WEBVTT 00:08.240 --> 00:10.296 I've been with the Defense Logistics 00:10.296 --> 00:13.810 Agency since March of 1992 . And that 00:13.810 --> 00:17.470 was when the Naval Supply Center split . 00:17.480 --> 00:19.702 And the physical distribution part went 00:19.702 --> 00:23.260 with LA . And the navy stayed and 00:23.260 --> 00:26.210 became the fisk that I was on the side 00:26.210 --> 00:28.543 that went with Defense Logistics Agency . 00:29.040 --> 00:31.180 I've been secretary to division 00:31.180 --> 00:34.150 directors and 00:34.940 --> 00:38.630 um and that supporting the employees 00:38.630 --> 00:40.630 that work there , you know ordering 00:40.630 --> 00:43.990 supplies . I didn't travel orders 00:44.000 --> 00:46.167 when everybody went on travel that was 00:46.167 --> 00:49.850 part of my duties . And and and then 00:49.850 --> 00:52.730 when I went to the admin support the 00:52.730 --> 00:54.730 first time , you know that's when I 00:54.730 --> 00:57.470 started doing um personnel work and 00:57.480 --> 00:59.813 became the training coordinator as well . 01:00.240 --> 01:03.300 And then um duties changed , they 01:03.300 --> 01:05.500 changed the job and it was a higher 01:05.500 --> 01:07.990 grade and so then I went to another 01:08.000 --> 01:11.350 department and uh but then later got 01:11.350 --> 01:15.110 promoted back . I first 01:15.110 --> 01:17.170 started with the government we were 01:17.170 --> 01:20.750 using electric typewriters and 01:20.760 --> 01:24.580 then we graduated to um the 01:24.580 --> 01:28.440 wang system you know and then 01:28.450 --> 01:31.670 um then we got the first you know 01:31.680 --> 01:35.380 computers and each each change of 01:35.380 --> 01:37.491 course made things much better for me 01:37.491 --> 01:39.600 and more efficient . You know I made 01:39.610 --> 01:41.790 mistakes , you just hit the best space 01:42.440 --> 01:45.470 and you can fix it . So um so it's 01:45.470 --> 01:48.540 changing course now we're using the 01:48.550 --> 01:51.360 zero clients and to me it's almost 01:51.360 --> 01:53.360 feeling like we're back to the wang 01:53.360 --> 01:55.582 system because there's no storage , you 01:55.582 --> 01:59.570 know with it it's Katrina was the first 01:59.570 --> 02:02.770 thing I remember although I know there 02:02.770 --> 02:06.060 was other things but Katrina um when it 02:06.060 --> 02:08.600 hit new Orleans and there was so much 02:08.600 --> 02:12.570 devastation and people at homes and 02:12.580 --> 02:16.030 D . L . A . Sent um M . R . S . I know 02:16.030 --> 02:18.200 and water gallons of water bottles of 02:18.200 --> 02:20.750 water . And we also set tents and 02:20.750 --> 02:23.010 people just set them up so people could 02:23.020 --> 02:25.950 have somewhere sleeping bags too . 02:26.640 --> 02:30.450 And Then another thing I remember was 02:30.450 --> 02:33.360 Haiti when they had the earthquake back 02:33.360 --> 02:37.250 in 2010 . And um There was 02:37.250 --> 02:39.970 over 300,000 people without a place to 02:39.970 --> 02:42.150 live with that river of the head . And 02:42.150 --> 02:45.830 so we shipped on on ships literally to 02:45.840 --> 02:49.210 Haiti tents , big tents , you know like 02:49.210 --> 02:52.670 city tents and then smaller uh sleeping 02:52.670 --> 02:54.860 bags and water . M . R . S . Again . 