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BULLSEYE Feature 9August 28, 2015
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From Ethiopia to America: An Airman’s story
By Airman 1st Class Rachel Loftis “What the United States does for did too, so he asked me, ‘Do you want to got to Lackland (Air Force Base, Texas),
third-world countries is a visa lottery,” join the Air Force?’ And I said, ‘What is I could pick my job and I was ok with
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs said Woldetsadik. “You apply for it; how- the Air Force?’ I thought he was talking that,” said Woldetsadik. “After that, he
ever, they only give out a certain amount about a club or something. I didn’t know, told me I needed to take the (Armed
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — of visas so not everybody gets one, so if I was just trying to adapt to everything. Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
Mintesnot Woldetsadik was filled with you win the lottery you can come here.” I was new to the country. ” test) and I’m like what is the ASVAB?
wonderment as he took his first steps on
American soil. When Woldetsadik came to the Following the encounter, the stranger “He happened to have other recruits
United States he first landed in Colum- asked Woldetsadik to follow him back to that day taking the ASVAB and he said
He looked all around him in a con- bus, Ohio. He enrolled at Ohio State his office, to which he obliged. that he could take me that day as well.
fused daze until finally he settled his University and for 9 months he was So I went, took the test and I passed. The
view on a blanketed-white landscape. adapting to American culture, when “I parked my car and he came up to next day, I found myself in (a Military
Cupping his hand, he hunched over and one day a passing exchange changed his me and shook my hand and he sat me Entrance Processing Station) doing a
scooped up the cold unfamiliar sub- direction in life. down and told me what the Air Force whole bunch of checkups.”
stance and brought it towards his mouth. was,” said Woldetsadik. “He started ask-
“I was driving to the mall in Colum- ing me all these questions about if I had Three days after meeting the recruiter,
Expecting the substance to have the bus and me and this stranger in another a green card or education packet, and if Woldetsadik found himself with a
taste of salt, Woldetsadik realized the for- car next to me were stopped at a rail light. I could bring all of that to him. So I did, boarding pass in hand written out for
eign substance was snow — something I had my window down and I noticed he that same day.” Lackland.
he never experienced before. had rolled his down,” said Woldetsadik.
“He was in a weird funny blue outfit and The recruiter asked what kind of work “I didn’t really tell my family that I
Originally from Addis Ababa, Ethio- I look over and he salutes me. Woldetsadik would want to do in the was joining the Air Force because the
pia, Tech. Sgt. Mintesnot Woldetsadik, service and he told them something in window it happened in was like three
757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron “So what do I do? I salute him back. the pharmacy, however, the field didn’t days,” said Woldetsadik. “The first week
Eagle Aircraft Maintenance Unit sup- I didn’t really know how to salute so I have any open positions so he was placed of basic training was tough because I
ply NCO in charge, came to America in probably gave him this weird hand move- in an open admin slot.
2001 at the age of 22, after winning the ment. I just knew he raised his hand so I ______ See ETHIOPIA, on page 11
Diversity Visa Lottery. “The recruiter told me that when I
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