WEBVTT 00:02.099 --> 00:04.321 Being an Osprey crew chief . It is , is 00:04.321 --> 00:06.432 the most exciting job I've ever had . 00:06.432 --> 00:08.488 Just like in fury , right ? They say 00:08.488 --> 00:10.543 best job I've ever had . This is the 00:10.543 --> 00:12.599 best job I've ever had . I've got to 00:12.599 --> 00:14.766 see the world . I've flown through the 00:14.766 --> 00:14.439 entire world be at the painted 00:14.449 --> 00:17.360 mountains in northern New Mexico or the 00:17.370 --> 00:19.592 jungles in Africa . I've got to see the 00:19.592 --> 00:21.592 world in the sky and that is such a 00:21.592 --> 00:22.592 cool thing . 00:25.819 --> 00:27.986 I , I think that the biggest challenge 00:27.986 --> 00:30.120 that I've faced is the movement from 00:30.129 --> 00:32.185 whenever I joined the Marine Corps , 00:32.185 --> 00:33.962 being in war , whenever we were 00:33.962 --> 00:36.129 fighting the wars in the Middle East , 00:36.129 --> 00:38.296 to kind of like the post war mentality 00:38.296 --> 00:40.351 that we have now , really it to , to 00:40.351 --> 00:42.462 overcome those kind of challenges has 00:42.462 --> 00:44.518 been to just always keep that combat 00:44.518 --> 00:46.296 mindset . And I think it's very 00:46.296 --> 00:48.296 important that the older generation 00:48.296 --> 00:48.020 such as myself and some of my staff and 00:48.029 --> 00:50.240 co that did participate in the uh the 00:50.250 --> 00:52.194 the theaters that we had before to 00:52.194 --> 00:54.349 bring that knowledge to the younger 00:54.360 --> 00:58.270 generation . The most 00:58.279 --> 01:00.501 important job as assassins , you know , 01:00.501 --> 01:02.668 by a far margin is taking care of your 01:02.668 --> 01:04.557 marines . I've I've had some very 01:04.557 --> 01:06.779 strong leaders growing up in the Marine 01:06.779 --> 01:08.890 Corps and I have always found that if 01:08.890 --> 01:10.946 you take care of your marines , then 01:10.946 --> 01:13.112 they will take care of you . So if I'm 01:13.112 --> 01:15.223 making sure my marines are well cared 01:15.223 --> 01:17.446 for , they know that I'm thinking about 01:17.446 --> 01:19.668 them and I have their best interests in 01:19.668 --> 01:21.723 mind , just the ability to show them 01:21.723 --> 01:23.946 how much you love them . Like they will 01:23.946 --> 01:23.349 never fear the enemy more than they 01:23.360 --> 01:25.360 love you . If you're taking care of 01:25.360 --> 01:25.110 your marines correctly , 01:29.620 --> 01:31.453 the leaders that I've had , have 01:31.453 --> 01:33.620 definitely influenced who I am today . 01:33.620 --> 01:35.842 I'm a strong believer that you are your 01:35.842 --> 01:38.040 experiences , right ? So I am not 01:38.139 --> 01:40.306 corporal Strickland , who is one of my 01:40.306 --> 01:42.472 first squad leaders . I'm not Sergeant 01:42.472 --> 01:44.528 Torres , who is one of my first b 22 01:44.528 --> 01:46.139 instructors . What I am is a 01:46.139 --> 01:48.417 conglomeration of all of these marines . 01:48.417 --> 01:50.639 I take bits and pieces of things I like 01:50.639 --> 01:52.695 from people to make gunnery Sergeant 01:52.695 --> 01:54.917 Tompkins . So I think every marine is a 01:54.917 --> 01:56.861 product of the leaders they've had 01:56.861 --> 02:00.160 ahead of them . I've had people ask me 02:00.169 --> 02:02.336 like you're an aircraft mechanic and a 02:02.336 --> 02:04.225 crew chief . Why don't you go fly 02:04.225 --> 02:06.447 somewhere else ? That's not my job . My 02:06.447 --> 02:08.447 job , that's part of my job leading 02:08.447 --> 02:10.558 marines is , is my job . And I really 02:10.558 --> 02:12.780 think that there's only one place to do 02:12.780 --> 02:11.990 that and it's in the Marine Corps . So 02:12.000 --> 02:14.056 it'll be a sad day when I hang up my 02:14.056 --> 02:16.167 boots um , because I won't be able to 02:16.167 --> 02:18.389 do that job anymore , but I'll continue 02:18.389 --> 02:17.669 taking care of people and the 02:17.679 --> 02:19.679 experiences I've gained through the 02:19.679 --> 02:20.789 Marine Corps definitely shape that .