Hi , my name is staff Sergeant Erica
Perry and I'm an RQ four sensor
operator .
So this is the RQ four Global hawk . It
is an unmanned high altitude s our air
vehicle . So basically what that means .
Despite how large the aircraft is .
This whole entire thing doesn't have
anyone flying on it myself and the
pilots , we all operate the aircraft
all on the ground using just the basic
computer Mouse and keyboard , just like
the ones that you have in your
classroom or at home . So what that
means is that we fly really high up in
the sky , well above any other aircraft
and we fly for well over 30 hours for
most missions and we operate from a
remote location . Um and the plane goes
overseas to wherever we need . It's a
fly to find the bad guys . So basically
what that means is that the aircraft
has different payloads or sensors that
can track enemies in different ways .
So we can take imagery , we can detect
enemies using signals or electronics .
And we have all of those screens right
on the ground stations such as our
computers .
So in our ground station were able to
view all the maps , all the images .
Sometimes we just see colorful dots
that resemble any kind of movement and
we use that information to relate to
other people in the military and other
important people that use that
information to make decisions on how to
best fight the enemy .
So just like as your brother was
deployed , I was deployed as well as a
liaison officer to set calm and during
one of the missions , we were able to
real time track some bad guys that
we're trying to transport fuel and
equipment from one side of the country
to another . And we watched them real
time . We were able to relate the
intelligence or the information to very
high valuable players and they , they
were able to stop the bad guys from
transporting all that stuff .
So I enlisted back in the military in
2012 and during that time I received
all my qualifications and training and
I was also able to actually become a
trainer for fellow sensor operators in
the military um , by just being a
subject matter expert on my job .
So some advice I have for kids is just
have fun . School is a very short time
in your life and you're gonna be able
to do so much more . But whatever you
do , just have fun doing it .