Dragon of the Week

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KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, BILOXI, MISS. --  Name -- Senior Airman Ryan Alfieri 

Unit -- 81st Contracting Squadron 

Position -- contract specialist 

Time in Air Force -- three years 

Time at Keesler -- two years, nine months 

Noteworthy -- I deployed to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom within three months of being on station. I also awarded 87 contract actions valued at $2.9 million. 

Hometown --Tunkhannock, Pa. 

Why did you join the Air Force? to travel the world and meet new people. 

What are your short- and long-term goals? short term, to get my degree in business administration; long term, to do something with that degree. 

What are your hobbies? I like to hang out with my friends and family, try to play golf, and I coach a youth football team. 

What's your favorite quote? It's safe to sing somebody out there's got a problem with almost anything you'll do .. Well, next time they stab you don't fight back ... just play the victim instead of playin' the fool --Jack White