Warrior of the week -- 366th EMS

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MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --  Officials with the 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron here recently selected the following individual as one of its warriors of the week:

Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Howard

Unit and occupation: 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions aircrew training manager

Time in Air Force: Nearly 11 years

Time at Mountain Home: Three years

Hometown: Carney, Okla.

What service do you provide to Gunfighters? The sergeant provides wing munitions mangers valuable munitions support for training and real world contingency operations.

Hobbies: Sports Cars, watching NASCAR racing, music and computers

Most memorable Air Force moment: "My first deployment to Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, when an individual asked me, 'When you were younger and watching the Gulf War on T.V., did you ever imagined you would be here in Kuwait eating a shuwarma?' I realized how I never would've imagined that back then."

Interesting personal fact: "Before my Air Force career, I was an amateur stock car racer, which started in high school and lasted until I came in the Air Force in 1996."

Why does Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Howard deserve to be selected as a warrior of the week? "His vast munitions knowledge allows him to be a terrific liaison between ops and maintenance, ensuring the munitions portion of the wing's aircrew training program and training temporary duty assignments are accomplished."
-- Maj. Charles B. McFarland, 366th EMS commander