1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:02,940 Yeah . Today is a day that you've 2 00:00:02,940 --> 00:00:05,690 thought of for the past 12-18 months . 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,070 Today you get your Navy wings . Today 4 00:00:10,070 --> 00:00:12,181 we're getting really close to closing 5 00:00:12,181 --> 00:00:14,070 an important chapter in our naval 6 00:00:14,070 --> 00:00:15,737 flight officers story for the 7 00:00:15,737 --> 00:00:17,514 Department of the Navy and that 8 00:00:17,514 --> 00:00:19,792 specifically being in the Marine Corps . 9 00:00:19,792 --> 00:00:21,903 First Lieutenant McCarthy is the last 10 00:00:21,903 --> 00:00:24,014 female Marine Corps officer that will 11 00:00:24,014 --> 00:00:26,680 get NFL wings as a weapons system 12 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,180 officer . We're back cedar on an F 18 13 00:00:29,180 --> 00:00:32,410 delta legacy hornet . What we do is we 14 00:00:32,410 --> 00:00:34,160 provide additional situational 15 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:36,420 awareness for a pilot and then once 16 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:38,698 were designated as a mission commander , 17 00:00:38,698 --> 00:00:41,610 we handle um , all phases of flight , 18 00:00:41,620 --> 00:00:43,731 um , to carry out the mission that we 19 00:00:43,731 --> 00:00:45,950 have for that mission set for the day 20 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,080 past like 2.5 years . I was told that I 21 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,880 was going to be the last was oh , but 22 00:00:51,890 --> 00:00:54,460 we had two more marines come after me 23 00:00:54,460 --> 00:00:57,250 that are still at the T 86 . So to be 24 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:59,900 kind of uh , one of the last three that 25 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:02,600 are going to be weighing as uh , an 26 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,320 honor to be the last female is an 27 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:08,470 additional honor . But I don't , I 28 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,210 think that it trumps anything else that 29 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:14,070 the last 10 wizards have done . So for 30 00:01:14,070 --> 00:01:18,060 the past 25 years or so , um , 31 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,551 females have been blazing the way the 32 00:01:20,551 --> 00:01:23,630 whole time in this community . So I'm 33 00:01:23,630 --> 00:01:25,750 just , I might be the last , but I'm 34 00:01:25,750 --> 00:01:28,620 like really excited to be a part of the 35 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:31,720 community . Amy McGrath gets to hand 36 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:34,030 and pin the wings on the final female 37 00:01:34,030 --> 00:01:36,252 marine officer to be dozens as an NFL . 38 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,810 And first Lieutenant McCarthy gets to 39 00:01:38,810 --> 00:01:41,170 be waned by the first female Marine 40 00:01:41,170 --> 00:01:43,430 corps officer that's strapped an F 18 41 00:01:43,430 --> 00:01:46,070 delta onto her back and fluid into 42 00:01:46,070 --> 00:01:49,090 combat . Well , the request came from 43 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:52,430 First Lieutenant McCarthy and um , 44 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,660 she just wanted me to come and be part 45 00:01:55,660 --> 00:01:58,950 of her big day and it was just an honor . 46 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,390 You know , I mean , it's history to 47 00:02:01,390 --> 00:02:04,880 come back here uh and and wing First 48 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,420 Lieutenant McCarthy . It's really kind 49 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:10,610 of coming full circle for me . I'm 50 00:02:10,610 --> 00:02:13,470 going to go to Myanmar and do the best 51 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:16,460 that I can at the frs and then I'm 52 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:18,571 gonna go to my fleet and I'm gonna do 53 00:02:18,571 --> 00:02:20,793 the best I can at my feet . I just want 54 00:02:20,793 --> 00:02:23,510 to be a contributing member to whatever 55 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:25,510 aircraft that I'm flying in at that 56 00:02:25,510 --> 00:02:27,790 time . I want to just make sure that my 57 00:02:27,790 --> 00:02:29,734 pilots know that I have their back 58 00:02:29,734 --> 00:02:32,840 wherever we are . Yeah , yeah .