WEBVTT 00:32.369 --> 00:34.369 My name is Lieutenant Colonel Kathy 00:34.369 --> 00:36.536 Fabrizi . I'm currently serving as the 00:36.536 --> 00:38.250 Iron Keystone Exercise . Air 00:38.259 --> 00:39.981 expeditionary wing commander , 00:42.090 --> 00:44.201 Higher Keystone is a proof of concept 00:44.201 --> 00:46.819 exercise . Bringing together all three 00:46.830 --> 00:48.774 Air wings in Pennsylvania that are 00:48.774 --> 00:51.360 geographically separated . My name is 00:51.619 --> 00:53.939 Colonel Steve mcnamara . I'm the deputy 00:53.950 --> 00:56.299 Air Wing commander for exercise , Iron 00:56.310 --> 00:59.869 Keystone 2024 . Uh This year's 00:59.880 --> 01:02.549 exercise was head and shoulders above 01:02.560 --> 01:04.782 last year's exercise . We uh integrated 01:04.782 --> 01:06.782 more people , more locations , more 01:06.782 --> 01:08.782 equipment and really stepped up the 01:08.782 --> 01:12.519 rigor of the training . It's been 01:12.529 --> 01:14.529 an interesting exercise . We've got 01:14.529 --> 01:16.585 three different wings out here , all 01:16.585 --> 01:18.585 kind of working together . It's the 01:18.585 --> 01:20.751 first time we've done an exercise like 01:20.751 --> 01:22.696 this before . We've got folks from 01:22.696 --> 01:24.862 security forces out here us from , you 01:24.862 --> 01:26.862 know , the A sauce , the t a lot of 01:26.862 --> 01:28.807 different staff represented across 01:28.807 --> 01:30.529 different a staff components . 01:43.019 --> 01:45.130 My name is Staff Sergeant Christopher 01:45.130 --> 01:47.130 John Kosinski . I'm part of the 111 01:47.130 --> 01:49.075 security forces squadron out of uh 01:49.075 --> 01:48.919 Biddle Air National Guard Station . 01:50.360 --> 01:52.527 What we're doing is we are defending a 01:52.527 --> 01:54.527 village . We came up on the village 01:54.527 --> 01:56.527 pushed out from our airfield that's 01:56.527 --> 01:58.804 secured right now and we went out , um , 01:58.804 --> 01:58.239 found the village , did a 01:58.250 --> 02:00.194 reconnaissance of the village came 02:00.194 --> 02:02.306 through , cleared it out , swept it . 02:02.306 --> 02:04.472 Now , we're maintaining security right 02:04.472 --> 02:04.230 now as we're talking right now . This 02:04.239 --> 02:06.295 is a unique opportunity in the sense 02:06.295 --> 02:08.350 that normally I don't do this day to 02:08.350 --> 02:10.461 day . However , I am trained . Um and 02:10.461 --> 02:12.683 we do a lot of training like this uh to 02:12.683 --> 02:14.795 prepare us for deployed locations and 02:14.795 --> 02:16.739 stuff like that . We got them guys 02:16.739 --> 02:18.739 coming in a little bit later . They 02:18.739 --> 02:20.906 gonna come on by trying to talk to the 02:20.906 --> 02:22.961 warlord and uh before they come in , 02:22.961 --> 02:25.128 hopefully to come down to their path , 02:25.128 --> 02:27.800 they do gonna block them in for 02:27.809 --> 02:29.753 security forces because our career 02:29.753 --> 02:31.865 field has taken this dynamic shift in 02:31.865 --> 02:34.470 its future to be competitive or threats . 02:34.479 --> 02:36.590 It's important for us to continuously 02:36.590 --> 02:38.812 train and evolve or tactics , expecting 02:38.812 --> 02:40.979 these procedures to be able to operate 02:40.979 --> 02:43.090 effectively in an austere environment 02:47.630 --> 02:49.869 here for Iron Keystone . We're working 02:49.880 --> 02:52.449 with elements from the 1 93rd out of 02:52.460 --> 02:54.793 Middleton and the 174 out of Pittsburgh . 02:55.020 --> 02:57.059 So this is our second iron keystone 02:57.070 --> 02:59.389 that's ever been conducted and presents 02:59.399 --> 03:02.889 a really good opportunity for us to get 03:02.899 --> 03:05.169 some joint force working , not just 03:05.179 --> 03:07.179 with our air force counterparts but 03:07.179 --> 03:09.440 army as well . There's been a lot of 03:09.449 --> 03:11.282 learning going on this weekend . 03:16.339 --> 03:18.419 Really great to see our 03:18.429 --> 03:20.679 interdepartmental folks figure out 03:20.690 --> 03:23.729 problem solve as we go , be able to 03:23.740 --> 03:25.851 perform what we call co a development 03:25.851 --> 03:27.796 or course of action development up 03:27.796 --> 03:29.518 channel proposed solutions and 03:29.518 --> 03:31.410 recommendations ultimately for a 03:31.419 --> 03:33.530 decision and then go in and execute . 03:33.699 --> 03:35.960 There was intentional 03:37.192 --> 03:40.393 planning deficits I would say and 03:40.402 --> 03:43.602 injects just to see how we would react . 03:43.613 --> 03:45.724 So I'm really proud of how our airmen 03:45.724 --> 03:48.973 work together to overcome obstacles , 03:49.973 --> 03:53.182 find ways to make the mission happen 03:53.402 --> 03:55.792 and really work together and learn more 03:55.802 --> 03:58.046 about each other career fields and how 03:58.055 --> 04:00.055 they can work together . Ultimately 04:00.055 --> 04:02.416 finding out . Oh , if I work with you 04:02.425 --> 04:04.425 on this task , then you can help me 04:04.425 --> 04:06.592 with this activity , what we call kind 04:06.592 --> 04:09.906 of see them execute priorities of work 04:09.916 --> 04:12.166 as well as you know , predecessor task 04:12.175 --> 04:15.595 activities to ultimately come to a 04:15.606 --> 04:16.846 successful mission .