1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:11,840 I don't 3 00:00:17,740 --> 00:00:19,851 uh so today a couple of my classmates 4 00:00:19,851 --> 00:00:22,990 organized uh kind of a commemorative 5 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:25,900 rock um for my , my daughter Zoe who's 6 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:28,122 going through chemotherapy for leukemia 7 00:00:28,122 --> 00:00:30,178 right now . She's just about to turn 8 00:00:30,178 --> 00:00:32,400 three . So , and she was diagnosed just 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,622 before her second birthday . So we just 10 00:00:34,622 --> 00:00:36,678 wanted to show like a united front , 11 00:00:36,678 --> 00:00:38,622 like , you know , your daughter is 12 00:00:38,622 --> 00:00:40,567 currently going through some stuff 13 00:00:40,567 --> 00:00:42,733 right now , but we got your back while 14 00:00:42,733 --> 00:00:42,330 you're out here for five weeks that 15 00:00:42,330 --> 00:00:43,719 we're in N . C . O . A . 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,490 There's another individual who was 17 00:00:58,490 --> 00:01:00,601 brought up , you know , came up to me 18 00:01:00,601 --> 00:01:02,712 and was like , hey , I'd like to also 19 00:01:02,712 --> 00:01:04,490 honor my son . So tech sergeant 20 00:01:04,490 --> 00:01:06,657 Strickland who is in flight 10 . Um He 21 00:01:06,657 --> 00:01:08,823 was also able to share his story about 22 00:01:08,823 --> 00:01:10,879 what his son has been through with , 23 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:10,670 you know , medical concerns as well . 24 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,280 So basically since he's been born the 25 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,502 first six months , he spent four months 26 00:01:15,502 --> 00:01:17,724 in the hospital , He's been through two 27 00:01:17,724 --> 00:01:19,970 open heart surgeries . A couple other 28 00:01:19,970 --> 00:01:22,630 30 is not heart related . You know , we 29 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:24,852 came in here as strangers and just this 30 00:01:24,852 --> 00:01:26,797 event alone kind of brought us all 31 00:01:26,797 --> 00:01:28,852 together . I shared my story earlier 32 00:01:28,852 --> 00:01:31,074 during the class to try to drum up some 33 00:01:31,074 --> 00:01:33,186 motivation for a blood drive that the 34 00:01:33,186 --> 00:01:35,186 class was putting on and this was a 35 00:01:35,186 --> 00:01:37,241 classic launch and just hear me up a 36 00:01:37,241 --> 00:01:39,186 little bit . So I know we all have 37 00:01:39,186 --> 00:01:42,280 Children or nieces or nephews um and 38 00:01:42,290 --> 00:01:44,457 you know , this hit very close to home 39 00:01:44,457 --> 00:01:47,850 because it could be any of us . Mhm . 40 00:01:52,940 --> 00:01:55,630 To see them flourish here and to watch 41 00:01:55,630 --> 00:01:57,830 them all come together and then to 42 00:01:57,830 --> 00:02:00,052 culminate with putting something as big 43 00:02:00,052 --> 00:02:02,219 as this together is just a huge deal . 44 00:02:02,219 --> 00:02:05,280 So this is very , very important . And 45 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:07,280 um , what we saw today was just a 46 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,200 testament of what the noncommissioned 47 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,922 Officer Academy does for other 48 00:02:11,980 --> 00:02:16,150 people . 49 00:02:17,790 --> 00:02:20,960 Little thing by myself . Can you 50 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:21,720 believe that ?