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Rock Solid Warrior: Staff Sgt. Alicia Binggeli

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  • 386th Air Expditionary Wing Public Affairs Office
SOUTHWEST ASIA --  Name: Staff Sgt. Alicia Binggeli

Deployed Unit: 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Protocol/387th Expeditionary Support Squadron Force Protection Section

Duty Title: Protocol Assistant

Home unit/station: 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 388th Maintenance Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah

How do you support the mission here? I currently provide support for General Officers and Command Chiefs transiting through the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing as they travel throughout the area of responsibility. I also help with overseeing all official military ceremonies by providing guidance to all 386th organizations.

Favorite movie: Best in Show

Favorite restaurant: My Thai in Salt Lake City, Utah

Favorite superhero: My parents, LaRon and Mary and my older brother, James

Place you would most like to vacation to or visit: Rio Olympics to watch the first rugby Olympic matches in 2016 or anywhere the Men's or Women's Rugby World Cup happens to be!

Favorite actor/actress: Sandra Bullock/Will Ferrell

Favorite food: Thai

Favorite musical group/musician/singer: The Weepies, Ryan Montblue Band, Patty Griffin, Dave Matthews Band, and Martin Sexton to name a few.

How many times have you deployed and what makes this deployment unique?
This is my second deployment. It's unique because I was originally deployed to be Force Protection but was asked to supplement the Protocol Office due to the Iraqi draw down. It's very unlikely that I would have had the chance to work a protocol job at another other point in my career. It has exposed me to invaluable one-on-one mentorship from senior NCO's and officers that otherwise would have been far less abundant for me. For that I am very grateful.

How does your job differ in a deployed environment vs. home base? See answer above. At home station I am a 2S (supply) and here I am protocol which is typically a services tasking. Very little about my job here is the same as my home station job.