Airman 1st Class Hameeda Vignes

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  • By Airman 1st Class Kimberly Moore Limrick
  • 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
What does your job entail?
I take care of active-duty and retired members and their families. This is a very vague description of my job, but essentially I try to look after the good men and women of the military and their offspring. 

What do you like about your job?
My job is the best. I meet new people and make them feel better, learn about the human body and psyche and I work with fantastic people. 

Where are you from?
Norwich, England 

What do you like about the Air Force?
Well it's definitely not the hours, so I guess I will go with the fulfillment I get. I know that this is not the average answer, mine is rather selfish sounding. I get fulfillment from the Air Force, and in exchange the Air Force gets me. I think this is an even exchange. 

What do you do in your spare time?
Anything and everything as long as it is with my husband and kids. Cheesy, but very true. I love trying new and exciting things and having the kids be brave enough to go along with our craziness. 

What's the most important advice you'd give new Airmen?
Oh man, the list is way too long. Don't go out and blow your checks, you have food and shelter, what more could you possibly need? Be a good Airman, and the people around you will treat you well every day. There are plenty more tidbits where that came from, if you need to hear them you know where I work; I am always ready to give out motherly advice. 

What was your favorite toy when you were a kid, and why did you enjoy it so much?
I don't think I had one; I was too busy climbing trees. 

What are you proud of?
I will use the standard answer here, my family! They are amazing I couldn't ask for anything more. 

What always cheers you up?
My husband, Brian being a doofus 

What's your earliest memory?
I was two, it was the birth of a close family friend. 

If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you want to talk about?
I would love to have a chat with Steven Fry and Hugh Laurie. Yes, as in the "House" actor, he and his best friend have interested me since I was a child. We would talk about anything and everything they are both so interesting. Maybe I would just sit back and let them talk while I listen; this is my idea of heaven. Actually, heaven to me would be to throw in Tracy Chapman. At the end of the night when we have finished picking one another's brains she could sing a few tunes while I sit back behind the candle flame and drink my last glass of wine.

What is your favorite food?
Curry

What is your favorite TV show?
ER, Desperate Housewives, Hell's Kitchen, Apprentice, Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, House, Grey's Anatomy, 20/20, Dateline. In no particular order. 

What is your pet peeve?
Men adjusting themselves in public. I don't now why it's so widely accepted, it certainly isn't for girls.

If you won a million dollars how would you spend it?
Only a million huh, well I will have to cut down on some stuff! I would set aside a strict amount my husband and I could play with in the stock market; I would start a college fund for the kids, not a trust fund, if they don't go to college they can learn how to have a job and pay the bills by themselves. I would put a down payment on a house for each one of my siblings, and pay off my mother's house. I would take my family on a long vacation to India, my husband could stop working and concentrate on his PhD and I would put the rest away so I could to go to medical school after completing my military commitment.