WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:02.207 Yeah , it was it was pretty special to 00:02.207 --> 00:04.318 me . I haven't got the chance to come 00:04.318 --> 00:06.318 to a base until today . So to spend 00:06.318 --> 00:08.484 some time with these guys and see what 00:08.484 --> 00:10.651 they really do and and uh and not only 00:10.651 --> 00:12.651 that , but get to play with some of 00:12.651 --> 00:14.873 their toys was pretty cool . So we went 00:14.873 --> 00:16.984 out and did a little bit of PT , then 00:16.984 --> 00:19.318 went in and did some simulated shooting , 00:19.318 --> 00:21.540 which was really cool . Um kind of what 00:21.540 --> 00:20.810 they go through training a little bit . 00:20.810 --> 00:22.921 I'm sure they scaled it down a little 00:22.921 --> 00:25.088 for me to go do it . But it was cool . 00:25.088 --> 00:27.199 You know , get your heart rate up and 00:27.199 --> 00:27.000 tried to go in and and shooting be 00:27.000 --> 00:29.167 accurate was a new experience for me . 00:29.167 --> 00:31.500 Nothing I've ever done like that before . 00:31.500 --> 00:33.556 So that was fun . I got to drive the 00:33.556 --> 00:35.500 razor around a little bit and then 00:35.500 --> 00:37.556 beyond that just meet some great men 00:37.556 --> 00:39.722 and women here to see what they're all 00:39.722 --> 00:41.778 about . And then at the end there to 00:41.778 --> 00:44.000 celebrate Mark Force during his service 00:44.000 --> 00:42.970 and what he's done here at the Air 00:42.970 --> 00:46.340 Force was pretty special moment getting 00:46.340 --> 00:48.630 to see how they honor their fallen and 00:48.630 --> 00:51.060 what they do here was special for me 00:51.540 --> 00:53.707 first time getting really to be around 00:53.707 --> 00:55.873 the special warfare stuff . You know , 00:55.873 --> 00:57.707 it was funny coming in obviously 00:57.707 --> 00:59.929 trained combat controllers here and you 00:59.929 --> 01:02.040 know the first thing I noticed coming 01:02.040 --> 01:04.040 in was the statute john chapman and 01:04.040 --> 01:06.151 I've I've read the book alone at dawn 01:06.151 --> 01:08.318 actually the beginning of this year uh 01:08.318 --> 01:10.540 through a friend that I know in the air 01:10.540 --> 01:09.710 Force recommended the book . So it's , 01:09.710 --> 01:11.877 kinda kinda cool to get to read that . 01:11.877 --> 01:14.043 And then come here and see some of the 01:14.043 --> 01:17.230 history of uh of the the program and 01:17.230 --> 01:19.341 kind of where it started from and how 01:19.341 --> 01:21.452 it's built into what it is today . So 01:21.452 --> 01:23.508 that was cool to tie it all in . You 01:23.508 --> 01:22.880 know , when you learn about something 01:22.880 --> 01:25.102 and get to kind of see it and visualize 01:25.102 --> 01:27.158 it at least for me that that kind of 01:27.158 --> 01:29.324 changes the whole perspective . Yeah , 01:29.324 --> 01:31.547 we've got the Air Force on the car this 01:31.547 --> 01:31.170 weekend in Talladega on sunday and 01:31.170 --> 01:33.392 obviously with the special paint scheme 01:33.392 --> 01:35.680 Honor and uh Special Operations Special 01:35.680 --> 01:38.210 Warfare group here and so that's gonna 01:38.210 --> 01:40.432 be cool . First time to get to run that 01:40.432 --> 01:42.599 paint scheme and I got to see it there 01:42.599 --> 01:44.654 the other day , What it looks like , 01:44.654 --> 01:44.230 looks really good . Uh and then 01:44.230 --> 01:46.452 obviously getting it out on track , you 01:46.452 --> 01:48.674 know , you want to have a good run um , 01:48.674 --> 01:50.897 with the Air Force on the car support , 01:50.897 --> 01:50.080 all the men and women that are in our 01:50.080 --> 01:52.247 Air Force and just be able to get that 01:52.247 --> 01:54.302 car up front and get a good run . So 01:54.302 --> 01:56.358 excited to have them on excited just 