Name and Rank: TSgt Darren Curtis
Unit: 19 MXG/MXOT
Official Duty title: NCOIC, Maintenance Training
Hometown: Temecula, CA
Time in service: 8.5 years
Time at Little Rock: 3 years
Goals: Become a First Sergeant and earn a Project Management Professional certification
Hobbies: Cycling, kayaking, hiking, carpentry, reading and Learning
19th Airlift Wing priority portrayed and why?
MISSION: As a member of the Maintenance Training Section, TSgt Curtis’s mission is to train and develop multi-capable maintainers to execute agile combat airlift. As the NCOIC of Maintenance Training, he leads a team of four training managers and 20 training monitors to ensure 1,200 personnel are qualified and equipped to support flying operations.
His team provides group and squadron leaders training data trend analysis and recommends actions to prevent short falls. Additionally, his team oversees the training of 16,000 annual core tasks for 20 AFSCs, resulting in 200 mission-ready Airmen.