WEBVTT 00:01.090 --> 00:04.200 - We're in Kabul, Afghanistan with the Mobile Customs Team. 00:04.200 --> 00:07.090 This is part two in our Customs series. 00:07.090 --> 00:08.450 Welcome to the Liberty Minute! 00:08.450 --> 00:11.760 All things 77th Sustainment Brigade in one minute. 00:11.760 --> 00:14.240 I'm Army Sergeant First Class David Clemenko 00:14.240 --> 00:15.937 and your minute starts now! 00:16.885 --> 00:19.968 (intense news music) 00:24.964 --> 00:26.160 (clock ticking) 00:26.160 --> 00:30.100 This is part two, as I said, of the Customs mission. 00:30.100 --> 00:32.550 This is the mobile team and we've got Sergeant Jones, 00:32.550 --> 00:35.527 Sergeant Jones, you're in charge of the mobile team, right? 00:35.527 --> 00:36.360 - Roger, Sergeant. 00:36.360 --> 00:38.680 - What is your actual title? 00:38.680 --> 00:42.990 - So I'm the Mobile Team NCOIC and my team basically clears 00:42.990 --> 00:46.590 all cargo leaving the CENTCOM AOR headed back to the states. 00:46.590 --> 00:47.670 - So you're like an attack team. 00:47.670 --> 00:51.630 You guys, you're a small unit, that four or five of you jump 00:51.630 --> 00:53.480 in a helicopter or a plane, 00:53.480 --> 00:56.131 and you go to a place to clear units? 00:56.131 --> 00:56.964 - [Sarah] Correct. 00:56.964 --> 00:58.130 - Now, do you find it difficult? 00:58.130 --> 01:00.670 Because I would imagine all of these soldiers 01:00.670 --> 01:02.963 are ready to go home and then, in comes your team 01:02.963 --> 01:06.880 that go, uh, no, no, no, no. 01:06.880 --> 01:07.713 Is that difficult? 01:07.713 --> 01:08.990 - [Sarah] Yeah, we're the Debbie Downers. 01:08.990 --> 01:10.749 We're the ones that basically tell them, 01:10.749 --> 01:13.040 you packed all your stuff, now unpack it. 01:13.040 --> 01:15.020 And then, you can't have this, this, and this. 01:15.020 --> 01:16.860 - So, walk me through this process. 01:16.860 --> 01:20.470 You guys get on ground and what happens next? 01:20.470 --> 01:23.070 - So we link up with the POC, we basically go look 01:23.070 --> 01:25.910 at the area, they have everything laid out for us, 01:25.910 --> 01:27.980 then we go through, we start the briefing, 01:27.980 --> 01:31.596 we do the inspection, we clear 100% everything, 01:31.596 --> 01:34.930 and we go through after it's cleared, 01:34.930 --> 01:37.943 we provide overwatch, and then we seal 01:37.943 --> 01:39.800 the containers once it repacked. 01:39.800 --> 01:42.050 - Yeah, I heard that word a couple of times, "overwatch." 01:42.050 --> 01:42.960 It sounds really cool. 01:42.960 --> 01:45.152 What is, and you are overwatch, right? 01:45.152 --> 01:45.985 - Basically. 01:45.985 --> 01:46.818 - I want that title. 01:46.818 --> 01:47.830 That's kinda cool. 01:47.830 --> 01:48.960 What does it mean to be overwatch? 01:48.960 --> 01:51.680 - So, overwatch is watching them pack the stuff back up 01:51.680 --> 01:53.670 and repacked into the containers to make sure nothing 01:53.670 --> 01:56.160 from the outside that we haven't searched is coming in 01:56.160 --> 01:58.190 and to make sure they're not putting anything 01:58.190 --> 02:00.030 in the containers that they're not supposed to. 02:00.030 --> 02:02.750 So, the last two pieces are bracing and blocking 02:02.750 --> 02:04.230 and the sealing of the containers. 02:04.230 --> 02:07.760 So, we take out the CMRE team from the Air Force 02:07.760 --> 02:10.550 and they do a JI and they're checking for bracing 02:10.550 --> 02:12.430 and blocking as far as to make sure the equipment 02:12.430 --> 02:15.650 isn't gonna fly around in transit, and then, 02:15.650 --> 02:17.400 once they've given their blessing, 02:17.400 --> 02:18.550 then we seal the container. 02:18.550 --> 02:20.280 - Anything at the very end? 02:20.280 --> 02:21.670 - [Sarah] They sling load it out. 02:21.670 --> 02:23.010 - Sling load it out? 02:23.010 --> 02:24.580 Maybe a story later. 02:24.580 --> 02:26.390 Sling loading, sounds fun. 02:26.390 --> 02:28.790 Any shout out you wanna give to family, friends back home? 02:28.790 --> 02:30.670 Now you did show me a picture of your dog, 02:30.670 --> 02:31.600 tell me about the dog. 02:31.600 --> 02:33.650 - [Sarah] I have a Saint Bernard named Bear 02:33.650 --> 02:35.560 and he's currently with Dogs on Deployment, 02:35.560 --> 02:38.550 he is at a foster family in Philadelphia. 02:38.550 --> 02:41.150 - Wow, so anything you wanna say to everybody back home? 02:41.150 --> 02:43.046 - Just hi and I'll see ya in a few months. 02:43.046 --> 02:45.140 - So I'm here with Staff Sergeant Parker. 02:45.140 --> 02:47.240 Staff Sergeant Parker, welcome to the Liberty Minute. 02:47.240 --> 02:48.270 - Thank you. 02:48.270 --> 02:50.670 - All right, so with the Customs team, who I've been 02:50.670 --> 02:53.730 with for a couple of weeks now here in Afghanistan, 02:53.730 --> 02:56.090 I wasn't expecting to see the Air Force. 