WEBVTT 00:04.940 --> 00:07.950 Mm . I think the program is about a 00:07.950 --> 00:11.490 relationship between the chairman and 00:11.500 --> 00:14.030 the local residents . The sister 00:14.030 --> 00:16.880 Village Sister Squadron program allows 00:16.890 --> 00:19.370 the local military when were stationed 00:19.370 --> 00:21.630 here and Anderson to truly become part 00:21.630 --> 00:24.030 of the community . It allows us to get 00:24.030 --> 00:27.110 to know all of the local residents and 00:27.110 --> 00:29.420 really understand what it means to live 00:29.420 --> 00:30.960 on the island of Guam . 00:31.040 --> 00:35.240 I 00:35.250 --> 00:37.417 love the community involvement of it . 00:37.417 --> 00:40.720 So I'm a really big believer on it . 00:40.720 --> 00:42.890 Takes a village to raise a child . So 00:42.890 --> 00:45.112 coming here and having that opportunity 00:45.112 --> 00:47.223 has been pretty awesome for me and my 00:47.223 --> 00:49.168 kids . So I just really love being 00:49.168 --> 00:51.334 involved , being able to interact with 00:51.334 --> 00:53.334 people and kind of just get to know 00:53.334 --> 00:55.770 what Guam's about . Working with the 00:55.770 --> 00:57.992 Sister of Religious Requirement Program 00:57.992 --> 01:01.200 is probably one of the benefits , uh , 01:01.210 --> 01:04.730 to servicing the community by 01:04.730 --> 01:06.670 squadron really benefits from the 01:06.670 --> 01:08.950 Sister Village Sister Squadron program . 01:08.960 --> 01:11.480 It allows us to build strong and long 01:11.480 --> 01:13.424 lasting connections with the local 01:13.424 --> 01:15.424 community , um , and really develop 01:15.424 --> 01:17.536 those connections over time as well . 01:17.536 --> 01:20.330 We recently went out and painted a park 01:20.340 --> 01:23.050 in our village , and it was so awesome 01:23.050 --> 01:25.272 to see some of my airmen that have been 01:25.272 --> 01:27.494 stationed here for two or three years . 01:27.494 --> 01:29.606 Um , reconnect with some of the local 01:29.606 --> 01:31.661 residents and seeing them catch up . 01:31.661 --> 01:33.994 And we had some of the kids come out to . 01:33.994 --> 01:36.050 And so just seeing those connections 01:36.050 --> 01:38.272 and really , um , really made Guam feel 01:38.272 --> 01:40.383 more like home . This program is much 01:40.383 --> 01:42.217 more than just a maintenance and 01:42.217 --> 01:44.217 beautification program . The airman 01:44.217 --> 01:46.328 volunteers . They're here to build up 01:46.328 --> 01:48.550 right , and they're here to become part 01:48.550 --> 01:50.717 of our community . And so I would like 01:50.717 --> 01:52.828 to see that for not only pity but for 01:52.828 --> 01:55.210 all the villages to embrace the 01:55.210 --> 01:57.920 volunteers as part of our community , 01:57.920 --> 02:00.760 as opposed to being military and local . 02:01.940 --> 02:04.162 I know for military a lot of times when 02:04.162 --> 02:06.329 it comes to volunteer things , we tend 02:06.329 --> 02:08.329 to do things to check a box . So my 02:08.329 --> 02:11.240 hope is that if that is what someone is 02:11.240 --> 02:13.462 doing , they come out , they experience 02:13.462 --> 02:15.684 it and they like it enough that they're 02:15.684 --> 02:17.796 going to come back and it won't be to 02:17.796 --> 02:19.962 check a box . It'll be to interact and 02:19.962 --> 02:21.684 have a good time and enjoy the 02:21.684 --> 02:23.851 hospitality because it's an experience 02:23.851 --> 02:26.018 that you won't get anywhere else . Any 02:26.018 --> 02:28.018 time that I can interact with local 02:28.018 --> 02:30.240 residents is really the most meaningful 02:30.240 --> 02:32.462 part of being stationed anywhere . So I 02:32.462 --> 02:32.310 was so excited to learn about the 02:32.310 --> 02:34.477 sister village Sister Squadron program 02:34.477 --> 02:36.421 and get to be a part of it here at 02:36.421 --> 02:36.550 Anderson .