1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,440 What we're doing over this exercise is 3 00:00:27,450 --> 00:00:29,459 to establish the readiness for our 4 00:00:29,469 --> 00:00:31,409 ability to prepare and deploy our 5 00:00:31,420 --> 00:00:34,349 forces in response to any type of 6 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,471 tasking that may be levied on the Air 7 00:00:36,471 --> 00:00:38,471 Force Reserve Command here at the 4 8 00:00:38,471 --> 00:00:40,249 33rd Airlift Wing , we've got a 9 00:00:40,249 --> 00:00:42,416 strategic capability to provide C five 10 00:00:42,416 --> 00:00:44,500 air transportation and support 11 00:00:44,509 --> 00:00:47,020 worldwide . So I'm Lieutenant Colonel 12 00:00:47,029 --> 00:00:49,029 Mark Howard . I'm the defense force 13 00:00:49,029 --> 00:00:51,362 commander for the Dragon's Den exercise . 14 00:00:51,362 --> 00:00:53,529 That's essentially I'm responsible for 15 00:00:53,529 --> 00:00:55,196 the air base , ground defense 16 00:00:55,196 --> 00:00:57,418 coordinations for the exercise itself , 17 00:00:57,418 --> 00:00:59,585 the play area for all the role players 18 00:00:59,585 --> 00:01:01,585 there . 150 personnel that are role 19 00:01:01,585 --> 00:01:03,930 players in the exercise itself and we 20 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:07,026 will be basically deploying to location . 21 00:01:07,515 --> 00:01:09,571 And once we get there , we just have 22 00:01:09,571 --> 00:01:11,515 priorities that we are going to be 23 00:01:11,515 --> 00:01:13,571 worked through to execute our orders 24 00:01:13,571 --> 00:01:15,945 and then injects and different 25 00:01:15,956 --> 00:01:18,178 exercises will be thrown our way to see 26 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:20,536 how we react to them . See , see how we 27 00:01:20,545 --> 00:01:23,466 respond accordingly . What , what is it , 28 00:01:23,475 --> 00:01:25,697 where the holes at ? Where are the gaps 29 00:01:25,697 --> 00:01:27,864 in our training , where are the gaps , 30 00:01:27,864 --> 00:01:29,808 our equipment and how we can start 31 00:01:29,808 --> 00:01:29,571 addressing those to better prepare 32 00:01:29,582 --> 00:01:31,360 ourselves for the real world uh 33 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,415 deployments . Some of our directives 34 00:01:33,415 --> 00:01:34,915 that we've been given from 35 00:01:34,915 --> 00:01:38,522 administration dod and Secretary of 36 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:41,811 Defense is to think in a new 37 00:01:41,832 --> 00:01:44,972 paradigm and mindset , not only do we 38 00:01:44,982 --> 00:01:47,652 have to adjust our paradigm , adjust 39 00:01:47,662 --> 00:01:50,482 our resourcing our priorities , but 40 00:01:50,491 --> 00:01:54,010 more specifically how we train . And so 41 00:01:54,019 --> 00:01:57,769 some of that training is specifically 42 00:01:57,779 --> 00:01:59,501 accomplishing some of the same 43 00:01:59,501 --> 00:02:03,080 objectives and very different austere 44 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:05,870 locations with less resources and 45 00:02:05,879 --> 00:02:08,529 personnel . And so to put that to the 46 00:02:08,539 --> 00:02:11,699 test , we have this dragon den exercise 47 00:02:12,020 --> 00:02:15,800 to go out at a location as behind 48 00:02:15,809 --> 00:02:18,429 me and operate as we could be 49 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,080 envisioned , being utilized . But 50 00:02:21,089 --> 00:02:23,360 really , the ultimate goal is to make 51 00:02:23,369 --> 00:02:25,591 sure that our airmen are train equipped 52 00:02:25,591 --> 00:02:28,470 and whenever they do deploy , we put 53 00:02:28,479 --> 00:02:30,701 them in controlled environments , we've 54 00:02:30,701 --> 00:02:33,679 exposed them to the realistic scenarios 55 00:02:33,690 --> 00:02:36,809 before and they are able to execute and 56 00:02:36,820 --> 00:02:38,300 come home safely and alive .