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Name: Staff Sgt. James M. Becvar II

Unit: 52nd Component Maintenance Squadron

Duty title: Avionics production supervisor

Hometown: Lewiston, Maine

Years in Service: 8 years and 9 months

Why joined: I joined to pay off college debts, see the world and serve my country.

Family: Wife, Amy, and three sons, Zachary, Mason and Evan

Hobbies: Anything to do with sports and traveling with the family

Favorite aspect of job: Definitely the people, the ability to take people from all walks of life and mesh them together in a career field to perform a specific job and to have that team perform their duties with the highest of proficiencies has always amazed me.

Most memorable AF experience: Preparing, loading and shipping our Electronic Countermeasure Pods to support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Odyssey Dawn. Once the prep work was done, sitting back and watching our equipment perform flawlessly allowing pilots to complete their mission and return safely.

How do you make responsible choices: I think of how my actions/decisions will impact not only myself and my fellow Airman, but how it will ultimately affect my family.