 I am a United States sailor. I am a United States sailor. I am a United States sailor. I was appointed to the Constitution of the United States of America, and I obey the orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy, and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world. I'm Commander Wesley Bannister. I've been on board Enterprise for two years. I'm assigned as the Air Officer or Air Boss on board, and my hometown is Anderson, South Carolina. So I have the Air Department, approximately 600 personnel on board, that range in responsibility from aviation fuels to aircraft handling, to aircraft directing, to the arresting gear, and catapults. My watch station is as the Air Boss up here in the tower, where I help coordinate operations on the flight deck, as well as in the air controlling the airspace around Enterprise out to five miles and up to 3,000 feet. Folks that work in the Air Department are some of the hardest working folks that we have on board USS Enterprise. I always look forward to getting home to South Carolina and visiting family and getting together with friends as much as possible. My opportunities to get down are few and far between, so we try to make the best of it when we're there. Taking the family down, getting together with family and friends back home, I think is always great for any service member. I think for probably most service members, they could always say that there was a teacher or coach who helped lead them, get them where they're going, get them off in the right direction. A couple of folks that I would like to name would be Coach Harold Jones and a teacher, Harry Poll, who was a math teacher of mine in high school, as well as always family and friends. I have an older brother who was in the service as well, now retired as a captain who kind of laid a road for me and helped me understand and has been a mentor to me the entire way. I'd like to say hello to family, friends, folks who have helped me along the way. Any young individual who's out there who is looking for a life of service and something that is well spent, time, I definitely would recommend joining the service, whether it be Navy or any other service, but definitely a job with the United States Navy is a way to go. I proudly serve my country's Navy combat team with honor, courage, and commitment, and the fair treatment of all.