WEBVTT 00:00.840 --> 00:04.060 Okay . Well , how are things ? 00:05.640 --> 00:07.560 It's pretty good so far . 00:10.740 --> 00:12.907 Your , your mom should be joining us . 00:12.907 --> 00:16.050 She's not quite here yet . All right . 00:17.840 --> 00:20.650 When , when did you , when were you 00:20.650 --> 00:21.650 deployed ? 00:28.040 --> 00:31.160 It was about the middle october 00:32.640 --> 00:33.360 Okay . 00:39.340 --> 00:41.650 And and things so far have been okay . 00:42.840 --> 00:44.550 Yeah , not too bad . Mm . 00:46.740 --> 00:50.240 I expected worse . Well , I guess 00:50.240 --> 00:52.860 that's it . Way to prepare yourself . 00:53.840 --> 00:57.820 Uh huh . How how long 00:57.820 --> 01:01.620 is your deployment for Right 01:01.620 --> 01:05.440 now ? Looking at six , Yeah , six 01:05.440 --> 01:07.360 months . Yes . 01:15.940 --> 01:18.850 Sorry , I'm a slow note taker . Yeah . 01:19.340 --> 01:22.870 What time is it there right now ? Right 01:22.870 --> 01:26.870 now it is 7 01:26.870 --> 01:27.860 58 . 01:31.140 --> 01:34.760 And in the weather um 01:35.940 --> 01:37.773 been pretty cold in the mornings 01:38.240 --> 01:41.050 Getting down to like about 32° 01:43.340 --> 01:46.240 But in the afternoon it'll warm up the 01:46.250 --> 01:47.630 probably the 50s . 01:50.740 --> 01:52.684 Well , you know , I bet you're not 01:52.684 --> 01:54.851 missing the teens that we're having up 01:54.851 --> 01:58.350 here . Oh , I've been in 01:58.350 --> 02:01.590 California for the last two years so I 02:01.590 --> 02:05.220 got used to it and I'm not 02:05.220 --> 02:06.860 so warm blooded . 02:10.340 --> 02:11.340 Uh huh . 02:17.740 --> 02:20.940 So is this your first deployment ? Yes , 02:20.940 --> 02:24.930 it is . And will this be 02:24.930 --> 02:27.950 your first holiday away from home ? 02:30.040 --> 02:33.640 Mhm . The first christmas away from 02:33.640 --> 02:35.850 home . Yes . How does that feel ? 02:37.640 --> 02:38.360 Um 02:41.440 --> 02:45.150 It's hard to explain like there's 02:45.410 --> 02:47.810 the good and the bad about it . It 02:47.810 --> 02:49.866 sucks because you miss your family , 02:49.866 --> 02:51.977 you get to be with them while they're 02:51.977 --> 02:54.370 celebrating the holidays in the same 02:54.370 --> 02:57.730 sense , you know , you're making it 02:57.770 --> 02:59.714 possible for them to celebrate the 02:59.714 --> 03:01.826 holidays , you're doing your part for 03:01.826 --> 03:03.550 them ? Sure . 03:15.040 --> 03:17.290 And so what we're kind of uh are you 03:17.300 --> 03:19.022 are you guys doing any sort of 03:19.022 --> 03:22.780 celebration down there as 03:22.780 --> 03:26.060 far as we know ? No , we're not really 03:26.440 --> 03:29.300 uh it's gonna be just another day at 03:29.300 --> 03:29.760 work . 03:35.040 --> 03:36.207 That kind of sucks . 03:40.040 --> 03:43.660 Yeah , it kind of does , but I guess it , 03:44.540 --> 03:46.850 that's what we signed up to do . Sure . 03:55.840 --> 03:58.062 Will you be able to talk to your family 03:58.062 --> 04:01.380 at all on christmas ? Yeah , we have 04:01.380 --> 04:04.960 our USO set here set up here and it's 04:04.960 --> 04:08.270 for military members and they have Like 04:08.280 --> 04:11.880 TVs to watch movies on and gaming 04:11.880 --> 04:13.991 consoles , you can play video games . 04:13.991 --> 04:16.158 And they also have phones that you can 04:16.158 --> 04:19.410 talk and call anywhere you want for 04:19.410 --> 04:22.860 free for 30 minutes . See 04:23.540 --> 04:25.651 Are you are you limited to 30 minutes 04:25.651 --> 04:28.950 today ? No . Okay . 04:34.040 --> 04:35.818 So I'm guessing you're , you're 04:35.818 --> 04:37.984 planning on giving them a call then on 04:37.984 --> 04:39.860 christmas ? Yes . 