1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,510 it's the one year anniversary for Core 2 00:00:02,510 --> 00:00:04,930 Connection . The uses vlog which takes 3 00:00:04,930 --> 00:00:07,152 you around the world to give you a peek 4 00:00:07,152 --> 00:00:09,263 at what the men and women working for 5 00:00:09,263 --> 00:00:11,319 your U . S . Army Corps of Engineers 6 00:00:11,319 --> 00:00:13,541 are doing . We missed last month due to 7 00:00:13,541 --> 00:00:15,652 hurricane IDA activities and the 20th 8 00:00:15,652 --> 00:00:17,652 anniversary of september 11th . But 9 00:00:17,652 --> 00:00:19,597 we're back this month and ready to 10 00:00:19,597 --> 00:00:18,950 guide you through the projects and 11 00:00:18,950 --> 00:00:21,061 programs of the U . S . Army Corps of 12 00:00:21,061 --> 00:00:22,850 Engineers because this is Core 13 00:00:22,850 --> 00:00:26,760 Connection . It's mm hmm , 14 00:00:30,340 --> 00:00:31,340 mm . 15 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,440 I'm Patrick Bloodgood , the host of 16 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,384 Core connection . And we start off 17 00:00:38,384 --> 00:00:40,551 taking you below the water line as the 18 00:00:40,551 --> 00:00:42,607 Pittsburgh District highlights their 19 00:00:42,607 --> 00:00:42,580 dive team who aren't afraid to go into 20 00:00:42,580 --> 00:00:44,469 murky waters to inspect the inner 21 00:00:44,469 --> 00:00:46,469 workings of the district's dams and 22 00:00:46,469 --> 00:00:48,636 locks Michelle Sora gives us this look 23 00:00:48,636 --> 00:00:50,636 at this volunteer squad of divers . 24 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,950 Yes . Mhm . 25 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:10,540 Yeah . The feeling that you get the 26 00:01:10,550 --> 00:01:12,661 first time you take that first breath 27 00:01:12,661 --> 00:01:14,606 underwater , it was just amazing . 28 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,991 And then , you know , it's for you or 29 00:01:18,991 --> 00:01:21,213 you know , it's not for you . The stuff 30 00:01:21,213 --> 00:01:24,820 that we do is dark , muddy , cold 31 00:01:24,830 --> 00:01:26,710 areas . 32 00:01:29,410 --> 00:01:31,466 Sometimes we get in the water . It's 33 00:01:31,466 --> 00:01:33,688 just nasty . Like today , it was pretty 34 00:01:33,688 --> 00:01:35,910 bad . It was uh you see like the oil or 35 00:01:35,910 --> 00:01:37,966 whatever chemical from this chemical 36 00:01:37,966 --> 00:01:40,299 plant upstream is floating in the water , 37 00:01:40,299 --> 00:01:42,521 like the garbage you find the stuff you 38 00:01:42,521 --> 00:01:42,250 see floating in the river . I mean , 39 00:01:42,250 --> 00:01:44,417 you know , you almost to a point , you 40 00:01:44,417 --> 00:01:44,220 got to put it out of your head . It's 41 00:01:44,220 --> 00:01:46,331 just like you got X to your mission . 42 00:01:46,331 --> 00:01:48,680 That's all there is to that you can't 43 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,080 be a fair weather diver as we call them 44 00:01:51,090 --> 00:01:53,201 in the Pittsburgh District , you dive 45 00:01:53,201 --> 00:01:55,368 all year long , it might be snowing in 46 00:01:55,368 --> 00:01:57,820 36° outside and or splashing in the 47 00:01:57,820 --> 00:01:59,820 water to make sure industry can get 48 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:01,987 through the chambers and our customers 49 00:02:01,987 --> 00:02:04,260 can not be held up at least amount of 50 00:02:04,260 --> 00:02:06,160 restriction to them as possible 51 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,150 whenever they call . I know they need 52 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:13,318 if somebody has questions about 53 00:02:13,318 --> 00:02:15,429 anything happened underwater , that's 54 00:02:15,429 --> 00:02:17,651 my realm , right ? I'm not gonna expect 55 00:02:17,651 --> 00:02:19,596 you to understand what's happening 56 00:02:19,596 --> 00:02:21,484 under there or why are that boils 57 00:02:21,484 --> 00:02:21,360 coming from or why is that ? Gately ? 58 00:02:21,370 --> 00:02:23,370 And why is that valve not closing ? 59 00:02:23,370 --> 00:02:25,500 That's our realm . You show up to the 60 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:27,667 facility where they don't know what to 61 00:02:27,667 --> 00:02:29,889 do , they don't know what the next step 62 00:02:29,889 --> 00:02:32,056 is . We're stepping on ground saying , 63 00:02:32,056 --> 00:02:31,540 hey , don't worry , we got this , we 64 00:02:31,540 --> 00:02:33,651 got the ball . It's a specialty job . 65 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,950 Yeah . The members that make up the 66 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:41,117 dive program there , the mechanics are 67 00:02:41,117 --> 00:02:43,228 the lock operators and chef leaders . 68 00:02:43,228 --> 00:02:45,290 They have that instant knowledge of 69 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:47,512 what's going on . So when you look at a 70 00:02:47,512 --> 00:02:50,200 map , all of us just came from all over 71 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,990 the place to be at this one facility to 72 00:02:52,990 --> 00:02:55,046 say , hey , we gotta fix this , this 73 00:02:55,046 --> 00:02:57,730 needs done now . Mhm . And yeah , I 74 00:02:57,730 --> 00:02:59,952 mean , no matter what any of these guys 75 00:02:59,952 --> 00:03:02,174 will tell you , they do it because it's 76 00:03:02,174 --> 00:03:04,063 for the challenge of it more than 77 00:03:04,063 --> 00:03:06,174 anything because there's nothing like 78 00:03:06,174 --> 00:03:08,397 it , there's nothing like showing up to 79 00:03:08,397 --> 00:03:11,500 a facility . Yeah . X . Is going on and 80 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,720 by the time you leave that's fixed 81 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:18,070 they're thanking you when their locks 82 00:03:18,070 --> 00:03:20,070 out of commission because there's a 83 00:03:20,070 --> 00:03:22,181 problem that only necessarily a