1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,160 I started here in June of 1965 . 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,920 What brought me here was um I kept 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,087 bugging my school counselor for summer 5 00:00:18,087 --> 00:00:22,000 classes . And she it says how would you 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,320 like to work At the Devil ? At 1st . I 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,542 thought she meant greyhound apple . And 8 00:00:27,542 --> 00:00:29,598 I thought , well okay , whatever she 9 00:00:29,598 --> 00:00:32,610 goes , no , she goes Department of 10 00:00:32,610 --> 00:00:34,721 Defense depot on chris Monroe . And I 11 00:00:34,721 --> 00:00:36,860 go , okay because see we used to ride 12 00:00:36,860 --> 00:00:39,027 our bikes out here , me and my friends 13 00:00:39,027 --> 00:00:40,860 and we always thought this was a 14 00:00:40,860 --> 00:00:42,971 federal prison because all the guards 15 00:00:42,971 --> 00:00:45,027 and they would wave to us and we way 16 00:00:45,027 --> 00:00:47,138 back and and with that God you had to 17 00:00:47,138 --> 00:00:49,416 be , you know , we did you end up here , 18 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:51,820 You know , it turns out it wasn't a 19 00:00:51,820 --> 00:00:53,870 federal prison , you know , but a 20 00:00:53,870 --> 00:00:57,750 logistic base when I first 21 00:00:57,750 --> 00:00:59,972 started working here , we couldn't wear 22 00:00:59,972 --> 00:01:02,120 pants . So you know , we didn't think 23 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,450 nothing of it because we work in an 24 00:01:04,450 --> 00:01:08,160 office . So um and uh 25 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,100 in this until I went into , you know 26 00:01:12,110 --> 00:01:14,450 work at di calms . We were out in the 27 00:01:14,450 --> 00:01:16,617 warehouse and they kind of relaxed the 28 00:01:16,617 --> 00:01:18,617 dress code and we were able to wear 29 00:01:18,617 --> 00:01:21,230 pants . And uh We could work 10 issues 30 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,590 where before we couldn't you know , we 31 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:25,812 had to dress professional . I see a lot 32 00:01:25,812 --> 00:01:27,812 of women , more women coming up the 33 00:01:27,812 --> 00:01:31,240 ranks than when I first started before . 34 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,240 All our chiefs and divisions . They 35 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,220 were all men . You know , and 36 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:39,840 I'm happy that that culture is changing 37 00:01:39,850 --> 00:01:42,190 because we have a lot of good women 38 00:01:42,190 --> 00:01:45,640 here that can really put in some good 39 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,070 ideas , make this a better place and 40 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:49,950 support the employees here . 41 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,380 I started in data systems . And what 42 00:01:56,380 --> 00:01:59,610 I did was when I started I was the 43 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:02,580 first summer higher book could be hired 44 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:05,610 on as a summer higher and I process all 45 00:02:05,610 --> 00:02:07,610 the mro the material release orders 46 00:02:07,610 --> 00:02:09,970 that we got . They would be the phone 47 00:02:09,980 --> 00:02:12,800 call men or they were mailed in or they 48 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,460 were submitted to us and Twix . Um 49 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,526 so I processed all of them . I would 50 00:02:18,526 --> 00:02:20,470 sit there and just right , right , 51 00:02:20,470 --> 00:02:22,470 right , right , right . And process 52 00:02:22,470 --> 00:02:24,637 then I take them to the key punch room 53 00:02:24,637 --> 00:02:26,748 and they punch them up , you know the 54 00:02:26,748 --> 00:02:26,500 whole way key points machines and the 55 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:28,667 verifying machines . And then they run 56 00:02:28,667 --> 00:02:30,556 them over to our control room and 57 00:02:30,556 --> 00:02:33,470 process them . And I had all our mail 58 00:02:33,470 --> 00:02:36,760 and answer inquiries . Did status 59 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,160 for shipments that are lost . I 60 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,650 remember when we first got computers , 61 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,607 they were Harris computers and they go 62 00:02:45,607 --> 00:02:47,773 where you're getting a new computer or 63 00:02:47,773 --> 00:02:49,773 go what the heck is a computer . So 64 00:02:49,773 --> 00:02:51,940 next thing I know I could clean off my 65 00:02:51,940 --> 00:02:53,662 desk because there's a big old 66 00:02:53,662 --> 00:02:55,829 monstrosities sitting in front of me . 