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- [Narrator] From 1965 to 1975,

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Chief Warrant Officer Louis F. Garland

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took charge of the Fire Academy

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at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois,

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laying the ground work for Air Force

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fire protection as we know it.

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In 1993, Chanute Air
Force Base was closed down

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and the Fire Academy moved
to Goodfellow Air Force Base.

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Chief Garland didn't really have

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a direct connection to Goodfellow,

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but his firefighting theories and stuff

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that he developed when
he was up at Chanute

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carried on for, up to this day.

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So when the school moved down here,

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they were looking to
dedicate it to somebody

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and what better choice than to try to get

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the Academy named after Louis F. Garland,

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who is considered the father
of Air Force fire protection?

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- [Narrator] To those who knew him,

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Chief Garland wasn't only considered

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the father of Air Force fire protection.

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- Everybody knows what
he did in the Air Force,

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but he was way more than that.

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He was my fishing buddy, golfing buddy.

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But I didn't understand the impact

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he had on his field of
work, I had no clue, none.

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- [Narrator] 23 years after the Academy

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was named in honor of Chief Garland,

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his son and grandsons
visited the Fire Academy

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for a tour and a first-hand
look at his legacy.

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- I was here in '95.

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I got a small tour,

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there was nothing going on
that day, as far as training,

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so we didn't see what we saw today.

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But, I'll tell you what,

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today was impressive.

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- [Narrator] Training at the
Louis F. Garland Fire Academy

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has evolved over the years,

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but the core Chief Garland
developed remains intact.

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- I think my favorite part
was just seeing people

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that were entrenched by what he did

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and he didn't brag, I would say.

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Like, we had no clue, none.

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I was totally blown away.

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- [Narrator] Blown away
by Chief Garland's impact

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on thousands of DoD
firefighters around the world.

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Airman First Class, Matthew Angulo,

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Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.