1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,791 With the ribbon cut , the new command 3 00:00:05,791 --> 00:00:08,329 post is officially open sort of because 4 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:10,529 once we do go full operational , that 5 00:00:10,619 --> 00:00:12,341 access is going to be severely 6 00:00:12,341 --> 00:00:14,649 restricted office . Command post is the 7 00:00:14,659 --> 00:00:16,930 only nuclear command control node with 8 00:00:16,979 --> 00:00:19,360 AC . And because of that , visitors are 9 00:00:19,370 --> 00:00:21,579 usually not allowed , we do have 10 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:23,646 visitors for whatever reason that we 11 00:00:23,646 --> 00:00:25,646 have to shut everything down . Then 12 00:00:25,646 --> 00:00:27,590 it's kind of like everything is on 13 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:29,812 pause . So they don't actually see what 14 00:00:29,812 --> 00:00:31,868 our controllers do for alert force , 15 00:00:31,868 --> 00:00:33,923 for alert force and how they usually 16 00:00:33,923 --> 00:00:36,275 operate . So that's why we wanted to do 17 00:00:36,284 --> 00:00:38,724 the opening . Now , before everything 18 00:00:38,735 --> 00:00:41,064 is fully operational , the 2019 flood 19 00:00:41,075 --> 00:00:43,297 destroyed the command post . So they've 20 00:00:43,297 --> 00:00:45,519 been operating out of a 300 square foot 21 00:00:45,519 --> 00:00:47,575 room . And we have also another 22 00:00:47,584 --> 00:00:50,185 location that's in the basement of the 23 00:00:50,194 --> 00:00:52,555 language learning center across base . 24 00:00:53,959 --> 00:00:55,792 You've never been there . That's 25 00:00:55,792 --> 00:00:58,015 probably OK , not much to look at or as 26 00:00:58,015 --> 00:01:00,070 some of the operators call it , it's 27 00:01:00,070 --> 00:01:02,619 like literally a dungeon underground . 28 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,519 And what do they think of the new 29 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:07,290 facility ? It's amazing just seeing all , 30 00:01:07,580 --> 00:01:09,802 all the space that we have is certainly 31 00:01:09,802 --> 00:01:12,029 a big one because , you know , the room 32 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,262 that we have over in this building is I 33 00:01:14,262 --> 00:01:16,484 think almost literally like a some kind 34 00:01:16,484 --> 00:01:18,760 of closet of some kind . Most command 35 00:01:18,769 --> 00:01:20,769 posts don't have windows due to the 36 00:01:20,769 --> 00:01:22,825 classified nature of what they do is 37 00:01:22,825 --> 00:01:26,069 inbound today at 09 local . But because 38 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,413 of the special coating on these windows , 39 00:01:28,413 --> 00:01:30,358 they get a room with a view . It's 40 00:01:30,358 --> 00:01:32,524 pretty rare for a command post to have 41 00:01:32,524 --> 00:01:34,747 windows to see the outside . So it will 42 00:01:34,747 --> 00:01:36,913 be nice to have the sunlight and we're 43 00:01:36,913 --> 00:01:36,379 hoping that it's going to enhance your 44 00:01:36,389 --> 00:01:38,389 morale , right ? And the quality of 45 00:01:38,389 --> 00:01:40,611 life , I don't know what to say , other 46 00:01:40,611 --> 00:01:43,559 than I'm pretty excited to have kind of 47 00:01:43,569 --> 00:01:45,791 a place of our own finally , as opposed 48 00:01:45,791 --> 00:01:47,847 to just wherever , you know , we get 49 00:01:47,847 --> 00:01:49,958 put and with the opening of this room 50 00:01:49,958 --> 00:01:52,180 sometime in June , it will bring off at 51 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:54,236 Air Force Base and the 55th Wing one 52 00:01:54,236 --> 00:01:56,069 step closer to business as usual 53 00:01:56,069 --> 00:01:58,180 reporting from the command post . I'm 54 00:01:58,180 --> 00:02:00,125 JB Artley for the 55th Wing Public 55 00:02:00,125 --> 00:02:02,347 Affairs where the sun never sets on the 56 00:02:02,347 --> 00:02:02,680 fight in 55th .