I'm AWS1 Andrew Worth. I'm a First Class Petty Officer in the United States Navy.
I'm Chief Naval Air Crewman Jeremiah Wilkins, United States Navy.
My name is Salomon Padilla I'm a AWS2.
I'm a rescue swimmer in the United States Navy.
Airman Christy, United States Navy.
When I graduated from rescue swimmer school,
it was hands down the best day of my entire life.
Jeremiah Wilkins - SARs stands for Search and Rescue.
You have to find what it is you want to do, and go get it.
Airman Christy - There's probably not a better feeling, at the end of the day,
knowing that you could go out and save someone's life one day.
Salomon Padilla - Our training is extremely tough to become a rescue swimmer.
To swim every day, run every day, push ups, sit-ups, pull-ups,
and you just gotta want it.
Airman Christy - They put so much time into you, and they make sure
you are the right guy for the job.
They're not going to send you out there if you are not.
Andrew Peterson - We train at night and during the day.
And we train at the hardest level possible.
That way, when the rescues come, we're not thrown a curve ball.
We are fully prepared to execute our mission to the highest level possible.
Andrew Worth - It's given me everything. I'm about to get my bachelor's degree.
Here, I'm in my last few classes, as we speak. And the Navy has paid for
every bit of it. It's been really easy getting that school done.
It's easy when you have the money available to you cause the Navy just
pays for it. I don't have to ever worry about that side of it.
Jeremiah Wilkins - The Navy has completely prepared me for civilian life
as far as technical training, job skills, life skills, confidence, self-reliance.
And even self-responsibility.
Andrew Worth - I know I'm going to have a paycheck, consistently.
And that that makes my family happy. That makes my wife happy.
That makes them feel secure. Especially in times like this.
Salomon Padilla - I was at Hurricane Katrina. Helped rescue and medevac
hundreds of people. It's sad seeing people stranded and without houses
and on top of roof tops, but it was a great thing saving them. Our rescuing
them, getting hoisted, and taking them and their loved ones to safety.
Dave Brusby - Basically, you are putting yourself in a situation of great risk.
For the purposes of saving somebody else. And that's kinda what we're all about.
You do what you can, at whatever risk, to get them to safety.
Jason Botwell - I feel like I make a difference every day I show up,
whether it be here, at rescue swimmers school, or back in the fleet
flying missions in support of, whether it be Iraqi Freedom, in Afghanistan,
or just everyday missions off the coast.
Andrew Worth - I am absolutely making a difference.
I'm making a difference to this country, I'm making a difference
for this community. I'm making a difference for my brethren.
Andrew Peterson - It makes me feel amazing to rescue somebody.
To know that they were on that mountainside or stuck in the water.
They needed me, and I could come in there, and I could do everything
I needed to do to get them out of there.
Jason Botwell - I think that my proudest day would probably have to be
the day that I pulled that guy out of the water.
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that he gets it back.
And if that means me sacrificing myself to
make sure he gets home safely to his family, then I'm willing to do that.
Andrew Peterson - It makes me feel awesome. It's an amazing feeling to
know that I'm put there to make sure other people live. That's my role.
When I go to work, I take it very seriously, and I'm ready to make
sure that I am there so that other people may live.
Jacob Brandon - Honestly, for me, I wake up every day thinking,
I've got the best job in the Navy right now.