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So Faith is a first assignment ,

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instructor pilot . We are

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here at first as undergraduate pilot

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training students . So we go through

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the program as a student and upon drop

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night , most of our classmates will

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drop their following assignment ,

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either a fighter or bomber airplane and

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we'll stay as instructors for the next

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three years to instruct the center of

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the future pilots of America . Being of

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faith is a love hate relationship

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because first of all , you get to fly a

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ton and that's every pilot's dream ,

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right , is to be able to fly , you get

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to instruct , which also is really fun .

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You get to teach students and watch

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them grow . However , for a faith ,

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you're still competing for your

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following assignment . So you aren't

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guaranteed necessarily , uh the next f

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22 or 35 you could get an assignment or

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an airplane that you're not incredibly

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wanting to have . So you're still

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competing against the other faiths for

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what you want to get next , Although

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you're flying a ton and you're getting

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instructing hours and all that jazz ,

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you still have to compete for your next

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assignment . So that's why it can be

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kind of a love hate relationship and

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NATO right ? To strengthen our allies

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essentially across the world . So by

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flying and instructing and teaching

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student instructors , peers from all

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over the world , just building those uh

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those native relationships . And so

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when you go off and you fly another

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platform or you go to another country

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or you have a deployment , you could

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very well here , those people , those

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accents over the radio and understand

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that someone from my pilot training

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class or that someone who I instructed

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within a flight and that just further

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strengthens the relationships you have

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with these countries brings a common

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ground . It brings a common thread of

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we all went to pot together . We all

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work to end up together , therefore we

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have something in common and something

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that we can talk about , something that

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we can be relatable to . I love to fly .

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I love to instruct . I think being here

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at Shepherd is a very unique

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opportunity because you have all the

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different countries . My family , we've

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made friendships that are going to last

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a lifetime here , both in different

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countries , but also just here in

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Wichita Falls . So we're just very

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grateful for this opportunity and we're

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excited to share it with the world .