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We're part of the delivery forces for

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the , the Marine Corps . So our job is

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to work with the Marine Corps to

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develop uh surface plans on delivering

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their equipment from ship to shore and

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from shore to ship .

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I originally came to the program

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because of how unique the community is

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and the challenges afforded to sailors

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by benefit of the positions that they

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come in . We get a lot of

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responsibility in our crew positions

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that you don't normally get until

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you're much higher ranked . So for

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example , as a navigator or a engineer ,

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you're doing the same job as uh a di

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division officer , uh or even a , a

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chief . When you're a second class or

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first class , our navigators are

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learning how to navigate a craft with

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equipment that a normal bridge team or

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combat team would have except it's only

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one person doing it and they're doing a

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uh navigation run at 35 knots versus ,

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you know , typical 15 knots for a

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surface ship . On top of that , they're

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managing external communications ,

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internal communications . And then our

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engineers at the E five level are

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managing an entire engineering plant .

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There's a lot of responsibility placed

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on our junior sailors and it's a very

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challenging environment to work in

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because of that . But it's also very

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rewarding . We integrate with the ship

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and provide a lot of repair capability

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uh that the the ships need . For

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example , our hull techs are the only

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ones in the navy that are trained to

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weld aluminum . Uh We have a lot of uh

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highly trained engineers that can

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assist in electrical repairs ,

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mechanical repairs . And that

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integration is key for sailor

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integration and development because a

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lot of times we'll only be able to

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deploy once or twice during our , our

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sea tour . Here , there is special duty

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pay available for certain crew members .

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It's broken down by position . So the

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navigators , the engineer and the craft

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master each get to different levels .

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It's an incentive to get people into

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the program , but also to acknowledge

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the level of responsibility and work

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that it takes to maintain that

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qualification . We don't really have

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civilian hovercraft in the , in the

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United States . Um But we have a lot of

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LCC retirees that work in the program

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um through our NAV C program office to

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contract in here at the unit or A U

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five or down in Panama City . So there

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are a lot of civilian jobs that are

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available uh for crew members that

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retire out of the military if you're

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interested in that program . Uh Please

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reach out to uh the detailer . Uh take

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a look at the Mils man , it's publicly

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available right now . You can look at

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what the screening requirements are and

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uh don't hesitate to reach out and uh

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talk to crew members uh that you see on

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deployment and find out what our jobs

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are like . Uh It's extremely unique .

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It's very rewarding and uh uh we really

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need sailors to apply and come into the

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program . This is such a

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tight knit community , uh

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being able to stay at one command for

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as long as we do and work with the same

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people for decades is , is

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extremely unique and it's very

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rewarding . OK .