WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:06.500 can you please say your rank first and 00:06.500 --> 00:08.660 last name and spell wolf please ? 00:09.440 --> 00:12.050 Sergeant Bangin john 00:12.840 --> 00:15.960 banking V . As in victor . An G . N . 00:16.440 --> 00:19.610 J . O . H . N . And what is your job 00:19.620 --> 00:22.750 title I at camp 00:23.140 --> 00:25.730 Virginia . I am a core contract 00:25.730 --> 00:28.750 officers representative for Alka Bundy 00:29.140 --> 00:31.650 and future services generators . Can 00:31.650 --> 00:33.483 you kind of like explain that in 00:33.483 --> 00:35.810 civilian terms ? What do you do ? I 00:35.810 --> 00:39.150 monitor the job performance between the 00:39.150 --> 00:42.330 contractors and the generators . I 00:42.330 --> 00:44.497 monitor the monitor time that it takes 00:44.497 --> 00:48.010 for them to repair or replace and 00:48.080 --> 00:50.660 monitor their efficiency and safety . 00:51.840 --> 00:54.400 And what unit are you with ? I'm with H . 00:54.400 --> 00:57.760 H . C . One 34th Bsb out of Minnesota . 00:58.540 --> 01:01.710 Uhh , what is your hometown ? I am from 01:01.710 --> 01:04.630 Blaine Minnesota . Can I pause for just 01:04.630 --> 01:06.630 a moment . I don't know if you knew 01:06.630 --> 01:08.963 this about yourself to answer questions . 01:08.963 --> 01:11.180 Can sway . All right . So I just try 01:11.180 --> 01:13.513 and play it yourself . That's all right . 01:14.740 --> 01:17.280 Oh , sorry . One more thing to preempt 01:17.410 --> 01:19.410 that has a series of questions that 01:19.410 --> 01:21.521 we're going to ask you . I don't know 01:21.521 --> 01:23.577 if you've seen him yet or not . No , 01:23.577 --> 01:27.190 but when you . Sure . Right . So , 01:27.200 --> 01:30.350 can you please give a brief summary of 01:30.350 --> 01:32.920 your are , excuse me ? Can you please 01:32.920 --> 01:35.142 give a brief summary of your employment 01:35.142 --> 01:37.476 history prior to coming on unemployment ? 01:38.240 --> 01:40.220 My employment history prior to 01:40.220 --> 01:43.920 deployment consists of uh pipe welding , 01:43.930 --> 01:47.280 natural gas distribution , uh property 01:47.280 --> 01:50.860 management maintenance . Mm hmm . 01:51.640 --> 01:54.950 Concrete pump , manufacturing . Mhm 01:55.440 --> 01:57.360 extensive welding 01:58.940 --> 02:01.710 that's about it . And what is your 02:01.710 --> 02:04.840 employment situation right now ? I am 02:04.840 --> 02:06.400 currently unemployed 02:09.710 --> 02:13.350 But looking to be self employed or 2 ? 02:13.940 --> 02:17.820 Um join another company that I 02:17.830 --> 02:20.390 think that I would exceed in . What 02:20.390 --> 02:22.501 type of job are you looking for ? One 02:22.501 --> 02:24.723 is returning back to Minnesota . Yeah , 02:24.740 --> 02:28.310 I'm looking for something more 02:28.320 --> 02:32.320 in service work , something under the 02:32.320 --> 02:34.860 lines of maybe some kind of educational 02:34.860 --> 02:36.971 thing . I'd like to stay working with 02:36.971 --> 02:39.138 the military in one form or another or 02:39.138 --> 02:41.193 maybe some kind of educational thing 02:41.193 --> 02:42.304 for the community . 02:44.640 --> 02:47.560 What skills and experiences have you 02:47.570 --> 02:49.640 gained on this deployment that your 02:49.640 --> 02:53.550 peers don't ? Well , I feel that the 02:53.550 --> 02:56.150 military spends a lot of time with 02:56.150 --> 02:59.700 training on a lot of different subjects . 