WEBVTT 00:00.840 --> 00:04.110 hitter on itself . It was a excellent 00:04.110 --> 00:06.850 opportunity for me . Enjoyed every part 00:06.850 --> 00:09.760 of it . Uh , stew has to You deterred d 00:09.760 --> 00:13.550 i e t r I c k For me , it is truly an 00:13.550 --> 00:15.900 honor . Particularly being selected for 00:15.900 --> 00:18.260 the program tells me that , uh , some 00:18.260 --> 00:20.250 folks had some great faith in my 00:20.260 --> 00:22.560 abilities . There's also a privilege to 00:22.560 --> 00:24.930 serve with so many great people to put 00:24.930 --> 00:27.041 in so many so many hours of effort to 00:27.041 --> 00:29.730 get the program started . Good key 00:29.730 --> 00:32.360 elements for Citron . Basically skill 00:32.360 --> 00:34.380 sets for both pilots and gunners . 00:34.390 --> 00:37.420 People had can do attitudes who are 00:37.420 --> 00:41.030 motivated . Who believed that it could 00:41.040 --> 00:43.207 work . First of all , I ran through my 00:43.207 --> 00:45.373 mind , and I can't believe it's true . 00:45.373 --> 00:49.150 Um , actually using use of force to 00:49.160 --> 00:52.070 do some drug interdiction work and as a 00:52.080 --> 00:55.620 static about it , um , you know , 65 00:55.620 --> 00:58.060 guys trying to stop somebody without 00:58.060 --> 01:01.280 any type of means other than they pull 01:01.280 --> 01:04.850 over didn't work too well . So mm , 01:05.640 --> 01:08.430 my my hands off to have my lawyer and , 01:08.440 --> 01:11.650 uh , when it's trusting us to bring 01:11.650 --> 01:13.706 this into development and fruition . 01:14.540 --> 01:17.900 After we gunnery and and work some more 01:17.900 --> 01:20.410 tactics , we packed up and moved down 01:20.410 --> 01:23.080 to Key West and prepare for the first 01:23.080 --> 01:26.700 employment challenges . Basically , uh , 01:26.710 --> 01:28.821 just taking our time trying to , uh , 01:29.140 --> 01:32.270 learning new aircraft . Um , however , 01:32.270 --> 01:34.820 the aircraft performed admirably . For 01:34.820 --> 01:37.710 us , it was very agile . It was 01:37.710 --> 01:40.170 powerful . If I recall correctly , 01:40.180 --> 01:42.650 let's have got the call and , uh , with 01:42.650 --> 01:45.940 your factory training and developed 01:45.940 --> 01:48.051 everything for the first deployment . 01:48.240 --> 01:50.690 Approximately 3 to 4 , maybe five 01:50.690 --> 01:52.968 months . He came together very quickly . 01:52.968 --> 01:55.079 The cohesiveness of the team . It was 01:55.079 --> 01:56.801 apparent from the very start , 01:56.801 --> 01:58.579 everybody worked extremely well 01:58.579 --> 02:00.690 together . And , uh , I wanted to get 02:00.690 --> 02:03.470 the mission accomplished . Adrenaline 02:03.470 --> 02:06.760 rush . Of course it was 02:09.040 --> 02:11.207 having the gunners back there ready to 02:11.207 --> 02:13.262 go at a moment's notice . We knew we 02:13.262 --> 02:15.429 had cover from the other aircraft . If 02:15.429 --> 02:17.707 you're the lead aircraft or vice versa , 02:17.707 --> 02:19.707 of course we had to follow rules of 02:19.707 --> 02:21.707 engagement , which , naturally , we 02:21.707 --> 02:23.818 didn't want to use any type of , uh , 02:23.818 --> 02:25.818 use of force , lethal lethal use of 02:25.818 --> 02:27.984 force . Anyway , my hat's off to the R 02:27.984 --> 02:30.096 and D . Folks are coming up with some 02:30.096 --> 02:32.262 of these ideas , but they're better on 02:32.262 --> 02:34.610 paper than they were in actual use . We 02:34.610 --> 02:38.290 tried using nets to stop go fast . Uh , 02:38.300 --> 02:40.078 stun grenades . And then we had 02:40.078 --> 02:43.270 paintball guns that used a chemical 02:43.270 --> 02:46.510 agent that would incapacitate people 02:46.510 --> 02:50.130 just from the odor . I am truly 02:50.130 --> 02:53.250 amazed at what has grown into and 02:54.040 --> 02:56.450 what it has contributed to the Coast 02:56.450 --> 02:59.610 Guard as in drug interdiction 02:59.620 --> 03:00.500 capabilities .