1 00:00:00,790 --> 00:00:02,790 the goal of proficiency . Live fire 2 00:00:02,790 --> 00:00:04,901 training of Air Force personnel is to 3 00:00:04,901 --> 00:00:06,957 refresh and familiarize members with 4 00:00:06,957 --> 00:00:09,012 how to properly engage a threat when 5 00:00:09,012 --> 00:00:11,630 deadly force is required . An annual 6 00:00:11,630 --> 00:00:13,660 requirement for some and periodic 7 00:00:13,670 --> 00:00:15,837 training for others depending on their 8 00:00:15,837 --> 00:00:18,870 actual career field . The 9/14 Combat 9 00:00:18,870 --> 00:00:21,160 Arms Team trains unit members and 10 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,580 facilitates local units of the new york , 11 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:26,080 Air National Guard , Coast Guard and 12 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:28,260 Customs and Border Protection in small 13 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:32,060 arms training approximately 225,000 14 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:34,171 spent rounds of ammunition a year are 15 00:00:34,171 --> 00:00:36,620 turned over to munitions that excludes 16 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:38,787 rounds from local army units adding to 17 00:00:38,787 --> 00:00:40,898 a recycling program , which turns the 18 00:00:40,898 --> 00:00:43,600 brass and metal into cash for the unit . 19 00:00:44,690 --> 00:00:47,023 The empty rounds come back to munitions , 20 00:00:47,170 --> 00:00:49,226 it goes onto pallets and then sorted 21 00:00:49,226 --> 00:00:52,080 into frangible ball ammo and blank ammo . 22 00:00:52,310 --> 00:00:54,421 It is then transferred onto a sorting 23 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:56,630 table removing ammo links , any debris 24 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,260 and especially any live rounds . The 25 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:01,204 live rounds are then taken out and 26 00:01:01,204 --> 00:01:03,371 brought back to accountability so that 27 00:01:03,371 --> 00:01:04,927 it can be fired off again . 28 00:01:07,090 --> 00:01:09,290 Not only brass but steel and other 29 00:01:09,290 --> 00:01:11,457 metals are collected basically what we 30 00:01:11,457 --> 00:01:14,100 have here is still links . Whenever a 31 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,950 unit comes in they usually bring it in 32 00:01:16,950 --> 00:01:20,420 the wooden boxes or a metal can and 33 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:22,476 basically we sort through it to make 34 00:01:22,476 --> 00:01:24,587 sure there's no brass or no live ammo 35 00:01:24,587 --> 00:01:26,642 in it and then we put it in this big 36 00:01:26,642 --> 00:01:29,500 old hopper . Um just steal goes in here , 37 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:31,556 nothing else . And then when it gets 38 00:01:31,556 --> 00:01:33,778 full like this we'll get a forklift and 39 00:01:33,778 --> 00:01:35,980 we take it down to metal dump 40 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:39,440 containers of spent rounds are sealed 41 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,607 and certified So there is no chance of 42 00:01:41,607 --> 00:01:43,829 a live round going through the d former 43 00:01:43,850 --> 00:01:46,100 which literally deforms the empty round 44 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:48,720 so it cannot be reloaded again . Then 45 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,664 we do an inspection process verify 46 00:01:50,664 --> 00:01:52,776 they're all empty . Once we do that , 47 00:01:52,776 --> 00:01:54,887 we get them transported down here via 48 00:01:54,887 --> 00:01:57,430 forklift and again as we're prepping 49 00:01:57,430 --> 00:01:59,580 them to get them into the former we 50 00:01:59,580 --> 00:02:01,580 again do another quick inspection , 51 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,747 Make sure there's nothing else live in 52 00:02:03,747 --> 00:02:05,636 there . Once that's all set we go 53 00:02:05,636 --> 00:02:07,760 through and as you see , we pour men 54 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,220 into the former , ensure that 55 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:12,341 everything goes into slow process and 56 00:02:12,341 --> 00:02:14,452 up and down . And then the end result 57 00:02:14,452 --> 00:02:16,508 is what you see here with the uh the 58 00:02:16,508 --> 00:02:19,030 deformed brass in which we turn into 59 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,762 bring money back to the base . 60 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:32,142 Each barrel is weighed individually and 61 00:02:32,142 --> 00:02:35,690 documented for accuracy . The amount of 62 00:02:35,690 --> 00:02:37,690 dollars that comes back to the unit 63 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:39,912 varies depending on the weight and type 64 00:02:39,912 --> 00:02:41,857 of material being recycled and the 65 00:02:41,857 --> 00:02:44,390 current market value . The idea for 66 00:02:44,390 --> 00:02:46,420 this tax saving program began about 67 00:02:46,420 --> 00:02:49,350 five years ago , 2017 68 00:02:49,350 --> 00:02:53,000 2018 . That's when the idea started uh 69 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,650 munitions initiated . The thought and 70 00:02:55,830 --> 00:02:58,750 they were big proponents of bringing a 71 00:02:58,750 --> 00:03:01,640 D former here on base but without the 72 00:03:01,650 --> 00:03:03,890 means of disposing it or recycling of 73 00:03:03,890 --> 00:03:05,834 it properly in accordance with the 74 00:03:05,834 --> 00:03:09,450 Federal State and Air Force Regulations . 75 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:11,682 Uh it wouldn't have been feasible to do 76 00:03:11,682 --> 00:03:14,770 so . So over years a couple of years , 77 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:18,490 I worked with munitions uh to basically 78 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:21,160 start an innovative process to add 79 00:03:21,170 --> 00:03:24,690 recycling of the deformed grass to the 80 00:03:24,690 --> 00:03:26,801 are integrated solid waste management 81 00:03:26,801 --> 00:03:29,150 contract . And ever since then , in 82 00:03:29,150 --> 00:03:31,890 2020 , uh , it has been working out 83 00:03:31,890 --> 00:03:34,620 fantastic . The funds generated for 84 00:03:34,620 --> 00:03:36,980 this recycling program basically pays 85 00:03:36,980 --> 00:03:39,220 for itself . There are usually two 86 00:03:39,220 --> 00:03:42,340 shipments a year totaling about $30,000 . 87 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:45,170 I'm Peter Boris at the Niagara Falls 88 00:03:45,180 --> 00:03:46,840 Air Reserve Station , New York .