Senior Master Sergeant Craig Crabtree, a 22-year Air Force Veteran, currently teaching at the United States Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development, discusses his experience training new lieutenants, emphasizing the importance of humility, building relationships with senior NCOs, and maintaining professional boundaries. He and Chief Vásquez discuss the challenges and best practices for new lieutenants entering a unit, with Senior Craig advising them to learn from existing processes rather than immediately trying to optimize them, and to focus on character development over technical expertise.

Capt Aryn Maxwell is an Intelligence Officer in the United States Air Force. As one of the current Officers in Charge (OIC) of F-22 Intelligence, she delivers tailored battlespace analysis and fuses emerging threat data into actionable intelligence, enabling F-22 mission execution and survivability. Capt Maxwell is a 2019 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, obtaining a B.S. in Behavioral Science. She has served as the OIC, North Korean Air Team, Analysis, Correlation, and Fusion Cell, 607 Air Operations Center, Senior Intelligence Duty Officer, 607 Air Operations Center, and Flight Commander, Intel Weapons and Tactics, 1 Operations Support Squadron.