1 00:00:00,869 --> 00:00:03,952 (upbeat electronica) 2 00:00:07,548 --> 00:00:09,960 - Hey everyone, I'm Technical Sergeant Lucas Morrow 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,720 with your March 2019 Barrel news for the 914th. 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,860 Congratulations to Todd Keffer. 5 00:00:16,860 --> 00:00:18,530 The Air Force recognized Keffer 6 00:00:18,530 --> 00:00:21,320 as the Emergency Manager of the Year. 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,798 This award reflects Keffer's outstanding service 8 00:00:23,798 --> 00:00:26,950 in support of his recent deployment. 9 00:00:26,950 --> 00:00:29,330 Colonel Larson and Command Chief Eason attended 10 00:00:29,330 --> 00:00:31,990 the first ever Wing Leadership Capitol 11 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:35,540 Hill Symposiun in Washington, D.C. 12 00:00:35,540 --> 00:00:36,373 The two day conference gave leaders from several wings 13 00:00:36,373 --> 00:00:40,339 the opportunity to tour Capitol Hill 14 00:00:40,339 --> 00:00:43,683 and visit with their district Congressional leaders. 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,353 Explosive ordinance disposal 16 00:00:45,353 --> 00:00:48,750 is recruiting traditional reservists. 17 00:00:48,750 --> 00:00:50,549 We spoke with EOD technician Sergeant Garrett Amorose 18 00:00:50,549 --> 00:00:53,565 to learn more about what they're looking 19 00:00:53,565 --> 00:00:55,743 for in an EOD Airmen. 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,577 - You would start off going to the preliminary school, 21 00:00:58,577 --> 00:01:01,720 and that's just to weed out before they 22 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,350 send you on to the main school. 23 00:01:04,350 --> 00:01:06,463 Which is about eight, nine months long. 24 00:01:06,463 --> 00:01:09,030 And they're big into the physical fitness, 25 00:01:09,030 --> 00:01:12,477 so they're gonna be pushing you as hard as they can. 26 00:01:12,477 --> 00:01:16,067 They run the PAST test, which is an elevated PT standard. 27 00:01:16,067 --> 00:01:17,931 So you want to be able to make sure 28 00:01:17,931 --> 00:01:21,060 you're going in as fit as you would for a lot 29 00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:23,380 of those special operations jobs. 30 00:01:23,380 --> 00:01:25,470 The pipeline all together you should be looking 31 00:01:25,470 --> 00:01:28,990 about a year and then once you're done with that, 32 00:01:28,990 --> 00:01:32,180 you have on-the-job training here at our unit, 33 00:01:32,180 --> 00:01:35,105 where we give you another year of experience. 34 00:01:35,105 --> 00:01:37,690 You can always reach us here at our shop. 35 00:01:37,690 --> 00:01:40,040 We're gonna have the most information for you obviously. 36 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,180 We're happy to give tours. 37 00:01:41,180 --> 00:01:43,200 Happy to bring people through. 38 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,719 We get a lot of great missions. 39 00:01:44,719 --> 00:01:47,540 Everything from working with the Secret Service 40 00:01:47,540 --> 00:01:50,930 to deploying with the Army and Marines 41 00:01:50,930 --> 00:01:54,080 and being actually in a combat environment. 42 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,810 But if combat's not your thing, 43 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:58,550 the great part about that is that we're there, 44 00:01:58,550 --> 00:02:00,250 I like to say, to save lives. 45 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:02,036 Every IED we take off the battlefield 46 00:02:02,036 --> 00:02:04,810 is a potential life saved. 47 00:02:04,810 --> 00:02:09,810 - Call 236-3551 if you're interested in making EOD a career. 48 00:02:09,949 --> 00:02:14,090 A basewide survey to gauge interest for a Niagara Falls Air 49 00:02:14,090 --> 00:02:16,820 Refueling Wing Sports League is live. 50 00:02:16,820 --> 00:02:18,100 You can fill out the survey on 51 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:19,559 the base Sharepoint main page. 52 00:02:19,559 --> 00:02:23,820 Following DOD policy on military retention, 53 00:02:23,820 --> 00:02:25,710 the Air Force released its guidance 54 00:02:25,710 --> 00:02:27,874 in a memo signed February 19th. 55 00:02:27,874 --> 00:02:30,670 Airmen categorized as non-deployers 56 00:02:30,670 --> 00:02:32,348 for more than 12 consecutive months 57 00:02:32,348 --> 00:02:34,320 will be notified by their chain of 58 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,570 command and evaluated for retention. 59 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:41,000 The memo signed by Air Force leaders charges every airman 60 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,930 to be fit for duty and wartime mission capable. 61 00:02:44,930 --> 00:02:46,924 Airmen can find the guidance through MYPERS 62 00:02:46,924 --> 00:02:50,463 or AFPCs Total Force Service Center. 63 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:53,660 Chief of Air Force Reserve, 64 00:02:53,660 --> 00:02:54,912 Lieutenant General Richard Scobee, 65 00:02:54,912 --> 00:02:56,782 approved four major changes to 66 00:02:56,782 --> 00:02:59,458 the Active Guard Reserve Program. 67 00:02:59,458 --> 00:03:02,349 The AGR program is expected to grow 68 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:07,349 from 20% to 26% over the next three fiscal years. 69 00:03:08,050 --> 00:03:10,550 The Human Capital Management Leadership team 70 00:03:10,550 --> 00:03:12,806 reviewed current laws, policies, and 71 00:03:12,806 --> 00:03:16,840 processes to support the new growth. 72 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,453 Details of changes will be announced shortly. 73 00:03:20,849 --> 00:03:24,233 You can find more stories at Niagara.AFRC.AF.MIL. 74 00:03:26,330 --> 00:03:28,310 I'm Technical Sergeant Lucas Morrow 75 00:03:28,310 --> 00:03:31,003 saying whenever asked, wherever tasked. 76 00:03:31,003 --> 00:03:34,086 (upbeat electronica)