Jennifer Willemin:  

wasn't at work, I was on base, filling sandbags or guarding entry control points. It was a nightmare. None of us knew what was going to happen to us...if we were going to deploy, if we were going to be temporarily assigned to security forces (MP) on the base...it was real chaotic since no one was prepared. Fortunately, I didn't deploy but I got an assignment out of San Antonio to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I had it rough, huh?!!? hahha!! Hawaii was great, I was there for about 2.5 years. It's definitely overrated but the weather and the beaches were nothing like I'd seen before. I began dating this guy, Jamie, who was also in the Air Force and we got married 8 months later. I began thinking about my career and where I wanted to go with it...I knew I was sick of working a desk job, pushing paper. I wanted to get out and make a difference so I applied to be a Military Training Leader. An MTL is a drill sergeant..just not as intense. When basic trainees graduate from basic training, they have to go to school to learn their job at what we call tech school. I'm in charge of them while they're at tech school, doing their open ranks, room inspections, counseling them, mentoring them and disciplining them. I love it...it's the most rewarding job in the Air Force. So, obviously, I got accepted for that. At the same time, my husband got accepted into OSI which is the equivalent of NCIS, or the FBI. We both got assignments to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX and it's where we are today. We've been here for about a year now and we love it. Working with these impressionable airmen is so fulfilling. This assignment has been good to me...just found out that I made E-6 which is Tech Sergeant...made it the first time I tested which is hard to do! I've been in an AIr Force recruiting video and an MTL recruiting video and I finished my bachelors degree.