Good morning ladies and gentlemen on behalf of the deputy commander 7th Air Force Brigadier General Ryan Keeney Welcome to the 607th Air Operations Center change of command ceremony where Colonel Jason Hokai will relinquish command to Colonel Matthew get cute We are pleased that you are with us today to share in this important ceremony. I am technical sergeant Jocelyn Smith your narrator for today's event The change of command ceremony is deeply rooted in military tradition and dates back to Roman times The ceremony symbolizes a transfer of command responsibility and accountability from one individual to another This transfer of command is physically represented by passing the guide on from the outgoing commander to the new Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the official party the playing of ruffles and flourishes The presentation of the colors and the singing of the Republic of Korea and United States national anthems Followed by an invocation by chaplain Tullock Oh say can you see By the dawn's early light What so proudly hailed Had the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight Or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly Street stars Most virtuous God originator of knowledge that climbs beyond the heavens and tumbles through the multiverse May your continuing presence be a witness to the changing of command for the 6th of 7th AOC today Pour your peace and your calm and rest upon each member with grateful hearts We recognize the remarkable character and quality of Colonel Jason T. Hokai Thank you for his skills to build a humane culture and empower all to all levels He is a precious treasure that has been a blessing to all as he moves forward may he find abundant goodness restoration and joy a Divine one. Thank you for the professionalism and beautiful compassionate leadership of Colonel Matthew C. Getki As the stressors of the 6 of 7th missions space pace ever increase the creativity and nefarious intent ever wavering May Colonel Getki and his phenomenal AOC team be granted all resources Training ingenuity to be successful every time Inspire us all to serve each other with commitment and drive Oh, holy one also bless the families of these two men for they have not journeyed this alone Bless dawn and Kathy and Milana and Harris and Megan and Anne and John and all their loved ones May they be protected and given patience and tons of fun Be our guide to lead us all back to our loved ones complete in mind body and spirit Amen Thank you base honor guard staff sergeant Watson Grant senior Airman Hurst and Chaplain Tullock ladies and gentlemen, please be seated Before we begin I would like to take a moment and recognize a few of our special guests The spouse of the commander 6 0 7th Air Operations Center Mrs. Dawn Hokai and their children Milana and Harris The spouse of the incoming commander the commander 51st operations group Colonel Catherine Getki Their children Megan Anna John her parents Joe and Nancy Knopp and their family nanny Anna Lynn Barra Yuga Attending virtually the parents of the incoming commander mr. And mrs. Jean and Lisa Getki and Attending virtually the parents of the outgoing commander retired Colonel Dave Hokai and his spouse Carol Hokai I would also like to take a moment to introduce our distinguished guests The commander Korea Air and Space Operations Center Brigadier General select Lee Hyunhee The commander 51st fighter wing Colonel William McKibbin and his spouse mrs. Amber McKibbin The vice commander 51st fighter wing Colonel Paul Davidson and his spouse mrs. Megan Davidson The command chief 51st fighter wing chief master sergeant Joshua Trundle and his spouse retired senior master sergeant Valerie Trundle The commander 51st maintenance group Colonel Todd Widera and his spouse mrs. Ratana Widera The commander 51st mission support group Colonel Kyle Grego The commander 51st medical group Colonel Jennifer Vecchione The commander third battlefield coordination detachment Colonel Jeffrey Mun The commander air support ops group Colonel Scott Morgan The commander Space Forces Korea Lieutenant Colonel Joshua McCullion and finally we would like to take this opportunity To welcome all commanders good neighbors chiefs first sergeants and Republic of Korea partners We are glad you could join us today Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the presiding officer Brigadier General Keeney Good afternoon everyone and welcome beautiful Friday here Love to spend with the sabers of the 607th Air Operations Center Today I'm standing for the commander 7th Air Force Lieutenant General Scott Pleuese who really wishes that he could be here he'd much rather be here and And be able to celebrate with coach and radar than be in meetings But on his on his behalf today we get to change out saber one as we pass from From coach to radar I'd like to take a moment to recognize all the the leadership from across the Korean Peninsula that's with us here are our partner minus one Brigadier General Lee to our 7th Air Force and and C2 and our and 7th Air Force and AOC teammates Who are here as well as all of our our commanders our partner organizations our army teammates commanders chiefs shirts distinguished guests and Our good neighbors who who have joined us. Thank you for coming out today Especially like to thank dawn Colonel Hokai's wife who's here today with their two kids one and Harris who are joining us I'd also like to thank the parents who were joining us from long distance Dave and Carol Who are watching from sunny niceville, Florida? Arizona Arizona, okay So to all of you thanks for your support and for the many sacrifices you made for our nation Especially dawn thanks for for Helping coach out here. I know that this has been a challenging schedule coaches has worked standard Korea hours Which I don't know what we call that 6 a.m. To 6 p.m. Sometimes calls at night Well dawn has been working on kind of conus hours, so they've been like they've been phase shifted for for quite a long time dawned actually Separate from the Air Force here last she used to fly up 16s as well last flight was in the fabulous flying fiends about I Don't know a couple years ago. I'll just say a couple years ago. How about that? but like many military spouses she's had to to put her career on hold on times At times and and make sacrifices To not only support coach, but support the family obviously the two of you successfully navigated those strange schedules And we're awesome parents to Milana and Harris So I recently got to go to the graduation of Osan Middle High School where coach was the featured speaker I think his bio lasted longer than his speech, but it was amazing Where Milana was is a proud graduate of the class of 2023 This next year. She's gonna be taking a gap year to spend time with the family Learn how to drive work on cars pursue acting and learn real estate Which just sounds awesome to me and Harris is gonna be a sophomore starting at niceville high school Hopefully in the band if anyone's ever been based at Eglin nice will is like one of the premier high schools in our United States And their band is awesome Supposedly going to the orange pole parade this year, which we'll all be watching it'll be at like 4 30 a.m. On a Monday here but looking forward to seeing the Harris marching in the parade I know these last two years have been quite a challenge for the family, but I'm convinced that All three of you the love and support that you gave your dad and your husband played a big part in a successful Commander next let me move on to the the gackies so to taboo as well as Megan Anna and John and John Who are here with us for today's ceremony? It's great to get to spend another two years with you And thanks in advance for all the support that you guys are gonna give to your dad over the next couple of years And most importantly to the men and women of the 607th their operation center. Thanks for joining us on this special day There really is a saying about all the air and space operation centers if you've seen one of them You've seen one of them, right? They're all handmade wooden shoes. They're all They're all unique. They have all had their own individual characteristics But I have to say there's there's something truly special about the 607th AOC here at Osan that sets it apart You truly are the heartbeat of our air component our combined air component here on the Korean Peninsula Supporting six bases nine department of defense facilities and making sure that we really are ready to fight tonight We're charged to deter aggression maintain the armistice to defend the Republic of Korea And if necessary defeat any attack against the Alliance For 70 years the United States and the Republic of Korea has ensured the peace and security Korean Peninsula in Northeast Asia This past year we witnessed the highest number of missile launches ever out of North Korea and despite these provocations The 607th AOC maintain their cool composure Y'all remain mission focused adapted and took any means necessary to protect the 51 million civilians who live across South Korea. I Can absolutely say with confidence that the combined air power The rock app and the use app is the asymmetric force that keeps our neighbor to the north at bay and The AOC is the conductor that we is in the multi-domain effects of that combined air power Under the leisure leadership of Colonel Hokai you've had a busy year Keeping the 607th ready Coach under command you led the team to create the first integrated Multi-domain tasking order which got all the components across the Korean theater operations on the same page and increased targeting efficiency You truly are an innovation a champion innovation created a novel cyber protection program Which allowed that AOC to fuse intelligence and operations protection protection on their networks and Secured the 56 million dollar AOC weapon system. I won't try to say the whole name of it Your championing of innovation has truly set the standard for the United States Air Force network defense and you led the center of air command and control for four major theater wide exercises Leading over 2,000 permanent and deployed personnel and executing over 40 air tasking orders Which provide valuable training not only to our combined forces command, but all the other Sporting components and finally you set up a series of real-time in real-world exercises to work on The entire kill web enabling us to get combined readiness training. We need to be able to fight tonight And you did this in the only truly Combined AOC on the globe working across two languages cultures and leadership change Your leadership helped build partnerships with the Rock app and stood as a visible sign of our ironclad commitment to the alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America All that to say coach Thanks for your outstanding leadership and vision your command of the 607th AOC is ensured a truly incredible Conclusion to your Air Force career and left a legacy not only here in Korea But across all the airmen and families who have been positively positively impacted by your leadership We wish you and your family the best of luck as you retire to retire first retirement to sunny, Florida Where he'll get to continue flying vipers as the chief pilot for top aces I'm I'm jealous you may get more. I don't know if you're gonna get more flying hours there here But we wish you blue skies and good luck And it's my absolute pleasure to welcome To the 607th AOC Colonel radar get key as a career at 16 pilot with over 2000 flying hours and 600 combat hours in Iraq Afghanistan He's got an incredible reputation not only as an expert aviator, but a broad operational background and a proven kid Capability for leadership both in the cockpit and non-staff He's