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The next morning marked my first full day 
attending the conference.

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To start it off I met with TSgt Joseph Rosilli 
& Amn Hannah Kerber.

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Members of the 56th Medical Group at Luke Air Force base.

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TSgt Rosilli has been an AFSA member for years and attended the conference previously.

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If you go to an event like this AFSA conference

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where almost every AFSC is represented here.

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You are able to network some of that information

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and leverage some interests outside of what your AFSC does.

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On the other hand, Amn Kerber is a first time atendee who was sponsored by the Med Group’s Chief to attend.

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And it is also great networking with people,

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meeting Chief Bass,

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being able to have a conversation with her.

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That’s amazing, just seeing all these successful people

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that I look up to.

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After hearing about the conference, I had to experience it myself.

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So I attempted to make my way to the 
Personal Development Symposium,

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a multi-day course available to junior enlisted Airmen during the conference.

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However, I quickly learned that you couldn’t go far without meeting someone with something to share.

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On my way to the Symposium I ran into AFSA’ social media coordinator MSgt Josh White.

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After a friendly introduction and a run in with the shirt of shirts Diamond One,

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he agreed to do a short interview.

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So the Summit is what I have coined AFSA’s Super Bowl.

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Every year, every person who is passionate about AFSA

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We’re talking command chiefs all the way down to 
an airman who just joined the service

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not even a year ago and everyone in between.

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It’s where we get together and this
is AFSA’s time to connect us all.

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So they take the time to get all these resources in.

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All the sponsors and all the people that support us

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into one room. So we can lift each other up,

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get some professional development and network.

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So that we can meet those peers that
can help take us to the next level.

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Having finished my interview and successfully registering the night before,

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I attended the seminar for a few hours
before returning to my hotel.