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Tech. Sgt. William Marshall was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen each week for the work they do every day.
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First Knight
Posted 4/4/2011 Updated 4/4/2011
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12th Space Warning Squadron
4/4/2011 - Thule Air Base, Greenland -- Tech. Sgt. William Marshall was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen each week for the work they do every day.
Name: William Marshall
Unit: 12th Space Warning Squadron
Unit Mission: Provide critical, real-time missile warning, missile defense and attack assessment against North America; detect, track and identify earth-orbiting objects in support of USSTRATCOM's space control mission; and develop warrior Airmen.
Unit Vision: Perfect Missile Warning and Defense with Outstanding Space Surveillance.
Space Surveillance Duty Title: NCOIC Operations Training.
Hometown: West Carrollton, Ohio.
Time in Service: 13 years.
Time at Unit: Seven months (of a one year remote assignment).
Hobbies: Guitar, weightlifting, church.
Favorite Music: Contemporary Christian.
Last good book read: The Overton Window.
How has joining the Air Force impacted your life? The Air Force has shaped my attitude and motivated me to do better in many aspects of my life. The Air Force has set me up for success and I'm very grateful for the life lessons that I've gained over the years.
If you were Chief of Staff of the Air Force for one day, how would you change the Air Force? I would first like to preface this statement with the fact that I consider myself very fortunate to work with such outstanding professionals in an all-volunteer Air Force. That said, in view of comparable pay rates between enlisted and commissioned members in similar professions around the world, I would closely analyze the difference in pay benefits between the enlisted and officer corps. I understand the value of higher education but recommend the Air Force reward members with pay commensurate with their professional knowledge. I recommend incremental pay bonuses for those enlisted members that have earned degrees above high school level.
What's your favorite thing about being in the Air Force? The people that I have met throughout my career have always been the greatest part of the job. Regardless of where I have been assigned it is the people that I work worth that make the difference.
What do you like most about being an Airman? Getting the work done; Airmen are involved with every aspect of our nation's military dominance. We have the privilege to see the highly technical and strategic application of global weapons systems as well as the longsuffering of deployments and old fashioned soldiering. We do it all.
Why selected: Tech. Sgt. William Marshall was selected for nomination for the First Knight Award due to his undeniable dedication to his unit, its mission, and its people. Sergeant Marshall exudes the confidence of an exemplary noncommissioned officer. Through hard work and devotion, Sergeant Marshall has strived to not only increase the effectiveness and efficiency of his shop including the processes. This selfless leadership is what draws his fellow Airmen to follow in his footsteps.
Not to be limited in his commitment, Sergeant Marshall is an exemplary member of the Thule Air Base community. He has dedicated much of his personal time to other members of this small community through his fellowship at the Thule base chapel. In exemplifying service before self, Sergeant Marshall is also only credits shy of completing his bachelors' degree in electrical engineering.
"Tech. Sgt. Marshall was selected as one of the unit's outstanding contributors during a recent 14th Air Force inspection and he proves it daily with his professionalism, work ethic, knowledge and ability to get the job done." Lt. Col. Jeff Van Sanford, 12th Space Warning Squadron commander.
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