got a deep background in Korea last seen in command of the 51st operations group here at Osan before he handed it over taboo and Now I ask you remember all those times that you said I wish the AOC would do X Yes, well now you get to fulfill your wishes and make it happen I've got no doubt that the leadership and innovation you've shown throughout your career Will continue here as you lead the 607th Air Operations Center to new heights And additionally, I'd love to welcome the the get key family to the Saber family as well. So Thank you Taboo, I don't know how you and radar do it. I don't know how you balance your two just amazing careers your three children It's just amazing the many sacrifices that you all have made to support Ray radar Megan Anna and John and I want to say thank you to Megan and in John Thank you for letting us borrow your dad for the next couple of years You guys are the why that he continues to serve to create a better world for you to grow up in Say we're one you're about to embark on the greatest and most rewarding adventure of your life Today you get to take command of the legendary 607th AOC the only truly combined AOC in the world and an amazing team I've complete confidence in your ability to lead the Sabers to deter defendant if necessary to feed our enemies I know you're going to make an amazing partner for Brigadier General Lee and Our other rock app partners as we continue to build the strength of our Alliance on The 70th anniversary year of our defense treaty our commitment to the eye to the Alliance remains ironclad The strength of this alliance is the partnership between our rock app brothers and arms I know you'll carry on the legacy here at Osan Congratulations. Thank you and kapsi-kapsi dot Ladies and gentlemen, please stand as Brigadier General Keeney presents the Legion of Merit to Colonel Hokai Attention to order This is to certify that the Legion of Merit first Oak Leaf cluster has been awarded to Colonel Jason T. Hokai Colonel Hokai distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service the United States as commander 607th Air Operations Center 7th Air Force Osan Air Base Republic of Korea from 7 July 2021 to 23 June 2023 During this period Colonel Hokai led his team to create the first theater integrated multi domain tasking order Creating a shared understanding of the battle space across all military components and increasing targeting efficiency by 92% Additionally Colonel Hokai's leadership was crucial to the creation of a novel cyber protection program Improving the ability of his organization to fuse intelligence and operations to proactively defend friendly computer networks Against known threats securing the 56 million dollar air operations weapon system and further developing into the standard for United States Air Force network defense Furthermore Colonel Hokai directed the worldwide distribution of 607th Air Operations Center operations Across six bases in nine facilities with minimal added cost Increasing the survivability of his organization by 46% Furthermore Colonel Hokai led over 1900 combined members in four peninsula wide exercises to produce and execute over 10 air tasking orders Providing valuable training to combine forces command senior leadership and over 13,000 military and government participants Finally Colonel Hokai's leadership was pivotal in standing up a series of real-time and real-world exercises of the entire kill web Enabling intelligence controllers and operators to practice and improve on actions They would be expected to perform in critical time-sensitive fight tonight scenarios Sharpening the alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America the singularly distinctive Accomplishments of Colonel Hokai culminate a distinguished career in the service of his country and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force Please remain standing for the Rock-Aff Award presentation at this time Brigadier General select Lee Hyunhee the commander Korea Air and Space Operations Center will present a Republic of Korea chief of staff of the Air Force letter of appreciation and plaque to Colonel Hokai This letter of appreciation and plaque are being presented in recognition of Colonel Hokai's contribution as commander 607th Air Operations Center, especially in reinforcing military cooperation and promoting friendship between the Republic of Korea and United States Air Forces with exceptionally distinguished service and dedication Thank you Brigadier General select Lee Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce the commander 6th to 7th Air Operations Center colonel Jason Alright, it's Friday There might be some audience participation required We'll see whether we can liven this up just a little bit Anyway, so when you when you give these speeches you're always going to forget somebody to think so I've got some people written down But major cook Projo master sergeant bill bows Where there we go back in the back Obviously these things don't happen in a vacuum and they're not easy. So thank you for that. Oh son protocol. Oh son PA This is changing command season. Yes. Thank you very much Sergeant Smith. Thank you for the excellent narration chaplain to look wherever she went I know she's got other changes. There we go other changes of commands to go to Sergeant Watson Grant. Thank you for the anthems Or anthem and sir. I'm rehearsed. Thank you for the anthem. All right Taboo Megan Anna John. Thank you for being here You guys are amazing and you're continuing on a fantastic journey. Mr. Mrs. Knapp Nice seeing you again. Yes. We were we did a Halloween thing way back in the day So that's awesome. Mr. Mrs. Getkey. Thank you for joining us virtually and sir Thank you very much. Well, not thank you, but I'm glad to hear that you're doing better For your general select lead sir. Thank you. You honor us by being here Let's see mr. Shim our lead good neighbor Unfortunately couldn't be here today also for a Medical issue, but I want to thank him and I want to thank our good neighbor team That has been truly amazing and grown only Stronger since I've been here Not due to me. I'm just saying from mr. Shim's point of view Front row shady amber. Thank you. Nice to see you again. Who do Megan nice to see you chief We just met this morning. Nice to see you again Ma'am we haven't met but nice to see you Group commanders Jeff thank you for being here sergeant major. Thank you We've got space for somewhere in the house. There we go. All right. Um, so I think I've got that all down Uh, general Keeney, thank you for the uh, the very kind words and I really want to thank uh, lieutenant general poise I know he couldn't be here today, but uh, this is my second time serving for him There was going to be a joke about this so far. Lucky is winning Uh, a previous change of command there might have been an indoor ceremony. Maybe the commander of troops passed out twice But so far that hasn't happened. So we're good and I'll try to keep this short Uh to my family Dawn Milana Harris, I would not be standing up here without you. I appreciate your Your encouragement. I appreciate your support. I'm looking forward to spending much more time with you So thank you for that So 607th aoc for the past two years our vision has been pioneering the future of command and control by dominating all domains through rapid synchronization of joint and combined effects Our mission has been synchronizing all the main effects by providing the right information to the right people at the right time In order to achieve decision superiority And our values are we are a family of families that fight and win together We are committed to service built on a foundation of trust with the culture of respect Turning challenges into opportunities and adapting The 607th aoc team you guys are truly amazing Uh, the accolades that you hear up here are not mine. They are yours Uh, so I want to say this has truly been an honor Being your commander while the aoc's job is to provide for command and control People usually think about that as ordering airstrikes From combat aircraft, but we do so much more We order everybody around if you didn't notice multi domain. Yes army navy marines guardians. Yep You're under our sights But getting the right information to the right people at the right time It sounds very simple, but it is not easy But you have made it look easy So i'm going to highlight a couple things through the squadrons as well as uh through the divisions Acoms you are the foundation of what the aoc does We cannot make this fight happen without the support computer support network support tactical expertise for the falconer weapon system Uh, got it Anyway, uh, but acoms you guys have been truly amazing even before I got here There was a question on whether we could push a full ato through our systems by the time we did that first exercise We had already you had already solved that problem Uh, and you just kept on going again things already highlighted in the uh, Previously by general keney and the legion america Cobra 621st Okay, we did a newcomers yesterday. There was about Half of the people in the newcomers brief were cobra. So Um, anyway, I know that there's older cobras here. So cobra 621st There we go fight song All right, you have pushed the envelope of tactical c2 in your own version of the talk light I will always remember sitting out on the flight line Seeing an amrap a humvee and then this cool-looking bongo truck that was just so inconspicuous Put some radio strapped in the back and some computers in the front Six people rolling around the korean countryside able to control air That was truly amazing continue to push the tactical edge of the command and control envelope amd the mighty but smallest probably well not probably but it is uh shop within our AOC You have probably partnered with our rock af partners more seamlessly than any other division out there because we own no aircraft It is all rock af aircraft and through your help The rock af is now flying a very capable kc 330 and also refueling us air force aircraft You have also helped Continue to experiment with and as well as exercise air medical evacuation and specifically With your expertise have helped our own 51st med group as well as our own Folks within the AOC for real world a emissions But what I most remember is the last exercise probably the the biggest exercise that had a Air mobility focus for some reason somebody somewhere decided to not send the brigadier general director of mobility forces Meat coston is sitting out there Double d so our amd chiefs at the time So they these guys acted as that individual And did flawless flawless work fantastic work wonderful work, but what i'm really proud of is a meme hallway A meme hallway my friends that was just a joy to walk down because we were getting beat down every single day By how the exercise planners were changing the exercise so that the air component could not play Literally domes of fog that you could not take off from at all you could land, but you couldn't take off Amazing how that happens in an exercise world But that just goes to show how powerful And a submit an asymmetric threat the combined air component is All right, so that's amd sard strategy division working exercising stretching all of us To include our joint coalition partners to think broader working with our partners to make that happen And then taking the steps to make all of us better cpd Making distributed ops a reality in real time moving an air tasking order and a multi-domain tasking order Many of the things i'd like to talk about are beyond the classification of this room But the bottom line is you have made our fighting force more effective More efficient with limited resources my hats off to you cod Combat ops