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Academic & Career Goals Essay
The year is 2010 I am sitting at my desk reviewing an Enlisted Evaluation Report on an up and coming Technical Sergeant (TSgt). I hear a commotion in the hallway, in walks the Wing Commander and the Command Chief Master Sergeant. The commander presents me with my last and final stripe of my career. I have attained Chief Master Sergeant, the highest rank achievable for an enlisted Airman and one of only ten in the Vehicle Operator/Dispatcher (2T1X1) career field. With this stripe comes the respect of being the top among my field and in the enlisted corps, the prestige of being the top 1 percent of the entire Air Force. I have achieved my goal, a goal I set for myself when I received my own TSgt stripes in 2003. I had made this rank by punching all the holes in my “ticket” necessary. I volunteered in the community and the base, I had won the awards necessary to be completive, and I had earned my Associates Degree from the Community Collage of the Air Force and subsequent Bachelors Degree in Logistics and Transportation from American Military University.
I am a logistician I make things move; I get people where they need to go, without ground transportation the Air Force would not fly. I have worked hard to become a TSgt, at this time I am in the top three the Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) in my office. That is no small feat for having thirty-five NCOs assigned. I have mastered or am honing all aspects of my career field to the present time. I have supervised troops since 1996 ranging from two all the way to sixty-six. I have managed the dispatch of requests for small (35 personnel) to large organizations (120 personnel). In addition, I have orchestrated the flawless execution of over 700 Distinguished Visitor engagements ranging from as high as Vise President of the United States to Wing Commanders. I am very good at working under pressure, i.e. ensuring that over 9.8 million short tons of ammunition was moved from...