WEBVTT 00:00.059 --> 00:01.892 That's our and Tyrell Varnell uh 00:01.892 --> 00:04.559 mission weathers NC IC one wo 71 at 00:04.570 --> 00:06.681 Masa Airbase , a typical day as a web 00:06.681 --> 00:08.903 specialist is usually just us coming in 00:08.903 --> 00:10.848 early in the morning , three hours 00:10.848 --> 00:12.848 prior to their big brief . And then 00:12.848 --> 00:14.903 what we do is we craft a uh specific 00:14.903 --> 00:14.640 forecast for their flying window 00:14.649 --> 00:16.760 through the day . And then we usually 00:16.760 --> 00:18.927 go through mission limiting parameters 00:18.927 --> 00:21.093 for any of their uh takeoffs or any of 00:21.093 --> 00:23.093 the MOS are flying in for the day . 00:23.093 --> 00:25.260 Specific skills that you need for this 00:25.260 --> 00:27.482 career field are basically attention to 00:27.482 --> 00:27.409 detail and always asking questions 00:27.420 --> 00:29.476 whenever you need to . So where I've 00:29.476 --> 00:31.642 been to so far , first two station was 00:31.642 --> 00:33.809 in Germany uh near Ramstein . I wasn't 00:33.809 --> 00:35.809 at Ramstein . I was like 15 minutes 00:35.809 --> 00:37.864 away . And then from there , Itdy to 00:37.864 --> 00:39.976 Arizona and back to Lackland just for 00:39.976 --> 00:41.920 some training . And then I went to 00:41.920 --> 00:41.740 Korea Camp Park for South Korea where I 00:41.750 --> 00:44.040 was with the army for a year . Now I'm 00:44.049 --> 00:46.160 here in Massar Air Base and then in a 00:46.160 --> 00:48.327 month's time , I'll be dep uh TDY into 00:48.327 --> 00:50.493 Guam . Our role is very crucial to the 00:50.493 --> 00:52.493 Air Force because we are one of the 00:52.493 --> 00:54.660 things that makes the mission go . One 00:54.660 --> 00:56.882 of my most memorable times were whether 00:56.882 --> 00:56.209 it played like a critical role in the 00:56.220 --> 00:58.442 mission was when I was in Korea at Camp 00:58.442 --> 01:00.609 Humphreys , where I was supporting the 01:00.609 --> 01:00.560 army , one of our TDYS , we're going up 01:00.569 --> 01:02.791 to the mountains to help support one of 01:02.791 --> 01:05.013 the uh 64 squadrons there . And what we 01:05.013 --> 01:07.069 did was we had to make sure they had 01:07.069 --> 01:08.902 like enough visibility and cloud 01:08.902 --> 01:11.236 coverage to be able to do their mission . 01:11.236 --> 01:11.133 The thing was that towards the end of 01:11.142 --> 01:13.253 their mission , thunderstorms started 01:13.253 --> 01:15.364 coming in which is normal around like 01:15.364 --> 01:14.623 November time frame that year , they 01:14.633 --> 01:16.744 limited the mission pretty bad to the 01:16.744 --> 01:18.466 point where they had to cancel 01:18.466 --> 01:18.263 everything . And as soon as they 01:18.273 --> 01:20.384 canceled everything that was when all 01:20.384 --> 01:22.495 like the thunderstorms came in and uh 01:22.495 --> 01:24.606 everything came in . So they were all 01:24.606 --> 01:24.513 on the ground safe . So they didn't get 01:24.523 --> 01:27.282 hurt . Tech school was in Kesler Air 01:27.292 --> 01:29.570 Air Force Base in Biloxi , Mississippi . 01:29.570 --> 01:31.459 My advice , someone going to tech 01:31.459 --> 01:33.570 school again , always ask questions . 01:33.570 --> 01:35.570 It's never , you're , there's never 01:35.570 --> 01:37.736 such thing as too many questions . You 01:37.736 --> 01:39.736 always pay attention , always write 01:39.736 --> 01:41.792 notes . It's a long course , but you 01:41.792 --> 01:43.681 can get through it . A lot can be 01:43.681 --> 01:43.015 intimidating because a lot , you're 01:43.026 --> 01:45.193 gonna have a briefing . You have to do 01:45.193 --> 01:47.193 a lot of public speaking . That's a 01:47.193 --> 01:46.685 very important part of our job is a lot 01:46.695 --> 01:48.862 of public speaking because you talk to 01:48.862 --> 01:50.862 a lot of people in the wing . So at 01:50.862 --> 01:53.084 first it's intimidating . But then once 01:53.084 --> 01:52.606 you get through it and over the 01:52.615 --> 01:54.726 challenges , it's a breeze . Once you 01:54.726 --> 01:55.325 look back at it .