WEBVTT 00:08.409 --> 00:10.779 During the winter , everything is life 00:10.789 --> 00:12.880 critical without power . You're just 00:12.890 --> 00:15.449 camping . Basically power really is the 00:15.460 --> 00:17.571 lifeblood of what we do here . If the 00:17.571 --> 00:20.260 power goes out , we , we have to depart 00:21.040 --> 00:23.370 as the Operations corps . I'm in charge 00:23.379 --> 00:25.540 of monitoring and overseeing the base 00:25.549 --> 00:27.930 maintenance contract . So I have 220 00:27.940 --> 00:29.590 contractors that do all life 00:29.600 --> 00:31.729 sustainment utilities . So power , 00:31.739 --> 00:34.340 water , sewer , anything that if it 00:34.349 --> 00:36.516 stopped working here , you wouldn't be 00:36.516 --> 00:39.229 able to live here anymore . I am at the 00:39.240 --> 00:41.770 power plants a lot , especially in the 00:41.779 --> 00:43.880 winter when it's negative 40 and the 00:43.889 --> 00:46.056 lights go out and we got to figure out 00:46.056 --> 00:48.111 what's going on and why ? Because we 00:48.111 --> 00:50.333 only have a certain amount of time here 00:50.333 --> 00:52.389 before everything starts to freeze . 00:52.389 --> 00:54.611 And the second that happens , the clock 00:54.611 --> 00:56.556 starts , we are the prime source . 00:56.556 --> 00:58.722 There's no commercial power here . Our 00:58.722 --> 01:00.556 main plant on main base actually 01:00.556 --> 01:02.722 supplies for everything . And if there 01:02.722 --> 01:04.889 is an issue with that , if we start to 01:04.889 --> 01:06.889 drop power , there's a backup power 01:06.889 --> 01:08.945 plant up the hill for mission . I am 01:08.945 --> 01:11.569 basically the go between the military 01:11.580 --> 01:14.330 and the contractors . But these guys 01:14.339 --> 01:16.283 here are awesome . They're good at 01:16.283 --> 01:18.506 notification we've established a really 01:18.506 --> 01:20.728 good working relationship so I can take 01:20.728 --> 01:22.783 what , what's going on with them and 01:22.783 --> 01:24.950 relay that to my leadership and have a 01:24.950 --> 01:24.709 solution . 01:32.250 --> 01:34.194 It's , it's , it's made to be on a 01:34.194 --> 01:36.417 trail . I'm pretty excited . Actually , 01:36.417 --> 01:36.160 I'm not gonna lie . 01:40.470 --> 01:43.339 You go . I can't wait to see this thing . 01:43.349 --> 01:46.309 Fire up . It's gonna be awesome . From 01:46.319 --> 01:48.375 this last Pacer Goose operation . We 01:48.375 --> 01:50.486 received a two megawatt containerized 01:50.486 --> 01:52.769 generator which is for backup purposes 01:52.779 --> 01:55.199 to the main power plant . The 01:55.209 --> 01:57.269 containerized generator is really 01:57.279 --> 02:00.720 helping us to make our power grid 02:00.730 --> 02:03.330 more resilient . Um Being able to 02:03.400 --> 02:06.059 survive uh severe power outages , 02:06.069 --> 02:08.125 especially in the middle of winter . 02:08.125 --> 02:10.236 It's multi function really . So let's 02:10.236 --> 02:12.402 say we actually had a problem with two 02:12.402 --> 02:14.736 engines and then one needed maintenance . 02:14.736 --> 02:16.847 You can turn that one on and actually 02:16.847 --> 02:19.013 sink it in and keep your mission going 02:19.013 --> 02:18.578 as normal . On top of that , if we were 02:18.589 --> 02:20.789 to lose all the engines , it can 02:20.798 --> 02:23.488 energize the 69 K V section of this 02:23.498 --> 02:25.609 building which would allow us to back 02:25.609 --> 02:28.048 feed from the backup power plant . And 02:28.059 --> 02:30.449 for a short term support the base , 02:32.589 --> 02:35.169 we do have a no fail mission and the 02:35.179 --> 02:37.410 ability to have redundant resilient 02:37.419 --> 02:39.949 systems is really crucial to that . 02:42.649 --> 02:44.259 The mission goes on no matter what .