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Operation Llama Fury

4th Fighter Wing

Sept. 2, 2015 | 3:24

Title: Operation Llama Fury
Date: 20150908
Producer: A1C Nathan Stout
Location: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC
Runtime: (03:20)
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(00:02) MSGT TRACY PASSEROTTI, 4TH CES EOD
(00:23) MSGT TRAVIS HUGHES, 4TH CES EOD
(01:06) SRA JACOB SAXTON, 4TH CES SOD
(01:53) MSGT TAYLOR SAUM, 633RD CES EOD
(02:42) A1C JOSH HOLBROOK, 11TH CES EOD
(02:55) SSGT LUCUS MEFFORD. 11TH CES EOD
MSGT PASSEROTTI:
WE HAD E-O-D TECHS AND EVALUATORS COME DOWN FROM LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, AND MOODY AIR FORCE BASE. EVERYBODY CAME DOWN HERE TO GET TOGETHER AND RUN SOME Q&A OPERATIONS AS WELL AS HAVE A MULTI-TEAM CHALLENGE.
MSGT TRAVIS HUGHES:
WHEN WE DEPLOY WE MAY NOT BE ON TEAM WITH GUYS FROM SEYMOUR JOHNSON. WE MAY BE WITH GUYS FROM LANGLY OR MOODY. WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE AND INTEGRATE QUICKLY. SO IF WE’RE ABLE TO RUN THESE OPERATIONS HERE, RUN THESE TRAINING SCENARIOS HERE, WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SAME SKILLSET.
MSGT PASSEROTTI:
SUPPORT TO AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS THE MUNITIONS THEY CARRY IS A BIG PART OF AIR FORCE E-O-D. AND THE FOLKS THAT CAME IN FROM THE OTHER BASES – NONE OF THEM HAVE F-15S THERE.
SRA JACOB SAXTON:
WE’RE AT THE LOAD BARN TODAY WE’RE DOING TRAINING ON THE F-15E – A BIRD THAT THEY HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN. A LOT OF THESE GUYS WILL BE SEEING THE F-15 FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY MIGHT DEPLOY WHERE THEY GET AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY AND THEY’LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO OPERATE ON THOSE BIRDS. SO IT’S GOING REALLY WELL.
MSGT PASSEROTTI:
NOW ALL THOSE E-O-D TECHS THAT CAME IN AND WERE PART OF THIS TRAINING WEEK HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THEIR HANDS ON THE F-15 AND TRAINED WITH IT’S MUNITIONS CONFIGURATIONS.
ONE OF THE TRAINING ROTATIONS WAS A DEMOLITIONS PROFICIENCY Q&A. WE TOOK VERY BASIC DEMOLITION SKILLS AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT TEAMS AND SAW HOW THEY OPERATED.
TSGT TAYLOR SAUM:
SO HERE AT EH DEMO RANGE WE’RE ALLOWING THE TEAMS TO RUN THROUGH SOME BASIC DEMOLITION OPERATIONS. WE’RE LETTING THEM PRACTICE SOME PROCEDURES THAT WE DON’T GET TO SEE VERY OFTEN. SO WE’RE ALLOWING THEM TO DO EVERYTHING FROM BASIC DEMOLITION TO PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY TECHNIQUES. EVERYBODY IS DOING GREAT, SAFE OPERATIONS. AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT WE’RE AFTER – TO SEE WHERE EVERYONE IS AT SO I CAN GAUGE WHERE MY GUYS ARE AT AND THE SAME FOR THE OTHER BASES.
MSGT PASSEROTTI:
WE’RE LOOKING FOR THAT; WHAT LEVEL ARE FOLKS TRAINING TO; AND IS TRAINING EVERYBODY ONE THE SAME PAGE?
MSGT TRAVIS HUGHES:
OPPURTUNTIES LIKE THIS, THEY CAN BE HARD TO COME BY SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM WHENEVER WE CAN. THAT WAY WE, AS E-O-D GUYS, CAN OPERATE IN A SAFER MANNER SO WE CAN NOT ONLY PROTECT THE SURROUNDING AREA BUT WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES.

A1C JOSH HOLBROOK:
SO THE TRAINING HERE IS EXCEPTIONAL. EVERYTHING IS REAL. WE’RE DOING IT BY THE BOOK. EVERYTHING IS HOW IT’S GOING TO BE IF WE ENCOUNTER IT IN PERSON. SO, IT GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GO.
TSGT LUCAS MEFFORD:
WE CAN SIT HERE AND TABLETOP AND WE CAN SIT HERE ALL DAY LONG BUT UNTIL YOU ARE ACTUALLY ON AN ITEM DOING A “NO-KIDDING” PROCEDURE ON IT, YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO KNOW HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK OUT.
MSGT TRAVIS HUGHES:
IF WE’RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS, I CAN ONLY SEE GOOD THINGS FOR THE CAREER FIELD.
TSGT TAYLOR SAUM:
IT WAS OUTSTANDING TRAINING AND I HOPE WHEN WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR I CAN BE A PART OF IT AGAIN.
MSGT PASSEROTTI:
WE’RE HOPING THIS BECOMES AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE OTHER BASES CAN HOST IT- SEE IF WE CAN DO A LLAMA FURY TWO.