WEBVTT 00:00.440 --> 00:01.873 - [Lucas] Last month we tagged along 00:01.873 --> 00:05.939 with Major Stanley Michel, a 914 Airlift Wing dentist, 00:05.939 --> 00:07.522 during another UTA. 00:07.820 --> 00:10.543 He was getting ready for his yearly humanitarian trip to 00:10.543 --> 00:14.710 Haiti to provide free medical services for local Haitians. 00:14.720 --> 00:16.851 Now he's back in the States. 00:16.851 --> 00:19.871 But keep in mind his journey started a few years ago 00:19.871 --> 00:21.954 with a simple friendship. 00:22.089 --> 00:23.971 - Yeah, that's me and Doc Brown. 00:23.971 --> 00:26.804 Again, he's not only my commander, 00:27.447 --> 00:30.280 he's my mentor and he's my friend. 00:31.856 --> 00:32.743 - [Lucas] Colonel Victor Brown 00:32.743 --> 00:35.988 is the commander for the 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron 00:35.988 --> 00:39.071 at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. 00:41.481 --> 00:44.093 But even though he leads Niagara's medical team, 00:44.093 --> 00:46.212 he's not shy to putting on a pair of gloves 00:46.212 --> 00:48.629 and getting straight to work. 00:49.748 --> 00:51.722 Today Colonel Brown and Major Michel 00:51.722 --> 00:54.755 are performing routine dental procedures. 00:54.755 --> 00:56.827 Since supplies are limited, they're restricted 00:56.827 --> 00:59.123 to mostly tooth extractions. 00:59.123 --> 01:00.601 They use makeshift dental chairs 01:00.601 --> 01:02.921 and any other supplies on hand. 01:02.921 --> 01:05.419 The tools are constantly sterilized and prepared 01:05.419 --> 01:07.419 to keep the line moving. 01:08.198 --> 01:10.236 And remember the figure from last month, 01:10.236 --> 01:12.319 about 100 patients a day. 01:12.911 --> 01:15.911 So this team can't afford to waste any time. 01:15.911 --> 01:19.305 But Colonel Brown says even though they're working hard-- 01:19.305 --> 01:20.503 - It's a two way street. 01:20.503 --> 01:22.564 ^When we get there, they do a lot of things for us, 01:22.564 --> 01:25.902 ^I have a lot of respect for Haitian culture. 01:25.902 --> 01:29.069 Economically it's a tough place to be. 01:30.340 --> 01:32.073 But it's a very rich culture. 01:32.073 --> 01:34.805 Very polite people, very resourceful people. 01:34.805 --> 01:38.388 So you always take away more than you give. 01:38.884 --> 01:41.548 - [Lucas] But another takeaway is seeing a supervisor 01:41.548 --> 01:45.298 standing as an example for one of his airmen. 01:45.481 --> 01:47.159 - The Air Force brought us together 01:47.159 --> 01:50.183 and as happenstance would have it we're in 01:50.183 --> 01:52.625 the same unit, both in the Dental Corps. 01:52.625 --> 01:55.122 Great friends, great colleagues. 01:55.122 --> 01:57.859 Enjoy each other's company very much. 01:57.859 --> 02:00.942 And I know he feels a genuine calling 02:01.217 --> 02:04.542 because of his ancestry, to go back to Haiti. 02:04.542 --> 02:05.792 But in reality, 02:07.420 --> 02:11.138 we all are related that way, as human beings. 02:11.138 --> 02:15.305 So it's a calling to all of us to help fellow man. 02:16.024 --> 02:19.828 So I know he's the new generation and he's just great 02:19.828 --> 02:22.707 to work with in going to Haiti, he speaks Creole, 02:22.707 --> 02:24.947 the people identify with him very well. 02:24.947 --> 02:27.601 He's very inspirational to those folks. 02:27.601 --> 02:29.573 For them to see someone that's doing so well 02:29.573 --> 02:31.406 and returning to them. 02:31.645 --> 02:33.997 - [Lucas] And now although these two dentists spend most 02:33.997 --> 02:37.089 of their days working in different parts of the States, 02:37.089 --> 02:39.839 you can bet at least once a year, 02:39.992 --> 02:43.492 it'll be two friends working side by side. 02:43.964 --> 02:46.356 Technical Sergeant Lucas Morrow, reporting from 02:46.356 --> 02:50.023 Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York.