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every fighter pilot wants a good
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oldfashioned dog
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fight we haven't graduated yet like
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trying to keep yourself in the
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game it's the big mesh we want to go out
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we want to succeed Bart reports under
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attack by an enemy hind we get word over
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the radio there's a hind out in the
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objective
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area said n we got to go right now we're
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spinning this is the last chance will he
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like either Make It or Break It Around
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gun 61 one away 30
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seconds we arrive at the merge and we go
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left to left and we both start honking
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on G and we seeing the vapors coming off
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the upside of the Wings
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shot
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there's an old saying talk is cheap
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action that's what
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matters what you do in the sky defines
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who you are in the
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end this is the last week of the Marine
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Corps Premier weapon School known as
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WTI and what these Pilots do in their
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final days when the lights are brightest
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will Define their
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legacy as the class faces the most
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intense and complex Evolutions yet they
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can also see the Finish Line ahead but
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it will require all they have and more
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to get
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[Music]
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there in the final week of action at
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Yuma a combat Evolution dubbed a aw3
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puts the F-18 students and the Cobra
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students shoulder toosh
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shoulder F-18 student Spritz and Cobra
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student spaz are Miss leaders for their
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respective
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divisions their mission strike four
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targets deep in enemy
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territory and in this non-live fire
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event instead of fighting an adversary
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simulating a foreign country they're
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fighting American
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forces for aw3 the Twist on it was that
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I was now the person trying to figure
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out how to tackle the problem it's a
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little bit of a Twist because I was
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using blue blue equipment I was using
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actual f-35s and actual f-18s so I
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decided to look at myself in a mirror
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and say if I was trying to defend these
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targets what would I do then I was able
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to figure out what am I going to do to
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explore those gaps in their coverage to
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get in strike the targets and then get
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out in this Evolution the highly
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Advanced and classified f-35s joined The
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Fray flying on both sides and battling
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one another as they do the plan is for
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two waves of attacks first F-18 students
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uncle and arms will lead an effort to
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take out as many of the surface to- a
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missile systems says they can then the
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cobras can come in with air cover from
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Spritz and nemire to strike Targets in
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an urban complex dubbed yodaville
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aw3 by Rolling is not super huge we're
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going down low trying to shoot in some
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anti-radiation missiles so we're just
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kind of like in a helping roll at that
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point after the first wave of attacks
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uncle and Imes at the f-35s head back to
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refuel there was still one surface air
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missile system that was online and this
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was like a pretty high-end surface air
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threat so we can't just go like flying
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right past it it's going to shoot
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everybody out of the sky so we needed
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specific ordinance and a lot of
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ordinance to kind of overwhelm this
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system to take it out the f-35s Finish
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refueling and once they do they want to
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rush back out to attack the last Target
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on their
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own but Spritz steps in and makes a call
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ordering them to hold until the full
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Strike Force is refueled and can head
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together Spritz did a really nice job
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calling all stop and so he called them
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like no negative wait for latch to get
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back into the fight with all of their
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air to surf surface missiles as well and
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we're going to overwhelm this thing with
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everything that we got as soon as the
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f18s got back on station he called the
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play for everybody 99 roll call
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b black 61 Min forces met Striker
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pushing set to
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25 everyone kind of broke the huddle
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britz Neer Meer and myself went down low
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at 1,000 ft all the way into the target
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area we were flying in a low altitude
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environment in order to get very close
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to the Target area before we'd look to
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pop up and deliver our ordinance L
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attack L 61
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popping as we employed we got our bomb
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off met Mission success and the once
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again attempted to get below the radar
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Horizon 61 one you are
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dead and we actually got shot and died
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by a simulated surface to air threat
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just before we Dro below the radar
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Horizon damn all right gav let's pick up
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a vector North and get out of the
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fight it was a pretty Bittersweet
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scenario to know that we were so close
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to having a nearly perfect nearly
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exceptional flight to know that we died
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at the very end right after we met
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Mission
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success those sprits and neire were
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taken out their attack run has opened
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the way for spaz and the cobras to
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strike the final targets with easy and
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the remaining Jets providing air
