WEBVTT 00:01.149 --> 00:04.020 - [Jeremy] Hi I am Staff Sergeant Jeremy Maddox, 00:04.020 --> 00:07.420 with the second of the 211th gSAB 00:07.420 --> 00:09.360 from JBER-R, Alaska. 00:09.360 --> 00:11.440 I am a standardization instructor 00:11.440 --> 00:13.323 with the 47s that are station there. 00:16.260 --> 00:18.980 J-E-R-E-M-Y 00:18.980 --> 00:20.853 M-A-D-D-O-X. 00:23.170 --> 00:26.540 So we are doing a joint mission exercise 00:26.540 --> 00:29.060 with the Navy and the Air Force. 00:29.060 --> 00:33.580 We are traveling 150 miles off the coast, 00:33.580 --> 00:34.880 the northern coast of Alaska, 00:34.880 --> 00:36.860 out onto the Arctic Ocean, 00:36.860 --> 00:39.540 doing resupply missions for 00:39.540 --> 00:41.543 their training out there on the ice. 00:44.000 --> 00:46.530 I came from the Oregon Army National Guard. 00:46.530 --> 00:50.870 I was down there out of Pendleton, Oregon for 12 years, 00:50.870 --> 00:52.920 working on Chinooks and crewing Chinooks. 00:55.330 --> 00:58.630 I became a member of the Alaskan Army National Guard on 00:58.630 --> 01:00.883 February 1st of 2020. 01:01.780 --> 01:04.940 I first arrived in JBER-R, Alaska, 01:04.940 --> 01:07.340 which is just outside of Anchorage, 01:07.340 --> 01:08.373 February 14th. 01:10.720 --> 01:13.810 This is my first exercise in these temperatures. 01:13.810 --> 01:17.040 We're ranging anywhere from negative 30 degrees Fahrenheit 01:17.040 --> 01:19.110 to negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit. 01:19.110 --> 01:21.710 On some days even with the windshield we're looking upwards 01:21.710 --> 01:23.533 of negative 60 degrees Fahrenheit. 01:24.860 --> 01:25.980 Back home in Oregon, 01:25.980 --> 01:27.730 we don't have these kind of temperatures, 01:27.730 --> 01:28.853 so it's quite a shock. 01:31.270 --> 01:33.730 Having the temperatures and the weather being that cold 01:33.730 --> 01:34.900 in this aircraft, 01:34.900 --> 01:36.830 we do have a heater, 01:36.830 --> 01:38.950 but when it comes down to negative 30, 01:38.950 --> 01:41.760 negative 40 degree temperatures, 01:41.760 --> 01:45.110 its real hard to keep the internal of that cargo 01:45.110 --> 01:47.140 hold and that helicopter 01:47.140 --> 01:49.940 up to a decent temperature to be able to work comfortably. 01:49.940 --> 01:52.670 Especially with having to open and close doors 01:52.670 --> 01:56.223 and the ramp coming down when dropping and loading cargo. 01:58.410 --> 02:01.510 So we got pretty lucky on our trip up here. 02:01.510 --> 02:03.300 All the way from JBER-R, 02:03.300 --> 02:04.820 we flew up 02:05.690 --> 02:06.700 to Fairbanks 02:07.690 --> 02:08.930 and refueled there 02:08.930 --> 02:12.070 and then continued our mission and our trip up here 02:12.070 --> 02:13.913 to Deadhorse Aviation Center. 02:15.030 --> 02:16.890 We got pretty lucky 'cause the skies were clear, 02:16.890 --> 02:18.203 temperatures were fine. 02:19.510 --> 02:20.343 By the time we got up here 02:20.343 --> 02:23.570 I think it was somewhere around zero degrees Fahrenheit. 02:23.570 --> 02:25.860 We didn't get the extreme cold temperatures until 02:25.860 --> 02:26.853 a day or two later. 02:29.120 --> 02:32.240 My role in this exercise is as a 02:32.240 --> 02:34.233 flight engineer on the CH-47. 02:35.830 --> 02:38.750 I help load cargo, plan out the cargo, 02:38.750 --> 02:42.800 figure out which aircraft is taking what pieces of equipment 02:43.740 --> 02:47.220 to get it out to the ice for the guys out there, 02:47.220 --> 02:48.823 doing their exercises out there. 02:50.770 --> 02:53.840 Also, as a standardization instructor 02:54.760 --> 02:56.390 for the 211th 02:56.390 --> 02:59.200 I am also doing progression training 02:59.200 --> 03:02.670 and flight training for some of the guys here. 03:02.670 --> 03:04.850 Means that they've only just received Chinooks 03:04.850 --> 03:05.743 about a year ago. 03:06.650 --> 03:08.830 So this is all great training, 03:08.830 --> 03:10.680 all rolled up into one for everybody. 03:13.390 --> 03:16.020 So before starting the aircraft, 03:16.020 --> 03:19.040 we have two crew members that are posted on the aircraft 03:19.040 --> 03:20.730 that are watching all the major systems 03:20.730 --> 03:22.890 and subsystems of this helicopter. 03:22.890 --> 03:24.140 We need to be able to 03:25.120 --> 03:27.040 let the pilots know if there's any issues 03:27.040 --> 03:28.600 prior to starting engines, 03:28.600 --> 03:29.830 or looking for any leaks, 03:29.830 --> 03:33.220 or making sure everything is operating properly 03:33.220 --> 03:34.640 before take off. 03:34.640 --> 03:37.770 And then once we're in the air and we're flying along 03:37.770 --> 03:40.660 we have what is called, rampant cabin checks. 03:40.660 --> 03:44.070 We have to perform these within every 30 minutes 03:44.070 --> 03:46.240 to make sure all of our systems and subsystems 03:46.240 --> 03:49.020 are at their normal operating temperatures or pressures, 03:49.020 --> 03:51.820 make sure we have no abnormal vibrations, 03:51.820 --> 03:54.230 and just make sure that we're safe to fly 03:54.230 --> 03:57.490 and we're still on schedule to perform our mission 03:57.490 --> 03:58.623 correctly and safely. 04:01.070 --> 04:06.070 So this trip for I6-2020 in support of Arctic Eagle. 04:06.210 --> 04:09.530 It was pretty beneficial to see the progression 04:09.530 --> 04:11.590 that the crew members and the pilots 04:13.340 --> 04:14.753 came with and ended up with.