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Yeah . Mhm .

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No , mm hmm .

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I'm Airman first class steven Holcomb .

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The day today in the control tower is

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trolling air traffic of arrivals and

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departures into Laughlin . Mm .

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We control the T 60 38 T one sorties

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along with any transit aircraft ,

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mother air Force bases that come in

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along with servicing the del Rio

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airport and the hospital has health had .

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So we deal with medevacs and border

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patrol aircraft . Our job is very

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important to lawful in just in that our

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mission doesn't succeed without all of

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those pilots having adequate control

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and support from us in the tower as

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well as in the Rap Con , which is our

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radar center . They control where they

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go . So there's never any conflicts of

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anybody's aircraft or lives in danger .

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Keep aircraft separated and keep

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everything moving in a timely and

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expeditious . Mm .

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The thing I enjoy most about her

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talking control is just never knowing

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what to expect and always having a

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challenge when I go into work . So

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we're gonna go in and be the same the

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same task twice . You're always going

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to see something different whether

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that's a different , a different amount

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of traffic or even if it's that like we

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have larger aircraft coming in and we

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need to support that mission . So it's

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always just always a change of pace .

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I very much like that make a difference

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here . Every time I get in and clear an

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aircraft , take off , clear somebody to

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land . Mhm I'm helping that pilot be

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one sortie or or one touch and go one

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landing to like closer to their

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graduation , closer to , you know ,

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being assigned the first aircraft and

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moving on an airport , curb motivation

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for me honestly is I love what I do . I

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love air traffic control . I like

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knowing that I'm gonna wake up and see

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something different and have a

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different challenge every single day

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and knowing that there's a potential

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that I could save somebody's life ,

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whether that's helping a medevac

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helicopter get SAn Antonio or A murder

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conflict with two aircraft and save

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both of the pilots lives . Also , just

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knowing that no matter what I do , I'm

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having an impact on the mission .