WEBVTT 00:07.200 --> 00:10.100 The national guard deploys to upstate new york to help rises 00:10.100 --> 00:12.490 deal with what could be a record snowstorm. 00:14.030 --> 00:17.340 The army's chief of staff speaks out on his concerns over decrease 00:17.340 --> 00:18.400 see the size of the army. 00:20.020 --> 00:24.150 And us army engineers get it done in west africa the lee building 00:24.180 --> 00:27.520 a new trick the ball a training unit despite rough conditions. 00:28.660 --> 00:32.770 Welcome to dod news now. I petty officer alec Jacobs. The national 00:32.770 --> 00:36.020 guard is a ploy to upstate new york today as a region deals with 00:36.050 --> 00:38.860 a four row shoe store and that has dumped more than four feet 00:38.890 --> 00:39.450 of snow. 00:40.030 --> 00:43.690 About 200 soldiers and airmen are mobilizing along with bought 00:43.690 --> 00:46.910 cats dump trucks in hummed these actor new york governor. 00:46.940 --> 00:49.900 Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency yesterday. 00:50.420 --> 00:53.220 Officials say the guard will help with traffic control and clear 00:53.220 --> 00:57.200 snow clogged roads and maisy time. Let's get time lapse video 00:57.230 --> 01:01.550 shows lake effect snow and bell upping buffalo yesterday by last 01:01.550 --> 01:05.390 night officials say more than 48 inches of snow had fallen with 01:05.390 --> 01:09.160 totals expected to reach six feet in the hardest hit areas stop 01:09.160 --> 01:10.660 the buffalo blighted. This afternoon. 01:11.270 --> 01:14.820 The storm is close dozens of major roads in the area and it is 01:14.820 --> 01:17.050 being blamed for at least six deaths. 01:18.020 --> 01:20.920 Army chief of staff the general ready. Oh dear. No spoke today 01:20.920 --> 01:23.430 at the defense one summit in washington d.c.. 01:23.960 --> 01:27.390 He said about what's around the world over the last year might 01:27.390 --> 01:30.860 require defense leaders to reassess discreet decreasing the size 01:30.860 --> 01:31.450 of the army. 01:32.870 --> 01:34.470 Russian aggression in ukraine. 01:35.300 --> 01:39.030 The russian aggression toward show up in the the rest of europe 01:39.030 --> 01:40.420 which contain use almost on a. 01:40.970 --> 01:44.480 Daily basis today and so for example we have the gone to deploy a. 01:45.100 --> 01:48.340 Eunice we have a Brigade out of orbit texas us the pour it over 01:48.340 --> 01:51.900 there now to reassure our allies and to train with. 01:52.470 --> 01:55.290 NATO the other thing that occurred is we also baby so auction 01:55.290 --> 01:56.910 we would AKA back into rack. 01:57.840 --> 01:59.580 We made those decisions show we of. 02:00.230 --> 02:03.260 Fifteen underage soldiers are now another 16 hundred that will 02:03.260 --> 02:04.450 going within the next. 02:05.000 --> 02:08.210 Thirty to 45 days and we believe that's something that will the 02:08.210 --> 02:10.850 walk quite some time years not months. 02:11.380 --> 02:13.670 We don't know if the reply will increase. So I think. 02:14.570 --> 02:16.030 The world has changed a bit. 02:16.800 --> 02:20.320 General woody or a said even with the drawdown underway in Afghanistan 02:20.360 --> 02:23.800 the army's commended around the world has gone up since last year. 02:25.120 --> 02:28.940 What goes out can easily be taken down and Bombardier fill in 02:28.940 --> 02:30.770 Afghanistan is no exception. 02:31.320 --> 02:34.180 Army reserve engineers have torn down almost all of the more 02:34.180 --> 02:38.350 than 20 600 structures designated for deconstruction on bach 02:38.350 --> 02:42.040 are the largest us base in that a L war that the real fourth 02:42.070 --> 02:45.750 engineer company and and nine 60 first the junior Co are ohio 02:45.750 --> 02:49.250 based units cast with the sculpting use bases in Afghanistan. 02:50.190 --> 02:53.190 Butter the taken now because we built and we're gonna take and 02:53.190 --> 02:56.500 they'll isn't that great job all year. They put in over 48 calls 02:56.500 --> 02:58.550 and man-hours this company won't. 02:59.060 --> 03:00.200 And the today of what's that. 03:01.160 --> 03:03.950 The a highly engineers expected finished their D's go pee mission 03:03.980 --> 03:05.590 and had held by the end of the year. 03:06.830 --> 03:09.930 He was army engineers have depleted their first the bullet trading 03:09.930 --> 03:13.940 unit in buchanan liberia as part of operation United assistance 03:14.200 --> 03:17.270 sargent zero. One said introduces us to the group of soldiers 03:17.270 --> 03:21.190 who work to get a don in a record time and ink adverse. Conditions. 03:22.970 --> 03:27.570 All three weeks ago. I'm 44 us army engineers serbian. What the 03:27.570 --> 03:31.550 nine of psychic engineer company that 14 the joint forces command 03:31.550 --> 03:35.620 United this this day and begin the first us army let construction 03:35.650 --> 03:40.140 of any bowl a treat me unit also known as in each year in buchanan 03:40.610 --> 03:43.800 it started out with that you're nails and wiser waiting to an 03:43.800 --> 03:48.040 almost complete each year and less than 30 days according to 03:48.040 --> 03:51.120 technical on jimmy are especially as the Cody rather than. 03:51.920 --> 03:55.030 They would that I or they've expected a lot longer they're we've 03:55.030 --> 03:59.710 actually have so that's when waiting on our supplies. I here 04:00.040 --> 04:03.230 has given us and here. So I hear we've literally go round up 04:03.390 --> 04:06.980 this passes Basel badger danny. Betsy you out here in different 04:07.010 --> 04:10.840 areas of liberia service members have different living condition 04:11.090 --> 04:14.510 the like this different for the soldiers. I've explain by us 04:14.510 --> 04:18.200 army sargent. First class john to adore them in a good if the 04:18.200 --> 04:20.500 fair on the fact that one of the whole grain. 04:21.130 --> 04:24.350 Um would lead lawyer um that you can see with their throats and 04:24.350 --> 04:25.810 but there's that we are providing here. 04:26.330 --> 04:29.350 And we figure baddies as when I did he fall when was a lot to 04:29.350 --> 04:32.910 me that but a funny stand without the plot bb ford and a dry 04:32.910 --> 04:35.780 the IAC is not what every year. 04:36.640 --> 04:40.200 Little did anyone known the we're dealing with the best and that 04:40.320 --> 04:42.850 I still by bass sergeant cowper hey. 04:43.490 --> 04:44.210 They've been wide. 04:44.790 --> 04:49.500 Engineer do this is what we train for evacuation of all our spilled 04:49.500 --> 04:50.020 art have. 04:50.660 --> 04:54.740 A all that month and year is a sometimes it for a knee this of 04:54.740 --> 04:57.620 what we live for this of are super bowl is about world series 04:57.670 --> 05:01.240 this of what engineers do reporting from you can in liberia. 05:01.470 --> 05:04.070 I'm us army started you're with that. 05:05.150 --> 05:08.010 And that's it for this addition of the year the news now from 05:08.010 --> 05:10.790 or the stories you've been watching the one line to defend dock 05:10.790 --> 05:13.550 of and don't forget the check out the the of the facebook and 05:13.550 --> 05:14.170 twitter page. 05:15.400 --> 05:18.280 I petty officer ally Jacobs Qaeda. 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