1 00:00:05,031 --> 00:00:07,030 (metal clattering) 2 00:00:07,030 --> 00:00:08,010 - [Thomas] Over two dozen members 3 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:09,720 of the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:11,940 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron 5 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:14,020 recently traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base 6 00:00:14,020 --> 00:00:15,440 on the Florida panhandle 7 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,710 to participate in a two-week deployment training 8 00:00:17,710 --> 00:00:19,310 called "Silver Flag". 9 00:00:19,310 --> 00:00:23,020 Cadre from the 823rd Red Horse Squadron Detachment 1 10 00:00:23,020 --> 00:00:24,930 trained active duty Air Force Reserve 11 00:00:24,930 --> 00:00:28,850 and National Guard personnel on contingency combat support, 12 00:00:28,850 --> 00:00:32,280 teaching them how to build and maintain bare base operations 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,450 in an expeditionary environment. 14 00:00:34,450 --> 00:00:37,820 Water and Fuel Superintendent Master Sergeant Michael Adduci 15 00:00:37,820 --> 00:00:39,170 talks about the training. 16 00:00:39,170 --> 00:00:41,430 - What we do at Silver Flag is, 17 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:44,400 each of us have a job when we go to a forward location. 18 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,630 So that's turning nothing in for a bare base. 19 00:00:48,630 --> 00:00:50,410 You know, it's the bare bones, 20 00:00:50,410 --> 00:00:52,010 what we can survive off of. 21 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:54,200 - [Thomas] Silver Flag culminated with a two-day exercise 22 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,250 where the Airmen responded to a simulated chemical attack 23 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:58,720 and a damaged flight line 24 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,880 using the Rapid Airfield Damage Repair process. 25 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,690 - [Michael] First you got EOD, they'll go out, 26 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:06,330 they'll take care of whatever munitions are left over. 27 00:01:06,330 --> 00:01:08,240 Then we have a clearing team to come out 28 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,310 and take care of the debris that's on top of it. 29 00:01:11,310 --> 00:01:12,410 The EAs will come out, 30 00:01:12,410 --> 00:01:14,070 they'll mark off the craters, 31 00:01:14,070 --> 00:01:15,330 they'll let us know how much 32 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:17,420 of that material we need to cut out. 33 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:20,030 Then we have a saw cutting team that comes out. 34 00:01:20,030 --> 00:01:22,070 They cut around the craters. 35 00:01:22,070 --> 00:01:23,680 We'll have our digging team come out, 36 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:25,450 they'll dig that stuff out of there, 37 00:01:25,450 --> 00:01:27,150 and then we'll have our team come in 38 00:01:27,150 --> 00:01:30,890 and they'll back-fill that with this quick-set cement. 39 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:33,840 And, depending on what the operation is 40 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,410 will determine whether we can either cover that top 41 00:01:37,410 --> 00:01:39,590 with asphalt or if we'll have 42 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:42,449 to put really hardened concrete on top of that. 43 00:01:42,449 --> 00:01:45,903 - [Man On Loudspeaker] Alarm black. 44 00:01:45,903 --> 00:01:46,736 Lock door. 45 00:01:48,534 --> 00:01:50,360 Initial release. 46 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:51,710 - [Thomas] The training allows civil engineers 47 00:01:51,710 --> 00:01:53,840 the required experience to keep the Air Force ready 48 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,570 to fight tonight, if needed, 49 00:01:55,570 --> 00:01:56,880 anywhere on the globe. 50 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,060 I'm Air Force Staff Sergeant Thomas Swanson, 51 00:01:59,060 --> 00:02:01,410 reporting from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. 52 00:02:02,479 --> 00:02:05,146 (dramatic tone)