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cover the jet guys were fantastic they
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backed me up and had full coverage of me
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the entire time so I didn't have to get
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shot down by a different jet which would
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have been very
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unfortunate armed and rifle
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one the timing lined up really well the
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way that as a group the jack guys went
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through their initial plan and then how
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we fell in good
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track they made sure that they covered
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us we had good CMS between each other
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and we had very clear Triggers on how it
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was going to go stand
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by ultimately we were able to do our
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mission we made it all the way there we
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struck our targets and then we made a
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home it's Mission success for the f18s
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and cobras and even though Spritz and
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nemire were shot down in the end Spritz
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seems confident it won't affect
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evaluation of their performance or hurt
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their chances to earn an invitation back
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as WTI
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instructors we had Mission success we
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struck all four targets I think we got
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our bombs off before we died so I think
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that's the good news so at least it
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wasn't all in vain but overall I would
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say it went pretty well we'll see what
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the replay says I definitely saw like
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some some big boy decisions being made
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they did a nice job quarterbacking
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though uh coming up with a game plan
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that was a mission success overall win
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the boys definitely needed it now having
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turned this corner hopefully they can
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like kind of ride this trajectory out
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through FX and we can get the W and get
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these guys home with a patch but it's
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looking good so
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far
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I think we overall as a group did really
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well Jets hit their to Jets hit their
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targets our guys all hit the targets
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again so if anything's left there it's
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definitely not
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anymore they say that slow and steady
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wins the race well spaz has been just
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that steady all the way through today
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might have provided the punctuation she
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needed to establish her as the best of
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the best best and earn an invitation
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back as a WTI
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instructor you guys were pretty much
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right in trail and at that same time uh
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latch was executing their second attacks
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they got effects on the first two dpis
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and they came around for re attacks on
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the second two you put your best foot
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forward for certain events because if
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you're thinking somebody may or may not
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be able to hack it in that role you
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don't want to derail the training for
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everybody else so we put spaz in that
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role cuz we knew she could plan take
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information and come up with a creative
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solution overall looking get over
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timeline and I had final retired around
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2143 for all Venom that were operating
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in yodaville good
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see today was a huge win for spaz but as
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always there's little time to celebrate
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WTI concludes in only a few days and the
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cobras and huis must turn attention to
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their final mission just around the
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corner
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7 weeks of grueling training have pushed
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the pilots to their
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Brink but nothing will compare to what
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next one final evolution incorporating
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every type of aircraft on base each
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doing everything they've learned during
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their time in Yuma it's known as
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finx
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last one so that's a good thing ready
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for it be
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over during
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finex the f18s will be providing air
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cover for the cobras while they in turn
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provide assault support for a ground
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force the Hues they'll be spread out to
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three different locations to set up
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bases transport troops and provide
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assault
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support there's like 27 missions ongoing
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simultaneously and not the biggest range
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space in the
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world the challenging aspect is the fact
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that you are integrating in a very very
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short amount of time with every other
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department you are having to make a plan
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that is executable that accomplishes the
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mission but it's that integration in the
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very short amount of time that creates
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the greatest challenge in my opinion of
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finex before we get out to the plan can
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you pull up a copy of the dsum training
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rules on your tablet so we can go over
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it with
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everybody this is the last chance for
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students to prove themselves worthy not
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only of graduating but more importantly
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being invited back as a WTI instructor
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I'm going to be going out to the north
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objective area area we're going to work
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on setting up multiple expeditionary
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Advanced bases and then continuously
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moving them farther
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north this is the last chance will he
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like either Make It or Break It I'm
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flying with zika for the last one he's a
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department head that last impression is
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the standing impression hopefully don't
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mess it up too bad oh
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yeah oh yeah while Chopper hopes for a
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clean flight fellow Huey student tinkle
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looks to reestablish himself as the best
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of the best his major misstep in week
