WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:02.040 throughout the 101 critical days of 00:02.040 --> 00:04.151 summer . Military officials encourage 00:04.151 --> 00:06.262 everyone to use safety precautions in 00:06.262 --> 00:08.262 all their recreational activities . 00:08.262 --> 00:10.373 Even if that activity is as simple as 00:10.373 --> 00:12.318 riding in a car . Senior Man kevin 00:12.318 --> 00:14.596 tight reports from Osan Air base Korea . 00:14.596 --> 00:16.707 When it comes to Osan Air Base ground 00:16.707 --> 00:18.873 safety technician staff Sergeant steve 00:18.873 --> 00:20.707 Jefferson says the guidelines on 00:20.707 --> 00:22.873 seatbelts are pretty simple . Everyone 00:22.873 --> 00:25.040 doesn't matter whether you're military 00:25.040 --> 00:27.151 dependent . Three national , you must 00:27.151 --> 00:29.484 wear your seat belt on the installation . 00:29.484 --> 00:31.373 Security forces can and will cite 00:31.373 --> 00:33.540 anyone not wearing a seat belt and for 00:33.540 --> 00:33.350 the most part , people seem to 00:33.350 --> 00:35.517 understand the rules and follow them . 00:35.517 --> 00:37.739 If you look at the numbers for personal 00:37.739 --> 00:39.739 vehicles , 95% are wearing them and 00:39.739 --> 00:42.660 still 5% is too much Air Forces goal is 00:42.660 --> 00:46.190 100% reaching that 100% mark doesn't 00:46.190 --> 00:48.310 seem like such a far stretch , but 00:48.310 --> 00:50.532 personal vehicles are only a small part 00:50.532 --> 00:53.010 of the problem , 75% are wearing 00:53.010 --> 00:55.020 seatbelts and cats . Unfortunately 00:55.020 --> 00:57.187 that's still 25% that is not wearing a 00:57.187 --> 00:59.298 seat belt . That means on average one 00:59.298 --> 01:01.298 out of every four taxi riders isn't 01:01.298 --> 01:03.242 buckling up when they climb in the 01:03.242 --> 01:05.076 vehicle . An odd figure when you 01:05.076 --> 01:07.131 consider that each taxi has signs to 01:07.131 --> 01:09.242 remind riders and while the Air Force 01:09.242 --> 01:11.353 strives to hit that 100% wear rate in 01:11.353 --> 01:13.660 all vehicles . The real focus isn't on 01:13.660 --> 01:16.620 numbers , it's on safety , just just 01:16.630 --> 01:18.852 keep wearing your seatbelt because they 01:18.852 --> 01:20.963 do save lives . It's been proven time 01:20.963 --> 01:22.908 and time again . Keeping an eye on 01:22.908 --> 01:25.074 yourself and anyone you're riding with 01:25.074 --> 01:27.241 could save you more than a ticket from 01:27.241 --> 01:29.297 security forces . It could save your 01:29.297 --> 01:31.463 life . Senior man kevin kite . This on 01:31.463 --> 01:33.463 air base Korea . Keeping a focus on 01:33.463 --> 01:35.630 safety is also important for Air Force 01:35.630 --> 01:37.852 leaders at Misawa Air Base Japan . That 01:37.852 --> 01:39.908 the officer Shane Arrington shows us 01:39.908 --> 01:42.130 how the town patrol helps keep all face 01:42.130 --> 01:44.186 incidents at a minimum . Whether you 01:44.186 --> 01:46.408 work in an office on the flight line or 01:46.408 --> 01:48.630 somewhere else , chances are at the end 01:48.630 --> 01:50.797 of the week , you just want to relax . 01:50.797 --> 01:53.019 Of course , different people relaxed in 01:53.019 --> 01:54.963 different ways . But this story is 01:54.963 --> 01:57.074 geared towards those who enjoy a good 01:57.074 --> 01:59.186 night out on the town . Their various 01:59.186 --> 02:01.186 rules and laws set in place to keep 02:01.186 --> 02:03.186 people in line and convince them to 02:03.186 --> 02:05.130 drink responsibly . But in Massawa 02:05.130 --> 02:07.297 there's a little something extra . The 02:07.297 --> 02:09.463 town Patrol , one of the main benefits 02:09.463 --> 02:09.130 of the program is that allows 02:09.130 --> 02:11.950 leadership to observe and correct 02:11.960 --> 02:14.460 behavioral problems On site . For 02:14.460 --> 02:16.930 example , parents , standards are 02:16.940 --> 02:19.670 inappropriate or obnoxious behavior , 02:20.080 --> 02:21.913 those kind of things . Any , any 02:21.913 --> 02:23.636 deviations from good order and 02:23.636 --> 02:26.230 discipline . Masala Town Patrol lost 02:26.230 --> 02:28.286 the street every friday and saturday 02:28.286 --> 02:30.341 night providing a presence that will 02:30.341 --> 02:32.619 make even somewhat under the influence . 