1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:34,419 --> 00:00:36,610 So prior to that , we were um just 3 00:00:36,619 --> 00:00:38,397 prepping the building , putting 4 00:00:38,397 --> 00:00:40,619 sandbags out everywhere . You know , it 5 00:00:40,619 --> 00:00:42,841 was kind of a free flow kind of thing . 6 00:00:42,841 --> 00:00:42,619 Uh Everybody was just here just 7 00:00:42,630 --> 00:00:45,380 prepping the building after that . Um 8 00:00:45,509 --> 00:00:47,565 You know , after we got word that it 9 00:00:47,565 --> 00:00:49,731 was uh gonna ramp up , they uh decided 10 00:00:49,731 --> 00:00:52,310 to evac everybody , everybody evacuated 11 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:54,819 to their respective locations . At that 12 00:00:54,830 --> 00:00:57,180 time . My wife was uh 16 weeks pregnant 13 00:00:57,189 --> 00:00:59,356 with my son who had a job down at Gulf 14 00:00:59,356 --> 00:01:01,889 Coast Regional Hospital . So we stayed 15 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:04,529 in the hospital during the um entirety 16 00:01:04,540 --> 00:01:06,596 of Michael . After we got out of the 17 00:01:06,596 --> 00:01:08,707 hospital , we were able to go out and 18 00:01:08,707 --> 00:01:10,651 see the uh the damage like the day 19 00:01:10,651 --> 00:01:13,190 after . And um it was , it was 20 00:01:13,199 --> 00:01:15,255 catastrophic and with this , uh once 21 00:01:15,255 --> 00:01:18,309 beautiful town was just wrecked and it 22 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,319 was very sad to see there was power 23 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,430 lines laying everywhere . There was , 24 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:22,370 uh I couldn't even get to my 25 00:01:22,379 --> 00:01:24,435 neighborhood because there was trees 26 00:01:24,435 --> 00:01:26,490 just all in the uh all in the road . 27 00:01:26,490 --> 00:01:28,379 And so it was , it was terrible . 28 00:01:28,379 --> 00:01:30,490 Essentially after the hurricane hit , 29 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:32,546 the building had mold and everything 30 00:01:32,546 --> 00:01:34,768 like that , there were towels , um , uh 31 00:01:34,768 --> 00:01:33,809 the maintenance group was behind the 32 00:01:33,819 --> 00:01:36,110 building . Um And it's , uh , I feel 33 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,342 like it took a lot of the , uh a lot of 34 00:01:38,342 --> 00:01:40,287 the blunt of the storm off of this 35 00:01:40,287 --> 00:01:42,287 current building . However , it was 36 00:01:42,287 --> 00:01:44,509 still a lot of mold and a lot of damage 37 00:01:44,509 --> 00:01:46,620 in here . So , uh the next step after 38 00:01:46,620 --> 00:01:46,349 that , um we had a commander's call , I 39 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,819 believe in December of that year of 40 00:01:48,830 --> 00:01:51,480 2018 . And they told us that we were 41 00:01:51,489 --> 00:01:53,711 going to be uh getting dispersed . They 42 00:01:53,711 --> 00:01:55,767 were splitting up the detachment and 43 00:01:55,767 --> 00:01:57,989 that we would , we would receive orders 44 00:01:57,989 --> 00:02:00,211 around uh June or January February time 45 00:02:00,211 --> 00:02:02,267 frame . At that time , I received my 46 00:02:02,267 --> 00:02:04,489 orders to Eglin Air Force Base in which 47 00:02:04,489 --> 00:02:06,656 I was a part of the 3 25th maintenance 48 00:02:06,656 --> 00:02:08,878 group or 3 25th 43rd fighter squadron . 49 00:02:16,529 --> 00:02:18,751 As the rebuild continues to happen over 50 00:02:18,751 --> 00:02:20,918 here at Tindal Air Force Base . The uh 51 00:02:20,918 --> 00:02:22,973 the base is gonna be the base of the 52 00:02:22,973 --> 00:02:22,630 future . The infrastructure is more 53 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,389 modern , everything is uh coming online , 54 00:02:25,399 --> 00:02:27,639 everything is gonna be brand new , the 55 00:02:27,649 --> 00:02:29,816 instructors that got here that have uh 56 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:31,982 paved the way . Um Prior to me getting 57 00:02:31,982 --> 00:02:34,205 here in June , these guys have stood up 58 00:02:34,205 --> 00:02:36,093 programs . They have went through 59 00:02:36,093 --> 00:02:38,149 training these , all these uh all of 60 00:02:38,149 --> 00:02:40,316 our instructors here at Tyndall have P 61 00:02:40,316 --> 00:02:42,149 CS from different bases and they 62 00:02:42,149 --> 00:02:44,260 provide different insights from their 63 00:02:44,260 --> 00:02:47,179 bases . They have embrace the , the FTD 64 00:02:47,190 --> 00:02:49,357 community , the , the , the attachment 65 00:02:49,357 --> 00:02:51,412 life , the 3 72nd life and they have 66 00:02:51,412 --> 00:02:53,246 adapted very well . Everybody at 67 00:02:53,246 --> 00:02:55,246 Shepard has been willing to help us 68 00:02:55,246 --> 00:02:57,134 with any questions that we call , 69 00:02:57,134 --> 00:02:59,246 anything that arises that we may need 70 00:02:59,246 --> 00:03:01,357 more information for or anything like 71 00:03:01,357 --> 00:03:03,023 that . The team at um Shepard 72 00:03:03,023 --> 00:03:05,134 headquarters has been very beneficial 73 00:03:05,134 --> 00:03:07,079 and very helpful for the entire uh 74 00:03:07,079 --> 00:03:06,410 stand up .