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two of flight phase led to a harsh
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debrief that debrief will stay top of
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mine mostly because tinkle will be
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flying with instructor Wolf the man who
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leveled the
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criticism there going to be a really big
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mission and I was looking forward to
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some extent like almost redeem myself a
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little bit see you guys
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later
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shouldn't we have all the
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essay in the Cobra division two students
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have separated from the rest as the
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course has
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intensified spaz and
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CarX while spaz delivered big in the
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last
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evolution CarX has given the role of air
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Mission Commander for finex the stakes
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couldn't be higher ultimately what that
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requires that I know where everybody's
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going what they're doing how many people
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they're taking and then I roll people to
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different places it's a big
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responsibility it is daunting and
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especially when you're so close to being
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done you kind of just want to be done
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and you know ride off into the sunset
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but that wasn't the case for me 201 82 I
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got put on to to be the escort flight
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lead so basically I was responsible for
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protecting either ospre ch 53s Hues
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whoever's going in and then basically
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still just supporting the guys on Deck
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when they get there it was really unique
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being able to work with everyone
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everyone wants to win everyone wants it
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to go well so it was less nerves it was
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more just excitement to do it cuz it's
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the Big M like we want to go out we want
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to succeed we want to do well and
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everyone playing wants to win all right
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I'm heading
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out everyone knows that finex is the big
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mission and what means for reputation
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and graduation but for the F-18 students
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staying on point isn't as easy as it
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sounds
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exed I'm super tired
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yeah everyone thinks graduation is 2
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days off so you're kind of trying to
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keep yourself in the game we haven't
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graduated yet and still got to go out
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and execute and do these pretty you know
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complex Evolutions I think that all of
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the the uh the adversary aircrafter F5s
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from the 401 guys and we'll see if they
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can um see if they can keep up yeah I'm
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not so sure we got a Top Gun grb right
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here so he's done this once or twice
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yeah every fighter pilot like wants to
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go to the merge and have a good
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oldfashioned dog fight you know getting
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enclos and
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personal merge is where both aircraft
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arrive at the same piece of sky and a
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very close proximity to each other and
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now you are both turning as hard as the
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aircraft will allow you to turn to try
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to gain a a angular advantage to employ
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a weapon that you have to win caffeine
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caffeine is good I I held off on the
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five outter energies until the last
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couple days I didn't take any 5 out
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energies until it's past few days it's
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probably the most fun that we have in
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the jet that would obviously be a great
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way to end it is to end it the merge you
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know with a guns kill on an
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F5 so kids are pretty tired by now cuz
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it's been a long course so uh it's just
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keeping your head in the game and
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sticking it out to the Finish Line you
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know
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really this is a moving defensive
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counter
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a there's a bunch of helicopters and
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Marines on the deck that are moving
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forward in the battle space and then
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moving back and the whole time we just
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have to provide kind of that persistent
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air coverage so they can have that
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freedom of maneuver think localized air
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superiority is what we call it so we're
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going to own the sky for 45 minutes to 3
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hours all
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right
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[Music]
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feeling good it's a nice day today good
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day to go flying you know everyone's
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starting to start up the f35s are
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taxiing out so we're ready to
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rock
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as finex Begins the students will have
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to contend as usual with the adversary
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Squadron but today F5s aren't the only
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adversary aircraft they'll
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face everybody focuses on hey where are
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the
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fighters and they forget about the
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attack helicopters that are out there
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that can do a lot of damage and know by
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the way it's easy to forget about them
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when you're planning and oh by the way
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they can be pretty tough to see and get
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really close and personal to shoot down
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assault aircraft and and create quite a
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bit of Havoc JT does a phenomenal job of
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being that player in the
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problem that's right JT AKA Ivan will be
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joining the fry in a Russian combat
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helicopter called the
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hind as the students contend against
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Ivan and everything else in the kitchen
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sink F sees the opportunity she's been
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waiting for I've been wanting to fight
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Ivan the entire class that was my only
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goal of leaving this class like prefer
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finex the one thing I didn't get to do
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venom11 L shark bull reports under
