WEBVTT 00:09.740 --> 00:14.660 A L L E N J O age and aavso and commander the fifteen to center 00:14.660 --> 00:17.430 britton and Colonel Curtis Johnson commander the fifty to center 00:17.430 --> 00:19.680 Brigade Crowley located here. Kandahar airfield. 00:20.690 --> 00:23.580 Of the mission of fifteen to stay member date is to provide sustain 00:23.580 --> 00:27.100 a to the war fighters and rc south south west and it's U.S. 00:27.100 --> 00:30.410 in addition to that sustain a mission given the current drawdown 00:30.410 --> 00:33.190 in Afghanistan there. We provide a lot of retrograde support 00:33.470 --> 00:36.120 as weeks close basis about those three or sea's. 00:37.000 --> 00:40.000 AOL kelly's abay shuts down the other falling stock non rolling 00:40.000 --> 00:42.950 stock and basically everything or the course last twelve years 00:42.950 --> 00:46.760 of we built up in Afghanistan at those base is we we back all 00:46.760 --> 00:49.440 their from the sustain a mission. So each and every day we're 00:49.440 --> 00:52.210 on the road throughout those three are sees al assist in our 00:52.210 --> 00:56.020 war fighter. But also bringing back of that equipment the diversity 00:56.020 --> 00:59.850 do or second our sectors rolling stock curvy because us passivity 00:59.850 --> 01:02.090 Afghanistan when you think we're on stack we think about our 01:02.090 --> 01:05.490 M wraps around clearance vehicles of those things that you see 01:05.490 --> 01:08.580 doing those route clearance missions as well as for us or sustain 01:08.580 --> 01:12.510 a missions. It's mainly M wraps or call have equipment transport 01:12.800 --> 01:15.640 the number on psyches everything of the you'll see in and around 01:15.640 --> 01:20.400 the fob in container specifically of you know of to provide life 01:20.400 --> 01:22.900 support of things and that sort of the soldiers that are in our 01:22.900 --> 01:24.010 arm Afghanistan. 01:25.110 --> 01:27.690 Currently there's there's policies in place a well commanders 01:27.690 --> 01:31.740 a certain levels to gift equipment to our Afghan partners as 01:31.740 --> 01:34.780 well as retrograde of things back to the States and of course 01:34.780 --> 01:37.680 we don't retrograde things of the that costs more than what the 01:37.710 --> 01:41.370 value of equipment is us on some cases we will be no other cases 01:41.370 --> 01:45.490 will give the Afghan sir soaked other for military's or unspent 01:45.490 --> 01:48.400 many cases we bring the equipment back home to be reserve and 01:48.400 --> 01:52.120 put back into the army inventory. There's a huge recycling effort. 01:52.120 --> 01:53.650 That's ongoing here in Afghanistan. 01:54.230 --> 01:58.900 Deal a as an example we cycle. So several things is the chemo 01:58.900 --> 02:02.580 equipment and then that in many cases recycle that to some of 02:02.580 --> 02:05.420 it takes push in Afghanistan some of the some back the States 02:05.420 --> 02:09.440 to be processed. Sure of men amicable the point and so to iraq 02:09.440 --> 02:12.360 in than one in Afghanistan about three years ago and this is 02:12.360 --> 02:15.680 extremely different in the military the base differences of in 02:15.680 --> 02:18.690 in addition to standing the war fighter which is our number one priority. 02:19.340 --> 02:22.980 However we we do a lot of retrograde with that we did not previously 02:22.980 --> 02:27.450 do of so just in the three are Caesar we sustain a there are 02:27.450 --> 02:30.490 several basis that are closing each and every month. So is so 02:30.490 --> 02:32.820 it's a governor part us is assisting ripper day to ensure that 02:32.820 --> 02:35.450 that equipment gets back to whatever harbor whatever location 02:35.450 --> 02:38.140 it needs to to ensure that it gives back again into the army 02:38.140 --> 02:41.280 and tore a lot of units are not coming back to care there's a 02:41.310 --> 02:44.180 as they jalandhar base though those soldiers so depending on 02:44.180 --> 02:47.140 which father air may actually depart from that base and that 02:47.140 --> 02:50.790 be replaced of their there is a large efforts to draw about our 02:50.790 --> 02:54.780 force year by the by the end of january of two thousand and fourteen 02:55.160 --> 02:58.040 arm in some soldiers to come back here. But it's life or tempered 02:58.340 --> 03:01.760 commoditized because there units will not be replaced on so what 03:01.760 --> 03:05.060 you'll see it is a base of with all down and all that equipment. 