67 00:02:55,829 --> 00:02:57,940 But the keyboard , I go , great , you 68 00:02:57,940 --> 00:03:00,051 know , and then after why you realize 69 00:03:00,051 --> 00:03:02,273 that it's part of your life now because 70 00:03:02,940 --> 00:03:05,450 everything is computerized . And when 71 00:03:05,450 --> 00:03:07,561 they got when they went away with the 72 00:03:07,561 --> 00:03:09,783 big screens to the flat screens , I was 73 00:03:09,783 --> 00:03:12,840 really happy , you know , uh and we had 74 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,007 the keyboard . We didn't have this big 75 00:03:15,007 --> 00:03:17,007 old monstrosities taking up half of 76 00:03:17,007 --> 00:03:19,420 your desk . And so that was to me a 77 00:03:19,420 --> 00:03:21,410 great move is when it comes to 78 00:03:21,410 --> 00:03:24,800 technology . I remember 79 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,440 once an officer called me . It was 80 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,662 during the Vietnam era and I could hear 81 00:03:30,662 --> 00:03:33,400 the bombs in the background and he 82 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,511 wanted to know where his shipment was 83 00:03:35,511 --> 00:03:38,040 at that his people , he needed this 84 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,096 medical supplies . He wanted to know 85 00:03:40,096 --> 00:03:44,040 where was his shipment . And so I was 86 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,490 like , oh my God , you know and I can I 87 00:03:46,490 --> 00:03:48,657 call you back ? He goes , no I'll call 88 00:03:48,657 --> 00:03:50,823 you back . So , you know , and then we 89 00:03:50,823 --> 00:03:52,990 don't have the technology that we have 90 00:03:52,990 --> 00:03:55,046 today . We had a fire room like this 91 00:03:55,046 --> 00:03:57,157 file room and they have these big old 92 00:03:57,157 --> 00:03:59,710 books , file books . And I had to go 93 00:03:59,710 --> 00:04:01,710 through each one of them . You know 94 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,942 because he couldn't he couldn't give me 95 00:04:03,942 --> 00:04:06,109 very much all he could tell me was the 96 00:04:06,109 --> 00:04:08,260 T . The T . C . N . Number . So I'm 97 00:04:08,260 --> 00:04:10,482 looking through all these books life on 98 00:04:10,482 --> 00:04:12,593 his shipment and uh turned out it had 99 00:04:12,593 --> 00:04:16,420 been cancelled . So he had and I told 100 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:18,698 them , well it was canceling . He goes , 101 00:04:18,698 --> 00:04:20,864 well , part of our truth what happened 102 00:04:20,864 --> 00:04:22,976 was part of their troops are going to 103 00:04:22,976 --> 00:04:25,142 come back home . But a part of staying 104 00:04:25,142 --> 00:04:27,160 behind . And I guess there was a 105 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,327 miscommunication and all his shipments 106 00:04:29,327 --> 00:04:32,520 were council . So he had to go back and 107 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,631 re order everything . And so then you 108 00:04:34,631 --> 00:04:36,742 know , we had to reprocess everything 109 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,160 during the Vietnam war . You don't 110 00:04:40,170 --> 00:04:43,520 really realize how much work it is and 111 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,690 what it entails until you actually get 112 00:04:45,690 --> 00:04:48,590 involved . And as young as I was 113 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,990 because I was what 1920 years old ? Um 114 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,570 we were shipping out all these just you 115 00:04:54,570 --> 00:04:56,626 know subsistence and medical . And I 116 00:04:56,626 --> 00:05:00,470 remember when there were body bags and 117 00:05:00,470 --> 00:05:02,470 I told I told Sergeant smith , I go 118 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,970 body bags and what do you mean by body 119 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:07,970 body bags ? What our body bags ? And he 120 00:05:07,970 --> 00:05:10,370 goes , well when that's what our 121 00:05:10,370 --> 00:05:13,450 soldiers who who don't make it come 122 00:05:13,450 --> 00:05:16,660 home in . And I thought really and what 123 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:19,520 what got to me was we didn't ship out 124 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,580 one pallet or two pallets . We were 125 00:05:21,580 --> 00:05:24,720 shipping van lows of body bags . And I 126 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,120 thought how many men are and women are 127 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,910 we losing