Airman 1st Class Derek Henson

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Airman 1st Class Derek Henson
28th Contracting Squadron contract administrator


What does your job entail?
Acquiring goods and services for organizations around Ellsworth

What do you like about your job?
The interaction with customers

Where are you from?
Carrollton, Ill.

What do you like about the Air Force?
The sense of respect I get from doing my job and supporting my peers

What do you do in your spare time?
I enjoy spending time with my wife and fishing.

What's the most important advice you'd give new airmen?
Do not be discouraged, change is constant; just roll with the punches.

What was your favorite toy when you were a kid, and why did you enjoy it so much?
Tonka Trucks. Why wouldn't you enjoy them?

What are you proud of?
My wife, her support and caring makes my life much easier.

What always cheers you up?
My dogs

If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you want to talk about?
My grandfather, I would like him to see the person I have become.

What is your favorite food?
I have no favorite food.

What is your favorite TV show?
Family Guy

What is your pet peeve?
People with a lack of respect for others

If you won a million dollars how would you spend it?
Buy a nice house and invest the rest