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it's called Operational Air Force but

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we call it ops Air Force and basically

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every cadet going from their sophomore

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to junior year at the academy is sent

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to an operational Air Force base and

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you job shadow and see what the real

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Air Force is like . And then we just

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got super lucky being placed in Aviano .

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So we're getting to see the base as

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well as just experience the italian

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culture . This visit has

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definitely given me more insight into

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what it means to be part of the

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operational Air Force because one thing

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that we don't necessarily receive at

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the academy is what it means to be in

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an operational squadron and so

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experiencing that has been extremely

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beneficial into kind of figuring out

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whether or not the squadron culture is

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right for us or what career field we

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should go into .

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I think this opportunity is very

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important before committing to the Air

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Force because it kind of gives you a

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sense for whether or not the Air Force

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in general is something that you should

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commit to . If you don't necessarily

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know what career field you want to go

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into . Our Air Force kind of gives us

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the opportunity to see what we want to

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do for myself personally .

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It only reaffirmed that I wanted to be

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a pilot and though I wasn't able to see

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like an Hh 60 it bowled me and what I

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knew I wanted to do , which was fly

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combat search and rescue and though

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that's not for everyone , it allows

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them the opportunity to see that and

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also see all of the other wonderful

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career fields that you can participate

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in . Whether that's c acquisitions ,

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contracting , finance , as well as

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fighter pilots or flying heaviest

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today in the whole experience we've had

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so far has been really amazing by how

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much excitement we've been received

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with , you know , the entire community ,

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all of the officers and enlisted .

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Everyone who comes up and talks to us

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has been so kind and excited and just

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wanting us to have a great experience

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and we're so grateful and it's been

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amazing .