division where the rubber meets the road if there's ever any screw-ups in the rest of the planning process somewhere up the line Cod is where they have to fix it If there's things missing or overlooked it's cod that has to fix it make it happen You happen to be also the most popular location in the aoc what hasn't been mentioned yet is that yes We had two presidents inside the aoc president biden president yoon at the same time Looking at the cod floor in our beautiful wall of knowledge if you will Thank you for your tireless efforts to make that happen and continuing the next level of communication ISRD always there the unblinking eye of intelligence um I can't say enough about how proud I was of the k-pop exercises They've already been mentioned But to actually do real-time intel collect and do that com link all the way through to a Combat aircraft to get a strike on a target is absolutely amazing I don't know that we do that anywhere else in the world the same way we do it here WSI A division of civilians our bedrock if you will of continuity You are also the backbone of this organization because you are the support network through training Exercises and basically taking all those ancillary type of things that must happen to make an organization work and you make it work And then finally last but not least I want to mention two kind of odd Organizations if you will not necessarily organizations and not really officially Anything the fangs of war Yep the aOC Cobra and really all-inclusive scooter club. Yep. We went on many rides. We had many adventures. Nobody has died Okay, nobody has died. Maybe some scooters lost some parts, but those are the weak parts Who needs an exhaust? We love to burn the weeds. We don't need roads. Who needs roads? Anyway, but the fangs of war personally for me our scoots were definitely A welcomed reprieve from the stress of this job And I really appreciated it and then finally Last but not least the 05 30 CrossFit crew. Yep. Thank you guys very much It was always that was the easiest time. I was able to protect in my schedule So we made it happen and you guys always inspired me And taught me a lot of great things. So with all that being said, I've always had a quote Usually from Malcolm Gladwell. This will not be any different The key to good decision-making The good decision-making is not knowledge. It's understanding and combining all of that together What I want to say is that this aOC and kind of alluded to by journal kini This aOC has the ability to navigate not one But multiple cultures and by one I mean united states air force, but it's not just that it's rock af It's usfk It's cfc And all of the permutations and we are able and you as a team have inspired everyone To make and take knowledge and make it understanding So that we can move better faster and more efficiently to take the fight north if we ever had to Savers you do this better better than any other organization. I've ever been a part of and I'm proud and honored to serve you And finally radar we have good history together Um, thank you so much for being here taboo again. Thank you for being here and the kids as well Uh, I know the aOC is going to continue to grow and drive under your leadership The get-key household is never quiet As again, we've talked about two commands wing level command group level commands simultaneously with three kids If what I said is simple, but not easy. None of that is simple and none of that is easy So my hat's off to you As a prior joint spouse, I can understand those challenges and we appreciate it So this saber family is ready to accept you and you are ready to take it to the next level Radar my hat's off to you. I really appreciate it savers. Thank you very much in one final time This is an audience participation now Get ready savers To them now The seventh air operation center would like to offer one final salute out of respect for the outstanding leadership provided by kernel loci Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the official change of command. What was your Attention to order special order number ag-081737 by order of lieutenant general scott poise commander seventh air force Colonel jason hokey relinquishes command of the sixth to seventh air operation center osan air base republic of korea to colonel matthew get-key effective 23 june 2023 The sixth to seventh air operation center colonel matthew get-key I'm going to start we had a conversation before before we began that something was going to go wrong In these ceremonies because something always does Um, and i'm not sure if i've actually seen it yet. So i'll just remind myself in the words of ted lasso to be a goldfish There's a reasonable chance that two-year-olds are going to come running up here any second I'm going to be brief because we're almost out of uh of fruit snacks Pro just thank you for putting this together squawk and sardin bilbo Thank you for the anthem singers chaplain sardin smith. Thanks for narrating the uh can't Can't can't do that one well enough lucky. Thanks for uh leading the formation Doing it well. Thank you to the honor guard. I'm sure they've departed to the next thing Uh, general select lee. Thank you for being here sir. I look forward to to working with you As well as the the good neighbors Mr. Lim, uh, miss kim and uh, uh, mr. Lim my old good neighbor. Thank you for being here as well Mustang one and we'll just say the bobs from team osan army asog AOC Seventh air force staff working my way farther back there space force Um, we're pretty far back at that point. Thank you all for being here. Um, I truly appreciate it. Um, thank you Let's see taboo Megan and john Looking at you john right here Thanks for starting a new adventure for uh with us. We've got a new uh sign counter sign to learn So y'all are used to the ops group haramph pill song and breathe and fire So now it's saber shoot him down. You heard that right? So we got to work on that one. We'll add it to the repertoire I'm proud to be an air force family with you And yes, uh one more time. There will be cake afterwards. So tighten up john Miss aniline. Thank you for doing us. We couldn't do it without you Joe and nancy. Thanks for traveling to to all of these ceremonies. Thanks for extending your stay this time To see this one and during the stomach bug that came with it I think they're over it. Um, just in case anyone shakes their hand afterwards mom and dad I know you wish you could be here. My dad's recovering from uh from surgery But i'm glad that recovery is going well general keeney, uh and on And general poise. Thanks for the confidence in me And the trust particularly because you know me. I find that a little surprising, but I will do my best Coach This is the the second time i've gotten to work with you In the last few days i'm struck again by your relentless Care for people and so thank you. I have I have worked in organizations led by coach. Okay, um, and i'm proud And humbled to accept the baton from you In the 607 Sometime we'll get together and get and get all the old cars together Down in florida. I look forward to that and I wish you don. I'm along and here is the best In your transition to beach life in florida. Okay, as I wrap up I'm reminded that 73 years ago on sunday the korean war started Today we stand as part of a long line of joint war fighters That are stood shoulder to shoulder with our allies here in south korea An alliance that has been mentioned is seven years old this year And stared down An adversarial regime to the north. I'm proud today to join this team and continue that legacy Cops, cops you down. Let's get after it. This time the members of the 607th air operations center would like to render their first salute To the new 607th air operations center commander colonel getki. Thank you colonel getki Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today for the 607th air operations center change of command And keeping with air force tradition Please stand and join us in singing the air force song and remain standing for the departure of the official party Please join us for a reception and light refreshments welcoming colonel getki and his family to the side of the seating area


Italy is the third force contributor of Resolute Support Mission with around 950 soldiers deployed in Herat and here in HURS. The Italian-led Training Advice Assist Command West is responsible for training and advising the local institution and Afghan National Security Forces operating in the western region. That quest provides the request support to the Afghan National Army and Special Operations Forces in the planning and execution phases of their operations. Currently they also assist in building the capability to foster the election process and grant the security to support the overall campaign plan. Many other activities have been undertaken by the Italian contingent both in Herat and Kabul, showing that the Italian Armed Forces are fully committed with our NATO partners to assist the Afghan institution and national security forces in creating the condition for a stable environment. We are Italy and we are committed to the future of Afghanistan.


Hello boys and girls! You just saw that Jeep after all of the installs, all of the modifications, well almost, I'm not counting it getting line next interior and one skid plate because there was a bracket missing on one of the skid plates and I couldn't install it. I made this short video because many of you were asking for it, well really just two of you, but I made it anyways and this is right after the alignment. Because of the lift kit I couldn't drive the, I didn't want to drive the Jeep too much because the traction control was kicking in and that's because the steering wheel wasn't true to the wheels, meaning the steer ahead was not right and one of the yaw sensors was off and that is why I had those issues with the traction control. So the clanking noise you're going to hear, that's just some brackets, hardware and stuff bouncing around on the back so don't be alarmed and at this point it still needs a tune. It wasn't all 100%, Magnus and Ditz sent out a reprogrammed ECU and that's what's in it in this video, but it's always a good idea and good practice to if you do major changes really anything after an exhaust and intake upgrade. Even if you did a full exhaust and an intake to your Jeep or any car out there still I advise you do a tune. So what you're not going to see in this video is the responsiveness of the accelerator pedal wasn't there, it was a little bit laggy, wasn't as responsive as it should be. But it was drivable and yep, you gotta consider all the weight that was added also, for example the side skirts maybe weigh five pounds each, now the ones I installed probably 50 pounds each, maybe 40, 40, 50. The front and rear bumpers also probably a difference of 50 pounds each so that's another 100 pounds added. The bigger wheels, the supercharger itself, the the wench, I'm guessing I had to, I probably added maybe 500 pounds maybe more, not sure, skid plates, the reinforced spare mount, you know those brackets for the lift kit. The metal outside and inner fenders at least 500 pounds, I'm guessing okay, maybe even 700. So there will be another video, I'm going to showcase the whole Jeep, everything when it's done. I was going to do it now but didn't want to reveal it kind of so there will be another video of me showing the whole the whole Jeep, you know walking around driving it and so on and so on. All right so just for you, enjoy! Oh yeah, guys we're driving, taking the stroll, all right the noise you hear is just some hardware bouncing around in the back, just pop the window. So yeah so this is after the alignment, I didn't want to drive it before, too much, so just a short test drive.


