WEBVTT 00:06.540 --> 00:08.596 Technical Sergeant Karen Fulton is a 00:08.596 --> 00:10.651 knowledge operations manager for the 00:10.651 --> 00:12.873 one 23rd Logistics readiness squadron . 00:12.873 --> 00:15.210 I love this job because I'm actually 00:15.210 --> 00:18.610 dealing with customers now . Um because 00:18.620 --> 00:20.731 prior to coming here I was a personal 00:20.731 --> 00:22.870 systems manager , which I created 00:22.870 --> 00:24.870 reports . I was kind of just in the 00:24.870 --> 00:26.981 locker room by myself . I didn't work 00:26.981 --> 00:29.050 with people but I really enjoy being 00:29.050 --> 00:32.520 able to work with people and be able to 00:32.530 --> 00:35.010 actually help people . Sergeant Fulton 00:35.010 --> 00:37.232 spent four years in the active duty air 00:37.232 --> 00:39.232 force before coming to the guard in 00:39.232 --> 00:41.454 2000 , graduated from high school and I 00:41.454 --> 00:43.399 went straight to college and I was 00:43.399 --> 00:45.621 really undecided on what I wanted to do 00:45.621 --> 00:47.566 at that time I switched my major a 00:47.566 --> 00:49.420 couple of times . I wanted to do 00:49.430 --> 00:51.763 something a little bit more challenging . 00:51.763 --> 00:54.910 Um I wanted to do something that uh 00:54.920 --> 00:57.031 kind of started foundation for myself 00:57.031 --> 00:58.910 and have a sense of some type of 00:58.920 --> 01:00.976 direction in life . So that's when I 01:00.976 --> 01:03.253 had thought about joining the military . 01:04.040 --> 01:06.262 Sergeant Fulton is also the N . C . O . 01:06.262 --> 01:08.429 I . C . Of the base honor guard team . 01:08.429 --> 01:10.596 We go out and we do funeral honors for 01:10.596 --> 01:13.470 retirees . Uh , we do funerals for 01:13.480 --> 01:17.230 veterans and uh , we present the 01:17.230 --> 01:20.190 flag to the next of kin and we play 01:20.190 --> 01:22.970 taps and just honored that person 01:22.980 --> 01:25.340 according to her supervisor , Chief 01:25.340 --> 01:27.210 Master Sergeant Jeff moore . The 01:27.210 --> 01:29.154 squadron needed a lot of work when 01:29.154 --> 01:31.210 Sergeant bolton joined them . Target 01:31.210 --> 01:33.154 Fulton , she's just on top of it . 01:33.154 --> 01:35.266 She's a point of sharpest troops I've 01:35.266 --> 01:37.377 ever seen in my whole career , active 01:37.377 --> 01:39.377 duty and guard . She has completely 01:39.377 --> 01:41.543 turned our squadron around . She takes 01:41.543 --> 01:43.654 care of all of our DTs orders . She's 01:43.654 --> 01:45.988 kind of a heartbeat of our organization . 01:45.988 --> 01:48.266 I can go to her and she's on top of it . 01:48.266 --> 01:50.377 If , if I ask her to do something , I 01:50.377 --> 01:52.377 can forget about it , I consider it 01:52.377 --> 01:54.599 done and it always is , it really feels 01:54.599 --> 01:56.710 good to know that the things that you 01:56.710 --> 01:58.821 do are being noticed by others and to 01:58.821 --> 02:00.821 be recognized at this level is just 02:00.821 --> 02:03.420 really , um , I really can't express 02:03.420 --> 02:05.364 how I feel . I mean , I'm proud of 02:05.364 --> 02:07.698 myself at the same time . I'm surprised , 02:07.698 --> 02:11.260 um , but just overwhelmed at this time .