1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,570 I showed up at seven o'clock , we took 2 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:07,570 off about 8 30 then um up in the air 3 00:00:07,570 --> 00:00:10,340 for 6.9 hours , almost seven hours , 4 00:00:10,690 --> 00:00:12,780 but the guys , some of them are not 5 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:15,002 full time . So there are m day soldiers 6 00:00:15,002 --> 00:00:16,836 that volunteered for yesterday's 7 00:00:16,836 --> 00:00:19,058 mission , a mix of full time soldiers . 8 00:00:19,058 --> 00:00:21,113 So everybody just pulled together to 9 00:00:21,113 --> 00:00:23,224 get the mission done . If if we don't 10 00:00:23,224 --> 00:00:25,391 work together , we're all , you know , 11 00:00:25,391 --> 00:00:27,502 we're bouncing all over this fire and 12 00:00:27,502 --> 00:00:29,391 we're not we're not obtaining any 13 00:00:29,391 --> 00:00:31,447 objective right now , everybody's on 14 00:00:31,447 --> 00:00:34,180 the same plan and as you can see right 15 00:00:34,180 --> 00:00:36,013 now things are going excellent . 16 00:00:36,013 --> 00:00:38,340 Everybody's working hand in hand and 17 00:00:38,350 --> 00:00:40,340 couldn't be any any prouder of the 18 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:42,850 forestry , the local fire departments 19 00:00:42,850 --> 00:00:44,961 of the National Guard , everything is 20 00:00:44,961 --> 00:00:47,128 is working great . So essentially when 21 00:00:47,128 --> 00:00:49,350 we arrived on the fires , we're here to 22 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:51,480 support forestry . So the helicopters 23 00:00:51,490 --> 00:00:53,960 uh get an idea of what's going on on 24 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,920 the ground with the the chief fire 25 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,240 chief on the ground and essentially 26 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,450 gain um an idea of what the fire is 27 00:01:01,450 --> 00:01:03,617 doing and kind of what supports needed 28 00:01:03,617 --> 00:01:05,728 and then once they gather that plan , 29 00:01:05,728 --> 00:01:07,894 they go up and begin fire operations . 30 00:01:07,894 --> 00:01:10,060 So they'll begin gathering water and 31 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,237 dropping it where it's needed . Um you 32 00:01:12,237 --> 00:01:14,180 know , we we come out here and 33 00:01:14,190 --> 00:01:16,680 everybody has their weak points But 34 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,791 everybody has their strong points and 35 00:01:18,791 --> 00:01:20,902 when we when we all come together and 36 00:01:20,902 --> 00:01:23,124 put our all of our strengths together , 37 00:01:23,124 --> 00:01:25,291 it is very effective been in the guard 38 00:01:25,291 --> 00:01:27,347 for 18 years now . I love supporting 39 00:01:27,347 --> 00:01:29,513 Oklahoma and our missions , especially 40 00:01:29,513 --> 00:01:31,458 this fire mission because it is so 41 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:33,458 urgent . Uh , it's important to the 42 00:01:33,458 --> 00:01:35,513 farmers and um the communities , but 43 00:01:35,513 --> 00:01:37,736 you know , uh , that you're helping the 44 00:01:37,736 --> 00:01:39,902 communities . We're not just out there 45 00:01:39,902 --> 00:01:41,958 training . Uh , we're actually doing 46 00:01:41,958 --> 00:01:42,510 things for the state of Oklahoma .