The exact meaning of the Nephilim is still something we cannot fully agree upon in this day and age across all religions. But it is commonly understood that the Nephilim were giants, the sons of the Watchers, and God passed the judgment upon the request of Enid that would eradicate them from this earth, well, mostly. How do we know this? Well, it is pretty well documented in ancient text. It was written so we could remember, not so we could turn history into a myth, which is what we seem to have done across millennia. One of the most important discoveries ever made was that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. And within these very ancient texts, it is written to remember that the Nephilim were destroyed on this planet, and it details their demise. Wait till you hear this. The Dead Sea Scrolls have helped us remember a lost part of history, though to many people the Book of the Giants found within these scrolls are a bit hard to swallow. The Book of Genesis, for example, undoubtedly refers to the Nephilim, but most of the information gathered today comes from the Book of Enoch, Enoch being Noah's great grandfather, as you may well know. Enoch plays a critical part in history, and he is one of the most mysterious characters in the Book of Genesis. According to the Book of Genesis, Enoch lived for 265 years before God took Enoch, so he would not experience death, though we are unclear of what actually happened to Enoch or what that means. It reads in Genesis, By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death and was not found because God had taken him. The stories about the Nephilim differ in the Book of Genesis from that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Book of Giants, part of the scrolls, though largely incomplete, suggests a different perspective about the Nephilim. The story goes that the Giants who walked the earth at the same time as men and of God's Anunnaki learned that because of their extremely deplorable ways that they now faced imminent annihilation and they turned to Enoch to speak to God on their behalf. Now remember it was Enoch who seeked God's judgment of the Giants and who told Noah to build an ark to preserve life because the flood was coming to cleanse the earth of the Nephilim if they did not repent their ways. The scrolls tell of how the Nephilim were running amok on the earth and seeking absolute chaos. The Giants began to experience nightmare dreams that God deliberately transmitted to the Giants regarding an Armageddon and fear took over their thoughts. Sounds like psychological warfare, right? According to the text, the first of the Nephilim to have such prophetic dreams was Oya and Haya who relayed the dreams to an assembly of Giants. The Giants were perplexed with the dreams so they sent a giant named Ma-Away to speak with Enoch and convince him to speak with God on their behalf. Enoch interceded and gave tablets from God to the Giants with the meaning of the dreams of God's decision of future judgment. According to the dreams, God's judgment, a huge tablet was submerged under the water, the ark. As the tablet surfaces only three names are left. This is believed to symbolize the great flood and eventually destruction of all with the exception of Noah and his family after the flood that three remaining names were the names of Noah's sons. Remains have in fact been found all over the planet of Giants. With no apparent signs of how they died, this could very well be because the way in which they died was that of drowning during the Great Deiluge. There are even incidences that are sparsely reported of Giants still in existence even to this present day. The psychological placement of thoughts in their mind by God, leader of the Anunnaki, could have frightened them so severely that they simply remain hidden within the Earth just a thought. The remaining fragments of the Book of Giants within the Dead Sea Scrolls are pretty much all over the place because they have not yet been fully restored. But we get a great sense of ancient reality. These people had no reason to make these things up. They literally are explaining what actually occurred on this Earth in the very distant past. We will leave links below to these particular restored fragments. The biblical stories are massively important.  There are many more encounters with the Nephilim throughout historical text, from Abraham to the time of Moses and beyond, and even before that, they can't be all wrong. What do you guys think of the Nephilim described in the Book of Giants? Comments below and thank you for watching.


Thanks for joining us for this episode of Fort Worth Forward. I wanna do something a little bit different for this episode. So we got out of the studio, we're here at the shops of Clear Fork. I've got Santa over my shoulder. Get out and see a little bit more of Fort Worth. And so on this episode, we have Elliot Goldman who's with the greatest gift catalog ever. Two representatives from Meals on Wheels and don't forget to feed me Pet Food Bank who are featured in this magazine catalog. And Suzanne Paul who's the general manager, the shops of Clear Fork and she's got some special gifts to show you as part of the holiday season. So let's go. Welcome everybody. I am here with Elliot Goldman, the founder of the greatest gift catalog ever. He's going to tell us a little bit about the project and so welcome Elliot. Thanks for being on the show. Thanks for having me Mike. You're welcome. Tell us about, you've got it in your hand there.  It really is probably a labor of love you've been doing for a long period of time, the greatest gift catalog ever. So tell us about it. How did it come about? What does it do? Yeah, it's a great thing. I love it. It is a holiday shopping guide for charitable projects for different organizations in the community. So like you get the Lego Big Book at home and the kids flip through it and they find their favorite set that they wanna build. This is exactly like that for adults except it features charities and it tells you all about the charity and it tells you three things that they need and you can find a hundred different projects from organizations that you can fund and help. Wow, so how many charities are in the catalog? There are 22 and there are approximately a hundred different projects that they need help with and so you know exactly where your money is going. You give X amount to help the homeless with this specific project or you give Y for this and so it's specific, it's finite, it's understandable and it's fantastic. That's great. So how did this idea come about? How did you come up with it? Oh my gosh, my wife and I were sitting around one day, I had sold one of my companies and we were sitting there and I didn't need or want anything anymore after I had sold the company and I said, wouldn't it be great if we could find a little holiday shopping guide of things to support? And my wife said, why don't you start one? And this look of horror came over her face because she knew she would lose me for a year and trying to figure out how to do it and so that's how it came about and when we originally started this, we thought maybe we could make $50,000 in charitable impact a year and we're now at around 12 million. So it's amazing how much support the community has had and it's a real testament to the quality of the organizations that are in the catalog. So when did you start it? What year and how long has it been going? Gosh, it's been about 14 years. We have a group of community leaders, as you know, that select the organizations and that's what makes it so great. These are the best of the best organizations in the community and that's what we love about it. That's awesome. And you mentioned this, but I think it's very important to reiterate this piece that because people look and say, how much of my money is actually going to charities? So when people participate in this, how much of the money is going to the charity itself? So that's what's great. So sponsors, we have a bunch of sponsors and so they pay for the printing and overhead of the catalog. So not only 100% of your contribution goes directly to the organization, but we also have approximately $180,000 in matching funds. So if you make a contribution to an organization through the catalog, it's matched one for one up to that 180,000 and all the details are on the pages. So not only is it a great way to give, it's the best way to give because we are going to provide leverage on any donor's money. Wow. And I think there's a way too, I'd like to give or I'd like to give a gift to a friend, but maybe have them choose. Is there a way to do that? Yeah, it's awesome. So one of the other cool parts of the catalog is, is that we have a gift card where you purchase the gift card, you get the charitable tax donation and the recipient of the gift card gets to shop through the catalog and pick the exact thing that means the most to them. So you get to give the gift of giving, which is just amazing. That's great. Well, one thing that we've kind of talked about, you know, just sort of what are you seeing? Cause I know you love metrics and you love looking at these pieces. And yeah, I'm fortunate I serve on your board as part of this project and, but you're seeing it, I think looking at a lot of different ways of what's happened with charitable giving this year overall. Do you have any comments about that? Yeah, so I think that it's really important for your viewers to understand that charitable giving is down this year. We're seeing a metric of about 30% right now, which is a huge number. It's a combination of changes in the tax laws and the cost of goods and services going up with inflation and how it's impacting their bottom line. It's hamburgers, it's gasoline, it's those kinds of things. And unfortunately it's the reverse, it's being whipsawed at the organizations because the cost of labor is going up and all of the other things that they have. So they're getting double crunched. And so it's really, really, if your viewers are going to give, this is the year to give in. It is so important, so needed, and it's really, really important this year. Yeah, we're watching prices, inflation go up, we're watching, I was watching something the other day about the price of meat has gone up. So all these staples that people are used to and how they're looking at it is probably the year they need to give the most because people are probably hurting the most. Absolutely, it is absolutely the year. That's great, that's great. Well, how can people find you? So a couple of things. This catalog is distributed in 500 locations in Tarrant County. So you can go to your local car wash, any Texas health care, any Preva health care. You can come out to the shops at Clear Fork, many of the retailers here have the catalog. You can also go to thegreatestgiftcatalogever.org or tccge.org and that's where you can find it. Great, well I'm excited about this season that we're in now and thanks for all you do, really appreciate it. Thank you. We are now here with Keith Harrison who is vice president of marketing and communications with Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County. Welcome, Keith, glad to have you here. I appreciate that, thanks for having me. Well I am familiar with what you do on a daily basis, what your organization does for a lot of people here, but for those that aren't, tell us what is Meals on Wheels, how do you help people in our community? Well, you know, first of all, we are incredibly fortunate to live in a community that has so many wonderful charitable organizations. I work for Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County, so our primary mission is to serve those who are homebound or food insecure and most people are kind of familiar with what we do, it's that knock on the door every day. Hot meal that you