01:56.358 --> 01:58.580 this year has been fun with me , get to 01:58.580 --> 01:58.410 work with the Air Force and getting to 01:58.410 --> 02:00.577 meet everybody learn kind of about the 02:00.577 --> 02:02.799 different branches and divisions in the 02:02.799 --> 02:05.030 Air Force and see how many , how how 02:05.030 --> 02:07.030 broad the air force really is . You 02:07.030 --> 02:09.252 know you think of the air force and you 02:09.252 --> 02:11.363 think okay flying planes and all that 02:11.363 --> 02:11.350 but it's so much more than that and and 02:11.350 --> 02:13.572 for me to get to learn and and see that 02:13.572 --> 02:15.690 this year has been a lot of fun and 02:15.690 --> 02:17.857 that means some great men and women to 02:17.857 --> 02:19.857 through our partnership with it has 02:19.857 --> 02:21.968 been a lot of fun too . So excited to 02:21.968 --> 02:24.023 have him on the car this weekend and 02:24.023 --> 02:26.301 like I said hopefully get him up front , 02:26.301 --> 02:26.280 have a good run for the coolest thing 02:26.280 --> 02:28.502 was doing the P . T . And then and then 02:28.502 --> 02:30.447 the shooting , you know getting to 02:30.447 --> 02:32.558 obviously the pT was stuff you know I 02:32.558 --> 02:34.613 mean it wasn't easy uh doing some of 02:34.613 --> 02:34.230 that but just seeing you know a small 02:34.230 --> 02:36.550 glimpse of what these guys go through 02:36.560 --> 02:38.782 uh physical training like I said it was 02:38.782 --> 02:40.949 such a small glimpse but just going to 02:40.949 --> 02:42.949 be a little bit of a part of it and 02:42.949 --> 02:45.116 working with those guys and you know a 02:45.116 --> 02:44.640 little bit side by side was was really 02:44.640 --> 02:46.550 cool and then going in and really 02:46.550 --> 02:48.772 trying it out , you know like they said 02:48.772 --> 02:50.994 that's as close as you can get to being 02:50.994 --> 02:53.161 in the field and watch what it's gonna 02:53.161 --> 02:52.880 be like with your heart rate up and 02:52.880 --> 02:54.991 you're you're you're excited and your 02:54.991 --> 02:57.158 adrenaline's going and and then trying 02:57.158 --> 02:59.047 to go out there and and really be 02:59.047 --> 03:01.269 accurate was cool and uh it's something 03:01.269 --> 03:03.380 I enjoy . I'd love to come do it more 03:03.380 --> 03:05.491 and really learn some more techniques 03:05.491 --> 03:07.713 to it . It's fun and for me seeing just 03:07.713 --> 03:09.769 such a different world , right ? You 03:09.769 --> 03:09.070 know , nothing I've ever experienced 03:09.070 --> 03:11.126 you've been exposed to before . So I 03:11.126 --> 03:13.126 really enjoyed that part . Well , I 03:13.126 --> 03:15.237 mean number one , just thank them for 03:15.237 --> 03:17.292 their service . I mean that's always 03:17.292 --> 03:19.459 right off the bat for me . Um , beyond 03:19.459 --> 03:21.737 that , staying committed to it , right ? 03:21.737 --> 03:23.848 And really getting in the program and 03:23.848 --> 03:25.848 being a part of it and serving your 03:25.848 --> 03:27.848 country is something that it's very 03:27.848 --> 03:29.681 close to me and strong to me and 03:29.681 --> 03:31.903 something I can never really express my 03:31.903 --> 03:34.110 true thankfulness for , but just 03:34.110 --> 03:36.890 appreciate and , and just seeing the 03:36.890 --> 03:39.460 effort that these guys put in to go and 03:39.470 --> 03:42.290 go through this program and it's brutal . 03:42.290 --> 03:44.470 You know , I mean what what they tell 03:44.470 --> 03:46.637 me and what I can see and kind of what 03:46.637 --> 03:48.526 it takes to really go through the 03:48.526 --> 03:50.248 training . You know , it's not 03:50.248 --> 03:52.414 something that every person can do and 03:52.414 --> 03:54.526 so I respect anybody that gets in the 03:54.526 --> 03:54.340 pipeline and wants to go through and 03:54.340 --> 03:56.396 complete the program and come out on 03:56.396 --> 03:58.451 the other side . That's , that's a , 03:58.451 --> 04:00.618 that's a huge honor and something that 04:00.618 --> 04:02.896 I don't think anybody can take lightly . 