Coast Guard Aircraft Commander Ricky Rodriguez is today's guest on the podcast and is a commander on the HC-144B. Ricky shares his experiencing through the Coast Guard Academy, and balanced his athletic lifestyle as a basketball player during that time. Fernando and Ricky were both raised in a family of pilots, and now live the dream of being pilot's themselves. Their friendship began with both of their fathers being friends in the same airline in Venezuela, and they now get to share the same passion with their families.