WEBVTT 00:04.240 --> 00:10.210 Hello 00:10.210 --> 00:12.660 and welcome to around the Air Force Don 00:12.660 --> 00:14.980 Ho , the Hawaiian entertainment icon 00:14.980 --> 00:17.202 passed away in april . He was known for 00:17.202 --> 00:19.202 his music , but at one time he also 00:19.202 --> 00:21.220 wore Air Force Blue Army Sergeant 00:21.220 --> 00:23.109 Kathrine Toronto tells us how the 00:23.109 --> 00:24.998 Hawaiian community and the United 00:24.998 --> 00:28.270 States Air Force honored the man . More 00:28.270 --> 00:30.270 than 10,000 visitors flocked to the 00:30.270 --> 00:32.492 shores of Waikiki to pay their respects 00:32.492 --> 00:34.603 at a public memorial service held for 00:34.603 --> 00:36.492 the 76 year old literary Hawaiian 00:36.492 --> 00:38.492 entertainer and Air Force veteran . 00:38.492 --> 00:40.492 After graduating flight school as a 00:40.492 --> 00:42.437 pilot who flew cargo planes in the 00:42.437 --> 00:44.548 1950s and also supported the military 00:44.548 --> 00:44.330 with various concerts for service 00:44.330 --> 00:46.274 member station overseas or forward 00:46.274 --> 00:48.497 deployed . The air force . Remember the 00:48.497 --> 00:50.663 passing of one of its own by providing 00:50.663 --> 00:52.663 a 21 gun salute and a bugler played 00:52.663 --> 00:54.830 taps Later as his ashes were scattered 00:54.830 --> 00:56.830 in the waters off Waikiki and F- 15 00:56.830 --> 00:59.052 eagle from the White Air National Guard 00:59.052 --> 01:01.163 straight overhead , rocketing skyward 01:01.163 --> 01:03.163 in a salute to the former pilot and 01:03.163 --> 01:05.108 performer . Army Sergeant Kathrine 01:05.108 --> 01:07.274 Toronto , Waikiki beach hawaii . While 01:07.274 --> 01:09.386 the Air Force paid homage to the past 01:09.386 --> 01:11.552 accomplishments of Don Ho in hawaii on 01:11.552 --> 01:13.608 the other side of the globe , Airman 01:13.608 --> 01:15.663 looked to the future . They gathered 01:15.663 --> 01:17.663 inside a small classroom in Germany 01:17.663 --> 01:19.830 with representatives from 12 different 01:19.830 --> 01:21.941 nations learning how to communicate . 01:21.941 --> 01:24.163 Staff Sergeant jeremy Hostetter has the 01:24.163 --> 01:26.163 story phoenix endeavor offers three 01:26.163 --> 01:28.386 weeks of spectrum management seminars , 01:28.386 --> 01:30.386 military communications specialists 01:30.386 --> 01:32.386 from 12 different nations . We show 01:32.386 --> 01:34.608 them some of the tools and capabilities 01:34.608 --> 01:36.830 that the United States has . We go over 01:36.830 --> 01:39.510 some lessons learned and best practices . 01:39.520 --> 01:41.710 Spectrum analyzers like South African 01:41.710 --> 01:43.821 Army Lieutenant Colonel Gregory maroc 01:43.940 --> 01:46.000 coordinate various radio frequency 01:46.000 --> 01:47.944 needs of their own organizations , 01:47.944 --> 01:49.944 whether it encompasses simple radio 01:49.944 --> 01:52.160 communications or frequencies used for 01:52.160 --> 01:54.500 air traffic or weapons systems . I 01:54.500 --> 01:56.750 think it's very important because now 01:57.140 --> 01:59.350 everyone will be able to , in terms of 01:59.350 --> 02:01.320 communications will be able to 02:01.320 --> 02:03.850 communicate on one line . Staff 02:03.850 --> 02:06.017 sergeant jeremy , Hostetter baumholder 02:06.017 --> 02:08.830 Germany for more on today's top stories 02:08.830 --> 02:11.430 log onto Air Force link , unfortunately 02:11.430 --> 02:13.597 deploy them and frequently miss out on 02:13.597 --> 02:15.708 holidays and special events for their 02:15.708 --> 02:17.597 loved ones . Senior men's caramel 02:17.597 --> 02:19.652 felled introduces us to one of those 02:19.652 --> 02:21.708 airmen , a mother who spent mother's 02:21.708 --> 02:24.520 day away from home . Like many people , 02:24.630 --> 02:26.480 senior airman julie and johnny 02:26.480 --> 02:28.770 escalante faced the challenge of being 02:28.770 --> 02:30.881 away from loved ones while deployed , 02:30.881 --> 02:33.048 julie feels fortunate to have deployed 02:33.048 --> 02:35.480 with her husband . Still , there is a 02:35.480 --> 02:37.480 large part of their lives missing . 