 When I was younger, my father liked to take my brother and I to the landing zones whenever the helicopter was landing. So it was exposed to this occupation at a very young age. It was just always so fascinating to be in need. It's certainly something he loved and it's one of those really fun and exciting childhood memories. It always seemed, you know, really neat but almost one of those unobtainable dream goals. You know, to fly on the helicopter and be one of those people that gets out, jumps in the back of the ambulance. Almost looks like, you know, a rock star in the end. I'm Sergeant Joshua Jason and I'm a trooper flight paramedic with the Maryland State Police. You know, you're not as concerned with the salary, it's the satisfaction of a job well done. You're out there helping someone and it's fun to do while the missions we fly are very stressful and intense. You know, for us it's more of a choreographed sequence of events that's very calm and rhythmical for us. And that's where we really make a difference where it's chaos for the victim and the witnesses and the associated people. For us, we come in and it's just kind of, okay, we're going to organize everything and we're going to get you to the care you need or, you know, find the bad guy that committed that crime or, you know, hoist you off of that ship and all those things. You know, we train for what we prepare for and when we finally get to do it, it's exciting and very rewarding in the end. The majority of our pilots are prior military, mainly because of the demands that we require from them. So most of those people come out of the military because it's very expensive to get those credentials out of your own pocket. The Maryland Army Guard needed pilots desperately. A few of us signed on and sure enough we got accepted. We took a leave of absence from the state police. Here we are, you know, nine years later, plenty of flight hours to apply this helicopter and be a flight paramedic to combat deployments later. And it's really good to work for an organization that supports the military that you can live both careers but at the same time we can share similar experiences. You know, there's something bigger than yourself out there. There's always someone that needs help and, you know, if you can help make that bad day a little bit better for someone else, whether it's just listening for a few seconds, holding their hand, taking them to the hospital or whatever you're doing, you know, that makes a difference in somebody's life. That's important.