00:00But our assistant editor, Will Myrick, is here as well.
00:03Looking very well, sir. And the uniform is what?
00:07This is my RF uniform. So I commissioned as a media officer last year,
00:11but I've been in for the last six and a half years.
00:12Yes. Now, GB News, as an employer, gets involved in all of this and they support you.
00:19Tell us about the role that somebody's employer could have in all of this.
00:24Yes. So GB News signed the Armed Forces Government,
00:26which is a commitment to supporting those within the Armed Forces.
00:30So for us, they give us a number of days of leave.
00:32They also allow the fact that we can kind of have slight flexible working
00:36in terms of to be able to meet the moments when we're needed with the RAF.
00:40So for me, when I'm needed for my reserve work,
00:43they're able to allow me to have those weekends to go and do that.
00:47So, yes, it's brilliant.
00:48And I then go away and do a number of different training weekends across the year.
00:53And then also there are a number of different taskings as well,
00:55which my squadron need me to go and do.
00:57So I take my skills from my civilian job in media,
01:00in media training, in photography and film.
01:03And that's also becomes beneficial to the RAF.
01:05Now, Will, you've been producing this programme this morning.
01:07I mean, you've been involved in this.
01:09And I must say, when I see him in his uniform, I see a different person.
01:12You weren't wearing that when you came in today and sitting in the gallery
01:15and you've got changed into.
01:17Do you become a different person in uniform?
01:20I think there's a level of responsibility which is different.
01:25You are, particularly as well, commissioning last year,
01:28I found that it helped me really develop my leadership management skills.
01:32Think about, OK, you could be in charge of a flight of people and what you do.
01:37And so the training that I've gained through that,
01:41I think, has really helped me develop as a person.
01:43And that's also, both things help.
01:46So I can bring the media skills to the military and help that.
01:49But then also going through some of the world-class leadership training
01:55that they can put me through has then also helped me in my civilian role
01:58in terms of coming here and saying how can I best manage people.
02:00You get the best of both worlds, don't you?
02:02Absolutely.
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