WEBVTT 00:08.840 --> 00:12.480 So can I get your name and your job ? 00:12.490 --> 00:15.560 Yeah . So my name is Megan Mcknight and 00:15.560 --> 00:17.830 I am the public education and outreach 00:17.830 --> 00:19.719 specialist for the graph and beer 00:19.719 --> 00:23.610 Environmental division . Yeah , can 00:23.610 --> 00:25.721 you tell us about this event that you 00:25.721 --> 00:28.260 have ? Yeah . So today we had a very 00:28.260 --> 00:30.770 special edition of our Get into nature 00:30.770 --> 00:32.937 hike . It's a monthly program that the 00:32.937 --> 00:35.159 environmental division offers . Usually 00:35.159 --> 00:37.270 on a saturday we take people that are 00:37.270 --> 00:41.060 new or maybe novice hikers out and hike 00:41.060 --> 00:43.004 with them to kind of show them the 00:43.004 --> 00:45.116 great hiking opportunities that there 00:45.116 --> 00:47.227 are here in bavaria and get them more 00:47.227 --> 00:48.893 comfortable . But today's was 00:48.893 --> 00:51.060 especially or today's was very special 00:51.060 --> 00:53.227 because we got to go into the graph of 00:53.227 --> 00:55.393 your training area . So we got to take 00:55.393 --> 00:57.220 people in and see the wonderful 00:57.230 --> 00:59.452 ecosystems that we have there and where 00:59.452 --> 01:01.397 the soldiers get to train and this 01:01.397 --> 01:03.619 doesn't happen very often . So this was 01:03.619 --> 01:05.619 a really unique opportunity for the 01:05.619 --> 01:07.786 people that got to hike today . Yeah , 01:07.786 --> 01:10.008 can you tell me about ? I noticed there 01:10.008 --> 01:12.119 were a lot of people set up along the 01:12.119 --> 01:14.460 trail . Yeah . So today , as part of 01:14.460 --> 01:17.060 this special training area hike , we 01:17.060 --> 01:19.550 had several partners that came out and 01:19.550 --> 01:22.280 gave us other educational information 01:22.280 --> 01:24.590 and or displays . So we had Gerald 01:24.590 --> 01:27.360 morgenstern . Is that his name ? Okay , 01:27.740 --> 01:29.462 observation . So we had Gerald 01:29.462 --> 01:32.250 morgenstern come out . He's a historian 01:32.250 --> 01:34.139 for the graph of your area and he 01:34.139 --> 01:36.361 talked to us about some of the historic 01:36.361 --> 01:38.528 villages that are here in the training 01:38.528 --> 01:40.472 area as well as the history in the 01:40.472 --> 01:43.140 training area . Um we had item out here 01:43.140 --> 01:44.918 talking to us about the various 01:44.918 --> 01:46.973 management things that they're doing 01:46.973 --> 01:49.140 with the fire breaks and how they help 01:49.140 --> 01:51.307 keep the ecosystems and training going 01:51.307 --> 01:53.140 here . And then we also have the 01:53.140 --> 01:55.307 buddhist for us joining and talk about 01:55.307 --> 01:57.418 some of the efforts that they make to 01:57.418 --> 01:59.640 preserve the ecosystems here . And they 01:59.640 --> 02:01.807 brought out some great display . So we 02:01.807 --> 02:03.918 got to see some of the endangered and 02:03.918 --> 02:03.850 unique animals that you might find here 02:03.850 --> 02:06.930 in the training area . Can you explain 02:06.930 --> 02:10.240 why an event like this is important to 02:10.240 --> 02:13.530 an individual or as as a whole ? These 02:13.530 --> 02:16.480 events are great opportunities for 02:16.480 --> 02:19.150 people to get out and see what their 02:19.150 --> 02:21.428 environmental division , what the item , 02:21.428 --> 02:23.483 what buddhist force does here in the 02:23.483 --> 02:25.372 training area . It's also a great 02:25.372 --> 02:27.317 opportunity for people that aren't 02:27.317 --> 02:29.428 soldiers who don't get to go into the 02:29.428 --> 02:31.539 training areas to get to come in here 02:31.539 --> 02:33.706 and see so that maybe when their loved 02:33.706 --> 02:33.510 ones come home and talk about a certain 02:33.520 --> 02:35.830 area , they get to now Visualize and 02:35.830 --> 02:38.108 know what that person is talking about . 