1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:07,133 My name is Staff Sergeant Dawson 3 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:09,300 Heinmann . I work at the 35th Massa Eu 4 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:11,411 D flight and I'm the non commissioned 5 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:11,279 officer in charge of the training 6 00:00:11,289 --> 00:00:13,456 section . I am the director for the EU 7 00:00:13,456 --> 00:00:15,511 D hau exercise . So the goal of this 8 00:00:15,511 --> 00:00:18,090 exercise is to place members in as 9 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:19,822 realistic as possible training 10 00:00:19,822 --> 00:00:21,822 scenarios . At this point , we have 11 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:23,989 collected team leaders from Anderson , 12 00:00:24,350 --> 00:00:26,350 Kina and Osan , as well as our guys 13 00:00:26,350 --> 00:00:28,294 here at Massawa . None of them are 14 00:00:28,294 --> 00:00:30,461 seven levels and they're all operating 15 00:00:30,461 --> 00:00:32,572 at that capacity , stepping into that 16 00:00:32,572 --> 00:00:32,090 role and making as many decisions as 17 00:00:32,099 --> 00:00:34,266 possible and then seeing the impact of 18 00:00:34,266 --> 00:00:36,432 those decisions , we're not simulating 19 00:00:36,432 --> 00:00:38,655 things . So everything that they decide 20 00:00:38,655 --> 00:00:40,655 has real impact and as well for our 21 00:00:40,655 --> 00:00:42,488 team members , a lot of them are 22 00:00:42,488 --> 00:00:42,360 younger guys , a good amount of them 23 00:00:42,369 --> 00:00:44,202 that aren't even five levels and 24 00:00:44,202 --> 00:00:46,369 they're still trying to figure out how 25 00:00:46,369 --> 00:00:46,349 to do their job to the best of their 26 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,490 capabilities . And this is the most 27 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:50,611 realistic way that we can put them in 28 00:00:50,611 --> 00:00:52,833 those positions . We've put together 35 29 00:00:52,833 --> 00:00:55,209 operations for six teams to run for 30 00:00:55,220 --> 00:00:57,442 three days and three nights . So pretty 31 00:00:57,442 --> 00:00:59,553 much everyone gets two day operations 32 00:00:59,553 --> 00:01:01,387 and then a night operation where 33 00:01:01,387 --> 00:01:03,664 they're operating in complete darkness . 34 00:01:03,664 --> 00:01:05,776 I like to say you go to war with what 35 00:01:05,776 --> 00:01:07,942 you have , not what you want . Um That 36 00:01:07,942 --> 00:01:09,720 goes not only for equipment but 37 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,942 location too . We'd all love to go to , 38 00:01:11,942 --> 00:01:14,053 to war on a beach in Hawaii , but for 39 00:01:14,053 --> 00:01:16,220 guys that are living in , such as Guam 40 00:01:16,220 --> 00:01:18,387 or Cadena where it's a tropical island 41 00:01:18,387 --> 00:01:20,498 that's hot and , and they get used to 42 00:01:20,498 --> 00:01:20,419 train in that location and then you 43 00:01:20,430 --> 00:01:22,652 kind of flash bang them with below zero 44 00:01:22,652 --> 00:01:24,708 weather and blizzard . Now you start 45 00:01:24,708 --> 00:01:27,099 kind of seeing how their brains work in 46 00:01:27,110 --> 00:01:29,110 different areas and they pick up on 47 00:01:29,110 --> 00:01:32,730 those learning opportunities . I think 48 00:01:32,739 --> 00:01:34,795 the biggest mistake I made before in 49 00:01:34,795 --> 00:01:36,961 the military was trying to think I can 50 00:01:36,961 --> 00:01:39,128 do everything myself . Um There hasn't 51 00:01:39,128 --> 00:01:41,919 been a single moment of the day and , 52 00:01:41,930 --> 00:01:44,041 and since I've been in the military , 53 00:01:44,041 --> 00:01:46,208 since I've been in the UD career field 54 00:01:46,208 --> 00:01:48,097 where I haven't leaned on another 55 00:01:48,097 --> 00:01:50,263 person . Uh It is truly a family to be 56 00:01:50,263 --> 00:01:52,209 a part of and the best group of 57 00:01:52,349 --> 00:01:54,830 professionals that I could ever pay a 58 00:01:54,839 --> 00:01:55,489 picture for .