02:32.619 --> 02:34.563 Think twice before doing something 02:34.563 --> 02:36.730 stupid . Petty Officer Shane Arrington 02:36.730 --> 02:38.952 Misawa Air Base Japan as we saw earlier 02:38.952 --> 02:40.841 graduation is a special event for 02:40.841 --> 02:42.952 students to share with their families 02:42.952 --> 02:45.063 and friends . But when the ceremony's 02:45.063 --> 02:47.119 over , it's time to celebrate Senior 02:47.119 --> 02:46.620 Airman David Clarke was with the 02:46.620 --> 02:50.520 Dakotas newest graduates . These 02:50.520 --> 02:52.742 young men and women are now high school 02:52.742 --> 02:54.853 graduates and like many other seniors 02:54.853 --> 02:57.020 around the world , they're celebrating 02:57.020 --> 02:59.131 this milestone safely face to project 02:59.131 --> 03:01.242 graduation . Project graduation is an 03:01.242 --> 03:03.076 effort for the community to pull 03:03.076 --> 03:05.187 together to give the seniors that are 03:05.187 --> 03:07.520 graduating and all night activity That 03:07.520 --> 03:09.520 is drug free and alcohol free where 03:09.520 --> 03:11.687 they can have fun with their friends . 03:11.687 --> 03:13.909 There's always some risk whether riding 03:13.909 --> 03:15.909 the mechanical bull or climbing the 03:15.909 --> 03:18.020 vote for wall . However , for many of 03:18.020 --> 03:20.020 the graduates , the only danger was 03:20.020 --> 03:22.131 having too much fun . We could all go 03:22.131 --> 03:24.890 clubbing down downtown Tokyo , but this 03:24.890 --> 03:27.310 is a safe and it's a fun way without 03:27.310 --> 03:29.643 the involvement of alcohol and it's fun . 03:29.740 --> 03:31.870 It's probably just a club . It's just 03:31.870 --> 03:33.759 took out the risk . So it's a lot 03:33.759 --> 03:35.870 better . It's just a place for all of 03:35.870 --> 03:37.926 us to come up on where all of us can 03:37.926 --> 03:40.037 get together as a group instead of us 03:40.037 --> 03:42.203 just going our separate ways , we have 03:42.203 --> 03:44.203 one final last chance together as a 03:44.203 --> 03:46.259 cost of 2000 and eight . High school 03:46.259 --> 03:48.259 graduation is one of many important 03:48.259 --> 03:50.481 milestones for these seniors in project 03:50.481 --> 03:52.703 graduation helps ensure these young men 03:52.703 --> 03:54.814 and women are able to safely take the 03:54.814 --> 03:56.981 next steps into adulthood . Senior man 03:56.981 --> 03:59.910 David Clarke Yokota Air Base Japan U . 03:59.910 --> 04:02.077 S . Air Force officials faced with the 04:02.077 --> 04:04.188 goal of dramatically reducing tobacco 04:04.188 --> 04:06.132 use by 2010 are set to implement a 04:06.132 --> 04:07.799 three phase program that will 04:07.799 --> 04:10.021 eventually eliminate the use of tobacco 04:10.021 --> 04:12.132 products at its base is senior airman 04:12.132 --> 04:13.966 Brent skin tells us how quitting 04:13.966 --> 04:16.132 tobacco to make everyone healthier and 04:16.132 --> 04:18.132 proud . The Air Force wants tobacco 04:18.132 --> 04:20.132 users to quit their dangerous habit 04:20.132 --> 04:22.021 because more avenues for help and 04:22.021 --> 04:24.188 support than ever before . The D . O . 04:24.188 --> 04:26.243 D . Website , you can quit too . Dot 04:26.243 --> 04:28.354 org is the focal part of the campaign 04:28.354 --> 04:30.466 urging tobacco users to make everyone 04:30.466 --> 04:32.521 proud by quitting the website offers 04:32.521 --> 04:34.521 alternatives to smoke breaks , like 04:34.521 --> 04:36.743 playing poker and a calculator to prove 04:36.743 --> 04:38.688 how tobacco hurts the wallet . One 04:38.688 --> 04:40.910 thing that won't hurt the pocketbook or 04:40.910 --> 04:42.854 the free classes at the Health and 04:42.854 --> 04:44.966 wellness Center offers . It's open to 04:44.966 --> 04:47.299 active duty family members and retirees . 