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attack by an enemy
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hind we're sitting there getting ready
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to launch we get word over the radio
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that guess what there's a hind out in
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the objective area it's just attacked
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our guys to the north that we were going
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to
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support I was so excited said n we got
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to go right now we're spinning
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spaz without hesitation called for the
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aircraft to spin up and she's like I'm
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calling it we're launching why she
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impresses so much
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sometimes spaz she's got a plan we're
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hunting our way through the terrain
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looking for
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Ivan
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[Music]
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and lo and behold spaz found
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Ivan guns Fox two Ian gun gun right
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right I actually was the first one to
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find
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him
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Onan we were able to get the jump on him
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happen to see him coming around
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terrain We Roll out and immediately went
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nose to nose with
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him he's coming right
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around got some Flex gun on
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it Ivan's no more Ivan you are dead kill
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or move
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north he said yeah you guys killed
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me we just hear splash one Ivan and was
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like nice hell yeah don't got to worry
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about
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that due to spaz's desire and push the
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threat and not let it push us around and
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her decisiveness led to a pretty
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successful engagement which was fun to
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see that was my highlight of fex for me
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was actually getting to go fight Ivan so
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it was really cool to beat him spaz did
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what she set out to do killing Ivan
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during finx is a strong statement so
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close to graduation the kind of
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statement that draws attention with
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everyone watching
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but in the skies above the cobras the
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air-to-air fight is still
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raging sniper 5 redeploy North
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Lane that's that's great so Reco in the
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Tactical training range facility kind of
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directing me what to do sniper 5 comrade
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Target North group sniper 5 targeted it
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just so happened that the Manning of the
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aircraft on station was such that we
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were able to overwhelm him sniper 5
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North group retire retarget groups in
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the open in the vicinity of site
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50 I heard oh the brick wall is down
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which means there's no top cover for the
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guys and we're
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like we bust her back over there when we
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finally do get there there's two bad
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guys that are 5 miles from what we call
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the mission fail
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line red strike package
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pushing if they get there they're going
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to drop bombs on all your friends on the
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ground box three
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threat we shoot him now I hope it gets
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there in
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time
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kill it was like a split second thing
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where we cleaned them up right before
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they were going to like Drop bombs on on
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all of our
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friends
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reset a big win for us personally it
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always feels good to get some kills in
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the air to air Arena not die and
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ultimately have a good last event so
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ending on a high note was really
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nice F-18 students uncle and I'm scored
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their kills with long range
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missiles an incredible feat in their
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final
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test but for fellow f8 pilot Spritz a
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nemire the long range fight is about to
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get a whole lot
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closer what do you know it here come
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more Fighters that we need to take
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out snipers
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[Music]
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push FL 61 Bondi North
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group lat 61 c 1 12:00 3 mil
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level sniper one c one left 11 3 mil 10
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high our goal is always to make it to
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emerge and if you can get to emerge then
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you really get to go back to what you're
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good at which is dog fighting and we can
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win in some way shape or
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form latch 61 anchored Rock
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13560 engaged
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Spritz NE just have to kill and clean up
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this Bandit before he either kills them
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or blows through and starts attacking
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everything that we're trying to protect
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they get in there he's at 40,000 ft get
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themselves all the way up to the Moon
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there we arrive at the merge and we go
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left to left and we both start pulling
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honking on
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G they merge with the guy they end up
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taking the fight
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downhill and we seeing the vapors coming
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off the upside of the Wings the g-forces
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are starting to pull down on us and I
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don't think Gavin expected it see I
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think he was a little bit you know
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pulled down into his seat and I start
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hearing some grunting and some noises
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back there as he's trying to keep the
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blood flowing in his
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body pull like 6 and a half G's going
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downhill and F5 is H pretty
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rough and all of a sudden we're turning
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with this
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F5 shot five
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L 61 fox 3 threat
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group L 61 kill threat group and we get
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the final shot and the
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kill it was great to see that they
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recognize like this is time to like go
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to the merge put the knife in the teeth
