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Hi, my name is Gunner Felix [INAUDIBLE].
I'm from the Royal Australian Artillery.
And I'm trained to detect and destroy enemy aircraft.
I came from Russia.
I moved to Australia when I was 10.
I lived half my life in Russia and half my life in Australia.
I joined the Army because I wanted to move out of home and
see the world and stand up on my own feet.
I finished year 12.
And I was thinking around about what to do after school.
And I decided to look into the Army.
But I didn't want to sign on for a full four years.
So I decided to do the Gap Year programme.
It's try before you buy programme into the military.
Doing Gap Year for a year is no different to being a
regular soldier.
You get treated exactly the same.
I liked it.
And I signed on for three more years.
I'm trained to detect all kinds of aircraft.
And I'm trained to search and destroy enemy aircraft.
We destroy them with the RBS-70, which is the
surface-to-air missile system, completely man portable.
Guide!
Firing!
It's a laser-guided system, which is, once it fires off,
the sight will impose a laser corridor.
And it'll just travel wherever you're pointing it up, so
support it to stay on the target.
Otherwise, you miss it.
We just do simulated training, which is a big dome which
simulates a whole 369 degree environment.
Yeah, this is very similar to just a joystick on a normal
video game.
So you can say I play video games for work.
We go on lots of exercises.
I went to Singleton couple months ago.
I got to see Australian fighter jets drop off their
ammunition.
That was pretty amazing.
I've been on exercises pretty much in
every state in Australia.
This regimen has been to Timor twice as infantry.
And also just random people have gone to Afghanistan and
Iraq as UAV operators.
So something I want to do.
Yeah, being in the Army's more than just a job.
It's a way of life.
You're with your mates all the time.
And you're on call 24/7.
There's lots of teamwork involved.
And sometimes it's challenging, but it can be
rewarding as well.
Just teaches you independence and self-reliance.
Teaches you how to work with people, people skills.
Yeah, I recommend the Army to anyone.
I'm trying to get my brother to sign up
as well as a mechanic.
It's just way better doing it through the Army,
especially a trade.
You get paid way more.
And there's so many benefits.