04:02.896 --> 04:04.840 So just thank you , I'm major Nate 04:04.840 --> 04:04.720 smith . I'm the commander of the three 04:04.720 --> 04:06.998 52nd special warfare training squatter . 04:06.998 --> 04:09.053 We were honored to host from Richard 04:09.053 --> 04:11.110 petty motorsports . Mr eric jones 04:11.120 --> 04:13.700 driver car number 43 representing 04:13.700 --> 04:15.922 special warfare this weekend I think in 04:15.922 --> 04:17.811 Talladega . And therefore special 04:17.811 --> 04:19.922 warfare . We have four primary career 04:19.922 --> 04:22.033 fields . We have combat controllers , 04:22.033 --> 04:24.144 special constant Chairman , a pair of 04:24.144 --> 04:27.100 rescue then and we have particular 04:27.100 --> 04:29.350 control part of your tech P airman . 04:29.350 --> 04:31.517 And here at the schoolhouse we trained 04:31.517 --> 04:33.239 combat controllers and Special 04:33.239 --> 04:35.406 Reconnaissance Chairman . We give them 04:35.406 --> 04:37.572 their basic skill level qualifications 04:37.572 --> 04:37.230 out of this course . So they learn 04:37.230 --> 04:39.610 things like mission planning , tactics , 04:39.620 --> 04:42.170 land navigation and many other skills , 04:42.220 --> 04:44.553 particularly assault zone establishment . 04:44.553 --> 04:46.664 So we can project air power . What we 04:46.664 --> 04:48.609 do in the special warfare training 04:48.609 --> 04:50.776 community is trained airmen to project 04:50.776 --> 04:52.776 air power for the Air Force . Uh we 04:52.776 --> 04:54.998 project our country's capability around 04:54.998 --> 04:57.030 the world any time , any place for 04:57.030 --> 04:59.197 global access , personnel recovery and 04:59.197 --> 05:01.308 precision strike . We brought here in 05:01.308 --> 05:03.474 uh , this morning we did a tour of our 05:03.474 --> 05:05.440 Combat Control Heritage Foundation 05:05.450 --> 05:07.506 Chief Master Sergeant , Bull Bernini 05:07.506 --> 05:10.740 Heritage Museum where we honor the 05:10.740 --> 05:12.962 legacy and history of our community all 05:12.962 --> 05:15.320 the way back through World War two uh 05:15.330 --> 05:17.700 from World War to the present . And we 05:17.700 --> 05:19.811 brought him in and gave him a tour of 05:19.811 --> 05:22.033 that talk through some of the artifacts 05:22.033 --> 05:21.490 that you see behind me , some of the 05:21.490 --> 05:23.546 heroes that we have displayed on the 05:23.546 --> 05:25.920 wall that tell stories about the Air 05:25.920 --> 05:28.142 Force and tell stories about airmen and 05:28.142 --> 05:30.087 tell stories about our country and 05:30.087 --> 05:32.253 strategic effects on the battlefield . 05:32.253 --> 05:34.420 We're not did a little facilities tour 05:34.420 --> 05:33.800 and we kind of exposed them to kind of 05:33.800 --> 05:36.070 training that special warfare men get 05:36.070 --> 05:38.181 here . Um and the things that they're 05:38.181 --> 05:40.300 required to do to pass the course to 05:40.300 --> 05:42.300 learn the skills that they need for 05:42.300 --> 05:44.633 combat . So you got to drive an M razor , 05:44.633 --> 05:46.856 which is our small combat polaris style 05:46.856 --> 05:48.967 vehicle that we can mount weapons too 05:48.967 --> 05:51.022 and carry patients in and out of the 05:51.022 --> 05:52.744 battlefield or get to a target 05:52.744 --> 05:54.467 objective . And we did a human 05:54.467 --> 05:56.689 performance oriented and strength coach 05:56.689 --> 05:58.911 led workout , which is a representation 05:58.911 --> 06:00.744 of how we incorporate functional 06:00.744 --> 06:02.967 fitness into our airman's uh skill sets 06:02.967 --> 06:05.078 and