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(gentle music)

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- At the time, as a younger captain,

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I work with a lot of other
officers outside of maintenance.

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So that was a great opportunity
for me to kind of see all

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the other different career
fields in greater detail.

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Cause not only when I was a student SOS,

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I got good sight picture
what that looked like

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but as an instructor, then I
got 14 new students every time.

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So then when I went down
Al Dhafra, I had a huge,

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better site picture of
what that really was.

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It was able to put me on

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a different common language
that I didn't expect.

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When I go to be the Commander,

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it's going to be the same
exact kind of concept.

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I'm going to have to worry
not necessarily about

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the aircraft as much now as a Commander.

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But I'll be responsible for the airmen

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that are going to be
maintaining those aircraft's.

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So, I have to make sure that I take care

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of them as best as I can, make sure

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they're properly trained
and equipped to do their job

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and if they're not, I
need to figure out why.

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That could be medical, that could be,

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I might need to go to talk with JAG guys,

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I might need to go talk to Scurry Forces.

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These are all the other envelopes

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that I am going to have
to open up for my airmen.

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So that's going to be my
networking responsibility,

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to make sure I can get
my airmen everything

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they need to be able to do their jobs.

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That's Air University.