1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,584 the flambeau parade is the largest 3 00:00:07,584 --> 00:00:09,807 illuminated parade in America . So it's 4 00:00:09,807 --> 00:00:11,807 a great opportunity for all the Air 5 00:00:11,807 --> 00:00:13,918 Force reserve units here in the joint 6 00:00:13,918 --> 00:00:16,140 base san Antonio area to push ourselves 7 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:18,251 forward into the local community With 8 00:00:18,251 --> 00:00:20,251 this opportunity to be seen by over 9 00:00:20,251 --> 00:00:23,190 200,000 people live and 1.7 million 10 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:25,412 living in the local area . I think it's 11 00:00:25,412 --> 00:00:27,579 a great opportunity for us to tell the 12 00:00:27,579 --> 00:00:29,746 story that reserve citizen airmen . We 13 00:00:29,746 --> 00:00:31,690 have four different wings actually 14 00:00:31,690 --> 00:00:33,857 representative here with an additional 15 00:00:33,857 --> 00:00:35,968 intel unit . So we have the four 33rd 16 00:00:35,968 --> 00:00:38,246 Air Wing , we have the 9/60 cyber wing , 17 00:00:38,246 --> 00:00:40,500 we have the 3/40 training group and we 18 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,730 have the six 55th SrW represented by 19 00:00:42,730 --> 00:00:45,270 the 23rd . I ? S again , one of those 20 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,280 rare situations where we're able to 21 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,113 bring all of those organizations 22 00:00:49,113 --> 00:00:50,947 together here in san Antonio and 23 00:00:50,947 --> 00:00:53,002 celebrate the community ? The things 24 00:00:53,002 --> 00:00:55,002 for this year's parade was literary 25 00:00:55,002 --> 00:00:57,224 history . But with that we , in the Air 26 00:00:57,224 --> 00:00:59,336 Force , we decided to go a little bit 27 00:00:59,336 --> 00:01:01,558 deeper and think about what was some of 28 00:01:01,558 --> 00:01:03,724 our history and we decided to focus on 29 00:01:03,724 --> 00:01:03,300 the tuskegee airmen . We actually had a 30 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:05,467 tuskegee airman who was supposed to be 31 00:01:05,467 --> 00:01:07,578 on our float this year , but see mass 32 00:01:07,578 --> 00:01:09,744 Sergeant James finally got ill , so he 33 00:01:09,744 --> 00:01:11,856 wasn't being able to participate with 34 00:01:11,856 --> 00:01:13,911 us this year . So we still wanted to 35 00:01:13,911 --> 00:01:13,800 press forward . We looked around the 36 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,010 wing , They said , hey sir , would you 37 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:18,140 mind being uh highlighting one of our 38 00:01:18,140 --> 00:01:20,196 airmen . So I said yes , of course , 39 00:01:20,196 --> 00:01:22,529 because without them there's no meaning , 40 00:01:22,529 --> 00:01:24,696 we've been working on this for several 41 00:01:24,696 --> 00:01:26,918 weeks , putting everything together and 42 00:01:26,918 --> 00:01:28,807 just just seeing it come from the 43 00:01:28,807 --> 00:01:30,807 skeleton that was originally to the 44 00:01:30,807 --> 00:01:32,807 final product that that we're gonna 45 00:01:32,807 --> 00:01:34,973 present here tonight was just a such a 46 00:01:34,973 --> 00:01:37,730 rewarding opportunity for all the 47 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:39,786 organizations . I would just like to 48 00:01:39,786 --> 00:01:41,619 say thank you to all the reserve 49 00:01:41,619 --> 00:01:43,619 citizen airmen From all four of our 50 00:01:43,619 --> 00:01:45,920 units of coming together , making this 51 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,010 happen today , being out there being 52 00:01:48,010 --> 00:01:51,000 visibly viable and more important . The 53 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,090 one thing I have to say , viva 54 00:01:53,090 --> 00:01:56,170 fiesta . Yeah .