Square D Spotlight: Senior Airman Oleksandr Martynyuk

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RAF MILDENHALL, England --  

Name and Rank: SrA Oleksandr Martynyuk

Unit: 100th Security Forces Squadron

Duty Title: Response Force Leader

Time in Service: 2 years 6 months

Time at Mildenhall: 10 months

Hometown: Ternopil, Ukraine

Hobbies: Fitness, traveling, education, learning foreign languages, spending time with family and friends.

Core Value Portrayed: Service before self

How does the individual portray that core value? Airman Martynyuk is serving his tour at Mildenhall separated from his wife and new baby, said Staff Sgt. Jessica Fleschner, 100th SFS flight chief. Despite this geographic separation, his service and professionalism are second to none. Additionally, he volunteers two days every week reaching out to our mission partners and helping the intelligence community by using his native language to provide proficiency training to RAF Mildenhall's Russian linguist community.

Why is serving in the Air Force important to you?
Serving in the Air Force is important to me because I can serve my new country, accomplish my career goals, travel, meet new people and learn new skills.

What accomplishment during your Air Force career are you most proud of?
Accomplishments I am most proud of are enlisting in the U.S. military from a foreign country, helping the Air Force linguists broaden their proficiency in foreign language, and getting my 5-skill level.

What are your personal and/or professional goals?
My professional goal is to retrain into a career field that would best utilize my education and my foreign language skills. A long term personal goal would be for me to earn my masters degree and become a commissioned officer.

What is your favorite part of your job?
My favorite part of my job is helping people, and making RAF Mildenhall a safe place to live and work.