Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs teamspoke virtually with Capt. Ashley Bird, 33rd Flying Training Squadronexecutive officer at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, about her journey tothe military through ROTC at Purdue University, the path to becoming a pilot, the pros and cons of being a force generator instructor pilot, and her personal life being military married to military. Bird also talks about rated diversity improvement, which is the Air Force’s focused, long-term effort to attract, recruit, develop, and retain a diverse rated leadership corps.