1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,140 --> 00:00:06,040 Yeah , yeah . 3 00:00:28,540 --> 00:00:32,320 So Operation Adult Dragon . Um , 4 00:00:32,330 --> 00:00:35,300 we're basically doing short term tD 5 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,680 wise um to other places to get more 6 00:00:37,690 --> 00:00:39,968 exposure , more mobility , flexibility , 7 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,110 environments that could be more 8 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:44,580 complicated , more complex , gives us 9 00:00:44,580 --> 00:00:46,469 better exposure off station too . 10 00:00:46,940 --> 00:00:48,820 Different airports , different 11 00:00:48,830 --> 00:00:51,990 operations So that we're not just stuck 12 00:00:51,990 --> 00:00:54,046 with the same day to day things that 13 00:00:54,046 --> 00:00:56,212 just get accustomed to through outside 14 00:00:56,212 --> 00:00:58,379 her comfort zone . So I graduated here 15 00:00:58,379 --> 00:01:01,160 ends up 24 and IF . S as well . And 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,973 it's all the basics , it's fundamentals . 17 00:01:03,973 --> 00:01:05,973 That's the platform . We start from 18 00:01:05,973 --> 00:01:08,251 when we show up to our eight MB course , 19 00:01:08,251 --> 00:01:10,140 we're building on top of those to 20 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:12,307 actually employ and do tactics here at 21 00:01:12,307 --> 00:01:14,529 n jumps and in ff as well , we're still 22 00:01:14,529 --> 00:01:16,751 learning the basics . So these bases on 23 00:01:16,751 --> 00:01:19,830 how to fly , how to think , how to 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,784 maneuver , how to think critically 25 00:01:21,784 --> 00:01:23,951 situation awareness . All these things 26 00:01:23,951 --> 00:01:26,173 are really important . I started here , 27 00:01:26,173 --> 00:01:28,396 graduated here um , in Tucson doing the 28 00:01:28,396 --> 00:01:30,396 course straight ends and our backup 29 00:01:30,396 --> 00:01:32,562 doing some additional training in some 30 00:01:32,562 --> 00:01:31,850 ways that is full circle , but in other 31 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:34,140 ways it's really not because we're 32 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:36,251 never starting , whenever finishing , 33 00:01:36,251 --> 00:01:38,418 we're always looking for opportunities 34 00:01:38,418 --> 00:01:40,529 to learn grow . The more , you know , 35 00:01:40,529 --> 00:01:42,807 in this program , the more you realize , 36 00:01:42,807 --> 00:01:45,140 you don't know , Pop Star one is in hot , 37 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,370 how my experience was 38 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:55,380 at Sheppard Air Force Base and then 39 00:01:55,380 --> 00:01:57,850 returning . I actually liked it a lot . 40 00:01:57,860 --> 00:02:00,180 I like this base . I like being here . 41 00:02:00,190 --> 00:02:02,190 It feels really good seeing all the 42 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:04,190 trainees walking around outside and 43 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:06,412 thinking that was me one day . How does 44 00:02:06,412 --> 00:02:08,634 shepherd prepare me to come to my job ? 45 00:02:08,634 --> 00:02:10,857 I think prepared me very well . I think 46 00:02:10,857 --> 00:02:13,770 that's even just having the jets 47 00:02:14,330 --> 00:02:16,740 static and those hangers , we still got 48 00:02:16,740 --> 00:02:18,907 to walk around the jets to learn a lot 49 00:02:18,907 --> 00:02:21,129 about them and it prepared us very well 50 00:02:21,129 --> 00:02:23,460 for the job . If I could give myself 51 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,060 advice back when I was training here , 52 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,800 I would say , just relax because it's a 53 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,911 great job , It's very fulfilling , in 54 00:02:30,911 --> 00:02:33,022 my opinion , and it's kind of a sense 55 00:02:33,022 --> 00:02:36,530 of pride . So I would tell myself just 56 00:02:36,540 --> 00:02:38,900 calm down because it's a really , 57 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:40,956 really nice job because I stressed a 58 00:02:40,956 --> 00:02:42,450 lot when I was here .