1 00:00:00,940 --> 00:00:03,280 Hey Trace in Yorktown . So a couple of 2 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:05,391 weeks ago , during our own hands , we 3 00:00:05,391 --> 00:00:07,224 mentioned that we're going to be 4 00:00:07,224 --> 00:00:09,360 bringing the Tuesday ticker from TC Y 5 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,680 to you . We want to to to showcase 6 00:00:12,690 --> 00:00:14,746 either special folks or some special 7 00:00:14,746 --> 00:00:17,130 things here on the tradition that not 8 00:00:17,130 --> 00:00:19,241 everybody gets to see or hear about . 9 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:21,507 So we want to bring those positives to 10 00:00:21,507 --> 00:00:23,920 you . So right now , here's our kickoff . 11 00:00:23,930 --> 00:00:26,097 We're starting all the way down at the 12 00:00:26,097 --> 00:00:28,208 very end of the base . So we're gonna 13 00:00:28,208 --> 00:00:30,263 take you on a very brief tour of the 14 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:32,374 crowd Ethridge range . Come join me , 15 00:00:32,374 --> 00:00:34,430 friday Ethridge Range is named after 16 00:00:34,430 --> 00:00:36,430 two Coast Guard heroes . Lieutenant 17 00:00:36,430 --> 00:00:38,486 James Crotty , also known as jimmy . 18 00:00:38,486 --> 00:00:40,597 Actually trained here in your town at 19 00:00:40,597 --> 00:00:42,763 the Navy's Mine Warfare School here on 20 00:00:42,763 --> 00:00:44,597 the space . Lieutenant served in 21 00:00:44,597 --> 00:00:46,708 numerous positions across the pacific 22 00:00:46,708 --> 00:00:49,140 theater during World War Two . He and 23 00:00:49,140 --> 00:00:51,307 the men he served with in particular , 24 00:00:51,307 --> 00:00:53,251 island in Manila Bay were taken as 25 00:00:53,251 --> 00:00:54,807 prisoners by enemy forces . 26 00:00:54,807 --> 00:00:56,807 Unfortunately , Lieutenant lost his 27 00:00:56,807 --> 00:00:58,696 life as a prisoner of war . He is 28 00:00:58,696 --> 00:01:00,696 single handedly responsible for the 29 00:01:00,696 --> 00:01:02,696 inclusion of the Philippine defense 30 00:01:02,696 --> 00:01:04,640 battle streamer adorning the Coast 31 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,640 Guard standard today . Chief Stuart 32 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,696 Lewis Ethridge served in Coast Guard 33 00:01:08,696 --> 00:01:10,751 cutter Campbell during World War two 34 00:01:10,751 --> 00:01:12,973 when the Campbell was under attack of a 35 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:15,260 german U boat 606 Chief was a gun 36 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:17,427 captain of gun number three . Where he 37 00:01:17,427 --> 00:01:19,730 directed 11 crew members to fire as 38 00:01:19,730 --> 00:01:23,620 many rounds as 606 Yeah , The 3" 39 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:26,240 gunfire 32 shells into the U boat's 40 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,462 deck and conning tower , decimating the 41 00:01:28,462 --> 00:01:30,684 sub's crew and rendering it defenseless 42 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,720 here at party Ethridge paul . They have 43 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,940 designed an onboard classroom , a 44 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:43,480 conference room , two offices , one for 45 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,647 gunnar hicks and one Christina . Chief 46 00:01:45,647 --> 00:01:47,869 of holland mm admin space for therefore 47 00:01:47,869 --> 00:01:50,300 instructors . They also have locker 48 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:53,780 rooms with hold on , showers , On site 49 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,724 laundry and a student queuing area 50 00:01:55,730 --> 00:01:58,170 right outside the rank . Now the range 51 00:01:58,170 --> 00:02:00,560 is set up for 14 lights , plenty of 52 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,727 room to shoot folks through . And when 53 00:02:02,727 --> 00:02:04,671 we say dynamic , that means we can 54 00:02:04,671 --> 00:02:06,782 change the firing line and move it up 55 00:02:06,782 --> 00:02:08,727 where we're needed and even put up 56 00:02:08,727 --> 00:02:10,949 barricades . Now when most people think 57 00:02:10,949 --> 00:02:13,116 of a Coast Guard range , they think of 58 00:02:13,116 --> 00:02:15,171 red as in the red hats that they see 59 00:02:15,171 --> 00:02:17,490 from our firearms instructors . But 60 00:02:17,490 --> 00:02:19,601 when they were designing this range , 61 00:02:19,601 --> 00:02:21,546 they were thinking green as in the 62 00:02:21,546 --> 00:02:23,940 environment as you can see , they 63 00:02:23,940 --> 00:02:26,270 designed a bullet trap . It's the 64 00:02:26,270 --> 00:02:28,310 following system that touches the 65 00:02:28,310 --> 00:02:31,340 bullets and the dust from the tangibles 66 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:33,461 