Warrior of the Week responds to traffic accident

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  • By Airman 1st Class Frank Casciotta
  • 71st Flying Training Wing Public Affairs
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --  Senior Airman Beau Brouillette, a Vance Warrior of the Week, was driving home from work recently when a van on the opposite side of the road hit the curb and tumbled onto its side.

Brouillette, the knowledge operations manager for the 71st Communications Squadron here, parked his truck to block traffic and help keep the area clear. He climbed on top of the van to aid the driver, while directing someone nearby to call 911.

"When I pulled the door open I the driver's neck was caught up in the seatbelt," said Brouillette. "I used a pocket knife to cut the belt."

Brouillette then turned the vehicle off and stayed with the stunned man until an ambulance arrived.

Brouillette, from Alexandria, La., manages the Sharepoint at Vance. September will mark his fifth year of service in the Air Force.

He came to Vance less than a year ago from Dover Air Force Base, Del.

"I see myself retiring from the Air Force," said Brouillette. "I like the structure of the military. It's good for people like me."

He found out the same day of the traffic accident that he was selected to attend the Airman Leadership School at Altus AFB, Okla.

Brouillette graduated from ALS May 10, along with three other Vance AFB members: Staff Sgt. Thomas Adkinson, 71st Force Support Squadron; Senior Airman Ryan Jensen, 71st Security Forces Squadron; and Senior Airman Jacquelyn Valeich, 71st Operations Support Squadron.