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Airman 1st Class Maeve Lee, a services journeyman of 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, cooks ground beef at the Riptide Dining Facility at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 26, 2012. Services Airmen can work at the lodging office, fitness centers, mortuary affairs and dining facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eboni Reams)

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Staff Sgt. Alexander Wolchick, a services journeyman of 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, files a lodging binder at the Commando Inn at Hurlburt Field Fla., Sept. 26, 2012. Wolchick has worked at all available locations for services airmen at Hurlburt Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eboni Reams)

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Staff Sgt. Laura Chism, a services craftsman of 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, takes a head count of a weight room at the Aderholt Fitness Center at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 26, 2012. The services airmen working at the fitness center ensure a clean and safe environment for service members to workout. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eboni Reams)

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Lt. Col. Derrick Floyd, commander of 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, aims at a target at the base firing range at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 10, 2012. In addition to services, 1st SOFSS runs several recreational locations run throughout the installations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eboni Reams)

1st SOFSS: All in a day's work

Published Oct. 1, 2012
By Senior Airman Eboni Reams
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- If you have been to a fitness center, grabbed a bite to eat at a dining facility or checked in at lodging at Hurlburt Field, you most likely were helped by one of the Airmen of the 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron.

The 1st SOFSS supports more than 40,000 active duty, civilians, reservists and dependents. The squadron manages more than 15 different agencies to include the fitness centers, daycare, dining facilities and lodging.

Services Airmen can work at the dining facility, fitness center, lodging and mortuary affairs. All the Airmen are interchangeable and trained in all specialties for these locations.

"We get to interact with a variety of customers on a daily basis, it gives me satisfaction to be supporting the Air Force Special Operation Command mission," said Senior Airman Walter Burchett, a services journeyman of 1st SOFSS.

According to the squadron's factsheet, 1st SOFSS also provides essential human services to the Hurlburt community through a wide variety of activities, facilities, and programs to include child care, before-and-after school youth programs, family daycare, dining facilities, lodging, outdoor recreation, golf course, library services, bowling, base honor guard, mortuary affairs, equipment rental, fitness centers, arts and crafts center, education center and Airman & Family Readiness Center.

1st SOFSS Leadership
Commander: Lt. Col. Derrick Floyd
Superintendent: Chief Master Sgt. Karen Thomas
First Sergeant: Master Sgt. Walter Warren