WEBVTT 00:00.779 --> 00:04.730 Uh . For this training , HMH 00:04.730 --> 00:07.519 465 is building a combat readiness by 00:07.519 --> 00:09.130 producing more night systems 00:09.130 --> 00:11.819 instructors . Additionally , we're also 00:11.819 --> 00:14.489 conducting our 13th MU unit McCree 00:14.489 --> 00:17.159 evaluation . It's important to develop 00:17.159 --> 00:19.381 night system instructors so that we can 00:19.381 --> 00:21.600 teach them the basic fundamentals of 00:21.600 --> 00:24.360 night training . When you operate at 00:24.360 --> 00:26.471 night , your field of view is limited 00:26.471 --> 00:28.193 and you're looking through two 00:28.193 --> 00:30.138 binocular tubes . Basically , your 00:30.138 --> 00:31.693 peripheral vision is gone . 00:36.889 --> 00:38.833 Training in the night is important 00:38.833 --> 00:41.250 because it gives us the best 00:41.250 --> 00:45.009 concealment from our enemy . So some 00:45.009 --> 00:47.176 friction elements that come from a DFT 00:47.176 --> 00:49.231 like this , especially because we're 00:49.231 --> 00:51.287 working with our McCree , we have to 00:51.287 --> 00:53.398 simulate any kind of thing that would 00:53.398 --> 00:53.090 happen on an actual deployment . So 00:53.090 --> 00:55.257 it's just making sure that the Marines 00:55.257 --> 00:57.368 are used to working with each other . 00:57.368 --> 00:59.312 Our MRI is the Marine Corps combat 00:59.312 --> 01:01.759 readiness evaluation , and it includes 01:01.759 --> 01:03.970 missions such as heavy lift , anything 01:03.970 --> 01:06.192 on our METs list , which is our mission 01:06.192 --> 01:08.248 essential tasking list , so anything 01:08.248 --> 01:10.303 that the boat may need for us , they 01:10.303 --> 01:12.303 are just checking that off and once 01:12.303 --> 01:14.137 they have that checkoff from the 01:14.137 --> 01:14.089 evaluators , then that means we are 01:14.089 --> 01:17.660 good to go to chop to the 13th . It's 01:17.660 --> 01:19.771 really important to work together and 01:19.771 --> 01:21.938 not alone in this training and also in 01:21.938 --> 01:24.104 the Marine Corps in general because we 01:24.104 --> 01:23.620 have to calculate all the fuel , 01:23.940 --> 01:26.051 everything that the pilots need to be 01:26.051 --> 01:28.162 able to get from point A to point B . 01:28.162 --> 01:30.051 So us being able to work together 01:30.051 --> 01:29.819 really well as a maintenance department 01:29.819 --> 01:31.986 enables the actual flight operations . 01:33.339 --> 01:35.339 The pilots matter for this training 01:35.339 --> 01:37.839 because we make up part of the team 01:37.839 --> 01:39.895 that allows this aircraft to get off 01:39.895 --> 01:41.672 deck and complete the mission . 01:47.930 --> 01:50.097 We are not able to fly this helicopter 01:50.097 --> 01:52.319 without our crew chiefs . When it comes 01:52.319 --> 01:54.430 to loading an aircraft , they are the 01:54.430 --> 01:56.597 subject matter experts . When it comes 01:56.597 --> 01:58.763 to doing external lifts , which is the 01:58.763 --> 02:00.986 bread and butter of the CH-53 , that is 02:00.986 --> 02:02.986 pretty much all them . They are the 02:02.986 --> 02:02.650 ones making the calls when we're over 02:02.650 --> 02:04.428 the load . They are our role of 02:04.428 --> 02:06.489 self-defense by working as a team , 02:06.690 --> 02:08.690 getting the work done together . It 02:08.690 --> 02:09.410 doesn't make those days feel so long .