1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:06,989 --> 00:00:09,220 The 1002nd Civil Engineering Squadron 3 00:00:09,220 --> 00:00:11,779 is located here at Yokota Air Base 4 00:00:11,779 --> 00:00:14,489 Japan working with the 374 Civil 5 00:00:14,489 --> 00:00:16,656 Engineering Squadron , and we are part 6 00:00:16,656 --> 00:00:19,059 of a deployment for training program 7 00:00:19,059 --> 00:00:21,337 that the National Guard Bureau puts on . 8 00:00:22,209 --> 00:00:24,659 So the primary purpose of this DFT is 9 00:00:24,659 --> 00:00:26,899 to allow our airmen to really work 10 00:00:26,899 --> 00:00:28,899 together as a whole unit as a whole 11 00:00:28,899 --> 00:00:31,950 team and to work on projects that we 12 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:34,061 wouldn't normally get to work on . It 13 00:00:34,061 --> 00:00:36,117 also allows us to integrate with the 14 00:00:36,117 --> 00:00:38,117 active duty as a total force . This 15 00:00:38,117 --> 00:00:40,117 gave us an . Opportunity to see how 16 00:00:40,117 --> 00:00:42,228 they work , how they operate , how do 17 00:00:42,228 --> 00:00:43,950 they support the base from the 18 00:00:43,950 --> 00:00:46,172 operational level and from the location 19 00:00:46,172 --> 00:00:48,061 here which is unique being in the 20 00:00:48,061 --> 00:00:50,228 Pacific theater and how does that work 21 00:00:50,228 --> 00:00:52,450 with the bigger picture aspects of what 22 00:00:52,450 --> 00:00:54,672 the DOD and the Air Force are trying to 23 00:00:54,672 --> 00:00:56,672 get accomplished . 8 19th Red Horse 24 00:00:56,672 --> 00:00:58,839 Squadron is here at Yokota Air Base as 25 00:00:58,839 --> 00:01:01,061 well . They're working on some airfield 26 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:03,117 projects . They're , they're doing a 27 00:01:03,117 --> 00:01:02,869 lot of concrete work . We have the same 28 00:01:02,869 --> 00:01:05,190 AFSCs but different mission sets , and 29 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:07,246 so to be able to integrate with them 30 00:01:07,246 --> 00:01:09,468 and see how Red Horse works was a great 31 00:01:09,468 --> 00:01:11,989 opportunity as well . Our airmen have 32 00:01:11,989 --> 00:01:14,100 had great attitudes this whole time , 33 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,100 and they have taken the bull by the 34 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:18,267 horns in all honesty , they've they've 35 00:01:18,267 --> 00:01:20,378 really just gone out above and beyond 36 00:01:20,378 --> 00:01:22,545 and just really ask for work . We need 37 00:01:22,545 --> 00:01:22,540 this training . We want this training 38 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:24,096 we want to get these things 39 00:01:24,096 --> 00:01:26,207 accomplished . We want to make Yokota 40 00:01:26,207 --> 00:01:28,429 Air Base better than when we got here . 41 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,830 The 102 has really stood out here at 42 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:33,997 the Dakota Air Base with the 374 civil 43 00:01:33,997 --> 00:01:36,052 engineering squadron , you know , we 44 00:01:36,052 --> 00:01:37,774 definitely integrate ourselves 45 00:01:37,774 --> 00:01:39,663 immediately . We've showed impact 46 00:01:39,663 --> 00:01:41,719 almost right off the bat with , uh , 47 00:01:41,719 --> 00:01:43,830 really supporting uh Red Horse here . 48 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:45,886 We're supporting just the day to day 49 00:01:45,886 --> 00:01:47,941 operations here and just making sure 50 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,830 that the national . Guard and the 51 00:01:49,830 --> 00:01:52,245 active duty uh integration is really as 52 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:54,364 seamless as possible and that we're 53 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:57,364 capable of doing the mission whenever 54 00:01:57,364 --> 00:02:00,205 and wherever uh required and the 102 55 00:02:00,205 --> 00:02:02,444 Soering squadron absolutely has that 56 00:02:02,444 --> 00:02:04,724 capability and will will be a huge 57 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:07,235 asset in the future for whatever might 58 00:02:07,235 --> 00:02:07,964 be down the road .