02:59.700 --> 03:02.860 They place a lot of importance on the 03:02.870 --> 03:05.100 total soldier fitness , whether it's 03:05.100 --> 03:08.550 physical mental , all the above 03:10.040 --> 03:12.950 and some of the education , we go from 03:12.960 --> 03:15.640 suicide prevention training to all 03:15.640 --> 03:17.807 sorts of different kind of models when 03:17.807 --> 03:19.973 it comes to physical fitness , alcohol 03:19.973 --> 03:23.760 where it is , uhh many broad 03:23.760 --> 03:27.150 subjects . Why should a civilian 03:27.330 --> 03:29.260 employer hire you the veteran ? 03:30.840 --> 03:34.560 We , we work in a diverse environment 03:34.570 --> 03:36.730 constantly . Everything's changing 03:36.730 --> 03:39.460 constantly . So , uh , with all that 03:39.460 --> 03:41.970 change . Um , there's always procedure 03:41.970 --> 03:43.914 to follow and we're pretty good at 03:43.914 --> 03:46.280 troubleshooting and making things fit 03:46.290 --> 03:48.920 into the box and make sure that 03:48.930 --> 03:52.930 everything's covered and we leave . 03:52.930 --> 03:56.260 No , no , nothing unturned or 03:56.940 --> 04:00.810 connected . How important is it to 04:00.810 --> 04:03.270 you to find employment once you return 04:03.270 --> 04:06.920 back to Minnesota , it's very 04:06.920 --> 04:10.870 important . But I also have a personal 04:10.870 --> 04:13.092 opinion , My last deployment , I rushed 04:13.092 --> 04:16.450 into a job and , and I kind of felt 04:16.450 --> 04:19.750 that I didn't take enough time to find 04:19.750 --> 04:21.528 something that would fulfill me 04:21.528 --> 04:25.460 spiritually as well as financially . 04:26.140 --> 04:28.362 So this time I'm going to try to take a 04:28.362 --> 04:31.180 little bit more time uhh and try to 04:31.190 --> 04:33.860 find something that is gonna be a long 04:33.860 --> 04:36.760 term fulfilling life position . 04:37.840 --> 04:40.600 What type of support have you received 04:40.610 --> 04:42.666 from the Minnesota National Guard in 04:42.666 --> 04:45.210 regards to finding employment or 04:45.210 --> 04:48.690 resources ? Well , they've 04:48.700 --> 04:52.480 been doing a lot of work on 04:52.570 --> 04:56.070 building a resume , uh , linking with 04:56.070 --> 04:58.840 other organizations , vets groups , uh , 04:58.850 --> 05:02.520 websites consisting of that , uh , 05:02.530 --> 05:05.860 explaining our rights or some of our 05:06.240 --> 05:09.900 other opportunities as far as um 05:10.540 --> 05:14.150 veterans benefits and things like 05:14.150 --> 05:17.950 that . Do you have any problems ? 05:18.340 --> 05:21.240 What do you have a 05:21.250 --> 05:24.800 specific jobs or anything in particular 05:24.800 --> 05:26.744 that you've been looking at or are 05:26.744 --> 05:28.856 there any examples of things that you 05:28.856 --> 05:30.689 are interested in specifically ? 05:33.640 --> 05:35.751 Like I thought I kind of talked about 05:35.751 --> 05:37.862 that already ? Well , yeah , I'm just 05:37.862 --> 05:39.918 wondering if there's like a specific 05:39.918 --> 05:39.140 company out there that you've been 05:39.140 --> 05:41.251 looking at or a specific job position 05:41.251 --> 05:44.200 that you may have applied for ? Um , no , 05:44.200 --> 05:46.880 not , not really . Um , I am interested 05:46.880 --> 05:49.990 in working maybe for the V . A . Uh , 05:50.000 --> 05:52.850 the U . S . O . Um , 05:55.390 --> 05:57.150 the county state 06:00.240 --> 06:04.000 awesome . So yeah , because you already 06:04.000 --> 06:06.167 volunteer over at the USO allowed to . 