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- I'm Staff Sergeant James Noble,

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with the 121st Civil Engineering Squadron.

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(upbeat music)

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My job is all about power generation.

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It requires me to maintain and repair

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diesel-powered, and on
rare occasions gasoline,

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electrical generators in order
to provide emergency power to

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a small facility, a whole base, or

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even a random camp in
the middle of no where.

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(engine whirring)

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I was deployed to Guantánamo
Bay, Cuba in support of

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Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

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One of my major roles was
installing a power generator

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and also a automatic
transfer switch in one of the

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facilities and my job was
to maintain that generator.

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One of the roles that power production has

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is mobile aircraft arresting systems.

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What a aircraft arresting
system is, is a cable that goes

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across the runway that catches the planes.

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It's very similar to what you would see

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on an aircraft carrier.
(jet engine screeching)

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Somebody who really inspired me big time,

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probably more than anybody
in my life is my grandfather.

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He is my favorite human being
on this planet, honestly.

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He motivates me, he
pushes me to be better,

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he challenges me, and he actually served

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back in the 1960s and
70s on this very base.

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He's 72 years old now

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and just the joy on his face
when he sees me in uniform is,

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that's everything for me.

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A goal that I have is to be
an Air Force recruiter now,

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so that I can go back to these
schools and talk to parents,

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and share what I've been through
and how it worked for me.

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Diversity is something that's
important because you get an

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opportunity to learn and see
different people's culture.

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There's different life experiences,

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different things that you go
through, how you handle things.

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There's different view
points that could be critical

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for the mission, diversity
can only enrich the mission.

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It could only make it better.

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You know being an African
American, it's sometimes hard

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out in the world, just trying to make it.

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Something that the military
has provided for me personally

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is a sense of self-worth
and a sense of importance.

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You know, I feel important, I
feel like I can come to work

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and I have a job and
I know what I'm doing,

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and I've been training the skill set that

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works and now the sky is the limit,

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now my goal is to help others,
and to let other kids know

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that don't really have
a sense of direction,

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"okay, this is what, these are the options

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that you can take advantage of."

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That wouldn't be possible without

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the Holloway National Guard.