WEBVTT 00:10.780 --> 00:14.150 >> ON THIS EPISODE OF "IN THE FIGHT"... 00:14.150 --> 00:17.540 WE CHECK IN TO SEE HOW AFGHAN FORCES ARE HANDLING THE SECURITY 00:17.540 --> 00:22.180 OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY. NAVY CORPSMEN EXPERIENCE 00:22.180 --> 00:26.270 FIRSTHAND THE EFFECTS OF HYPOTHERMIA. 00:26.270 --> 00:29.330 MULTINATIONAL MILITARY PARTNERS SHARPEN THEIR SKILLS DURING 00:29.330 --> 00:33.810 EXERCISE ALLIED SPIRIT. WE TAGGED ALONG WITH THE 00:33.810 --> 00:37.360 COAST GUARD TO INSPECT AN OFFSHORE OIL RIG. 00:37.360 --> 00:40.330 AND WE TALKED TO CIVILIANS WHO ARE PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED 00:40.330 --> 00:43.570 VOLUNTEER SUPPORT TO THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. 01:10.180 --> 01:12.150 [ GUNFIRE ] 01:17.390 --> 01:19.360 [ EXPLOSIONS ] 01:23.840 --> 01:27.180 NOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF U.S. AND COALITION FORCES HAVE LEFT 01:27.180 --> 01:30.630 AFGHANISTAN, THE TASK OF KEEPING THE NATION SECURE LIES FIRMLY ON 01:30.630 --> 01:33.600 THE SHOULDERS OF THE AFGHAN ARMY AND POLICE. 01:33.600 --> 01:36.720 NATOCHANNEL CORRESPONDENT JEFF HOLDEN CHECKS IN WITH THESE 01:36.720 --> 01:40.060 FORCES DURING AN OPERATION NEAR KABUL AND SHOWS US HOW THEY'RE 01:40.060 --> 01:42.030 DOING. 01:42.120 --> 01:48.030 [ EXPLOSIONS ] >> ANY CRIMINALS OR INSURGENTS 01:48.030 --> 01:51.120 ILLEGALLY WORKING THESE RUBY MINES IN JEGDALEK IN 01:51.120 --> 01:54.390 SUROBI DISTRICT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WIND OF THIS GIANT, 01:54.390 --> 01:58.240 COMBINED GOVERNMENT FORCE WELL BEFORE ITS ARRIVAL, SO IT WAS NO 01:58.240 --> 02:02.000 SURPRISE THAT AFTER THE TWO-DAY OPERATION, NO RUBY MINERS HAD 02:02.000 --> 02:09.480 BEEN APPREHENDED. [ EXPLOSION ] 02:09.480 --> 02:12.810 BUT THE POLICE COMMANDER HAD PREDICTED AS MUCH, SAYING THAT 02:12.810 --> 02:15.300 THE OPERATION WAS MEANT AS A SHOW OF FORCE. 02:15.300 --> 02:18.630 IT SEEMED AS IF EVERY BRANCH AND UNIT AND AGENCY IN THE ENTIRE 02:18.630 --> 02:21.240 SECURITY APPARATUS WAS REPRESENTED. 02:21.330 --> 02:24.360 >> Interpreter: THE PEOPLE WILL GAIN CONFIDENCE AND SEE THAT THE 02:24.360 --> 02:27.150 GOVERNMENT IS ACTIVE HERE. WE COME HERE AND ASK THE PEOPLE 02:27.150 --> 02:29.540 ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND SOLVE THEM. 02:29.630 --> 02:33.060 >> DURING THIS OPERATION IN JEGDALEK AND OTHER RURAL AREAS 02:33.060 --> 02:36.270 OF SUROBI, THE AFGHAN LOCAL POLICE, OR A.L.P., WERE THE 02:36.270 --> 02:40.030 FIRST TO GO IN AND SEARCH HOMES, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE 02:40.030 --> 02:42.870 LESS ALIEN TO THE LOCAL VILLAGERS AND CREATE LESS 02:42.870 --> 02:45.150 UNNECESSARY FRICTION OR DISRUPTION. 02:45.150 --> 02:48.420 WHETHER OR NOT THE A.L.P. SUCCEEDED IN THIS, THE IDEA OF 02:48.420 --> 02:51.750 HAVING FAMILIAR PEOPLE DO POLICING WAS HIGHLY FAVORABLE TO 02:51.750 --> 02:55.330 ALL WE INTERVIEWED. IN FACT, THE 2012 PULLOUT OF 02:55.330 --> 02:58.870 FOREIGN SOLDIERS WAS CONSIDERED A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. 02:58.870 --> 03:02.150 >> Interpreter: RIGHT NOW IT IS BETTER, BECAUSE AFGHANS PROVIDE 03:02.150 --> 03:04.210 SECURITY. WE CAN NOW UNDERSTAND EACH 03:04.210 --> 03:06.570 OTHER'S LANGUAGE. THE FOREIGN TROOPS WERE NOT 03:06.570 --> 03:09.240 SPEAKING OUR LANGUAGE. IT WAS HARD TO COMMUNICATE. 03:09.240 --> 03:12.060 >> MANY OF THE SUROBI INTERVIEWEES SAY THAT THE 03:12.060 --> 03:15.510 SECURITY PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT FORCES IS GOOD, BUT 03:15.510 --> 03:19.180 SERIOUS PROBLEMS WERE RAISED. THE HANDLING OF DETAINEES TAKEN 03:19.180 --> 03:22.300 IN BY SECURITY FORCES IS A CONCERN FOR MANY AFGHANS WHO ARE 03:22.300 --> 03:25.330 AFRAID OF GETTING TIED UP WITH THE AFGHAN LEGAL SYSTEM. 03:25.330 --> 03:27.840 >> Interpreter: WE HAD A FEUD WITH SOME PEOPLE. 03:27.840 --> 03:30.480 SOMEONE PUT NITRATE NEXT TO MY BROTHER'S TRUCK. 03:30.480 --> 03:33.540 THE SECURITY FORCES CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND TOOK MY BROTHER. 03:33.540 --> 03:36.750 WE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND MY BROTHER OR LEARN WHERE 03:36.750 --> 03:39.570 THEY HAVE TAKEN HIM. >> ANOTHER INTERESTING RESULT OF 03:39.570 --> 03:42.090 THE INTERVIEWS WAS DISCUSSION OF THE TALIBAN. 03:42.090 --> 03:45.420 REPEATEDLY, WE HEARD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES. 03:45.420 --> 03:49.090 IT WAS THE FOREIGNER OR FOREIGNER-BACKED TALIBAN VERSUS 03:49.090 --> 03:52.210 THE LOCAL, HYPER-CONSERVATIVE TALIBAN. 