WEBVTT 00:03.839 --> 00:06.061 Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Grasso , 00:06.061 --> 00:08.395 I'm the Director of Operations Exercise , 00:08.395 --> 00:10.506 training and readiness for joint task 00:10.506 --> 00:12.672 force civil support . So as a Director 00:12.672 --> 00:16.180 of Operations , my job is to ensure 00:16.190 --> 00:18.590 that the subordinate task forces and uh 00:18.600 --> 00:20.489 capabilities in the Department of 00:20.489 --> 00:22.322 Defense that we employ against a 00:22.322 --> 00:24.500 response are appropriately matched to 00:24.510 --> 00:26.566 the requirements of the lead federal 00:26.566 --> 00:28.566 agency . So operations is primarily 00:28.566 --> 00:30.343 focused on the direction of the 00:30.343 --> 00:32.177 operation and how the forces are 00:32.177 --> 00:34.909 employed and capabilities are employed 00:35.080 --> 00:37.247 uh in support of a request from a lead 00:37.247 --> 00:40.279 federal agency . Uh Our primary duties 00:40.290 --> 00:42.123 during a response are to match a 00:42.123 --> 00:44.360 capability with a requirement or need . 00:44.549 --> 00:47.740 So that , that uh that need is met and 00:47.750 --> 00:50.689 the uh the community is , is provided 00:50.700 --> 00:53.389 the response necessary to recover from 00:53.400 --> 00:56.180 a crisis or disaster . Joint task force 00:56.189 --> 00:58.709 civil support uh and its role in a 00:58.720 --> 01:01.110 disaster response is to complement and 01:01.119 --> 01:03.720 provide additional capability to the 01:03.819 --> 01:05.879 federal and state entities that are 01:05.889 --> 01:08.449 responding to a disaster to help the 01:08.459 --> 01:10.830 community recover from a crisis or 01:10.839 --> 01:13.900 catastrophe . Joint task force civil 01:13.910 --> 01:17.180 support brings the capabilities of the 01:17.190 --> 01:19.301 Department of Defense such as medical 01:19.301 --> 01:21.468 triage , technical search and rescue , 01:21.468 --> 01:23.599 mass casualty decon aeromedical 01:23.610 --> 01:26.790 evacuation and logistics support to a 01:26.800 --> 01:29.349 catastrophic event . A capability that 01:29.360 --> 01:32.089 we bring to a disaster might be if 01:32.099 --> 01:34.870 there's a large disaster with a lot of 01:34.879 --> 01:37.389 casualties or in injuries where 01:37.400 --> 01:39.940 hospitals are overwhelmed , we we can 01:39.949 --> 01:42.110 provide additional medical capability 01:42.120 --> 01:45.150 both in the terms of field hospitals or 01:45.169 --> 01:47.819 uh service members that are trained as 01:47.830 --> 01:50.150 doctors and nurses to augment those , 01:50.160 --> 01:51.993 those hospitals and increase the 01:51.993 --> 01:54.660 capacity to treat casualties and 01:54.669 --> 01:57.819 patients during the disaster . So an 01:57.830 --> 02:00.150 excellent log example is during many 02:00.160 --> 02:02.589 disasters , there's a loss of power or 02:02.599 --> 02:04.655 the ability to provide clean water . 02:05.120 --> 02:07.510 Our task force logistics is able to 02:07.519 --> 02:11.270 deliver bulk water as well as provide 02:12.320 --> 02:14.759 reverse osmosis and clean water . In a 02:14.990 --> 02:17.949 response . They can also provide the 02:17.960 --> 02:19.990 delivery of generators and fuel for 02:20.000 --> 02:22.990 generators at places like hospitals 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 that would be running off generator 02:25.000 --> 02:27.210 power during the response exercise . 02:27.220 --> 02:29.220 Sudden response is joint task force 02:29.220 --> 02:32.250 civil support exercise that allows us 02:32.259 --> 02:34.720 to exercise our primary mission and 02:34.729 --> 02:37.570 practice the employment of capabilities 02:37.779 --> 02:39.970 during a disaster . This year's 02:39.979 --> 02:42.350 exercise , sudden response is unique in 02:42.360 --> 02:44.471 that we've partnered with the defense 02:44.471 --> 02:46.638 coordinating element for FEMA region . 02:46.638 --> 02:49.460 One to allow a full scale exercise 02:50.360 --> 02:52.820 as part of the inter agency and the dod 02:52.830 --> 02:56.619 response . Training events like sudden 02:56.630 --> 02:59.070 response are very important for us to 02:59.080 --> 03:01.302 be able to rehearse our primary mission 03:01.302 --> 03:03.413 so that we can deliver capability and 03:03.413 --> 03:05.520 maximize life saving and life 03:05.529 --> 03:08.289 sustaining actions in our response . 03:09.169 --> 03:11.289 Another aspect of exercise sudden 03:11.300 --> 03:14.690 response is its unique demonstration of 03:14.699 --> 03:18.250 our ability to develop resilience both 03:18.259 --> 03:20.630 in terms of a dod s response and 03:20.639 --> 03:22.583 develop confidence in the American 03:22.583 --> 03:24.806 community that if there is a disaster , 03:24.806 --> 03:26.806 joint task force , civil support is 03:26.806 --> 03:28.917 there to respond with life saving and 03:28.917 --> 03:30.490 life sustaining capabilities .