1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,393 My job in the reserves is a boom 3 00:00:12,393 --> 00:00:14,504 operator . It's a in flight refueling 4 00:00:14,504 --> 00:00:16,969 on the KC 135 A boom operator is 5 00:00:16,979 --> 00:00:19,090 somebody who does in flight refueling 6 00:00:19,090 --> 00:00:22,020 um , on a tanker jet . And my main job 7 00:00:22,030 --> 00:00:24,197 is the refueling and controls the boom 8 00:00:24,197 --> 00:00:26,363 into other aircraft that are receiving 9 00:00:26,363 --> 00:00:29,440 the fuel from , uh from our jet from 10 00:00:29,450 --> 00:00:32,419 our fuel tanks . Aerial refueling is 11 00:00:32,430 --> 00:00:35,819 something that is very necessary for a 12 00:00:35,830 --> 00:00:37,886 lot of the different smaller fighter 13 00:00:37,886 --> 00:00:39,663 jets or bombers that need to be 14 00:00:39,663 --> 00:00:41,997 airborne for an extended period of time . 15 00:00:42,090 --> 00:00:44,146 And they're unable to do that unless 16 00:00:44,146 --> 00:00:46,201 they get fuel while they're orbiting 17 00:00:46,201 --> 00:00:48,312 around in the sky waiting to do their 18 00:00:48,312 --> 00:00:50,534 next mission or , you know , in between 19 00:00:50,534 --> 00:00:50,090 missions they'll come up and they'll 20 00:00:50,099 --> 00:00:52,310 get fuel from us . So they don't have 21 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:55,270 to land refuel again on the ground to 22 00:00:55,279 --> 00:00:57,279 take off again . So it's just a lot 23 00:00:57,279 --> 00:00:59,110 more of an efficient process . 24 00:01:02,409 --> 00:01:04,730 So the 3/70 we are technically a 25 00:01:04,739 --> 00:01:07,019 reserve squadron . Um , but a lot of 26 00:01:07,029 --> 00:01:09,251 the people in the unit are their active 27 00:01:09,251 --> 00:01:11,418 reserve , so they're there full time . 28 00:01:11,418 --> 00:01:13,640 It's their full time job like a regular 29 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,279 Monday through Friday . Um , but there 30 00:01:16,290 --> 00:01:18,512 is a handful of us that are traditional 31 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:20,679 reservists . So , you know , we do our 32 00:01:20,679 --> 00:01:22,957 one weekend a month , two weeks a year . 33 00:01:22,957 --> 00:01:25,068 Um , so we're here very part time but 34 00:01:25,068 --> 00:01:27,234 the unit itself is here supporting the 35 00:01:27,234 --> 00:01:29,346 mission every day . Um , sometimes on 36 00:01:29,346 --> 00:01:31,401 the weekends , whatever , you know , 37 00:01:31,401 --> 00:01:33,346 the 412 needs from us , we're here 38 00:01:33,346 --> 00:01:35,568 supporting . Um , so it's a very unique 39 00:01:35,568 --> 00:01:37,512 squadron . We're a mix of a lot of 40 00:01:37,512 --> 00:01:39,734 different people with flying , a lot of 41 00:01:39,734 --> 00:01:41,846 different air frames . It's just very 42 00:01:41,846 --> 00:01:43,623 unique , very family oriented , 43 00:01:43,623 --> 00:01:45,623 everyone's very close and um yeah , 44 00:01:45,623 --> 00:01:48,339 it's a big mix of people , but we're 45 00:01:48,349 --> 00:01:50,419 here to get the job done . So that's 46 00:01:50,430 --> 00:01:53,760 what we do . So I don't fly with the 47 00:01:53,769 --> 00:01:56,029 370th at all . My flying unit is the 4 48 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,059 61st from there . So I am kind of 49 00:01:59,069 --> 00:02:01,750 farmed out on loan , so 3/70 has all of 50 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,389 my admin control , but my flying unit 51 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,379 is the 4 61st . So in essence , they 52 00:02:07,389 --> 00:02:09,389 are supporting all of the squadrons 53 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,289 while you know , while also doing the 54 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:14,189 tanker mission , kind of keeps us 55 00:02:14,189 --> 00:02:16,022 deeply rooted in the in the test 56 00:02:16,022 --> 00:02:18,244 mission here , which I think is kind of 57 00:02:18,244 --> 00:02:21,339 the 3/70 kind of lot in life . Um is , 58 00:02:21,350 --> 00:02:23,461 is support whether it be from tankers 59 00:02:23,461 --> 00:02:25,517 or whether it be from actually doing 60 00:02:25,517 --> 00:02:27,406 the uh doing the mission uh we're 61 00:02:27,406 --> 00:02:29,628 supporting everywhere we can to provide 62 00:02:29,628 --> 00:02:32,050 that continuity . Um and that kind of 63 00:02:32,059 --> 00:02:34,281 that last piece of the puzzle for , for 64 00:02:34,281 --> 00:02:34,960 the active duty .