1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,199 My responsibilities include leading a 3 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:15,800 team of NCOs , airmen , and senior NCOs 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,760 to go to bases worldwide and evaluate 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,982 pavements on their airfield . We really 6 00:00:21,982 --> 00:00:24,120 look for three main criteria . The 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,342 first is a surface condition inspection 8 00:00:26,342 --> 00:00:28,287 or a PCI . The second piece is the 9 00:00:28,287 --> 00:00:30,360 structural evaluation , which is a 10 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,527 combination of our destructive testing 11 00:00:32,527 --> 00:00:35,000 via core samples and soil tests . And 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,222 then the last piece of it is friction . 13 00:00:37,222 --> 00:00:39,278 This is only conducted on the on the 14 00:00:39,278 --> 00:00:41,444 runways and really that's just looking 15 00:00:41,444 --> 00:00:43,444 at texture depth and looking at the 16 00:00:43,444 --> 00:00:45,389 friction coefficients to determine 17 00:00:45,389 --> 00:00:47,222 hydroplating potential . We're a 18 00:00:47,222 --> 00:00:49,333 relatively small team . It's composed 19 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:51,549 of 3 officers , 2 at senior NCOs , and 20 00:00:51,549 --> 00:00:55,189 5 NCOs and airmen , 4 contractors and 2 21 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:57,830 civilians . My role on the team as a 22 00:00:57,830 --> 00:00:59,941 core technician . We operate the core 23 00:00:59,941 --> 00:01:02,630 rig . We get soils data , we get 24 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,739 pavement thicknesses , we get , um , 25 00:01:04,750 --> 00:01:07,209 strength , the strength of the soil as 26 00:01:07,209 --> 00:01:09,339 well , and we gather that information 27 00:01:09,339 --> 00:01:11,395 and provide it to our team chief for 28 00:01:11,395 --> 00:01:13,870 their reports . My role on the team is 29 00:01:13,870 --> 00:01:16,459 being an airfield uh payment evaluation 30 00:01:16,459 --> 00:01:19,430 technician mainly working with the 31 00:01:19,430 --> 00:01:22,290 uh soils and the thicknesses of a 32 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:24,457 pavement as we do evaluations , making 33 00:01:24,457 --> 00:01:26,790 sure the structures are perfectly OK um 34 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:29,550 it's important because if the soil is 35 00:01:29,550 --> 00:01:31,661 underneath and if the pavement aren't 36 00:01:31,661 --> 00:01:33,717 uh matching up together it can cause 37 00:01:33,717 --> 00:01:35,717 cracking inside um the airfield and 38 00:01:35,717 --> 00:01:37,550 then you know air aircraft's not 39 00:01:37,550 --> 00:01:39,717 allowed to launch or land . I love the 40 00:01:39,717 --> 00:01:41,828 people that I work with when we're on 41 00:01:41,828 --> 00:01:44,000 the trip I'm with them 24/7 and I love 42 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,919 how important I feel doing doing 43 00:01:47,919 --> 00:01:49,975 this job because it's a really great 44 00:01:49,975 --> 00:01:52,030 job . It's one of the best jobs I've 45 00:01:52,030 --> 00:01:54,252 had in the Air Force . We're the people 46 00:01:54,252 --> 00:01:56,470 that go . Out before anybody else and 47 00:01:56,470 --> 00:01:58,748 make sure the mission's getting fought . 48 00:01:58,748 --> 00:02:00,859 The camaraderie and the the closeness 49 00:02:00,859 --> 00:02:03,081 we have um job wise , the importance it 50 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:05,248 brings to the entire Air Force and the 51 00:02:05,248 --> 00:02:07,303 entire military . The team's just so 52 00:02:07,303 --> 00:02:09,248 close knit and it's really a great 53 00:02:09,248 --> 00:02:11,248 experience . AP is really trying to 54 00:02:11,248 --> 00:02:13,248 figure out right now the balance of 55 00:02:13,248 --> 00:02:15,470 doing our home station mission which is 56 00:02:15,470 --> 00:02:17,248 really geared towards sustained 57 00:02:17,248 --> 00:02:19,359 operations of aircraft and protecting 58 00:02:19,359 --> 00:02:21,359 pavement from deterioration . We're 59 00:02:21,359 --> 00:02:21,710 looking at the next fight .