1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:02,830 - As a military training instructor 2 00:00:02,830 --> 00:00:05,040 we receive men and women 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,300 all ages, all walks of life. 4 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:08,360 They come to us to Basic Military Training 5 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:09,810 at Lackland Air Force Base 6 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:12,590 and from that very first minute we start laying 7 00:00:12,590 --> 00:00:15,650 that foundation of our core values, 8 00:00:15,650 --> 00:00:18,660 Air Force Core Values, team work, leadership 9 00:00:18,660 --> 00:00:20,560 from the very beginning. 10 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:21,740 It starts from the beginning 11 00:00:21,740 --> 00:00:23,290 but throughout all the eight and a half weeks 12 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:24,670 we need every minute of it. 13 00:00:24,670 --> 00:00:28,730 And it's all important from the basics of drill, 14 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:31,970 it's teaching teamwork and we're relaying that to them. 15 00:00:31,970 --> 00:00:33,840 Yes, we are marching around and learning 16 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,010 different drill movements 17 00:00:35,010 --> 00:00:36,750 but also it's teaching how to be a team. 18 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:39,420 And teaching you how to react to different commands 19 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:40,520 at any time. 20 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,450 Our main goal is, we want them to become motivated, 21 00:00:44,450 --> 00:00:46,180 capable airmen after eight and half weeks 22 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:49,180 and when we send them off to technical training 23 00:00:49,180 --> 00:00:51,250 they're still motivated, they're still ready to go 24 00:00:51,250 --> 00:00:52,930 and they hit the ground running at whatever base 25 00:00:52,930 --> 00:00:54,580 they go to for their next skill. 26 00:00:54,580 --> 00:00:57,880 And MTL's grab them and they harness that energy 27 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,680 and they just continue on. 28 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,480 - What we're finding is that these airmen, 29 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,220 they really truly want to be driven 30 00:01:03,220 --> 00:01:04,670 by something greater than themselves. 31 00:01:04,670 --> 00:01:06,420 They want to be part of a team. 32 00:01:06,420 --> 00:01:09,670 And when we get this airman from basic military training 33 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:12,286 our main goal is, yes to reinforce those standards 34 00:01:12,286 --> 00:01:15,480 but also help them identify that thing 35 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,970 that's bigger than themselves. 36 00:01:16,970 --> 00:01:19,160 We know what the core values are. 37 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:20,520 They learn them. 38 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:21,980 But sometimes they're just, 39 00:01:21,980 --> 00:01:24,200 they might just be words to them in basic training 40 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,670 and how do we help them tie the true meaning 41 00:01:27,670 --> 00:01:29,697 and give them stories of, 42 00:01:29,697 --> 00:01:31,250 "This is what integrity looks like, 43 00:01:31,250 --> 00:01:33,490 this is what service looks like". 44 00:01:33,490 --> 00:01:37,180 And what they see is, "my MTI's weren't just the example, 45 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:38,590 my MTL's are now the example". 46 00:01:38,590 --> 00:01:39,520 And what the hope is, 47 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,350 is that our first duty station supervisors' are the example. 48 00:01:42,350 --> 00:01:43,760 So the MTL's bridge the gap 49 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,910 between how we get this airman into a structured environment 50 00:01:46,910 --> 00:01:49,200 and then now we put them in an opportunity 51 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,850 or in an environment where they now have to make decisions 52 00:01:51,850 --> 00:01:55,010 that are going to set them up for success in their future. 53 00:01:55,010 --> 00:01:57,460 And so the role of MTL is pivotal, right? 54 00:01:57,460 --> 00:01:59,360 I mean we have to be the ones 55 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,780 that are ultimately caring about that airman 56 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:04,780 and their longterm success as well 57 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:08,150 and that's a blessing beyond words. 58 00:02:08,150 --> 00:02:11,170 Hopefully it means He'll (murmurs) if we train them right 59 00:02:11,170 --> 00:02:12,790 they're going to go out there and going to get after it 60 00:02:12,790 --> 00:02:16,150 with the right mentality of taking care of an airman 61 00:02:16,150 --> 00:02:19,380 and knowing the impact that they can truly have. 62 00:02:19,380 --> 00:02:22,180 - [Narrator] And these are the airmen, MTI's and MTL's 63 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:24,463 deliver to the operational Air Force.