WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.231 Welcome Flying Tigers this week or this 00:02.231 --> 00:04.287 month . We'll be talking Bridge chat 00:04.287 --> 00:06.860 specifically on patriotism . And I'm 00:06.869 --> 00:09.091 gonna open up with uh Chief Navios . Uh 00:09.091 --> 00:10.979 we're here today and we have the 00:10.989 --> 00:13.500 opportunity to uh to talk through what 00:13.510 --> 00:15.288 it is that we learned as far as 00:15.288 --> 00:17.343 patriotism concerned . And then also 00:17.343 --> 00:19.621 how does it affect us in our lives and , 00:19.621 --> 00:21.621 and where we've been and what we've 00:21.621 --> 00:23.288 done , like when you think of 00:23.288 --> 00:25.454 patriotism , at least in my mind , the 00:25.454 --> 00:25.219 first thing that I'm thinking about is 00:25.229 --> 00:27.396 that I think about all the way back to 00:27.396 --> 00:29.562 the revolutionary war where we had the 00:29.562 --> 00:31.673 patriots who were , who were fighting 00:31.673 --> 00:33.840 as a , as a group of individuals for a 00:33.840 --> 00:36.330 nation to create a nation that was 00:36.340 --> 00:38.450 against tyranny of another nation . 00:38.459 --> 00:40.737 That , that's where my mind goes first . 00:40.737 --> 00:42.792 I don't , I don't know about you . I 00:42.792 --> 00:45.669 think my mind goes right to , uh I 00:45.680 --> 00:47.736 think about , you know , uh when our 00:47.736 --> 00:49.847 giant voice system used to work and , 00:49.847 --> 00:51.680 and standing out there uh and uh 00:51.680 --> 00:53.902 hearing the national anthem play at the 00:53.902 --> 00:53.889 end of the day and what it means to be 00:53.900 --> 00:56.630 an American , the duty . Uh not just as 00:56.639 --> 00:58.417 a , as an airman , but of every 00:58.417 --> 01:01.150 American uh to engage in the patriotic 01:01.159 --> 01:03.381 acts like voting . I think that's might 01:03.381 --> 01:05.381 be a reason why we're talking about 01:05.381 --> 01:07.603 patriotism this month . Um , uh , being 01:07.603 --> 01:09.603 a citizen of , of , of the nation , 01:09.603 --> 01:11.770 having private in your nation . Um One 01:11.770 --> 01:11.550 of the things that we definitely don't 01:11.559 --> 01:13.337 have a problem and , you know , 01:13.337 --> 01:15.448 preparing for this bridge , I look at 01:15.448 --> 01:17.559 the definition of patriotism and what 01:17.559 --> 01:19.726 does it mean ? And uh it's about being 01:19.726 --> 01:21.948 involved in your community uh doing res 01:21.948 --> 01:23.892 responsible citizenship and having 01:23.892 --> 01:25.948 pride in your country . And , and it 01:25.948 --> 01:27.781 specifically mentioned community 01:27.781 --> 01:29.837 involvement , which I think uh Moody 01:29.837 --> 01:32.059 Air Force Base uh is a second to none . 01:32.059 --> 01:34.226 Yeah . Uh I think the uh the hurricane 01:34.226 --> 01:37.190 really kind of , you know , amplified 01:37.199 --> 01:39.699 that if you will have a lot of folks uh 01:39.790 --> 01:43.480 in and around our , our base community 01:43.489 --> 01:45.378 and also with our , with our TF I 01:45.378 --> 01:47.545 association as well , got out into the 01:47.545 --> 01:50.180 community to really help out uh both 01:50.190 --> 01:52.190 inside , you know , hey , how do we 01:52.190 --> 01:54.599 rebuild our base ? But also how were 01:54.610 --> 01:57.639 the folks that our folks were near ? 01:57.819 --> 02:00.097 How are they taking care of each other ? 02:00.097 --> 02:02.152 I , I think that that truly is a , a 02:02.152 --> 02:04.699 piece to it . Um What's interesting 02:04.709 --> 02:07.000 about what , what , what you described 02:07.010 --> 02:09.369 as a , a devotion to one's country , 02:09.380 --> 02:12.259 loving one's country . I've been to , 02:12.500 --> 02:14.667 you know , uh many different countries 02:14.667 --> 02:16.833 throughout the world and not everybody 02:16.833 --> 02:18.778 flies their flags . Their nation's 02:18.778 --> 02:20.889 flags like we fly our flag . It's not 02:20.889 --> 02:22.556 uncommon , at least for every 02:22.556 --> 02:24.556 municipality building . It's , it's 02:24.556 --> 02:26.722 normalized to have a , have a flag out 02:26.722 --> 02:28.833 front . But also a lot of us citizens 02:28.833 --> 02:30.944 also have flags out in front of their 02:30.944 --> 02:33.167 house as well . Proud to be Americans , 02:33.167 --> 02:35.222 proud to be a part of this country . 