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Team Osan Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Baylie Barrick

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OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  Name: Baylie Barrick

Unit:  607 Air Operations Center

Job title: Geospatial Intelligence/Targeteer

Job description and its impact on the overall mission: A targeteer develops plans for aerial bombardments to maximize effect and limit the risk of civilian casualties in military conflict. We are part of the planning teams who work with military officials to develop an effective and appropriate plan of attack for a military operation.

Time in the military: 1 year and 7 months

Time at Osan: 10 months

DEROS: June 2015

Family: My sister, Brooklyn, my mom, Tracy, and my stepdad, Michael.

Hometown: Durant, OK

Hobbies: I enjoy fishing and watching movies.

Why did you join the military? I joined for traveling and education.

Where do you see yourself in 10 or 20 years? In ten to twenty years I see myself working as a nurse in the Air Force.

What do you do for fun here? Here I like to go sightseeing and traveling around the country.

What's your favorite Air Force memory or story?  One of my favorite Air Force memories is when I went on a field trip with my ROK counterparts. We went saw a live fire demonstration of the HAWK surface to-air-missile, MISTRAL surface-to-air-missile, and antiaircraft artillery. I've never seen anything like that.

What accomplishment are you most proud of?  I'm the most proud of being awarded the army achievement medal after all of the work I did for Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force.

Who are your role models? My role model is my mom, and my supervisor, Technical Sergeant Lyndsey Pharris.