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HELLO AND WELCOME TO AROUND THE AIR FORCE, I'M TECH SERGEANT NICHOLAS KURTZ.
AIRMAN FROM THE 555TH FIGHTER SQUADRON AT AVIANO AIR BASE ITALY VISITED LASK AIR BASE
POLAND FOR BILATERAL NATO TRAINING OPERATIONS BETWEEN U-S F-16s AND THE POLISH AIR FORCE.
THE TRAINING WAS IN COORDINATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AVIATION DETACHMENT.
WE ARE INVITED HERE BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS OFFSITE TRAINING, BEING
HOSTED BY THE 52ND US AVVDET THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE LATE 2012. IT'S JUST A REALLY UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMBINE FORCE. AND REALLY WHEN YOU SAY BILATERAL TRAINING THATS JUST
A FANCY WORD FOR COOPERATION. THIS NATO TRAINING IS EXPECTED TO BOLSTER
U-S AND POLISH READINESS OVER THE COMING WEEKS. AIRMEN FROM KUNSAN AIR BASE LEARN HOW TO INTEGRATE
WITH SECURITY FORCES PERSONNEL IN REAL WORLD OPERATIONS. STAFF SERGEANT JAEL LABORN TAKES
US TO THE COURSE. SSGT JAEL LABORN:
IN 2009, SSGT TROY REED WAS A REGULAR FLIGHT MEMBER OF THE 8TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON
AT KUNSAN AIR BASE. NOW IN 2014, HE LEADS AUGMENTEE TRAINING WHERE AIRMEN FROM DIFFERENT
SPECIALTY CODES LEARN THE BASICS OF GROUND COMBAT SKILLS.
SSGT TROY REED: SECURITY FORCES, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY
CHALLENGERS, BUT THEY'RE MAXIMIZING OUR NUMBERS. SO IF WE EVER NEEDED THEM TO SEARCH A SUSPECT
WHILE WE WERE CHALLENGING MULTIPLE SUSPECTS, THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO THAT EXTENT. RIGHT AFTER
THIS CLASS, IF THERE WAS A REAL-WORLD OPERATION OR WE HAD A NO NOTICE EXERCISE THEY'RE AUTHORIZED
TO BE ABLE TO MAN DFPS AND ACTUALLY RIDE ALONG IN MOBILE PATROLS.
LABORN: AUGMENTEES ALSO RECEIVE TRAINING IN THE EMPLOYMENT
OF NON-LETHAL WEAPONS AS WELL. SSGT TROY REED:
WE GO OVER THE BASIC STRIKES OF THE ASP. THEY AREN'T CERTIFIED ON IT, BUT THEY HAVE THE
BASIC KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN WITH THE TAZER, THEY GO THROUGH THE BASIC NONMENCLATURE AND
WHAT THE TAZER ACTUALLY REPRESENTS AND ITS USES.
LABORN: SSGT REED ENJOYS SEEING THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
ABSORBED BY THE AUGMENTEES IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
REED: IT'S PRETTY REWARDING TO SEE PERSONNEL FROM
LIKE LRS OR VEHICLE PERSONNEL COMING IN HERE AND NOT EVEN KNOWING HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE
A WEAPON BESIDES FIRING IT ONCE A YEAR AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM AN ASSET TO
THE BASE ON TOP OF THE JOB THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
LABORN: SSGT JAEL LABORN, KUNSAN AIR BASE, KOREA.
THE U.S MILITARY HAS BASES ALL OVER THE PACIFIC REGION... SOME LOCATIONS SERVE AS GREAT VACATION
SPOTS, AND FOR D.O.D MEMBERS LOOKING TO TRAVEL TO THESE PLACES, YOKOTA AIR BASE CAN HELP.
PETTY OFFICER PHILL STUART REPORTS.
PO3 Phill Stuart: TUCKED AWAY AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY,
YOU'LL FIND THE YOKOTA PASSENGER TERMINAL WHERE MEMBERS OF THE 730TH AIR MOBILITY SQUADRON
CARRY OUT A RATHER IMPORTANT MISSION.
Stand Up: Many passengers bound for places like Okinawa
to Osan to Diego Garcia and anywhere else in the Pacific area of operations have one
thing in common. They stop here at Yokota Air Base.
***NAT SOUND POP*** SB: TSgt Ryan T. Mince:
Well we're the largest in route in the Pacific, and specifically for the Passenger Terminal,
we are responsible for moving troops and D.o.D. personnel in and out of the West Pacific AOR.
You can think of it as a hub and spoke concept. We're the hub, and everything goes out to
everything else. PO3 Phill Stuart:
THEY ACT AS A WAY STATION FOR WEARY TRAVELS COMING TO JAPAN AND BOUND FOR PLACES BEYOND.
SB: TSgt Ryan T. Mince: Somebody has to be there to get these people
going to the place they need to go and in the right direction, because when they get
off that plane, they're tired, and they just want somebody to tell them where to go, and
we do our best to provide that for them. PO3 Phill Stuart:
THE JOB CAN BE STRESSFUL AT TIMES... SB: A1C Alexander Gonzalez:
Occasionally we get distraught passengers who are unable to make a flight or they miss
a flight for some reason, and they need to be somewhere for emergency leave and situations
like that, and then we try to provide support and correct information. It's a little stressful
at times when you kind of feel the pains that they're feeling.
PO3 Phill Stuart: BUT IT HAS ITS REWARDS...
SB: A1C Alexander Gonzalez: A lot of people are very grateful for it,
and you get to hear a lot of stories of where people have been. They give you advice for
your military career, so it's pretty rewarding in that aspect.
SO FOR SOME, THIS IS THE END OF THEIR JOURNEY WHILE FOR OTHERS, IT'S THE BEGINNING OR A
PLACE TO STOP AND REST BEFORE GETTING BACK ON A PLANE AND MOVING ON TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION.
PETTY OFFICER PHILL STUART, YOKOTA AIR BASE, JAPAN...
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FROM THE AIR FORCE BROADCASTING SERVICE AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND, I'M TECH SERGEANT NICHOLAS
KURTZ. THANKS FOR WATCHING.