Experiences

How Values & Stress benefit military members and might benefit you.

When on a Fly Away Security Team (FAST) your mission is to keep the Air Crew, aircraft, passengers, and cargo safe. Meanwhile, the mission of the Air Crew is to fly into austere and dangerous locations to deliver passengers and cargo. Why they gotta make our job so hard? As FAST, we’re obviously there for a reason. The risk and need are clear. We would fly into countries with the highest rates of terrorism or plain simple conflict zones. Resupplying troops or bringing them ho

My first month as a Base Defense Operations Controller (BDOC) was a lot. The training process for any position can only cover so much. Especially when tested against the randomness and chaos of reality. This goes double for positions with high responsibility for life and safety. Having the weight of 40 friends and teammates lives on my hands, along with over 3,000 service members, isn’t something you can prepare for. BDOC must coordinate and command on duty Security Forces te

Physical security, personal-defense, and de-escalation tactics are my bread and butter, but that's just scratching the surface. Through my time in the Air Force, it felt like I was living at double speed. Every year felt like 2 years crammed into one. So many experiences positive and negative that it's hard to keep track. In future articles I will be writing in more detail about specific events, responses, training and more to help share my insights and experience. The goal o