CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JOSHUA EWING

 Chief Petty Officer Ewing is stationed at the Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., and is in charge of the final phase of instruction given to Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMT) "A" school students. Ewing has a degree in Professional Aeronautics and a Masters in Aeronautical Science with an emphasis in aviation safety.

Q: What is one thing about the Coast Guard that you think more people should know about?

A: Coast Guard aviation does more with less. With the aviation enlisted rate consolidation down to three specific jobs in the late 1990's, aircraft maintainers now resemble civilian related aviation jobs more so than other branches of today's military. Also, aviation personnel are required to maintain a flight crew status. We are fixers and flyers, not just one or the other. One minute you could be maintaining an aircraft, the next minute you could be flying to save a life. 

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