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Team Pope

Wingman of the Week

Staff Sgt. Everett Smith, 2nd Airlift Squadron, installs new floor tie-down washers, also called cookies, onto aircraft door rails. The aircraft door rails are what hold down palettes on aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Emily Farrington-Smith)

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Wingman of the Week

Published Nov. 7, 2008
By Emily Farrington-Smith
43rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Staff Sgt. Everett Smith, 2nd Airlift Squadron

Job description: I'm an Aerospace Maintenance Technician.

Date entered military: Jan. 6, 2004

Reason entered military: For family, school and honor

Who has been the most influential person in your career? Master Sgt. (Ret.) Joseph Quetel.

Short term goals: To finish my Community College of the Air Force degree.

Long term goals: To get my master's degree.

What do you think is the best thing about Pope, and why? The best thing is the location. It makes it easier to visit my family in Florida.

If you could change one thing about Pope, what would it be, and why? I would build a mountain bike and running trail through the woods around Pope.