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Ellsworth focused on the mental and spiritual pillars throughout the day to improve Airmen's resiliency and to focus on pushing through some of life’s adversities.
“Each wingman day we usually focus on two domains of comprehensive Airman Fitness, in this case we are looking at the spiritual and mental domains,” said Dennis Wier, 28th Bomb Wing community support coordinator.
The day’s events are slated to begin at 7:30 a.m. in the Pride Hangar with a commander’s call, in the deployment center from 8-10 a.m. Followed by the Slaying Your Personal Giants event in the Deployment Center, then at 1030 Kevin Hines will speak at the base theater.
“We have various speakers that focus on these domains, we are having a speaker named Kevin Hines, a young man who at the age of 19 jumped off the golden gate bridge and survived,” Wier explained. “Now he travels the country talking about the art of wellness, and convincing people to looking at a more positive aspect than a negative one.”
‘Slaying your Personal Giants’ is another event held during Wingman Day, presenting four Ellsworth Airmen and their stories of challenges they faced in life and how they overcame them.
“The one true thing that makes a difference in people is hearing somebodies story of perseverance, hearing of someone’s story of intent overcoming something that at the moment seemed devastating but in hindsight was a turning point in their life whether it be a poor decision they made, or life just happened,” said Master Sgt. Eva Henry, the line delivery element section chief with the 28th Munitions Squadron. “What happened to you may not necessarily be your fault, but how you deal with it and how you come back from it is 100 percent your responsibility.”
Henry said hearing these stories put things in perspective because everyone has something that they struggle with, everyone is fighting some kind of battle on some kind of level, but how they deal with it is what really matters.
“Life is hard, things will happen to you but ultimately it’s a choice, how are you going to deal with it,” Henry stated. “More importantly is that there are people who are willing to stand beside you and help you get through what you are trying to slay.”
| Date Taken: | 09.01.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 09.13.2016 16:05 |
| Story ID: | 209413 |
| Location: | SD, US |
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