fitness so that they're ready for 06:05.078 --> 06:07.300 combat stresses and also can be in good 06:07.300 --> 06:09.522 shape to do their mission . And then we 06:09.522 --> 06:11.633 went to the shooting range and he got 06:11.633 --> 06:13.744 to fire some target marking rounds on 06:13.744 --> 06:15.633 our 2 49 squad weapon , automatic 06:15.633 --> 06:18.180 weapon and saw . Uh and then he got to 06:18.180 --> 06:21.510 fire an M . Four and a Glock 19 pistol 06:21.510 --> 06:23.950 on our target simulator uh which is a 06:23.950 --> 06:26.172 cool train tool we have for students to 06:26.172 --> 06:28.339 practice their shooting skills when we 06:28.339 --> 06:30.339 can't use a live fire range . Today 06:30.339 --> 06:32.561 being the anniversary of MArc Forster's 06:32.561 --> 06:35.700 death uh in 2010 on september 29th . Um 06:35.710 --> 06:37.880 We we celebrated him through the 06:37.880 --> 06:39.880 storytelling of our heroes like the 06:39.880 --> 06:42.290 ones behind me um throughout the visit , 06:42.290 --> 06:44.512 but also just kind of talking through , 06:44.512 --> 06:46.679 I was Mark was a close personal friend 06:46.679 --> 06:48.790 of mine in the pipeline actually went 06:48.790 --> 06:51.012 through this schoolhouse with Mark . So 06:51.012 --> 06:50.490 I share many memories with him and my 06:50.490 --> 06:53.240 other teammates here together and uh we 06:53.240 --> 06:55.296 remain tight right up . So the point 06:55.296 --> 06:57.462 where he was killed in action . But so 06:57.462 --> 06:59.860 what we do is our culture values are 06:59.860 --> 07:02.040 heroes immensely and we celebrate them 07:02.050 --> 07:04.217 every chance we get uh we do something 07:04.217 --> 07:06.383 called memorial pushups . That's where 07:06.383 --> 07:08.439 we do 10 4 count push ups . Um , and 07:08.439 --> 07:10.550 then we do one for teamwork , one for 07:10.550 --> 07:12.772 fallen comrades . And today we did next 07:12.772 --> 07:14.883 one from our Forester . Uh we do that 07:14.883 --> 07:17.050 as a unit together , sounding off loud 07:17.050 --> 07:19.161 and proud to represent our fallen and 07:19.161 --> 07:18.810 remember them and we do that on a 07:18.810 --> 07:20.866 regular basis and we did that out by 07:20.866 --> 07:22.754 the memorial with eric you got to 07:22.754 --> 07:24.810 participate , which is cool . And we 07:24.810 --> 07:24.600 get to tell Mark story a little bit , 07:24.630 --> 07:26.686 read his metal citations to the team 07:26.686 --> 07:28.908 and the students here so they can honor 07:28.908 --> 07:31.074 and remember the history and legacy of 07:31.074 --> 07:33.400 our fallen . So just being able to have 07:33.400 --> 07:35.470 touch points with celebrities and 07:35.470 --> 07:37.137 different people in different 07:37.137 --> 07:39.303 communities that can highlight the Air 07:39.303 --> 07:41.470 Force this story and to tell the world 07:41.470 --> 07:43.637 about special Warfare Airman is really 07:43.637 --> 07:45.748 important because it helps spread our 07:45.748 --> 07:47.914 message and helps uh uh folks find out 07:47.914 --> 07:49.970 about us honestly . It's hard , it's 07:49.970 --> 07:49.960 kinda hard to find information 07:49.960 --> 07:51.793 sometimes . So just getting that 07:51.793 --> 07:54.350 highlight point out there is great for 07:54.350 --> 07:56.406 publicity and for the sake of people 07:56.406 --> 07:58.406 actually digging in and say , hey , 07:58.406 --> 07:58.310 what is that ? What is the airport 07:58.310 --> 08:00.477 special warfare ? And they'll maybe do 08:00.477 --> 08:02.421 an Internet search or maybe we can 08:02.421 --> 08:04.532 provide them with some , some cues to 08:04.532 --> 08:06.643 find that information . And then they 08:06.643 --> 08:08.810 can they can maybe make some decisions 08:08.810 --> 08:08.290 that they will forever change their 08:08.290 --> 08:09.450 life , but better .