02:55.540 --> 02:59.460 And and then not long 02:59.460 --> 03:02.460 ago when the comfort went to new york 03:03.140 --> 03:05.560 um we loaded the comfort out here in 03:05.560 --> 03:07.910 Norfolk with supplies , medical 03:07.910 --> 03:11.420 supplies um water again 03:11.430 --> 03:13.541 because they were in need of a lot of 03:13.541 --> 03:17.400 things like that . Well for 03:17.400 --> 03:19.456 us here in Norfolk we were the first 03:19.456 --> 03:22.960 depot to go under the V . P . P . Star . 03:23.340 --> 03:26.820 And that was a big effort . Commander . 03:26.820 --> 03:29.780 I mean captain brad bellows was our ceo 03:29.780 --> 03:33.500 then and it was a lot to get 03:33.500 --> 03:37.430 us to try to have less accidents 03:37.430 --> 03:40.120 so that we could get that star . We had 03:40.120 --> 03:43.400 to be more aware of like a palette in 03:43.400 --> 03:47.320 the way blocking an aisle or um 03:47.330 --> 03:49.660 electrical outlets . You know used to 03:49.670 --> 03:52.400 walk around . You'd see maybe the cover 03:52.400 --> 03:55.120 had come off and uh but with the V . P . 03:55.120 --> 03:57.760 P . We had a good mark those areas and 03:57.760 --> 04:01.270 had to get them effects . So yeah that 04:01.270 --> 04:05.210 was a big change originally 04:05.210 --> 04:09.060 we were mostly an older group of people 04:09.060 --> 04:11.720 working here and who had been here for 04:11.720 --> 04:14.230 years and years . You know what I mean ? 04:14.240 --> 04:16.351 There was a lot that came over at the 04:16.351 --> 04:19.820 same time as me and and um Yeah I know 04:19.820 --> 04:21.764 at least especially in the last 10 04:21.764 --> 04:23.870 years we've had more younger people 04:23.880 --> 04:27.460 more 20somethings and 30somethings and 04:28.040 --> 04:30.080 and uh we get a lot of you know 04:30.080 --> 04:33.420 military either retired military or 04:33.430 --> 04:35.970 military with did five years and come 04:35.970 --> 04:38.190 out but it made them eligible to come 04:38.190 --> 04:41.870 in . But yeah we've had a lot younger 04:41.880 --> 04:44.470 workforce coming in . In fact when you 04:44.470 --> 04:46.692 walk through now you're not gonna see a 04:46.692 --> 04:48.859 lot of the old ones that we knew , you 04:48.859 --> 04:50.914 know that's a lot of new employees . 04:53.040 --> 04:56.450 I really enjoy people . Um 04:56.460 --> 04:59.390 As I'm the new employee orientation 04:59.400 --> 05:02.600 that's my one of my programs and I love 05:02.600 --> 05:04.840 getting to meet the new employees come 05:04.840 --> 05:07.960 in and I tried to get them started with 05:07.960 --> 05:11.850 a positive with La and I 05:11.850 --> 05:15.500 tell them in the orientation about you 05:15.500 --> 05:17.480 know the deal I maritime land and 05:17.480 --> 05:21.120 maritime about aviation and of course 05:21.120 --> 05:23.470 accentuate where I work right now too . 05:23.470 --> 05:25.692 But um because I want them to know it's 05:25.692 --> 05:28.030 a big organization with a lot of 05:28.040 --> 05:32.020 different um things that they do 05:32.330 --> 05:36.020 like aviation is their airports 05:36.090 --> 05:39.990 there plane parts itself and you 05:39.990 --> 05:41.879 know the energy , you know , they 05:41.879 --> 05:43.850 supply fuel and stuff . 05:45.940 --> 05:47.996 Well , it makes me proud that I work 05:47.996 --> 05:51.330 for an organization that helps and 05:51.330 --> 05:53.430 helps more than just military , but 05:53.430 --> 05:56.030 will help humanitarian , even if you 05:56.030 --> 05:58.270 don't , not in the Navy or army or 05:58.270 --> 06:01.200 whatever , I'm very happy to be a part 06:01.200 --> 06:02.750 of an organization like that .