WEBVTT 00:05.770 --> 00:08.174 - I'm Senior Airman Joshua Williams, 00:08.174 --> 00:11.473 and welcome to your September 2016 edition 00:11.473 --> 00:14.140 of The Barrel News from Niagara. 00:15.175 --> 00:17.181 Since it's already September, 00:17.181 --> 00:21.155 that means one thing for the 914th Airlift Wing. 00:21.155 --> 00:24.251 It's time for Family Day celebrations. 00:24.251 --> 00:26.783 We kick off Family Day this Saturday 00:26.783 --> 00:30.366 with a cadence run on the track at 9:00 AM. 00:30.804 --> 00:33.776 The Family Day Picnic will take place in the afternoon 00:33.776 --> 00:35.276 from noon to 4:00. 00:35.981 --> 00:38.902 New to this year's event is the Brain Show, 00:38.902 --> 00:43.069 a Japanese-style trivia game taking place from 1:00 to 2:00 00:43.095 --> 00:45.472 and an inflatable obstacle course challenge 00:45.472 --> 00:49.055 for parents and children from 2:30 to 3:45. 00:50.923 --> 00:54.245 If you signed up for the Whirlpool Jet Boat Ride, 00:54.245 --> 00:56.990 transportation will be departing from the base 00:56.990 --> 00:59.073 at 5:00 in the afternoon. 00:59.365 --> 01:01.948 Call 236-2110 for more details. 01:04.911 --> 01:07.161 On Sunday morning at 10:45, 01:07.330 --> 01:11.497 join Air Force Reserve Command Chaplain Colonel Gary Califf 01:11.822 --> 01:15.989 for a special service that honors the men and women of 9/11. 01:17.421 --> 01:19.357 It's going to be a red-carpet welcome home 01:19.357 --> 01:22.357 for our deployers on September 18th. 01:22.664 --> 01:25.025 Stop out at the base to welcome them home 01:25.025 --> 01:26.967 and see our C-130s return 01:26.967 --> 01:29.960 from their last overseas deployment. 01:29.960 --> 01:32.961 Contact your supervisors for the latest updates 01:32.961 --> 01:34.878 on times and locations. 01:35.941 --> 01:39.293 On Friday, September 30th is the end-of-the-season 01:39.293 --> 01:41.573 golf outing at Double Black Diamond 01:41.573 --> 01:43.656 on Holiday Valley Resort. 01:44.248 --> 01:47.939 The event is free for all 914th Airlift Wing members 01:47.939 --> 01:50.089 who deployed this past year 01:50.089 --> 01:52.807 in support of ongoing operations. 01:52.807 --> 01:55.976 All other members, to include civilians, retirees, 01:55.976 --> 01:59.226 may also participate for a cost of $65. 02:01.171 --> 02:03.588 September is Suicide Awareness Month, 02:03.588 --> 02:06.421 and this year's theme is Be There. 02:06.600 --> 02:09.473 Remember, we are all in this together. 02:09.473 --> 02:10.973 Be a good wingman. 02:12.272 --> 02:15.407 This month, the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station 02:15.407 --> 02:19.453 was host to a joint training exercise for first responders 02:19.453 --> 02:22.453 in a simulated dirty bomb discovery. 02:22.699 --> 02:25.690 The exercise brought together multiple agencies 02:25.690 --> 02:28.143 in a realistic training environment, 02:28.143 --> 02:32.310 where EOD and civilian responders worked together. 02:32.698 --> 02:36.865 Jason Thompson, the lead firefighter for the exercise, 02:36.883 --> 02:39.466 spoke to us about the training. 02:39.897 --> 02:41.823 ^- What we discovered today was a dirty bomb 02:41.823 --> 02:43.351 ^in a vehicle coming through the gate. 02:43.351 --> 02:47.101 ^What a dirty bomb is is a radiological device 02:47.457 --> 02:50.874 ^that is just meant to disperse radiation. 02:51.205 --> 02:53.650 ^It's not meant to cause mass destruction. 02:53.650 --> 02:56.970 It's more of a mass disruption type device. 02:56.970 --> 02:58.789 Well, I thought everything went pretty good. 02:58.789 --> 03:01.956 And the guys here did fantastic today. 03:03.386 --> 03:04.438 Communication was great. 03:04.438 --> 03:07.494 That's usually the worst part of any drill. 03:07.494 --> 03:09.388 But communication between all the agencies 03:09.388 --> 03:11.138 went fantastic today. 03:11.984 --> 03:15.110 - Well that's it for your September edition of The Barrel. 03:15.110 --> 03:17.660 I'm Senior Airman Joshua Williams reporting 03:17.660 --> 03:19.910 for the 914th Airlift Wing, 03:19.975 --> 03:23.475 a current, qualified, mission-ready force.