JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Master Sgt. Scott Palfreyman is a member of the 628th Force Support Squadron and has been stationed at Joint Base Charleston for one year. He arrived to Joint Base Charleston with his wife of 22 years, Tammy, and their two children Aly and Cody.
Sergeant Palfreyman is currently deployed to the Middle East with the 732nd Expeditionary Intelligence Squadron.
In his deployed unit, Sergeant Palfreyman works as the first sergeant and has a tougher time getting around to all of his Airmen. His Airmen are filling a Joint Expeditionary Tasking, which requires him to travel throughout more than 30 locations in Iraq. When he is not travelling he has his hands in a little bit of everything ranging not only from enlisted performance reports and letter of evaluations, but vehicles, supplies, individual equipment and computer accounts.
"Since my Airmen are filling a JET, it makes my job as a first sergeant here very different, not only from what I'm used to at home station, but also from what I would experience on most other deployments," said Sergeant Palfreyman. "While I and the rest of the EIS staff are headquartered at Balad, my JET Airmen are scattered about the country either imbedded with or in direct support of other services."
At Joint Base Charleston, Sergeant Palfreyman works as the first sergeant for the 628 FSS.
According to Sergeant Palfreyman, his biggest contribution to Team Charleston's mobility mission is doing his best to ensure his Airmen are taken care of and able to focus on accomplishing their mission.
This "warrior of the week" hails from Winter Haven, Fla., and enlisted in the Air Force 22 years ago.
"I am an Army brat and prior to my father's retirement we were stationed various places included Missouri, Maryland, Georgia and Germany," explained Sergeant Palfreyman.
Sergeant Palfreyman didn't enlist with the intention of making it a career, but as time went by he could not see himself doing anything other than serving the nation.
"To be honest, my primary motivation for signing the dotted line the first time was for a steady paycheck and the opportunity to pursue my education," explained Sergeant Palfreyman. "Though I was fortunate to be offered a couple of partial college athletic scholarships coming out of high school, I still would've had to work while going to school full time and I wasn't completely sold on that idea."
Currently, Sergeant Palfreyman's goal is to work on obtaining the rank of senior master sergeant. With the spare time that he has, he plans to spend it studying the Professional Development Guide until he can get what he really wants ... to be reunited with his family and watch the Steelers play some great American football.
"I couldn't ask for a better first sergeant to have in theater," said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Kronewitter, 732 EIS commander. "The shirt's calm demeanor and 'terrible towel' attitude make for a great combination when visiting our JET Airmen all throughout Iraq, on what we call battlefield circulation. Sergeant Palfreyman has already logged hundreds of miles across the area of responsibility ensuring our Airmen have Airmen watching out for them at some of the military's most austere deployed locations."