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My name is a . S . T . Three Anton .

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I'm stationed at U . S . Coast Guard

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Air station . New Orleans . I'm a

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product of the type to program .

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Yeah , mm

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hmm .

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The current Airmen program was

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developed out of an eight month study

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in 2016 at Coast Guard headquarters .

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To increase the throughput of A . S . T .

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A . School . After the original Airmen

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program was canceled in 2012 . Asd

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cannons were showing up to Aviation

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Technical Training Center . Unprepared

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for the rigors of A . S . T . A .

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School . From 2012 to 2017 . SDA school

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had record low graduation rates . The

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new Type two program has been developed

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to increase preparation physically and

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mentally for a SDA school by going to

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one of 13 air stations and two training

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centers , candidates are better able to

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have the opportunity to physically

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prepare mentally and physically for the

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rigors they are about to embark on an A .

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S . C . A . School . The reinstallation

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of the program has led to record

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graduation rates from 2018 2019 , from

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A . S . T . A . School . My experience

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with Type two programs start with my

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recruiter always from camp Atlanta , me

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at Coast Guard Air Station Astoria

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where I trained with the swimmers there

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until I went to a school . The purpose

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of the program is to build confidence

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to show you know what these candidates

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they can and are not able to do . And

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at the point of it is to weed out

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candidates earlier on the process so

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you don't show up to a school

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unprepared and I'm not ready to pass .

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I was pushed harder in the Type two

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program than I've ever been pushed in

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my life . They pushed me to my limits

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and be on them . And that's something

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that we need in this job . If there's

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candidates out there now who are ready

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to embark on this path and start

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training now and be ready to not quit .

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Mhm .