here ? You know ? And it just 128 00:05:29,910 --> 00:05:33,530 kind of you know , made me think , you 129 00:05:33,530 --> 00:05:36,350 know really what more was all about 130 00:05:38,940 --> 00:05:42,140 after that summer was over my concert 131 00:05:42,140 --> 00:05:45,160 called me back and she said mr john 132 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,049 Beckman who was our Chief of data 133 00:05:47,049 --> 00:05:49,216 system because he was really impressed 134 00:05:49,216 --> 00:05:51,438 with you . He wants to know if you want 135 00:05:51,438 --> 00:05:53,604 to work the weekends . You know during 136 00:05:53,604 --> 00:05:55,604 the holidays . I go , well yeah , I 137 00:05:55,604 --> 00:05:57,771 mean A dollar 25 an hour . That was to 138 00:05:57,771 --> 00:05:59,882 me it was a lot of money that was the 139 00:05:59,882 --> 00:06:02,104 minimum wage back then I go , yeah I'll 140 00:06:02,104 --> 00:06:05,640 work when I graduated . I put in for 141 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,450 some jobs and I got hired in at , 142 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:13,230 in our area c area , which at night , 143 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,730 which is right over here , which is now 144 00:06:15,740 --> 00:06:17,851 we're building a bigger warehouse and 145 00:06:17,851 --> 00:06:20,250 we handle all the steel , still plays 146 00:06:20,250 --> 00:06:23,450 barb waters and conduit for aircraft 147 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:27,050 repairs and for landing strips . And um , 148 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,062 I had a lot of fun there too because we 149 00:06:30,062 --> 00:06:32,570 were always busy , you know , and then 150 00:06:32,580 --> 00:06:35,400 die calms open at warehouse 29 there 151 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,567 was a commissary place like that man , 152 00:06:37,567 --> 00:06:39,980 I wouldn't mind working there And I 153 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:42,036 hope that old saying be careful what 154 00:06:42,036 --> 00:06:44,520 you ask for because they put in for the 155 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,550 job and I got it . So there I was in 156 00:06:47,550 --> 00:06:49,860 this empty warehouse and I thought , 157 00:06:49,870 --> 00:06:53,510 wow . And so I helped set it up and 158 00:06:53,510 --> 00:06:55,566 I'll watch the guy flipped the racks 159 00:06:55,566 --> 00:06:58,120 and everything . You know , you come 160 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,240 home , you work and you go home and , 161 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:02,600 and everything is hunky dory until you 162 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,430 get involved in the , in the supply in 163 00:07:05,430 --> 00:07:07,652 our men and women of the armed services 164 00:07:07,652 --> 00:07:10,510 and and realizing that a lot of them 165 00:07:10,510 --> 00:07:13,480 don't make it home and then that I 166 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,330 found out that to my classmates and 167 00:07:16,330 --> 00:07:18,552 graduated with me didn't make it home . 168 00:07:19,340 --> 00:07:21,451 And one of them I was really close to 169 00:07:21,451 --> 00:07:23,396 because he used to bug me a lot in 170 00:07:23,396 --> 00:07:25,680 school and break all my pencils and he 171 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,736 was , most of them are really nice . 172 00:07:27,736 --> 00:07:30,550 But this was when he was , yeah , he 173 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:33,990 was extremely nice and you realize , 174 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,944 you know when you're , when you're 175 00:07:35,944 --> 00:07:38,056 filling out these orders and you come 176 00:07:38,056 --> 00:07:40,111 to why you're here . And so to me it 177 00:07:40,111 --> 00:07:43,300 was this is to me a very important job , 178 00:07:43,310 --> 00:07:46,720 very important site . And so after that 179 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,100 I went into transportation and there we 180 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,930 were shipping truckloads of subsistence 181 00:07:52,930 --> 00:07:55,730 and what have you , medical items . And 182 00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:59,560 um , back then we had , 183 00:07:59,940 --> 00:08:02,051 we didn't have the automation that we 184 00:08:02,051 --> 00:08:04,540 have to do if we had a life or death , 185 00:08:04,540 --> 00:08:06,940 we had to talk with the pilots . We 186 00:08:06,950 --> 00:08:09,670 look at the flights , talk to the , can 187 00:08:09,670 --> 00:08:11,948 you take , will you take this shipment ? 188 00:08:11,948 --> 00:08:14,114 It's got to be here to life or death . 