WEBVTT 00:06.679 --> 00:08.568 Hello , everyone . Welcome to our 00:08.568 --> 00:10.790 Chiefs chat session for today . This is 00:10.790 --> 00:12.790 your command chief Beth Farre . And 00:12.790 --> 00:15.012 with me today is a very special guest . 00:15.012 --> 00:17.379 We have Tech Sergeant Christina do who 00:17.389 --> 00:19.556 is a structural maintenance by trade . 00:19.770 --> 00:21.950 And I say special because y'all , this 00:21.959 --> 00:25.379 is very , very cool . Uh She had 00:25.389 --> 00:29.040 two internships at NASA um as an 00:29.049 --> 00:31.420 enlisted and this is not something , 00:31.430 --> 00:33.541 not an opportunity that everyone gets 00:33.541 --> 00:35.708 to partake . And so I brought her here 00:35.708 --> 00:37.430 with us to hopefully share her 00:37.430 --> 00:39.263 experience in that . And so Tech 00:39.263 --> 00:41.319 Sergeant do . I'm so excited to have 00:41.319 --> 00:43.486 you here . Thank you so much for , for 00:43.486 --> 00:45.708 um joining us . And so would you please 00:45.708 --> 00:47.819 just share with our audience with our 00:47.819 --> 00:49.597 teammates here in the Air Force 00:49.597 --> 00:51.819 Sustainment Center ? Uh What , what was 00:51.819 --> 00:53.930 that experience about ? I mean , it's 00:53.930 --> 00:56.152 NASA . That's awesome . What's going on 00:56.152 --> 00:58.152 there ? It was fun . Uh So it was a 00:58.152 --> 01:00.152 internship academy with the NASA La 01:00.152 --> 01:02.374 Space Group . And essentially I learned 01:02.374 --> 01:04.430 how to write proposals and then also 01:04.430 --> 01:06.845 evaluate proposals . So , wow . Yeah , 01:06.855 --> 01:08.966 it was about six months long and then 01:08.966 --> 01:11.188 the addition was another month . And so 01:11.188 --> 01:13.989 what got you into that ? Honestly , 01:14.000 --> 01:16.000 it's my master's , I'm in aerospace 01:16.000 --> 01:18.819 science in space studies . And uh it 01:18.830 --> 01:21.139 was the opportunity that came up with 01:21.150 --> 01:23.459 my school . And so I decided to take it 01:23.470 --> 01:25.803 just lean forward into it . Yes , ma'am . 01:25.803 --> 01:28.519 And so with that , um I'm learning too 01:28.529 --> 01:30.599 that now you are transitioning to 01:30.610 --> 01:33.120 become an officer . So congratulations 01:33.129 --> 01:36.069 for being picked up . And so question 01:36.080 --> 01:38.191 for you is with all these knowledge , 01:38.191 --> 01:40.620 skills , talent that you have . What 01:40.629 --> 01:43.059 keeps you in the service ? What makes 01:43.069 --> 01:45.236 you want to continue to be an airman ? 01:45.690 --> 01:47.690 Yes , ma'am . That's a multifaceted 01:47.690 --> 01:50.430 answer . Um Part of it is why I joined . 01:50.489 --> 01:53.230 Um my y is a pretty big one . It's 01:53.239 --> 01:55.072 think about it every day type of 01:55.072 --> 01:57.550 situation . I was working three jobs 01:57.959 --> 02:01.459 and put myself through school , CS U 02:01.470 --> 02:05.309 Fort Collins . I was 23 and I would 02:05.319 --> 02:07.375 work from Friday until Sunday and no 02:07.375 --> 02:09.208 sleep . And so I just physically 02:09.210 --> 02:11.210 couldn't do it anymore . And I come 02:11.220 --> 02:13.559 from a long line of military members in 02:13.570 --> 02:16.039 the family . And so I knew that that 02:16.050 --> 02:18.161 was something I could do . I had high 02:18.161 --> 02:20.328 standards for myself and I just wasn't 02:20.328 --> 02:22.494 reaching them . And so when I joined , 02:22.494 --> 02:24.383 all I wanted to do was accomplish 02:24.383 --> 02:26.439 something . So I just focused on the 02:26.439 --> 02:28.661 first step like basic , I just wanna do 02:28.661 --> 02:30.883 well , do well on my PT test and then I 02:30.883 --> 02:33.106 just kept going from there . And uh now 02:33.106 --> 02:35.161 that I'm here , I love aerospace , I 02:35.161 --> 02:37.272 love the B 52 . That's what I started 02:37.272 --> 02:39.328 doing . I loved sheet metal . I love 02:39.328 --> 02:41.494 working with my hands . But when I did 02:41.494 --> 02:43.772 the NASA internship , I was like , wow , 02:43.772 --> 02:45.939 I'm actually really good at that . And 02:45.939 --> 02:47.994 they thought so too . So I decided , 02:47.994 --> 02:50.217 you know , now is time , maybe I'll try 02:50.217 --> 02:52.272 to go be an officer for acquisitions 02:52.272 --> 02:54.494 and right . Selected for acquisitions . 02:54.494 --> 02:56.779 That's awesome . What a great story one 02:56.789 --> 02:59.149 that I know , uh , will resonate to a 02:59.160 --> 03:01.990 lot of our uh teammates , not just in 03:02.000 --> 03:04.167 the Air Force Sustainment Center , but 03:04.167 --> 03:06.333 in the Air Force as a whole . And so I 03:06.333 --> 03:08.389 just wanna say thank you for being a 03:08.389 --> 03:10.389 wonderful teammate to us . And it's 03:10.389 --> 03:12.770 just so great to see how talented 03:12.779 --> 03:15.419 airmen across our organization . When 03:15.429 --> 03:17.770 they uh truly apply themselves and 03:17.779 --> 03:20.050 pursue their dreams , they can continue 03:20.059 --> 03:22.003 and achieve great heights . And so 03:22.003 --> 03:24.115 you're a prime example of that . So I 03:24.115 --> 03:26.448 really just wanna say , congratulations , 03:26.448 --> 03:28.670 we're very proud of you and hope to see 03:28.670 --> 03:30.892 many more of your great accomplishments 03:30.892 --> 03:33.059 in the future . So , Sergeant do thank 03:33.059 --> 03:35.003 you so much for being an , a great 03:35.003 --> 03:37.003 American airmen . Thank you , ma'am 03:37.003 --> 03:39.226 folks . That is our session for today . 03:39.226 --> 03:41.337 So I just wanna say thank you for the 03:41.337 --> 03:43.589 support and always tuning in uh to our 03:43.600 --> 03:46.399 Chiefs chat session , please and take 03:46.410 --> 03:48.410 care of yourself and keep leading . 03:48.410 --> 03:49.330 Well , thank you all .