SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --
Tech. Sgt. Joseph
Garcia Sheppard NCO Academy flight instructor and native of Nashville, Tennessee,
has been in the Air Force for 15 years and is the Instructor of the Week
at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, for the week of Nov. 22-28, 2016.
Most significant accomplishments:
- Awarded 2015 Outstanding Contracting Squadron Support
- Received Top-3 scholarship for “Academic Excellence”
Airman’s Story:
“I am married and have two beautiful daughters,” Garcia
said. “I joined the Air Force in 1998 after graduating High School. The reason
I joined the Air Force was to better myself and I knew college was not an
option at the time.”
“I was an Information Manager for nine years and cross-trained
into Contracting,” he said. “I was then selected through the Developmental
Special Duty program in December of 2015 to be a professional military education
instructor and have been stationed at the Sheppard Noncommissioned Officer
Academy since May of 2016.”
“The thing I really enjoy about PME is that it allows me to
interact with people from other jobs and see their different perspectives,” Garcia
continued. “I hope their experience at the Noncommissioned Officer’s Academy will
change them in the same way it changed me.”
Supervisor
comments:
“Technical Sergeant
Garcia brings a positive attitude and mission focus on a daily basis,” said
Master Sgt. Terrell Mickens, curriculum and analysis superintendent. “These
behaviors are critical to leading our NCOs through this very important
milestone in their professional military education.”
“Having been on station
for a short time, he immediately immersed himself in the course curriculum and
in the flight room,” Mickens continued. “His motivation is evident by him
expediently receiving his instructor qualifications at a crucial transition
time for the NCO Academy. His determination to exceed the standards has allowed
the Sheppard NCOA to continue to meet the aggressive education demand and
mitigate potential PME mission failure.”