TrailBLAZE'r - July 20

Published July 18, 2012
14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Name: Carl James

Unit: 14th Civil Engineer Squadron

Job title: Energy Manager

Time at Columbus AFB: One year, 6 months

Time in Service: One year, 6 months

Hometown: Starkville, Miss.

Career goals: I simply want to work at a place where I enjoy my work, do it to the best of my abilities, know that the work I do makes a difference and be compensated fairly. I am so thankful to have achieved that here at Columbus Air Force Base.

Family members: Wife, Sharon; Daughters, Aubrey (23) and Adrianne (21)

Favorite musician: Enjoy various types of music depending on mood.

Biggest pet peeve: Institutional hubris

Favorite book: No particular favorite. Enjoy western novels by Lois L'Amour, history, rural/frontier heritage, leatherworking (and other lost arts) and biblical studies.

Inspirations: Being an engineer, I am inspired by the study of nature and how things work, "for since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made ..." - Romans 1:20

Personal motto: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. - Colossians 3:23