WEBVTT 00:00.740 --> 00:02.962 my name is corporal que Huertas . I'm a 00:02.962 --> 00:06.490 CH 53 echo super stallion aviation 00:06.490 --> 00:09.550 technician . I joined the Marine Corps 00:09.550 --> 00:11.800 because out of all branches of the 00:11.800 --> 00:14.030 Marine Corps just popped out to me . It 00:14.030 --> 00:16.860 was something that it , it made me 00:16.860 --> 00:19.850 strive to do better . I wanted to be in 00:19.850 --> 00:22.072 aviation significance because I knew it 00:22.072 --> 00:24.183 would be something easy to transition 00:24.183 --> 00:26.610 to into the civilian world But I always 00:26.620 --> 00:29.290 wanted a backup plan . Now I'm deciding 00:29.290 --> 00:32.800 to do full 20 . My family was really 00:32.800 --> 00:34.920 excited for me to join . My mom was 00:34.920 --> 00:36.864 kind of skeptical because I am the 00:36.864 --> 00:39.490 first one in my family to join and 00:39.490 --> 00:41.046 being from parents that are 00:41.046 --> 00:43.323 undocumented weren't too sure about it , 00:43.323 --> 00:45.760 weren't so happy about it . But in the 00:45.760 --> 00:48.120 end like my dad was all for it . They 00:48.120 --> 00:50.140 were super happy once I earned the 00:50.140 --> 00:52.900 title my name is corporal que where it 00:52.900 --> 00:55.270 says I'm an aviation technician . I'm 00:55.270 --> 00:57.270 currently fulfilling the part of an 00:57.270 --> 00:59.520 expediter on a day to day basis and 00:59.520 --> 01:01.760 expediter orders and 01:02.940 --> 01:06.080 attains all the parts like assets to 01:06.080 --> 01:08.850 help like the bird fly . Like if it's a 01:08.860 --> 01:11.027 downer where a bird can't fly and they 01:11.027 --> 01:13.870 need that part of my job is to do like 01:13.880 --> 01:16.102 as fast as possible , get another one . 01:16.340 --> 01:19.180 So doing this job , it's a lot of like 01:19.190 --> 01:22.050 responsibility because you have 01:22.740 --> 01:24.629 higher ups that are always on you 01:24.629 --> 01:26.750 asking for updates and if you don't 01:26.750 --> 01:30.730 have those updates it's like like 01:30.740 --> 01:33.930 a rough day just listening to those 01:33.930 --> 01:35.560 names . It just , 01:37.910 --> 01:40.470 it like brings a sense of proud nous 01:40.550 --> 01:43.180 that those emails have really pushed 01:43.180 --> 01:45.800 and strived and paved the way for the 01:45.800 --> 01:48.430 rest of us . Like , it's just amazing 01:48.430 --> 01:51.330 to see , I would say it is a challenge 01:51.330 --> 01:53.360 because we are in a male dominant , 01:54.640 --> 01:58.370 like working place . It's , it's very 01:58.370 --> 02:00.537 hard to keep up with the males because 02:00.537 --> 02:03.010 they already expect less of you . So 02:03.020 --> 02:05.680 you can only show them from there . I 02:05.680 --> 02:07.847 have a nickname that my master warrant 02:07.847 --> 02:10.660 gave me the day I picked up Lance . 02:11.740 --> 02:14.610 Um he came up to me and he read my 02:14.610 --> 02:16.888 promotion warrant and he was just like , 02:16.888 --> 02:19.110 so how do you want me to pronounce your 02:19.110 --> 02:22.240 first name ? Kate or Katie ? And I was 02:22.240 --> 02:24.184 just like , whatever you want , my 02:24.184 --> 02:26.580 sorry , it's up to you . And then he 02:26.580 --> 02:28.691 was like , alright , it's Katie . And 02:28.691 --> 02:30.913 then it was just me and him having this 02:30.913 --> 02:32.913 conversation in the shop and that's 02:32.913 --> 02:34.850 when everybody around , I started 02:34.850 --> 02:38.060 listening . And then from then it's 02:38.060 --> 02:41.010 been caught a since they actually mess 02:41.010 --> 02:43.410 up my patch . It was supposed to have 02:43.410 --> 02:45.577 the little accent , that's why my full 02:45.577 --> 02:47.521 name is on it . But , but it's the 02:47.521 --> 02:49.410 funniest thing ever , because now 02:49.410 --> 02:51.466 everybody in the whole squadron just 02:51.466 --> 02:50.490 calls me kate