00:02Flying is a lot like ice skating, and we're out here learning how to play hockey.
00:11The mission here is to train, educate, and develop aviation warfighters.
00:16Nothing like it in aviation exists.
00:18It's a very frightening phase for a lot of students.
00:21I'm not going to pass this course.
00:22This is painful and this is going to hurt.
00:25You have to rewire your brain to fly that aircraft.
00:28You're often times so busy you don't quite realize the amount of weight that's actually on your shoulders.
00:34If you didn't know the information that I need you to know, that National Guardsman and that Convoy,
00:40we're going to lose them because you weren't prepared.
00:43People say here that you're going to be drinking out of a fire hose.
00:46This is a multi-million dollar aircraft that they give me the keys to you and I get to go
00:50fly it.
00:51After that first ride in the Apache, there was no more looking back.
00:54A student going through today absolutely must stay vigilant because that next fight is just around the corner.
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