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- For the civilian side I'm a firefighter

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with the City and County of Honolulu

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and I'm at Ladder Five which is Kaimuki.

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^My name is Senior Airman Eddie Song.

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^I'm a search and extraction rescue operations medic.

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^He has a helmet, protect his head,

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^so this thing's not smack in his forehead.

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So, a lot of the skills that we incorporate

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into the day-to-day activities

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at the unit for the air force we actually do in real life,

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so medical skills,

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rope work, extraction,

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extrication of patients,

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a lot of that stuff we do outside.

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We do it here at the Guard.

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So, the perfect airman for this SFC

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is someone who has a burning desire

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to help somebody else,

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put themselves at risk to save somebody's life.

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To do that, you have to be in shape,

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top physical shape

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as you're gonna be in very stressful environments.

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And you also gonna have to retain this training

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and knowledge that we practice.

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You can't just come in one week in a month,

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practice it and that's it,

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it's something that's very perishable.

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Rope skills, medical treatment,

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you don't do it every day on the outside.

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Once you get to a call or scene

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where they need you,

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this could mean the different between saving someone

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and ultimately them dying.

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So, what it takes to do this job

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is the desire and willingness to help people

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and knowing that a lot of the times

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you're in these situations

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you're putting your life at risk

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it's gonna be an uncomfortable situation,

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uncomfortable climates

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and you just gotta know the end goal

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is that you're saving somebody's life.