WEBVTT 00:10.630 --> 00:13.630 Ex com units are trained to support war 00:13.640 --> 00:15.807 fighters down range in the harshest of 00:15.807 --> 00:17.889 environments we're ready to handle 00:17.899 --> 00:21.040 kinetic attacks , jamming cyber 00:21.049 --> 00:23.600 attacks and anything our adversaries 00:23.610 --> 00:26.139 can throw at us . Events like round up , 00:26.149 --> 00:28.655 give our an opportunity to get some 00:28.665 --> 00:31.204 realistic training in . We have 32 00:31.215 --> 00:33.424 different ex com units from around the 00:33.435 --> 00:35.491 world that have come here to Robbins 00:35.491 --> 00:37.665 Air Force Base . We fight jointly and 00:37.674 --> 00:39.834 we fight with our coalition allies . 00:39.845 --> 00:42.067 And so it's critical that we train that 00:42.067 --> 00:45.919 way the intent is to bring exco 00:45.979 --> 00:48.035 communicators together . And this is 00:48.035 --> 00:50.330 the first time we're having a lot of 00:50.340 --> 00:53.090 those units since labeled under the 00:53.099 --> 00:56.630 exco portfolio together and integrating 00:56.639 --> 00:58.650 the engineering installation . 00:58.659 --> 01:01.669 Squadrons are out here to demonstrate a 01:01.680 --> 01:03.736 tactical , to follow on capability . 01:03.736 --> 01:05.791 Today's war fighters , we can't have 01:05.791 --> 01:07.847 our tactical communicators being the 01:07.847 --> 01:09.902 last out of a theater . They need to 01:09.902 --> 01:11.958 get in , they need to do their job , 01:11.958 --> 01:14.013 get the system to get the network up 01:14.013 --> 01:16.180 and then go there's no way for them to 01:16.180 --> 01:18.347 be agile and to keep forward deploying 01:18.347 --> 01:20.746 if they can't leave . So engineering 01:20.755 --> 01:22.977 installation can come in and we're able 01:22.977 --> 01:25.146 to robust their network we're able to 01:25.155 --> 01:28.026 secure their equipment so they can pack 01:28.036 --> 01:30.155 up and leave . And now E I is able to 01:30.166 --> 01:32.716 provide those services with the 01:32.832 --> 01:36.732 different UTC that we've provided . We 01:36.741 --> 01:39.031 have a cable antenna systems . We've 01:39.041 --> 01:41.342 got a radio direction finding spectrum 01:41.351 --> 01:44.022 analysis team . We've got cyber trans 01:44.031 --> 01:46.541 airmen doing network configuration and 01:46.552 --> 01:48.608 we were able to bring them and watch 01:48.608 --> 01:50.385 them all work together , really 01:50.385 --> 01:52.219 demonstrating how they are multi 01:52.219 --> 01:54.274 capable airmen . So it's really been 01:54.274 --> 01:56.441 amazing watching all of my airmen from 01:56.441 --> 01:59.047 the 85 work together and showcase how 01:59.057 --> 02:01.818 they can do pretty much anything . We 02:01.828 --> 02:03.995 have units from around the globe , the 02:03.995 --> 02:07.888 Royal Air Force . So logistics has 02:07.898 --> 02:10.065 clashed with the calm world and we got 02:10.065 --> 02:12.218 a lot of training efforts and hitting 02:12.227 --> 02:14.718 those obstacles . Ac asked us to come 02:14.727 --> 02:16.671 out here to showcase our Black Net 02:16.671 --> 02:18.949 capabilities as well as our DJ Wix kit . 02:18.949 --> 02:21.005 So we use Black Net as our transport 02:21.005 --> 02:23.116 agnostic support and allows fail over 02:23.116 --> 02:25.338 for any other networks . And what makes 02:25.338 --> 02:27.505 our djs kit so special is that because 02:27.505 --> 02:29.394 we've done research with industry 02:29.394 --> 02:31.394 standards and as well as other calm 02:31.394 --> 02:33.449 entities , we've been able to reduce 02:33.449 --> 02:35.727 our set up time to a record 13 minutes . 