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# DLA Aviation employees remember 9/11: Vinson Avery

By  DLA Aviation Public Affairs Office

                Richmond, Va.  –              
*In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Public Affairs Office is running a week-long series Sept. 6-11 sharing the stories of DLA Aviation employees who remember where they were and what they were doing that fateful day.***Name:**Vinson Avery

**Organization**: DLA Aviation at San Diego

**What is your job title, and what do you do, specifically?** I’m an inventory management specialist. I am part of a team that provides collaborative forecasting, sustainment and direct action in support of aircraft and components maintenance and repair to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest.  

**Please tell where you were and what you were doing on Sept. 11, 2001.** I was a gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps attending the Advanced Leadership Course at Camp Pendleton, California. This course is considered the gateway into senior leadership and provides the Marine Corps with a cadre of warfighters ready for future challenges, and that challenge would be tested soon. Right after the course, I was deployed with the 1st Marine Division.

**What can we do to ensure future generations never forget that fateful day?** That day was asymmetrical in nature, leaving behind conventional warfare and moving into a series of deepening strategic dilemmas far into the future. With this in mind, our way of life and mindset is ingrained with a sense of duty to tell future generations about what happened on 9/11.

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