 My name is Tech Sergeant Ray Mason, and I joined the Air National Guard in 2010. I wanted to learn new skill, and I wanted to provide for my family. Well, I didn't need to start off with vehicle names. I started off as a crew chief, and I needed a full-time job, and I liked the Guard so much, so I switched over to vehicles. My neighbors all the time asked me for help. They see my tools, they see me out there working on cars. I've been able to help my neighbors by fixing their stuff. When they get a flat tire in the driveway, they need help. I can go help them change their tire. Or when I see them struggling because they're trying to change their own brakes, and I get to go out there and I can show them how to do it a whole lot quicker than they can go themselves. It teaches me everything. I can do the same stuff in the Sparrow. If I want to go work at a dealership, I can go work at a dealership on trucks or cars and make very good money because of the skills I have all this time. You get a lot of experience with technology in our shop. Because of our computers that we have on these newer vehicles, most of the stuff is electronic, and we have to learn the computer systems on these trucks and how they work. We're fortunate here with the JSTARS that we get all the tools we need, everything we have works very well. It's great technology to scan these trucks and tell what's wrong with the engines through electronics and everything. It has taught me that I can work on things at home. I don't have to pay somebody to work on all of stuff. I can fix my own vehicles and I can help my neighbors out when they need help. It's a great job, great career. It teaches you very good skills in life that gets you by. It can help you save money on your own vehicles when you're in this breakdown.