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Hey there , I'm senior airman Emily .

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So I'm here in Burlington at the Air

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National Guard base home of the Green

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Mountain Boys and this is my home base ,

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come with me and we can check out the

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158 fighter .

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I wanted to be a Vermont State trooper .

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That's why I enlisted in the Vermont

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Air National Guard . The training that

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you get here for law enforcement , you

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can take anywhere in the civilian world .

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Now that you know a little bit about me ,

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why don't we head inside and find out

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some more about one of our pilots ?

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So I'm here at the 1 34th fighter

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squadron , which fun fact is the first

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guard unit to have the F-35 Jets . And

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here with me today is Major Smith . Hey ,

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how you doing ? Good . How are you ?

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Good . So can you tell me a little bit

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about like what your mission is here ?

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Yeah , we're the , like you said , the

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first guard unit to have the F-35 . So

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we train to be the world's best F-35

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pilots so that when we're called upon

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to deploy worldwide , we're ready to go .

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And what inspired you to do that Yeah ,

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I grew up locally watching the Green

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Mountain Boys fly over my house and I

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thought it would be cool to become a

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fighter pilot and serve my country in

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that way . So that's what inspired me

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to join the unit . I love that

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sentiment . That's so cool . Yeah ,

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today we're going out to fly High

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aspect BFM , which is one B , one

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intercepts to dog fighting basically .

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And , uh , the jets are ready , so

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we're about to step out the door . Oh ,

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sweet mind if I join you guys . Yeah ,

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the crew chiefs are out there , they'll

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meet you at the jet and I'll be out

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shortly . Awesome . See you out there .

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Now , we're out here on the flight line

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with our amazing F-35s and we're gonna

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meet up with one of our crew chiefs and

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bank . Hey , how you doing ? I'm doing

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well . How are you ? So a bank , can

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you tell me a little bit about what it

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means to be a crew chief ? The biggest

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part about being a crew chief is making

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sure that the jet's ready to go and

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that our pilots are launched safely .

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And what goes into launching one of

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these bad boys into the air is pretty

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complicated , but we make it look easy

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right now . The jets all buttoned up ,

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but we got to undo that and make sure

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the jet's happy before we launch it out .

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Well , that all sounds like a really

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fun time . It's a blast . Would you

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like to marshal ? Wow . Yeah , totally .

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Actually , I would love to . Let's go .

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Awesome .

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Now that we're off the flight line , I

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wanted to take advantage of one of my

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buddies and security forces being here

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on base today with me . Today is my

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good friend from high school . Actually ,

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Alex Mitchell . How's it going ? Good .

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So , can you tell me a little bit about

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what we're doing here today ? Yes . So

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today we have the uh fats machines ,

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the firearms training system . Uh We

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can do simulated no shoot , shoot

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scenarios . We can also set up targets .

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So it's kind of like a simulated range

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day . Really gets you in the nitty

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gritty . Yeah , it gets you in the zone .

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Oh , most definitely , most definitely .

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I don't think I've touched this thing

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since like tech school . Yeah . All

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right . Here's the rifle right here . I

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have you pick it up , make sure it's on

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safe star ever .

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What do you think ? Excellent . Awesome .

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So nice to get it back in my hands

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after being in recruiting for M and

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thanks for coming up , check it out .

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Thanks for having me . Yeah , it was

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nice to show you guys the 158 Security

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Forces squadron we're gonna head on to

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the next thing now . So earlier we

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showed you the more intense side of

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aviation at the Vermont Air National

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Guard . But leadership and teamwork are

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just as vital on the ground as they are

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in the air here to talk about the

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leadership reaction course is my friend

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Frank Pastor . How you doing , Frank ?

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Good . How are you ? I'm pretty good .

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So , can you explain what we're doing

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here ? Absolutely . The leadership

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reaction course is comprised of seven

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different obstacles and we've got six

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different teams all working together on

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a project that they've never done

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before , which gives them a chance to

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be leaders . It gives them a chance to

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be NC OS . It gives them a chance to be

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team members and they're also having a

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lot of fun .

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Another thing I love about living in

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Vermont is the changing of the seasons .

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Pumpkin spice , cooling temperatures ,

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changing leaves and of course , apple

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picking . This is my friend , Master

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sergeant , Nick Riley . Nick . What

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would you say your favorite thing about

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serving and living in Vermont is well .

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And as for living in Vermont , I love a

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nice sunny day spent on the lake . As

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for serving the four seasons of Vermont

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definitely make ground transportation

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an interesting yet rewarding career

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field as well . All those all sound

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amazing , but these apples aren't gonna

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pick themselves . So why don't we just

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get going ? Let's do it

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after a long day . Like today , I like

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to take a nice relaxing walk along Lake

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Champlain . It's not too far from base

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and there's tons to do here . There's

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biking , there's running , there's

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walking , kayaking , you name it . You

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can do it here . Thanks for joining me .

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On this tour of my home base . I really

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enjoyed spending time with you today

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and I hope you get the chance to visit

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the Green Mountain State in the future .

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See you later .