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- [Narrator] On this
episode of Sky Warriors,

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Senior Airman Shawn Ballanceer,

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a mental health technician,

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shadows Senior Airman Trevor Taylor in

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explosive ordinance disposal.

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- I'm looking to cross train with

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some different career fields,

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looking at Loadmaster,

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and EOD is definitely on my list as well.

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- [Narrator] To start the day,

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Airman Ballanceer takes a tier two

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physical training test
for battlefield airmen.

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For the Gruseter,

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an airman has to wear a 30 pound vest,

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and do 80 rolls,

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and run 1,200 meters,

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half while carrying a 50 pound sand bag.

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Airman Ballanceer ends
ups failing the tier two

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PT test by one point.

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- The Gruseter part of the
test was my biggest hiccup.

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I missed it by five or
six seconds and that

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brought me down by one point.

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But that gives me something
to strive towards,

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something to work on.

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- [Narrator] Next Airman
Ballanceer tries on

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the bomb suit.

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- That thing's pretty uncomfortable.

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It is pretty cool to have a
little AC system in there,

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so it was blowing cool air everywhere.

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But just the sheer
weight of it and going up

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some stairs was pretty uncomfortable.

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- [Narrator] After that,

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Airman Ballanceer learns
how to use the robot.

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- The robot is a different
beast in and of itself.

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Patience is one for sure,

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just with the robot,

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making sure it's being patient.

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And persistence,

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like not giving up on the Gruseter,

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or whatever the case may be.

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Those are probably my biggest two things,

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is learning a little bit more
patience and persistence.

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- [Narrator] Join us on the next episode

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of Sky Warriors to see what career field

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we'll highlight next.