fry, yes. Yeah, and our goal is really to keep people in their homes instead of being forced into nursing homes and other care facilities before it's time. That's great. So how did COVID affect your operations? Well, it's been a crazy year, so right about a year and a half ago, we were serving right here in Tarrant County, we were serving just a little under a million meals a year. Well, that's a lot of food. Right. So what's been interesting about this past year during the pandemic is the level of needs. So we've just seen tremendous growth and keep in mind at a charitable organization, growth for the sake of growth is not a good thing because it represents need. And in our case, it represents hunger in our community. So we went from about a year and a half ago serving right at a million meals a year to now we're serving at a rate of 1.7 million meals a year right here in Tarrant County. So a lot of folks who perhaps had a safety net, maybe they had grown children or friends or family who took care of them, that social safety net has fallen away and those people have really had no choice but to turn to us for help. And we're incredibly thankful for the generosity of people in Tarrant County. We are really the friendly side of the Metroplex and we take care of our own. So it's because of the community support that we received that we're able to provide for those in need right here in Tarrant County. Well, you hit on something. You served a million meals last year. It sounds like 1.7 million meals right now. That probably needs, you need more volunteers. More people picking those meals up and taking them. How are you handling that at this point? So you know what, people are always amazed when they come out and they look at our facility and we talk to them about volunteers. So most people realize that most of our meals are delivered by volunteers who not only just deliver the meal with that knock on the door every day, but they provide a daily safety check to make sure the client's okay. And it's that important social interaction as well. So it's that, hey Mike, how are you today? It's good to see you, you look great. And if there's a need, they can report that back to us. So our volunteers are really important. We could not do what we do without people giving of their time. So what amazes people that here in Tarrant County to deliver the amount of meals that we talked about, we have over 5,200 volunteers, active volunteers right here in Tarrant County. And that's the size of some small cities. And it's a huge effort to coordinate that many volunteers, but frankly, it's never enough. We need more volunteers. We typically ask people to volunteer just one day a week. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half to deliver meals to maybe eight to 10 people on an assigned route. And what's kind of fun about that is since you're having an assigned route, you deliver to the same folks. If you're assigned to a route every Tuesday, and they get to know you, they look forward to seeing you, you can check in on them. There's a really special bond that develops between the volunteers and the people they serve.  So our facility's in Hulton City, 121 kind of right at Hulton Road. Yep, so we have a volunteer training center there. We put everyone through it. We do a background check on everyone. And then we put you through a very short training class. And then we send you out to serve those in need. That's wonderful. Well, do you have any sort of special things planned coming up as part of the organization? Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up. Actually, this is a great time of year. So one of the initiatives that we do this time of year is our Silver Santa giving tree. And you're familiar with the concept, a lot of times you'll see a gift tree maybe in the mall, so that type of thing. So this is unique to our clients. So our case managers work with our clients to address specific needs. It might be something like a lift chair for someone who's not able to stand up out of their chair anymore. It might be a walker, it might be, you know, gosh, an electric blanket. Any sort of need that someone might have, of course. And so we have a lot of fun fulfilling those needs and they're all fulfilled by people right here in our community. So if people wanna get involved, if you wanna take a look at the wish list, it's online, you can go to MealsOnWheels.org. And there's a big banner right on our homepage and you can click on that and it'll show you all of the wishes that still need to be adopted. That's wonderful. Thanks for being with us today, Keith. I appreciate all you do for our community. I know there are people out there that they rely on you and your volunteers to show up every day and bring their meals to them. So thanks for everything that you do. Appreciate it. You're welcome. Thanks, Michael. I am now excited to have Maria Kogel, who's with Don't Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank. Here in Fort Worth, and welcome, Maria. Thank you so much. We're happy to have you. Excited to have you here. So you are one of the recipients. I think your first year was last year as part of the greatest gift catalog ever, is that correct? Yep, this is our second year and we're so excited. Great. Well, so what was the impact to your organization last year with being involved in the catalog? So obviously everyone knows last year was crazy because of COVID, so our need was up at least 30%. So having those matching funds available, we had $11,000 in matching. So we had significantly more donations and that obviously helped us purchase way more pet food, which we needed because people were losing their jobs and it was a really difficult time. So the impact was substantial and it was at the perfect time. That's wonderful. For those that don't know what Don't Forget to Feed Me is, does tell us a little bit about your organization. So Don't Forget to Feed Me is the only pet food bank in North Texas. So we're very unique and we keep our goal and our mission very specific to the pet food to make sure that we fit that niche market. So what we do is we collect the dog and cat food, then we repackage it into manageable and consistent sizes and then we distribute it to food pantries. So when people go to pick up people food, they can get pet food. And for those that don't know, for dogs, it's the number three reason for relinquishing their pet is cost of care and it's the number four reason for relinquishing cats. So it kind of also helps shelters and rescues with their burden on their systems because we're keeping them from being surrendered. I guess people don't really think about that but you think about all the need for someone that is hungry, a human that's hungry. But a lot of them have pets too and so what do they do in that aspect? And so it's really a great service that you're fulfilling for people there. So they are able to afford or get free pet food as part of it. And especially we see with seniors that we've interviewed and we've talked with a lot of time pets are their only companion and they will literally skip prescriptions in their own meals to make sure that they can feed their pet because that's the last thing they're gonna get rid of because they have nobody else. And we wanna make sure that that doesn't happen. That's a good point. You looked at what would the community impact if you did not exist, something like this? Yeah, so like I said, touching on shelters and those situations with COVID, especially we saw that they were overwhelmed and they couldn't keep up and a lot of youth in Asia's were happening. So we wanna prevent that. We wanna keep the animal in their home because that's the best place for them to be. And then it helps everybody community-wide be able to sustain their resources. Great, that's wonderful. Where do you see the organization going over the next five years or so? So we would love to move eastward towards Dallas because as you can imagine this is just a Fort Worth problem, right? That's true. But we are Fort Worth, I'm just saying. I know, no, for sure. But this is a huge issue. It is a big problem, yes. And so we would love to be able to expand but as we look at our mission for five to 10 years and our strategic plans, we really wanna make sure we're the best in Fort Worth and we're helping everybody we can before we try to go anywhere else. We wanna be the best in our own backyard and take care of our community first. That's amazing. Well, how can people find you? So don't forget to feedme.org is our website. If you wanna do the short version, it's DF2, the number, FM.org. And you can also text Give Pet Food to 51555 and it sends you a link to all the ways you could give pet food. And we have tons of locations across the Metroplex that collect food for us. So there's always something close by. Thanks, this is made. Thanks for the work that you do. You know, something that we don't necessarily, I'd never really thought about. Totally. But people have pets and you love your pets sometimes more than you love your own family. Yeah. Hey, you never know. So you never wanna give them up. Yes, for sure. And the relief that you're giving to our shelters, too, so they're not going to shelter being euthanized as you talked about and everything. So thanks again. I appreciate all you do. Thanks for being on here today. Yes, thank you. Well, I'm excited now to have Suzanne Paul, who's the general manager of the shops at Clear Fork with us. And she's got some exciting news about what's going on here as well as some gifts and holiday ideas. So Suzanne, welcome. Thank you. Thank you so much. We are so thrilled to have you here today. And we got Santa in the background here. We do. Look, he's with a group of kids over here. That's great. We're in full holiday mode. Lots of exciting activities, community-based activities going on throughout the holiday season. So it's actually our fifth holiday season. So I was going to ask you about it. This is your fifth holiday season. That's great. Absolutely, yes. So a lot of changes have gone on since the center opened. We're actually, the center's been open for four years, and this is our fifth holiday. But just the amount of changes that have happened in the last four years. Yeah, tell us about some of those changes that you had. It's been amazing. It's hard to believe, but we opened on September 14th of 2017 with 20 stores, no restaurants yet. That's right. I was there. And today we have more than 60 stores and restaurants. We've got a total of 12 restaurants and the AMC theater. So we've tripled in size in the last four years, which is really exciting. And the other thing that's been great is we've really been able to bring in some local Fort Worth businesses. So in addition to the great national brands that we have here at the shops, we've got quite a few local businesses and they really add that unique flavor and flair to the center. So we're super excited about that. And we'll have, in a minute, we'll have some products from some of these stores. But I want to ask you, this is part of district three, like really in the heart of district three. And I spend a lot of time and money here myself and my kids as well. They're over here waiting for us to get done so we can go shopping. But tell us some about the changes, your favorite aspect of managing here. Well, you know, I've been here since the shops was literally under construction. So my first office was in a trailer out there. And so it's just been really amazing to see the whole center evolve. And I think what I like the most about it is just seeing how it's become part of the fabric of the Fort Worth community. So really the most rewarding aspect is seeing how people are now becoming so familiar with the center. They come out here and not just for... Hang out with their kids just out in the city. Exactly. Using the