Ashlee Leppert’s love of the water drove her to join the Coast Guard and serve her country. As a “non-rate” she was a qualified boat engineer on small response boats before graduating from avionics electrical technician school. She became a qualified flight mechanic and a flight mechanic instructor–her favorite and most rewarding job. Ashlee retired with 14 years of active duty service.
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0:00 - Intro
2:20 - Hero’s defined by what they overcome than what they accomplished
12:42 - Stationed in Puerto Rico. Had major set back.
13:38 - DUI was a blessing in disguise. Was on a bad path.
14:35 - 2nd chance? By the grace of God and hard work.
15:46 - How did you rise above it?
16:20 - I know that was not me & I am better than that.
16:57 - Better than one mistake
17:01 - Not letting the spirit of fear to control future
17:23 - Worked hard & earned respect back
18:25 - Found faith & truth. Realized purpose
19:30- Trust God will work in your life
19:42 - Lives it, sees it, watch miracles happen in my life
24:00 - Goal to educate & inspire about Coast Guard
25:10 - Hurricane Harvey
27:54 - How do folks get help?
28:01 - Do they call 911; do you fly around & look?
28:08 - 911 directed to our operations center & then to helicopter through comm system & gives the GPS
28:19 - Cell phones dead; no electricity
28:25 - People waving towels and shirts for help
29:26 - Middle man of the operation; need 360 degree view
30:03 - Need to be a good communicator
33:33 - Picture burnt in my memory
33:34 - Day 2 of rescue
34:04 - Highly populated area of children with medical needs
34:27 - Helicopter getting destroyed
36:05 - Bundles of clothes were babies
38:36 - Get honored at White House. How does that happen?
38:44 - A God thing
39:09 - What made me different is I had done many flight days
40:00 - Autoimmune disorder
40:32 - Muscles shutting down; weak; tired
41:42 - Standing ovation
42:35 - Honored on behalf of crew, operations center, maintenance, flying - couldn’t rescue by myself
43:00 - I know I was put in that position to talk about the Coast Guard and my faith