04:45.440 --> 04:47.496 What are you going to , what are you 04:47.496 --> 04:49.829 going to miss most about not being home ? 04:49.829 --> 04:51.829 What are some of the traditions you 04:51.829 --> 04:53.950 guys had or have ? Okay . 04:54.740 --> 04:58.370 Um we usually do the 04:58.380 --> 05:01.850 typical christmas christmas eve 05:01.850 --> 05:04.820 christmas and the New Year's thing I 05:04.820 --> 05:08.730 miss most is more lander thing . It's 05:08.730 --> 05:11.070 ice skating . I miss having going to 05:11.070 --> 05:14.360 ice skate and drink and go and 05:14.840 --> 05:16.850 skate around for hours . 05:19.040 --> 05:21.151 That's what you guys did on christmas 05:21.151 --> 05:24.840 Lynn Yeah , more of the winter side of 05:24.840 --> 05:28.550 it . zero Hold on 1 2nd . Tyler Okay . 05:29.740 --> 05:32.680 Yeah . Tyler , can you hear it ? 05:32.690 --> 05:36.580 Yes , we've got 05:36.590 --> 05:39.940 your mom here . Hi josh , 05:41.040 --> 05:44.950 come on in Sorry , I guess we're 05:44.950 --> 05:47.460 not going to be able see him but 05:49.900 --> 05:53.630 well . Mhm . Hey 05:53.630 --> 05:57.510 Tyler how are you ? What they have 05:57.510 --> 05:58.050 this 1 ? 06:00.540 --> 06:04.260 Okay cool 06:04.740 --> 06:08.540 can you hear me ? Yeah I can how you 06:08.540 --> 06:11.860 doing ? Did but 06:13.640 --> 06:16.760 Mhm . Mhm . So we were 06:17.140 --> 06:19.860 about yeah . Yeah 06:20.960 --> 06:22.990 saying how better 06:24.940 --> 06:28.330 Yes . Mhm Better there's something you 06:28.330 --> 06:31.450 guys did a lot . It is yeah he's 06:31.550 --> 06:35.340 beating them . Yeah . 06:35.840 --> 06:38.062 Well how often have you all got to talk 06:38.340 --> 06:41.360 actually ? I got caught on monday night . 06:46.440 --> 06:49.460 Hi . Yeah . Oh 06:54.790 --> 06:56.660 how weird is it going to be 06:58.240 --> 07:01.840 soft ? Right okay . 07:09.840 --> 07:13.600 Oh are you all doing ? 07:18.240 --> 07:22.140 Mhm . So have you 07:22.140 --> 07:24.910 gotten a book to read ? I read on your 07:24.910 --> 07:27.090 new tradition was going to read two 07:27.090 --> 07:30.900 books . Yeah I've gotten a couple of 07:30.900 --> 07:33.830 books I picked up Because you're trying 07:33.830 --> 07:36.550 to beat my one book in 12 hours . Yes . 07:39.440 --> 07:43.360 No and definitely not . Okay . Is that 07:43.360 --> 07:46.130 counting your E . M . T . Book ? Have 07:46.130 --> 07:49.810 you got ? No it doesn't . Uh I haven't 07:49.810 --> 07:51.921 gotten that package yet . You haven't 07:51.921 --> 07:54.860 got my package yet . No not yet . 07:55.840 --> 07:59.650 Yeah tend them . Well I 07:59.650 --> 08:03.630 soon package of christmas 08:03.630 --> 08:04.260 candy 08:08.140 --> 08:09.250 and yeah 08:13.040 --> 08:15.860 you'll get that before christmas . 08:17.440 --> 08:20.510 Mhm . What was that then ? Hopefully 08:20.510 --> 08:22.232 you'll get that package before 08:22.232 --> 08:25.660 christmas . Yeah hopefully . 08:26.540 --> 08:28.707 Did you get grandma's christmas card ? 08:29.340 --> 08:30.060 I did 08:33.140 --> 08:35.860 but I'll let her know she keeps asking . 08:37.540 --> 08:41.280 Yeah . Yeah you probably better do 08:41.280 --> 08:41.860 that . 08:45.540 --> 08:48.320 Oh where have you gotten to speak with 08:48.320 --> 08:49.376 your grandmother ? 08:52.140 --> 08:54.140 What was that ? Have you gotten to 08:54.140 --> 08:56.251 speak with your grandmother since you 08:56.251 --> 09:00.150 left . No I have not . We'll be 09:00.150 --> 09:03.360 able to send cards and letters and 09:03.360 --> 09:06.940 stuff . Good . Yeah . 09:08.640 --> 09:12.360 Yes . Mhm . Okay . 09:17.040 --> 09:19.560 So what time is it there right now ? 09:21.740 --> 09:23.650 806 ? Mm . 09:26.740 --> 09:30.360 Mhm . Yeah . Okay . 09:31.540 --> 09:32.160 Yeah . 