diver 84 00:03:22,181 --> 00:03:24,126 might be able to fix . We could be 85 00:03:24,126 --> 00:03:26,292 anywhere within the district and react 86 00:03:26,292 --> 00:03:28,348 within four hours diving to fix that 87 00:03:28,348 --> 00:03:30,570 problem . You'll never get a contractor 88 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:32,737 to be will respond within two hours of 89 00:03:32,737 --> 00:03:34,848 the problem or four hours the problem 90 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:36,792 and diving to fix that problem and 91 00:03:36,792 --> 00:03:38,960 that's why the hostages needed and 92 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,127 usually we can have it fixed that same 93 00:03:41,127 --> 00:03:43,127 day . And industry could just start 94 00:03:43,127 --> 00:03:46,850 business as usual . If we don't keep 95 00:03:46,850 --> 00:03:48,961 these facilities running you shut one 96 00:03:48,961 --> 00:03:51,140 facility down that would affect the 97 00:03:51,140 --> 00:03:53,251 whole district . It affects the whole 98 00:03:53,251 --> 00:03:53,050 area . 99 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:01,562 You shut down the river traffic right ? 100 00:04:01,562 --> 00:04:03,618 So you shut down industry cool can't 101 00:04:03,618 --> 00:04:05,618 get to where the cool needs to go . 102 00:04:05,618 --> 00:04:07,673 Power plant shut down . What happens 103 00:04:07,673 --> 00:04:09,673 the power plant shutdown next . You 104 00:04:09,673 --> 00:04:09,620 know you've hit that light switch at 105 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:12,420 home . Nothing's gonna happen anymore . 106 00:04:12,420 --> 00:04:14,531 Refrigerator's gonna not gonna work . 107 00:04:14,531 --> 00:04:16,642 You know everybody will be affected . 108 00:04:16,642 --> 00:04:19,850 So these locks and dams originally were 109 00:04:19,850 --> 00:04:22,017 50 year lifespan . Some of them moving 110 00:04:22,017 --> 00:04:24,128 into 100 years . You can just look at 111 00:04:24,128 --> 00:04:26,620 the failing infrastructure . This stuff 112 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:28,787 is only getting older piping that they 113 00:04:28,787 --> 00:04:31,009 use we introduced mouth still and stuff 114 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:33,120 like that underwater . What happens ? 115 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,300 It just starts to rust and fall apart 116 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,040 as a diver we get to get down and we 117 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,760 get to see things that are mostly 118 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,640 unseen anytime . Were out 119 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,420 diving , it's we're a pretty tight 120 00:04:47,430 --> 00:04:50,200 group and you have to be right because 121 00:04:50,210 --> 00:04:51,877 you're doing something that's 122 00:04:51,877 --> 00:04:54,930 inherently dangerous . That's gonna get 123 00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:57,530 you . I mean it's one thing to say when 124 00:04:57,530 --> 00:04:59,752 you want everybody to go home every day 125 00:04:59,752 --> 00:05:01,863 with all their fingers and toes , but 126 00:05:01,863 --> 00:05:04,150 this is actually a field where the 127 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,751 likelihood of an accident happening . 128 00:05:06,751 --> 00:05:09,290 That could be catastrophic is a lot 129 00:05:09,290 --> 00:05:11,457 higher than just coming out here doing 130 00:05:11,457 --> 00:05:13,623 a normal thing . So if you do make one 131 00:05:13,623 --> 00:05:15,679 small mistake , it could be critical 132 00:05:15,679 --> 00:05:17,846 and it could be incident that somebody 133 00:05:17,846 --> 00:05:19,910 might not get home that day . So you 134 00:05:19,910 --> 00:05:23,010 have to have that trust . And For the 135 00:05:23,010 --> 00:05:25,121 15 of us , we all trust one another . 136 00:05:25,121 --> 00:05:27,760 We know deep down that if something 137 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,700 happens to me and I'm down 50 ft 138 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:31,756 underwater that my buddies coming to 139 00:05:31,756 --> 00:05:35,660 get me . It's not just 140 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:37,827 about keeping the program going . It's 141 00:05:37,827 --> 00:05:39,882 about these people you dive with all 142 00:05:39,882 --> 00:05:42,160 the time . You trust you work together . 143 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,150 You know , when I was in the military , 144 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,327 your life almost depends on somebody . 145 00:05:44,327 --> 00:05:46,438 It's the same thing with diving . You 146 00:05:46,438 --> 00:05:48,660 know , it means a lot to like have that 147 00:05:48,660 --> 00:05:50,660 group and that that uh from honoree 148 00:05:50,660 --> 00:05:52,720 like that , it's just you a quote 149 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,980 unquote brotherhood kind of a group . I 150 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:57,924 know whenever I enter that water , 151 00:05:57,924 --> 00:06:00,360 everybody on that boat is going to make 152 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,950 sure I'm gonna come up okay . But 153 00:06:02,950 --> 00:06:04,950 without them , I'm going to do it . 154 00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:06,950 That trust goes both ways . I think 155 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:09,283 they're trusted me and my trust in them . 156 00:06:09,510 --> 00:06:11,660 And it just makes for a great thing . 