03:52.210 --> 03:55.600 ONE MAN WELCOMED THESE LOCAL TALIBAN BACK, ASKING THEM TO 03:55.600 --> 03:59.120 CONSIDER THAT THE POLICE AND MILITARY ARE GOOD MUSLIMS, AS 03:59.120 --> 04:01.270 WELL. THEY PRAY AT THE MOSQUES ON 04:01.270 --> 04:05.210 THEIR BASES AND KEEP THE FASTS. >> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 04:05.210 --> 04:07.810 >> Interpreter: I REQUEST THAT THE TALIBAN COME AND JOIN US. 04:07.810 --> 04:10.120 OUR COUNTRY NEEDS US AND OUR KNOWLEDGE. 04:10.120 --> 04:13.210 LET'S SIT DOWN AND SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS BY OURSELVES. 04:13.210 --> 04:16.300 >> SUROBI HAS SEEN ITS FAIR SHARE OF VIOLENCE AND INSECURITY 04:16.300 --> 04:19.360 OVER THE PAST DECADES, AND FOR MANY RESIDENTS, THE INCREASED 04:19.360 --> 04:22.330 CAPABILITY AND COORDINATION OF THE MILITARY AND POLICE IS 04:22.330 --> 04:24.540 HEARTENING. BUT THE CHALLENGE REMAINS TO 04:24.540 --> 04:27.390 SAFEGUARD HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE BRACING AGAINST ONGOING 04:27.390 --> 04:30.870 INSURGENT THREATS. JEFF HOLDEN WITH SAMIM ZALMI IN 04:30.870 --> 04:36.120 SUROBI, AFGHANISTAN, FOR NATOCHANNEL. 04:36.210 --> 04:39.120 >> IF A PERSON'S CORE BODY TEMPERATURE DROPS BY ONLY A FEW 04:39.120 --> 04:42.090 DEGREES, IT CAN HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS TO THEIR MENTAL AND 04:42.090 --> 04:45.150 PHYSICAL ABILITIES. IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR SURVIVAL 04:45.150 --> 04:48.390 IN A COLD ENVIRONMENT, NAVY CORPSMEN WITH MARINE COMBAT 04:48.390 --> 04:51.690 LOGISTICS BATTALION 26 ARE SELF-INDUCING HYPOTHERMIA AND 04:51.690 --> 04:55.300 LEARNING HOW TO RECOVER SAFELY. MARINE CORPORAL KAITLYN KLEIN 04:55.300 --> 04:58.780 BRINGS US THIS STORY. 04:58.870 --> 05:01.870 >> TODAY, WE CONDUCTED A HYPOTHERMIA LAB HERE AT MOUNTAIN 05:01.870 --> 05:04.630 WARFARE TRAINING CENTER. THIS MIRRORS THE DIDACTIC 05:04.630 --> 05:07.570 CLASSROOM INFORMATION THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED IN 05:07.570 --> 05:09.720 COLD-WEATHER MEDICINE UP TO THIS POINT. 05:09.720 --> 05:12.810 WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE IDENTIFYING IN EACH OTHER AND 05:12.810 --> 05:15.840 THEMSELVES THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT THE HUMAN BODY 05:15.840 --> 05:19.660 GOES THROUGH WHEN EXPOSED TO A COLD-WATER IMMERSION. 05:19.750 --> 05:22.750 IN THIS SCENARIO, THESE PATIENTS ARE IN A VERY MILD STATE OF 05:22.750 --> 05:26.300 HYPOTHERMIA, AND SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY USE EXERCISE, WHICH WE 05:26.300 --> 05:28.780 WOULD CALL EXTERNAL, PASSIVE REWARMING. 05:28.780 --> 05:31.300 BASICALLY, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DO SOME ACTIVITY AND ALLOW THEIR 05:31.300 --> 05:33.090 BODIES TO WARM THEMSELVES UP. 05:33.180 --> 05:36.390 SO THEY'RE JUST DOING SQUATS, JUMPING JACKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, 05:36.390 --> 05:39.270 TO TRY AND GET THE BLOOD FLOWING, GET THE BODY MOVING, 05:39.270 --> 05:41.780 GET THE METABOLISM SPIKED TO WARM THAT CORE UP. 05:41.780 --> 05:44.810 ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT, THEY'VE STRIPPED OFF ALL THEIR WET 05:44.810 --> 05:47.180 CLOTHES. THEY PUT ON FRESH, WARM CLOTHES. 05:47.180 --> 05:50.300 THEN, THEY'RE GOING TO CRAWL INSIDE THEIR SLEEPING BAGS WITH 05:50.300 --> 05:53.300 HOT-WATER BOTTLES AND FINISH THAT PROCESS OF GETTING THAT 05:53.300 --> 05:56.540 CORE TEMPERATURE BACK TO NORMAL. SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE A 05:56.540 --> 05:59.810 COLD-WEATHER, MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT, ANYTIME YOU HAVE 05:59.810 --> 06:04.660 FREEZING LAKES, RIVERS, STREAMS, OR EVEN COLD OCEAN TEMPERATURES 06:04.660 --> 06:08.150 CAN REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE TO USE THESE SKILLS. 06:08.150 --> 06:12.090 OFTENTIMES, WE FIND OURSELVES WITH CORPSMEN THAT DON'T HAVE A 06:12.090 --> 06:14.570 LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN 06:14.570 --> 06:18.360 SO FOCUSED ON THE MATURE BATTLE SPACES OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN 06:18.360 --> 06:21.630 OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 06:21.630 --> 06:24.780 RECAPTURING SOME OF THESE SKILLS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE PRACTICED 06:24.780 --> 06:29.660 YEARS AGO, BUT HAVE BEEN LESS THOROUGH ON BECAUSE OF A LACK OF 06:29.660 --> 06:33.300 NEED BECAUSE OF THE AREAS OF OPERATION THE MARINE CORPS IS 06:33.300 --> 06:35.390 FOCUSED ON. ONE THING WE SEE WITH VISITING 06:35.390 --> 06:38.060 UNITS DURING THE MOUNTAIN EXERCISES IS THERE IS A LOT OF 06:38.060 --> 06:42.150 TIME SPENT ON CASEVAC UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. 