . L . Uh I 00:22.220 --> 00:25.450 am with the United States Army pacific 00:25.460 --> 00:28.640 Contingency Command Post and I'm the 00:28.650 --> 00:30.483 team leader for the humanitarian 00:30.483 --> 00:32.280 assistance survey team . 00:34.550 --> 00:38.250 A conversation . Right , okay . Tell me 00:38.250 --> 00:40.600 a little bit about the past . What you 00:40.600 --> 00:44.560 were trying to describe the past two to 00:44.570 --> 00:47.140 a family member ? What is the house ? 00:47.150 --> 00:50.480 Sure . The humanitarian assistance 00:50.490 --> 00:53.670 survey team or hast is a 7 to 20 00:53.670 --> 00:57.080 soldier element that is trained and 00:57.080 --> 01:00.140 ready to deploy within 24 hours to any 01:00.140 --> 01:02.930 disaster area , within the pacific area 01:02.930 --> 01:05.570 of operations uh in order to provide 01:05.570 --> 01:08.240 the commander with a rapid 01:08.250 --> 01:11.150 assessment of the situation on the 01:11.150 --> 01:13.261 ground . Okay . So what's our primary 01:13.261 --> 01:15.483 mission ? What is our main focus ? Once 01:15.483 --> 01:17.317 we get on , our main focus is to 01:17.317 --> 01:20.400 initially leak up either with the host 01:20.400 --> 01:23.760 nation or any other government agency , 01:24.140 --> 01:26.560 he's already working the disaster on 01:26.560 --> 01:29.120 site and to conduct that preliminary 01:29.120 --> 01:31.530 assessment that can be fed back to the 01:31.530 --> 01:34.300 user pack or pay com commander to give 01:34.300 --> 01:36.522 them better visibility on the situation 01:36.522 --> 01:38.522 on the ground . Okay . So we're not 01:38.522 --> 01:40.522 we're just we're just getting their 01:40.522 --> 01:43.420 explain , explain what are you sure ? 01:43.740 --> 01:46.750 And um disaster situations . The lead 01:46.760 --> 01:48.816 federal Agency for the United States 01:48.816 --> 01:51.460 Government is the Office of Foreign 01:51.460 --> 01:53.738 Disaster Assistance which is part of U . 01:53.738 --> 01:55.520 S . A . I . D . So we would be 01:55.520 --> 01:57.200 operating in support of their 01:57.200 --> 02:00.680 activities in country . So we 02:00.680 --> 02:03.100 are we are unique . Describe 02:04.240 --> 02:07.680 we are unique because we are a cross 02:07.680 --> 02:10.250 functional military organization . My 02:10.250 --> 02:13.070 team when it deploys as expertise in 02:13.080 --> 02:16.720 engineering , logistics , medical 02:16.770 --> 02:19.840 and civil affairs , uh we can conduct a 02:19.840 --> 02:22.062 complete cross functional assessment of 02:22.062 --> 02:25.880 the situation uh to give the greater 02:25.880 --> 02:28.940 idea of what forces may be required to 02:28.950 --> 02:31.760 support uh , that lead federal agency 02:31.760 --> 02:35.010 and the relief effort . Okay . A little 02:35.010 --> 02:37.220 bit about what we're doing up here for 02:37.230 --> 02:39.540 training , that scofield barracks . I 02:39.550 --> 02:42.360 went out a lot , a lot of video at the 02:42.370 --> 02:44.540 airport and uh just describe a little 02:44.540 --> 02:46.707 bit why we're here doing this . What's 02:46.707 --> 02:48.970 the imports us ? Right . Uh We're out 02:48.970 --> 02:51.710 here conducting a field readiness 02:51.710 --> 02:54.550 exercise um to test our capabilities in 02:54.550 --> 02:57.880 both uh deploying within that 24 hour 02:57.890 --> 03:01.140 time period , uh and also practicing 03:01.140 --> 03:03.084 the events that we would do on the 03:03.084 --> 03:06.220 ground , such as conducting link up 03:06.220 --> 03:09.370 with a another government agency 03:09.380 --> 03:12.150 establishing our field 03:12.740 --> 03:15.490 field site uh where we would conduct 03:15.490 --> 03:19.050 our operations from , uh and also going 03:19.050 --> 03:21.320 out and actually conducting some 03:21.320 --> 03:23.820 infrastructure assessments of the types 03:23.820 --> 03:27.350 that are likely for us to perform in an 03:27.350 --> 03:29.750 actual disaster . Okay . Is there 03:29.750 --> 03:33.570 anything else you'd like that the uh 03:33.580 --> 03:36.390 past is trained and ready to deploy on 03:36.390 --> 03:39.920 short notice within the pacific kor uh 03:39.930 --> 03:42.660 in order to support the commander and 03:42.660 --> 03:44.160 the pay com commander . 03:48.090 --> 03:51.180 Okay ? Lieutenant Colonel BRian , B R I 03:51.180 --> 03:54.750 A N . Howell , H O W E L . L . And I'm 03:54.750 --> 03:56.840 the team leader for the user pack , 03:56.850 --> 03:58.961 humanitarian assistance survey team . 04:02.440 --> 04:04.773 All right . I'm gonna go back over here . 04:04.773 --> 04:05.540 Yeah . 04:09.140 --> 04:12.350 Yes . I just like to feel it small 04:12.350 --> 04:12.660 enough .