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I'm Texar and Hansen . I work as the 

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mental health NCOIC , uh , so mostly 

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that is just managing the mental health 

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element where we're split up into three 

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different parts mental health , ADA , 

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our family advocacy program . So I 

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joined in 2013 . I wanted to serve my 

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country and also help people . Mental 

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health seemed like a good career field , 

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and since joining , this is my second 

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time around at Masawa , 3rd 5th Fighter 

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Wing . We take care of the people and 

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that's the biggest piece of the mission 

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here is making sure that everyone's 

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ready for whatever comes next , 

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whatever they need to be ready for , 

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and besides just making sure everyone 

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is mentally well , we also look at the 

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readiness piece for deployments , any 

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kind of clearances when someone is 

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PCSing going TDY , going overseas 

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deploying we make sure that that member 

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is mentally ready to go fight whatever 

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battle they need . My favorite part of 

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the job is just helping people . When 

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people are at their lowest points , 

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being able to be there for them . It's 

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a good feeling and actually when they 

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put in the effort to get better and 

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you're there with them to work just as 

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hard and you know seeing that change 

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from somebody who is down really low . 

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Get back to where they wanna be the 

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mental health career field is great 

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where people can be kind of 

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apprehensive to joining the military 

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and especially when it comes to mental 

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health there is kind of a stigma around 

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it , but working in here I've met some 

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of the best people in my life and being 

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able to change the lives of other 

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people and after a long time having 

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them , you know , come back and thank 

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you for everything you did for them 

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it's very valuable and uh I you know I 

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really would suggest looking into it .