JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. –
Airman 1st Class Renna Yandon, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Legal Office, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Yandon hails from Newcomb, N.Y.
Q: Why did you join the military?
A: I joined the military after my plans for college and a basketball scholarship fell through. I thought everybody should serve at one point and this was as good a time as any for me to do so.
Q: What is your job and what is its impact on the mission?
A: I work in the military justice section and I facilitate Article 15s that first sergeants bring to me. My job helps unit commanders maintain good order and discipline within their ranks.
Q: Do you have any past or current family members in the military?
A: Yes. My great grandfather served as a brigadier general in the Army, my uncle as a technical sergeant in the Air Force and my brother in law served in the Army as a specialist.
Q: Who most inspires you?
A: Staff Sgt. Laura Jacobs, JB MDL Legal Office paralegal, inspires me the most because she is a role model, a hard worker and a down-to-earth person.
Q: What is one thing you'd like your fellow service members to take away or understand about the military?
A: Hard work doesn't always seem to pay off at first, but it pays off in the end.