157 00:06:12,570 --> 00:06:14,690 The district has 23 locks and dam 158 00:06:14,690 --> 00:06:16,801 projects that the team of divers look 159 00:06:16,801 --> 00:06:19,290 after from below the surface . Next we 160 00:06:19,290 --> 00:06:21,457 stay along the waterways but this time 161 00:06:21,457 --> 00:06:23,234 focused on a partnership to get 162 00:06:23,234 --> 00:06:24,957 navigational channels open and 163 00:06:24,957 --> 00:06:27,012 operational after Hurricane IDa blew 164 00:06:27,012 --> 00:06:29,179 through southeastern Louisiana . Teams 165 00:06:29,179 --> 00:06:31,401 from the Navy Sea Systems supervisor of 166 00:06:31,401 --> 00:06:33,623 salvage and diving are working with the 167 00:06:33,623 --> 00:06:35,568 U . S . Army Corps of Engineers to 168 00:06:35,568 --> 00:06:35,390 clear the channel of debris and damaged 169 00:06:35,390 --> 00:06:37,612 vessels so commerce can once again move 170 00:06:37,612 --> 00:06:39,590 on these vital tributaries brief 171 00:06:39,590 --> 00:06:41,368 Sanchez Cut up with the team in 172 00:06:41,368 --> 00:06:43,479 Leesville Louisiana as they clear the 173 00:06:43,479 --> 00:06:45,257 way for vessels to move again . 174 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,750 Mhm . Mhm . 175 00:07:01,340 --> 00:07:03,396 Hi , my name is Lieutenant Commander 176 00:07:03,396 --> 00:07:05,562 Neil Dublin with the Naval Sea Systems 177 00:07:05,562 --> 00:07:07,507 supervisor of salvage and diving . 178 00:07:07,507 --> 00:07:09,690 We're here in Louisville Louisiana on 179 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:13,220 biology . Bush clearing the channel . 180 00:07:13,230 --> 00:07:15,397 We've been tasked by the Army Corps of 181 00:07:15,397 --> 00:07:17,452 Engineers to clear the channel after 182 00:07:17,452 --> 00:07:19,730 Hurricane IDa for safety of navigation , 183 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:21,897 we'll be working our way up by you and 184 00:07:21,897 --> 00:07:24,200 assessing and trying to recover these 185 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,670 vessels . If possible , we will return 186 00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:28,892 them to the owners if they are safe and 187 00:07:28,892 --> 00:07:31,114 if they appear that they have is safe . 188 00:07:31,114 --> 00:07:33,226 If they're not , we'll be taking them 189 00:07:33,226 --> 00:07:35,392 down to lay down site and disposing of 190 00:07:35,392 --> 00:07:37,503 them . The bio . The food is only one 191 00:07:37,503 --> 00:07:37,410 of several areas where naval sea 192 00:07:37,410 --> 00:07:39,354 systems Command will be working so 193 00:07:39,354 --> 00:07:41,521 itself we have the Mississippi and buy 194 00:07:41,521 --> 00:07:43,521 a regard as well assigned to us for 195 00:07:43,521 --> 00:07:45,632 clearance operations , doing our best 196 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:47,688 to get this done as soon as possible 197 00:07:47,688 --> 00:07:49,910 for the state . If the vessels are left 198 00:07:49,910 --> 00:07:52,132 their dangerous for navigations , other 199 00:07:52,132 --> 00:07:54,354 vessels won't be able to get through to 200 00:07:54,354 --> 00:07:56,521 fish , shrimp , all the different jobs 201 00:07:56,521 --> 00:07:55,930 that they have here that are pretty 202 00:07:55,930 --> 00:07:59,010 essential to the lifeline of this area . 203 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,151 In addition would be an environmental 204 00:08:01,151 --> 00:08:03,280 issue as well . So pollution for 205 00:08:03,290 --> 00:08:05,346 wildlife , it would be pretty unsafe 206 00:08:05,346 --> 00:08:07,401 just to leave the vessels there . We 207 00:08:07,401 --> 00:08:09,123 are happy to be here to help . 208 00:08:09,123 --> 00:08:11,012 Obviously the hurricane is pretty 209 00:08:11,012 --> 00:08:13,234 detrimental to the area . So we want to 210 00:08:13,234 --> 00:08:15,457 do our best represent the Navy and take 211 00:08:15,457 --> 00:08:17,568 care of the people here and help them 212 00:08:17,568 --> 00:08:17,070 recover their vessels in their 213 00:08:17,070 --> 00:08:20,300 livelihood , staying down Louisiana and 214 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:22,244 the hurricane IDa response efforts 215 00:08:22,244 --> 00:08:24,411 brief Sanchez also had the opportunity 216 00:08:24,411 --> 00:08:26,356 to ride along with the U . S . S . 217 00:08:26,356 --> 00:08:28,467 Prime power soldier who is working to 218 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:30,522 provide temporary emergency power to 219 00:08:30,522 --> 00:08:32,633 critical facilities in her hometown . 220 00:08:32,633 --> 00:08:34,578 Sergeant Arial Lemoine talks about 221 00:08:34,578 --> 00:08:36,689 serving the nation and giving back to 222 00:08:36,689 --> 00:08:36,180 her local 223 00:08:36,180 --> 00:08:42,660 community . 224 00:08:43,340 --> 00:08:44,340 Mhm . 225 00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:49,240 Remember 226 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,462 after Katrina and Isaac and all of them 227 00:08:51,462 --> 00:08:53,684 and the devastation and the idea that I 228 00:08:53,684 --> 00:08:55,796 now had all this knowledge and that I 229 00:08:55,796 --> 00:08:58,018 could actually be part of that recovery 230 00:08:58,018 --> 00:09:00,810 process . I really just wanted to give 231 00:09:00,820 --> 00:09:03,840 back . Hi this is Sergeant with the 232 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,951 Army Corps of Engineers . I'm looking 233 00:09:05,951 --> 00:09:09,290 for David . So we are coming to assess 234 00:09:09,290 --> 00:09:11,390 some lift stations to an electrical 235 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,178 assessment on some lifting pump 236 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:16,150 stations and we were told to call you 237 00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:20,920 seeing the scars that the storm has 238 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,087 placed on the town , You know , that I 239 00:09:23,087 --> 00:09:25,560 knew and loved . And I grew up in . Um , 240 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:29,360 it's been very mixed feelings . You 241 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,440 know , it's very emotional . There's so 242 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,384 much beauty in this state and then 243 00:09:34,384 --> 00:09:37,260 there's , you know , seeing just 244 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:40,660 whole area's completely torn apart . 