1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,370 on the 3 00:00:22,380 --> 00:00:24,950 20 I think I went to sleep on the 26th 4 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,016 and they had just been preparing the 5 00:00:27,016 --> 00:00:29,182 ground over the L . S . A . And when I 6 00:00:29,182 --> 00:00:29,180 woke up the next morning , there were 7 00:00:29,180 --> 00:00:31,370 16 tents up because they were working 8 00:00:31,370 --> 00:00:34,630 overnight , the 49th wing . And then as 9 00:00:34,630 --> 00:00:36,630 our folks rolled in on the 26 from 10 00:00:36,630 --> 00:00:39,040 Seymour johnson gradually over the next 11 00:00:39,050 --> 00:00:42,780 23 days it became a mixture of 49 12 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:44,957 people with fourth fighter wing people 13 00:00:44,957 --> 00:00:47,210 helping and then gradually taking over 14 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,432 the operation . So when the L . S . A . 15 00:00:49,432 --> 00:00:51,432 Was completed , it was completed by 16 00:00:51,432 --> 00:00:54,370 fourth fighter wing folks With 17 00:00:54,380 --> 00:00:56,640 obviously support and help from the 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,310 49th . So it was almost a reversal of 19 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:01,950 roles building the life support area . 20 00:01:05,540 --> 00:01:07,707 Five days after the construction began 21 00:01:07,707 --> 00:01:09,762 on August 31 , we received our first 22 00:01:09,762 --> 00:01:12,590 flights of Afghans and so they built , 23 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,656 the village was still being built at 24 00:01:14,656 --> 00:01:16,656 that time . So massive construction 25 00:01:16,656 --> 00:01:18,822 going on being built while afghans are 26 00:01:18,822 --> 00:01:21,710 moving in because um , they were not 27 00:01:21,710 --> 00:01:23,599 going to hold back on the afghans 28 00:01:23,599 --> 00:01:25,766 coming here . We just had to keep up . 29 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:26,766 Mm hmm , mm hmm . 30 00:01:31,310 --> 00:01:33,254 The interagency Partners had a big 31 00:01:33,254 --> 00:01:35,143 piece of all this . Again , we're 32 00:01:35,143 --> 00:01:37,254 direct support of civil authorities . 33 00:01:37,254 --> 00:01:39,477 Yes , we enabled all of the , as far as 34 00:01:39,477 --> 00:01:41,699 education and those kind of things , we 35 00:01:41,699 --> 00:01:43,643 enabled that . But a lot of it was 36 00:01:43,643 --> 00:01:45,810 Interagency partners like the Personal 37 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:47,977 care center . That that whole donation 38 00:01:47,977 --> 00:01:50,032 effort was started by the spouses in 39 00:01:50,032 --> 00:01:52,460 the 49th in a warehouse . To start , 40 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:55,790 donations eventually evolved into 41 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,910 floor taking over the whole operation 42 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:02,940 went from Red Cross to Church 43 00:02:02,940 --> 00:02:04,718 of Latter day Saints . Too many 44 00:02:04,718 --> 00:02:06,773 different nonprofits rotating in and 45 00:02:06,773 --> 00:02:08,990 out until floor took that over . And 46 00:02:08,990 --> 00:02:11,101 then I was direct by , so that was an 47 00:02:11,101 --> 00:02:13,157 amazing thing . Um , the interagency 48 00:02:13,157 --> 00:02:15,323 people did education classes , english 49 00:02:15,323 --> 00:02:17,268 as second language , um , cultural 50 00:02:17,268 --> 00:02:19,450 orientation classes enabled by our 51 00:02:19,450 --> 00:02:21,672 airmen are airmen . So when some of the 52 00:02:21,672 --> 00:02:23,740 things are proud of our airmen being 53 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:25,684 the village governor , the village 54 00:02:25,684 --> 00:02:27,796 mayor of Amman Ahmed and their airmen 55 00:02:27,796 --> 00:02:30,018 team of our health and safety patrols . 56 00:02:30,340 --> 00:02:32,396 And all the folks that worked in the 57 00:02:32,396 --> 00:02:34,451 village were some of the events like 58 00:02:34,451 --> 00:02:35,562 the fall festival , 59 00:02:37,350 --> 00:02:40,760 a there's been a life cycle to this 60 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,871 thing that's been truly incredible as 61 00:02:42,871 --> 00:02:45,093 they got here . You've built up , we've 62 00:02:45,093 --> 00:02:47,710 ramped up 24 7 obs , you know , crazy 63 00:02:47,710 --> 00:02:49,543 hair on fire . Just , you know , 64 00:02:49,543 --> 00:02:52,040 absolute total effort for a good 65 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,420 probably month and a half to a steady 66 00:02:54,420 --> 00:02:56,587 state that we've experienced . And now 67 00:02:56,587 --> 00:02:59,290 the airmen will also experience the new 68 00:02:59,290 --> 00:03:01,290 rotation of element that came in at 69 00:03:01,290 --> 00:03:03,346 steady state will go in that reverse 70 00:03:03,346 --> 00:03:05,623 lifecycle . They've got a steady state . 71 00:03:05,623 --> 00:03:07,679 And as they ramped down , they'll be 72 00:03:07,679 --> 00:03:09,901 kind of going into that , that really , 73 00:03:09,901 --> 00:03:12,068 really busy , high tempo , um , ending 74 00:03:12,068 --> 00:03:13,846 to this all , especially in the 75 00:03:13,846 --> 00:03:16,068 beginning , we were learning so quick , 76 00:03:16,068 --> 00:03:17,901 um , in an operation that had no 77 00:03:17,901 --> 00:03:19,957 template , no playbook . We've never 78 00:03:19,957 --> 00:03:22,068 been here before and we were building 79 00:03:22,068 --> 00:03:23,790 the airplane as we fly . Never 80 00:03:23,790 --> 00:03:25,734 experienced any mission in the Air 81 00:03:25,734 --> 00:03:27,790 Force like that where there wasn't a 82 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:29,957 template or we've done it before , a . 83 00:03:29,957 --> 00:03:29,730 F . I . S . That cover it . There are a 84 00:03:29,730 --> 00:03:31,897 lot of lessons to be learned from this 85 00:03:31,897 --> 00:03:34,119 and a lot of great stories and a lot of 86 00:03:34,119 --> 00:03:37,030 innovation . Um , really outside of the 87 00:03:37,030 --> 00:03:39,880 box , kind of thinking that by a lot of 88 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,870 really innovative airmen I'm super 89 00:03:41,870 --> 00:03:44,790 proud of . Mm hmm .