06:42.150 --> 06:45.570 PART OF THAT IS CERTAIN UNFAMILIARITY WITH EXTREME 06:45.570 --> 06:48.840 ELEMENTS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CORPSMEN AND PROVIDERS THAT ARE 06:48.840 --> 06:52.390 TRAINED TO THAT LEVEL, THAT UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONTEND WITH 06:52.390 --> 06:56.150 COLD-WEATHER EXPOSURE IN GENERAL AND ARE CONFIDENT IN 06:56.150 --> 07:00.450 THEIR ABILITY TO TRIAGE, ASSESS, AND REWARM PATIENTS IN THE 07:00.450 --> 07:04.570 FIELD, THEN YOU SPEND FAR LESS TIME WITH VERY TROUBLING 07:04.570 --> 07:08.690 LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS OF MOVING PATIENTS UP AND DOWN A MOUNTAIN. 07:14.060 --> 07:15.480 >> HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, EVERYONE? 07:15.480 --> 07:16.840 MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT JON CHUNG. 07:16.840 --> 07:18.870 I'M DEPLOYED OUT HERE IN AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR. 07:18.870 --> 07:22.450 I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY MOM, MY DAD, AND THE REST 07:22.450 --> 07:24.540 OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUT IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA. 07:24.540 --> 07:27.240 >> HI. THIS IS SERGEANT 1st CLASS BOBBY FILLMORE. 07:27.240 --> 07:29.720 I'M STATIONED IN THE 1st TSC OVER HERE IN KUWAIT. 07:29.720 --> 07:32.540 I WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU TO MY WIFE, EBONY FILLMORE, AT 07:32.540 --> 07:34.000 FORT HOOD, TEXAS. >> MY NAME IS 07:34.000 --> 07:36.390 SERGEANT 1st CLASS TOWNSEND. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO 07:36.390 --> 07:38.570 MY DAUGHTER LEXIS AT A&T UNIVERSITY. 07:38.570 --> 07:40.750 AGGIE PRIDE. MOMMY LOVES YOU. BE HOME SOON. 07:40.750 --> 07:43.540 >> HI. MY NAME IS SERGEANT 1st CLASS SHAWN RAVENELL. 07:43.540 --> 07:47.510 I'M WITH THE 1st TSC, STATIONED IN KUWAIT AT CAMP A.J. 07:47.510 --> 07:49.810 I JUST WANT TO SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO MY LOVELY WIFE, 07:49.810 --> 07:52.240 SHARMANE RAVENELL, IN MONCKS CORNER, SOUTH CAROLINA. 07:52.240 --> 07:54.810 LOVE YOU, BABY. BE HOME SOON. >> HI. MY NAME IS SPECIALIST 07:54.810 --> 07:58.330 JOSE BANDA WITH 153rd ARTILLERY STATIONED IN KUWAIT. 07:58.330 --> 08:02.390 I'D LIKE TO SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME 08:02.390 --> 08:07.090 IN ANGLETON, TEXAS. I MISS YOU, AND I LOVE YOU. 08:07.090 --> 08:11.180 >> COMING UP, MULTINATIONAL FORCES SHARPEN THEIR SKILLS 08:11.180 --> 08:15.540 DURING EXERCISE ALLIED SPIRIT. 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WHATEVER IT TAKES. 09:28.060 --> 09:33.090 WHEREVER IT TAKES US. AMERICA'S NAVY. 09:33.090 --> 09:35.510 A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD. 09:38.450 --> 09:40.780 >> WHEN YOU PUT ON THE UNIFORM, YOU ARE HELD TO A HIGHER 09:40.780 --> 09:43.540 STANDARD. >> A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE NOT 09:43.540 --> 09:46.210 GONNA KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE THROWN AT YOU, SO YOU NEED TO BE 09:46.210 --> 09:48.510 READY FOR ANYTHING. >> STRESS CAN AFFECT EVERY 09:48.510 --> 09:52.330 MARINE AND MARINE FAMILY. >> IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO HAVE 09:52.330 --> 09:53.810 A CAREER WHEN WE'RE ALWAYS MOVING AROUND. 09:53.810 --> 09:55.300 >> WE HAVE THE SAME BILLS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. 09:55.300 --> 09:57.150 >> YOU NEVER WANT TO LET YOUR STAFF N.C.O.s DOWN. 09:57.150 --> 10:00.030 >> THE DSTRESS LINE PROVIDES ANONYMOUS COUNSELING FOR MARINES 10:00.030 --> 10:02.240 AND MARINE FAMILIES WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST. 10:02.240 --> 10:04.540 IT TAKES COURAGE TO ASK FOR HELP. 10:04.630 --> 10:07.510 CALL TODAY AND LET US HELP YOU WIN YOUR PERSONAL BATTLES. 10:08.540 --> 10:14.660 [ GUNFIRE ] [ EXPLOSIONS ] 10:22.090 --> 10:27.570 >> THE ANSWER IS "D," ALL OF THE ABOVE. 10:27.570 --> 10:31.270 MULTINATIONAL MILITARY PARTNERS AND ALLIES ARE SHARPENING THEIR 10:31.270 --> 10:34.030 SKILLS DURING EXERCISE ALLIED SPIRIT IN ORDER 10:34.030 --> 10:37.240 TO BETTER COORDINATE TACTICAL AND LOGISTICAL DUTIES ON THE 10:37.240 --> 10:40.090 BATTLEFIELD. ARMY BROADCASTING CORRESPONDENT 10:40.090 --> 10:44.420 GAIL McCABE TELLS US MORE IN THIS REPORT. 