WEBVTT 00:00.129 --> 00:01.990 With new changes coming to the 00:02.000 --> 00:04.809 emergency management career field March 00:04.820 --> 00:07.369 Air Reserve base in California has 00:07.380 --> 00:09.260 hosted a course to maintain its 00:09.270 --> 00:12.359 position at the tip of the spear here . 00:12.369 --> 00:14.258 What we're allowing them to do is 00:14.258 --> 00:16.147 setting up various scenarios that 00:16.147 --> 00:19.260 differ from every day and allow them to 00:19.270 --> 00:22.260 go and hit a target or hit an objective 00:22.270 --> 00:24.579 and they have a chance to reconstitute 00:24.590 --> 00:26.829 retract and attempt to hit . So that 00:26.840 --> 00:28.784 way they're getting that redundant 00:28.784 --> 00:31.219 practice for the small unit techniques 00:31.229 --> 00:33.451 and then also building their confidence 00:33.451 --> 00:35.673 to how to work in a smaller four person 00:35.673 --> 00:37.729 team over the last week and a half , 00:37.729 --> 00:39.896 we've done ruck March , shoot , move , 00:39.896 --> 00:42.229 communicate , course small unit tactics , 00:42.229 --> 00:44.451 convoy operations . We also did vehicle 00:44.451 --> 00:46.673 recovery , teaching them how to utilize 00:46.673 --> 00:48.729 a winch and recovery systems in case 00:48.729 --> 00:50.729 their vehicle gets stuck as well as 00:50.729 --> 00:53.062 confidence chamber testing . Ultimately , 00:53.062 --> 00:55.118 our goal is not just for chemical or 00:55.118 --> 00:57.400 biological or radiological or even 00:57.409 --> 00:59.849 homemade explosive hm type stuff , but 00:59.860 --> 01:01.971 the goal is that if they were to come 01:01.971 --> 01:04.027 across a scenario that they could at 01:04.027 --> 01:06.249 least pinpoint and identify what hazard 01:06.249 --> 01:08.360 or threat they were dealing with with 01:08.360 --> 01:10.582 greater ease in order to better prepare 01:10.582 --> 01:12.582 them for deployment scenarios . The 01:12.582 --> 01:14.693 troops were thrusted into high stress 01:14.693 --> 01:17.150 situations to challenge their decision 01:17.160 --> 01:20.089 making abilities . It was a challenge 01:20.099 --> 01:23.260 from day one , physically , mentally 01:23.269 --> 01:26.470 when you're in tight situations and you , 01:26.480 --> 01:28.650 you get that moment of tunnel vision 01:28.660 --> 01:31.160 just seeing them allow us to not only 01:31.169 --> 01:34.919 just work through those issues but also 01:34.930 --> 01:37.480 overcome those issues . The goal is to 01:37.849 --> 01:40.071 get familiarized , get comfortable with 01:40.071 --> 01:42.293 the uncomfortable . That was one of the 01:42.293 --> 01:44.405 biggest takeaways from us doing these 01:44.405 --> 01:47.190 exercises day in and day out to further 01:47.199 --> 01:49.366 test their abilities , increase course 01:49.366 --> 01:52.059 realism and embrace the new emergency 01:52.069 --> 01:54.260 management landscape . Troops worked 01:54.269 --> 01:57.269 alongside their EOD counterparts just 01:57.279 --> 01:59.489 like they may have to in a deployed 01:59.500 --> 02:01.667 environment . One of the big things we 02:01.667 --> 02:03.569 keep reiterating is straight from 02:03.819 --> 02:06.540 general Brown , you accelerate change 02:06.550 --> 02:08.717 or you lose what this allowed us to do 02:08.717 --> 02:10.772 is minimize simulation and run it as 02:10.772 --> 02:12.850 realistically as possible . So we 02:12.860 --> 02:15.082 worked with our , with our hosts , with 02:15.082 --> 02:17.309 the 4 57 reserve command have EOD with 02:17.320 --> 02:19.542 us and we were able to test out both of 02:19.542 --> 02:21.487 our skill sets on the same type of 02:21.487 --> 02:23.709 scenario . When you go down range , you 02:23.709 --> 02:25.931 want to be able to know that the person 02:25.931 --> 02:25.729 next to you can carry their own weight . 02:25.979 --> 02:28.035 So you have to go to a training site 02:28.039 --> 02:30.039 and prove that you know what you're 02:30.039 --> 02:32.206 doing before you're allowed to go into 02:32.206 --> 02:34.317 the , the advantage that we have here 02:34.317 --> 02:36.428 with the 163rd is they fielded a team 02:36.428 --> 02:38.639 for the val this year a few months ago 02:38.949 --> 02:41.139 and outperformed every other team in 02:41.149 --> 02:43.330 the Air Force . So we have the best 02:43.339 --> 02:46.910 team right here at the 163rd with top 02:46.919 --> 02:49.086 line equipment , providing training to 02:49.086 --> 02:51.369 everybody else . Reporting from March 02:51.380 --> 02:54.419 Air Reserve Base in California . I'm us 02:54.429 --> 02:56.429 Air National Guard Staff Sergeant , 02:56.429 --> 02:57.210 Joseph Pagan .