02:35.222 --> 02:37.167 And then also of that definition , 02:37.167 --> 02:39.278 willing to , willing to die for one's 02:39.278 --> 02:41.222 country as well . Uh But it is the 02:41.222 --> 02:43.222 community , the country is , is the 02:43.222 --> 02:45.389 community , you know , starting at the 02:45.389 --> 02:47.611 local level and then moving all the way 02:47.611 --> 02:49.778 out to the state and , and national uh 02:49.778 --> 02:51.944 scale as well . The difference between 02:51.944 --> 02:53.611 patriotism and nationalism is 02:53.611 --> 02:55.740 patriotism has an inherent defense to 02:55.750 --> 02:59.149 it where nationalism is pursuit of 02:59.160 --> 03:01.979 power for your nation as opposed to 03:01.990 --> 03:03.823 defending the things your nation 03:03.823 --> 03:05.823 believes in without trying to force 03:05.823 --> 03:08.046 those beliefs on others . That's a huge 03:08.046 --> 03:07.729 distinction because the things , it's , 03:07.740 --> 03:09.851 it's almost like what can I control , 03:09.851 --> 03:11.796 what can I not control as a , as a 03:11.796 --> 03:14.320 patriot as a uh working in this 03:14.330 --> 03:16.663 organization , I can control , you know , 03:16.663 --> 03:18.274 my actions in defending this 03:18.274 --> 03:20.441 constitution uh that was written years 03:20.441 --> 03:23.169 and years and years and years ago . Um 03:23.179 --> 03:26.589 And looking at it as a , as a , a civil 03:26.600 --> 03:28.820 contract that we have amongst all of 03:28.830 --> 03:30.774 the citizens of , hey , here's how 03:30.774 --> 03:32.774 we're going to conduct ourselves in 03:32.774 --> 03:36.070 terms of my , you know , my rights 03:36.570 --> 03:38.626 as long as they're not infringing on 03:38.626 --> 03:40.737 your rights . We're very , very proud 03:40.737 --> 03:42.737 to be free Americans . That's great 03:42.737 --> 03:45.139 country . It is . And so our job here 03:45.149 --> 03:47.205 in the United States Air Force is to 03:47.205 --> 03:49.371 continue to allow folks to live freely 03:49.371 --> 03:51.970 based on the government based on their 03:51.979 --> 03:54.589 own determination . Like voting is , is , 03:54.600 --> 03:56.600 that's why that's an important part 03:56.600 --> 03:58.822 because we allow , it's not gonna be um 03:59.139 --> 04:01.306 making sure that other countries don't 04:01.306 --> 04:03.472 infringe on that . Right . Making sure 04:03.472 --> 04:05.639 that uh that , that people have , have 04:05.639 --> 04:07.639 the freedom to do that . And that's 04:07.639 --> 04:09.861 what we , you know , that that's the uh 04:09.861 --> 04:12.839 the part that we get to um 04:13.110 --> 04:15.277 participate in . Uh it's a , it's like 04:15.277 --> 04:17.730 any , any family , it has issues inside 04:17.739 --> 04:19.906 of that family at the end of the day , 04:19.906 --> 04:22.269 it's still your family . So whether uh 04:22.279 --> 04:24.612 you know , whether you're looking right , 04:24.612 --> 04:26.779 you're looking left , you're somewhere 04:26.779 --> 04:26.440 in the middle , you're all over the 04:26.450 --> 04:28.617 place , doesn't matter what matters is 04:28.617 --> 04:31.540 that this is your family and we all 04:31.549 --> 04:34.549 generally are very happy about being 04:34.559 --> 04:36.869 Americans , being , having the freedom 04:36.880 --> 04:39.679 to have uh open debate , having the 04:39.690 --> 04:41.910 freedom of the , of the constitution 04:41.920 --> 04:44.750 itself . And so we all defend it , I 04:44.760 --> 04:46.982 would say equally . That's what we do . 04:47.260 --> 04:49.316 OK . All right . Tigers . Today , we 04:49.316 --> 04:51.538 talked about patriotism . I'm glad that 04:51.538 --> 04:53.593 I , I had the opportunity to talk to 04:53.593 --> 04:56.869 Nabo . Um And uh really get out there 04:56.880 --> 04:58.936 kind of some , some , some different 04:58.936 --> 05:00.658 thoughts , some concepts about 05:00.658 --> 05:03.190 patriotism . And so with that uh attack 05:03.200 --> 05:04.750 rescue prevail Tigers lead .