245 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,880 They said there were multiple locations 246 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,936 that you guys wanted us to look at . 247 00:09:47,540 --> 00:09:51,530 This is , so just grew up with a 248 00:09:51,530 --> 00:09:53,697 very patriotic environment where , you 249 00:09:53,697 --> 00:09:56,510 know , that was something you did later 250 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,130 in my life , I decided I would go back 251 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:01,140 to what I wanted to do in the first 252 00:10:01,140 --> 00:10:02,973 place and that was served in the 253 00:10:02,973 --> 00:10:05,270 military . Okay . But we don't have any 254 00:10:05,270 --> 00:10:07,103 generators on us . So we're just 255 00:10:07,103 --> 00:10:09,270 assessing the sites to be able to give 256 00:10:09,270 --> 00:10:13,090 you generator . Yeah , I 257 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:15,201 just , I felt like there was more out 258 00:10:15,201 --> 00:10:17,201 there . There were more interesting 259 00:10:17,201 --> 00:10:21,150 things and um , crime power just fits 260 00:10:22,340 --> 00:10:24,562 what fema has us do is do an electrical 261 00:10:24,562 --> 00:10:26,700 assessment to make sure that things 262 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:28,867 don't get undersized or oversized . If 263 00:10:28,867 --> 00:10:30,978 they give you a generator , they have 264 00:10:30,978 --> 00:10:32,978 the proper size generator that they 265 00:10:32,978 --> 00:10:35,700 allocate to you . I've only been with 266 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:37,922 my power station for a couple of months 267 00:10:37,922 --> 00:10:39,811 when I heard that the first power 268 00:10:39,811 --> 00:10:41,811 station was going to be coming down 269 00:10:41,811 --> 00:10:43,811 here , I knew that I wanted to be a 270 00:10:43,811 --> 00:10:46,550 part of that . So today we did a bunch 271 00:10:46,550 --> 00:10:48,772 of lift stations and pump stations . We 272 00:10:48,772 --> 00:10:51,910 have a lot of sewer networks because 273 00:10:51,910 --> 00:10:54,380 Louisiana is so low lying , it's very , 274 00:10:54,380 --> 00:10:56,920 very important that the sewer systems 275 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,087 are constantly running . If they start 276 00:10:59,087 --> 00:11:01,253 to over flood , then they can actually 277 00:11:01,253 --> 00:11:03,364 mix in with the clean water and cause 278 00:11:03,364 --> 00:11:05,531 contamination . And that's why we have 279 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:05,490 a lot of Boyle notices . Water is not 280 00:11:05,490 --> 00:11:07,430 getting treated . So these water 281 00:11:07,430 --> 00:11:10,600 systems are absolutely vital to 282 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,090 returning things back to normalcy . It 283 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:16,670 makes me proud to be from Louisiana to 284 00:11:16,670 --> 00:11:19,220 know that you know that so many people 285 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:21,053 are stepping up and thanking the 286 00:11:21,053 --> 00:11:24,460 linemen and thanking the core and are 287 00:11:24,470 --> 00:11:28,260 showing appreciation . And it , it 288 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:30,204 makes me , yeah , it makes me very 289 00:11:30,204 --> 00:11:32,260 proud to be from Louisiana that were 290 00:11:32,260 --> 00:11:34,204 such so patriotic and so welcoming 291 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,440 as storms like hurricane IDa become 292 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,607 more prevalent . Uses along with other 293 00:11:40,607 --> 00:11:42,162 federal agencies as well as 294 00:11:42,162 --> 00:11:44,218 universities and private researchers 295 00:11:44,218 --> 00:11:46,329 are working to better predict how the 296 00:11:46,329 --> 00:11:48,329 nation's shorelines will handle and 297 00:11:48,329 --> 00:11:50,218 recover from the impacts of these 298 00:11:50,218 --> 00:11:52,218 powerful coastal storms . I had the 299 00:11:52,218 --> 00:11:54,218 opportunity to travel to duck north 300 00:11:54,218 --> 00:11:56,218 Carolina to get a firsthand look at 301 00:11:56,218 --> 00:11:55,890 exactly how these researchers are 302 00:11:55,890 --> 00:11:57,890 watching the waves and sand to help 303 00:11:57,890 --> 00:11:59,779 local communities better plan for 304 00:11:59,779 --> 00:12:00,779 future events 305 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:07,627 in the atlantic ocean is churned up by 306 00:12:07,627 --> 00:12:09,682 the passing of hurricane Larry . The 307 00:12:09,682 --> 00:12:12,330 waves that crash the door as well as 308 00:12:12,330 --> 00:12:14,497 the sand dunes just out of their reach 309 00:12:14,497 --> 00:12:17,070 along north Carolina's outer banks are 310 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,070 being closely looked at by multiple 311 00:12:19,070 --> 00:12:22,550 entities . Beauty of this experiment 312 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:24,338 and of what the U . S . Coastal 313 00:12:24,338 --> 00:12:26,338 research program is trying to do is 314 00:12:26,338 --> 00:12:28,227 bring together federal agencies , 315 00:12:28,227 --> 00:12:30,504 academic institutions and stakeholders . 