WEBVTT 00:27.819 --> 00:29.875 My name is Major Tom Myers . I'm the 00:29.875 --> 00:32.097 future operations officer for 3rd Civil 00:32.097 --> 00:34.369 Affairs Group . My role in this 00:34.369 --> 00:36.591 exercise for Commodo Gate is a function 00:36.591 --> 00:39.209 as the OIC for the detachment based 00:39.209 --> 00:41.849 here in the Batane comprised of 5th 00:41.849 --> 00:44.200 Anglico and 3rd Civil Affairs group . 00:47.299 --> 00:49.410 Both objectives for this iteration of 00:49.410 --> 00:51.650 Commandog 8 focus on the incorporation 00:51.650 --> 00:53.959 of outside partners , interagency 00:53.959 --> 00:55.570 partners from Idaho National 00:55.570 --> 00:57.292 Laboratories to facilitate the 00:57.292 --> 00:59.181 infrastructure assessments on the 00:59.181 --> 01:01.348 island of Ibayat and the International 01:01.348 --> 01:03.015 Organization for Migration to 01:03.015 --> 01:04.848 facilitate the displaced persons 01:04.848 --> 01:07.070 training here on the island of Bataan . 01:09.150 --> 01:11.372 Uh , my name is Ryan Davis . Uh , I'm a 01:11.372 --> 01:13.594 power systems engineer . I work for the 01:13.594 --> 01:15.750 Idaho National Laboratory , uh , in 01:15.750 --> 01:18.580 doing renewable energy integration and 01:18.580 --> 01:21.419 microgrid research . The majority of my 01:21.419 --> 01:25.209 job is to ensure that people have power 01:25.449 --> 01:27.671 when disasters happen . I really try to 01:27.671 --> 01:29.282 understand the entire system 01:29.282 --> 01:31.339 surrounding power supply and power 01:31.339 --> 01:33.980 distribution . So when we went to the 01:33.980 --> 01:36.730 island of Ibayat . We were able to look 01:36.730 --> 01:38.786 at their power plant and look at how 01:38.786 --> 01:41.010 they run their generators there , what 01:41.010 --> 01:43.232 their fuel supply looks like , how they 01:43.232 --> 01:45.454 get that fuel power their system . With 01:45.454 --> 01:47.399 a location like Ipa that is highly 01:47.399 --> 01:49.621 susceptible to natural disasters , it's 01:49.621 --> 01:51.788 especially important to make sure that 01:51.788 --> 01:53.677 their systems are safeguarded and 01:53.677 --> 01:55.954 protected , and they're more resilient , 01:55.954 --> 01:58.010 and they can withstand things like a 01:58.010 --> 01:59.954 typhoon that may come in and knock 01:59.954 --> 02:02.010 their power out . A very interesting 02:02.010 --> 02:04.121 component of this iteration of Common 02:04.121 --> 02:06.288 Dog 8 included an actual HADR response 02:06.288 --> 02:08.440 in support of the 15thm providing 02:08.440 --> 02:10.600 humanitarian assistance to the 02:10.600 --> 02:12.919 provincial government of Batanes . We 02:12.919 --> 02:15.252 arrived early , stayed for the response , 02:15.520 --> 02:17.800 and then were able to witness 02:17.800 --> 02:20.479 interagency partners as well as NGOs 02:20.479 --> 02:22.423 from International Organization of 02:22.423 --> 02:24.257 Migration , facilitate follow-on 02:24.257 --> 02:26.479 response procedures in conjunction with 02:26.479 --> 02:29.220 the Philippine national government . I 02:29.220 --> 02:32.160 am Marielle Ferraris . I am the project 02:32.160 --> 02:34.580 assistant of the Emergency preparedness 02:34.580 --> 02:37.259 Response Unit of the International 02:37.259 --> 02:39.779 Organization for Migration . Under the 02:39.779 --> 02:42.289 Emergency Preparedness Response Unit of 02:42.289 --> 02:44.979 the IOM , we provide support to the 02:44.979 --> 02:47.220 government organization here in the 02:47.220 --> 02:49.300 Philippines . The exercise that was 02:49.300 --> 02:51.899 conducted earlier was important , of 02:51.899 --> 02:54.460 course , to have an open forum and an 02:54.460 --> 02:57.259 opportunity to discuss . The underlying 02:57.259 --> 02:59.820 concerns , the resource and logistics 02:59.820 --> 03:02.860 on how are we going to transport or 03:02.860 --> 03:06.089 manage and accommodate the projected 03:06.089 --> 03:08.250 individuals that will be coming into 03:08.250 --> 03:11.339 the Bataan Island if ever there's a 03:11.339 --> 03:12.970 disaster that will happen .