10:44.510 --> 10:48.060 >> RECONNAISSANCE SOLDIERS FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT SAY 10:48.060 --> 10:51.390 ALLIED SPIRIT IS A GOOD TEST OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES. 10:51.480 --> 10:54.840 >> TO US, IT'S JUST GETTING DOWN TO THE NITTY-GRITTY, THE THINGS 10:54.840 --> 10:57.540 AT THE LOWER LEVELS THAT MAKE US TICK. 10:57.630 --> 11:01.060 >> FOR THE DUTCH, ALLIED SPIRIT IS OPPORTUNITY TO GET BETTER. 11:01.060 --> 11:03.360 >> 2,500 METERS. >> FOR THE MISSISSIPPI 11:03.360 --> 11:06.750 NATIONAL GUARD, THE EXERCISE FOCUSES WORKING OUT ALL THE 11:06.750 --> 11:10.510 NUANCES OF COMMAND AND CONTROL. NEMESIS TROOP, PART OF THE 11:10.510 --> 11:14.330 2nd CAVALRY REGIMENT, IS FINE-TUNING TACTICAL PROCEDURES. 11:14.420 --> 11:17.810 >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST DOING SOME SMALL SCENARIOS TO GET OUR 11:17.810 --> 11:21.330 PLATOONS AND SMALLER UNITS INTO THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF MOVING 11:21.330 --> 11:22.450 FORWARD. 11:22.540 --> 11:26.240 >> MOVING FORWARD IS THE MANTRA FOR SOME 2,000 SOLDIERS FROM 11:26.240 --> 11:29.690 FIVE NATIONS, NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES USING THIS 11:29.690 --> 11:34.090 MULTINATIONAL EXERCISE AS A CATALYST FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH 11:34.090 --> 11:37.450 AND PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT. THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE 11:37.450 --> 11:41.150 DEVELOPMENT IS JMRC, JOINT MULTINATIONAL READINESS CENTER 11:41.150 --> 11:44.120 IN GERMANY, PART OF U.S. ARMY EUROPE. 11:44.120 --> 11:47.540 FOR SOLDIERS FROM HUNGARY, THEIR CRITICAL ELEMENT IS 11:47.540 --> 11:50.600 COMMUNICATION, THE SPOKEN WORD AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT CARRIES 11:50.600 --> 11:51.570 IT. 11:51.660 --> 11:55.780 >> WE NEED TO FIND OUT THE WAY HOW TO SOLVE, FIRSTLY, THE 11:55.780 --> 12:01.060 TACTICAL PROBLEMS AND, SECONDLY, THE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS. 12:01.060 --> 12:03.720 >> SOLVING PROBLEMS, ESTABLISHING SOLID 12:03.720 --> 12:07.120 INTEROPERABILITY, IS BOTH A GOAL AND A CHALLENGE. 12:07.120 --> 12:10.150 >> WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM PROVIDING EVERY PARTICIPATING 12:10.150 --> 12:13.720 NATION WITH U.S. EQUIPMENT AND FIGURE OUT TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS 12:13.720 --> 12:16.180 TO USING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. 12:16.270 --> 12:19.600 >> ALLIED SPIRIT IS ONE OF SEVERAL MULTINATIONAL MILITARY 12:19.600 --> 12:23.420 EVENTS ON A TRAINING SCHEDULE TARGETED AT STRENGTHENING 12:23.420 --> 12:28.060 CAPABILITIES AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALLIES AND PARTNERS. 12:28.060 --> 12:32.810 GAIL McCABE, GERMANY. 12:33.000 --> 12:36.390 >> BEING ABLE TO TRACK AND ANALYZE THE MOVEMENTS OF UNITS 12:36.390 --> 12:40.000 AND INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL DURING TRAINING EXERCISES IS KEY TO 12:40.000 --> 12:43.030 GAUGING PROGRESS AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK. 12:43.030 --> 12:46.720 ARMY SERGEANT JACOB SAWYER FINDS OUT HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS AND 12:46.720 --> 12:49.150 FILES THIS REPORT. 12:49.240 --> 12:54.330 [ RADIO CHATTER ] >> THE JOINT MULTINATIONAL 12:54.330 --> 12:57.720 READINESS CENTER, OR JMRC, TRAINS UNITS FROM AROUND THE 12:57.720 --> 13:01.030 WORLD TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A COMMON PURPOSE. 13:01.030 --> 13:04.750 JMRC HAS A TEAM OF ANALYSTS THAT COLLECT INFORMATION OF TROOP 13:04.750 --> 13:07.660 MOVEMENTS TO COMMUNICATIONS DURING EACH TRAINING EVENT. 13:07.660 --> 13:11.120 THIS TEAM IS KNOWN AS THE TRAINING ANALYSIS FEEDBACK TEAM, 13:11.120 --> 13:13.540 OR TAFT. THEY TAKE THE INFORMATION THEY 13:13.540 --> 13:16.090 COLLECT AND STUDY IT TO SEE WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER, 13:16.090 --> 13:20.000 WHAT WORKED, AND WHAT DIDN'T. THE TAFT THEN COMBINES ALL THE 13:20.000 --> 13:23.150 INFORMATION INTO A BRIEFING THAT IS GIVEN TO A SELECT GROUP OF 13:23.150 --> 13:26.720 MILITARY MENTORS, KNOWN AS OBSERVER/COACH TRAINERS, TO 13:26.720 --> 13:29.330 PRESENT TO THE TRAINING UNITS SO THEY CAN LEARN AND IMPROVE FOR 13:29.330 --> 13:32.540 THE NEXT MISSION. AN OPERATIONS ANALYST FOR THE 13:32.540 --> 13:36.030 TAFT AND MILITARY VETERAN EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE OF HIS JOB. 13:36.120 --> 13:40.180 >> WE PROVIDE REAL-TIME ANALYSIS TO THE OBSERVER/COACH TRAINER TO 13:40.180 --> 13:43.660 BE ABLE TO COACH AND TRAIN THE TRAINING UNIT TO BECOME BETTER. 