#IAMIMSC: Master Sgt. Jeremy Brandon Boquist
Duty title and unit: Program Manager, Air Force Services Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
Primary duty responsibilities: I lead equipment modernization efforts within the Air Force Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources, or BEAR, war reserve materiel portfolio. I’m also the program manager for readiness equipment and deployable unit type code assets for AFSVC.
What’s the best part of your job?
The people. Our office, our unit and our customers make this job exciting. We support the entire Air Force services enterprise with regard to overall readiness and equipment for expeditionary matters. Each day, we strive to improve and enhance the readiness of our enterprise and their equipment, it’s exciting to know that we really do makes a difference for the future of our career field.
Why are you and your job important to the Air Force and AFMC?
We constantly look for ways to improve and enhance methodologies to ensure Airmen we support have the most up-to-date equipment and training. We coordinate with many different agencies and organizations to bridge any gaps and build partnerships to support the enterprise and the organization as a whole.
What’s a recent project that gave you a great sense of accomplishment?
The recent execution of two new BEAR assets, specifically the expeditionary electrical kitchen, or EEK, and the portable electrical kitchen, or PEK. These new assets were sent to our four key contingency training sites: Tyndall AFB, Florida; Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Kitchens were also delivered to the services schoolhouse in Fort Lee, Virginia, to ensure every new services Airman has the opportunity for hands-on training with the equipment prior to arriving at their first assignment.
Our team recently traveled to Tyndall with instructors from each training site and the schoolhouse to conduct initial hands-on training of the EEK and PEK. The training was critical to ensuring that all instructors received the same level of initial on-boarding and creating a plan of instruction that will be used at each site for years to come.
Which AFIMSC priority do you most identify with – or see yourself and your job fitting into – and why?
Due to our organization’s mission and focus, I most identify with LOE 1: Increase Lethality and Readiness. Our day-to-day intent is to continuously enhance the field’s ability to execute the mission with the most up-to-date equipment and streamlined policies to reduce unnecessary stressors and provide lighter and leaner methodologies.