02:56.090 --> 02:58.880 So, Staff Sergeant Parker, can you tell me 02:58.880 --> 03:01.940 and our viewers back home what is the Air Force doing 03:01.940 --> 03:03.360 on this customs mission? 03:03.360 --> 03:06.030 - Absolutely, so here we inspect cargo, 03:06.030 --> 03:09.193 make sure there's hazardous, and if it hazardous, 03:09.193 --> 03:13.110 make sure it's qualified to fly, so it could be safe 03:13.110 --> 03:15.570 to travel with, it doesn't hurt people. 03:15.570 --> 03:16.740 - [David] So, what you're saying is, 03:16.740 --> 03:19.730 if there's anything going on an Air Force plane, 03:19.730 --> 03:21.050 that's why the Air Force is here, 03:21.050 --> 03:23.460 to make sure it's packed correctly? 03:23.460 --> 03:24.970 - Yes, we make sure it's packed correctly, 03:24.970 --> 03:27.700 the right documentation, it's weighed properly, 03:27.700 --> 03:29.470 and everything is done to the tee, 03:29.470 --> 03:30.970 so it's safe to fly. 03:30.970 --> 03:32.370 - Well, thank you for joining the Liberty Minute. 03:32.370 --> 03:33.203 - Thank you. 03:34.170 --> 03:36.550 - All right, Liberty Nation, I've found the customer. 03:36.550 --> 03:38.460 So, our customs mission is here, 03:38.460 --> 03:39.800 they're clearing the unit. 03:39.800 --> 03:42.610 What we didn't show yet, is the unit that's being cleared, 03:42.610 --> 03:44.230 so, Sir, thank you so much for joining 03:44.230 --> 03:45.063 the Liberty Minute. - Thank you. 03:45.063 --> 03:46.160 - Really appreciate it. 03:46.160 --> 03:48.650 - So, tell me about, what was the train up? 03:48.650 --> 03:50.380 What was the, it wasn't a train up really, 03:50.380 --> 03:51.910 what was the buildup to this customs, 03:51.910 --> 03:53.120 you guys are leaving right? 03:53.120 --> 03:57.804 - Yeah we're leaving, finally, but it has been an effort 03:57.804 --> 04:01.040 on behalf of your team as well as 04:01.040 --> 04:03.240 our unit movement officers. 04:03.240 --> 04:05.950 I mean, this is the culmination of, I would say, 04:05.950 --> 04:08.930 a couple months working back and forth with your team 04:08.930 --> 04:13.930 and my team to make this as smooth as could be possible. 04:14.830 --> 04:16.840 - All right, so you got everybody to get all 04:16.840 --> 04:19.960 their stuff out and how did you make sure 04:19.960 --> 04:22.180 that your soldiers aren't putting anything in there 04:22.180 --> 04:24.150 that they shouldn't be to pause 04:24.150 --> 04:26.700 or delay this, your departure? 04:26.700 --> 04:29.530 - Well, again, this is several months worth of effort 04:29.530 --> 04:32.070 working with your team and our team, gettin' 04:32.070 --> 04:34.660 the customs list, making sure that everyone 04:34.660 --> 04:36.785 is pre-briefed before they pack their stuff 04:36.785 --> 04:38.983 in their barracks rooms, and then, again, 04:40.030 --> 04:42.700 when we lay out, this isn't the first time 04:42.700 --> 04:45.820 that we lay out when your inspectors come and see us, 04:45.820 --> 04:48.640 so, obviously, we need to do our leader trends first 04:48.640 --> 04:50.360 before you guys come down so we don't waste 04:50.360 --> 04:51.290 your time either. 04:51.290 --> 04:52.740 - And where are you guys heading back to? 04:52.740 --> 04:54.050 - We're goin' to Fort Bragg. 04:54.050 --> 04:56.120 - And that's where you came from, came from Fort Bragg? 04:56.120 --> 04:57.099 Been here nine months? 04:57.099 --> 04:57.932 - Yeah. 04:57.932 --> 04:58.765 - Excited to get back? 04:58.765 --> 05:02.700 - We are excited, but we are sad to see our mission end. 05:02.700 --> 05:04.740 We know that our replacements here, 05:04.740 --> 05:06.300 the 3rd SFAB from Fort Hood, Texas 05:06.300 --> 05:07.900 are gonna be an outstanding team. 05:07.900 --> 05:09.720 - So, Texas is replacing Bragg? 05:09.720 --> 05:10.553 - Absolutely. 05:10.553 --> 05:11.386 - Awesome, okay. 05:11.386 --> 05:13.490 Sir, any shout out you wanna give 05:13.490 --> 05:15.130 to family, friends back home? 05:15.130 --> 05:17.880 - I would like to say, for all the troopers and families 05:17.880 --> 05:20.280 at Fort Bragg, that we are excited to come home. 05:21.380 --> 05:23.120 Don't know when you're gonna see us, 05:23.120 --> 05:24.600 but you're gonna see us soon. 05:24.600 --> 05:27.947 - Thank you so much for coming to Liberty Minute. 05:27.947 --> 05:30.947 (upbeat rock music) 05:41.913 --> 05:44.090 - I hope you enjoyed our time in Afghanistan 05:44.090 --> 05:46.650 with the 1175th, I know I did. 05:46.650 --> 05:47.970 Stay tuned for more. 05:47.970 --> 05:50.425 I'm Army Sergeant First Class David Clemenko-- 05:50.425 --> 05:51.258 - [Group] And we're the 1175th and your minute is up! 05:54.588 --> 05:57.255 (clock ticking)