02:37.740 --> 02:39.796 He's a family . We know he's getting 02:39.796 --> 02:41.962 well taken care of that . It's not the 02:41.962 --> 02:43.851 same as being with your parents , 02:43.851 --> 02:45.796 keeping in touch with Isaiah is an 02:45.796 --> 02:48.018 important part of Julius deployment . I 02:48.018 --> 02:50.129 call home about every day every other 02:50.129 --> 02:52.351 day and I could hear him talking mama , 02:52.351 --> 02:54.240 mama or dad , dad and I feel good 02:54.240 --> 02:56.018 whenever I get to talk to him , 02:56.018 --> 02:58.073 although julie can't be with her son 02:58.073 --> 03:00.018 this mother's day . She has gained 03:00.018 --> 03:02.073 something from being apart my , no , 03:02.073 --> 03:04.240 I'm close to my son , but you know , I 03:04.240 --> 03:03.920 just think of him or just things I 03:03.920 --> 03:05.976 don't want to do whenever I get back 03:05.976 --> 03:08.031 and I just feel like I'm never gonna 03:08.031 --> 03:10.142 let him go whenever we get back julie 03:10.142 --> 03:10.140 notes . There are other mothers 03:10.140 --> 03:12.480 deployed . She offers some advice on 03:12.480 --> 03:14.591 getting through the separation . Just 03:14.591 --> 03:16.813 think positive , positive , stay , stay 03:16.813 --> 03:18.813 strong . You know , you're gonna go 03:18.813 --> 03:21.091 home be with your family and your kids . 03:21.091 --> 03:23.202 Senior airman caramel , felled bagram 03:23.202 --> 03:25.590 Airfield , Afghanistan airman and Japan 03:25.590 --> 03:27.701 spent the week leading up to mother's 03:27.701 --> 03:29.923 Day practicing their wartime mission as 03:29.923 --> 03:32.090 part of an emergency response exercise 03:32.090 --> 03:34.312 in the first class Dustin pain shows us 03:34.312 --> 03:36.201 medical airmen treating hazardous 03:36.201 --> 03:38.740 patients while most Dakota residents 03:38.740 --> 03:40.962 are still asleep or imminent . Yokota's 03:40.962 --> 03:42.851 based hospital are up before dawn 03:42.851 --> 03:45.120 practicing decontamination procedures . 03:45.340 --> 03:47.396 Medical teams worked around the base 03:47.396 --> 03:49.451 exercise of chemical contamination , 03:49.451 --> 03:51.562 treating role players as if they were 03:51.562 --> 03:53.562 in a real life incident and process 03:53.562 --> 03:55.673 them in a decontamination unit before 03:55.673 --> 03:57.729 allowing them into the hospital . We 03:57.729 --> 03:59.896 should train like we're actually gonna 03:59.896 --> 04:01.896 play and fight okay because there's 04:01.896 --> 04:03.896 nothing like training . You need to 04:03.896 --> 04:05.951 take it serious because lives on the 04:05.951 --> 04:07.896 line by sunrise , the medical team 04:07.896 --> 04:09.840 treated all the acting victims and 04:09.840 --> 04:11.784 ensure the hospital safety . These 04:11.784 --> 04:14.007 patients were contaminated with a nerve 04:14.007 --> 04:13.110 agent . You don't want to take them 04:13.110 --> 04:15.332 straight into the hospital because that 04:15.332 --> 04:17.388 would contaminate all the healthcare 04:17.388 --> 04:19.277 providers inside . So you want to 04:19.277 --> 04:21.499 protect the folks inside as well as get 04:21.499 --> 04:21.180 these people decontaminated so they can 04:21.190 --> 04:23.520 be brought in to be treated safely see 04:23.520 --> 04:25.742 him in a C . Rainy . You could air Base 04:25.742 --> 04:28.500 japan for around the Air Force of Staff 04:28.500 --> 04:29.360 Sergeant chris tucker .