Growing up at his grandparent’s home in Columbia, South Carolina Master Sgt. Paul Mackey, 21st Force Support Squadron career assistance advisor, figured he would head into the Army after high school. He was part of the Junior ROTC and he planned on attending Georgia Military College. Going into the Army was a common career choice for many of his classmates.
But an Army ROTC camp instructor suggested he look at the Air Force. Not long after that, Mackey decided he would rather enlist in the Air Force than become an officer in the Army.
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