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- We're down here in North Carolina

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helping the paratroopers over
here on Pope Air Force Base

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jump out and get their qualifications

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and stay current.

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So the actual jumping portion for us,

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isn't as labor intensive as the front end.

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So the rigging process,

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everything beforehand, before the flight,

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is really where we cash in our checks.

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That's really where we're
working the hardest.

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But also the in-flight portion,
we're helping out as well.

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So you could take, depending
on how fast you are,

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a couple hours to get ready.

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So everything that they're seeing

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is already done before they get there.

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As they're jumping out,
that's four hours of work

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that we've put in to get it
all ready for them to jump,

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so everything is safe.

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So I think it's really
important for us to be

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in these kinds of missions

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because we don't get to
do this all too often.

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Just even that one or two reps that we get

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prepares us for the real thing.

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And I think nothing actually prepares you

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for combat like combat,

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but if this shaves off
that half-second or second

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that you need, and a lot
of times that half-second

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could be the difference between
somebody living or dying.

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The heavy equipment, kind
of like paratroopers,

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is something that we
don't get to do a ton.

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And it's extremely versatile
because we're dropping

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a bunch of different stuff.

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And just like combat, you never know

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what you're gonna be dropping.

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So this allows us to be
able to do different things

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and then get ready for those situations

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where we see something that's different.

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This is the only thing
that can get us ready.

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Just like any other
profession, the more you do it

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the more perfect you'll be.

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And even perfect isn't perfect.

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And I think that practice
gets you to that point

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to where you're executing
everything to a T.

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I think when you think about flying

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you might think just about pilots,

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but every single position
on the aircraft support,

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from the navigator to the
engineer, to the load masters

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in the back, which you
might not think about,

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but everybody plays a part
in the overall mission.

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And when everybody's
firing on all cylinders

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that's when we get the job done.

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