and it goes into an auger system that 67 00:02:33,461 --> 00:02:35,517 separates it , puts it on a conveyor 68 00:02:35,517 --> 00:02:37,350 and puts it in separate drums or 69 00:02:37,350 --> 00:02:40,140 collects to recycle . Also we don't 70 00:02:40,140 --> 00:02:42,362 hear it now , you actually have to shut 71 00:02:42,362 --> 00:02:44,418 it down just so we can be heard that 72 00:02:44,418 --> 00:02:46,473 the ventilation system in here is so 73 00:02:46,473 --> 00:02:48,850 powerful , it actually shift there 74 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,760 every one minute . This is a pretty 75 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,427 large area , so that's pretty 76 00:02:53,427 --> 00:02:54,550 impressive . Mhm . 77 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:03,651 All right , so right now we're in the 78 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:05,707 booth that overlooks the range . Now 79 00:03:05,707 --> 00:03:08,730 the range is a 27 yard dynamic range . 80 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:10,740 We have the capability of going low 81 00:03:10,740 --> 00:03:12,629 light , it's almost nighttime for 82 00:03:12,629 --> 00:03:14,518 visibility and we can control the 83 00:03:14,518 --> 00:03:16,518 lighting system here in the booth . 84 00:03:16,518 --> 00:03:18,629 They also have the ability of turning 85 00:03:18,629 --> 00:03:20,629 the targets . Now it's not anything 86 00:03:20,629 --> 00:03:22,573 that we normally do in our current 87 00:03:22,573 --> 00:03:24,240 courses of fire , but it is a 88 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,296 possibility that we can do here with 89 00:03:26,296 --> 00:03:28,518 this system . We also have a P A system 90 00:03:28,518 --> 00:03:30,573 that we can talk to the folks on the 91 00:03:30,573 --> 00:03:32,684 range if necessary . Now , the really 92 00:03:32,684 --> 00:03:34,740 cool thing though is that inspectors 93 00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:36,962 really don't have to use that . We have 94 00:03:36,962 --> 00:03:39,018 these Bluetooth enabled headset sets 95 00:03:39,018 --> 00:03:41,184 that have incorporated radio so we can 96 00:03:41,184 --> 00:03:43,240 listen to all the instructors on the 97 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,150 range from anywhere in the bill . Yeah . 98 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:55,960 Mhm 99 00:03:59,040 --> 00:03:59,550 mm . 100 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,751 Alright , so now we're in the weapons 101 00:04:08,751 --> 00:04:10,973 cleaning room which is right outside of 102 00:04:10,973 --> 00:04:13,196 the armory . Now the cool thing is that 103 00:04:13,196 --> 00:04:15,420 the armory is just as big as this room 104 00:04:15,420 --> 00:04:18,170 is here . We currently carry about 300 105 00:04:18,170 --> 00:04:20,840 weapons but it can take a lot more in 106 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:23,280 here between here and the armory . Our 107 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,150 gunners mates can do basic cleaning all 108 00:04:26,150 --> 00:04:29,250 the way to repairs to armory level 109 00:04:29,250 --> 00:04:31,306 prepares so they can definitely take 110 00:04:31,306 --> 00:04:33,528 care of the weapons that we have here . 111 00:04:33,528 --> 00:04:35,750 So now that we have a fully functioning 112 00:04:35,750 --> 00:04:37,806 range here onboard TCY . We have the 113 00:04:37,806 --> 00:04:39,806 ability of training all those cards 114 00:04:39,806 --> 00:04:41,972 firearms instructors as well as better 115 00:04:41,972 --> 00:04:44,028 hands on training for gunners Made a 116 00:04:44,028 --> 00:04:46,028 school and the ability to teach our 117 00:04:46,028 --> 00:04:49,150 moral level , prepare here on site . If 118 00:04:49,150 --> 00:04:51,380 you ever want to get a shot egg on the 119 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:54,420 range when the FBI A . S , they 120 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:56,531 actually train , they need students . 121 00:04:56,531 --> 00:04:58,642 And if we don't have any school going 122 00:04:58,642 --> 00:05:00,809 through that can assist them , we call 123 00:05:00,809 --> 00:05:02,976 on our permanent party step . So stand 124 00:05:02,976 --> 00:05:05,142 by from an email from either gunner or 125 00:05:05,142 --> 00:05:07,253 senior asking for the opportunity for 126 00:05:07,253 --> 00:05:09,531 students . It doesn't matter if your C . 127 00:05:09,531 --> 00:05:11,970 S . I . T . O . S or even a captain , 128 00:05:12,090 --> 00:05:14,034 you'll have a chance to shoot down 129 00:05:14,034 --> 00:05:16,730 range . I hope you enjoyed our tour of 130 00:05:16,730 --> 00:05:19,170 cloudy upper Tall Ak , our brand new 131 00:05:19,170 --> 00:05:21,950 range . We'll see you next time . Mhm . 132 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:25,840 Yeah .