1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:15,780 --> 00:00:18,140 this program affords the opportunities 3 00:00:18,140 --> 00:00:19,973 to students in high schools that 4 00:00:19,973 --> 00:00:22,084 participate in junior ROTC across the 5 00:00:22,084 --> 00:00:24,160 country . This is a way to introduce 6 00:00:24,340 --> 00:00:27,600 people to the world of aviation and 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,711 they're able to participate in a very 8 00:00:29,711 --> 00:00:31,822 rigorous flight training program that 9 00:00:31,822 --> 00:00:33,933 allows them to complete their private 10 00:00:33,933 --> 00:00:36,100 pilot license in under eight weeks . I 11 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:38,322 mean a lot of people , I've , I've told 12 00:00:38,322 --> 00:00:40,322 them that hey , I'm about to get my 13 00:00:40,322 --> 00:00:42,600 past and they're like , no , you can't , 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,767 you're like 17 . That's not possible . 15 00:00:44,767 --> 00:00:46,822 Are you sure that's possible . Every 16 00:00:46,822 --> 00:00:48,933 single opportunity I've had here this 17 00:00:48,933 --> 00:00:51,100 entire summer has been the best summer 18 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:53,267 of my life . I just did it and I don't 19 00:00:53,267 --> 00:00:53,010 regret it at all . It was really a 20 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:55,230 really good experience . I've made so 21 00:00:55,230 --> 00:00:57,452 many friends here . I , it's , I mean I 22 00:00:57,452 --> 00:00:59,508 got to fly a plane every single they 23 00:00:59,508 --> 00:01:01,730 come in here not knowing how to fly and 24 00:01:01,730 --> 00:01:04,008 we watch them grow through the process , 25 00:01:04,008 --> 00:01:06,230 we watch them cry , we watch them freak 26 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:08,397 out , we watched them miss home and we 27 00:01:08,397 --> 00:01:08,160 watched them get through it and at the 28 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,350 end they have the license in there and 29 00:01:10,350 --> 00:01:12,320 none of that mattered . In the end 30 00:01:12,550 --> 00:01:14,772 they've completed what they started and 31 00:01:14,772 --> 00:01:16,772 they're completely different people 32 00:01:16,772 --> 00:01:18,883 from the beginning when they get here 33 00:01:18,883 --> 00:01:21,106 to the end , when they leave . I'm just 34 00:01:21,106 --> 00:01:21,030 really grateful that they still had so 35 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:23,370 much faith in me to keep going . It 36 00:01:23,370 --> 00:01:25,740 still feels surreal being able to be a 37 00:01:25,740 --> 00:01:29,410 pilot and to go back and ask my friends 38 00:01:29,410 --> 00:01:31,632 how their summer went just knowing that 39 00:01:31,632 --> 00:01:33,799 I was at an eight week program where I 40 00:01:33,799 --> 00:01:35,688 got my pilot's license . So we've 41 00:01:35,688 --> 00:01:37,799 gotten really close . It's like we're 42 00:01:37,799 --> 00:01:39,910 in this together we finished so we're 43 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:42,021 all really close . Like I would never 44 00:01:42,021 --> 00:01:44,188 trade this opportunity for anything to 45 00:01:44,188 --> 00:01:46,410 be here despite , you know , being away 46 00:01:46,410 --> 00:01:48,521 from home for eight weeks . You still 47 00:01:48,521 --> 00:01:50,521 meet people that I'm hoping they're 48 00:01:50,521 --> 00:01:52,577 gonna be lifelong friends , be ready 49 00:01:52,577 --> 00:01:54,466 for the ride because it's nothing 50 00:01:54,466 --> 00:01:54,415 they've ever experienced before .