 So the first reason why I joined the Air Force was because I wanted to be a role model for my friends and my family Mainly my little sister, love her to death. The second reason was because my family is very military My mother, my father, my stepfather, my stepbrother, myself, my oldest half-brother We're all military, Marines, Army, Air Force, all of which that was the second reason It's like in our blood. I'm third generation, so proud of that. And thirdly, I'm very patriotic I love our nation. I love what we do. And I wanted to not only, you know, do my part for the United States But also help out our allies and the world as a whole So I've been in the Air Force now for five years and my current pay grade is E5 staff sergeant So that's what I currently am at this time So my job, I'm a logistics planner by trade, which is gonna be AFSC code 2G0X1 so So initially I was gonna be ammo, but after when I graduated basic training and I Started shipping out. There was I guess some paperwork issues where my job no longer existed So I had to pick a new job. The new job I ended up with was logistics plans When I was initially creating my list of jobs that I wanted to do I didn't really think too much of them when I heard of ammo I thought oh that'd be kind of cool when I heard of logistics plans I was like, oh that might be cool. You know, that's something I like to do is planning So I know logistics plans was on my first list when I was going through However, I didn't really I didn't really was like I want to aim for this job or aim for that job I was all right with joining, you know, whatever job was available. That was on the list of jobs that I wanted If I had to choose what type of jobs that I wanted to do now that I have a better understanding of What those other jobs are and how they fit into the Air Force is probably would be a communications type job or Perhaps a civil engineering type job. I definitely seem like I'd be a good fit for those if I weren't in logistics plans So when I signed up for the Air Force, I wanted to do the six-year contract It just made sense to me, you know, I'm very like I knew how the military was when I was when I grew up in it So I wanted to do the six-year contract wanted to be in for the long term. So that's why I signed up for that amount of time So for logistics plans the location of the tech school is going to be at Lackland So once you're done with basic training, you'll then be heading down the street over to the 344 training squadron if I'm not mistaken. I believe it's still there So you'll be there for a little bit. So you're not leaving Lackland just yet But good news though Lackland so for the for the training it only takes about one month So you'll be there from start to finish about 30 days and after that all the days before and after will be in Processing and out processing so then you can go to your first base after you've graduated So yes, you're stuck at Lackland for like an additional month or so But hey, you get to leave fairly quickly as well. So you're not stuck there too long So for me at least when I was in tech school, it wasn't too bad I had a lot of good memories from there But there were a couple of things that you know, you have to be concerned about like You know making sure that you get enough sleep so you can wake up in the early morning I want to say we woke up at like four or something in the morning to do PT I'm not sure what the regimen is now But that was one factor and also they want to ensure everything's like quality of life and also everybody's you know Behaving properly so then they're gonna do random general inspections of the dorms So they'll check your stuff make sure everything's good to go. So overall not too shabby I can't really complain too much, but just make sure you stay out of trouble So the beauty of logistics plans is our job is pretty much universal We can go anywhere around the world because our job is usually needed examples of this We can be stationed in the States whether it be Vandenberg, California or McDale, Florida all the way across the world To places like Ligon, Heath, England, Spengdalen, Germany, Kadena, Okinawa, Yakota, Japan, Ossan, Korea, we pretty much can go anywhere So when it comes to the job details and whenever anybody asks me what we do as a logistics planner or loggy That's our nickname. Usually I say this to them I say that our job mainly deals with deployments and redeployments and we deploy and redeploy Personal and equipment from A to B and back from B to A We also deal with a lot of things as well such as plans of programs So these can entail war reserve material support agreements the base support plan as well as receptions There are additional duties that we deal with as well But those are the top ones that I can think of at this point in time overall our job is very high Vis and there is a lot going on things that we do to our day-to-day job We'll walk in we'll pull certain reports to check on movements to check on data Make sure readiness is good to go taskings are good to go We also deal with ensuring that contracts with different agencies are good to go ensuring that equipment stock levels are good There's a lot of different things that we deal with when it comes to readiness and tasking So that's kind of like the bulk of our day-to-day is ensuring that all of our programs are up to date making sure that Everybody is reflecting the most current information so that way we are ready and we are postured So it is quite an intense job, but it's also a very rewarding job So when it comes to advice that I could give I would say there are three main things just to keep it simple And to the point in terms of the job I've been told this many a times have a log e-book have a logistics plans Manual book that you will create and what this is entails is once you learn a new process Make sure you take down the continuity the notes for that process and you put it in your binder and you will collect and Establish this binder that will consist of all these different processes all these different little tips and tricks all of the meanings for certain codes and stuff and This book will serve as a source document your Bible if you will for your job So that way you can hit the ground running and you know support just as well as the next person So and it's good because you get to see how different bases do it So after when you are done with your first assignment you go to your next assignment You can utilize the old continuity you have with and kind of bump it against the newer Against the other continuity that you now are experiencing at your new base so you can see Differences similarities and learn from both one T one tip though when you do create this book your binder ensure that you Continuously update it. Maybe you might put some AFI references in their Air Force instructions Or you might even put some other information in there that might get updated or rewritten Ensure that it's up to date so that way you're not you know You're not using old data second thing I would I would suggest is picking people's brains if you don't know What it is that's being talked about because one thing as a logistics planner is if anything we have our own like language Obviously military lingo. We start using acronyms, right the logistics clients career field has a lot And I mean a lot of acronyms that we have to know and it's you know other jobs have the same as well But when we talk it's like a different language So ensure that you are asking those questions ensure you know what it is that people are talking about Because the last thing you want is to not know what's going on and then when someone entrusts you with that task You don't want to fall short so and no worries it will happen And that's what's going and that's what's going to make you better is that you're gonna ask those questions You're gonna try your best eventually there might be that one moment where you might you know fall a little bit short But it's okay. You're gonna learn from that third thing is to have a mentor So not necessarily for the career field but for in general is to have a mentor that's outside of your organization outside of your office that can be You know that lifeline that you can ask certain questions to without any like bias or you know can give you that unfiltered perspective and you know much needed guidance if you you know are trying to pursue a higher career in the military or Anything in general just have that mentor mentors are very important And usually you want the mentor to be at least you know like like somebody who's been in for a while Somebody who knows their stuff and you know somebody that's really caring for their people So you know anybody like that's pretty good If you have any further questions and concerns or concerns about The logistics plans career field if you'd like to get a hold of me You can email me at very fun bun dot at gmail.com. You can email me there Just kind of title logistics plans question and I can I can be sure to answer as many as I can Just keep in mind the time difference since I'm over in Japan right now Sometimes, you know, it'll be nighttime when you message me. So I'll try my best But yeah, if you want to get get a hold of me you can do that