Wingman of the Week Published March 1, 2007 POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Airman 1st Class Edward Metcalf III, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Job description: A-10 assistant crew chief Date entered military: May 4, 2004 Reason entered military: I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Most influential in career: Staff Sgt. Cordova, who already left Pope, took me under his wing when I first got here. Short-term goals: Start a family. Long-term goals: Make my way back to California to live close to my family. Best thing about Pope, and why: Both my wife and I are stationed here. If you could change one thing about Pope, what would it be, and why: Nothing about Pope in general, but on the flightline we are doing more with less and it will be difficult when the 74th Fighter Squadron returns from deployment -- if someone is sick or on leave, we probably won't have enough people to take of each aircraft.