Warrior of the Week

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Airman 1st Class Quinton Pope, 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron communication systems networking technician, ensures signal connection inside of a truck here June 28, 2011. Airman Pope is the Warrior of the Week for June 27 through July 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Daniel Phelps)

Warrior of the week: Airman 1st Class Quinton Pope

Published June 28, 2011
By Airman 1st Class Daniel Phelps
20th Fighter WIng Public Affairs

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Editor's note: The Warrior of the Week program recognizes outstanding Airmen here who exemplify the Air Force's Core Values.

This week's Warrior of the Week is Airman 1st Class Quinton Pope, 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron communication systems networking, from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Airman Pope's main job during deployments is to maintain the Air Support Operations Center lab and ensure communication is maintained for close air support.

His responsibilities are to deploy theater deploy communication systems, providing phones and data access anywhere anytime, said Staff Sgt. Michael Staubs, 682nd ASOS C4I systems supervisor. He also maintains the operations training labs so they can practice live scenarios to keep them qualified on critical wartime task.

He maintains the unit's ASOC gateway, which provides a live digital air picture feed and ties in remote joint terminal air controllers so they can communicate with aircraft through digital means, increasing target accuracy and speeding up the kill chain. Additionally, he is required to stay combat mission ready through army tactics training.

Family: Mom, Dad, two brothers and two sisters in Ohio.

Hobbies: Halo and Grand Theft Auto

Favorite music: Hip hop

Favorite movie: Wizard of OZ

Favorite sports team: Cincinnati Bengals

Guilty Pleasure: McDonald's double quarter pounder

Hero/mentor: "Staff Sgt. Michael Staubs, he is always there for me"

Goals: Get his Community College of the Air Force degree

If you could spend one hour with anyone, who would it be and why? "Alicia Keyes, just to look at her."

Favorite food: lasagna

Biggest accomplishment: Making it through tech school

If you could only have three things while stuck on a desert island, what would they be? Electricity, food and a genie