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4 Joining the military and completing basic training is difficult enough without additional obstacles. U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Alex West would have been more than happy if those were the only things he encountered. Unfortunately, there was much more.
The current 43rd Air Base Squadron Munitions Inspector grew up in rural Tennessee with his mother and older brother. Living in a single parent home and constantly on the move to stay in housing, there wasn’t much money to go around. Looking for something to be involved in and thinking about post-high school life, he joined the Air Force JROTC at Franklin County High School in Winchester, Tennessee, to explore potential career options.