1 00:00:00,090 --> 00:00:02,550 - Well I joined the military, and then they said hey, 2 00:00:02,550 --> 00:00:04,800 we have a slot for you in AFE, do you want to get it now 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,630 or do you want to wait another six months for another job? 4 00:00:06,630 --> 00:00:07,680 Okay, let's take AFE. 5 00:00:08,790 --> 00:00:10,200 And then once I found out, hey okay this is 6 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:11,350 kind of interesting actually. 7 00:00:11,350 --> 00:00:12,950 I like it. 8 00:00:12,950 --> 00:00:15,230 So since I been in Niagara, working the air equipment. 9 00:00:15,230 --> 00:00:17,360 I've had the opportunity to travel to Andrews 10 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,950 air force base, to Turkey, to the Azores, 11 00:00:19,950 --> 00:00:22,750 an island owned by Portugal, and as well as Florida 12 00:00:22,750 --> 00:00:24,370 and Pittsburgh. 13 00:00:24,370 --> 00:00:26,330 - For me and I like the training aspect 14 00:00:26,330 --> 00:00:29,760 I like the survival aspect, it's enjoyable to me. 15 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,590 And it's something not a lot of people get to do. 16 00:00:31,590 --> 00:00:33,610 If a person were to go down in an aircraft, 17 00:00:33,610 --> 00:00:36,062 and have to get rescued, or have to, 18 00:00:36,062 --> 00:00:37,780 live off the land. 19 00:00:37,780 --> 00:00:39,820 A lot of people would panic, 20 00:00:39,820 --> 00:00:40,963 not know what to do, 21 00:00:42,220 --> 00:00:45,510 and they know how to combat the stress. 22 00:00:45,510 --> 00:00:47,920 Gives them a, a more of a sense of hope 23 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,030 and a sense that they can make it through 24 00:00:50,030 --> 00:00:51,700 tough situations like that. 25 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:54,340 - I get to float on a raft, and have an air person 26 00:00:54,340 --> 00:00:56,460 come up to me, and I'm like alright cool, show you 27 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:57,830 guys what's happening out here. 28 00:00:57,830 --> 00:00:59,170 Work a lot with this steer instructor. 29 00:00:59,170 --> 00:01:01,000 Changing current and the changing winds, 30 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,520 that all plays a huge part in everything 31 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,750 and you can see the ripples of the waves going 32 00:01:04,750 --> 00:01:07,531 they're not big at all but they do make a big difference 33 00:01:07,531 --> 00:01:10,569 especially in this short distance swimming 34 00:01:10,569 --> 00:01:12,993 make a huge difference just having to fight that current. 35 00:01:13,980 --> 00:01:15,980 - Yeah so the advantages of coming here are just 36 00:01:15,980 --> 00:01:19,880 the fact that we get to experience wind, weather, sun, rain. 37 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,980 Today we had a little bit of a struggle with the currents 38 00:01:21,980 --> 00:01:23,400 getting to the boat. 39 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,720 We had to actually bail out the water, we had people 40 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,110 that were getting seasick, people that could swim, 41 00:01:28,110 --> 00:01:29,860 people that couldn't swim, and that's something 42 00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:31,590 that you're never gonna get in the water, 43 00:01:31,590 --> 00:01:32,846 if you're in a pool. 44 00:01:32,846 --> 00:01:35,679 (water splashing)