WEBVTT 00:07.320 --> 00:08.320 Germany did go . 00:18.790 --> 00:20.846 Operation Force Sentinel is a , uh , 00:20.846 --> 00:23.012 military-civil partnership between the 00:23.012 --> 00:24.957 National Forest Service , uh , the 00:24.957 --> 00:27.012 United States Marine Corps Reserve , 00:27.012 --> 00:26.379 the Air Force Reserve , the Army 00:26.379 --> 00:28.212 National Guard , and a few other 00:28.212 --> 00:30.212 supporting entities . Uh , it's a , 00:30.212 --> 00:32.101 it's a pretty much a multifaceted 00:32.101 --> 00:34.157 exercise . We've got heavy equipment 00:34.157 --> 00:36.323 operators , uh , conducting horizontal 00:36.323 --> 00:36.069 missions , maintaining roads , 00:36.349 --> 00:38.071 constructing vertical building 00:38.071 --> 00:40.182 structures , and then some helicopter 00:40.182 --> 00:42.016 missions as well . Many of these 00:42.016 --> 00:44.020 projects wouldn't be possible if it 00:44.020 --> 00:46.131 weren't for opportunities like this . 00:46.459 --> 00:48.626 It allows us to continue the good work 00:48.626 --> 00:50.681 that we do on our annual basis , but 00:50.681 --> 00:52.681 also expands past that , getting to 00:52.681 --> 00:55.470 some projects that unfortunately , uh , 00:55.580 --> 00:58.290 we couldn't tackle on our own , or at 00:58.290 --> 01:00.970 least in the foreseeable future . Some 01:00.970 --> 01:03.137 of our projects , we have some of them 01:03.137 --> 01:05.870 that are critical to our water quality 01:06.569 --> 01:08.291 and our ecosystem management , 01:08.730 --> 01:10.841 providing good habitat for wildlife , 01:11.029 --> 01:12.918 as well as some of our recreation 01:12.918 --> 01:14.973 opportunities , increasing access to 01:14.973 --> 01:17.089 the visitors to get out into the 01:17.089 --> 01:19.200 national forests and enjoy the public 01:19.200 --> 01:21.730 lands . We're helping the Forest 01:21.730 --> 01:24.660 Service move a large amount of 01:24.660 --> 01:27.279 equipment through really gnarly terrain 01:28.470 --> 01:30.637 using our heavy lift capability in our 01:30.637 --> 01:33.050 helicopter . It allows us to execute 01:33.050 --> 01:35.217 that training , provides a really good 01:35.217 --> 01:37.217 service to you , uh , to the Forest 01:37.217 --> 01:39.272 Service , and helps them out a lot . 01:39.569 --> 01:41.849 Whenever we first got here we were 01:41.849 --> 01:44.650 tasked with building unique loads and 01:44.650 --> 01:47.690 setting up a cargo net loads so that 01:47.690 --> 01:49.669 way we can distribute all the wood 01:49.669 --> 01:52.620 towards the landing zone . So in the 01:52.620 --> 01:54.953 mornings we head out to the pickup zone . 01:55.059 --> 01:57.003 We make sure we have a load in the 01:57.003 --> 01:58.948 middle . If we don't , we take our 01:58.948 --> 02:00.781 Millennium military vehicle , we 02:00.781 --> 02:02.781 operate it and put the loads in the 02:02.781 --> 02:06.029 middle . We pick up the load via HST 02:06.309 --> 02:08.869 and after that we repeat the whole 02:08.869 --> 02:11.036 process again to make sure we're ready 02:11.036 --> 02:13.869 for the next lift . As a reservist down 02:13.869 --> 02:16.036 in Puerto Rico , we usually don't have 02:16.036 --> 02:18.036 the the opportunities to train like 02:18.036 --> 02:20.070 this , so this IRT is a good 02:20.070 --> 02:22.237 opportunity for us to get boots on the 02:22.237 --> 02:24.237 ground and help out the community . 02:26.369 --> 02:28.202 Currently we are here in Darby , 02:28.202 --> 02:30.313 Montana , and we are working to build 02:30.313 --> 02:32.258 some sheds for the community . And 02:32.258 --> 02:34.480 right now we are at a , uh , fire watch 02:34.480 --> 02:36.536 station where , uh , we are building 02:36.536 --> 02:38.369 sheds to house equipment for the 02:38.369 --> 02:40.091 weather service . This gets us 02:40.091 --> 02:42.147 experience and experience ultimately 02:42.147 --> 02:44.202 makes us better at our jobs . And so 02:44.202 --> 02:46.425 projects like this are really helpful . 02:52.940 --> 02:54.996 Well , during this operation , we've 02:54.996 --> 02:57.162 been feeding troops . Our main mission 02:57.162 --> 02:59.273 is to provide 3 hot and ready meals a 02:59.273 --> 02:59.259 day . We do breakfast , lunch , and 02:59.259 --> 03:01.190 dinner . We just like to um boost 03:01.190 --> 03:03.970 morale , keep the morale up . So 03:04.110 --> 03:06.221 instead of handing them a typical MRE 03:06.221 --> 03:08.054 we like to give them hot meals . 03:12.259 --> 03:14.481 Specifically , again , I'm a corpsman , 03:14.481 --> 03:16.592 so I do all the medical readiness for 03:16.592 --> 03:18.815 these guys . So , my specific job there 03:18.815 --> 03:21.037 is to work at either the pickup zone or 03:21.037 --> 03:23.259 the landing zone , uh , making sure all 03:23.259 --> 03:25.426 the Marines there are drinking water , 03:25.426 --> 03:27.426 changing their socks , um , but not 03:27.426 --> 03:29.592 getting hurt . So , Corpsman support . 03:29.592 --> 03:31.870 Um , secondary task here has been TCCC , 03:31.870 --> 03:33.981 so qualifying all the Marines and the 03:33.981 --> 03:35.648 TCCC all-service member , the 03:35.648 --> 03:37.148 twelve-month calendar year 03:37.148 --> 03:38.926 qualification they have to do . 03:43.009 --> 03:46.779 We have had a , uh , great reception 03:46.970 --> 03:49.330 to the military members and our 03:49.330 --> 03:51.441 projects that are going on here . Our 03:51.441 --> 03:53.610 staff have been extremely impressed . 03:53.729 --> 03:55.785 We're extremely thankful to have the 03:55.785 --> 03:57.840 military members here , to have this 03:57.840 --> 03:59.396 expertise and this level of 03:59.396 --> 04:01.562 professionalism . The end goal of this 04:01.562 --> 04:03.729 mission is everyone goes home safely , 04:03.729 --> 04:06.062 100% . The second end goal is readiness . 04:06.062 --> 04:08.229 When these troops leave here , whether 04:08.229 --> 04:10.562 they're soldiers , sailors , or marines , 04:10.562 --> 04:12.785 they need to be more ready to fight the 04:12.785 --> 04:11.880 next fight than they were when they got 04:11.880 --> 04:14.102 here . And honestly , the final goal is 04:14.102 --> 04:16.102 the community is better off than we 04:16.102 --> 04:17.991 found it . That's obviously a , a 04:17.991 --> 04:17.570 military tenant is little better than 04:17.570 --> 04:19.514 you found it . I think that's what 04:19.514 --> 04:20.029 we're going to get to from this .