1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:02,360 mm I want thomas . I am the symbolic 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,180 instructor here at Joint base 3 00:00:04,180 --> 00:00:06,470 charleston syndicate is short 4 00:00:06,470 --> 00:00:08,560 installation management boat cox and 5 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,010 course it's a navy program . We are the 6 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:13,232 only military members on the East Coast 7 00:00:13,232 --> 00:00:15,350 who are qualified to instruct it 8 00:00:15,350 --> 00:00:17,572 normally at naval basis , it's going to 9 00:00:17,572 --> 00:00:19,910 be a civilian ran . It's an established 10 00:00:19,910 --> 00:00:22,800 course for sailors and airmen and D . O . 11 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,800 D . Personnel to learn how to drive 12 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,880 small boats . It's the basics getting 13 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,920 underway , staying under way and if you 14 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,087 have any issues while underway you can 15 00:00:33,087 --> 00:00:35,330 fix it . The symbol course is unique to 16 00:00:35,330 --> 00:00:37,552 Joint base charleston in the sense that 17 00:00:37,552 --> 00:00:39,663 we not only have Navy personnel going 18 00:00:39,663 --> 00:00:41,830 through the course , we have Air Force 19 00:00:41,830 --> 00:00:43,886 D . O . D . Personnel . The class is 20 00:00:43,886 --> 00:00:45,886 gonna be five days um 08 under 1600 21 00:00:45,886 --> 00:00:48,380 every day . And we usually use every 22 00:00:48,390 --> 00:00:50,690 second of those days it's it's kind of 23 00:00:50,690 --> 00:00:52,746 jam packed . Generally the first two 24 00:00:52,746 --> 00:00:54,912 days are gonna be power points . It is 25 00:00:54,912 --> 00:00:57,023 kind of based on how the students are 26 00:00:57,023 --> 00:00:59,190 retaining information . Uh I'd like to 27 00:00:59,190 --> 00:01:01,301 spend the majority of the week on the 28 00:01:01,301 --> 00:01:03,468 water . So the last three days will be 29 00:01:03,468 --> 00:01:05,301 on the water training to what we 30 00:01:05,301 --> 00:01:07,190 learned during the power points . 31 00:01:07,190 --> 00:01:09,246 Usually thursday afternoon on friday 32 00:01:09,246 --> 00:01:11,301 morning , we'll be going over actual 33 00:01:11,301 --> 00:01:13,412 practical to the week so they'll have 34 00:01:13,412 --> 00:01:15,630 to moor a boat to appear get away from 35 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:18,580 appear , we'll have to do towing will 36 00:01:18,580 --> 00:01:21,330 do man overboard . And then after all , 37 00:01:21,330 --> 00:01:23,552 students have completed all practical , 38 00:01:23,552 --> 00:01:25,719 there's also two tests involved . Once 39 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:27,941 they pass all the tests and practical . 40 00:01:27,941 --> 00:01:29,774 Uh we do graduation day which is 41 00:01:29,774 --> 00:01:31,830 everyone's you know , period part of 42 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:33,886 course it is security forces members 43 00:01:33,886 --> 00:01:36,108 from Air Force and also the D . O . D . 44 00:01:36,108 --> 00:01:38,760 Who are getting qualified Symbolic is 45 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,850 not a security specific course . It is 46 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:44,750 a basic boat coxon course . But once 47 00:01:44,750 --> 00:01:46,917 you learn how to drive the boat , then 48 00:01:46,917 --> 00:01:49,139 you start , you know , branching out to 49 00:01:49,139 --> 00:01:51,306 the security portion . Since I started 50 00:01:51,306 --> 00:01:53,472 teaching symbolic , I pushed about six 51 00:01:53,472 --> 00:01:56,380 classes through right now . So 36 52 00:01:56,380 --> 00:01:59,070 personnel qualified . I've been in the 53 00:01:59,070 --> 00:02:01,126 harbor community , the Navy side for 54 00:02:01,130 --> 00:02:03,352 approximately 12 years now . I'll be 12 55 00:02:03,352 --> 00:02:06,810 years in November and I done mostly 56 00:02:06,810 --> 00:02:08,977 boats . We have security forces . Well 57 00:02:08,977 --> 00:02:11,254 it's called Master at Arms in the Navy . 58 00:02:11,254 --> 00:02:13,590 I've been lucky and cursed to be on the 59 00:02:13,590 --> 00:02:15,590 harbor security side of the house . 60 00:02:15,590 --> 00:02:17,590 Once you kind of get qualified it's 61 00:02:17,590 --> 00:02:19,812 always in need to have the drivers . So 62 00:02:19,812 --> 00:02:22,034 I've been driving boats for pretty much 63 00:02:22,034 --> 00:02:21,680 my entire career .