13:43.750 --> 13:47.000 >> FOR TRAINING EXERCISES LIKE ALLIED SPIRIT, TRACKING OVER 13:47.000 --> 13:50.540 2,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA IS JUST 13:50.540 --> 13:53.300 ANOTHER WORKDAY FOR THE TAFT ANALYSTS. 13:53.300 --> 13:56.360 RAIN OR SHINE, THE TAFT IS READY AND WAITING TO RECORD AND 13:56.360 --> 13:59.660 ANALYZE TRAINING UNITS' ACTIONS AND PRESENT IT TO HELP BETTER 13:59.660 --> 14:01.750 PREPARE THEM IN FUTURE OPERATIONS. 14:01.750 --> 14:05.540 FROM HOHENFELS, GERMANY, I'M ARMY SERGEANT JACOB SAWYER. 14:05.540 --> 14:08.420 >> [ SHOUTING ] 14:09.510 --> 14:12.780 >> HAVING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES IS ONE WAY THE 14:12.780 --> 14:16.270 U.S. AIR FORCE MAINTAINS ITS GLOBAL INFLUENCE. 14:16.270 --> 14:19.330 AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT MARVIN WIGFALL TAKES US TO THE 14:19.330 --> 14:22.810 SKIES OVER GERMANY AND FRANCE TO SHOW US AN EXAMPLE OF BILATERAL, 14:22.810 --> 14:26.690 MULTICULTURAL FLIGHT. 14:26.780 --> 14:31.300 >> BACK IN 1778, THE FRENCH PROVIDED AID TO AMERICANS DURING 14:31.300 --> 14:36.090 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 237 YEARS LATER, THE 14:36.090 --> 14:38.840 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IS STILL KEEPING THAT PROVEN PARTNERSHIP 14:38.840 --> 14:41.540 ALIVE. MEMBERS OF THE 14:41.540 --> 14:44.810 37th AIRLIFT SQUADRON FLEW FROM RAMSTEIN TO FRANCE TO PROVIDE 14:44.810 --> 14:47.750 PLANES AND PERSONNEL TO HELP WITH THE FRENCH TRAINING 14:47.750 --> 14:50.300 EXERCISE VOLFA. 14:50.390 --> 14:53.720 >> WELL, THE PURPOSE IS, REALLY, WITH TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, 14:53.720 --> 14:56.330 OPERATIONALLY SPEAKING, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO 14:56.330 --> 15:00.150 ENGAGE IN A LARGE-SCALE CONFLICT LIKE WE HAVE SIMULATING HERE IN 15:00.150 --> 15:02.390 THE EXERCISE TODAY. SO IT'S A CHANCE FOR ALL THOSE 15:02.390 --> 15:05.090 FORCES TO COME TOGETHER AND VALIDATE KIND OF THEIR DIFFERENT 15:05.090 --> 15:07.810 DOCTRINES AND THEIR OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS AND HOW THEY WOULD WORK 15:07.810 --> 15:09.360 TOGETHER AS A GROUP. 15:09.450 --> 15:13.720 >> VOLFA IS A MULTI-ANNUAL EXERCISE THAT FOCUSES ON TESTING 15:13.720 --> 15:17.420 ENTRY FORCES IN A HIGH LEVEL OF ELECTRONIC WARFARE. 15:17.420 --> 15:20.300 IT ALSO GIVES RAMSTEIN AIRMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN 15:20.300 --> 15:23.390 ALONGSIDE ONE OF THEIR OLDEST ALLIES. 15:23.480 --> 15:28.240 >> AS WE WORK TOGETHER, WE ARE TRAINED TOGETHER, SO WE KNOW ALL 15:28.240 --> 15:34.480 THE WAY THE OTHER PEOPLE FIGHT AND WHICH ARE THEIR WAY OF 15:34.480 --> 15:36.060 FIGHTING, THEIR PROCEDURES. 15:36.150 --> 15:40.540 AND BY TRAINING TOGETHER, WE WILL BE READY TO GO ON A MISSION 15:40.540 --> 15:45.750 TOGETHER MORE QUICKLY. >> VOLFA AND SIMILAR TRAINING 15:45.750 --> 15:49.000 EVENTS ALLOW US TO HONE OUR SKILLS, STRENGTHEN OUR 15:49.000 --> 15:54.150 PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENSURE WE REMAIN FORWARD, READY, NOW. 15:54.150 --> 15:56.630 AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT MARVIN WIGFALL, 15:56.630 --> 16:02.240 RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY. 16:02.330 --> 16:05.600 >> BEING PREPARED FOR ANY NUMBER OF OUTCOMES IS IMPORTANT TO 16:05.600 --> 16:08.750 MISSION READINESS, AND SOLDIERS BECOMING SEPARATED FROM THEIR 16:08.750 --> 16:13.000 UNIT IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. AS AIR FORCE SENIOR AIRMAN 16:13.000 --> 16:16.060 ROBERT MASON REPORTS, PERSONNEL RECOVERY TRAINING 16:16.060 --> 16:20.270 PREPARES SOLDIERS TO MAKE IT OUT OF HOSTILE SITUATIONS. 16:20.360 --> 16:23.570 >> BECOMING ISOLATED DURING A MISSION IS A TROUBLING SCENARIO 16:23.570 --> 16:26.090 MANY SOLDIERS MAY SOMEDAY HAVE TO FACE. 16:26.090 --> 16:29.000 TODAY AT CAMP HUMPHREYS, PERSONNEL RECOVERY TRAINING 16:29.000 --> 16:32.360 FINDS THESE SOLDIERS STRANDED AS THE RESULT OF A CONVOY ACCIDENT. 