06:06.167 --> 06:08.444 Right , Yeah . You're still doing that ? 06:08.444 --> 06:10.920 Uh , not at this time because there's a 06:10.920 --> 06:13.087 lot of extra training that we're doing 06:13.087 --> 06:15.990 in preparation to the mob and go back 06:15.990 --> 06:19.060 home . Have you taken any forces here 06:19.070 --> 06:21.970 or any type of specific training that 06:21.970 --> 06:25.550 will help you in the career field that 06:25.550 --> 06:27.940 you're looking at once you go back to 06:27.940 --> 06:31.810 Minnesota . Uh well I'm a little bit 06:31.810 --> 06:34.180 older so I've had a lot of training 06:34.640 --> 06:37.310 already , but some of the things that I 06:37.310 --> 06:39.254 found useful that supports some of 06:39.254 --> 06:41.310 where my goals are going is like the 06:41.310 --> 06:43.880 suicide prevention training , the 06:43.890 --> 06:46.160 resiliency training that we received , 06:46.540 --> 06:50.100 ah the public speaking , we spent a lot 06:50.100 --> 06:52.290 of time getting in front of groups and 06:52.290 --> 06:56.290 talking , we actually practice that on 06:56.290 --> 06:58.610 purpose . So it's not by coincidence we 06:58.610 --> 07:02.060 actually received training in that and 07:03.040 --> 07:06.020 that's about all I got . Is there 07:06.020 --> 07:09.120 anything else you'd like to in 07:09.140 --> 07:12.750 regards to unemployment or bigger 07:12.750 --> 07:15.860 situation ? Well , I I'm a little bit 07:15.860 --> 07:17.860 older , I take a look at some of my 07:17.860 --> 07:19.860 soldiers that I spent time training 07:19.860 --> 07:22.290 with training actually doing the 07:22.290 --> 07:25.360 training and this is a well rounded 07:25.360 --> 07:29.080 group . Um If I was a business owner , 07:29.090 --> 07:32.640 which I may pursue that opportunity , 07:32.650 --> 07:34.650 these are the kind of people that I 07:34.650 --> 07:38.080 want working for me . Why ? Well , 07:38.080 --> 07:41.060 because they've already been 07:41.100 --> 07:43.350 most of the work and training has 07:43.350 --> 07:46.030 already done for me , a good employees 07:46.030 --> 07:48.990 more about staying on task . Getting 07:48.990 --> 07:51.640 the job done and communication . 07:51.640 --> 07:53.640 Communication is very important . I 07:53.640 --> 07:56.170 feel if I had a soldier working for me 07:56.170 --> 07:58.337 that they would be able to communicate 07:58.337 --> 08:00.170 the problems that they're having 08:00.170 --> 08:04.160 suggest fixes and they would take that 08:04.160 --> 08:06.980 very seriously . And , uh , it's been 08:06.980 --> 08:10.200 my experience . I've had , I've been in 08:10.200 --> 08:12.033 some leadership positions in the 08:12.033 --> 08:14.256 civilian world , where you don't always 08:14.256 --> 08:16.478 get that from an employee . That that's 08:16.478 --> 08:18.700 something that you have to build , work 08:18.700 --> 08:22.350 very hard for . Uh , the soldiers 08:22.360 --> 08:24.249 already have that training . They 08:24.249 --> 08:26.138 already see the importance . They 08:26.138 --> 08:28.730 already understand what it takes to be 08:28.740 --> 08:32.030 successful , team player and 08:32.040 --> 08:35.120 provide the support to grow a company 08:35.120 --> 08:39.060 and make it successful . That 08:39.060 --> 08:41.850 was great . You're gonna use it some 08:41.850 --> 08:42.870 pieces of that , right ?