1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,496 my name is Sophia Stafford and I'm a 2 00:00:04,496 --> 00:00:06,662 first class at the United States Coast 3 00:00:06,662 --> 00:00:09,680 Guard Academy common ground between the 4 00:00:09,690 --> 00:00:12,510 Coast Guard and the army in this uh , 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,920 effort to combat IU fishing is in the 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,087 sense that Coast Guard has assets that 7 00:00:18,087 --> 00:00:20,198 go out there and they have marine law 8 00:00:20,198 --> 00:00:22,720 enforcement abilities that some other 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:24,890 branches may not necessarily have . So 10 00:00:24,890 --> 00:00:26,946 if you couple that with the army who 11 00:00:26,946 --> 00:00:29,112 has individuals that have boots on the 12 00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:31,223 ground in these areas and we can kind 13 00:00:31,223 --> 00:00:33,446 of foster that partnership . My name is 14 00:00:33,446 --> 00:00:35,612 Ashley Fuller . I'm a first class that 15 00:00:35,612 --> 00:00:37,723 at the Coast Guard Academy during our 16 00:00:37,723 --> 00:00:39,946 time here , we've done a couple kind of 17 00:00:39,946 --> 00:00:42,112 community outreach events , such as we 18 00:00:42,112 --> 00:00:44,168 went to the sustainability center at 19 00:00:44,168 --> 00:00:46,168 BYU , which we really enjoyed as we 20 00:00:46,168 --> 00:00:48,334 were able to do some hands on work and 21 00:00:48,334 --> 00:00:50,446 volunteer . It's just meeting all the 22 00:00:50,446 --> 00:00:52,334 people here . They have the Aloha 23 00:00:52,334 --> 00:00:54,501 spirit . So they're very like warm and 24 00:00:54,501 --> 00:00:56,501 welcoming and you just feel a great 25 00:00:56,501 --> 00:00:58,668 sense of community that you just don't 26 00:00:58,668 --> 00:01:00,612 really see anywhere else . The two 27 00:01:00,612 --> 00:01:02,612 biggest things I've taken away from 28 00:01:02,612 --> 00:01:04,668 this internship is the importance of 29 00:01:04,668 --> 00:01:06,890 building relationships among the people 30 00:01:06,890 --> 00:01:09,970 you work with as well as like becoming 31 00:01:09,970 --> 00:01:12,440 more culturally aware of like specific 32 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,870 islands . So one of the 33 00:01:15,870 --> 00:01:19,640 purposes of T . F . O . Is to foster uh , 34 00:01:19,650 --> 00:01:21,594 that trust and engagement in these 35 00:01:21,594 --> 00:01:23,817 regions . I think one of the challenges 36 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:25,983 is that they're spread out across such 37 00:01:25,983 --> 00:01:28,150 a wide area . Um , and T . F . O . S . 38 00:01:28,150 --> 00:01:30,261 One of their main missions is to make 39 00:01:30,261 --> 00:01:30,000 sure that they have positive 40 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 engagements that the individuals in 41 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,630 these islands and foster that trust and 42 00:01:34,630 --> 00:01:36,570 understanding . So the benefit of 43 00:01:36,570 --> 00:01:38,737 having Coast Guard in Oceania with T . 44 00:01:38,737 --> 00:01:41,020 F . O . Being that this is a maritime 45 00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:42,980 area of operation , area of 46 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:45,740 responsibility is understanding the 47 00:01:45,740 --> 00:01:49,260 maritime and how it impacts with the 48 00:01:49,270 --> 00:01:53,000 land component command , the task force . 49 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,220 So Gina has a lot of people on the 50 00:01:55,220 --> 00:01:57,498 ground in these islands in the pacific . 51 00:01:57,498 --> 00:01:59,553 So if we weren't actually able to go 52 00:01:59,553 --> 00:02:01,609 out there ourselves , let's go ahead 53 00:02:01,609 --> 00:02:03,387 and work with the team that has 54 00:02:03,387 --> 00:02:05,331 individuals that are out there and 55 00:02:05,331 --> 00:02:07,276 working with those individuals and 56 00:02:07,276 --> 00:02:09,331 working in those communities that we 57 00:02:09,331 --> 00:02:12,220 are able to go visit ourselves . How do 58 00:02:12,220 --> 00:02:16,060 we create a pass down or of information ? 59 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:18,181 Um so that everyone is armed with the 60 00:02:18,181 --> 00:02:20,410 tools that they need . So rather than 61 00:02:20,410 --> 00:02:22,521 maintaining the same level , building 62 00:02:22,521 --> 00:02:24,466 off that so that we have a greater 63 00:02:24,466 --> 00:02:26,354 understanding and set in the next 64 00:02:26,354 --> 00:02:28,250 generation of individuals up for 65 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:29,550 success . 66 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,940 This 67 00:02:33,940 --> 00:02:37,600 is a problem way bigger than one body 68 00:02:37,610 --> 00:02:39,730 can handle . And so if we have 69 00:02:39,740 --> 00:02:42,040 different groups that are invested and 70 00:02:42,050 --> 00:02:44,630 interested in combining ie fishing , 71 00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:47,530 why don't we combine those forces 72 00:02:47,530 --> 00:02:49,697 together to solve the problem together 73 00:02:49,697 --> 00:02:51,540 rather than in our own separate 74 00:02:51,540 --> 00:02:52,707 entities not sharing 75 00:02:52,707 --> 00:02:55,750 information 76 00:02:56,140 --> 00:02:58,280 direction I would like to see this 77 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,630 internship kind of head into is just 78 00:03:00,630 --> 00:03:02,797 continue to expand it to other service 79 00:03:02,797 --> 00:03:05,700 academy cadets and like that's an RtC 80 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:08,010 programs or students at colleges like 81 00:03:08,010 --> 00:03:10,630 University of Hawaii or BYU so that we 82 00:03:10,630 --> 00:03:12,852 can all kind of work together and start 83 00:03:12,852 --> 00:03:15,019 building this relationships with these 84 00:03:15,019 --> 00:03:17,241 specific island so that we can start to 85 00:03:17,241 --> 00:03:19,408 provide more support there and provide 86 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:21,130 more valuable and long lasting 87 00:03:21,130 --> 00:03:22,574 relationships with them . 88 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:31,690 The 89 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:33,860 people that I've met throughout the 90 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:35,804 course of this internship has been 91 00:03:35,804 --> 00:03:38,540 amazing mentors that I definitely plan 92 00:03:38,540 --> 00:03:40,960 on keeping with me For years to come , 93 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,250 not just beyond this six week 94 00:03:43,250 --> 00:03:45,360 internship .