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- I'm specialist Daryn Colledge and I'm a 15 tango.

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Before this opportunity with the National Guard,

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I spent nine years as a professional athlete.

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Sometimes I'm doing maintenance on these aircraft,

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sometimes I'm working something as basic

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as changing out oil, and checking fuel levels.

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To helping them tear out engines and APUs

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and stuff like that.

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Doing anything from sling loads to hoist rescue missions

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to fire fighting, to operating our 240 bravo machine guns.

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I think the best part of my job is getting to fly.

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It's rough wilderness, it's exciting,

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it's beautiful, it's second to none.

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You know everything for the pilots is in their control,

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and everything that's behind the pilots

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to the back of the aircraft is the responsibility

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of the crew chief.

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You got to kind of battle with the elements,

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but I think the border is probably one of the

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best opportunities to get as a 15 tango,

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because it's exciting.

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You get the excitement of hanging outside

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the helicopter, getting strung down,

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and then you get the chance to rescue people,

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and who doesn't like being a hero.