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Wingman of the Week

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  • By Emily Smith
  • 43rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. --  Staff Sgt. Jaharii Collier, 43rd Comptroller Squadron 

Job description: Financial Manager. I process funding documents to ensure funding is properly spent. 

Date entered military: May 19, 1998 

Reason entered military: Educational benefits, and to start my life on a secure road.
Who has been the most influential person in your career? Senior Master Sergeant Shenita Meriwether 

Short term goals: To complete my Community College of the Air Force by the end of 2008. 

Long term goals: To complete my bachelors and masters degrees. 

What do you think is the best thing about Pope, and why? It is not Altus AFB. There is more to experience with a better location. 

If you could change one thing about Pope, what would it be, and why? I would turn the thermostats to a cooler temperature. The buildings around base are quite warm year round.