WEBVTT 00:00.655 --> 00:02.320 [velvety music] 00:02.320 --> 00:04.460 (Navy Senior Chief Shawn Simmons) We talk about a happy place -- 00:04.460 --> 00:06.810 a lot of jobs you're able to find that happy place 00:06.810 --> 00:08.490 and you can just zone out 00:08.490 --> 00:10.390 and the outside world doesn't really matter, 00:10.390 --> 00:12.500 what's going on doesn't matter. 00:12.500 --> 00:14.690 Being an EOD tech, you don't have that option. 00:14.690 --> 00:19.020 So we apply pressure, we apply time, we yell, we scream, 00:19.020 --> 00:21.030 we get in your face, we make you uncomfortable. 00:21.030 --> 00:25.080 We do that because that's how we see where your character is. 00:25.080 --> 00:29.000 True grit and character isn't what it's like when the sun is shining 00:29.000 --> 00:30.190 and everything's going perfectly. 00:30.190 --> 00:33.840 True grit and character is When, you know, everything is wrong 00:33.840 --> 00:35.660 and you still have to be able to do your job 00:35.660 --> 00:38.444 and you still have to be able to think right then and there. 00:38.444 --> 00:40.818 [jazz music] 00:40.818 --> 00:43.444 [man counting cadence] 00:43.444 --> 00:44.277 Race! 00:44.277 --> 00:45.110 Hurry up! 00:45.110 --> 00:47.860 [water gurgling] 00:48.949 --> 00:50.337 Get your face down! 00:50.337 --> 00:52.212 [instructor yelling] 00:52.212 --> 00:54.189 [jazzy saxophone music] 00:54.189 --> 00:57.003 [instructor yelling] 00:57.003 --> 00:58.336 Hurry up, baby! 00:58.336 --> 01:01.669 [jazzy saxophone music] 01:15.170 --> 01:17.870 (Navy Senior Chief Shawn Simmons) It's a mental thing, it's not always a physical thing. 01:17.870 --> 01:20.850 Everybody hereis in shape, I'll tell you that right now, 01:20.850 --> 01:23.343 Everybody here should and can do the PST. 01:24.630 --> 01:27.410 But where are they mentally? It's the mental toughness 01:27.410 --> 01:29.240 that we're looking for, that's why we scream. 01:29.240 --> 01:34.580 That's why we yell. That's why, you know, we put on that mean instructor face 01:34.580 --> 01:37.160 and try and get under people's skin. 01:37.160 --> 01:38.709 We're building a legacy. 01:38.709 --> 01:42.850 We're ... we're building a community, and we want that community to get strong, 01:43.019 --> 01:45.176 And it starts at the beginning and that's why we're here. 01:45.176 --> 01:47.571 As an EOD tech, the ability to be able to dive 01:47.571 --> 01:49.182 gives you the ability to integrate. 01:49.182 --> 01:51.895 That's why Navy EOD was the first EOD 01:51.895 --> 01:54.212 and the premier EOD to integrate with special (operations) forces. 01:54.212 --> 01:57.301 For the last 15 years we've fought a land war. 01:57.301 --> 02:01.331 I promise you, the water is not going anywhere. 02:01.331 --> 02:04.581 When, you know, myself and those other instructors, 02:04.581 --> 02:06.401 go into that office or go into the classroom, 02:06.401 --> 02:08.873 or go out on the job site, you know, 02:08.873 --> 02:10.216 it's not just to teach them how to dive. 02:10.216 --> 02:11.746 It's to teach them the brotherhood. 02:11.746 --> 02:13.443 It's to teach them to be part of the community. 02:13.443 --> 02:14.810 It's to show them 02:14.810 --> 02:16.166 that there's something bigger than themselves. 02:16.166 --> 02:17.966 It's not just any one person. 02:17.966 --> 02:20.471 It's not me, it's not any other chief in that office. 02:20.471 --> 02:22.085 It's not any instructor in that office. 02:22.085 --> 02:23.631 It's the community. It's the EOD brotherhood. 02:23.631 --> 02:26.223 And to teach these students, these future EOD techs, 02:26.223 --> 02:30.426 what that's all about, is an honor, 02:30.426 --> 02:33.999 We're really trying to foster a mentality of pride 02:33.999 --> 02:36.771 and a sense of urgency to teach these guys 02:36.771 --> 02:38.825 that it's not always gonna be fun and games. 02:38.825 --> 02:40.179 It's not always gonna be easy. 02:40.179 --> 02:41.930 That they need to be able to dig down, 02:41.930 --> 02:44.464 figure out where the grit is, and go.