189 00:08:14,114 --> 00:08:16,226 And uh most of the pilots were really 190 00:08:16,226 --> 00:08:18,448 good about it . Yeah , bring it on over 191 00:08:18,448 --> 00:08:20,614 and we set up with motor pool and take 192 00:08:20,614 --> 00:08:22,726 it over to san Francisco and get them 193 00:08:22,726 --> 00:08:24,892 on the plane . I'd be eating lunch and 194 00:08:24,892 --> 00:08:27,003 they'll be calling me , you know mary 195 00:08:27,003 --> 00:08:29,226 Martinez , life or death . And I've had 196 00:08:29,226 --> 00:08:31,392 and I had to stop it . I just throw my 197 00:08:31,392 --> 00:08:33,503 lunch and go go process the paperwork 198 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,220 Because it was , it was important to uh 199 00:08:37,230 --> 00:08:40,950 all my coworkers . We , we did 200 00:08:40,950 --> 00:08:43,290 everything manually . I mean we were 201 00:08:43,300 --> 00:08:46,780 our average , each person was like 1516 202 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:48,891 truckloads and there was like four of 203 00:08:48,891 --> 00:08:51,058 us . So you can imagine the traffic of 204 00:08:51,058 --> 00:08:53,113 work truck load their coin in and on 205 00:08:53,113 --> 00:08:56,620 our site during the Vietnam Era . And 206 00:08:56,630 --> 00:08:59,800 we worked long hours , whoops . Well 207 00:08:59,810 --> 00:09:02,710 sometimes I work seven days , 10 hours 208 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:04,830 to get these supplies to you know , 209 00:09:04,830 --> 00:09:07,250 where they needed to be looking with 210 00:09:07,260 --> 00:09:08,927 the water port . The airlines 211 00:09:08,927 --> 00:09:12,240 attracting companies . I mean that was 212 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,520 our job . And uh , we knew that are 213 00:09:15,530 --> 00:09:17,850 they ? We had people depending on this . 214 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,640 And then from there I went , I put in 215 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,807 for another job and that's how I ended 216 00:09:22,807 --> 00:09:24,751 up in financial support where I am 217 00:09:24,751 --> 00:09:27,770 today and today I don't see much of the 218 00:09:27,770 --> 00:09:31,220 action out in the warehouse . But I I 219 00:09:31,220 --> 00:09:33,930 see where we when we deploy people to 220 00:09:33,930 --> 00:09:36,210 help with certain missions or when 221 00:09:36,210 --> 00:09:38,543 they're going to Afghanistan , you know , 222 00:09:38,543 --> 00:09:41,030 we we should uh , we had our deployable 223 00:09:41,030 --> 00:09:44,760 team either or one to kuwait her 224 00:09:44,770 --> 00:09:46,826 career . You know , wherever they're 225 00:09:46,826 --> 00:09:49,048 needed . And I try to make their travel 226 00:09:49,048 --> 00:09:51,750 as simple and as pleasant as possible 227 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,871 because a lot of our neutrality . You 228 00:09:53,871 --> 00:09:55,927 know , employees there knew a lot of 229 00:09:55,927 --> 00:09:58,050 them never lived Tracy . So when you 230 00:09:58,050 --> 00:10:01,200 send out how we run the world , it's 231 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,200 new to them . 232 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,760 one of the bricks I have about my job 233 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,200 is meeting new people . Getting them 234 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,470 ready for travel . They call me six 235 00:10:13,470 --> 00:10:16,840 days . You know , a lot of them know my 236 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,951 son goes , I need to go home mom . So 237 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:20,840 she gives him my number . They're 238 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,951 coming . You know , saturday sunday . 239 00:10:22,951 --> 00:10:25,118 You know , I'm asleep . You forget the 240 00:10:25,118 --> 00:10:27,440 time zone . Um , I had a Colonel Kami 241 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,496 was , I was at K mart shopping on my 242 00:10:29,496 --> 00:10:31,662 girlfriend , His black God counseled , 243 00:10:31,662 --> 00:10:34,280 he goes please get me home . So there I 244 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,447 am with these little kids bouncing all 245 00:10:36,447 --> 00:10:38,950 over me trying to get our colonel home 246 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:40,850 and I got him home . 247 00:10:43,340 --> 00:10:45,720 I think in my 55 years here it's 248 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,360 I find that to be very challenging , 249 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,670 you know , and we get the new horror 250 00:10:52,670 --> 00:10:54,960 that come in . They're very our 251 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,016 workforce now is very , very young . 