plaza to play with the lawn games, whether it's attending a community event or... Yeah, I did a 5K myself out here and started it into tears. Exactly. And you also helped us kick off our bike share station. That's right, that's right, that's right. So really just seeing the community embrace the center and make it part of their family memories. And that's the whole point of our holiday activities is to really build that community aspect of the center and make people, or allow people to build those special family memories. Well, that is amazing and wonderful. And what's great about this is, with Santa, this is a fundraiser for the greatest gift catalog ever. And so tell us a little bit about how that came to be and that support. Well, it just, honestly, we pinch ourselves that we were so fortunate to become aligned with the greatest gift catalog ever because we wanted our Santa experience here to be very natural and I guess not commercial, but just a very organic experience where people could come and take pictures with their own phones and really just make the most out of their visit. And we saw it as also an opportunity to give back to the community in another way through partnering with a local charitable organization. And when we partnered up with greatest gift catalog, it was perfect because we're able to benefit so many charities and the volunteers have done such a wonderful job, just really working with the guests and making everyone feel comfortable. And of course we've got the best Santa around, so it's a win-win. That's great. Well, I know you have some gifts here from some of you talked about some local stores and other things that are happening. You want to tell us a little bit about those? I do. So of course you can find something for everyone here at the shops, but there are a few things that just stood out to me as just really fun, unique gifts. And first of all, I'll start with this pair of, what mama would not want matching pajamas with her little one. It's true, my wife does, exactly, yes. Yeah, so we've got these matching pajamas from our new baby and children's clothing store, Collins and Conley. And the pajamas are actually made. They're very soft. Yes, they're very soft and they're made by a mom in Keller, Texas. So a local brand offered here at one of our local businesses. So those are wonderful. And then also too, we've got two great gift and home accessories stores here at the shops that are Fort Worth-based businesses, right at home and rare, and they have just such a great selection. I couldn't, it was hard to narrow it down. But some of my favorites, like for the guy, there's these wonderful highball glasses. I don't know if we could see, can we show it here? So this is just the basic bullet and then that's of course a shotgun. Shotgun. And there's also the golf ball. Yeah, the golf ball glass for the golf enthusiast. So you can get one of these glasses and pair it with a nice bottle of whiskey or bourbon. And you've got a great gift for. Or scotch or whatever, for your holiday season, right? You can put Diet Coke in it if you want to. That too, that too. And then another great gift for any woman or in particular, I think the young single woman for her bar cart, we've got this tray here, the Viv Clico, which is just beautiful and feminine. You can pair that with the champagne flutes. This is a great hostess gift. It's a bubbly, like a champagne cocktail recipe book. It's beautiful, it's only $20. This is available right at home, along with the serving tray and the champagne flutes. They've got really cute towels and coasters to match, just kind of the whole set. That's cool. So those again are available. Fun, fun items. Yes. And I think some room spray. Yes. Tell us about this. So Rare has a collection of locally made candles. They have two scents in particular that are super popular. One is the Fort Worth scent and the other is the Texas scent. And so they make candles in these and they've come out with room sprays. So these are a great gift idea maybe for a coworker because a lot of companies don't allow, most companies don't allow people to burn candles. They have an open flame in the office, yeah. So these are great. And for instance, the Fort Worth scent is a combination of worn leather boots, arid ground mixed with blue sky. It's wonderful. And Texas is due on the crop, wide open spaces and dance hall summers. Yes. Yeah, that's very unusual. Exactly. It smells wonderful though, yeah. It does. So a lot of people are looking for just some little extra gift to go along and stocking stuffers. We've got a lot of great things out here and it's just, it's super fun to see all of our retailers having such a great holiday season. Well, it's amazing out here. I love it. You've got Santa here. You've got a lot of activity, restaurants, everything to do. So I think it'll be a great season.  Come out and see Santa and bring the kids to see Santa as part of it. And that's a big fundraiser again for the greatest gift catalog ever that will go to support many charities here in Fort Worth. So Suzanne, thanks again for being here. Thank you, Kianzo. And we appreciate you being here. Thank you. Thanks again. Thanks again for watching this episode of Fort Worth Forward. We've been privileged to be out here at the shops at Clear Fort. It's part of this holiday season and here from the greatest gift catalog ever from Meals on Wheels, from Don't Forget to Feed Me, Pet Food Bank and Suzanne Paul that represents the shops at Clear Fort. But our most important guest is Santa. Merry Christmas everybody. Merry Christmas and happy holiday days. Thank you.


So, we have approached that time in the primary process where we're all feeling exhausted and quite frankly, like just myself at least, I can't stand anyone who's running for president with the exception, of course, of Bernie Sanders. He was the only person on that debate stage who I can tolerate listening to for extended periods of time, even if I know exactly what he's going to say because I've seen many of his speeches and he largely says the same thing. I wanted to share highlights from the debate, my favorite Bernie moments. There were a lot of moments that Bernie Sanders had that I think were phenomenal, but I chose to select these clips because I think it demonstrates exactly why he is the most electable going up against Donald Trump, because whatever argument Donald Trump wants to use against Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders can undercut it and make a case against Donald Trump. So the first issue is trade, Donald Trump was incredibly popular because of his populist position when it comes to trade. He spoke out against NAFTA and the TPP and he blasted Hillary Clinton for that. So he now constructed a new trade deal that Bernie Sanders opposes and Bernie Sanders explained in a very simplistic way why Trump's trade deal does basically the same thing even though there's some minor improvements, you know, it doesn't go far enough and we can do better. And the way that he explains this, like I don't think Donald Trump will be able to recover from this, you know, in the event they're debating the issue of trade. Take a look. The answer is we could do much better than a Trump-led trade deal. This deal and I think the proponents of it acknowledge will result in the continuation of the loss of hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs as a result of outsourcing the heart and soul of our disaster trade agreements, and I'm the guy who voted against NAFTA and against permanent normal trade relations with China, is that we have forced American workers to compete against people in Mexico, in China, elsewhere who earn starvation wages, a dollar or two dollars an hour. Second of all, every major environmental organization has said no to this new trade agreement because it does not even have the phrase climate change in it. And given the fact that climate change is right now, the greatest threat facing this planet, I will not vote for a trade agreement that does not incorporate very, very strong principles to significantly lower fossil fuel emissions in the world. But Senator Sanders, to be clear, the AFL-CIO supports this deal. Are you unwilling to compromise? The AFL-CIO does, the Machinist Union does not, and every environmental organization in this country, including the Sunrise Organization, who's supporting, who's supporting my candidacy opposes it. Now, I think it was so important to bring up how the issue of trade and climate change intersects. And after he did that, the moderator scolded him because she believed that he was getting off topic. That's a climate change, but I'd like to stay on trade. Senator Warren. Well, they are the same.   And this is so crucial because it's a key difference between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, which average consumers need to see. They need to understand what the differences are between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. So it supports Donald Trump's trade deal. Bernie Sanders does not. One of the main reasons why he rejects it is because it doesn't mention climate change. So it proves to people that he takes climate change more seriously than Elizabeth Warren, even though I believe she probably takes it seriously. Bernie is the one who is unapologetic and in his advocacy that we do something about it. So, um, also, I think that the fact that he opposes it makes him stronger in a general against Donald Trump, because as I stated in my big debate breakdown video, the long one that I put out, you know, Trump is going to say, well, look, you are supporting my trade deal, Elizabeth Warren. So why don't you just endorse me? Now that's not to say that you should be a hack and reject everything that Donald Trump does, but there's actually progressive substantive reasons to reject this trade deal. It's not good enough. I mean, you're getting NAFTA 2.0 with some minor tweaks, but also some things that are perhaps worse than NAFTA arguably. So you need to make your case to the American people, why it's bad. And Bernie Sanders, I think did a great job at doing that. Now, moving on to the next issue, since we're talking about climate change, Bernie Sanders, out of everyone on that stage, communicates in spite of all of Tom Steyer's thumb pointing that he's the only person who has a plan that will save the planet. Let's be clear. If we, as a nation, do not transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, not by 2050, not by 2040, but unless we lead the world right now, not easy stuff, the planet we are leaving our kids will be uninhabitable and unhealthy. We are seeing Australia burning. We saw California burning. The drought here in Iowa is going to make it harder for farmers to produce the food that we need. This is, of course, the national crisis. I've introduced legislation to indicate it's a national crisis. We have got to take on the fossil fuel industry and all of their lies and tell them that their short term profits are not more important than the future of this planet. That's what the Green New Deal does. That's what my legislation does. And that is what we have. So I'm not sure whether audio cut out towards the end, but he said that is what we need to do. So I mean, he really, he can't be more clear than that. He is the climate change candidate. This is why the sunrise movement endorsed him. And this is why he has the highest score from Greenpeace. It's because he takes climate change incredibly seriously. He's the only candidate on that stage who I trust is actually going to take this issue seriously, right? He's not going to compromise. He's going to make sure that we have a planet to live on. And if he fails, I know he's going to go down swinging, fighting as hard as he possibly can, but also taking executive action to make sure we're doing everything in our power to combat climate change, even if Congress won't act. And he implied that everyone else on that stage, they don't take the issue serious enough and they have plans that don't go far enough. And if we don't enact Bernie's version of the Green New Deal, we're not going to have a planet that's habitable. It's as simple as that. So Tom Steyer can talk about how I'm the only person on this stage who has committed to declaring a climate emergency on day one. That is meaningless. Declaring it an emergency is not as good as actually treating it as an emergency with a policy solution. And Bernie Sanders has already said he would declare it as an emergency. I believe he introduced legislation with AOC to declare climate change a national emergency. So you're not actually scoring any points over on Bernie by saying that because you have a plan that's not as good as Bernie Sanders, demonstrably so. Right. This is what organizations like Greenpeace has has has said about all of the plans after scoring them.  