1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,096 as hurricane season . Nears soldiers 2 00:00:03,096 --> 00:00:05,262 from the US Army Corps of Engineers to 3 00:00:05,262 --> 00:00:07,484 49th engineering Battalion are prepping 4 00:00:07,484 --> 00:00:09,318 at Carlisle barracks in Carlisle 5 00:00:09,318 --> 00:00:11,318 pennsylvania for what may be a busy 6 00:00:11,318 --> 00:00:13,540 season . I think you're on the last one 7 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:15,707 there . Yeah , we're doing assessments 8 00:00:15,707 --> 00:00:17,651 for fema , critical infrastructure 9 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:19,762 analysis to see what it would take to 10 00:00:19,762 --> 00:00:21,262 power up various pieces of 11 00:00:21,262 --> 00:00:23,207 infrastructure during an emergency 12 00:00:23,207 --> 00:00:25,373 assessments like these are also taking 13 00:00:25,373 --> 00:00:27,540 place across the country and in Puerto 14 00:00:27,540 --> 00:00:29,651 rico to help us be better prepared to 15 00:00:29,651 --> 00:00:31,707 respond should the Federal Emergency 16 00:00:31,707 --> 00:00:33,651 Management Agency tasked them with 17 00:00:33,651 --> 00:00:33,580 providing power to facilities in areas 18 00:00:33,580 --> 00:00:36,700 affected by a natural disaster , we go 19 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,033 into the facility , add up all the load , 20 00:00:39,033 --> 00:00:41,144 look at what the facility is going to 21 00:00:41,144 --> 00:00:43,089 be used for and determine how much 22 00:00:43,089 --> 00:00:45,256 power it will need in order to turn it 23 00:00:45,256 --> 00:00:44,870 on to meet the mission that would be 24 00:00:44,870 --> 00:00:48,700 required . Meanwhile , about 30 minutes 25 00:00:48,710 --> 00:00:50,840 up the road at Fort indian town gap 26 00:00:50,930 --> 00:00:53,152 power line distribution specialist with 27 00:00:53,152 --> 00:00:55,041 the two 49th are getting hands on 28 00:00:55,041 --> 00:00:56,763 training as well , helping the 29 00:00:56,763 --> 00:00:58,930 installation with installing new power 30 00:00:58,930 --> 00:01:01,097 poles , which is a skill they would be 31 00:01:01,097 --> 00:01:02,874 called upon to do while forward 32 00:01:02,874 --> 00:01:04,986 deployed or during emergency response 33 00:01:04,986 --> 00:01:07,152 situations . Everything that we do out 34 00:01:07,152 --> 00:01:09,152 here is ultimately to meet the Army 35 00:01:09,152 --> 00:01:11,374 reserves mission to train as we fight . 36 00:01:11,374 --> 00:01:13,486 We'll be able to do this overseas and 37 00:01:13,486 --> 00:01:15,597 humanitarian and warfighter efforts . 38 00:01:15,597 --> 00:01:17,708 Training in this type of setting here 39 00:01:17,708 --> 00:01:19,690 and the contiguous United States 40 00:01:19,690 --> 00:01:22,940 prepares us for what's to come . Um , 41 00:01:22,940 --> 00:01:24,996 for example , when our soldiers were 42 00:01:24,996 --> 00:01:26,773 deployed to SaiPan and when our 43 00:01:26,773 --> 00:01:28,884 soldiers were deployed to Puerto rico 44 00:01:28,884 --> 00:01:30,940 to put the lights back on , not only 45 00:01:30,940 --> 00:01:33,162 did the soldiers with the two 49th work 46 00:01:33,162 --> 00:01:32,920 on power poles , power lines and 47 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,531 perform power infrastructure 48 00:01:34,531 --> 00:01:36,476 assessments . They also set up and 49 00:01:36,476 --> 00:01:38,531 maintain large generators capable of 50 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:40,753 powering large buildings or encampments 51 00:01:40,753 --> 00:01:42,698 Like what they are simulating at a 52 00:01:42,698 --> 00:01:44,920 trading range on four Indian town gap . 53 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,753 So this helps verify that we are 54 00:01:46,753 --> 00:01:48,253 capable of maintaining and 55 00:01:48,253 --> 00:01:50,198 troubleshooting when we have power 56 00:01:50,198 --> 00:01:51,864 issues while we're in a field 57 00:01:51,864 --> 00:01:54,087 environment , the soldiers all say this 58 00:01:54,087 --> 00:01:55,976 training just before the start of 59 00:01:55,976 --> 00:01:58,087 hurricane season is beneficial to not 60 00:01:58,087 --> 00:01:59,864 only their readiness but to the 61 00:01:59,864 --> 00:01:59,720 readiness of the areas in which they 62 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,680 are training . We've seen many times in 63 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,040 recent history where the information 64 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,810 was not available and we are trying to 65 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:09,820 get into an area that has been 66 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:12,160 decimated by destruction , trying to 67 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,280 maneuver through and figure out if we 68 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,450 can actually power up the system and 69 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,040 it's a lot easier to do it ahead of 70 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,984 time if the information is already 71 00:02:21,984 --> 00:02:23,929 there , it makes the response much 72 00:02:23,929 --> 00:02:26,040 quicker and much more effective . The 73 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,818 two week training exercise also 74 00:02:27,818 --> 00:02:29,929 involved the battalion doing facility 75 00:02:29,929 --> 00:02:31,651 assessments in Oahu hawaii and 76 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:33,818 conducting facility inspections at car 77 00:02:33,818 --> 00:02:35,818 lake dam in north Carolina . As the 78 00:02:35,818 --> 00:02:38,040 soldier's gear up for another hurricane 79 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:39,984 season from four indian town gap , 80 00:02:39,984 --> 00:02:42,207 Pennsylvania . Patrick , Bloodgood , mm 81 00:02:42,207 --> 00:02:41,160 hmm