1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:09,940 Yeah , 3 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:16,670 hi , everyone , says Chaplain 4 00:00:16,670 --> 00:00:18,781 Burson . And today's thought is about 5 00:00:18,781 --> 00:00:21,870 the importance of wing . In September 6 00:00:21,870 --> 00:00:25,480 of 1951 a 21 year old Navy pilot 7 00:00:25,540 --> 00:00:29,160 was flying in an F nine F Panther on a 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,640 mission over North Korea to blow up a 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,500 bridge when he struck an anti aircraft 10 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,560 wire and lost 6 ft of his right wing . 11 00:00:38,740 --> 00:00:40,970 It was a naturally skilled pilot , so 12 00:00:40,970 --> 00:00:43,192 he was able to keep his aircraft in the 13 00:00:43,192 --> 00:00:45,510 air . But due to the damage , he was 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,350 unable to slow his aircraft without 15 00:00:48,410 --> 00:00:51,100 losing control and going into a role so 16 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:53,211 he couldn't land back on the aircraft 17 00:00:53,211 --> 00:00:56,240 carrier , so the pilot knew he would 18 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,170 have to eject . The only problem was 19 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:02,940 that his only training on ejecting was 20 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:04,990 from a friend of his who had gone 21 00:01:04,990 --> 00:01:07,101 through the training himself and then 22 00:01:07,101 --> 00:01:10,060 told him about . Thankfully , though , 23 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,580 that young Navy pilot had a great 24 00:01:14,590 --> 00:01:16,980 wingman who was much more experience 25 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:20,000 than he was . Major John Carpenter , 26 00:01:20,010 --> 00:01:22,490 who was on loan from the Air Force 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,080 major Carpenter calmly guided his 28 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,150 wingman to a nearby Marine base while 29 00:01:29,150 --> 00:01:31,990 talking that young Navy pilot through 30 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,220 the process of ejecting and moments 31 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:37,820 before he exited his aircraft . Major 32 00:01:37,820 --> 00:01:39,987 Carpenter walked the pilot through the 33 00:01:39,987 --> 00:01:43,480 steps one more time , and , 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,210 thankfully , that pilot landed safely 35 00:01:46,210 --> 00:01:47,932 in the rice patty . That major 36 00:01:47,932 --> 00:01:51,030 carpenter guided in shorts and U . S 37 00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:52,974 Marines were able to pick him up . 38 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:55,860 Years later , that young Navy pilot , 39 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,740 Neil Armstrong landed in the history 40 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:01,580 books as the first man to walk on the 41 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:05,200 moon . To me , this 42 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,850 story is a great reminder that you are 43 00:02:07,850 --> 00:02:11,100 never so advanced that you don't need 44 00:02:11,110 --> 00:02:14,380 to be a wingman or to have a wingman 45 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,460 that you're looking after . Even 46 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:19,850 someone cool and calm under pressure 47 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:21,940 are very good at what they do . Like 48 00:02:21,940 --> 00:02:25,170 Neil Armstrong can actually benefit 49 00:02:25,180 --> 00:02:28,590 from having someone on their side . In 50 00:02:28,590 --> 00:02:31,050 fact , it can even be more dangerous 51 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:33,660 for those who are very resilient , 52 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:36,350 because you may be so good at 53 00:02:36,350 --> 00:02:40,010 compensating for your injuries that you 54 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:42,420 don't notice that you're flying around 55 00:02:42,420 --> 00:02:45,360 with half a wing until you slow down . 56 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,390 Marshall is too late . Wingman can give 57 00:02:49,390 --> 00:02:51,334 you an outside perspective on your 58 00:02:51,334 --> 00:02:54,110 situation and stay by your side to help 59 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:56,460 you make it through turbulent times . 60 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:59,973 Whatever you're going through this week , 61 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,350 I hope that you know that you've got 62 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:05,980 good wingman with you . And if you need 63 00:03:05,980 --> 00:03:08,880 someone to talk to , you're chaplains 64 00:03:08,890 --> 00:03:11,860 are here to help buses this week .