1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:18,880 because I am so excited to serve my 3 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,200 state , serve my country and be out 4 00:00:21,210 --> 00:00:23,377 there with the people , helping them , 5 00:00:23,377 --> 00:00:25,599 my whole Air Force career so far . I've 6 00:00:25,599 --> 00:00:27,766 only been in two years , but it's been 7 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:30,390 training training , preparing readiness 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,820 and now for something to happen and me 9 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:35,390 have the opportunity to go on that task 10 00:00:35,390 --> 00:00:37,390 force and help the local people and 11 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:39,430 help this recovery effort . I'm so 12 00:00:39,430 --> 00:00:42,780 excited . I'm so excited to not just be 13 00:00:42,780 --> 00:00:45,050 training but to put my training to use 14 00:00:45,050 --> 00:00:47,670 and be out there with all of these 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,410 people and share my skills . I'm I'm 16 00:00:51,410 --> 00:00:53,290 beyond pumped to be out there . 17 00:00:56,860 --> 00:00:59,027 Well , I mean , that's what the Alaska 18 00:00:59,027 --> 00:01:01,027 National Guard is here . The Alaska 19 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:03,249 National Guard is here for the State to 20 00:01:03,249 --> 00:01:05,360 protect the State . They have an oath 21 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,471 to the , you know , the President and 22 00:01:07,471 --> 00:01:09,471 the federal constitution , but they 23 00:01:09,471 --> 00:01:11,749 have a separate responsibility as well , 24 00:01:11,749 --> 00:01:13,749 specifically to the state . So when 25 00:01:13,749 --> 00:01:15,860 things like this happen , that's what 26 00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:18,082 the Guard is here for . They're here to 27 00:01:18,082 --> 00:01:20,193 help and support and I'm so pumped to 28 00:01:20,193 --> 00:01:23,460 be a part of that . And yeah , I think , 29 00:01:23,470 --> 00:01:25,581 I think it is important for the Guard 30 00:01:25,581 --> 00:01:27,803 to have a relationship to the community 31 00:01:27,803 --> 00:01:29,581 because we're here to serve the 32 00:01:29,581 --> 00:01:31,526 community . That's really what our 33 00:01:31,526 --> 00:01:35,330 purpose is . I'm excited for the 34 00:01:35,330 --> 00:01:37,441 experience . This is my first time in 35 00:01:37,441 --> 00:01:39,663 West Alaska . I've never been to bethel 36 00:01:39,663 --> 00:01:41,850 never been known , never been that far 37 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:45,660 West even so I'm super excited to 38 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:47,980 have this experience , you know , and 39 00:01:47,980 --> 00:01:50,630 go to that area and meet the locals and 40 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,850 you know , be integrated into the 41 00:01:52,850 --> 00:01:55,380 community and also the recovery effort . 42 00:01:55,390 --> 00:01:57,290 I have a background in emergency 43 00:01:57,290 --> 00:02:00,410 management and so recovery 44 00:02:00,410 --> 00:02:02,650 operations . I'm super excited to see 45 00:02:02,650 --> 00:02:05,400 that in action and you know , I'm a 46 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,790 little bit of a nerd about it , but I'm 47 00:02:07,790 --> 00:02:11,050 excited to go there and and put my 48 00:02:11,050 --> 00:02:13,630 skills to use and be integrated with 49 00:02:13,630 --> 00:02:15,810 all of my wingman and my fellow 50 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:18,430 soldiers in the navy and see all of 51 00:02:18,430 --> 00:02:20,541 these organizations coming together , 52 00:02:20,541 --> 00:02:22,874 they said there's 50 plus organizations . 53 00:02:22,874 --> 00:02:25,030 So coordinating with fema Red Cross , 54 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,390 I'm I'm excited to see how it's gonna 55 00:02:27,390 --> 00:02:31,360 go down . What are you 56 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,100 guys doing ? So right now we got a 57 00:02:35,110 --> 00:02:38,490 emergency response from the state that 58 00:02:38,490 --> 00:02:40,379 we're gonna go respond in Western 59 00:02:40,379 --> 00:02:44,190 Alaska . Um the people going to Bethel 60 00:02:44,190 --> 00:02:47,620 as well as Gnome were the Bethel group 61 00:02:47,630 --> 00:02:50,580 going to go stationed in Nome and then 62 00:02:50,590 --> 00:02:52,480 go to Alaska . Native villages 63 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,702 throughout the different communities to 64 00:02:54,702 --> 00:02:57,630 help out with their response and figure 65 00:02:57,630 --> 00:02:59,852 out what needs help and how we can help 66 00:02:59,852 --> 00:03:00,852 out 67 00:03:03,570 --> 00:03:06,520 this mission . It seems like it's a lot 68 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,687 of focus on like the community , we're 69 00:03:08,687 --> 00:03:11,200 here to help with the , with the state . 70 00:03:11,210 --> 00:03:13,630 We're all alaskans . So we're here to 71 00:03:13,630 --> 00:03:16,310 help out . We wanna , I've been up here 72 00:03:16,310 --> 00:03:19,050 since 2012 , so I consider my wife's 73 00:03:19,050 --> 00:03:21,106 originally from here , so I consider 74 00:03:21,106 --> 00:03:23,930 myself like a true Alaskan , I guess , 75 00:03:23,940 --> 00:03:26,051 even though I've only been out here a 76 00:03:26,051 --> 00:03:28,700 couple of years . But yeah , 77 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:31,690 Alaskan Native villages as well as like 78 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:33,480 all the other , all the other 79 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,702 communities here in Alaska , we're just 80 00:03:35,702 --> 00:03:37,940 trying to help rebuild what whether 81 00:03:37,950 --> 00:03:40,090 took it had an impact with 82 00:03:47,670 --> 00:03:49,948 it's Alaska . I'm from Alaska and then , 83 00:03:49,948 --> 00:03:52,003 you know , I'm lasting and true . So 84 00:03:52,140 --> 00:03:54,251 help out . That's something I need to 85 00:03:54,251 --> 00:03:55,251 do . 86 00:04:02,750 --> 00:04:04,694 Do you have anything else that you 87 00:04:04,694 --> 00:04:08,500 would like to add ? I'm glad , and I'm 88 00:04:08,510 --> 00:04:09,930 armed to be on this mission .