09:35.540 --> 09:38.080 So is it is it Wednesday their morning 09:38.080 --> 09:40.260 time or evening ? 09:41.540 --> 09:44.660 It's union time . It's to the 09:45.840 --> 09:47.760 okay . Yes . 09:50.640 --> 09:53.950 Yes . Mm hmm . 09:55.440 --> 09:58.630 Oh hard is adjusting the new time 09:58.630 --> 10:02.540 scheduled ? The first 10:02.550 --> 10:05.760 two or three days was really hard 10:06.840 --> 10:08.896 because on the trip over here it was 10:08.896 --> 10:12.060 hard to uh sleep , 10:12.740 --> 10:15.880 get a sleep pattern going . I want you 10:15.890 --> 10:18.800 get over here , it's the complete 10:18.800 --> 10:21.750 opposite of back home . Mhm . So 10:22.240 --> 10:24.590 So you basically just got to flip your 10:24.590 --> 10:28.390 sleep cycle at 180 and it 10:28.400 --> 10:30.567 took me about a week to adjust to it . 10:31.040 --> 10:32.040 Mhm . 10:40.040 --> 10:42.262 Tyler was saying that will be his first 10:42.262 --> 10:45.280 christmas away from home and that's 10:45.290 --> 10:47.990 just got , I remember my first away 10:47.990 --> 10:51.770 from home , rough on my family sure 10:51.800 --> 10:54.133 you know this has got to be even harder . 10:55.040 --> 10:58.720 Yeah it is . He wasn't , 10:58.720 --> 11:00.880 he's not here to help pack all those 11:00.880 --> 11:03.510 packages to his sister's house for us 11:03.510 --> 11:05.454 this morning when we opened them . 11:07.340 --> 11:09.860 Mhm . Okay . 11:11.340 --> 11:13.200 Yeah . Yeah . 11:18.640 --> 11:21.930 You say something Tyler , No , I didn't . 11:21.940 --> 11:25.260 Okay . And 11:25.260 --> 11:27.730 so I was saying that it doesn't look 11:27.730 --> 11:29.841 like they'll be doing any celebrating 11:31.940 --> 11:35.230 just another day for them man . That's 11:35.240 --> 11:37.018 that's rough . Are you gonna do 11:37.018 --> 11:39.240 anything when you have some free time ? 11:39.440 --> 11:41.662 Do you have a tree set up or anything ? 11:42.640 --> 11:45.480 Yeah , we , we all got our in our shop . 11:45.490 --> 11:48.600 We have like garland and 11:48.940 --> 11:50.996 small christmas trees of people have 11:50.996 --> 11:53.640 sent out in their care packages . So we 11:53.640 --> 11:56.750 still have our holiday spirit . Good . 11:57.640 --> 11:58.450 Yeah . Okay . 12:05.640 --> 12:07.807 You have a stocking hanging anywhere ? 12:08.940 --> 12:12.060 No , we don't we don't have that . 12:16.040 --> 12:16.550 Mhm . 12:24.440 --> 12:26.551 All my questions on monday night . He 12:26.551 --> 12:28.662 he called me at a quarter to three in 12:28.662 --> 12:31.710 the morning at work . Okay . Well you 12:31.710 --> 12:34.360 were dying ? Yeah , He either called me 12:34.360 --> 12:37.550 anywhere from 300 quarter after 4:00 AM . 12:39.540 --> 12:41.770 Mhm . I guess that works for you then . 12:41.780 --> 12:43.836 That works out nicely . How often do 12:43.836 --> 12:46.750 you guys get to talk ? He's called Me 12:46.760 --> 12:49.490 What ? Last three Mondays ? Tyler ? 12:50.740 --> 12:51.240 Yeah , 12:57.640 --> 13:00.660 then we connect on facebook . Sure . 13:04.240 --> 13:06.407 And he told me he plans on calling the 13:06.407 --> 13:08.450 family on christmas . That would be 13:08.450 --> 13:08.850 nice . 13:13.040 --> 13:16.850 Yeah , you better do that . Tyler no 13:16.850 --> 13:19.250 promises but I'll see what I can do 13:21.240 --> 13:23.407 and make sure you talk to your niece . 13:27.440 --> 13:29.930 Yeah , I know . Every time I'm able to 13:29.930 --> 13:32.500 call is early in the morning for you 13:32.500 --> 13:35.250 guys . Makes it hard . Right . 13:39.440 --> 13:41.607 So do you have to work christmas day ? 13:43.140 --> 13:44.160 Yes I do . 