WEBVTT 00:00.450 --> 00:02.050 - Every single day is an adventure. 00:02.050 --> 00:04.440 We're able to go out, shoot, and some days 00:04.440 --> 00:05.582 we get to go out and help people. 00:05.582 --> 00:08.582 (helicopter flying) 00:09.920 --> 00:11.690 What I enjoy most about my job is the ability 00:11.690 --> 00:13.100 to go out and support the guys 00:13.100 --> 00:14.820 on the ground every single day. 00:14.820 --> 00:16.710 Throughout my career, I've been able to go out 00:16.710 --> 00:18.860 and support troops on the ground all across the globe 00:18.860 --> 00:20.910 and it's the most fulfilling thing to me. 00:22.760 --> 00:27.760 The UH-1Y Huey has multiple capabilities at its disposal. 00:29.290 --> 00:31.870 We've got two crew chief door gunners in the back 00:31.870 --> 00:34.040 and also we've got the pilots in the front 00:34.040 --> 00:36.230 with the BRITE Star block two sensor off the front. 00:36.230 --> 00:39.570 So with that we're able to integrate between our eyeballs, 00:39.570 --> 00:40.874 our night vision sensors and also 00:40.874 --> 00:43.090 through a sensor out front we're able 00:43.090 --> 00:44.880 to collect information all over the battlefield, 00:44.880 --> 00:46.726 track targets and destroy them if necessary. 00:46.726 --> 00:49.960 (machine gun firing) 00:49.960 --> 00:52.730 The Huey's lethality spurs directly from the crew 00:52.730 --> 00:55.371 that maintains it, and flies it, and fights it. 00:55.371 --> 00:58.970 The door gunners in the back have the 50 cal 00:58.970 --> 01:00.810 that fires 1100 rounds per minute and also they've 01:00.810 --> 01:03.333 got the outside cannon that fires 3000 rounds per minute. 01:03.333 --> 01:06.208 (machine gun firing) 01:06.208 --> 01:07.640 - Whoo! 01:07.640 --> 01:09.000 - [Brandon] As far as the pilots in the front, 01:09.000 --> 01:11.170 we've got high-explosive rocket warheads, 01:11.170 --> 01:14.220 flechette rocket warheads and marked capabilities, 01:14.220 --> 01:16.770 and also advanced precision kill weapon system, 01:16.770 --> 01:19.010 laser-guided rockets. 01:19.010 --> 01:20.930 From that, we're able to engage targets all the way 01:20.930 --> 01:22.470 out to three miles away from the helicopter 01:22.470 --> 01:25.720 all the way in to 50 feet. (rocket firing) 01:25.720 --> 01:29.020 Between the Huey and Cobra, we're able to accomplish 01:29.020 --> 01:31.070 the multitude of missions that First MAW has 01:31.070 --> 01:33.350 on its table in the PACOM AOR. 01:33.350 --> 01:35.280 We're able to go down and support 01:35.280 --> 01:37.440 humanitarian assistance, disaster relief. 01:37.440 --> 01:38.720 If it ever calls for it, we're able 01:38.720 --> 01:40.390 to go out and conduct offensive air support 01:40.390 --> 01:44.253 and support the ground forces if we're ever called to fight. 01:44.253 --> 01:46.598 (dramatic music) 01:46.598 --> 01:49.681 (machine gun firing) 01:53.718 --> 01:56.385 (rocket firing) 01:58.476 --> 02:01.559 (machine gun firing)