WEBVTT 00:04.849 --> 00:07.016 My name's Corporal Roxanne McFarlane . 00:07.016 --> 00:09.899 I'm a 6154 airframer , a part of HMLA 00:09.899 --> 00:13.409 269 . I had a very 00:13.409 --> 00:15.687 exciting perception about the military . 00:15.687 --> 00:17.909 Both of my parents served in the army . 00:19.270 --> 00:21.492 So it's something that's always been an 00:21.492 --> 00:23.659 idea for me , um , something that I've 00:23.659 --> 00:25.770 always felt that I would do one day . 00:27.510 --> 00:30.350 When I initially joined , I was going 00:30.350 --> 00:32.350 to join as an officer and try to do 00:32.350 --> 00:35.369 pilot , but it was a 12 month wait , 00:35.389 --> 00:38.150 and I was eager to get in to help my 00:38.150 --> 00:40.261 mom out , to start my life . I didn't 00:40.261 --> 00:42.317 want to sit around , and I also felt 00:42.317 --> 00:44.539 that I could gain great experience from 00:44.539 --> 00:46.761 being enlisted , so I wanted to step my 00:46.761 --> 00:48.928 foot in the door with something in the 00:48.928 --> 00:51.150 air wing and get some experience on how 00:51.150 --> 00:53.372 that works , especially get it from the 00:53.372 --> 00:57.139 enlisted side . I'm a 6154 A framer . 00:59.130 --> 01:01.770 What we do essentially is we work on 01:01.770 --> 01:03.970 the hydraulics on the aircraft . We 01:03.970 --> 01:06.370 work on the frame , we'll do rotor 01:06.370 --> 01:09.400 brakes , things along those lines . We 01:10.269 --> 01:12.325 fixed the aircraft so the pilots can 01:12.325 --> 01:15.750 fly . The most rewarding part about it 01:15.750 --> 01:18.349 is when we have an aircraft that's torn 01:18.669 --> 01:20.725 all the way down , there's something 01:20.725 --> 01:22.725 huge you have to replace , and then 01:22.725 --> 01:24.891 getting it all put back together , all 01:24.891 --> 01:26.947 the panels back on , and then seeing 01:26.947 --> 01:28.836 that bird fly again . It's , it's 01:28.836 --> 01:31.058 really seeing that bird spin up and get 01:31.058 --> 01:33.002 back up into the air is a , it's a 01:33.002 --> 01:35.279 really good feeling . Coming from an 01:35.279 --> 01:37.335 athletic background , it gave me the 01:37.335 --> 01:39.557 biggest advantage in joining the Marine 01:39.557 --> 01:41.668 Corps . It taught me how to work on a 01:41.668 --> 01:43.890 team . It taught me discipline . If you 01:43.890 --> 01:46.001 wanna achieve something , you have to 01:46.001 --> 01:48.370 stay disciplined to it . What made me 01:48.370 --> 01:50.970 choose the Marine Corps was the work 01:50.970 --> 01:53.370 ethic , the fitness levels , the 01:53.370 --> 01:55.889 overall grind that it takes to be a 01:55.889 --> 01:56.889 Marine . 02:00.169 --> 02:03.330 I submitted a package for the most 02:03.330 --> 02:05.441 recent board . I believe they updated 02:05.441 --> 02:07.441 it to March 10th . You could submit 02:07.441 --> 02:09.441 until , so I submitted a package to 02:09.441 --> 02:11.929 hopefully be selected to go to OCS this 02:11.929 --> 02:15.839 May . What inspired me to want 02:15.839 --> 02:18.259 to go officer is a mix between . 02:19.800 --> 02:21.800 Wanting to be like the good leaders 02:21.800 --> 02:23.919 that I have had and use my experience 02:23.919 --> 02:27.559 that I have from being enlisted to be a 02:27.559 --> 02:29.440 leader that Marines deserve to have .