Spirit Spotlight: Tech. Sgt. Gregory Mitchell

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. --  Tech. Sgt. Gregory Mitchell is a Syracuse, N.Y., native who joined the Air Force Reserve in 2006 after six years as an active-duty Airman.

Air Force/Civilian job: Flightline Crew Chief (Full-time Air Reserve Technician)

Education: Working on a bachelor's degree in professional aeronautics at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (currently has a CCAF degree)
 
What I'm reading: Propulsion Investigation, Aircraft Accidents, Intro to Morals and Ethics, "1776" by David McCullogh, and "My Antonia" by Willa Cather

Favorite movie: Any James Bond flick

Favorite way to relax: Jim Beam/Coke while watching M.A.S.H reruns

Favorite sport: I lost interest in sports after the great baseball strike of 1994. Not cool.

Most influential person in my life: Katie Antholz and Kendra Unruh. One has two Masters, the other is finishing her Ph.D. I make more than both of them and I only have a CCAF degree. They showed me that education is not a means to acquire a wealth of money. Rather, education is a means to acquire a wealth of knowledge. There are people misled to believe that more education means more money. 

Easiest way to annoy me: Best not say, lest my co-workers take advantage of that.

What I'm listening to: Four Pratt and Whitney CFM-56 high-bypass turbofan engines (on the KC-135R). Although I wish it were a Packard-Merlin Rolls Royce R-1650-7 V-12 combustion engine (on the P-51 Mustang). 

If won $1 million I would: Give it to some charity so I wouldn't have to pay taxes on it. I'm living comfortably without it now.