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You know , when I think of mental

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resiliency , I remember when I was a

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kid , the best compliment my dad could

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give me was that I was tough . And what

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he was always striving to kind of teach

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me was mental toughness . You know ,

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when I think of mental toughness is ,

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you know , bad things are gonna happen .

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There's nothing that you can do

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necessarily to prevent those and those

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are out of your control . But , you

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know , how do you bounce back ? How do

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you , uh , take those challenges and

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then turn it into a learning moment or

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turn it into a positive ? And I think a

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lot of that it's just based on your

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mentality . Yeah , it's , it's about

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keeping things in perspective , right ?

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And it's about making time to put the

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right things in priority for both of us ,

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right ? It's , it's , uh , physical

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fitness is a big compon that also

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making sure that the time that I get

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with my family , you know , we're gonna

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work really hard over every part of the

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year and the interior of Alaska can be

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a very unique and beautiful place to

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work . Um , but , uh , it's making that

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time specifically to do that and

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keeping , keeping focus on that and

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keep it a priority in your life . We ,

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we don't go it alone . Right . So , we ,

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we do everything in our air force by a

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team . Right . And so when we do hit

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those spots where we maybe need a

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little bit of more help to do it , you

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know , it's , it's , uh , we come

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together as a team and we let each

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other know what's going on . So I

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personally , you know , you and I talk

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and uh I , I make sure to reach out

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whenever I'm having a rough day or a

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bad day and I think we just help each

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other and that's the biggest thing we

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can do . And I think what's ma it's

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what makes service really , really

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special for our air force team is the

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fact that we're never doing it alone .

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It , it be it that the job or be it ,

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it when we're encountering a struggle .

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Yeah . No , having a good wingman

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always important but know that there

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are wingmen out there that are always

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available , right ? Whether you're

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talking about a chaplain , uh a first

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sergeant , a supervisor , a commander .

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I say we have the most compassionate

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team that I've met in the air Force ,

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right ? People that will go out of

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their way to help somebody and , and

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their airmen in need . And so there's

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just a lot of resources that , you know ,

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folks can take advantage of