WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.510 Raven instructor: 1...2...3 00:05.780 --> 00:08.720 (Yelling) 00:09.510 --> 00:22.720 (Upbeat percussive music) Raven instructor: 1...2...3 00:22.720 --> 00:27.180 (Yelling) Come On, Lainfiesta! Raven instructor: 1...2...3 00:27.180 --> 00:32.150 (Upbeat percussive music) 00:32.810 --> 00:38.150 The Phoenix Raven program is a program in the Air Force where 00:38.150 --> 00:42.750 we provide security to our assets wether that be C-17s or 00:42.750 --> 00:46.240 C-130s. We fly along with those and provide security wherever 00:46.240 --> 00:47.600 they land. So that they can 00:47.600 --> 00:49.210 continue their mission. 00:49.450 --> 00:51.270 So what we did in San Luis Obispo, we got 00:51.270 --> 00:54.060 there and got into our bunks and then immediately went 00:54.060 --> 00:57.600 into a classroom setting. They taught us a little of 00:57.600 --> 01:02.540 Phoenix Raven Program SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), 01:02.540 --> 01:05.330 some of the history of it and then we went on to PT. 01:05.330 --> 01:08.390 We learned how to roll, do some combatives and 01:08.390 --> 01:12.330 go and fight the red man. We also did some pretty 01:12.330 --> 01:15.000 extraordinary training like going to downtown San Luis 01:15.000 --> 01:19.480 Obispo to collect intel on certain individuals. 01:19.480 --> 01:23.300 The purpose of the training was to practice our intel 01:23.300 --> 01:27.090 gathering while we were in the public because 01:27.090 --> 01:29.300 Phoenix Ravens do not just stay with the plane, 01:29.300 --> 01:32.780 they go out with the crew. They wanted us to learn and 01:32.780 --> 01:34.360 practice some of the fundamentals they taught us. 01:34.360 --> 01:37.510 So we were out there trying to blend in with the 01:37.510 --> 01:40.570 community to collect intel, go out and make contact 01:40.570 --> 01:44.720 with the civilians out there and just blend in and 01:44.720 --> 01:47.150 and practice what they taught us. 01:47.690 --> 01:50.270 For me, the physical part was the hardest part. 01:50.270 --> 01:55.210 In this program you have to be in tip top shape. 01:55.210 --> 02:02.450 This definitely pushed me physically to my limits, farther 02:02.450 --> 02:06.870 than I ever thought I could go. Throughout the program 02:06.870 --> 02:10.390 there was a lot of times where I felt like I have 02:10.390 --> 02:12.240 to go on autopilot and just keep pushing. 02:12.240 --> 02:15.300 You know, there was times where I felt physically 02:15.300 --> 02:20.600 exhausted, mentally taxed and sleep deprived. 02:20.600 --> 02:26.480 You just have to ignore it and just keep pushing 02:26.480 --> 02:29.420 and go for it. I was one hundred percent 02:29.420 --> 02:32.300 convinced honestly up until the weekend before that I 02:32.300 --> 02:35.330 was not cut for it and that I wasnt going to make it. 02:35.330 --> 02:37.660 So when we completed this, So when we completed this, 02:37.660 --> 02:42.120 that bus ride home, was a hell of a good feeling.