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Welcome to the july episode of Core

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connection . I'm your host Patrick

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Bloodgood . This month we take a look

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at how the Engineering Research and

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Development center is expanding cold

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weather research . How you say it looks

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at water quality around its dam

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projects . The Air Force is getting a

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new B 21 bed down facility in south

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Dakota . We look at how you say

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supports military construction efforts

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in the Baltics , rangers get pepper

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sprayed as part of a training exercise .

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And finally a ranger from the

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Louisville district has taken on a new

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role beekeeper . All those stories

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coming up on this edition of Core

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Connection

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it's july and yes it's hot . But the

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focus at the cold regions Research and

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Engineering laboratory is always frigid .

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Recently the lab expanded its

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capabilities with the addition of a new

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building that will enable them to dig

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deeper into cold weather solutions and

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technology .

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The

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U . S . Army Engineer Research and

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development centers , Cold regions

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Research and Engineering laboratory in

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Hanover . New Hampshire is expanding

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its capability in extreme cold weather

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research . With its new climactic

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chamber building The facility will be

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used for military research ,

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development test and evaluation

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applications with a focus on the

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emerging needs of the war fighter and

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supporting the development of science

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and technology capabilities relevant to

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the 21st century . With a focus on new

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fields of research . The insights

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gained from the research performed in

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this new climatic chamber will not only

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ensure our military is prepared to

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operate in some of the planet's

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harshest environments but also benefit

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everyday americans by improving our

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roads and other infrastructure systems .

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The core truly understands the

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importance of engineering , especially

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in cold climates , to the US army and

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the rest of the military as they

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accomplished their mission . I want to

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thank the many men and women who work

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at and closely with corral . It's your

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drive , your drive to solve the

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toughest problems you desire to push

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the limits of our understanding that

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has enabled Congress to fund this new

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facility . So the facility , as it

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stands right now allows us several

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capabilities that we didn't have in the

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past . We actually have a facility that

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has been designed from the start to

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have running vehicles inside of it . We

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have a facility that is capable of

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large skill mil spec testing .

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Previously , we only had small reach in

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chambers . Now this one can actually

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hold a vehicle and of course it's our

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first chamber that's actually designed

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from the start to be safe with

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hazardous materials involved in testing .

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The most important part for example ,

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of operating a vehicle in the extreme

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cold is engine start . So once you've

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cold soaked a vehicle in the chamber ,

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it's all well and good to drive it

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outside and test it . But at that point ,

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the key feature that you want to have

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the chamber still cold for is the

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actual engine startup process . And so

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that ability to have the vehicle

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running to be able to do engine starts

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and stops Actually does a lot for many

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energy topics . That would be of

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considerable interest in military in

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the 21st century . Word is already

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spreading to our stakeholders and our

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partners about this new capability we

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have here in the cold climatic chamber

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and our partners are already lining up

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because they can't wait to work with us

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to get new technologies and new

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capabilities into this facility for

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development and testing . It's

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interesting because when we're talking

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about extreme cold , that's when you

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get below minus 25 degrees , not not

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below freezing below minus 25 degrees

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and this puppy will go down to minus 50

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for part of the excitement about this

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new facility is whereas we're primarily

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focused on the arctic . We support many

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other parts of of our our greater

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nation . For example , we support the

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Corps of Engineers civil Works mission .

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So I envision work being done in this

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facility on anti ice and technology

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believe it or not , we even support

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Nasa because you know , you go to the

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moon , you go to mars it's extremely

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cold and we can support even Nasa

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mission needs with this new facility as

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we , as we've supported them in the

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past . So these are exciting times for

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the cold regions , lab both supporting

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our nation and indeed our planet and

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the polar regions of the world , but

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even beyond to support space

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exploration for future generations ,

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making sure water quality around dams

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are within environmental standards is a

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huge mission for the core uses

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personnel like the team at Lake

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Cumberland continually sample and test

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the water to make sure it's

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ecologically safe for humans , plants

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and wildlife .

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The

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water quality team with the U . S .

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Army Corps of Engineers , Nashville

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District collected water samples may 24

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through 26 2022 from Wolf Creek dams

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tail water along with 12 more stations

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in the reservoir and major tributaries

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of Lake Cumberland . While the team

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surveys water quality and visits the

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lake monthly to monitor water

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temperature , dissolved oxygen ,

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conductivity and ph on this trip , it

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conducted a full water sampling to

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analyze for nutrients , metals , algae

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and chlorophyll . We are out here

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frequently and if there's anything that

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looks suspicious to us on the surface

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of the water or the things that we find ,

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we report that immediately to the

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Kentucky division of water for any type

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of action . At each station , the team

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check water clarity with the second

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disk and collected water quality data

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at 5ft intervals from the surface to

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the deepest point in the channel

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reservoir . At each lake station .

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After evaluating the data , the team

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determined which depths to pull samples .

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So we're going to go down to five ft ,

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we have this rope marked to know our

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depth . Then I'm going to pull it

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back up and we will bottle this water

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and send it off for analysis , the

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water quality team wants people who

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recreate at Lake Cumberland to know

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that the Corps of Engineers routinely

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monitors water quality to verify that

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the water in the lake is healthy for

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visitors . This is lee roberts

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reporting for the national district at

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Lake Cumberland in Kentucky . You say

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it's continues to support our nation's

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men and women in uniform at Ellsworth

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Air Force Base in South Dakota , the

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Omaha district and the Air Force

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celebrated the start of construction on

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new facilities to help maintain B 21

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bombers .

