Team Osan Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Zachery Shoemaker

Published April 7, 2015
By Staff Reports
51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Name: SSgt Zachery Shoemaker

Unit: 51st Maintenance Squadron

Job title: PMEL Quality Assurance Evaluator

Job description and its impact on the overall mission: Ensuring safe, accurate, traceable and reliable measurements for 5,349 items of Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment used by 99 work centers across the Korean Peninsula and Pacific Theater. These items are used everywhere: from the produce scales at the commissary to the test equipment used to align targeting systems on aircraft.

Time in the military: 5 years, 2 months, 9 days as of 30 Dec 2014

Time at Osan: 3 months, 27 days as of 30 Dec 2014

DEROS: Aug 2015

Family: Wife: Sarah. Three children: Westley (4), Nolen (3), and Braxton (8 months).

Hometown: Brock, Texas

Hobbies: Working out and exploring/adventuring.

Why did you join the military? Exploring/adventuring, honor, the experience and supporting my family.

Where do you see yourself in 10 or 20 years? I'm going to hopefully be a Chief

What do you do for fun here? Adventure/explore, read, watch movies and go to the gym.

What's your favorite Air Force memory or story? When I was in basic there was a guy with six toes on his left foot. You couldn't even tell unless you counted them.

What accomplishment are you most proud of? When I won the Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award for the 336 FW, Mt Home AFB.

Who are your role models? John Wayne and Mike O'Hearn.