316 00:12:30,504 --> 00:12:32,560 The team of scientists and engineers 317 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:34,671 are operating in multiple spots along 318 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:34,330 the outer banks . Working to get a 319 00:12:34,330 --> 00:12:36,330 clearer understanding of how storms 320 00:12:36,330 --> 00:12:38,320 impact shoreline do next is really 321 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,920 focused on understanding all of the 322 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,220 processes occurring at the coast during 323 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:45,331 extreme storms and how they interplay 324 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,498 with each other and compound with each 325 00:12:47,498 --> 00:12:49,720 other to create hazards for our coastal 326 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,200 communities . It's addressing user 327 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,670 inspired research which means the 328 00:12:55,670 --> 00:12:57,392 stakeholders know they need to 329 00:12:57,392 --> 00:12:59,448 understand sediment transport . They 330 00:12:59,448 --> 00:13:01,503 know they need to understand why the 331 00:13:01,503 --> 00:13:03,281 Junes are washing over onto the 332 00:13:03,281 --> 00:13:05,114 highways , right ? And then this 333 00:13:05,114 --> 00:13:07,337 research will eventually come back . It 334 00:13:07,337 --> 00:13:09,226 will close the circle and it will 335 00:13:09,226 --> 00:13:11,337 inform those municipalities and users 336 00:13:11,337 --> 00:13:13,448 of science about how to better manage 337 00:13:13,448 --> 00:13:15,114 coastal systems for increased 338 00:13:15,114 --> 00:13:17,226 resilience . Scientists have deployed 339 00:13:17,226 --> 00:13:19,448 multiple sensors and other equipment in 340 00:13:19,448 --> 00:13:21,559 both upland locations and in the surf 341 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,448 zone at the U . S . Army Corps of 342 00:13:23,448 --> 00:13:25,503 Engineers Field Research Facility in 343 00:13:25,503 --> 00:13:27,614 Duck north Carolina . A facility that 344 00:13:27,614 --> 00:13:29,670 is no stranger to cultural studies . 345 00:13:29,670 --> 00:13:32,160 The frf is a coastal observatory and 346 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,993 research facility that's part of 347 00:13:33,993 --> 00:13:37,840 verdict it's been here since 1977 and 348 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:41,390 it was originally developed to help us 349 00:13:41,390 --> 00:13:44,020 better understand how the environment 350 00:13:44,020 --> 00:13:45,853 responds to coastal storms . The 351 00:13:45,853 --> 00:13:48,020 scientists say that thanks to previous 352 00:13:48,020 --> 00:13:50,131 experiments performed at the research 353 00:13:50,131 --> 00:13:51,631 facility , there is a good 354 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:53,687 understanding of what takes place in 355 00:13:53,687 --> 00:13:55,798 both the surf zone and coupland along 356 00:13:55,798 --> 00:13:57,853 the dune line . However , they admit 357 00:13:57,853 --> 00:13:59,909 there are gaps , they are working to 358 00:13:59,909 --> 00:14:02,020 fill through the do next research and 359 00:14:02,020 --> 00:14:01,930 how the to interact with one another 360 00:14:01,940 --> 00:14:05,850 during a storm . We 361 00:14:05,850 --> 00:14:08,072 have a really pretty good understanding 362 00:14:08,072 --> 00:14:10,128 about the hydrodynamics , right ? We 363 00:14:10,128 --> 00:14:12,183 understand kind of how waves come in 364 00:14:12,183 --> 00:14:14,420 and how they change and then how they 365 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,690 impact their beaches . But we don't 366 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:20,540 know things like um , how storm waves 367 00:14:20,550 --> 00:14:22,790 affect beaches and then how after the 368 00:14:22,790 --> 00:14:25,810 storm , the beaches recovered by having 369 00:14:25,820 --> 00:14:29,540 experts in different um processes 370 00:14:29,550 --> 00:14:32,260 that impact the coast . We can bring 371 00:14:32,260 --> 00:14:34,540 that expertise together to have a more 372 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:36,747 complete , comprehensive understanding 373 00:14:36,747 --> 00:14:38,858 of what the storm's going to do , how 374 00:14:38,858 --> 00:14:40,969 it's going to impact our coastlines . 375 00:14:40,969 --> 00:14:43,136 Ultimately , the researchers say , the 376 00:14:43,136 --> 00:14:45,136 science will assist local state and 377 00:14:45,136 --> 00:14:47,302 federal entities determine how to best 378 00:14:47,302 --> 00:14:49,469 manage beach and shorelines as well as 379 00:14:49,469 --> 00:14:51,191 provide local communities with 380 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:53,413 knowledge on how to best plan for storm 381 00:14:53,413 --> 00:14:55,524 impacts . Do next is going to provide 382 00:14:55,524 --> 00:14:55,140 some really foundational data sets 383 00:14:55,140 --> 00:14:57,362 during extreme storms that are going to 384 00:14:57,362 --> 00:14:59,584 allow us to evaluate and develop better 385 00:14:59,584 --> 00:15:01,640 models for predicting how our coasts 386 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,640 respond during extreme storms . And 387 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,660 that's going to enable us to design 388 00:15:05,940 --> 00:15:08,107 better beach nourishment that are more 389 00:15:08,107 --> 00:15:10,273 resilient to these coastal storms . It 390 00:15:10,273 --> 00:15:12,496 will help us understand where we should 391 00:15:12,496 --> 00:15:14,496 put sand dunes , how high should we 392 00:15:14,496 --> 00:15:16,607 build those sand dunes , what type of 393 00:15:16,607 --> 00:15:18,662 vegetation should we put on The sand 394 00:15:18,662 --> 00:15:20,829 dunes . Data collection is expected to 395 00:15:20,829 --> 00:15:22,940 run through the remainder of the 2021 396 00:15:22,940 --> 00:15:24,940 atlantic ocean hurricane season and 397 00:15:24,940 --> 00:15:27,051 into the early part of the basins nor 398 00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:26,900 easter season . Scientists and 399 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:29,067 engineers will begin pulling apart the 400 00:15:29,067 --> 00:15:31,122 data in the months and years to come 401 00:15:31,122 --> 00:15:32,956 From duck north Carolina patrick 402 00:15:32,956 --> 00:15:36,520 Bloodgood from sea level to high 403 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,576 altitude . The U . S . Army Corps of 404 00:15:38,576 --> 00:15:40,576 Engineers is working on projects to 405 00:15:40,576 --> 00:15:42,798 better understand the world around us . 