Just I think he dominated the debate on the issue of climate change. And he brought it up even when the issue wasn't what they were all debating. Like he's serious about this. It's at the top of his mind. And I truly believe he's the one we need if we want a chance at saving the planet. Now, an issue came up and I didn't really think that the other candidates did poorly. They were talking about universal childcare and I have no issue with Joe Biden's response. I believe he signaled support for it. Elizabeth Warren talked about this, but here's the thing. None of what they say matters because I don't believe they're going to implement it. I don't believe they're going to prioritize it. I believe Bernie Sanders, when he says we should have universal childcare. And it's not just because, you know, he signals support for this policy, but because he takes the extra time to explain why it's absurd that we don't already have that, why our priorities are asked backwards in this country. We're spending more than the next eight countries combined on the military budget, most of which are our allies. He didn't say this, I'm saying that, but it's true. And how is it that we live in the richest country in the world, but parents can't afford to send their children to daycare and preschool? It's just absurd. So the way that he explains it, I mean, he goes further than all of the candidates, just understanding the way our system is fundamentally broken. Take a look.  And yet our current childcare system is an embarrassment. It is unaffordable. Childcare workers are making wages lower than McDonald's workers. We need to fundamentally change priorities in America. We should not be one of the few countries that does not have universal, high quality, affordable childcare. We should not be one of the only major countries not to guarantee your health care to all people as a human right. We should not be spending 10 more than the 10 next countries on the military, hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, tax breaks for billionaires and then tell the moms and dads in this country. Thank you, Senator, Vice President Biden. I'm trying to know that is wrong. Of course, he was cut off. Of course. No substance is allowed. What do you think this is a debate? So frustrating. Now, moving on, he was asked the most egregious and, I think, offensive question out of all the debates we've seen thus far. He was asked how all of his policies, you know, if he enacts all of them, assuming he's that successful, how he would avoid bankrupting the country.  You're not going to ask Joe Biden how he can avoid bankrupting the country by staying in Iraq indefinitely. Why is it that Bernie Sanders is being asked this question? The media focuses on the cost only when policies help people, but if they are hurting people and literally killing people abroad, they don't care about the cost at all. Nobody asked how much a war with Iran would cost last week. So this question is downright egregious. And that moderator who asked it should be downright embarrassed that she asked that question that her bosses probably wanted her to ask. But you should be embarrassed. Is this what you wanted to do? Is this why you got into journalism? I'm assuming you came into this field wanting this speak truth to power.   Nonetheless, though, putting that rant aside, Bernie Sanders always gets asked these questions that are so ridiculous and he never lets it affect him. Like me, I would get pissed. You would be able to visibly see my anger. But Bernie never is affected by this. He just lets it roll off his shoulders. And he answered flawlessly, given the absurdity of that question and the way that it was framed. Let us be clear what Medicare for all does. It ends all premiums, it ends all copayments. It ends the absurdity of deductibles. It ends out of pocket expenses. It takes on the pharmaceutical industry, which in some cases charges us 10 times more for the same prescription drugs sold abroad as sold here. What we will do through a Medicare for all single pay up program is substantially lower the cost of health care for employers and workers, because we end the hundred billion dollars a year that the health care industry makes and the five hundred billion dollars a year we spend in administrative and the administrative nightmare of dealing with thousands of separate insurance plans. Health care is a human right. Every other major country on earth is guaranteeing health care for all the time is long overdue for us to do. I genuinely believe that Bernie Sanders is getting much better at explaining the way that Medicare for all will impact people at an individual concrete level like he is nailing it here. My only complaint is that he needs to be more aggressive in calling out the corruption of his opponents. That's why they don't support Medicare for all. Pete Buttigieg initially supported it, but now he's in favor of Medicare for all. It's not because he genuinely believes that that's the better policy. It's because he's taking money from health insurance industries. So I'm looking for that aggression from Bernie Sanders here. But regardless, Bernie Sanders still manages to attack his opponents while not being rude and hostile. And one particular moment when they were talking about foreign policy, he nailed Joe Biden for being naive and believing George W. Bush. And this short, I think it's 18 second clip. It just is it's so brutal, like you have to see this. Take a look. Joe and I listened to what Dick Cheney and George Bush and Rumsfeld had to say. I thought they were lying. I didn't believe them for a moment. I took to the floor. I did everything I could to prevent that war. Joe saw it differently. That was brutal. That was absolutely brutal because it communicates to people that Joe Biden was duped by George W. Bush. And he is already signaling to us that he is as naive now as he was back then. He thinks that Republicans will all of a sudden have this coming to Jesus moment once Trump is out of office and that even Mitch McConnell may have an epiphany once Trump leaves and suddenly work with Democrats. I mean, this is the man who was part of the Obama administration.  So that was brutal and devastating. And Bernie Sanders has a way of communicating how bad the other candidates are without being overly aggressive and rude. I just wish that he would ramp it up a little bit and contrast more with candidates if he doesn't want to outright be aggressive. Now, at this point in time, we're going to wrap up this video. Usually I would leave you with the closing statements, but I actually didn't think that Bernie's closing statement was the best moment of the night. Don't get me wrong. I liked it. I think he did a great job. But as David Dole pointed out on Twitter, I think that he would have been better served if he spent that time making the case for his electability and explaining how the other candidates on that stage are less electable because they are incapable of exciting the base in the way that he is. But what I do want to leave you with is my personal favorite moment of the night because it shows how in a debate against Donald Trump in a general election, he is incredibly strong. So everyone in the Democratic Party establishment and pundits are fear mongering about how that socialist label will hurt Bernie Sanders in a head-dead matchup against Donald Trump. But Bernie Sanders here was asked that question and asked, you know, does he believe that's going to hurt him? And the way that he handled this was flawless. The way he explains Democratic socialism is he explains what it means to him and explains how Donald Trump is also a socialist. He's just a socialist for the rich.  Not at all. And that is because the campaign that we are going to run will expose the fraudulency of who Donald Trump is. Donald Trump is corrupt.  Now, when Trump talks about socialism, what he talks about is giving hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. Donald Trump is a businessman, received eight hundred million dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to build luxury housing. My democratic socialism says health care is a human right. We're going to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. We're going to make public colleges and universities tuition free. We're going to have a green new deal and create up to 20 million dollars saving the planet for our children and our grandchildren. We are going to take on the greed and corruption of the pharmaceutical industry and the insurance company.


The nomadic river islands, or chores of silt on the mighty rivers, are host to some of the most remote, inaccessible, climate-impacted communities on this planet. Home to millions. Yet these islands break, shift, re-emerge, monthly, yearly, at the whim of the floods and the storms. This impermanence means total lack of dependable infrastructure and access to everyday things we take for granted. There are no roads, no bridges, no running water, gas, electricity, schools, hospitals, markets, legal representations, public services are so limited, if not non-existent. Floods, storms, erosion, drought, which were once natural, are now erratic and unpredictable, without warning engulfing homes, sweeping away lives and livelihoods. The floods, storms, erosion, drought, storms, erosion, drought, which were once natural, are now erratic and unpredictable, without warning engulfing homes, sweeping away lives and livelihoods. Floods, storms, erosion, drought, which were once natural, are now erratic and unpredictable, without warning engulfing homes, sweeping away lives and livelihoods. When the floods broke out, there was no water, no electricity, no land, no water, no water, no water. It was very difficult. My father died 20 times, 20 times. When I first saw the flood, I saw that the river was 3-4 km away from my house. And today, after 16 years, I saw that the river was behind me. We need to address their needs and provide basic services in a way suitable to their requirements. We have to use local resources, indigenous knowledge, respectfully integrating them in a way to suit their needs, not our goals. Interventions need to be inclusive. Community voices must be at the core and at the periphery. This recognition strengthens their understanding, gives meaning and vision for them of a way forward. We as an organization doing climate adaptation and development must want to hand over the baton and make ourselves redundant. We have a responsibility to ensure that people take charge of their lives and their futures. We are inspired by their bravery, tenacity, resilience. Our strive daily is to ensure we leave behind a community who finds opportunity for their lives. Dignity, hope for their future and courage to move ahead with the knowledge which they need to make for themselves a better future, a better tomorrow.


