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- I'm Colonel Jen Reynolds.

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- Command Sergeant Major Roque Quichocho.

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- And we hope that you'll
give careful consideration

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to the amazing organization
known as 166th aviation.

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- Are you ready to join the
team to be first in the list?

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- [Jen] 166th of the
opportunity from a different

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perspective to be an
observer couch trainer.

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- [Roque] With our NCO's
they're more senior grade.

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Generally looking at more senior staff as

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Sergeant First Class. We have
a couple of master sergeants

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in the formation but they're
generally going to be one

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of your, you know, top 25
NCO's within an organization.

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- [John] I had a buddy who
was also a medevac team chief

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here, and talked to my branch manager and

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fortunately, this became
a high priority feel,

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so I was able to move
up to here to this job.

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You can't be a commander for
medevac this is, I, in my

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opinion, is the best best
job to have for junior,

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it's a major.

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- [Jen] So for the younger
officers, it gives you the

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benefit of a broadening
experience, being able to pick up

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all those lessons learned
professionally as being an OC,

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but it also gives you the
ability to have a little bit of

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stability and predictable.

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- As a broadening assignment,
it made the most sense

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geographically coming from Fort
Rucker, which was trade off.

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Again, 100% hands on aviation
units, coming here seemed

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to be the best option of both
maintaining activity within

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the training audience with an
aviation and getting back into

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a Combat Aviation Brigade,
as Fort Hood has two of them.

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- [Jen] From a personal
perspective, I had the ability to be

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a OC at JRTC. So the dirt CTC's
that most of us are familiar

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with, and I can tell you from
that experience, it was one of

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the absolute most professionally
rewarding jobs that I've

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had in over 22 years of service so far.

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(helicopter engine roaring)

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- I'd say this is the most
professional organization I've

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experienced in the army.

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- You have a mission, and every
one is and you're not told

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how to accomplish it.
It's there's the mission,

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here's how it's been done in
the past. And you have to pull

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from your experience and your
intuition and your ability to

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innovate to meet that mission.
And that is unlike anywhere

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else. And you're not gonna
find it anywhere else.

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And there's amazing personal
reward and an accomplishment.

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- All right. I love this
job. I love what the,

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you know, I take great pride
in the 166th and what we do for

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you know, about 50% or a
little more than 50% of Army

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Aviation residing are coming
through Fort Hood mobilized.

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So it's very satisfying job
and very satisfying assignment.

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- [Jen] Make sure you do your
research or reach out to us

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like Sergeant Major said
and ask the questions.

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166th is a very unique
organization and is not very well

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known, but it's absolutely
deserving of your attention

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and I think that you will
find that it is 100% rewarding

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experience as well as exceptionally
broadening and it gives

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you that opportunity to develop
those broadening experiences

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as well as settle your family
and get a little bit of more

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predictability and more family time.

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- We look forward to your
emails and phone calls. And hope

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to see you here at Fort Hood
Texas within 166 and First Army

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- Archangels.

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