Profession of Arms Center of Excellence

Ms. Priscilla Griego began her Air Force career at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico on 31 December 1956 as an office clerk.  When she started in 1956, she used a manual typewriter and she was very proficient.  She could type 90 words a minute and was also able to take shorthand notes at 120 words per minute.  She worked in multiple offices at Kirtland AFB from 31 December 1956 to 31 December 1994.  When she retired from Civil Service in 1994, she was offered a position with a local contractor supporting the Kirtland mission and worked from 10 January 1995 until 31 Jan 2008 where she retired from full time employment.  Ms. Griego was married in 1959 and has five children, 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  In total, she has served the US Air Force over 52 years.  She currently stays occupied with a part time job for the same contractor and has been working in this position since November 2009.

Ms. Christine Martinez is the Special Projects Officer to the Executive Director, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.  In 2003 and while attending college full time, Ms. Martinez worked in a part-time GS-4 position at Ramstein, Germany.  A year later, she was promoted to a full-time GS-6  civil servant employee.  Later in Florida, Ms. Martinez worked as a secretary for five years in a squadron, then a group, and then a directorate before transitioning into the manpower career field. It's there she excelled and moved from a GS-5 to a GS-12 in just 5 years. Equally impressive, last year she was selected for an 18-month career broadening position working for the Executive Director, Air Force Special Operations Command.  Ms. Martinez explains so well, "The Air Force provides it's Airmen and families with an environment they can grow and prosper.  No matter where you come from, the Air Force is a place we can all come together and be one family." Ms. Martinez holds a Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management.