Weekly Warrior: Airman 1st Class Amber Edgell

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  • By Senior Airman Joel Pfiester
  • 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. --  Meet Airman 1st Class Amber Edgell, a 509th Civil Engineering Squadron emergency management specialist. As an emergency management specialist, she is responsible for performing training exercises and disaster simulations designed to test the wing's ability to respond. 

Hailing from Phoenix, Az., Edgell has been in the Air Force since March 2015 and has been stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., since September 2015.

Edgell took time out of her day to sit with the 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs shop for a question and answer session.

Q. Why did you decide to join the Air Force?

A. I decided to join the Air Force because I wanted to do more than work the minimum wage job I was working before I enlisted. I wanted to progress faster than I would have if I stayed where I was.

Q. What are some of your personal goals?

A. A short term goal I have is to finish my CDCs and start working on my CCAF. My long-term goal is to sew on staff sergeant before my reenlistment.

Q. What is your favorite part of your job?

A. My favorite part of my job is training and preparing for a real-world response.
Q. How do you feel like your job and the duties you perform tie into the motto of upholding the legacy?

A. If an attack or disaster affects the base, we have plans implemented to ensure that personnel are safe and the base stays operational which ensures that this wing has the operational readiness required to uphold the legacy that it has upheld for so long.