16:32.450 --> 16:36.690 >> WHAT THIS ALLOWED US TO DO IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER 16:36.690 --> 16:40.120 BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE PERSONNEL RECOVERY ARCHITECTURE 16:40.120 --> 16:45.720 THE ACTUAL MEANS THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ONCE THEY WERE AN 16:45.720 --> 16:48.840 ISOLATED PERSONNEL, EITHER THROUGH AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT OR 16:48.840 --> 16:51.780 EVEN A GROUND CONVOY OR GROUND PATROL. 16:51.870 --> 16:54.330 AND ONCE THEY'VE BECOME ISOLATED, IT SHOWED THEM THE 16:54.330 --> 16:57.030 STEPS THAT THEY WOULD PROCEED AND THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT THEY 16:57.030 --> 17:00.090 WOULD UTILIZE ALONG THE ARCHITECTURE TO FACILITATE THEIR 17:00.090 --> 17:03.240 OWN RECOVERY. >> SURVIVAL SKILLS LIKE THESE 17:03.240 --> 17:06.240 ARE ESSENTIAL TO SOLDIERS LIKE PRIVATE KAMANI ROBINSON. 17:06.240 --> 17:07.210 >> .23. 17:07.300 --> 17:11.150 >> IT'S MORE OF REASSURANCE AND TRUSTING THE ARMY IN GENERAL 17:11.150 --> 17:13.660 THAT THEY HAVE MY BACK AND THEY'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING THEY 17:13.660 --> 17:16.480 CAN, AND IT'S RELYING ON YOUR EQUIPMENT. 17:16.480 --> 17:18.600 WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, HAD A LOT OF TOOLS 17:18.600 --> 17:21.360 TODAY, AND I KNOW HOW TO USE THEM BETTER, AND I KNOW HOW TO 17:21.360 --> 17:23.720 USE THEM BY MYSELF AND WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE. 17:23.810 --> 17:27.060 SO IF I EVER DO NEED THEM, IN THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, I KNOW 17:27.060 --> 17:28.870 HOW TO. >> THE TRAINING ENDS WITH 17:28.870 --> 17:32.090 PRIVATE ROBINSON AND HIS TEAM AIRLIFTED BACK TO SAFETY, NOW 17:32.090 --> 17:35.420 EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THEY NEED TO SURVIVE. 17:35.420 --> 17:38.810 SENIOR AIRMAN ROBERT MASON, CAMP HUMPHREYS, KOREA. 17:41.840 --> 17:45.000 >> HI. I'M MASTER SERGEANT AMBER WARTMAN HERE AT 17:45.000 --> 17:48.120 AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO 17:48.120 --> 17:51.570 MY HUSBAND, JOHN, AND MY THREE KIDS, GRACE, EMMA, AND EMERICK, 17:51.570 --> 17:54.210 IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. >> MY NAME IS 17:54.210 --> 17:57.150 SPECIALIST TEDDY SMITH OUT HERE AT CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT. 17:57.150 --> 18:01.060 I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY WIFE, ERICA, A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. 18:01.060 --> 18:03.300 SHE'S IN HINESVILLE. I LOVE YOU, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO 18:03.300 --> 18:05.000 GET HOME. >> HI. THIS IS MASTER SERGEANT 18:05.000 --> 18:07.870 JAMELIAH BROOKS STATIONED AT AL UDEID AIR BASE IN QATAR. 18:07.870 --> 18:11.000 I'D LIKE TO SAY HI TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MANSFIELD, 18:11.000 --> 18:12.750 OHIO. I MISS YOU GUYS, AND I CAN'T 18:12.750 --> 18:15.150 WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND A SPECIAL HI TO MY BROTHER 18:15.150 --> 18:20.120 ISAIAH IN AFGHANISTAN. >> COMING UP... 18:20.120 --> 18:23.180 WE TALK TO CIVILIANS WHO ARE PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED SUPPORT TO 18:23.180 --> 18:27.030 THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. AND WE'LL SHOWCASE SOME OF THE 18:27.030 --> 18:29.180 BEST PHOTOS FROM OUR SERVICEMEMBERS AS 18:29.180 --> 18:32.600 "IN THE FIGHT," PRESENTED BY DVIDS, CONTINUES. 18:41.330 --> 18:43.360 THE ANSWER WHEN WE RETURN. 18:48.390 --> 18:50.540 >> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 18:50.540 --> 18:52.360 >> I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO MY HUSBAND. 18:52.360 --> 18:54.000 >> TO MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY BACK HOME. 18:54.000 --> 18:55.870 >> I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY GIRLFRIEND. 18:55.870 --> 18:57.840 >> TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN LANSING, MICHIGAN. 18:57.840 --> 18:59.510 >> TO MY FAMILY OUT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 18:59.510 --> 19:01.720 >> MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND CHILDREN IN DES MOINES, IOWA. 19:01.720 --> 19:03.810 >> TO EVERYBODY IN TEXAS. >> IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. 19:03.810 --> 19:06.120 >> COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. >> CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 19:06.120 --> 19:08.060 >> HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA. >> ORLANDO, FLORIDA. 