04:47.299 --> 04:49.577 They provide smoking cessation classes , 04:49.577 --> 04:51.632 group therapy and online classes you 04:51.632 --> 04:51.570 can take . They've got nicotine 04:51.570 --> 04:54.310 replacement patches and medication to 04:54.310 --> 04:56.940 fight that urge . If you use medication 04:56.940 --> 04:58.718 to get you through the physical 04:58.718 --> 05:00.990 withdrawal , it's a great tool . But if 05:00.990 --> 05:02.990 you're using medication to make you 05:02.990 --> 05:05.212 quit and keep you quit , it's not gonna 05:05.212 --> 05:07.268 happen . Sergeant Dill Brownstein is 05:07.268 --> 05:09.268 quitting before he ends up like his 05:09.268 --> 05:11.268 friend terminally ill with cancer . 05:11.640 --> 05:13.880 She's got two small boys , one of 05:13.880 --> 05:16.020 them's night and one of them is three 05:16.360 --> 05:20.200 and it's really too bad for the boys . 05:20.210 --> 05:22.266 They're gonna live the rest of their 05:22.266 --> 05:24.099 life without their mountain . It 05:24.099 --> 05:26.043 affects the Air Force mission to , 05:26.043 --> 05:28.043 according to the Air Combat Command 05:28.043 --> 05:30.154 surgeon general's office , the damage 05:30.154 --> 05:32.600 from tobacco caused the Air Force $115 05:32.600 --> 05:35.070 million for additional health care 05:35.080 --> 05:38.640 every year . The The lost 05:38.640 --> 05:41.010 productivity and the cost associated 05:41.010 --> 05:43.780 with the use of tobacco products has 05:43.780 --> 05:46.560 typically shown about 3000 people's 05:46.560 --> 05:49.010 worth of work . It's true that in order 05:49.010 --> 05:51.890 to quit tobacco users must first want 05:51.890 --> 05:54.690 to quit . But with all the support and 05:54.690 --> 05:56.801 different options to finally kick the 05:56.801 --> 05:59.120 habit , there's no better time to make 05:59.120 --> 06:02.540 everyone proud . Then now I'm senior 06:02.540 --> 06:04.920 immigrant skiing Langley Air Force base 06:04.930 --> 06:07.370 Virginia . The air force loses more 06:07.370 --> 06:09.481 than $80 million dollars annually and 06:09.481 --> 06:11.648 productivity because of airmen who use 06:11.648 --> 06:14.500 tobacco products coming up new ways to 06:14.500 --> 06:15.500 power the 06:15.500 --> 06:20.460 horse . 06:20.540 --> 06:27.750 You 06:27.750 --> 06:30.190 know that stroke targets by color 06:30.200 --> 06:33.820 odds are if you're african 06:33.820 --> 06:36.120 american , you're twice as likely to 06:36.120 --> 06:38.330 suffer a stroke is white americans 06:40.640 --> 06:43.280 know where you stand because beating 06:43.290 --> 06:45.810 the odds isn't about winning . 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A child is 08:49.370 --> 08:50.500 calling for help 08:50.510 --> 08:54.490 a 08:54.500 --> 08:56.833 typical day in the global war on terror . 08:56.833 --> 08:58.944 Our force flies more than 200 airlift 08:58.944 --> 09:01.140 stories that averages out to about 2.6 09:01.140 --> 09:03.200 billion gallons of fuel every year 09:03.210 --> 09:05.377 airing . First class Zach von explains 09:05.377 --> 09:07.543 how the Air Force in order to save our 09:07.543 --> 09:09.766 resources , leads the way in the search 09:09.766 --> 09:12.690 for alternative fuels with high gas 09:12.690 --> 09:14.746 prices , many people find themselves 09:14.746 --> 09:16.746 changing driving habits to conserve 09:16.746 --> 09:19.610 fuel . The same holds true for the Air 09:19.610 --> 09:21.760 Force and Air Combat Command . The 09:21.760 --> 09:23.593 number one consumer of petroleum 09:23.593 --> 09:25.927 resources and the Department of Defense . 