1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:03,620 --> 00:00:05,820 Armando and the rescue community is 3 00:00:05,820 --> 00:00:07,876 thes things we do so that others may 4 00:00:07,876 --> 00:00:11,870 live . The 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,960 mission for the 88 60 is very diverse . 6 00:00:14,970 --> 00:00:17,081 Our main mission is combat search and 7 00:00:17,081 --> 00:00:19,137 rescue or personal recovery . But we 8 00:00:19,137 --> 00:00:21,410 can also dio hurricane relief duties , 9 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:24,040 cabs back medevac , and we can also do 10 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,620 Civil Star . I am staff Sergeant Kelly 11 00:00:27,630 --> 00:00:29,840 Jones , and I am with the 66 Rescue 12 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,007 Squadron , and I am a special missions 13 00:00:32,007 --> 00:00:35,300 aviator . A special missions aviator is 14 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,740 a fairly new career field , and it's a 15 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:40,660 combination of an aerial gunner in the 16 00:00:40,670 --> 00:00:42,900 flight engineer in tow , one a f c . 17 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,950 What we dio is we're systems experts , 18 00:00:47,060 --> 00:00:50,150 so we need to understand the helicopter , 19 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:52,372 all the components within it . That way 20 00:00:52,372 --> 00:00:54,428 we can help the pilots evaluated and 21 00:00:54,428 --> 00:00:56,483 analysed the situation and come to a 22 00:00:56,483 --> 00:00:59,640 logical conclusion . This is a very 23 00:00:59,650 --> 00:01:02,260 physically demanding job , but above 24 00:01:02,270 --> 00:01:04,870 that is very mentally exhausting . So 25 00:01:04,870 --> 00:01:08,600 you have to be able to bounce back all 26 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:11,460 the time and as faras me overcoming 27 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:13,930 them . You know , I study a lot and I 28 00:01:13,930 --> 00:01:16,280 work out a lot , and I hang out and 29 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,730 rest when I need to . The thing that 30 00:01:18,730 --> 00:01:21,700 excites me the most about my mission is 31 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,833 probably shooting the 50 caliber 32 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:24,833 machine gun . 33 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:29,842 Obviously , that's a lot of fun to do . 34 00:01:29,842 --> 00:01:31,787 But I think the most important and 35 00:01:31,787 --> 00:01:33,842 rewarding part of my job is the fact 36 00:01:33,842 --> 00:01:36,250 that we trained so much , even though 37 00:01:36,250 --> 00:01:38,361 it seems redundant , it's the feeling 38 00:01:38,361 --> 00:01:40,250 to know that we get a call that a 39 00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:42,560 downed pilot has gone behind in line . 40 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:45,680 I know that I'm able to do my job and 41 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,680 do it well to go in and pick up the 42 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,410 survivor . So when I sit in that seat , 43 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:52,370 I'm looking out scanning or I'm 44 00:01:52,370 --> 00:01:54,650 employing the weapon for me , that 45 00:01:55,710 --> 00:01:57,877 there's nothing that beats that . That 46 00:01:57,877 --> 00:01:59,877 for me is my dream come true . It's 47 00:01:59,877 --> 00:02:01,988 what I've been wanting to do my whole 48 00:02:01,988 --> 00:02:00,650 life .