1 00:00:02,630 --> 00:00:05,710 You can't really understand what flying 2 00:00:05,719 --> 00:00:07,840 is like and what flying is like in a 3 00:00:07,849 --> 00:00:10,609 jet until you've done it . And it is 4 00:00:10,619 --> 00:00:13,039 something looking around the clouds , 5 00:00:13,050 --> 00:00:15,217 looking around just at the world below 6 00:00:15,239 --> 00:00:17,940 and pulling some crazy maneuvers . It , 7 00:00:17,950 --> 00:00:20,172 I remember being up there and the whole 8 00:00:20,172 --> 00:00:22,117 time I was just speechless General 9 00:00:22,117 --> 00:00:24,172 Brown . He has said this in multiple 10 00:00:24,172 --> 00:00:26,600 open forums , public forums while he is 11 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:28,620 speaking and talking about his 12 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:31,940 experience and he mentioned his own jet 13 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:34,709 orientation flight . He had gotten an 14 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,887 Air Force ROTC scholarship out of high 15 00:00:36,887 --> 00:00:39,109 school school with the intent of coming 16 00:00:39,109 --> 00:00:41,053 on active duty as a civil engineer 17 00:00:41,053 --> 00:00:43,109 officer serving four years and going 18 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:45,560 back home to Texas up until one moment 19 00:00:45,569 --> 00:00:48,110 in time when he got a jet orientation 20 00:00:48,119 --> 00:00:50,200 ride . And he will tell you in his 21 00:00:50,209 --> 00:00:53,389 words that that one flight changed his 22 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,389 life ever since I was a kid , I always 23 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,400 dreamed of being a pilot . And that 24 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,580 took me down a path and I felt very 25 00:01:00,590 --> 00:01:02,812 shaky about military service . I didn't 26 00:01:02,812 --> 00:01:05,034 feel like I had the confidence for it , 27 00:01:05,034 --> 00:01:07,201 but I faced some challenges down and I 28 00:01:07,201 --> 00:01:06,500 found out that I did have the 29 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:08,621 confidence for it and I could do it . 30 00:01:08,621 --> 00:01:10,788 And I've just been wondering with that 31 00:01:10,788 --> 00:01:13,010 ever since . Although the flight is the 32 00:01:13,010 --> 00:01:14,621 incentive , it's actually an 33 00:01:14,621 --> 00:01:17,004 introduction to the operational side of 34 00:01:17,014 --> 00:01:18,855 the mission from an air force 35 00:01:18,864 --> 00:01:20,531 perspective and from that air 36 00:01:20,531 --> 00:01:22,697 mindedness perspective . And what does 37 00:01:22,697 --> 00:01:24,808 it mean to be an airman ? What better 38 00:01:24,808 --> 00:01:26,753 way to know what it means to be an 39 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:28,364 airman than to actually have 40 00:01:28,364 --> 00:01:30,308 experienced something in the air . 41 00:01:30,779 --> 00:01:32,946 Everything that I have learned at this 42 00:01:32,946 --> 00:01:35,057 point in my own experience has taught 43 00:01:35,057 --> 00:01:37,057 me if someone is struggling , it is 44 00:01:37,057 --> 00:01:39,057 your obligation to go help them and 45 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:38,760 share your knowledge . But at the same 46 00:01:38,769 --> 00:01:41,110 time balancing that with , you can't 47 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,953 always just give them the answer 48 00:01:42,953 --> 00:01:45,120 because they need to think that's what 49 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,342 we need . As the air force already sees 50 00:01:47,342 --> 00:01:47,279 as future leaders , we have to have 51 00:01:47,290 --> 00:01:49,512 people that can figure out the answer . 52 00:01:49,512 --> 00:01:51,569 I'm not creating a super cadet . I'm 53 00:01:51,580 --> 00:01:53,636 actually creating second lieutenants 54 00:01:53,636 --> 00:01:56,230 who our nation expects to fight and win 55 00:01:56,239 --> 00:01:59,019 our nation's wars when their time comes 56 00:01:59,029 --> 00:02:01,099 and we want to deliberately develop 57 00:02:01,110 --> 00:02:03,110 them so that as they come on active 58 00:02:03,110 --> 00:02:05,419 duty , as second lieutenants that they 59 00:02:05,430 --> 00:02:07,580 already have a sense of what it means 60 00:02:07,589 --> 00:02:09,867 to be a part of the profession of arms , 61 00:02:10,289 --> 00:02:13,600 if they can get some of that exposure . 62 00:02:13,610 --> 00:02:16,729 Now , when it matters the most , it 63 00:02:16,740 --> 00:02:18,796 won't be the first time they've ever 64 00:02:18,796 --> 00:02:18,419 seen it .