Ara Rinderle, Langley Auto Skills Center automotive technician, reinstalls a tire at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Mar. 1, 2024. The Langley Auto Skills Center technicians provide tire replacements and repair services for service members and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adisen Smith)
Many junior enlisted individuals may see senior leadership and imagine how perfect their careers and lives must be. What Airmen may not consider is regardless of rank – everyone has their own personal struggles. What some may not have considered is that those senior leaders were one mistake away from a very different future behind bars. Thanks to the military, some people were not only able to overcome those mistakes, but able to become a command chief.
Growing up in a low-income, single-parent household, Chief Master Sgt. David Kolcun, 633d Air Base Wing command chief, faced many challenges in his early years. As a teenager, he ran around with a rough crowd and felt stuck. While constantly job hopping and couch surfing, he turned...
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – “Active-duty service members are known to have a higher prevalence of alcohol use, heavy drinking, and binge drinking than the general population,” (Self, 2020).