WEBVTT 00:01.140 --> 00:03.880 I major Ashley Garcia , I'm 3/10 of a 00:03.880 --> 00:07.670 sweeping executive officer . I think a 00:07.670 --> 00:09.892 lot of times in the military , you kind 00:09.892 --> 00:12.003 of hear things is much more black and 00:12.003 --> 00:14.059 white than they ever actually are in 00:14.059 --> 00:16.680 practice . Um this job is no different 00:16.690 --> 00:20.260 and um the unexpected aspect of this 00:20.260 --> 00:23.920 job was the volume in which 00:23.930 --> 00:26.860 so many of our airmen have 00:27.340 --> 00:30.400 significant personal emotional 00:30.410 --> 00:33.770 experiences and there's not one single 00:33.770 --> 00:36.850 story that's the same . Mhm . 00:37.440 --> 00:39.890 I mean , I see everything . I see every 00:39.890 --> 00:42.200 single flower bouquet that has to be 00:42.200 --> 00:44.650 sent to the funeral . I have to 00:45.340 --> 00:48.870 um make those phone calls and I have 00:48.880 --> 00:52.200 to see wives that come 00:52.200 --> 00:55.950 in to discuss , you know , their 00:55.950 --> 00:59.520 spouses that are dying . I have to see 00:59.520 --> 01:02.640 someone come in who potentially has 01:02.650 --> 01:05.360 attempted suicide . Previously , my 01:05.360 --> 01:07.138 boss just went and saw them the 01:07.138 --> 01:08.971 hospital and now they're out and 01:08.971 --> 01:10.971 they're coming in to visit with the 01:10.971 --> 01:12.916 boss and now we have to figure out 01:12.916 --> 01:12.650 what's the next step for that . Once a 01:12.650 --> 01:14.650 solution for them , right ? This is 01:14.660 --> 01:16.860 weekly , this is every day . This is 01:16.860 --> 01:18.900 not something that I knew what's 01:18.900 --> 01:22.000 happening on such a it's such a high 01:22.010 --> 01:24.066 volume . I was a little bit annoying 01:24.066 --> 01:26.066 myself and how surprised I was just 01:26.066 --> 01:29.290 because like I said , you hear it , 01:29.300 --> 01:31.467 it's very different to experience it . 01:31.467 --> 01:33.800 Even if it's only from my vantage point , 01:33.800 --> 01:36.320 which is , I just see it every single 01:36.320 --> 01:39.150 day . I just don't know what people are 01:39.150 --> 01:41.250 going through . You don't understand 01:41.250 --> 01:44.460 the impacts that you may have just have 01:44.460 --> 01:46.810 some how they're doing and it seems so 01:46.810 --> 01:49.760 simple , but you see them every day and 01:49.760 --> 01:53.510 maybe between one day and the 01:53.510 --> 01:55.870 next , they found out they have cancer . 01:56.340 --> 01:59.850 And that's happened to me twice . 01:59.860 --> 02:02.600 So I went from working with a person 02:02.610 --> 02:04.721 day to day and thinking everything is 02:04.721 --> 02:06.777 great and then thinking everything's 02:06.777 --> 02:08.999 great to now they're fighting for their 02:08.999 --> 02:11.500 life and it's it's super heavy . But 02:11.500 --> 02:15.460 that's that's just a very small amount 02:15.460 --> 02:17.627 of people that I've worked with day to 02:17.627 --> 02:20.180 day now multiply that everybody has a 02:20.180 --> 02:22.402 story . Everybody has an experience and 02:22.402 --> 02:24.569 they're not going to tell you about it 02:24.569 --> 02:26.569 unless you ask unless you know them 02:26.569 --> 02:28.680 well enough to care to to be involved 02:28.680 --> 02:30.791 in their lives . More so than whether 02:30.791 --> 02:32.958 or not they got the mission done . And 02:32.958 --> 02:35.124 I can assure you if you do that , then 02:35.240 --> 02:39.030 get the mission done . But you 02:39.030 --> 02:41.086 can't do one without the other . And 02:41.086 --> 02:43.197 that's what I've taken away from this 02:43.197 --> 02:44.250 job .