WEBVTT 00:06.290 --> 00:09.640 Hello and welcome to around the air force. I'm senior airman 00:09.640 --> 00:13.800 alina richard of do to resource constraints costs by sea quest 00:13.800 --> 00:16.870 ration air force base command officials have directed the twenty 00:16.870 --> 00:20.570 first base wing to prepare to discontinue operations at the air 00:20.570 --> 00:24.590 force base surveillance system by ePub are first af SP see was 00:24.590 --> 00:27.590 to cost savings of approximately fourteen million dollars per 00:27.590 --> 00:31.180 year by deactivated in the system for more on the story this 00:31.180 --> 00:35.370 affluent if these days airmen looking everywhere. They can to 00:35.370 --> 00:39.220 try and cut costs sometimes all it takes is a little common sense 00:39.250 --> 00:42.640 in some have for security forces airmen and altus air force base 00:42.640 --> 00:46.440 Oklahoma found of thousands of dollars in savings in of all places 00:46.440 --> 00:51.090 an empty field tech sergeant nicholas kurtz explains the money 00:51.090 --> 00:54.590 saving ideas can come from anywhere but it's a good start this 00:54.590 --> 00:59.760 that of their target and does that even a vacant lot. 01:00.260 --> 01:01.230 Harder for. 01:01.870 --> 01:05.110 This is where security forces their but altus train the M of 01:05.110 --> 01:08.130 three grenade larger but not long ago. They had a drive more 01:08.130 --> 01:11.740 that one hundred miles an brown trip to Fort sill Oklahoma to 01:11.740 --> 01:14.870 use the grenade range there. It was a costly and time consuming 01:14.870 --> 01:18.700 process of eddie didn't that much set sense all the really to 01:18.700 --> 01:22.130 get graded that guard their gear that was a big open field. 01:22.340 --> 01:25.030 So with a little cord nation from some other base agencies. 01:25.720 --> 01:28.370 The security forces squadron was able to convert of the used 01:28.370 --> 01:32.080 plot of where about office ergo into their own grade range now 01:32.110 --> 01:34.950 that can do this training quite literally and their own backyard. 01:35.530 --> 01:39.580 Have with the U.S. and the maritime that the to build this before 01:39.580 --> 01:42.930 still are miles away buyer versus where does the go down the 01:42.930 --> 01:43.720 block in. Far. 01:46.000 --> 01:48.410 They go there this rains that there were sitting all right. 01:48.410 --> 01:50.880 Now was built with one hundred percent. We're cycle materials 01:50.880 --> 01:54.950 nothing out here costs a dime but we're save in on average about 01:54.980 --> 01:57.830 the two hundred dollars in fuel prices a newly every year when 01:57.830 --> 02:00.970 you at in man-hours were soon about so hard twenty summer for 02:00.970 --> 02:04.100 do man-hours a year the planning on you know how busy we are. 02:04.620 --> 02:07.610 Now by itself that might sound like just a drop in the bucket 02:07.660 --> 02:11.300 I'd you get nasty walking today and put it in every dollar counts 02:11.300 --> 02:14.450 culture to little initiative to get things done smarter and cheaper 02:14.600 --> 02:17.240 can go a long way towards helping the air force base today's 02:17.240 --> 02:20.210 budget reality us tech sergeant outskirts all to see air force 02:20.210 --> 02:22.110 base Oklahoma gurdy their. 02:23.260 --> 02:27.300 After multiple deployments and sustaining to injuries and military 02:27.300 --> 02:31.000 working da prepares to leave Afghanistan for good staff sergeant 02:31.000 --> 02:32.410 anne brine house the story. 02:33.670 --> 02:37.270 Every military member must. Tell process before leaving bob. 02:37.860 --> 02:41.650 For Norman a military working dog of this process is a little 02:41.650 --> 02:44.720 wink fewer than it is for your average air that's areas process 02:44.720 --> 02:48.780 is basically when we come to the that for violence that of the 02:48.780 --> 02:49.470 dogs to. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.340 Lot into the country. 02:51.850 --> 02:55.360 They see the that looks over his health woman is a combat veteran 02:55.360 --> 02:57.290 finishing that he's six deployment. 02:57.880 --> 03:01.030 However of this trip to the desert was the final who were offered 03:01.030 --> 03:05.250 this military working dogs. We're save countless lives in service 03:05.250 --> 03:06.470 to the United States. 03:07.310 --> 03:10.250 In this case they're gone and how he is bring up over time that 03:10.250 --> 03:13.560 we have to go basically do a disposition the video and it dewar 03:13.650 --> 03:16.630 people work to where for at notifying watch plan that we are 03:17.100 --> 03:21.030 disappointed on the retirement package serves to prove that Norman 03:21.030 --> 03:25.030 has insisted in the long term maintenance of war that would make 03:25.030 --> 03:29.280 a msgt to be around children with a military working dog retires 03:29.500 --> 03:32.730 the lest here will has the option to add off the service member 03:33.050 --> 03:36.480 in staff sergeant nicholas. But no will in his family on very 03:36.480 --> 03:38.110 grateful to have this privilege. 03:39.060 --> 03:40.610 My wife is is currently it's that it. 03:41.430 --> 03:46.350 Seems to so happy that basically the man who kept by the light safe. 03:46.870 --> 03:50.310 For all the house alarm is as we have and all the situation we've 03:50.310 --> 03:53.720 and in there is deployment that were able to give back to hem. 03:54.740 --> 03:58.320 After a few we're valuations in some people work is finished 03:58.580 --> 04:01.960 woman service to our nation will be complete and he will have 04:01.960 --> 04:05.580 an opportunity that he is not yet been afforded he will finally 04:05.580 --> 04:09.290 get the chance to be a normal doll with a family that loves about. 04:09.840 --> 04:12.770 Your force that sorties Shawn Bryant bob from your feet. 04:14.100 --> 04:17.990 For more of today's top stories visit ask link from the air force 04:17.990 --> 04:21.340 broadcasting service at Fort meade Maryland. I'm senior airman alina. 04:21.340 --> 04:28.180 Richard thanks for watching. That. It. That..