252 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,250 And a lot of them when I ask them when 253 00:11:00,250 --> 00:11:02,361 I brief and go , do you know what our 254 00:11:02,361 --> 00:11:04,472 mission is here ? A lot of them don't 255 00:11:04,472 --> 00:11:06,639 understand what our mission is . And I 256 00:11:06,639 --> 00:11:08,861 go and I said you see these gentlemen , 257 00:11:08,861 --> 00:11:11,139 these women , men and women in uniform , 258 00:11:11,139 --> 00:11:15,100 that's our mission and they go what ? 259 00:11:15,110 --> 00:11:16,943 They still don't understand that 260 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:19,054 because of them , you're here today . 261 00:11:19,054 --> 00:11:21,166 Because of them , you got a job , you 262 00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:22,999 can go buy a new cell phone or a 263 00:11:22,999 --> 00:11:25,054 Mercedes or whatever you you're here 264 00:11:25,054 --> 00:11:27,540 for you know to you know to have a 265 00:11:27,540 --> 00:11:29,900 better life . But they're the ones that 266 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:32,122 put their lives on the line so that you 267 00:11:32,122 --> 00:11:34,233 can walk down that street and be free 268 00:11:34,233 --> 00:11:37,160 about it and they go , ok , 269 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,207 I think a lot of it because my dad was 270 00:11:41,207 --> 00:11:45,100 a korean vet and when he he worked as 271 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:47,211 sharp and when I told him I got a job 272 00:11:47,211 --> 00:11:49,156 here him and my mom , they were so 273 00:11:49,156 --> 00:11:51,350 happy , wow , this girl's going 274 00:11:51,350 --> 00:11:53,880 somewhere I go yeah , two minutes down 275 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,880 the road . But and my dad says 276 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,550 a good job , you know you're going to 277 00:12:00,550 --> 00:12:04,430 do well and I learned from my father 278 00:12:04,430 --> 00:12:06,597 would , it meant to support our troops 279 00:12:06,597 --> 00:12:09,450 because my dad when he came to this 280 00:12:09,450 --> 00:12:12,030 country came from the Philippines . He 281 00:12:12,030 --> 00:12:14,141 joined him and his best friend joined 282 00:12:14,141 --> 00:12:17,380 the service . Um and it was tough on it 283 00:12:17,380 --> 00:12:19,602 because he was out in the jungle and he 284 00:12:19,602 --> 00:12:21,658 was shot and his best friend died in 285 00:12:21,658 --> 00:12:25,010 his arms . So it was and he said I told 286 00:12:25,010 --> 00:12:27,840 you he goes you just keep going . And 287 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,062 then that's when I found out what those 288 00:12:30,062 --> 00:12:32,229 dogs sides work for , you know because 289 00:12:32,229 --> 00:12:34,229 you take one and you put it between 290 00:12:34,229 --> 00:12:36,451 your teeth and jam it in there and I go 291 00:12:36,451 --> 00:12:40,110 wow , you know , and my dad always , my 292 00:12:40,110 --> 00:12:42,277 dad was always an army person from the 293 00:12:42,277 --> 00:12:44,550 day he died , he's been shining his 294 00:12:44,550 --> 00:12:46,920 shoes that I mean there is nothing 295 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,550 better than being in the army . Uh , 296 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,900 so when you have somebody 297 00:12:53,910 --> 00:12:56,860 who's military and they tell you what 298 00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:58,916 they went through and you're working 299 00:12:58,916 --> 00:13:00,804 with the government , you kind of 300 00:13:00,804 --> 00:13:02,916 relate as to why you're here and what 301 00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:05,027 you need to do . When my son , he was 302 00:13:05,027 --> 00:13:07,060 thinking at Vandenberg , I mean he 303 00:13:07,070 --> 00:13:09,348 really had a hard time there . He goes , 304 00:13:09,348 --> 00:13:11,459 hey , he called me up because we just 305 00:13:11,459 --> 00:13:13,600 got a shipment from the base because 306 00:13:13,610 --> 00:13:15,850 since defense tempo Tracy and I go , 307 00:13:15,850 --> 00:13:18,017 yeah and he goes , he goes , yeah , he 308 00:13:18,017 --> 00:13:20,072 goes we need it because he worked in 309 00:13:20,072 --> 00:13:23,680 and um he maintained their 310 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,050 shuttles there , you know sheet metal 311 00:13:26,050 --> 00:13:28,272 and doing all that work . So every time 312 00:13:28,272 --> 00:13:30,494 he got a shipment from us he would call 313 00:13:30,494 --> 00:13:33,860 me so you know I thought well you know 314 00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:35,860 there's a reason why we're shipping 315 00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:37,582 this also that you know you're 316 00:13:37,582 --> 00:13:39,638 basically stay open and shoot your , 317 00:13:39,638 --> 00:13:41,804 you know if you happen to launch those 318 00:13:41,804 --> 00:13:44,027 shuttles , those missiles or whatever , 319 00:13:44,027 --> 00:13:46,560 you know you guys are able to do . So 320 00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:51,890 first person that are believed was 321 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:54,122 really honored with Colonel Rodriguez . 