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Story and photo by Airman 1st Class help cope with the storm of emotions she Senior Airman Hannah Walker, 633rd Force Support Squadron food service journey-
TRISTAN BIESE was feeling, Walker started writing and man, performs live at the Langley Marina on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Walker is
produced 14 songs, jump starting her mu- a singer/song writer who uses her music as a way to build resiliency. A big inspira-
633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs sical path. tion for Walker’s music is her family, most notably her daughter.
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. “When I’m stressed, I write it down,†that time by writing more music and spend- your dreams sound crazy and other people
— Sitting on the edge of her stool, staring said Walker. “You can get all your anger, ing time with her biggest motivation. tell you that it’s not realistic, if you want
out at a sea of faces staring back, she tunes all your frustrations out on paper and it something and you put your mind to it, you
her guitar. Once the guitar is just right she stops there. Nine times out of ten, when “One of my biggest inspirations is my can do anything.â€
takes a sip of her drink, grabs her pick, I’m done writing it all down, I don’t feel daughter and I want her to know that no
takes a deep breath and begins playing. stressed anymore.†matter what your dream is, or no matter Using her dream of being a singer, Walker
what you want to do with your life, you continues to perform and use her music as
Senior Airman Hannah Walker, 633rd Walker continued writing music and can do anything,†said Walker. “Even if an outlet for the stressors in her life.
Force Support Squadron food service jour- later enlisted into the Air Force and is now
neyman, is performing live at the Langley stationed at JB Langley-Eustis, where she
Marina. She occasionally does this to help performed live for the first time.
destress and recenter herself.
Walker’s first live performance did not
“When you’re in the military and you go very well, but that didn’t stop her. She
don’t have a hobby or something to do out- continued to perform at open mics every
side of work, it can make you go insane,†night during the week, slowly improving
said Walker. “I wear this uniform every day her confidence and skill.
and I am an Airman whether I’m in uniform
or not in uniform, but there is a time to take “Once I got over caring what people
the uniform off and put it away and be who thought and when I told myself that
you’re called to be, whether that’s to be a the people watching me are here to sup-
husband, a wife or a musician. Those are the port me, I got over my stage fright,†said
things that are going to keep you grounded.†Walker. “It’s crazy because three years ago
I would sing in a room with ten people
Walker has been singing for as long as she and I would be super nervous, but now
can remember and music has always been I’ve sang in front of hundreds of people
a part of her life. However, Walker didn’t and it feels amazing.â€
realize how much she needed music until
tragedy struck at home. A little more than a year after Walker’s
first performance she had to put perform-
Only a month after her high school gradu- ing on the back burner due to her daughter
ation, doctors found a tumor in her father’s being born. Even though she wasn’t able
brain and needed to perform surgery. To to perform as much anymore, Walker filled
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