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Staff Sgt. Brent Goddu is a lab technician with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron. His hometown is San Antonio, Texas, and he has served in the U.S. Air Force for five years. In his free time, he likes learning about photography and playing music on his guitar and drums. Currently, Goddu is working with the Tinker Pharmacy by delivering prescriptions and other duties that are needed. He feels like helping out during this pandemic is why he sighed up to serve. He is making a difference.
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Airman 1st Class Jacob Hungler, a 72nd Security Forces Squadron badging clerk at the Visitor's Control Center, has served in the U.S. Air Force for almost two years. His hometown is West Palm Beach, Florida, and he likes to play lacrosse in his free time. In the VCC, Hungler performs background checks, facilitates entry and exit to the installation and coordinates restricted area badges. Hungler says the best part of his job is talking and getting to know people.
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Natalie Lindsey is a cashier at the Tinker Commissary and has worked for DECA for 23 years. When she's not at work, she loves shopping, making crafts and spending time with her husband. Her current duties include checking IDs at the commissary entrance to ensure the correct customers are entering during their specified times, handing out disinfectant wipes to sanitize shopping carts and assisting customers with their questions about food and product limits. Lindsey says interacting with customers is the best part of her job. "Customers are my life,” she says. “I love to see them."
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Airman 1st Class Daniel Oros is a customer service representative in the CAC/ID Office for the 72nd Force Support Squadron. He has served in the U.S. Air Force for eight months and is from Mesa, Arizona. He likes hiking and playing video games during his time away from work. In response to COVID-19, the CAC/ID Office is minimally-manned and is by-appointment only. Oros also performs ID checks and COVID screening at the office front door. He says the best part of his job is helping people and making them happy.
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Staff Sgt. Jacob Barth, a certified dental technician with the 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, is currently helping with pharmacy operations at the 72nd Medical Group. Barth, the 2019 Airman of the Year for the 72nd Air Base Wing, is originally from Billings, Montana, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for eight and a half years. In his free time, he likes snowboarding and being a dad to a 5-month old. He is learning about pharmacy operations by helping out in the drive-thru and pulling medications. He likes helping in this position because he stays busy and everyone is keeping a good morale.
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Staff Sgt. Jacob Barth, a certified dental technician with the 72nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, is currently helping with pharmacy operations at the 72nd Medical Group. Barth, the 2019 Airman of the Year for the 72nd Air Base Wing, is originally from Billings, Montana, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for eight and a half years. In his free time, he likes snowboarding and being a dad to a 5-month old. He is learning about pharmacy operations by helping out in the drive-thru and pulling medications. He likes helping in this position because it stays busy, makes the days go by quicker and everyone is keeping a good morale. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Maj. Karl Bituin, 72nd Medical Support Squadron flight commander, has served in the U.S. Air Force for nine years and is originally from Fairfax, VA. He is also the 2019 Field Grade Officer of the Year for the 72nd Air Base Wing. His duties include fulfilling pharmacy services during the COVID pandemic and considers figuring out processes in an ever-changing environment as the best part of his job. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Staff Sgt. Brent Goddu is a lab technician with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron. His hometown is San Antonio, TX, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for five years. In his free time, he likes learning about photography and playing music on his guitar and drums. Currently, Goddu is working with the Tinker Pharmacy by delivering prescriptions and other duties that are needed and feels like this time (COVID) is what he signed up in the Air Force for. He feels like he is making a difference. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Airman 1st Class Jacob Hungler, a 72nd Security Forces Squadron badging clerk at the Visitor's Control Center, has served in the U.S. Air Force for almost two years. His hometown is West Palm Beach, FL, and likes to play lacrosse in his free time. He also likes to work out, and since the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his roommate have set up a home gym. In the VCC, Hungler performs background checks on visitors and contractors, utilizes the denial matrix, facilitates entry and exit to the installation and coordinates restricted area badges. Hungler says the best part of his job is talking and getting to know people. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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AFSC Spotlight: Meet Rhonda England Ms. England works for Dale Rogers Training Center as a custodial lead. She started working at Tinker two years ago as a janitor. She said her favorite part of the job is working with people and especially loves working with those with disabilities. England is a mom of two and has six grandchildren. Her favorite times are those she gets to spend with her grandchildren and the ones spent in church.
