1 00:00:00,209 --> 00:00:03,042 (energetic music) 2 00:00:04,290 --> 00:00:06,330 - My name is Lieutenant Commander Toby William Palmer. 3 00:00:06,330 --> 00:00:07,657 I'm an entomologist stationed 4 00:00:07,657 --> 00:00:11,500 at the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six 5 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:13,050 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 6 00:00:13,050 --> 00:00:15,710 At NEPM U6 here in Pearl Harbor, 7 00:00:15,710 --> 00:00:18,220 we're focused on the Pacific region, 8 00:00:18,220 --> 00:00:20,990 so we have anywhere from halfway 9 00:00:20,990 --> 00:00:25,110 between San Diego and Hawaii all the way through India. 10 00:00:25,110 --> 00:00:26,590 - I'm Lieutenant Ryan Larson, 11 00:00:26,590 --> 00:00:28,380 entomologist at the Navy Environmental 12 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:29,620 Preventive Medicine Unit Six. 13 00:00:29,620 --> 00:00:32,170 The benefits of being a Navy entomologist is 14 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:34,860 that you get to work with something you love, 15 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:37,570 and it's something that benefits our country. 16 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:41,320 Our primary mission is to maximize readiness 17 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,610 by preventing insect-born diseases. 18 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:44,570 - [Toby P.] Entomologists have been around 19 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:45,880 quite a long time. 20 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,060 Most folks, when I talk to them, are surprised 21 00:00:49,060 --> 00:00:51,570 when they find out that the Navy has entomologists. 22 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:53,210 - I do think that there's a stereotype 23 00:00:53,210 --> 00:00:56,170 where people think we're probably some bug nerds 24 00:00:56,170 --> 00:00:58,540 that you might see with the butterfly net. 25 00:00:58,540 --> 00:01:03,540 But the reality is that we also have to be officers too. 26 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:06,200 - When I was stationed at one of the 18 U's 27 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,330 where we actually had to go in onboard a ship 28 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:10,860 because they were having a strange outbreak 29 00:01:10,860 --> 00:01:14,240 from a certain pest, but for some unknown reason, 30 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,640 it was actually on the ship. 31 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,380 But through investigation, we found out 32 00:01:18,380 --> 00:01:19,830 that apparently it was brought aboard 33 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:23,010 as part of some palette that had cardboard in it. 34 00:01:23,010 --> 00:01:25,658 And the population was primarily underneath 35 00:01:25,658 --> 00:01:28,120 where all the discarded cardboard would lay. 36 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,870 - [Ryan L.] So some of the stuff we do every day 37 00:01:29,870 --> 00:01:32,050 to help our sailors out, 38 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:34,920 some of the issues we're facing are fascinating, 39 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,940 probably not to a general audience. 40 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:38,067 To me that's extremely fascinating 41 00:01:38,067 --> 00:01:40,570 but it probably isn't to the other folks. 42 00:01:40,570 --> 00:01:42,630 That's what makes this job so great. 43 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:44,920 - I just think it's the coolest job because I get 44 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,033 to do what I love. 45 00:01:46,980 --> 00:01:50,280 In a lot of jobs, you may enjoy what you do, 46 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,720 but it may not be a 100% of what you love. 47 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,910 But my heart really is in making sure that I go out 48 00:01:56,910 --> 00:01:59,450 and take care of the sailors, the soldiers, 49 00:01:59,450 --> 00:02:03,400 the airmen, and the marines from disease vectors. 50 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,340 - I'm Lieutenant Command Toby William Palmer. 51 00:02:05,340 --> 00:02:06,620 - I'm Lieutenant Ryan Larson. 52 00:02:06,620 --> 00:02:09,083 - [Together] And I have the coolest job in the Navy.