406 00:15:42,798 --> 00:15:44,909 The Omaha District recently completed 407 00:15:44,909 --> 00:15:46,687 construction on the Army's high 408 00:15:46,687 --> 00:15:48,687 altitude research facility on pikes 409 00:15:48,687 --> 00:15:50,687 Peak overlooking colorado springs . 410 00:15:50,687 --> 00:15:52,687 Colorado Frederick Hoyt takes us to 411 00:15:52,687 --> 00:15:54,520 dizzying heights To see this new 412 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:53,760 facility 413 00:16:00,140 --> 00:16:03,890 at an elevation of 14,111 ft , 414 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:05,919 the Department of armies new high 415 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:08,141 altitude research laboratory at the top 416 00:16:08,141 --> 00:16:10,440 of pikes peak in cascade colorado is 417 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,273 the highest of its kind in north 418 00:16:12,273 --> 00:16:14,051 America . Built by the Corps of 419 00:16:14,051 --> 00:16:15,940 Engineers . Omaha District's fort 420 00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:18,162 Carson resident office team for the U . 421 00:16:18,162 --> 00:16:19,884 S . Army Research Institute of 422 00:16:19,884 --> 00:16:22,051 Environmental Medicine . This state of 423 00:16:22,051 --> 00:16:23,940 their research facility will help 424 00:16:23,940 --> 00:16:25,829 strengthen today's warfighter and 425 00:16:25,829 --> 00:16:28,730 optimize soldiers health . The best of 426 00:16:28,730 --> 00:16:30,674 my knowledge . This is the highest 427 00:16:30,674 --> 00:16:33,220 research facility in the United States 428 00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:36,170 and in fact between are building the 429 00:16:36,170 --> 00:16:38,503 horrible and the adjacent some in house . 430 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,210 No building has been built at this 431 00:16:41,210 --> 00:16:44,080 elevation . Built adjacent to and 432 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,350 simultaneously as the new pikes Peak 433 00:16:46,350 --> 00:16:48,630 Summit complex . The research facility 434 00:16:48,630 --> 00:16:50,960 was officially completed on july 1st . 435 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,610 This modern 3000 square foot concrete 436 00:16:53,610 --> 00:16:55,832 and steel structure has a solid footing 437 00:16:55,832 --> 00:16:58,400 of 10 ft and can withstand winds of up 438 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,590 to 200 MPH and extreme cold . In 439 00:17:01,590 --> 00:17:03,812 addition , the facility was designed to 440 00:17:03,812 --> 00:17:05,979 be self sustaining and can accommodate 441 00:17:05,979 --> 00:17:08,600 10 people for up to several weeks . We 442 00:17:08,830 --> 00:17:11,910 now have Good sleeping area for 10 443 00:17:11,910 --> 00:17:14,590 subjects . We have a state of the art 444 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,090 lab with all of the use Miriam's 445 00:17:18,090 --> 00:17:19,923 equipment that they need , their 446 00:17:19,923 --> 00:17:23,210 treadmills , all of their electrical 447 00:17:23,570 --> 00:17:26,950 storage and all of the lab materials 448 00:17:26,950 --> 00:17:28,894 that they need are up here . Now . 449 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:32,160 Construction began in June of 2018 and 450 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,400 despite the challenges of elevation and 451 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,511 rapidly changing weather conditions , 452 00:17:36,570 --> 00:17:38,681 the building was finished on schedule 453 00:17:38,681 --> 00:17:41,060 at a cost of $7.2 million dollars 454 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,607 reporting for the Corps of Engineers , 455 00:17:43,607 --> 00:17:45,662 Omaha District . I'm fredrick Hoyt . 456 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,351 Coming back down to some denser air . 457 00:17:48,351 --> 00:17:50,573 National Public Lands . Day occurred on 458 00:17:50,573 --> 00:17:52,740 september 25th and volunteers from the 459 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:54,518 Nashville District took to Lake 460 00:17:54,518 --> 00:17:56,740 Cumberland to clean up trash and debris 461 00:17:56,740 --> 00:17:58,962 to make the public lands more enjoyable 462 00:17:58,962 --> 00:18:01,129 for all visitors Lee Roberts spent the 463 00:18:01,129 --> 00:18:03,184 day at the lake with these dedicated 464 00:18:03,184 --> 00:18:02,480 volunteers 465 00:18:05,490 --> 00:18:08,840 with 466 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,340 1,255 mi of shoreline and hundreds of 467 00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:14,800 coves . The effort to pick up litter 468 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,300 seems like a daunting task , But it is 469 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,650 one that more than 120 volunteers 470 00:18:19,650 --> 00:18:22,140 decided to take on because they live in 471 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:24,640 local communities recreate on the lake 472 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,896 and want to do their part to keep it 473 00:18:26,896 --> 00:18:28,896 clean . It's very important to help 474 00:18:28,896 --> 00:18:30,896 keep it clean and everybody here at 475 00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:32,784 Classy County here from different 476 00:18:32,784 --> 00:18:34,951 counties . Come here to enjoy the lake 477 00:18:34,951 --> 00:18:37,173 and it's important to keep it clean . A 478 00:18:37,173 --> 00:18:39,284 team of about a dozen volunteers from 479 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:41,340 Hinkle contracting company collected 480 00:18:41,340 --> 00:18:43,507 and disposed debris from the shoreline 481 00:18:43,507 --> 00:18:43,450 of weights Borough Recreation area , 482 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:45,651 the National Park Service in Kentucky 483 00:18:45,651 --> 00:18:47,984 Department of Fish and Wildlife Service , 484 00:18:47,984 --> 00:18:50,040 along with the volunteer groups like 485 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,262 the pulaski County High School , Future 486 00:18:52,262 --> 00:18:55,130 Farmers of America and Junior ROTC 487 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:57,362 worked around the lake to bag up litter 488 00:18:57,370 --> 00:18:59,660 and move it to designated boat ramps . 