00:04Today we're at Air Station San Diego conducting a recertification of a vertical delivery.
00:09Vertical delivery is our insertion program that us handlers utilize to get on board vessels approaching the port.
00:19So some of the good benefits that we have today are being able to acclimate our dogs to stressful environments.
00:24Helicopters, noise, wind, air, all those are affected dogs performance.
00:33And by us being able to conduct training, quarterly training, semi-annual training,
00:37that kind of desensitizes the dogs to those environments.
00:39So when it comes down to real life scenarios and operations, they're not really phased.
00:48We kind of want to start off simple to complex.
00:50So for whenever we conduct helicopter training initially,
00:53we start off with the dogs approaching a helicopter in the hangar,
00:56then we work outside, then we energize the engines,
01:00we get the rotor spinning, and then the bird starts turning on,
01:04get the dog in the helicopter.
01:05Then once the helicopter is in the air,
01:06then we can start working on getting them down onto the tarmac.
01:15So I've been with a canine and Sonia since 2014.
01:20You know, having a canine and being a military working dog,
01:24we have a great bond that, you know, that man's best friend.
01:27It's, I take it real literal.
01:29I mean, from the second I wake up in the morning at my house
01:32to the second we driving the work together, you know, we're one.
01:36So just like I have bad days, she has bad days.
01:38I can, I notice her frustration or sense of wanting to get out the door and work
01:43and come out to training.
01:47Best job in the Coast Guard.
01:48I love that my job is very rewarding.
01:51I know that at the end of the day, I'm here to protect.
01:53I'm glad to be here.
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