LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Name and Rank: Tech. Sgt. Deondre L. Rogers
Unit: 19th Operations Group
Official Duty title: Loadmaster Instructor
Hometown: Aurora, CO
Time in service: 10 years
Time at Little Rock: 3 Years
Goals: Main goal is to finish my bachelor’s degree and pursue a pilot slot in the Air Force
Hobbies: Bowling, video games, flying aircraft
Rogers redesigned the Operations Group flight Risk Management worksheet, modernizing aircrew abilities to capture evolving risk during C-130 sorties. He authored Operations Group special interest items, targeting integration of loadmaster pre- and post-flight briefing procedures for improved lethality and agility.
Additionally, since stepping into the Group Standards & Evaluations leadership role, he has logged 117 flight hours and coached multiple aircrews through 78 individualized training items, readying C-130 aircrew for global mobility tactics.
Finally, he recently returned from an airlift support training mission to Alaska, supporting three Army battalions with pre-deployment personnel and equipment airdrops.