09:25.927 --> 09:28.170 But instead of relying on widely used , 09:28.180 --> 09:30.570 expensive petroleum , the Air Force is 09:30.580 --> 09:32.747 researching a possibly more economical 09:32.747 --> 09:35.060 energy source for the future , 09:35.240 --> 09:37.296 synthetic fuel . We're talking , you 09:37.296 --> 09:39.407 know , changing history here in terms 09:39.407 --> 09:42.040 of how we're supplying our platforms 09:42.040 --> 09:44.510 are aircraft and even our vehicles and 09:44.520 --> 09:46.687 uh , support equipment down the road . 09:46.687 --> 09:48.631 So it's a , it's a , it's a pretty 09:48.631 --> 09:50.576 sight time that will be in the Air 09:50.576 --> 09:52.687 Force as far as that goes , Air Force 09:52.687 --> 09:52.530 Secretary Michael Wind set a goal to 09:52.530 --> 09:54.750 have 50% of the Air Force's domestic 09:54.750 --> 09:56.861 fuel needs be met with synthetic fuel 09:56.861 --> 10:00.490 blends by 2000 and 16 . Looking 10:00.500 --> 10:03.530 by the end of 2010 , fy 2010 10:03.540 --> 10:07.530 early fy 2011 for all of our airframes , 10:07.540 --> 10:10.560 fighters , bombers , you know , he was 10:10.560 --> 10:13.320 and so forth to be tested and certified 10:13.330 --> 10:15.550 to burn it . Uh , but it's probably 10:15.550 --> 10:17.810 gonna be quite some time before we even 10:17.810 --> 10:19.866 see it shipped in here on the base , 10:19.866 --> 10:22.010 synthetic fuel is made from coal or 10:22.010 --> 10:24.280 natural gas and if mass produced can be 10:24.280 --> 10:27.090 cheaper than current fuel prices . A CC 10:27.090 --> 10:29.257 started testing synthetic fuel and air 10:29.257 --> 10:31.960 aircraft in 2006 . We just need to be 10:31.960 --> 10:34.238 one , you know , here a few months ago , 10:34.238 --> 10:37.240 all focus is being pushed on aviation 10:37.250 --> 10:39.270 optimization right now . You know , 10:39.280 --> 10:42.900 ways to reduce uh , the traditional JP 10:42.900 --> 10:45.067 eight that we use in the aircraft with 10:45.067 --> 10:47.067 more synthetic blend , whether it's 10:47.067 --> 10:49.067 derived from coal or natural gas to 10:49.067 --> 10:51.122 offset our fossil fuel consumption . 10:51.122 --> 10:54.180 Along with the B one , the Air Force 10:54.190 --> 10:56.630 already certified the B 52 with the 50 10:56.630 --> 10:59.510 50 blend of synthetic fuel . Next up is 10:59.520 --> 11:02.460 the C 17 coming this summer Airman Zach 11:02.470 --> 11:05.930 bond in the Air Force B Virginia . 11:05.960 --> 11:08.016 There are other types of fuels being 11:08.016 --> 11:10.071 researched , decides synthetic fuels 11:10.071 --> 11:11.682 and fossil fuels . This next 11:11.682 --> 11:13.738 alternative fuel is easy to find and 11:13.738 --> 11:15.849 it's only emission is water . This is 11:15.849 --> 11:18.071 the first Air Force of hydrogen powered 11:18.071 --> 11:20.550 forklift . This is a hydrogen storage 11:20.550 --> 11:22.661 production and servicing trailer , we 11:22.661 --> 11:24.661 can make our own hydrogen with it . 11:24.661 --> 11:26.828 We're going to use this , this trailer 11:26.828 --> 11:29.740 to produce up to 40 kg of hydrogen . It 11:29.740 --> 11:32.510 produces two kg a day . We'll use it to 11:32.510 --> 11:35.070 refill our hydrogen fuel cell forklift 11:35.080 --> 11:37.080 which will have an operation in the 11:37.080 --> 11:38.858 warehouse close by . We will do 11:38.858 --> 11:41.080 anything the conventional for political 11:41.080 --> 11:43.136 do there are no emissions . The only 11:43.136 --> 11:45.191 mission is water . Advantage of this 11:45.191 --> 11:47.610 hydrogen powered fuel cell forklift is 11:47.610 --> 11:49.666 that you can refuel it at the end of 11:49.666 --> 11:51.888 the shift about 2 to 3 minutes . With a 11:51.888 --> 11:53.888 conventional forklift is gonna take 11:53.888 --> 11:56.054 about an hour to charge the battery up 11:56.054 --> 11:58.110 before you're able to use it again , 11:58.110 --> 12:00.221 Robbins isn't the only air Force base 12:00.221 --> 12:02.388 using hydrogen as a fuel Petty Officer 12:02.388 --> 12:04.610 RJ Merida reports how Hickam's hydrogen 