489 00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:02,480 We had a lot of dumpsters get filled up 490 00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:04,712 and we pulled a lot of tires out of the 491 00:19:04,712 --> 00:19:06,823 lake , a lot of useless trash that is 492 00:19:06,823 --> 00:19:08,657 polluting our lakes . So I'd say 493 00:19:08,657 --> 00:19:10,934 today's that was discussed in one cove , 494 00:19:10,934 --> 00:19:13,046 The cleanup temporarily turned into a 495 00:19:13,046 --> 00:19:15,212 wildlife rescue When Volunteer and U . 496 00:19:15,212 --> 00:19:17,157 S . Coast Guard Commander Jennifer 497 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:19,379 Andrew discovered a trap turtle under a 498 00:19:19,379 --> 00:19:21,490 pile of debris . The commander of the 499 00:19:21,490 --> 00:19:23,379 Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit in 500 00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:25,640 Paducah Kentucky worked to move logs , 501 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,960 pinning it down and enjoyed seeing the 502 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,127 free turtle make its way back into the 503 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:33,210 lake . The U . S . Army Corps of 504 00:19:33,210 --> 00:19:35,377 Engineers , National District operates 505 00:19:35,377 --> 00:19:37,266 and maintains the lake Cumberland 506 00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:39,488 project and depends on the public to be 507 00:19:39,488 --> 00:19:41,750 good stewards of public lands . You 508 00:19:41,750 --> 00:19:44,083 know , it's never a good idea to litter . 509 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:46,083 Don't throw trash out to your car , 510 00:19:46,083 --> 00:19:48,139 Everything that lands on the side of 511 00:19:48,139 --> 00:19:50,250 the road . If it's not picked up when 512 00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:52,417 it rains it goes down into a ditch and 513 00:19:52,417 --> 00:19:54,417 the ditch flows into a stream and a 514 00:19:54,417 --> 00:19:57,270 stream flows into the lake . So it 515 00:19:57,270 --> 00:20:00,460 prevented prevention is the key here . 516 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,290 When the lake is full , the wind 517 00:20:03,430 --> 00:20:06,560 settles his trash back into coves and 518 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:09,051 then when the lake comes down it gets 519 00:20:09,051 --> 00:20:11,590 trapped up here , sometimes in log 520 00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:13,757 piles , sometimes just scattered along 521 00:20:13,757 --> 00:20:15,740 the shoreline . In celebration of 522 00:20:15,740 --> 00:20:18,080 National Public Lands Day volunteers 523 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,410 collected and removed 276 bags of trash , 524 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:25,310 53 rubber tires , an old dog flotation , 525 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,740 a metal railing with stairs and a 526 00:20:27,740 --> 00:20:30,100 doghouse from Lake Cumberland . If you 527 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:32,322 got trash , just keep it in your boat . 528 00:20:32,322 --> 00:20:34,489 If you're voting . If you got trash on 529 00:20:34,489 --> 00:20:38,280 the bank , oh bring like a trash 530 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,230 bag or something , you know , help out 531 00:20:41,230 --> 00:20:43,230 a little bit by picking up your own 532 00:20:43,230 --> 00:20:46,090 trash . This is lee roberts reporting 533 00:20:46,090 --> 00:20:48,312 for the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers 534 00:20:48,312 --> 00:20:50,479 on the shoreline of Lake Cumberland in 535 00:20:50,479 --> 00:20:52,750 south central Kentucky . Finally , it's 536 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,917 our nation's hallowed grounds where we 537 00:20:54,917 --> 00:20:57,139 honor our servicemen and women who have 538 00:20:57,139 --> 00:20:59,083 bravely served our nation and it's 539 00:20:59,083 --> 00:21:01,028 running out of space . Our Norfolk 540 00:21:01,028 --> 00:21:02,917 district is working for Arlington 541 00:21:02,917 --> 00:21:04,806 National Cemetery on the southern 542 00:21:04,806 --> 00:21:06,639 expansion project , Stonging the 543 00:21:06,639 --> 00:21:08,694 cemetery to continue environment and 544 00:21:08,694 --> 00:21:10,861 interment of our nation's veterans for 545 00:21:10,861 --> 00:21:10,710 another 150 years . 546 00:21:14,580 --> 00:21:18,070 Today we marked the official start of 547 00:21:18,070 --> 00:21:20,348 the construction phase of this project . 548 00:21:20,348 --> 00:21:22,459 The journey to achieve this milestone 549 00:21:22,459 --> 00:21:24,570 has been long complex and difficult . 