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Natalie Lindsey is a sales store cashier at the Tinker Commissary and has worked for DECA for 23 years. When she's not at work, she loves shopping, making crafts and spending time with her husband. Her current duties include checking IDs at the entrance of the commissary to assure the correct customers are entering during their specified times, handing out disinfectant wipes to customers for their shopping carts and assisting customers with their questions about food and product limits. Lindsey says the best part of her job is the customers. "Customers are my life. I love to see them." (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Airman 1st Class Daniel Oros is a customer service representative in the CAC/ID Office for the 72nd Force Support Squadron. He has served in the U.S. Air Force for eight months and is from Mesa, Arizona. He likes hiking and playing video games during his time away from work. Oros' duties include making CAC and ID cards and updating DEERS. In response to COVID-19, the CAC/ID Office is minimally-manned and are only taking appointments. He is also performing ID checks and COVID screening at the front door of their office area during this time. Oros says the best part of his job is helping people and making them happy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Maj. Tikia Wright, chief of laboratory services and infection preventionist with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, has served in the U. S. Air Force for three years. Her hometown is Shreveport, Louisiana, and she loves crafting. As the infection preventionist, she ensures that the 72nd Medical Group staff is wearing the correct personal protection equipment, that the clinic is stocked with proper PPE, hand sanitizer is distributed throughout the clinic and ensuring infection is not passed between staff members and patients. Wright loves the lab and says, "without the lab, you're only guessing." The lab is able to provide results for the doctors and PAs to be able to determine a diagnosis.
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Staff Sgt. Ernest Graydon serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of chapel resources at the Tinker Chapel. He is from Tifton, Georgia, and has served in the U.S. Air Force for nine years. Graydon loves fishing, church and spending time with his family. During the COVID crisis, the chapel staff is manning the Latté Lounge daily and engaging with the Airmen there. Only five people are allowed inside the Lounge at one time, adhering to social distancing policies, and it is cleaned and sanitized often. Graydon says the best part of his job “is having the opportunity as a team to connect and build rapport with other Airmen”
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Staff Sgt. Ernest Graydon serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of chapel resources. He has served in the U.S. Air Force for nine years and is from Tifton, GA. He loves fishing, church and spending time with his family. His primary duties as NCOIC are assuring the chapel has resources, handling contracting issues and appropriated funding, maintaining facility and serves as the contracting officer representative for Chapel Tithes and Offerings. During the COVID crisis, Chapel staff is manning the Latte Lounge and engaging with the Airmen there. They are only allowing five people at a time inside, adhering to social distancing policies and cleaning and sanitizing often. The Latte Lounge is open seven days a week. Graydon says the best part of his job "is having the opportunity as a team to connect and build rapport with other Airmen." (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Maj. Tikia Wright, chief of laboratory services and infection preventionist with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, has served in the U. S. Air Force for three years. Her hometown is Shreveport, LA, and she loves crafting. Some of her team's main duties are bringing samples into the lab and running influenza tests on their analyzer. If it is determined to possibly be COVID, it is processed and shipped to the epidemiology lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH. As the infection preventionist, she ensures that the 72nd Medical Group staff is wearing the correct personal protection equipment, that the clinic is stocked with proper PPE, hand sanitizer is distributed throughout the clinic and ensuring infection is not passed between staff members and patients. Wright loves the lab, providing the quote, "without the lab, you're only guessing." The lab is able to provide results for the doctors and PAs to be able to determine a diagnosis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Chris Johnson has been a junior cook at the Vanwey Dining Facility for 11 years. In his time off, he likes hanging out with friends and going to the gym. His main duty is to make food and some of his favorite things to make are egg sandwiches, burgers and omelets. He likes working at the Vanwey because of all the nice people he works with and meets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)
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Beverly Stewart has been working on base so long she can’t remember exactly when she started out here, but it’s been about 25 years. She started working at the Tinker Club and now works part time cooking and serving food at the Tinker Bowling Center. She is able to help out at the bowling center more now because her regular job is closed due to COVID-19. Stewart said she enjoys the time she gets to spend with her co-workers and loves getting to interact with base personnel.
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Beverly Stewart has been working on base so long she can’t remember exactly when she started out here, but it’s been about 25 years. She started working at the Tinker Club and now works part time cooking and serving food at the Tinker Bowling Center. She is able to help out at the bowling center more now because her regular job is closed due to COVID-19. Stewart said she enjoys the time she gets to spend with her co-workers and loves getting to interact with base personnel.
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Tech. Sgt. Cody Agee, an aerospace propulsion craftsman and quality assurance specialist in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex’s 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, is currently managing the group’s COVID-19 social distancing and public awareness activities, reorganizing common areas and educating the workforce on sanitization and social distancing measures. His hometown is Bauxite, Arkansas, and he has served in the Air Force for eight years. When not at work, Agee enjoys spending time outdoors, hunting, fishing, hiking and also enjoys building carpentry projects with his wife.
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