The best leadership comes from experience, and often from adversity. Active duty airman Sean Douglas, who found his passion as a mentor in the U.S. Air Force, is telling his story to encourage others to become their best selves.
Douglas enlisted in the Air Force on Sept. 12, 2001, in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States the day before. At his first duty station at the Royal Air Force base in Lakenheath, England, he was a young 19-year-old airman entering a “work hard, play hard” culture. He experienced a deep camaraderie with his colleagues, and they would often drink together off-duty.
