LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. --
Rank and Name: Staff Sgt. Karlie Hopkins
Unit: 19th Maintenance Squadron
Official Duty title: Unit Programs noncommissioned officer in charge
Hometown: Unionville, MI
Time in service: 7 years
Time at Little Rock: 4 years
Goals: Promotion, increase job skill knowledge and pursue additional Air Force specialty code training certifications
Hobbies: Being a mom, baking (especially bread and cookies), tending to their family hobby farm.
SSgt Hopkins rescued a $1.2 million equipment gap in the C-130J mission. Partnering with Air Mobility Command and three agencies for an emergency incident and chemical cleanup. She secured a $53,000 contract for restoration and was named Squadron noncommissioned officer of the 1st Quarter!
Additionally, she oversaw $243,000 base Military Contract project by partnering with four Groups for the upgrade of six emergency eyewash and shower stations which closed a two-year safety discrepancy for the C-130J primary hangar for four Wing's, safeguarding 252 personnel.
Finally, she led a Fuel-Cell safety realignment, Karlie linked five agencies, and secured $15,000 for Confined Space Program recertification. She drove major command-wide directives for safer in-tank maintenance operations and was coined by the Group Commander.