12:04.610 --> 12:06.721 production and fuel station is at the 12:06.721 --> 12:08.666 forefront of hydrogen research and 12:08.666 --> 12:10.832 technology and leads the way in energy 12:10.832 --> 12:12.888 conservation for the Air Force . The 12:12.888 --> 12:15.054 opening of the United States Air Force 12:15.054 --> 12:17.140 is first hydrogen station is a major 12:17.140 --> 12:19.760 milestone for her body and for the 12:19.760 --> 12:21.982 nation , it was unveiled in November of 12:21.982 --> 12:24.350 2006 . While it's relatively small in 12:24.350 --> 12:26.572 size . This hydrogen station is playing 12:26.572 --> 12:28.906 a big role and the way Hawaii and the U . 12:28.906 --> 12:30.739 S . Air Force think about energy 12:30.739 --> 12:32.794 conservation now and in the future . 12:32.794 --> 12:35.370 High paris is an operations engineer 12:35.370 --> 12:37.259 for the company that operates the 12:37.259 --> 12:39.450 station . His job produce hydrogen . 12:39.460 --> 12:42.570 This is our water purification pod . We 12:42.570 --> 12:44.792 lovingly call it the water box . And in 12:44.792 --> 12:46.903 this box we take basic tap water that 12:46.903 --> 12:49.020 you and I drink . We bring it into a 12:49.020 --> 12:51.242 process of activated charcoal , reverse 12:51.242 --> 12:53.520 osmosis , dehumanization and 12:53.520 --> 12:55.576 ultraviolet treatment . We get it to 12:55.576 --> 12:59.400 its pure state of H two in a pure 100% 12:59.400 --> 13:01.750 water . And we take that over to our 13:01.750 --> 13:04.083 electrolyzer . We make hydrogen with it . 13:04.083 --> 13:05.750 We take the hydrogen from the 13:05.750 --> 13:07.750 compression side . We bring it into 13:07.750 --> 13:09.806 here and we store here . This is the 13:09.806 --> 13:12.020 pod is the most deployable of the 13:12.020 --> 13:14.020 entire system . The beautiful thing 13:14.020 --> 13:15.853 about this is to support the war 13:15.853 --> 13:17.964 fighter on the ground . We don't have 13:17.964 --> 13:17.730 to take the whole system . We can 13:17.730 --> 13:19.970 generate it in a safe location , but 13:19.970 --> 13:22.026 the hydrogen in the vessels load the 13:22.026 --> 13:24.137 vessel onto a C 17 or other transport 13:24.137 --> 13:26.248 and shipping wherever in the world we 13:26.248 --> 13:28.192 want it even a few years ago , the 13:28.192 --> 13:30.414 ability of the hydrogen station to pack 13:30.414 --> 13:32.248 up and deploy virtually anywhere 13:32.248 --> 13:34.303 requiring little maintenance may not 13:34.303 --> 13:36.470 have seemed possible . But at Hickam , 13:36.470 --> 13:38.692 the future is already here inside these 13:38.692 --> 13:40.470 pipes . The future is to have a 13:40.470 --> 13:42.470 complete 100% renewable resources , 13:42.470 --> 13:44.692 meaning not bringing any of our natural 13:44.692 --> 13:46.859 resources to generate energy . You can 13:46.859 --> 13:46.380 take wind power , you can take solar 13:46.380 --> 13:48.547 power and you can use that electricity 13:48.547 --> 13:50.602 that's generated to break down water 13:50.602 --> 13:52.769 into hydrogen and use hydrogen for our 13:52.769 --> 13:54.936 vehicles . As the Air Force researches 13:54.936 --> 13:56.936 ways to find new energy sources . A 13:56.936 --> 13:58.936 small hydrogen plant and Hickam Air 13:58.936 --> 14:01.047 Force base becomes the starting point 14:01.047 --> 14:03.047 of view of these fights to conserve 14:03.047 --> 14:05.158 energy , create cleaner air and break 14:05.158 --> 14:07.324 its dependence on fossil fuels for the 14:07.324 --> 14:09.436 officer , Arjun , Whatever Hickam Air 14:09.436 --> 14:11.436 Force Base Hawaii and that's it for 14:11.436 --> 14:13.658 this edition of today's Air Force . For 14:13.658 --> 14:13.230 more on today's stories . Be sure to 14:13.230 --> 14:15.063 log on to the Air Force official 14:15.063 --> 14:17.500 website af dot mil . I'm Staff Sergeant 14:17.500 --> 14:19.056 Kevin Dennison , Thanks for 14:19.056 --> 14:22.060 watching .