1 00:00:00,810 --> 00:00:03,500 - It's the time that we're in as we're going 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:07,003 through economic changes, changes with technology. 3 00:00:09,530 --> 00:00:11,090 We're always in constant change. 4 00:00:11,090 --> 00:00:14,850 So as the changes come, it can be difficult and challenging, 5 00:00:14,850 --> 00:00:17,770 and so, resiliency is, I believe, 6 00:00:17,770 --> 00:00:21,410 part of the fabric of being in the military. 7 00:00:21,410 --> 00:00:25,483 I, absolutely, have Airmen that's resilient, elite, 8 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:31,350 and that would be Senior Airmen Rotich, Rael Rotich. 9 00:00:31,350 --> 00:00:32,513 - I'm from Kenya. 10 00:00:34,130 --> 00:00:35,743 The capital city is Nairobi. 11 00:00:37,004 --> 00:00:40,310 And I am from Eldoret city. 12 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:43,090 The county is Uasin Gishu County, 13 00:00:43,090 --> 00:00:44,763 and it's in Rift Valley Province. 14 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:48,850 So, when we were growing up we really didn't have much, 15 00:00:48,850 --> 00:00:50,550 but we had to survive, you know. 16 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:53,290 Whatever we get, that is how we would, 17 00:00:53,290 --> 00:00:54,670 if we have food, we have food. 18 00:00:54,670 --> 00:00:57,120 If we don't have food, we don't have food. 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,800 But life had to keep going on. 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,940 It was not normal, 'cause, you know, 21 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:04,300 at that time when you're going to school 22 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:06,883 you don't have shoes, it's freezing. 23 00:01:07,939 --> 00:01:11,760 Sometimes we had to take shortcuts. 24 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,780 Sometimes you go to the tarmac road 25 00:01:13,780 --> 00:01:16,440 where you have to walk on gravel, 26 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,070 and you don't have shoes, and it was freezing. 27 00:01:19,070 --> 00:01:21,290 But you had to go to school. 28 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:23,440 You had no choice, you had to go to school. 29 00:01:24,613 --> 00:01:26,830 I got a scholarship to come to play 30 00:01:26,830 --> 00:01:29,053 at Columbia College in Missouri. 31 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:32,660 And at that time I was, actually, in training 32 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:36,370 for the Kenya national women's volleyball. 33 00:01:36,370 --> 00:01:38,740 We were training to go to Japan. 34 00:01:38,740 --> 00:01:40,720 And when I got a scholarship, 35 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,640 I quit the Kenya national volleyball team, 36 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,060 and I came to America. 37 00:01:47,060 --> 00:01:48,280 Once I got my green card, 38 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,620 that's when I joined the Air Force. 39 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:51,040 But I really wanted to join the Air Force 40 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,367 because I love the military. 41 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:56,100 And I just learn the discipline that is within military. 42 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:58,083 And I wanted the school benefits, too. 43 00:01:59,590 --> 00:02:01,930 I'm a traffic management officer. 44 00:02:01,930 --> 00:02:06,450 And what we do is, you can walk in three different sections. 45 00:02:06,450 --> 00:02:08,197 We have out-bound, we have in-bound, 46 00:02:08,197 --> 00:02:10,310 and we have household goods. 47 00:02:10,310 --> 00:02:13,130 So, I am out-bound. 48 00:02:13,130 --> 00:02:14,560 I've walked out-bound more. 49 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,670 We receive shipment from the receiving unit, section. 50 00:02:18,670 --> 00:02:22,560 And then we have to make sure that it's in good condition, 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,053 and we can ship it to wherever it needs to go. 52 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,110 - If she's not working, she's going to school 53 00:02:30,110 --> 00:02:32,210 If she's not going to school, she's studying. 54 00:02:32,210 --> 00:02:34,260 If she's not studying, she's with the family. 55 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:36,412 - You take it. - One. 56 00:02:36,412 --> 00:02:37,940 Two. 57 00:02:37,940 --> 00:02:39,393 Three. 58 00:02:39,393 --> 00:02:40,226 Four. 59 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:43,276 (laughter) 60 00:02:43,276 --> 00:02:45,563 Yeah, I feel like a ringmaster, 61 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,510 that you have to do all these things. 62 00:02:48,510 --> 00:02:50,610 And sometimes you have no choice 63 00:02:50,610 --> 00:02:52,853 because I want to get my nursing degree. 64 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:56,480 I have my kids, and I have to work. 65 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,250 And my husband works, but, you know, he just got here. 66 00:03:00,250 --> 00:03:02,470 And the job that he's doing right now is enough 67 00:03:02,470 --> 00:03:05,680 to pay the bills, but I still have to work 68 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,240 at least two or three days a week. 69 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,630 - Her goal and her drive is very silent. 70 00:03:11,630 --> 00:03:14,300 You know, she doesn't bombard anyone with it. 71 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,650 You know, she doesn't remind anyone of it. 72 00:03:16,650 --> 00:03:21,053 You know, she's a very kind and a sweet person to work with. 73 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:27,000 - It's tough, but you just take one day at a time. 74 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,900 That's all you can do, and you deal 75 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:30,700 with what you can deal at that time. 76 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,800 Listen, God cannot give you something 77 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:35,940 that you cannot handle. 78 00:03:35,940 --> 00:03:37,583 You just have to be positive. 79 00:03:37,583 --> 00:03:40,250 (upbeat music)