Erin Lord and Susan Metcalf
Recorded
May 10, 2023
Archived
May 10, 2023
43:58 minutes
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Id:
ddv002481
Description
Susan Metcalf (69) interviews her friend, Erin Lord (26), about her time in the U.S. Air Force.Subject Log / Time Code
Erin Lord (EL) recalls taking the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and then being recruited by the Air Force all before turning 18 to Susan Metcalf (SM).
EL describes her previous misconceptions and first impressions upon starting Air Force training.
EL remembers the heat of bootcamp in San Antonio, Texas.
EL describes first entering into the field of signals intelligence.
EL speaks about her first two years on the job in Hawaii. She defines the experience as dry and boring.
EL talks about the camaraderie cultivated between her and the people she served alongside.
EL describes the "talent marketplace" created by the military to provide career options for veterans after service.
EL recalls the period in which she decided to re-enlist.
EL speaks about how the military opened her up to diversity.
EL explains her "blunt" and "forward" communication style and how that came about during her time in the military.
EL talks about the pride she feels for completing 452: Advanced Communication Signals Analysis, a difficult and rigorous military intelligence course.
EL imagines what her mom would think about her life choices.
EL speaks about her father being a Fire Controlman in the Navy.
SM describes EL as tantamount to a third child and talks about the "joy" and "rich[ness]" she feels because because EL is in her life.
Participants
- Erin Lord
- Susan Metcalf