19:08.060 --> 19:10.000 >> OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. >> IN FORT LEONARD WOOD, 19:10.000 --> 19:11.570 MISSOURI. >> I LOVE YOU GUYS, I MISS YOU, 19:11.570 --> 19:13.600 AND I HOPE I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 19:19.360 --> 19:24.630 >> FROM COMBAT-RELATED STRESS... TO THE DAY-TO-DAY STRESSORS OF 19:24.630 --> 19:26.300 LIFE... >> THIS PACKAGE IS GONNA BE 19:26.300 --> 19:27.690 COMPLETED. [ TELEPHONE RINGS ] 19:27.690 --> 19:29.420 >> THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS WEEK. 19:29.420 --> 19:32.000 [ BABY CRIES ] >> ...STRESS CAN AFFECT EVERY 19:32.000 --> 19:33.870 MARINE AND MARINE FAMILY. 19:34.060 --> 19:37.360 THE DSTRESS LINE PROVIDES ANONYMOUS COUNSELING FOR MARINES 19:37.360 --> 19:39.810 AND MARINE FAMILIES WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST. 19:39.810 --> 19:43.390 IF YOU'RE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF STRESS, CALL TODAY AND LET US 19:43.390 --> 19:46.810 HELP YOU WIN YOUR PERSONAL BATTLES. 19:58.300 --> 20:01.270 [ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ] 20:13.480 --> 20:18.060 >> AMERICA'S NAVY. A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD. 20:19.540 --> 20:25.720 [ GUNFIRE ] [ EXPLOSIONS ] 20:33.120 --> 20:40.750 >> THE ANSWER IS "B," 1991. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE 20:40.750 --> 20:43.720 COAST GUARD HAS TAKEN A LARGER ROLE IN THE OVERSIGHT OF 20:43.720 --> 20:47.210 OFFSHORE OIL RIGS IN ORDER TO BETTER ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 20:47.210 --> 20:50.210 THEIR CREWS. COAST GUARD PETTY OFFICER 20:50.210 --> 20:53.600 CARLOS VEGA TALKS TO A FEW INSPECTORS WHO WALK US THROUGH 20:53.600 --> 20:56.150 THEIR PROCESS. 20:56.240 --> 20:59.240 >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN AN ENERGY RENAISSANCE, AND THERE'S A 20:59.240 --> 21:03.570 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY DOWN HERE IN THE 21:03.570 --> 21:06.450 GULF OF MEXICO. THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 21:06.450 --> 21:08.810 PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE 21:08.810 --> 21:12.060 COAST GUARD TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE AND THE 21:12.060 --> 21:13.180 ENVIRONMENT. 21:13.270 --> 21:16.090 MY NAME'S LIEUTENANT J.G. AL BLAISDELL. 21:16.090 --> 21:19.330 I'M STATIONED AT MARINE SAFETY UNIT MORGAN CITY. 21:19.420 --> 21:22.690 I'M IN THE O.C.S. DIVISION, WHICH IS THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 21:22.690 --> 21:25.510 SHELF DIVISION. WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR INSPECTING 21:25.510 --> 21:29.030 AND REGULATING ALL THE OIL AND GAS THAT'S INDUSTRY-OPERATED IN 21:29.030 --> 21:30.540 THE GULF OF MEXICO. 21:30.630 --> 21:34.150 >> THE MAIN FOCUS FOR COAST GUARD BEING OUT HERE IN 21:34.150 --> 21:38.060 REGARDS TO PREVENTION IS THE SAFETY OF THE PERSONNEL ABOARD 21:38.060 --> 21:39.330 THESE VESSELS. 21:39.420 --> 21:42.600 AND FROM THERE, IT TIERS ON DOWN TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO 21:42.600 --> 21:46.060 THE PROPERTY IN THE MACHINE AREA OF THE VESSEL, AS WELL, TO MAKE 21:46.060 --> 21:49.120 SURE THAT IT'S GONNA BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON BOARD. 21:49.120 --> 21:52.390 >> WE FOCUS ON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, SO ENGINEERING. 21:52.390 --> 21:56.120 WE FOCUS ON GENERATOR SHUTDOWNS, TURBINE SHUTDOWNS, AND ENSURE 21:56.120 --> 22:01.060 THAT IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, THOSE SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN 22:01.060 --> 22:03.690 PROPERLY. WE ALSO INSPECT ALL THE 22:03.690 --> 22:08.090 LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THAT PERSONNEL HAD TO EVACUATE, 22:08.090 --> 22:10.300 THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY, AND THEIR EQUIPMENT WORKS 22:10.300 --> 22:13.330 PROPERLY. WE ALSO FOCUS ON DRILLS TO 22:13.330 --> 22:16.210 ENSURE THAT IF, HEAVEN FORBID, SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, 22:16.210 --> 22:20.000 THEY'RE ABLE TO REACT IN A TIMELY FASHION AND DO WHAT 22:20.000 --> 22:23.270 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. >> I PARTICULARLY LOVE THIS JOB. 22:23.270 --> 22:26.060 IT'S REALLY A CUSTOMER-SERVICE-ORIENTED JOB, 22:26.060 --> 22:30.270 AND WE GET A LOT OF FACE TIME WITH THE MARINERS OUT HERE. 22:30.270 --> 22:34.480 AND THE BIGGEST THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREVENTING ANY 22:34.480 --> 22:37.030 INCIDENTS. IT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY WHEN 22:37.030 --> 22:40.660 