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and let's get after it and they did
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that I think it was a good finish uh to
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the course recognizing like when to go
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in and guns a blazing L 62
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biger L 61 to
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retire it is what it is if I was out
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there it wouldn't have lost
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but last one's done it was fun we uh
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kicked some butt beat up some F5s they
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didn't know what they were doing so
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pretty much Spritz dominated them he's a
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bfm king he's
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good A little bit of Club action oh
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that's if we end up giving you your
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patch I don't know we'll see yeah we'll
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see uh you guys hold on this F very glad
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to have that over with I'll be honest
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yeah mission accomplished so did you
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pass or what yeah I guess I'll take it
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we'll just keep lowering our standards
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until I can meet up it's good it's a
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long one it's the last one though so
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feels good to have that one
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though for Huey student tinkle the road
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to the Finish was bumpy at times but he
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did finish strong and earned redemption
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in the eyes of his instructor wolf
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nothing but Improvement and that's what
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we want to see of all of our guys so uh
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tinkle's right where he needs to be on
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glide slope he's going to be a good
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senior instructor to go back to the
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fleet and uh and work on his guys in a
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similar
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fashion shutting down being done was
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just kind of nice 7 weeks has officially
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gone away feels like I just checked in
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here yesterday time travel is legitimate
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when you're here I'm not going to
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believe it until they actually give me a
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patch so until that point I'm not going
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to I'm not going to trust it until I can
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put it on my actual
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flight it feels good almost just like a
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sense of accomplishment and then just
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relief at that same
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point the journey to this moment comes
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with a lot of emotion and Analysis but
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for chapper this isn't the time for
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reflection I'll say you got to wait till
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the end right so graduation isn't
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tomorrow we wait I'll wait till then
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till I got my final
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feelings the pilots of WTI have endured
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a gauntlet few ever face they put their
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lives on the line push the very
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boundaries of their abilities and
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reached the end of this grueling
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program following the finx debrief
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there's no doubt they've earned a moment
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to
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celebrate but despite the achievement it
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remains to be seen who has passed muster
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and earned the WTI patch at
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graduation and who will receive the top
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honor an invitation to return as a WTI
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instructor thank you for taking time out
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of your busy schedules to come here and
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to rec recognize the hard work and
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achievement of the fleet's newest
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weapons and tactics
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instructors over the past 7 weeks these
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WTI have been put through a grueling
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course to ensure their success as
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instructors for their units preparing
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them for the full range of military
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operations to the graduates
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congratulations on earning your patch
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and your designation as a weapons and
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tactics
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instructor
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everybody's expected to struggle here
613
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but when you walk across the stage
614
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you've graduated and you now are a
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weapons and tax instructor so it's a
616
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pretty good feeling to work all the way
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through and get to that point Captain
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McKenzie
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space it feels good it's a goal I had
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for 4 years and I finally got
621
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it now it's can I continue to live up to
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the expectation that comes with that
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there is an instantaneous believe as
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soon as someone sees that patch that you
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know what you're talking about and so
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the rest of my time is going to be
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living up to that standard just wanting
628
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to drive that forward and make sure that
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every person who comes after me is
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better than me otherwise I'm not doing
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my job Captain Piper
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failor I was happy with how I performed
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I left it all on the table it weighs
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heavy on me heavier than I thought it
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would knowing you're the standard Bearer
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it's a big
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responsibility I would like to come back
638
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as an instructor if they choose to have
639
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me
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yeah in the Cobra division major Nelms
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believes both carix and spaz prove their
642
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medal and both deserve the honor of an
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invitation to return as WTI instructors
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I think both of them have the right
645
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personality and the right mindset to to
646
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do well here I would consider absolutely
647
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coming back the opportunities you get
648
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here are second to none basically you're
649
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at the Leading Edge of coming up with
650
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what the fleet's going to continue to do
651
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so that would be a really unique
652
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opportunity Captain Andrew
653
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Hitchens in the Huey division all
654
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students will graduate and earn their
655
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patch it's a testament to this class and
656
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the instructors who led them it's a huge
657
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sense of accomplishment to make sure
658
