I am a former enlisted officer with many years of service. My long Air Force career and current leadership characteristics have been shaped by incidents in my life and career. These incidents include my grandfather's influence, significant events in my Air Force career, and my contributions to Air Force and national intelligence goals in my current job. These three things are the main factors that have made me the leader I am today. Each of these things contributed to different traits such as; dedication to hard work, honesty, goal setting, initiative, persistence and so much more. The experiences I had growing up ingrained numerous moral values ​​and some of my beliefs that I still carry today. I grew up in Miami, Florida and was raised by my grandfather and grandmother. My grandfather was my role model. My grandfather was a person who lived through depression and learned to work hard and pay cash for what he wanted. He believed in old fashioned hard work and that's something I believe in too. He always believed in honesty. In the Air Force, honesty is represented in our core value of integrity which I believe is extremely important and try to live by daily. Finally, he was also in the Air Force and fought in World War II. He was telling me about his time in the Air Force and how he really enjoyed military life. This is why when I was trying to go to college and thinking about the Army GI Bill, the only service I considered was the Air Force. Here, in my twenty-first year, I can simply see how some of my values ​​that I learned growing up with my grandfather have helped develop leader traits of honesty, responsibility, and a sense of patriotism and dedication to the Air Force. Certain. ..... middle of the card ...... supports allied missions. The intelligence we create has a great influence on our future doctrine and how we may need to wage war against a particular enemy because of the weapons systems they will have. These intelligence perspectives have given my leadership characteristics a greater sense of meaning to Air Force missions. Even though I have been in the Air Force for many years, there are still things I am learning about leadership and how to become a better leader. My current leadership characteristics have been influenced by my experiences growing up with my grandfather, significant events in my career, and my current intelligence assignment. Through these moments in my career and life I developed the current traits of the leader I have become. I also know that my leadership characteristics will constantly evolve through new experiences.