13:47.940 --> 13:51.530 Mhm . Mhm . Tell me what work 13:51.530 --> 13:54.450 entails at this time of 13:55.340 --> 13:59.190 you . Mhm . For me 13:59.190 --> 14:03.010 I'm uh you in Cobra 14:03.010 --> 14:06.050 helicopter mechanic . So 14:07.140 --> 14:09.390 get up and go to work , ride the bus to 14:09.390 --> 14:13.370 work and we work 12 hour days 06 14:13.370 --> 14:17.300 in the morning to zero tonight and 14:17.310 --> 14:20.850 just go to work and we fix 14:21.240 --> 14:23.850 whatever is wrong with them . We also 14:24.340 --> 14:27.720 are in charge of launching out aircraft 14:27.720 --> 14:30.160 to go on missions and recovering them 14:31.340 --> 14:34.030 and any other type of inspection or 14:34.030 --> 14:36.650 maintenance . The news go on with those 14:36.650 --> 14:39.150 aircraft . Uh huh . 14:43.540 --> 14:45.707 How did you get plugged into that side 14:45.707 --> 14:48.580 of things ? Were you a mechanic back 14:48.580 --> 14:52.110 here ? Uh back home ? I 14:52.110 --> 14:55.780 was wasn't a legitimate mechanic 14:55.780 --> 14:59.050 as I like to work on my cars a lot . 15:00.340 --> 15:03.710 I kind of picked that up for my dad 15:03.720 --> 15:06.460 always working on cars and fixing cars . 15:06.840 --> 15:09.062 I picked that up and I started doing it 15:09.062 --> 15:13.000 myself collecting numerous cars and 15:13.000 --> 15:14.960 fixing them . And 15:16.840 --> 15:20.030 and when I was talking to a recruiter 15:20.030 --> 15:22.360 kind of looking at what I wanted to do . 15:23.040 --> 15:25.430 I wanted a job that I could use when I 15:25.430 --> 15:27.860 got out and still make money . 15:29.840 --> 15:32.660 So I chose to be a helicopter mechanic 15:33.740 --> 15:36.780 that way . When I get out and go to a 15:36.790 --> 15:39.950 school , a tech school , pick up my 15:39.950 --> 15:42.440 qualification for the civilian side 15:42.450 --> 15:45.030 really easily and get out and make 15:45.040 --> 15:47.360 pretty decent money . Right . 15:51.140 --> 15:53.260 Oh , as long as you have in your 15:53.270 --> 15:54.270 service time , 15:57.540 --> 16:01.000 what was that ? How much longer do you 16:01.000 --> 16:04.860 have in the service ? I 16:04.870 --> 16:08.160 still have About 2 1/2 years . 16:15.240 --> 16:19.110 So mom had still having him so far away . 16:19.120 --> 16:22.550 Hard . You worry about it ? You have 16:22.550 --> 16:25.460 him all the time . Okay , 16:31.640 --> 16:34.160 telling me be patient . 16:40.440 --> 16:42.830 It sounds like 2.5 years . Sounds both 16:42.830 --> 16:45.950 like a long time and a short time in 16:45.950 --> 16:48.283 the same way . How do you feel about it ? 16:52.140 --> 16:54.950 Mhm . Well it really depends on the day 16:54.950 --> 16:58.500 I guess . As far as 16:58.510 --> 17:00.680 some days I'm thinking wow that's a 17:00.680 --> 17:03.540 long time . But in all actuality it's 17:03.540 --> 17:07.540 really not it's I'm just about to 17:07.540 --> 17:10.640 my halfway mark on my whole enlistment . 17:10.640 --> 17:14.210 So it's really not that long . Looking 17:14.210 --> 17:16.321 back . Has it felt fast getting up to 17:16.321 --> 17:19.660 this point ? Yes extremely fast 17:20.140 --> 17:22.251 Looking back . It's all really just a 17:22.251 --> 17:23.251 blur now . 17:26.140 --> 17:27.140 Okay . 17:31.340 --> 17:34.450 Mhm . Anything else you would like to 17:35.140 --> 17:39.100 Anything but I love 17:39.100 --> 17:41.710 you . I love you too . 17:44.340 --> 17:46.451 Well Tyler thank you for talking with 17:46.451 --> 17:48.507 us . I appreciate it . Thank you for 17:48.507 --> 17:50.620 all that you're doing down there . No 17:50.810 --> 17:53.240 problem . I'll definitely be thinking 17:53.240 --> 17:55.270 about you on christmas we're sure . 17:55.640 --> 17:58.270 Thank you . I appreciate it . 17:59.340 --> 18:01.460 But have a good one . Get some rest . 18:02.040 --> 18:05.380 Mhm . Thank you . Bye 18:05.850 --> 18:09.770 bye . All right . Okay . Mhm .