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- When I come into the
ready room right now,

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I'm a pilot first, a person second,

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and my gender isn't really an issue.

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So it's people like Captain Mariner,

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that have paved that way for us

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so it's really a huge honor.

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I'm super humbled to be part
of this flyover in her honor.

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Captain Mariner really was

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the starting point of female aviation.

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She's one of the first
eight original female pilots

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allowed in the Naval pipeline.

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Young kids growing up and not thinking

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whether they can do something or not

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because of their race, gender, ethnicity,

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they just go out and say
this is what I wanna do

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and that question isn't
really in their mind.

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It kinda all starts back
with Captain Mariner

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and some of the doors that she broke down.

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Yes and no, it's a
really difficult program.

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I wouldn't say that
there's a a gender bias

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but it's really, you need
a certain mental toughness

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to get through the program.

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So you really need that strong will

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to get through, to succeed.

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And--