This is a report on three chemical munition systems currently under development by the United States Army. The E-8, 35 millimeter, multiple tube cartridge launcher, the E-158 aerial cluster, and the E-159 aerial cluster. Here at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in 1963, troop test water bucket one indicated that riot control agent CS was a potentially effective tactical weapon that could be employed both offensively and defensively. As a result of the Fort Campbell tests, Army researchers at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, designed the E-8, the E-158, and the E-159 munition systems as vehicles for delivering agent CS to the target. The E-8 system is a man-portable, expendable launcher consisting of 16 tubes encased in a plastic carrier. Each tube holds four cartridges filled with 40 grams of pyrotechnic mix and 16 grams of agent CS, a total of 64 cartridges. The E-8 munition system can be fired either manually or electrically from a ground emplacement or from a vehicle. Elevations of 25 to 90 degrees provide for ranges of 30 to 250 meters. Lateral distribution is achieved by the arrangement of the launch tubes. At maximum range and under optimum meteorological conditions, the E-8 will blanket an area 30 meters wide and 150 meters long with a cloud of CS in approximately 25 seconds. The E-158 system is a munition designed for helicopter delivery to the target. It consists of eight modules, each containing 33 CS pyrotechnic mix filled canisters. The E-158 munition is hand-tossed from the aircraft traveling at speeds up to 300 knots. The E-159 system consists of two E-158s connected by a strong back assembly. It is designed for delivery to the target area on brackets suspended beneath the wing of the aircraft. The canisters contained in both the E-158 and the E-159 systems are fired in much the same manner as the cartridges in the E-8 system. The individual canisters are ejected from the cluster by the ignition of a propellant charge. Then, after a four to six second delay, the CS pyrotechnic mix compound is ignited, causing emission of the CS agent. In December 1965, Troop Test Water Bucket II was conducted at Camp AP Hill, Virginia to test the effectiveness of the E-8, E-158 and E-159 systems in a series of simulated tactical situations. What you are about to see are actual film clips of those tests. The objective of this first test was to determine the ability of the E-158 cluster system to prevent a potential ambush through reconnaissance by fire, as well as to determine the effects of Agent CS on both masked and unmasked troops. The Hostile Force was made up of a group of two man teams with one man masked and the other unmasked. A masked evaluator was assigned to each team. Hostiles were considered to be effective as long as they could continue to operate their weapons. But when overcome by the agent, unmasked personnel were helped from the contaminated area by their masked buddies. Following each test, the participants, both friendly and hostile, masked and unmasked, were interrogated concerning their reactions to the agent and their abilities to function properly and to identify members of the opposing forces. The evaluators also recorded such vital data as cloud dimensions and stability, the time required for cloud buildup, and pertinent information concerning the weapons functioning. Troops equipped with protective masks were able to move through the target area before the agent cloud had dissipated. The objective of the next test was to evaluate the effectiveness of the systems in enabling masked friendly troops to occupy a village with minimum hazard to non-combatants and friendly troops. Hostile troops were not masked. Some occupied tunnels and underground chambers. If only one of the delivery systems, an E-159 cluster, placed the munition on target, 85% of the target was covered. The majority of the hostile force was incapacitated. C-peag of the agent into the shallow, unsealed tunnels forced unmasked hostiles into the open. This test, more than others, pointed up the need for more accurate bombing techniques and training for use of the E-158 and E-159. It also demonstrated that when they land in dry grass or thatch, the subunitions tend to act as incendiaries. Studies are currently underway in an effort to alleviate these limitations. Another test objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the E-158 and E-159 systems in countering an ambush of a helicopter landing zone during air-mobile operations. Although the majority of the hostile force was made tactically ineffective, wind-blown fire in the area occupied by the ambushing force resulted in termination of the test before the arrival of the unmasked assault force. The fire was caused by the burning subunitions. The results of this test were deemed inconclusive. Another test in this series confirmed that the E-8 launcher is an effective munition system for use in the daylight ambush of a hostile foot column. When hostile troops reached a predetermined killing zone, friendly defending forces initiated an ambush with heavy fire. M-60 machine guns, and placed at the front and rear of the killing zone, cut off the avenues of escape. Upon initiation of the ambush, two E-8 systems were fired, one at the front and one at the rear of the killing zone, so that their fields of fire overlapped. The entire killing zone was blanketed by the cloud of Agent C.S. Although the hostiles attempted to charge through the Agent Cloud, they were overcome by the Agent before they were able to reach safety. All were declared incapacitated or tactically ineffective. Another objective of the test series was to evaluate the E-8 as an effective weapon for daylight defense of a fixed installation. As the hostile force began its assault from the woods, approximately 150 meters from the base complex, the defending force opened fire with small arms and three E-8 launchers. The attacking force had scarcely left its concealed positions in the woods when it was showered with cartridges from the E-8 and was enveloped in the C.S. Cloud they created. The test confirmed that the E-8 munition system can be used to defeat or effectively impede an assault by unmasked hostiles. The majority of the assault force was judged to have been incapacitated or made tactically ineffective. The purpose of the next test was to determine the effectiveness of the E-8 system against an ambush of a friendly foot column and to determine how well friendly forces, initially unmasked, can exploit the effects of E-8 for counter ambush. Although nearly a minute was required to set up the E-8 system in this test, experience has shown that with sufficient training, a man can emplace and fire the system in approximately 15 seconds. Another 15 seconds is required for the system to fire completely and for the agent cloud to build up and incapacitate the enemy sufficiently enough for the assault troops to move in for the kill. Some hostiles resorted to holding gloves, towels and similar items over their faces in an effort to ward off the effects of the agent. One man even tried burying his head in the leaves, but to no avail. Most fled from the cloud in a matter of seconds. For this test, the E-8s had been emplaced at the head and rear of the ambushed column outside the killing zone. It was thus concluded that E-8s so emplaced could effectively cover the target area and incapacitate the vast majority of the hostiles. Another test objective was to determine the effectiveness of the E-8 system in countering a daylight ambush of a friendly motor column. E-8 systems were pre-emplaced in the rear of the lead, trail and middle trucks of the column. Test evaluators concluded that such pre-emplacement may cut reaction time to the ambush, and when utilized in conjunction with other counter-ambush measures employed by a motorized column, the E-8 system is an effective backup weapon. The test showed that the E-8s were able to cover the majority of the target area and its periphery and incapacitate the majority of the hostile force. However, the initial response time of the system from initial ambush fire to cloud buildup, approximately 25 seconds, is such that it will not defeat the initial volume of ambush fire by itself. The final test in the series was to evaluate the effectiveness of the E-8 munition system in offensive operations against hostile defensive field positions. The hostiles were located in hastily constructed defensive positions on a wooded rise. Outposts had been set up 100 meters in front of the main force. The friendly platoon moved to within 150 meters of the hostile position and formed an assault line. Three E-8 systems were in place so as to provide interlacing fields of fire and fired. It was hoped that the agent cloud would minimize the hazards to the assault force and would increase the possibility of taking prisoners. In this test, the munition completely covered the target area and caused the majority of the hostiles to be incapacitated or tactically ineffective. Troop Test Water Bucket 2 showed conclusively that munition systems E-8, E-158 and E-159 offer significant tactical advantages when employed in counter-insurgency operations. The test series also pointed up several limitations on the use of these weapons. First, aerial delivery on several targets was inaccurate, indicating the need for improved bombing techniques and additional training using the tables currently available. And secondly, the subunitions in the systems tested tend to act as incendiaries when they come in contact with dry materials such as thatch or grass. The Water Bucket 2 tests also resulted in development of the following operational guidance for future employment of the systems tested. One, adequate peripheral coverage. Sufficient munition should be employed to completely cover the periphery of the target, ensuring denial of escape routes and achieving thorough coverage of the outer edge of the target. Two, employment in depth. Sufficient munition should be employed against moving targets to thoroughly blanket the area of possible movement. And three, discriminate employment. The use of reserve munition should be taken into consideration to compensate for wind drift of the agent cloud and to permit the attacking of targets of opportunity.


Hi everybody, this is Sreen from Ace Law and I'm going to, you know, discuss about few quick questions that I've really got a lot on my social media messages and people are asking about what is going to happen, what is the future forcibility of immigration processing as well as the federal skilled worker program draw. Now as you must have guys all known that there has been a 1.8 million application backlog out of which 700 something is related to study permits and work visas and the balance is now with the express entry and visitor. So the express entry pool also they are trying to clear out through CEC class or through the province nomination like recently on 10 December there was a huge PNP draw but that PNP also is, you know, a matter of luck as to where and how you got it but it is all employer-based. So you have to realize that a lot of these, you know, a lot of these province nominations be it BCB, Manitoba beat anybody, it's employer-based. The only thing some, only some, you know, some programs are left like really, really skill-based. A lot is dependent on job offer in Canada. So now what I'm according to my statistics and my understanding of the whole data is in front of me is that FLW draw obviously some people have this myth that it has stopped. No, it has not stopped. It is only closed due to border restriction and pending applications. Although even if you write urgent on the application it is now falling onto deaf ears. So me as a lawyer I'm really concerned and I'm every day trying to get in touch with, you know, the relevant and ministry, the relevant kind of people in there and trying to ask them what is the status. So as per the latest status update that I've got from my resources is that there is going to be an FFW draw very soon in 2022 in the first quarter. Now not very sure of how far this information can go through because with immigration right now you can actually, you know, depend on nothing. So for all the people waiting out there I know it's a tough time but believe me there is a pending application delay or processing delay of all Canadian high commissions throughout the world except few of the countries which have really tackled well. In terms of UAE for example, Qatar for example, you know Gulf has been a little better early handled and hence Iran has been very good and ministry is working really fast. So but like for example India it is a huge backlog because New Delhi office, Bangalore office all start in working from home even till date because the wave was also so bad. So right now I understand the DMs that I'm getting. I do understand people are really getting very much agitated about this fact but hold your hands, hold your horses and I'm sure everything in 2022 should figure out in a much better way. So keep watching and I'm going to now make small, small short videos updating you about any of the important cases, any of the important information that I get about immigration or any other relevant topic. Thank you.


It's another hot summer here in California, so how can you keep having fun in the sun without getting burned? Oh, I love ice cream. Water will invite. We're gonna go swimming in the pool. Just stand indoors, run the air condition a lot, run on my bill. Tune in to Cal EMA Live this Thursday, July 19th from the California State Fair. Here from the experts at Cal EMA, the American Red Cross, the SPCA, and the Sacramento County Department of Public Health. As you learn how to keep your cool and beat the heat this summer. For more information, visit Cal EMA Live online at calema.ca.gov.