WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:09.840 Hello 00:09.840 --> 00:11.840 and welcome to around the Air Force 00:11.840 --> 00:13.618 United States Medical teams are 00:13.618 --> 00:15.840 performing wonders all over the country 00:15.840 --> 00:17.951 of Afghanistan but it takes a central 00:17.951 --> 00:20.062 hub to keep everything working well . 00:20.062 --> 00:22.062 That hub is the Craig Joint Theater 00:22.062 --> 00:24.229 Hospital . The facility is named after 00:24.229 --> 00:26.284 Staff Sergeant Heath Crank , an army 00:26.284 --> 00:26.180 medic who died in the line of duty in 00:26.180 --> 00:28.236 Afghanistan . Staff Sergeant Dominic 00:28.236 --> 00:30.236 thicken shows us what the hospitals 00:30.236 --> 00:32.770 accomplishing in his name . Task Force 00:32.770 --> 00:34.770 Mid maintains medical teams at four 00:34.770 --> 00:36.826 locations throughout the country who 00:36.826 --> 00:38.714 can provide lifesaving care . But 00:38.714 --> 00:40.714 troops requiring additional or more 00:40.714 --> 00:42.826 advanced medical care are air back to 00:42.826 --> 00:44.992 the Craig Joint Theater Hospital . The 00:44.992 --> 00:47.048 hospital is less than a year old and 00:47.048 --> 00:49.103 it's opening ushered in a new era of 00:49.103 --> 00:48.870 highly advanced battlefield medical 00:48.870 --> 00:51.150 care . This hospital here at bagram was 00:51.150 --> 00:53.970 designed specifically to be the top 00:53.980 --> 00:56.260 level or echelon of care within 00:56.260 --> 00:58.650 Afghanistan . For our task force . What 00:58.650 --> 01:00.761 we can provide here is care above and 01:00.761 --> 01:02.872 beyond . What can be provided at some 01:02.872 --> 01:05.350 of the forward operating bases . Uh We 01:05.350 --> 01:07.461 have a number of surgical and medical 01:07.461 --> 01:09.683 subspecialties represented here as well 01:09.683 --> 01:12.580 as a full spectrum of care and 01:12.580 --> 01:14.580 equipment . The correct joint Peter 01:14.580 --> 01:16.691 Hospital also provides support to the 01:16.691 --> 01:18.913 Afghan health care system . In addition 01:18.913 --> 01:20.858 to treating afghan civilians , the 01:20.858 --> 01:23.024 hospital also runs training programmes 01:23.024 --> 01:24.969 allowing us doctors to share their 01:24.969 --> 01:27.191 skills with their Afghan counterparts . 01:27.191 --> 01:29.247 Air Force Sergeant Dominic tickets , 01:29.247 --> 01:31.191 Vibram Airfield , Afghanistan with 01:31.191 --> 01:33.247 today's high operations , tempo time 01:33.247 --> 01:35.191 management has become an important 01:35.191 --> 01:37.247 consideration for every Airman Chief 01:37.247 --> 01:39.413 Master Sergeant , The Air Force Romney 01:39.413 --> 01:41.524 McKinley addressed the topic during a 01:41.524 --> 01:41.150 recent visit to Ramstein Air base in 01:41.150 --> 01:44.290 Germany , you know , we looked at what 01:44.300 --> 01:46.356 chairman do with all the time and we 01:46.356 --> 01:48.420 have so much ancillary training that 01:48.430 --> 01:50.730 our men have been doing and we really 01:50.730 --> 01:52.790 haven't had a gatekeeper for to 01:52.790 --> 01:55.050 determine how much ancillary training 01:55.050 --> 01:58.300 they get , what is really uh ancillary 01:58.300 --> 02:00.850 training that they need and how often 02:00.850 --> 02:02.961 do we do it ? So we need to make sure 02:02.961 --> 02:05.239 that We use our minds time efficiently . 