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Shaw Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Wendell Walker

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  • By Airman 1st Class Ashley L. Gardner
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  This week's Shaw Spotlight is Airman 1st Class Wendell Walker, 20th Force Support Squadron food service specialist from Columbia, S.C.

Walker has been in the military for two years, with most of that time spent at Shaw.

Something that people don't know about Walker is that he almost dropped out of high school because it took him three attempts to pass his exit exam because he gave up on himself. He was advised that he wasn't college material and that he should just get his high school completion certificate. Luckily his mother kept pushing him to the point where he not only finished high school, but also completed college.

When asked his favorite quote he replied, "He's able." For him it means that during everything he has gone through or is going through, God has been a big foundation for helping him push through it all.

"Walker is my number one go-to Airman," said Tech. Sgt. Dorothy Joseph, 20th Force Support Squadron flight kitchen NCOIC.  "He is dependable, trustworthy and always doing the right thing even when no one is looking."

"It is a blessing to be around such good people, to have my family, peers, and supervisor, and to be around the right people at the right time," said Walker.

Family:  Wife, daughter and expecting

Music: Gospel

Movie: Dr. Dolittle 2

Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bulls

Sport: Basketball

Heroes: Mom

Childhood Memory: Being on the marching band with mom and sister

If you were stuck on a desert island what three things would you have? Clean water, family, and Bible