WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.231 So it's pretty much the opportunity for 00:02.231 --> 00:04.453 our folks to come out and simulate like 00:04.453 --> 00:06.509 a deployed environment . We do these 00:06.509 --> 00:08.565 annual events in order to assess and 00:08.565 --> 00:10.565 improve the readiness of all of our 00:10.565 --> 00:12.676 airmen . Our contracting officers who 00:12.676 --> 00:14.398 here stateside do the job of a 00:14.398 --> 00:16.453 contracting officer and then as they 00:16.453 --> 00:18.676 deploy , become contingency contracting 00:18.676 --> 00:20.676 officers . We have them deployed in 00:20.676 --> 00:23.219 three teams . They're up three fobs , I 00:23.229 --> 00:26.030 can meet you 35 days . They're back in 00:26.180 --> 00:28.291 hard copy contracts . They've got the 00:28.291 --> 00:30.979 FM troops out there as well too , but 00:30.989 --> 00:33.270 most of our folks haven't deployed so 00:33.279 --> 00:35.335 you break my truck , you buy truck , 00:35.335 --> 00:37.057 they haven't got to experience 00:37.057 --> 00:39.279 interacting with different cultures and 00:39.279 --> 00:41.168 dealing with contractors that are 00:41.168 --> 00:44.250 demanding money down him 00:45.349 --> 00:47.460 and then also attacks that come in as 00:47.460 --> 00:49.516 well too . And kind of the stress of 00:49.516 --> 00:51.349 what that brings to the deployed 00:51.349 --> 00:51.279 environment . Our operations rely on a 00:51.290 --> 00:53.457 lot of supplies and services . I think 00:53.457 --> 00:55.290 most people don't know , but the 00:55.290 --> 00:57.401 contracted support is a major part of 00:57.401 --> 00:59.401 our operations . It's a lot cheaper 00:59.401 --> 01:01.623 actually to buy locally than it is to , 01:01.623 --> 01:01.509 you know , throw it on the back of a AC 01:01.520 --> 01:03.669 17 and take it all the way over . So 01:03.680 --> 01:05.791 anything that we can get locally , we 01:05.791 --> 01:08.160 should and our job in contracting is to 01:08.169 --> 01:10.519 scour those local markets . Uh tell me 01:10.529 --> 01:12.550 why you are only going to one 01:14.930 --> 01:17.152 because they can provide up to 10,000 a 01:17.152 --> 01:19.849 day and they can deliver the same day . 01:20.940 --> 01:23.569 What is uh what's the harm in 01:23.580 --> 01:26.349 establishing , not establishing more 01:26.360 --> 01:28.471 than one ? What if their truck breaks 01:28.471 --> 01:30.638 down ? But if something happens , they 01:30.638 --> 01:32.749 have to be ready to go into the local 01:32.749 --> 01:34.916 economy , figure out what it offers as 01:34.916 --> 01:37.082 far as support for our forces and then 01:37.082 --> 01:38.860 know how to buy those goods and 01:38.860 --> 01:40.971 services . Get them back to where the 01:40.971 --> 01:43.027 location of the forces is so that we 01:43.027 --> 01:44.870 can uh you know , do our operations .