02:05.239 --> 02:07.128 So we looked at all the ancillary 02:07.128 --> 02:09.183 training we have going on in the air 02:09.183 --> 02:11.294 force right now to see what we really 02:11.294 --> 02:13.780 need to keep uh what we need to reduce 02:13.790 --> 02:17.030 or just get rid of and we reduced it to 02:17.030 --> 02:20.010 about 90 minutes per year of required 02:20.010 --> 02:22.160 in surgery training Chief McKinlay 02:22.160 --> 02:24.049 added that more time for Aaron to 02:24.049 --> 02:26.330 effectively do their jobs will make for 02:26.330 --> 02:28.580 a better Air Force Air Force weeks 02:28.580 --> 02:31.020 showcases the jobs done by our Airmen . 02:31.110 --> 02:33.410 During Air Force week in ST louis A FM 02:33.410 --> 02:35.632 was able to sit down with an airman who 02:35.632 --> 02:37.688 traded in Cardinal red for Air Force 02:37.688 --> 02:38.688 Blue . 02:38.688 --> 02:43.400 I 02:43.410 --> 02:45.510 am Major General thomas steffy , 02:45.520 --> 02:47.940 currently the commander of 20th Air 02:47.940 --> 02:49.730 Force , our nation's nuclear 02:49.740 --> 02:51.684 intercontinental ballistic missile 02:51.684 --> 02:53.462 force , soon to become the Vice 02:53.462 --> 02:55.684 Commander of Air Force Base Command . I 02:55.684 --> 02:57.851 was 15 when I got hired to be an usher 02:57.851 --> 02:59.851 at old old Busch Stadium , the last 02:59.851 --> 03:01.851 three games of stan usual career in 03:01.851 --> 03:04.950 1963 and I worked every game in 1964 03:04.950 --> 03:07.172 when the Cardinals won the world series 03:07.172 --> 03:09.830 against the Yankees every game in 1965 03:09.840 --> 03:12.540 every game in 1966 . And then halfway 03:12.540 --> 03:15.370 through the 67 season is when I joined 03:15.370 --> 03:17.920 the Air Force , spent 11 years as an 03:17.920 --> 03:20.200 enlisted man when I went to what is now 03:20.200 --> 03:22.460 called women's leadership school , that 03:22.470 --> 03:26.070 sort of opened my mind up to what it is 03:26.070 --> 03:28.403 we really do , it's defend this country . 03:28.750 --> 03:30.972 If you don't believe there's people out 03:30.972 --> 03:32.972 here that want to change our way of 03:32.972 --> 03:36.350 life , let us go away someday and 03:36.350 --> 03:38.406 you'll find it made the rank of tech 03:38.406 --> 03:40.890 sergeant and got selected for officer 03:40.890 --> 03:43.780 training school and for the last 29 03:43.780 --> 03:46.260 years I've been an officer . So I've 03:46.260 --> 03:49.020 got 40 years total and you know , I 03:49.020 --> 03:51.242 will stay as long as the Air Force will 03:51.242 --> 03:53.810 allow me to stay . You know , it's just 03:53.810 --> 03:55.970 I guess coincidence that I'm gonna be 03:55.970 --> 03:57.970 the vice commander of space Command 03:57.970 --> 04:00.670 because I do use satellite tv and the 04:00.670 --> 04:02.781 main reason I do it is so I can watch 04:02.781 --> 04:04.948 the Cardinal games no matter where I'm 04:04.948 --> 04:07.059 stationed . And it's just a thrill of 04:07.059 --> 04:09.170 mine is a lifelong Cardinal fan to be 04:09.170 --> 04:11.392 asked to throw out the first pitch in a 04:11.392 --> 04:13.448 Cardinal game . I never thought that 04:13.448 --> 04:13.310 happened . You know , I've had a lot of 04:13.310 --> 04:15.477 thrills in my career . The fist . He's 04:15.477 --> 04:17.060 got to take the cake 04:20.940 --> 04:22.940 for more on today's top stories log 04:22.940 --> 04:25.051 onto Air Force like before around the 04:25.051 --> 04:26.940 Air Force on Staff sergeant chris 04:26.940 --> 04:33.290 tucker .