THINGS GO RIGHT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY EASY TO SEE WHEN THEY 22:40.660 --> 22:45.030 GO WRONG, AND WE'RE OUT HERE TO PREVENT THAT. 22:45.120 --> 22:48.390 >> WITH PAST CUTBACKS ON MILITARY SPENDING AND INCREASING 22:48.390 --> 22:51.210 TENSIONS OVER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION, THE NATION OF 22:51.210 --> 22:54.780 UKRAINE HAS FOUND ITSELF LACKING SOME OF THE BASIC RESOURCES ITS 22:54.780 --> 22:58.240 MILITARY NEEDS TO DEFEND ITSELF. NATOCHANNEL CORRESPONDENT 22:58.240 --> 23:01.420 PAUL KING TALKS TO CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DONATING 23:01.420 --> 23:07.150 THEIR GEAR AND TIME TO SUPPORT THEIR NATION. 23:07.240 --> 23:10.840 >> HOW DID THE DIRECTOR OF A ZOO WITH A WEEKEND HOBBY FLYING 23:10.840 --> 23:14.630 REMOTE-CONTROLLED AIRPLANES BECOME ENEMY NUMBER ONE OF THE 23:14.630 --> 23:18.660 PRO-RUSSIAN FORCES IN UKRAINE? YURIY DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO 23:18.660 --> 23:22.240 CARING FOR THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO IN ODESSA UNTIL LAST YEAR, 23:22.240 --> 23:25.480 WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS POSITION AFTER REFUSING TO 23:25.480 --> 23:28.300 BECOME COMPLICIT IN A CORRUPTION SCHEME. 23:28.300 --> 23:31.180 YURIY TOOK HIS PASSION FOR REMOTE-CONTROLLED PLANES AND 23:31.180 --> 23:34.630 VIDEO CAMERAS STRAIGHT TO ARMY S.O.S., JUST ONE OF SEVERAL 23:34.630 --> 23:38.600 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES 23:38.600 --> 23:40.270 WITH ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT. 23:40.360 --> 23:43.780 NOW HE TRAVELS TO THE FRONT LINE TO SPOT ENEMY POSITIONS AND 23:43.780 --> 23:47.060 GUIDE IN ARTILLERY FIRE -- SOMETHING, HE SAYS, THAT HAS 23:47.060 --> 23:50.600 MADE HIM UNPOPULAR AMONG THE RUSSIAN SPIES THAT HE SAYS 23:50.600 --> 23:54.420 OPERATE IN THE DONBASS AREA. >> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 23:54.420 --> 23:57.090 >> Interpreter: WHEN I WAS THERE, THEY ANNOUNCED ME TO BE 23:57.090 --> 24:00.120 ENEMY NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I TRACED DOWN A RUSSIAN CENTER 24:00.120 --> 24:03.360 FULL OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT. 24:03.450 --> 24:06.510 >> THE VOLUNTEER STOPGAP IS URGENTLY NEEDED. 24:06.510 --> 24:10.000 LAST YEAR, THEKYIV POST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED A PHOTO OF 24:10.000 --> 24:13.840 RED MULLET, THE NICKNAME OF A UKRAINIAN SOLDIER WHO GOES TO 24:13.840 --> 24:17.030 WAR WEARING COMPLETELY DONATED GEAR. 24:17.030 --> 24:19.600 IT HIGHLIGHTED THE SEVERE SHORTFALL IN EQUIPMENT THAT THE 24:19.600 --> 24:22.390 UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE TO THEIR SOLDIERS. 24:22.390 --> 24:26.030 AT PATRIOT DEFENCE, A NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 24:26.030 --> 24:29.210 DEDICATED TO TRAINING SOLDIERS IN GIVING FIRST-AID TRAINING AND 24:29.210 --> 24:34.300 EQUIPMENT, VOLUNTEERS SAY THE SOLDIERS' SITUATION IS GRIM. 24:34.300 --> 24:36.600 THE UKRAINIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SAYS THIS IS A LEGACY OF 24:36.600 --> 24:39.780 ANNUAL CUTS IN THE ARMED FORCES, DATING BACK TO THE COLLAPSE OF 24:39.780 --> 24:43.840 THE SOVIET UNION AND ONLY HALTED AFTER YANUKOVYCH'S GOVERNMENT 24:43.840 --> 24:46.240 WAS OUSTED. SOME ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE 24:46.240 --> 24:49.630 YANUKOVYCH GOVERNMENT SEEMED TO DELIBERATELY NEGLECT UKRAINE'S 24:49.630 --> 24:52.720 ARMED FORCES, ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST. 24:52.810 --> 24:56.330 >> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] >> Interpreter: SINCE THERE WAS 24:56.330 --> 24:59.330 NO APPARENT EVIDENCE OF ANY DANGER FROM NEIGHBORS, THE 24:59.330 --> 25:04.150 PROCESS OF SHORTAGES CONTINUED UP UNTIL THE LAST YEAR. 25:04.240 --> 25:07.540 >> BUT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AT ARMY S.O.S., LIKE ALINA, WHO 25:07.540 --> 25:11.210 GIVES UP EVERY WEEKEND TO HELP, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS 25:11.210 --> 25:14.150 THERE IS NO TIME TO WAIT FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. 25:14.240 --> 25:16.390 >> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] >> Interpreter: WE HAVE NO 25:16.390 --> 25:18.210 COMMUNICATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 25:18.210 --> 25:21.720 WE ARE INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEERS. 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