02:35.727 --> 02:35.623 So that way we become more agile , I 02:35.634 --> 02:37.634 think just being out here and being 02:37.634 --> 02:39.745 with the calm community , it's been a 02:39.745 --> 02:39.604 really great experience to knowledge , 02:39.613 --> 02:41.613 share and see how they do things as 02:41.613 --> 02:43.835 well as how we do things and how we can 02:43.835 --> 02:46.057 make each other better going forward in 02:46.057 --> 02:48.224 the calm community . Yes . Seeing that 02:48.224 --> 02:51.210 integration between members out here , 02:51.220 --> 02:53.389 technicians , site commanders and the 02:53.399 --> 02:55.621 amount of learning and value brought to 02:55.621 --> 02:58.679 those teams has been just so fruitful 02:58.690 --> 03:00.839 to me in knowing that my planning 03:00.850 --> 03:02.979 efforts had some effect on their team 03:04.020 --> 03:06.639 interacting with all the units . That's 03:06.649 --> 03:08.649 been nice for me seeing how they do 03:08.649 --> 03:11.360 things differently . It's been pretty 03:11.369 --> 03:13.460 cool to see how the Brits have their 03:13.470 --> 03:15.710 equipment set up because they have 03:15.720 --> 03:18.160 similar equipment but different . And 03:18.169 --> 03:20.002 it's just really cool to see how 03:20.002 --> 03:22.169 another country comes out and operates 03:22.169 --> 03:24.225 in cohesion with our capabilities in 03:24.225 --> 03:26.391 our unit . We've taken the opportunity 03:26.391 --> 03:28.490 to get 90 signals unit back involved 03:28.500 --> 03:30.333 with the American communications 03:30.333 --> 03:32.500 exercise programs because we know that 03:32.500 --> 03:35.630 moving forward as we pivot to an agile 03:35.639 --> 03:37.889 combat employment footing , we need to 03:37.899 --> 03:39.843 be more agile , we need to be more 03:39.843 --> 03:42.010 resilient and anything we need to do , 03:42.010 --> 03:44.232 we need to do it alongside our American 03:44.232 --> 03:46.288 partners . So we're trying to inject 03:46.288 --> 03:48.399 some pace back into the collaboration 03:48.399 --> 03:50.455 that we had in years gone by . So we 03:50.455 --> 03:52.677 really focus on this exercise . Can you 03:52.677 --> 03:54.899 pass the air tasking order ? And that's 03:54.899 --> 03:58.485 what gets jets and aircraft to perform 03:58.496 --> 04:00.906 their mission . So we need to make sure 04:00.916 --> 04:03.205 we can do those secure communications 04:03.216 --> 04:05.225 on multiple levels , our primary 04:05.235 --> 04:07.645 communications . If that's down , we 04:07.656 --> 04:09.600 make the team scramble to find out 04:09.600 --> 04:11.823 another way to do it on their alternate 04:11.823 --> 04:13.600 their contingency or even their 04:13.600 --> 04:15.767 emergency here . I've been assigned by 04:15.767 --> 04:17.489 the two 53rd Cyber Engineering 04:17.489 --> 04:19.712 Installations Group and the 251st cyber 04:19.712 --> 04:21.934 engineering installations group to lead 04:21.934 --> 04:21.161 the training effort for all , all of 04:21.171 --> 04:23.338 our Air National Guard airmen that are 04:23.338 --> 04:25.560 here as part of the exercise showcasing 04:25.560 --> 04:27.393 a capability called Sierra Cyber 04:27.393 --> 04:29.338 infrastructure damage assessment , 04:29.338 --> 04:31.449 Restoral actions . Roughly 94% of the 04:31.449 --> 04:33.227 whole engineering installations 04:33.227 --> 04:35.449 community . Half of that ex com kind of 04:35.449 --> 04:37.562 group if you will mostly made up of 04:37.571 --> 04:39.238 combat , calm and engineering 04:39.238 --> 04:41.460 installations , airmen are from the Air 04:41.462 --> 04:43.752 Guard . There's 16 total squadrons , 15 04:43.761 --> 04:45.928 of which are in the National Guard and 04:45.928 --> 04:47.983 a large chunk of represented here at 04:47.983 --> 04:49.872 this exercise hosted by the fifth 04:49.872 --> 04:50.872 combat com group 05:09.869 --> 05:12.450 for our war fighters . Common data is 05:12.459 --> 05:14.515 as essential as the air they breathe 05:14.649 --> 05:16.820 and our ex com units provide that 05:16.829 --> 05:18.959 communication and we're postured to 05:18.970 --> 05:21.192 provide it through all phases of Africa 05:22.179 --> 05:24.109 combat con group . Let's go .