Little Rock Snapshot: A1C Mimi Greasham

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LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. --  A1C Agoha Q: What is your name and duty title?
A1C Greasham A: My name is A1C Mimi Greasham, and I am a 19th Comptroller Squadron financial technician.

 Q: How long have you been in the Air Force and at Little Rock Air Force Base?
 A: I've been in the Air Force for a year and seven months, and I've been at Little Rock for one year.

 Q: Where are you from?
 A: I'm from Southeast Georgia... the deep south. (she smiles) There are culture differences between Georgia and Arkansas.

 Q: What were your thoughts coming to Arkansas?
 A: I had an open mind.

Q: What are those differences? What are some similarities?
 A: The thing that's the same is that it's slow paced here like home. The thing that's different is that back home the community came together more and had events, and everybody knows about it. Here, I never know what's going on.

 Q: Why did you join the Air Force?
 A: I joined the Air Force to start a legacy in my family. I'm the first in my family to join the military. There weren't a lot of positive things going on in my community. I wanted to be a positive light. 

Q: Did you come from a big family?
 A: No. One brother.

Q: Have you done anything interesting since you've been here?
 A: Yes. My husband, (her high school sweetheart), and I have traveled a couple times to Memphis to go to some basketball games. I like basketball. 

Q: What is one of the hardest things about working in finance?
 A: The toughest thing is the challenge between pleasing the customer, pleasing your leadership and pleasing yourself. Sometimes you feel like you overwork yourself. Sometimes you have to stay late and you're trying to get home to your husband.

 Q: What's a funny finance story?
 A: One time, she laughs, an airman had questions about their meal deductions. So I told them, if you look on your LES, you'll see why this amount was deducted. Then he was like, what's an LES? I was [thinking] like hun? Didn't anybody teach you that at tech school? I just thought that was funny because he really didn't know what that was. She laughed some more. 

Q: How do you spend your time outside of work?
 A: Well, I like to travel. I like to volunteer. I love to play the piano and drums, and I sing. I also like to play basketball on the Xbox a lot. 

Q: What is the number one thing that can calm you down after a hard day at work?
A: My husband.

 Q: What are the top three songs on your IPod or in your CD player?
 A: Great is the Lord by Dorinda Clark, War Cry by Micah Stampley and Bless the Lord by Tye Tribbett

 Q: What are your future ambitions?
 A: I will complete my CCAF this year in the spring. After that I'll work on my B.S. in Business Administration. This is the fun part. I used to work at McDonalds, and I had a great experience. I want to go back and work my way up to own my own franchise. I will probably retire from the Air Force first. I'll be 38. Still young.

 Q: Are there any children in the future?
 A: I'm on a ten-year plan. I'm young and right now there are things I want to do before I have any children.

 Q: What are your top three pet peeves?
 A: I hate losing stuff. I lost $20 at the airport one time, and I was so mad! I hate fake people and I dislike people who say that they're going to be there for you and don't follow through. When I say I'm going to be there for you, I will, even if it hurts me.

 Q: What is one thing that's unique about you?
A: I want people who are reading this to know I came from a single-parent home. I just had my mom. I didn't grow up in the best financial state, which was one of the reasons I joined the Air Force. I was able to overcome. I graduated valedictorian in my class. I wanted to be valedictorian and I worked toward it because I had a plan. I knew that the valedictorian gave a speech to their classmates, family and community, and I wanted to do that. In my speech I told them where I came from and how I overcame all my obstacles. I told them that they could do it too. It's not where you've been; it's where you're going.


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