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- When I think of the White
House Communications Agency,

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I think the best of the military.

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The highest office in the United States

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is the office of the president.

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And anyone who serves the
office of the president

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must be the best military
service member or civilian

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that America has to offer.

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- What inspired me to join WHCA team

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is the uniqueness of the experience.

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- I've always looked for
jobs that would challenge me,

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that would allow me to
use my engineering skills,

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and allow me to learn
something new at the same time.

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And the White House Communication Agency

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has definitely allowed me to do that.

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- White House Communication
Agency is a joint assignment

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that includes a vast array of specialties,

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rates, MOS and AFSC.

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- We're an agency that
supports the president,

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the vice president, the first
lady, White House staff.

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We ensure they can
communicate 24 hours a day,

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seven days a week.

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- Working for all of those people

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draws a high caliber of person.

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And working with a lot of high
caliber people around you,

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it challenges you and forces
you to raise your own bar

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and perform at a very high level.

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- When it comes to a non
tactical environment or unit,

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the individuals that are
selected or nominated to serve

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in WHCA are truly.

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- The top one percent of
their respective branches.

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They're the best of the best.

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We serve the President
of the United States.

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You have to perform at an
excellent level every single day.

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We don't fail, we can't fail.

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We expect 100% of our service
members day in and day out.

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- So my typical day at
WHCA consists normally

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of physical training in the
morning with my directory.

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From that point on, we
come back to the office

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and it's closer to a
normal nine to five job

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and what you're used to
in a normal environment.

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- I have a different job from
most people in the agency.

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I'm in charge of
maintaining the facilities

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that support the communications equipment.

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And I lead the fabrications
shop that builds things

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for the president.

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Most notably, the podiums that
he gives his speeches from.

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WHCA has its own training academy.

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And they're going to teach
you all of the skills

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you need to know in order to be successful

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to do your job.

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We have programs that train
people on audio, visual,

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computers, communications,
certification courses

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for Network+ and A+ as well.

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We even test people in house
here at the training academy.

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- The White House Communications Agency

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is a joint environment where
you have the opportunity

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to develop leadership skills and pick up

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some troubleshooting skills.

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- One of the greatest things
I truly enjoy is learning

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other services, customs,
cultures, and traditions.

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- You may be used to doing
everything just the Air Force way

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but there may be an Army way or a Navy way

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that makes it whole lot better.

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- Working as an Army officer
in a joint environment

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has been an incredibly
humbling experience.

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- Traveling with the White
House Communications Agency

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can certainly be a lot of work.

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While we're out on the
road, we have to prepare

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to sustain ourselves 100%.

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If there's a piece of
equipment that we might need,

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it's certainly going with us.

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- You could be flying
commercial, going anywhere

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around the world or in military aircraft

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anywhere that's needed along
with the presidential vehicles.

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You could be sitting
on a C17 right next to

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the president's limousine.

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- As soon as you land, you're
right in the mix of things.

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You first have to meet up
with the White House staff

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because ultimately they're the ones

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that make all the decisions.

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They're the ones that
decide how big the stage

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is going to be and
where the podium's going

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to be at on stage.

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- We'll go on to a place.

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Say it's a high school
stadium, a retail store,

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and we will change it into
a presidential event site.

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Anytime you see the
president on local, national,

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or international news, you're seeing it

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through infrastructure that WHCA provided.

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So when you're at the event
site, it doesn't necessarily

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even matter what rank you are either.

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It's what role you are
serving during that event.

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- Working at the White
House Communications Agency

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has really been an excellent
opportunity for someone

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like myself who's a unit training manager.

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Not only does it give me
the opportunity to practice

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and hone my AFSC but it also
gives me the opportunity

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to step out of my AFSC and
go on the road and travel

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with all sorts of different people.

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- We're not just the Army,
the Navy, or the Air Force

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or the Marines or the Coast Guard.

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We're one team working to support

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the office of the president.

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- I think that's honestly what keeps me

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coming to work everyday.

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Not only do I get the
opportunity to teach, coach,

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and mentor my service
subordinate peers, but I get

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the opportunity to do it
with other services as well.

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- Assignment here at the White
House Communications Agency

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will be a difficult job.

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You'll be challenged daily,

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but you'll overcome those challenges.

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That's what will set you apart.

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- If you wanna work with
really high quality people,

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be challenged every day,
travel a little bit,

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and wear something other
than a uniform everyday,

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this is a great place to work.

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- You wanna real challenge,
professional growth,

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and a different experience?

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Fill out an application to the White House

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Communications Agency.

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