I I found out that I was actually
leaving at six PM the day before and
they said all right , we need you to
get into work , get your I . P . Get
ready cause you're leaving at seven
o'clock tomorrow morning . That was one
of those things that I just didn't know
that I was ready for this until I
actually was on the road , which
practice how we play . That was a huge
part in it . So I had been part of
several exercises at my first
maintenance unit back in Japan . So I
knew what it should look like . So when
we first got there , honestly , there
was a lot of confusion and a lot of
confusion as to what exactly we were
doing . We were just staged ready to
support the mission . But we just
needed to know what the mission was .
At first . We got word that we would be
fueling refueling other aircraft like
we normally do and that's our typical
mission . But then word came down that
we actually would start needing to move
people , which is not normally what we
do . So K C 10 we do have a
configuration to carry passengers . So
we went from expecting to refuel other
aircraft like we normally do to having
to get creative and figure out how we
were going to transport people . This
is part of history and this doesn't
happen every day . So for me , the most
rewarding part was meeting them at the
bottom of the stairs and seeing the
looks on their faces saying like wow ,
that this is what I joined the Air
Force for .