Watkins spotlight, US Army Photo

U.S. Army Spc. Jaylah Watkins, a flight operations specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-137th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, joined the military four years ago to pay for school and to be a part of something bigger than herself.
She is currently a senior at Ohio State University and studies sociology and legal foundations. After deployment she plans to finish school and buy a house.
She says deployment has been as bad as she expected it to be, especially dealing with COVID-19, but the best part was riding on a helicopter, seeing a beautiful mountain view and stopping on an island in the Arabian Gulf.
When she's not busy monitoring and tracking flights, you can find her filming videos for her YouTube channel, Jaybugg Vlogs, or working out.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Emily Milosevic, spotlight by Spc. Mikaela Bolker)