WEBVTT 00:00.899 --> 00:03.232 My name is Ben Gira . I'm from La Trobe , 00:03.232 --> 00:06.250 Pennsylvania . I'm 18 . Hey , I'm 00:06.260 --> 00:08.482 master sergeant , Brian Hoover from the 00:08.482 --> 00:10.316 1 71st air refueling Wing public 00:10.316 --> 00:12.371 affairs shop . I'm sitting down here 00:12.371 --> 00:12.050 with Ben Garra . He's a member of our 00:12.060 --> 00:14.227 student flight . We just want to ask a 00:14.227 --> 00:16.282 few questions of why he came to us , 00:16.282 --> 00:18.504 how he came to us . Uh and kind of what 00:18.504 --> 00:21.280 led his decision . What job um do you 00:21.290 --> 00:23.512 have in the Air Force ? And why did you 00:23.512 --> 00:26.040 choose that job ? So I choo uh my job 00:26.049 --> 00:28.105 is financial management . I chose it 00:28.105 --> 00:30.899 because my major is accounting and with 00:30.909 --> 00:32.930 like the credits from financial 00:32.939 --> 00:36.740 management kinda uh combined with my , 00:36.750 --> 00:40.509 my accounting major . How did you find 00:40.520 --> 00:42.687 out about the Air Force , the Reserves 00:42.687 --> 00:44.990 or the Guard ? Uh Actually my one 00:45.000 --> 00:47.900 friend Leo's son who's also in the uh 00:47.970 --> 00:51.150 guard told me about it and I was like 00:51.159 --> 00:53.619 benefits look pretty nice . So he gave 00:53.630 --> 00:55.852 me one of the recruiter phone numbers , 00:55.852 --> 00:58.074 texted him immediately , texted me back 00:58.599 --> 01:01.740 and just like that , I'm here . If you 01:01.750 --> 01:03.694 take uh your friend Leo out of the 01:03.694 --> 01:05.861 question , was there any consideration 01:05.861 --> 01:08.028 for a different branch ? Of service or 01:08.028 --> 01:10.194 was it Air Force all day ? Why did you 01:10.194 --> 01:12.417 choose the Air Force ? So originally my 01:12.417 --> 01:14.472 one friend , his brothers did active 01:14.472 --> 01:16.583 duty for the Air Force and he told me 01:16.583 --> 01:18.861 all about it because I was asking like , 01:18.861 --> 01:18.790 which branch should I do and like , 01:18.800 --> 01:20.856 definitely there's gonna be a little 01:20.856 --> 01:23.189 bit of bias because he picked Air force . 01:23.189 --> 01:24.856 But just talking to different 01:24.856 --> 01:26.967 recruiters from different branches to 01:26.967 --> 01:29.078 the Air Force is fit for me . Why the 01:29.078 --> 01:30.911 military , uh the reason for the 01:30.911 --> 01:33.022 military was really just because just 01:33.022 --> 01:35.470 look really good on a resume . I'm just 01:35.480 --> 01:37.480 really thinking about more like the 01:37.480 --> 01:39.758 future , more than just like right now . 01:39.758 --> 01:42.099 So just having that military background 01:42.110 --> 01:44.277 would look really good on a resume and 01:44.277 --> 01:46.739 just the benefits coming with it . Why 01:46.750 --> 01:48.861 did you intend to do this ? Uh do you 01:48.861 --> 01:50.972 have any plans or aspirations to take 01:50.972 --> 01:53.083 your service uh and use it to benefit 01:53.089 --> 01:54.922 yourself as a civilian which you 01:54.922 --> 01:57.089 alluded to a little bit ? Um , because 01:57.089 --> 01:57.000 you're going to school and you're 01:57.010 --> 01:59.066 getting those credits and so forth . 01:59.066 --> 02:01.980 But , um in addition to college , um 02:01.989 --> 02:04.220 and your professional career and having 02:04.230 --> 02:06.410 it on the resume , um what do you hope 02:06.419 --> 02:08.770 to take from this experience and have 02:08.779 --> 02:10.979 it benefit you in a different way ? 02:11.509 --> 02:14.539 Definitely finding a normal civilian 02:14.550 --> 02:17.740 job just having the , like , I don't , 02:17.750 --> 02:20.649 I don't wanna say strict but being like 02:20.660 --> 02:23.210 hard working with like your civilian 02:23.220 --> 02:25.729 job coming from the military knowing , 02:25.740 --> 02:28.369 like building up how the military 02:28.380 --> 02:31.020 builds you up and how to , like , I 02:31.029 --> 02:33.196 don't know , keep yourself to a higher 02:33.196 --> 02:35.251 standard , especially in your work . 02:35.610 --> 02:38.020 How long do you plan , uh , or expect 02:38.029 --> 02:40.196 to be in the military ? Uh , are you , 02:40.196 --> 02:42.251 uh , uh , you know , right now as of 02:42.251 --> 02:44.473 today , are you a 11 enlistment one and 02:44.473 --> 02:46.362 done ? Um , do you wanna get your 02:46.362 --> 02:48.585 training , take your education benefits 02:48.585 --> 02:50.418 and move on or are you , are you 02:50.418 --> 02:52.585 somebody who is open minded , uh , you 02:52.585 --> 02:54.751 have goals of retirement ? Um , do you 02:54.751 --> 02:57.089 have rank goals ? Um , where do you see 02:57.100 --> 02:59.322 yourself , uh , when this enlistment is 02:59.322 --> 03:01.649 over as of right now I'm planning on 03:01.660 --> 03:04.360 doing one and done . But after college 03:04.369 --> 03:06.480 I , I'm really considering I'm trying 03:06.480 --> 03:08.536 to be an officer , especially like a 03:08.536 --> 03:10.929 financial officer . Just , just be able 03:10.940 --> 03:13.169 to have that rank , being able to say I 03:13.179 --> 03:14.529 was an air force officer .