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Airman Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Aimee Algrim

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OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  

Unit: 51st Medical Support Squadron

Job title: Health services management journeyman

Job description and its impact on the overall mission: I'm the unit deployment manager for the 51st Medical Group. I review duty status of all medics, recommend unit type code assignments, coordinate humanitarian efforts, and report readiness status of personnel, war response materiel equipment, and training. I'm also an administrator of the Medical Readiness Decision Support System ensuring Pacific Air Forces receives real-time updates. I also direct disaster-response training for 300 medics and conduct command and control duties during exercises.

Time in the military: Five years

Time at Osan: Six months

DEROS: April 2014

Family: My father Steve, and my three siblings Jeremy, Aaron, and Sable

Hometown: Lansing, Mich.

Hobbies: I enjoy cooking with friends, trip planning, and snowboarding

Why did you join the military? I joined because I couldn't afford college and didn't want a ceiling of debt racking up. My brother did four years and he made it look easy so I decided I could do it too.

Where do you see yourself in 10 or 20 years? I see myself with a Master's degree in Public Health and living abroad researching and educating. I want to live in as many parts of the world as I can.

What do you do for fun here? Here I like to go on day trips, travel around Asia during my mid tour, play with the dogs at the shelter, and try as many different restaurants around here as feasibly possible.

What's your favorite Air Force memory or story? My favorite Air Force memory was my entire tour at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. I worked in Patient Movement and the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) where we received all the wounded coming from deployed locations. In my career field, this is not a job most get the opportunity to experience. I worked daily with AE crew, Army, Marines, Canadians, Chaplains and many coalition forces. I did sentry duty, drove an ambus, but most importantly as a whole, we safely transported our wounded warriors to and from LRMC so they could get the medical attention they required. Working a job like that or being deployed, it really makes you appreciate everything a great deal more.

What accomplishment are you most proud of? I'm most proud of the relationships that I have made through the Air Force and all the places that it has taken me. I'm forever grateful.

Who are your role models? My role models are my friends and my family. There is no one person. Many people motivate me in many different ways and I wouldn't be here without the support of those people.