322 00:13:54,210 --> 00:13:58,170 He's that deal now . Um he would 323 00:13:58,170 --> 00:14:00,740 come and check on this one because I 324 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:03,200 used to work a lot of overtime and he 325 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,256 would come over , he goes , you know 326 00:14:05,256 --> 00:14:07,311 mary he was I appreciate what you're 327 00:14:07,311 --> 00:14:09,533 doing , you work eight hours and you're 328 00:14:09,533 --> 00:14:11,700 out here packing as selecting . And he 329 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:13,700 goes like you keep up the good work 330 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:15,811 because we really appreciate what you 331 00:14:15,811 --> 00:14:18,550 do . Well thank you sir . And before he 332 00:14:18,550 --> 00:14:22,030 left he told me you have a lot to 333 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,930 offer . And he knew how old I was . He 334 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:26,930 goes , don't let them push you into 335 00:14:26,930 --> 00:14:29,980 your retirement . You retire when 336 00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:32,980 you're good and ready . I go okay . And 337 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:35,036 I've always remembered that you know 338 00:14:35,036 --> 00:14:37,160 because I've seen people in other 339 00:14:37,270 --> 00:14:39,381 private industry where they're forced 340 00:14:39,381 --> 00:14:42,360 to retire whether they liked it or not 341 00:14:42,370 --> 00:14:44,770 and here I have that option , I can 342 00:14:44,770 --> 00:14:47,350 retire today or I could retire tomorrow . 343 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,500 I wanted to be a ballerina dancer and 344 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:56,090 here I am , you know , and it's so 345 00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:58,820 funny because people go , oh boy , what 346 00:14:58,830 --> 00:15:00,997 says you to start working there ? So I 347 00:15:00,997 --> 00:15:03,219 was only going to work for a summer and 348 00:15:03,219 --> 00:15:05,330 55 summers later I'm still here , you 349 00:15:05,330 --> 00:15:08,870 know . But um being a single mother , 350 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,936 you know and being from the Hispanic 351 00:15:10,936 --> 00:15:13,180 culture , you took care of your parents 352 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:15,500 or your grandparents and and I was 353 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:19,150 raised by my grandmother and I felt I 354 00:15:19,150 --> 00:15:21,317 needed to be there for her because she 355 00:15:21,317 --> 00:15:23,372 was there with me to help me to take 356 00:15:23,372 --> 00:15:24,850 care of my two boys . 357 00:15:27,940 --> 00:15:31,700 It's been an honor De la 358 00:15:31,950 --> 00:15:35,450 working in 55 years , I learned a 359 00:15:35,450 --> 00:15:39,030 lot Simpsons for good , don't work , 360 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,220 pick up a lot of bad habits , but 361 00:15:41,230 --> 00:15:44,360 working here to me um 362 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,150 I think it's I stayed here because I 363 00:15:49,150 --> 00:15:51,980 like working here . I see a lot of 364 00:15:51,980 --> 00:15:53,758 young people , they use it as a 365 00:15:53,758 --> 00:15:55,924 stepping stone , which is good because 366 00:15:55,924 --> 00:15:57,980 it gives them that opportunity . And 367 00:15:57,980 --> 00:16:00,036 the fact that de ella opens it up to 368 00:16:00,036 --> 00:16:02,920 everybody , we're not uh we don't get 369 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,060 zero in on one culture or whatever . Uh 370 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,860 I've seen all kinds of cultures coming 371 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,650 and which is good , you know . Uh 372 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,460 everybody is treated pretty fair . 373 00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:21,170 Um so I think 374 00:16:21,170 --> 00:16:24,790 that's what makes us number one is that 375 00:16:24,790 --> 00:16:26,846 that you know , we take pride in our 376 00:16:26,846 --> 00:16:29,850 work , we treat our people , will we go 377 00:16:29,850 --> 00:16:32,500 above and beyond well , it has recorded 378 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:33,160 the mission