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“It was really exciting to hear I was going to support the 59th presidential inauguration,” Troutman said. “Being on my first enlistment, it was a great feeling that my leadership had a lot of faith in me to send me here.”
Troutman, who holds a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice from Florida State University, is the first and only person in her family to serve in the military. Still, she said, her family members and the military orientation of Fort Walton Beach were major influences on her decision to join the Air Force.
“I worked as a lifeguard on Eglin and Hurlburt Air Force Base, and I had the privilege to meet many people of both enlisted and officer ranks,” she said. “They would always tell me their stories of where they traveled and the different people they were able to meet.