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Representatives from the U . S . Army

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Corps of Engineers , Air Force , the

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state of South Dakota and industry

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partners gathered May 25th 2020 to to

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conduct an official groundbreaking

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ceremony for the start of the B 21

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raider bomber bed down at Ellsworth Air

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Force Base . The historic building

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endeavor is the first awarded B 21

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military construction project Air Force

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Wide and will provide a low observable

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restoration facility with paint booth

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type functionality and supported B 21

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weapons system maintenance and

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operations . This is the first of about ,

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I know somewhere between two and three

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dozen projects . It always works uh in

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order to bed down this , this new

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aircraft here . So um this is one of

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many and we look forward to awarding

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more more contracts here uh you know ,

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in the near future as well as into the

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coming so uh pace of construction pace

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of progress at Ellsworth . You know ,

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this is an active B one Bass . So

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there's a lot of interest in and uh

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consideration for not impacting the one

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operations as we go about the delicate

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process of uh building new facilities

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and things like that . The

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groundbreaking ceremony was organized

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by Ellsworth Air Force Base General ,

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Anthony cotton commander , Air Force

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Global Strike Command provided the

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keynote address . The event was

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attended by uses Northwestern Division

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Commander Colonel Jeff Van Eps Omaha

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District Commander Colonel Mark Himes ,

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South Dakota Representative Dusty

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johnson , delegations from both South

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Dakota Senator's state and local

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government , local media Air Force

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stakeholders and many industry partners .

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This is the first project in a multi

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billion dollar program that the core is

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going to execute over the next decade

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or so . That's gonna help the Air Force

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modernize its bomber leg of the nuclear

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triad . And in doing so we're gonna

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really help improve and modernize uh

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the uh national defense and the

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security of our nation . You say Samaha

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District is expected to proof and

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approve the remaining construction

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contracts while ramping up construction

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efforts over the next five years . The

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US Army Corps of Engineers support to

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our military doesn't stop at the

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nation's borders . The europe district

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is busy supporting our country's

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interests abroad and highlights their

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work in the

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Baltics .

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Hey , I'm chris bailey here in uh air

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base in Estonia um in the Baltics , you

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say , supports the E . D . I . Program ,

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european deterrence initiative . Our

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primary partners , you safety working

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on facility upgrades to air bases in

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Latvia Lithuania and Estonia . In

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addition , you say it also supports the

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humanitarian assistance program , uh

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renovating kindergartens , uh fire

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stations and emergency medical

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facilities throughout the Baltics . So

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working here in Estonia and throughout

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the Baltics is a rewarding experience

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here representing uses in the US and

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working alongside NATO and our allies

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the job of a U . S . Army Corps of

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Engineers . Park ranger is generally

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one that has positive interactions with

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the millions of visitors who recreate

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at a core project throughout the year .

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However , there are times interactions

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may become a bit adversarial and the

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rangers need to get control of the

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situation quickly . Pittsburgh District

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rangers received training and using

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pepper spray to help . So do an unruly

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individual . !

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Hi , my name is Ryan smith . I'm a park

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ranger for the U . S . Army Corps of

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Engineers in the Pittsburgh district

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and I'm about to give pepper spray

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close your eyes and hold your breath .

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Okay . 12 . Right ,

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okay . Yeah . Mm hmm .

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Yeah . Mhm . Mhm .

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Did it hit you ? What are you feeling ?

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It did hit me at first , but now it is

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what does it feel like like there's

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sand in my eyes at first . It wasn't

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bad . I thought I was immune for like a

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split second , but as soon as I got

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over here I was like , oh ,

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who , how you feeling ? Not good . So

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my eyes were burning pretty bad . It's

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pretty tough to open them right now , I

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can breathe fine . It felt real sandy

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like if somebody squeezed jalapeno

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juice in your eyes and then kicked sand

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in them . Not good .

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Finally , it's time to talk about the

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birds and the bees . Well , the bees at

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least a Louisville district Park ranger

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is now a pollinator aficionado as he

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has taken on an additional duty of

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beekeeper taking care of these vital

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insects that are essential to the

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ecosystem .

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Hi ,

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my name is Jim Berkeley . I'm a park

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ranger up here at Patoka Lake . Take

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care of the bees for us . We got our

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bees in 2020 after another ranger at

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another lake and retired . The other

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lake hadn't , didn't have anybody who

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can take care of the bees . And we had

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already had a good pollinator plan in

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place at that time for wildflowers .

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Like you see here , we've really been

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kind of excited about doing that kind

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of stuff . So getting these was a good

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fit for us . I took him over in the

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fall of 2020 when I right after I came

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here . It was brand new to bees . I've

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never done anything with them before .

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It's been a really fascinating ,

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fascinating experience . So learning to

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be a beekeeper . I got a ,

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a book which we had here at the , at

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the core and then I got ahold of a

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beekeeper who's a neighbor with us here .

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And she showed me about the bees when

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she got in him last year showed me what

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to do and I kind of took what she

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showed me ran from there . I actually

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got some at home because I was so

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fascinated by him . Got some for me and

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my brother in law and sister in law are

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into it . And then some real good

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friends of ours . I talked them into a

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beehive too . So now between all of us

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we kind of learn together on our bees .

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So we actually have a live hive where I

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can take part of the beyhive there and

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I can in good weather , take it to

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schools and show kids a lot of the

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brood and stuff like that helps them to

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actually get hands on without actually

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touching these , get some past their

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fears a lot . Or I've also talked to

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groups to with people who are wanting

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to get into beekeeping because I'll say

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I'm not an expert but I have the inside

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of a first year beekeeper . So what

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it's taken me to get through the first

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year that wraps up this edition of

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core connection . Thanks for tuning in .

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We'll be back in august with another

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episode until then continue to have a

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safe and happy summer .

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Okay