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that a full class makes it through we've
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had some that that they haven't and you
660
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never enjoy sending people home but you
661
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also need to make sure that that patch
662
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means something when people wear it on
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their shoulder that it's not watered
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down and that the people who graduate
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graduate because they should be
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graduating Captain Eric
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shinkle the things that have always set
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tinkle apart his thoughtfulness his
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maturity and ability to learn and think
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through problem sets s Theo part here
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Captain John Wilkins it's a great honor
672
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to be able to wear that patch it's like
673
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the Pinnacle of qualifications and your
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skill and competency as a pilot while
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the Huey class earns High Praise across
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the board the pilot who stood out Above
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the Rest was clear to the
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instructors Chopper showed us that he
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was punching above his weight when it
680
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came to what we expected based on
681
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qualifications and pre-certifications
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that he had and what he was actually
683
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able to
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accomplish coming here it's by far been
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the best Marine Corps training that I've
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ever got nothing else even really
687
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Compares our next graduates are from the
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Tac Air Department under the leadership
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of Lieutenant Colonel
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BR after a course filled with Peaks and
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valleys it's the Moment of Truth for the
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F-18 Tactical Air
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students Uncle i'ms Spritz need Meer
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they took a bit of a dive there as we
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started flight phase things were not
696
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going super
697
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great but about halfway through they
698
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showed an improving Trend and by the end
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of it no doubt in my mind everyone
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deserves the WTI patch and and and go
701
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back to their squadrons and hold that
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position as a training
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officer Captain Gavin
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Jernigan it is a good feeling to become
705
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a WTI graduate and know that you
706
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achieved one of the highest
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qualifications possible Captain John
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bomb it feels great it also feels very
709
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relieving to not have to wake up at 6:00
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tomorrow morning I intend to sleep in
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looking back on everything that we did
712
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it's like wow that was kind of for a
713
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while but ultimately it feels good and I
714
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know that I learned a lot and I'm
715
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looking forward to like taking that back
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and hopefully Force feeding it to other
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people Captain Thomas
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Lauderdale despite some struggles
719
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decided to let me press on you know I
720
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guess it's kind of on me now to go pay
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00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,240
that
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forward 224 the Bengals they're the f8
723
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,320
squad that's been supporting us and I'm
724
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going to go back and be the training
725
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:06,600
officer for them so yeah moving
726
00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:06,600
on Captain William
727
00:33:06,679 --> 00:33:11,679
Odell I had a certain standard that I
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set for myself of my expectations of
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what I wanted and that was the threshold
730
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that I wanted to achieve this is the top
731
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1% of the top
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1% please join me in congratulating
733
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these new weapons and tactics
734
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instructors
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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though all F18 students graduated the
738
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honor of being invited back as WTI
739
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instructors is reserved for Just
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Two based off of the way they see things
741
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:53,279
and their mission planning we ended up
742
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giving ask back to spr Spritz as well as
743
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:58,000
Uncle even though he was down on himself
744
00:33:56,039 --> 00:33:59,080
and struggling sometimes it's good to
745
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see that because it means like they
746
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,080
actually care about what they're doing
747
00:34:00,679 --> 00:34:04,600
so the staff in unison we all decided
748
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like we liked what we saw out of the two
749
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of them so we gave them the ask back to
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be instructors with us here at the
751
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course in the distant future so we'll
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see we'll see if they want to come back
753
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,200
and and
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00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,200
hang ultimately the goal is to get
755
00:34:20,359 --> 00:34:23,720
invited back to be an instructor because
756
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that means that not only did you Excel
757
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:28,079
as an individual they recognized your
758
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:30,200
instructional capacity to and teach the
759
00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:31,800
next group of highle instructors you
760
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,200
need some sort of credibility in order
761
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,839
to be an instructor of instructors I
762
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,699
think that that is ultimately the
763
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crowning achievement right
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[Music]
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there very few of us will ever get the
766
00:34:51,399 --> 00:34:54,879
chance to achieve true
767
00:34:54,919 --> 00:35:00,119
greatness but we all know what it looks
768
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:03,520
like when we see it don't
769
00:35:00,119 --> 00:35:06,480
we these combat Pilots have clearly
770
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:08,280
reached those Heights graduating from
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this weapon school is a moment that no
772
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:14,599
Marine pilot will ever
773
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:16,960
forget it's more than just a patch it's
774
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an achievement a real achievement and
775
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:22,320
the beginning of something much greater
776
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:24,800
so maybe next time you hear someone talk
777
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,640
about fighter pilots you won't just
778
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:30,760
think of a movie huh instead maybe
779
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you'll think of this WTI class and the
780
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:35,900
real feat that they achieved when we
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were all
782
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[Music]
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watching
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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