03:05.560 --> 03:08.920 Has been retrograde it of those soldiers also will the part that 03:09.070 --> 03:12.380 that that that fob and not be replaced actors it will be handed 03:12.380 --> 03:15.010 mission for them. There's efforts throughout Afghanistan as we 03:15.010 --> 03:16.050 draw about our base is. 03:16.630 --> 03:20.470 To go ahead in D scope that the contracts to deconstruct facilities 03:20.650 --> 03:23.200 and again retrograde all the equipment both of rolling stock 03:23.200 --> 03:26.520 and our on stock of that is down will several unable is to route 03:26.520 --> 03:30.240 the Cedar specifically our units are belong to the first year see. 03:30.780 --> 03:33.690 In the sencom. We're mature retrograde element which also has 03:33.690 --> 03:37.240 the engineers of do that deconstruction efforts of so there there 03:37.240 --> 03:40.470 is a big team effort that is in place the across the first esc 03:40.470 --> 03:44.000 in quite frankly across the entire. So joao with other neighbours 03:44.000 --> 03:46.990 to ensure that the that mission of retrograde base closure. 03:47.570 --> 03:51.700 Continues throughout the throughout dish years. Well as our will 03:51.700 --> 03:52.920 into a two thousand forty. 03:53.740 --> 03:56.610 This is a really it has a unique challenge in that is the to 03:56.640 --> 04:00.310 its its subordinate units are on different our for gen cycles. 04:00.710 --> 04:04.840 So I I had attachments companies pertain headquarters of that 04:04.840 --> 04:07.810 are all either deployed currently preparing to the border of 04:07.810 --> 04:08.890 recently re deployed. 04:09.550 --> 04:11.600 In so that there are some challenges. 04:12.200 --> 04:15.450 But to many those units our or back or need to fifteen to say 04:15.450 --> 04:19.340 rebate is as we adjust toward recently here in august and so 04:19.340 --> 04:22.360 we're the trained it weeded out to this this time was really 04:22.360 --> 04:25.770 focused on the the Brigade headquarters as well as those units 04:25.770 --> 04:29.090 that were preparing to deploy whether be a finance to test for 04:29.120 --> 04:33.390 the transportation company of but again they fit to it was about 04:33.390 --> 04:36.310 it your train up to to bring conducted in their call many training 04:36.310 --> 04:39.290 or death of that was a unified endeavor training exercise at 04:39.360 --> 04:43.040 Fort Carson Colorado of where we came together and partnered with. 04:43.850 --> 04:48.170 The for idea was Crowley rc south Crowley as command of rc south 04:48.380 --> 04:50.680 as will Z other neighbours that are here with us now. So was 04:50.680 --> 04:53.890 a great opportunity build relationships and there and really 04:53.890 --> 04:55.170 train michael want to fight. 04:55.930 --> 04:59.290 What is a defeat in about our mission this time is we do sustain 04:59.290 --> 05:02.680 the war fighter but again there we have it large requirement 05:02.680 --> 05:05.240 for retrograde throughout three our seas I think some of the 05:05.240 --> 05:09.210 biggest challenges are are simply synchronizing all the enablers 05:09.530 --> 05:14.270 hours we try to meet the edgy sees drawdown plan and we of we 05:14.270 --> 05:17.680 have maintained that that plan for shirts it. We've stayed on 05:17.680 --> 05:18.340 glide path. 05:18.900 --> 05:21.410 And that's because there's a lot of great efforts of months all 05:21.410 --> 05:22.880 those and it was to centers efforts..