CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. –
Staff Sgt. William Mallory is a unit education and training manager for the 437th Maintenance Operations Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for two years.
As the unit education and training manager, he is responsible for managing the career development course and providing individual guidance to Airmen in completing the course requirements. There has been a 99.9 percent completion rate during his two-year tenure. He also administers occupational surveys that provide important data back to course training specialists for improving future training courses. He has been selected as the 2007 Air Mobility Command Education and Training Manager of the Year.
"There is a lot of satisfaction knowing our training branch has done its part by providing both qualified and certified Airmen for the C-17 aircraft," said Sergeant Mallory. "Properly trained and prepared Airmen directly support the base's mission, "fly safe and on time."
This "warrior of the week" hails from Detroit and enlisted in the Air Force July 1999. He was a cadet lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps during high school and enlisting in the Air Force was a natural progression to his military career.
"I joined the Air Force for a better education and the opportunity to travel," said Sergeant Mallory. "I also wanted a better job. The fast-food industry was interesting and a good training ground, but I wanted to do better. I wanted the exposure and to experience new things away from Detroit. I was looking for a future and a quality of life that would support my wife and kids."
Sergeant Mallory has just received his Community College of the Air Force degree in Avionics Systems Technology and is now pursuing his bachelor degree from Webster University. His goal is to complete his master's degree and apply for the officer candidate program.
"Sergeant Mallory is a true task cruncher," said Master Sgt. Willie Reed III, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron training manager. "He arrived at Charleston AFB on a mission; he takes the lead and gets it done. Given the tools to be a good training manager, he has actively managed, scheduled and tracked ancillary, formal and informal training for more than 1,200 active duty and activated reservists and civilians in the largest training program in the Air Mobility Command."