550 00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:27,051 The groundwork for this project began 551 00:21:27,051 --> 00:21:30,250 last century with direction the Fy 2000 552 00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:32,440 National Defense authorization Act to 553 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,607 transfer the Navy addicts that used to 554 00:21:34,607 --> 00:21:37,530 stand where we are now to the army for 555 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:39,141 used in the expansion of our 556 00:21:39,141 --> 00:21:41,252 International Cemetery . This project 557 00:21:41,252 --> 00:21:43,670 is really two projects in one . The 558 00:21:43,670 --> 00:21:45,559 first is the defense access roads 559 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:47,337 project under the direction and 560 00:21:47,337 --> 00:21:49,559 leadership of the Eastern Federal Lands 561 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:51,614 Highway Division . The second is the 562 00:21:51,614 --> 00:21:53,670 southern expansion project under the 563 00:21:53,670 --> 00:21:53,560 protection of leadership of Arlington 564 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,782 National Cemetery with the U . S . Army 565 00:21:55,782 --> 00:21:57,782 Corps of Engineers being design and 566 00:21:57,782 --> 00:22:00,004 construction agent . There is something 567 00:22:00,004 --> 00:22:02,340 uniquely reverent in the privilege of 568 00:22:02,340 --> 00:22:05,470 being involved to support the A . N . C . 569 00:22:05,630 --> 00:22:07,797 Southern expansion as the lead for the 570 00:22:07,797 --> 00:22:10,720 door project honoring the service and 571 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,740 sacrifice of the military members , 572 00:22:12,750 --> 00:22:15,130 veterans and their family members who 573 00:22:15,130 --> 00:22:17,074 are laid to rest here at Arlington 574 00:22:17,074 --> 00:22:19,130 National Cemetery and those who will 575 00:22:19,130 --> 00:22:21,310 have the opportunity to do so in the 576 00:22:21,310 --> 00:22:23,088 future . Thanks to the southern 577 00:22:23,088 --> 00:22:25,270 expansion and dark projects is a noble 578 00:22:25,270 --> 00:22:27,492 and somber mission that we are proud to 579 00:22:27,492 --> 00:22:29,437 support as we break ground today . 580 00:22:29,437 --> 00:22:31,270 Please know that it has been and 581 00:22:31,270 --> 00:22:33,548 continues to be the Corps of Engineers . 582 00:22:33,548 --> 00:22:35,381 Great pride and honor to support 583 00:22:35,381 --> 00:22:37,603 Arlington National Cemetery and Federal 584 00:22:37,603 --> 00:22:39,826 Highways Administration . Today we make 585 00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:42,190 history as we transition to implement 586 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,430 our multifaceted plan to keep an 587 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,680 Arlington National Cemetery and Active 588 00:22:46,690 --> 00:22:49,480 Military Cemetery For the next 150 589 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,440 years , the dark project will realign 590 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,662 Columbia pike and shortened South Joyce 591 00:22:54,662 --> 00:22:56,540 Street , providing new utility 592 00:22:56,540 --> 00:22:58,318 corridors under Columbia pike . 593 00:22:58,940 --> 00:23:01,107 Redesign the Columbia Pike in Virginia 594 00:23:01,107 --> 00:23:04,060 27 interchange , remove Southgate Road 595 00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:06,237 and create a new section of South Nash 596 00:23:06,237 --> 00:23:09,230 Street , provide a dedicated 10 ft wide 597 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,330 bi directional bike trail as well as 598 00:23:11,330 --> 00:23:13,330 eight ft sidewalks on both sides of 599 00:23:13,330 --> 00:23:15,274 Columbia pike , the defense access 600 00:23:15,274 --> 00:23:17,610 roads or dar project and southern 601 00:23:17,610 --> 00:23:19,721 expansion projects were conceived and 602 00:23:19,721 --> 00:23:21,910 developed with one goal in mind To 603 00:23:21,910 --> 00:23:23,966 extend the service life of Arlington 604 00:23:23,966 --> 00:23:25,854 National Cemetery and allow it to 605 00:23:25,854 --> 00:23:27,632 continue to honour our nation's 606 00:23:27,632 --> 00:23:29,632 veterans and families as it has for 607 00:23:29,632 --> 00:23:31,854 over 150 years . The southern expansion 608 00:23:31,854 --> 00:23:34,610 project will add approximately 50 acres 609 00:23:34,610 --> 00:23:37,280 to A . N . C . Including 37 new acres 610 00:23:37,290 --> 00:23:40,500 of contiguous burial space , Provide 611 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,730 over 80,000 new internment and 612 00:23:42,730 --> 00:23:44,563 interment opportunities with the 613 00:23:44,563 --> 00:23:46,730 construction of new columbarium courts 614 00:23:46,730 --> 00:23:48,952 in ground cremated remains sections and 615 00:23:48,952 --> 00:23:51,710 in ground cascaded remain sections . It 616 00:23:51,710 --> 00:23:53,932 will seamlessly integrate the Air Force 617 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:56,043 memorial with Arlington Cemetery . We 618 00:23:56,043 --> 00:23:58,099 look forward to the pending start of 619 00:23:58,099 --> 00:24:00,377 the dar project and to the final A . N . 620 00:24:00,377 --> 00:24:02,599 C . Design , which incorporates the Air 621 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:04,432 Force memorial with the southern 622 00:24:04,432 --> 00:24:06,488 expansion in a matter that will seem 623 00:24:06,540 --> 00:24:08,720 that will seem as if it was always 624 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,831 meant to be this way . Although every 625 00:24:10,831 --> 00:24:12,998 one of these items is important in its 626 00:24:12,998 --> 00:24:14,887 own right . They come together to 627 00:24:14,887 --> 00:24:17,053 fulfill the greater mission , which is 628 00:24:17,053 --> 00:24:19,276 to maintain Arlington National Cemetery 629 00:24:19,276 --> 00:24:21,387 as an active cemetery , accepting our 630 00:24:21,387 --> 00:24:23,276 nation's honor dead well into the 631 00:24:23,276 --> 00:24:26,450 future . So that wraps up our one year 632 00:24:26,450 --> 00:24:28,728 anniversary edition of Core Connection . 633 00:24:28,728 --> 00:24:30,894 And we hope you found it informative . 634 00:24:30,894 --> 00:24:32,783 Be sure to tune in next month for 635 00:24:32,783 --> 00:24:34,839 another episode . And until then I'm 636 00:24:34,839 --> 00:24:37,061 Patrick Bloodgood . And this has been a 637 00:24:37,061 --> 00:24:36,970 core 638 00:24:36,970 --> 00:24:44,860 connection . 639 00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:50,380 Mhm . Yeah . Mm hmm .