Laughlin XLer – Staff Sgt. Aileen Perry, 47th Medical Group

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LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  Job title and unit: 47th Medical Group education and training

Why she XLed: She is the wing self-aid and buddy care advisor and has led 15 program staff assisted visits and trained eight instructors. She is an Air Force Training Record skilled user and has worked to enhance on-the-job training documentation ensuring an excellent rating during the Health Safety Inspection. Performed triage for mass casualty exercise during the Consolidated Unit Inspection, directing and treating 58 members helping to earn the wing an excellent rating. She worked as the command chief master sergeant executive and managed Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training graduation retreats, managed quarterly awards boards and below-the-zone promotion boards. She also led the 2012 Staff Sergeant Promotion Party.

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Family: Christopher Harms (husband), Lucky and Arnold (dogs), and Willie Nelson (horse)

Time at Laughlin: five years and six months

Time in military/civil service: six years and two months

Greatest accomplishment: Earning my Associate's Degree in Allied Health Sciences

Hobbies: Roller derby and horseback riding

Bad habit: Coffee!

Favorite movies: 50/50 and Role Models

If you could spend one hour with any person, who would it be and why: I would like to meet my sports hero Shannon Miller. As a girl, I thought she was brilliant in her role as leader of the Magnificent Seven 1996 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team. She remains the most decorated female American gymnast in history. As an adult, I find her inspiring because she survived an aggressive form of ovarian cancer in addition to becoming a wife and mother. It would be incredible to meet her.