02:38.108 --> 02:41.540 two . Yeah . How do you feel events 02:41.540 --> 02:43.390 like these uh strengthen the 02:43.390 --> 02:46.080 relationship between german and 02:47.240 --> 02:49.184 Sorry , just go ahead and say that 02:49.184 --> 02:51.850 again and fly coming up my neck . How 02:51.850 --> 02:53.620 do you feel like 02:56.090 --> 02:58.790 any time we get to interact with one 02:58.790 --> 03:00.679 another , we get to have positive 03:00.679 --> 03:02.734 interactions and that helps foster a 03:02.734 --> 03:05.790 greater well being in a greater desire 03:05.790 --> 03:07.600 to get to work together . And 03:07.600 --> 03:09.822 especially in things like environmental 03:09.822 --> 03:12.220 work , it takes massive effort from 03:12.220 --> 03:14.442 multiple agencies . So things like this 03:14.442 --> 03:16.750 helped build those um relationships and 03:16.750 --> 03:19.030 help foster those feelings of goodwill 03:19.040 --> 03:21.750 and wanting to work together . Mhm . 03:25.740 --> 03:27.980 And how did the events are now ? The 03:27.980 --> 03:31.890 event was great . We had , I'm 03:31.890 --> 03:34.190 gonna say I'm gonna do that again . 03:35.940 --> 03:38.400 The hike was really great . We had a 03:38.400 --> 03:40.178 great turnout , There were more 03:40.178 --> 03:42.344 families involved than we thought they 03:42.344 --> 03:44.178 were going to be and it was just 03:44.178 --> 03:46.233 spectacular that we got to work with 03:46.233 --> 03:48.400 all these different agencies . I think 03:48.400 --> 03:48.200 everybody had a great time . We learned 03:48.200 --> 03:50.280 a ton and it really was kind of a 03:50.290 --> 03:52.457 unique , maybe even once in a lifetime 03:52.457 --> 03:54.679 opportunity that we had today . Can you 03:54.679 --> 03:57.020 give me your name and what you do ? 03:57.030 --> 04:00.810 Okay . My name is Child morgenstern . I 04:00.810 --> 04:03.280 was acting here as a Sergeant major by 04:03.280 --> 04:05.560 the Bundeswehr is a good guy and also 04:05.560 --> 04:08.360 make public affairs work . I stayed 04:08.360 --> 04:11.210 there 21 years until 2011 . I'm retired 04:11.210 --> 04:13.010 now making a couple of reserve 04:13.010 --> 04:16.210 trainings by the Bundeswehr And I write 04:16.210 --> 04:18.480 a book 2010 for the 100 year 04:18.480 --> 04:20.424 anniversary of the training area . 04:20.540 --> 04:24.270 That's the book . And it was also my 04:24.270 --> 04:26.780 goal to get information about the 04:26.780 --> 04:30.590 history and get information 04:30.600 --> 04:32.820 about the acting . Why we need a 04:32.820 --> 04:35.300 training area and looking also for 04:35.300 --> 04:37.411 understanding for the civilian people 04:37.411 --> 04:40.080 and the soldiers , information for the 04:40.080 --> 04:42.191 american soldiers that they know what 04:42.191 --> 04:44.680 happens here before . Why it works in 04:44.680 --> 04:47.110 that style ? Great , why do you think 04:47.110 --> 04:49.580 it's important to inform people about 04:49.590 --> 04:53.030 the history of graph and beer ? When 04:53.030 --> 04:55.252 the , when the history grows ? You know 04:55.252 --> 04:57.419 why you need the training area and why 04:57.419 --> 04:59.586 we have it here in Grafenwoehr and why 04:59.586 --> 05:01.752 it is important for the future that we 05:01.752 --> 05:04.820 have a training area . Also here , it 05:04.820 --> 05:07.130 keeps better understand , you know , a 05:07.140 --> 05:10.140 training area brings a lot of uh issues 05:10.150 --> 05:13.650 like noise and problems with traffic 05:13.650 --> 05:16.670 and all that on . And so when the 05:16.670 --> 05:19.160 people know what happens on the other 05:19.160 --> 05:22.240 side of the of defense , then they had 05:22.240 --> 05:24.820 a better understanding why it happens , 05:24.820 --> 05:28.290 why it is loud and also for the for the 05:28.290 --> 05:30.950 american soldiers , they are always a 05:30.950 --> 05:34.520 like to hear about the history when it 05:34.520 --> 05:38.190 grows up 1910 by the royal 05:38.190 --> 05:40.246 Bavarian Army , then it comes to the 05:40.246 --> 05:42.540 right sphere , then it goes to the 05:42.550 --> 05:45.420 third Reich area . Why we had this big 05:45.430 --> 05:48.200 expansion of the training area here and 05:48.200 --> 05:51.360 why we still keep the american soldiers 05:51.370 --> 05:53.037 and the american army here in 05:53.037 --> 05:56.810 Gothenburg . How did the events 05:56.810 --> 05:59.160 turnout they went now ? 06:00.840 --> 06:02.896 I think it's created for the for the 06:02.896 --> 06:05.118 soldiers , not only stay on the base of 06:05.118 --> 06:07.340 a range , go with their families out in 06:07.340 --> 06:09.710 this beautiful environmental here . You 06:09.710 --> 06:11.877 see , when you look at the surrounding 06:11.877 --> 06:14.250 it grows , You will hear something 06:14.250 --> 06:16.590 about a special place with the 4th 06:16.590 --> 06:19.480 master and the Buddhist 1st . They talk 06:19.480 --> 06:23.430 about environmental and it's yeah , the 06:23.430 --> 06:26.640 most soldiers think the training area 06:26.640 --> 06:28.640 or the family think of the training 06:28.640 --> 06:31.150 area and in the base . But we have a 06:31.160 --> 06:34.240 large country here in the large area to 06:34.240 --> 06:36.590 do this . And so it's greater when 06:36.600 --> 06:40.360 range control and environmental group 06:40.840 --> 06:43.062 or make the organization of these folks 06:43.062 --> 06:45.160 marches and this teaching 06:46.840 --> 06:48.896 awesome . Do you have anything you'd 06:48.896 --> 06:52.690 like to add , sir ? Yeah . I've always 06:52.690 --> 06:54.960 bring nearly that . My book is a good 06:54.960 --> 06:57.920 present for the soldiers and they get 06:57.920 --> 06:59.864 it . It's written in german and in 06:59.864 --> 07:01.587 english . So they get a lot of 07:01.587 --> 07:05.300 information why it was the best and why 07:05.300 --> 07:07.078 it is the best and the greatest 07:07.078 --> 07:09.189 training area . Modern straining area 07:09.189 --> 07:11.490 graph where with this great history of 07:11.500 --> 07:13.611 more than 100 years that I appreciate 07:13.611 --> 07:16.670 when they do it . Um Aaron Sciutto , 07:16.670 --> 07:18.503 I'm the integrated Training area 07:18.503 --> 07:20.503 Management Coordinator for graphing 07:20.503 --> 07:24.240 beer training area . Yeah , 07:26.040 --> 07:28.250 can you tell me about the events that 07:28.250 --> 07:31.060 took place today ? So today we're just 07:31.060 --> 07:33.380 doing some outreach programs to to let 07:33.380 --> 07:35.380 people know just a little bit about 07:35.380 --> 07:37.658 what the I 10 programme does here at G . 07:37.658 --> 07:39.769 T . A . Uh we wanted to highlight the 07:39.769 --> 07:41.850 Wildland Fire program that we uh 07:41.860 --> 07:45.150 started in 2018 after some fire events . 07:45.440 --> 07:48.730 Uh The item program has developed a 07:48.740 --> 07:51.360 wildland fire plan that gives us better 07:51.360 --> 07:53.471 directions on what to predict for the 07:53.471 --> 07:56.060 future of fires out here , uh and how 07:56.060 --> 07:59.370 to prevent fires from being damaged and 07:59.380 --> 08:01.800 damaging to the environment and uh to 08:01.800 --> 08:04.100 ensure training is capable for years to 08:04.100 --> 08:05.460 come .