![]() ![]() ![]() "I wasn't ever really big on working out, but since being involved with the team, my Air Force physical training tests have been a breeze." "Ever since I've been doing roller derby, I've been constantly training," said the sergeant. Roller derby helped Sergeant Kruithoff on and off duty. They've had derbies, also called bouts, as far as Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee. In addition to meeting up with other teams during work assignments, she gets to travel with the derby girls. "I've never experienced a gap when I meet up with different teams, it's like I've always been one of their girls." "When I go on temporary duty assignments for work I look up derby teams," Sergeant Kruithoff said. Sergeant Kruithoff always looks for opportunities to derby. I began in February 2011 with the Panama City Roller Derby, and I'm glad I did, because I fell in love with it." When I saw all of the girls' roller derby pictures and how much fun everyone was having, I knew I had to give it a shot. I finally looked it up online to see what it was. "I kept seeing stickers on the back of cars when I'd be out driving. "It all began towards the end of 2010," Sergeant Kruithoff said. Kruithoff now evaluates maintenance crews that perform on weapon test systems, but when she's not in her combat boots she's in her roller skates. Prior to her assignment here, she was a crew chief maintaining F-15 Strike Eagles at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. The Zeeland, Mich., native joined the Air Force more than eight years ago. Emily Kruithoff, 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron aircraft general evaluator, is an avid roller derby participant with the Tallahassee RollerGirls, Tallahassee, Fla. The pounding of wheels on a flat track is muffled under a roaring crowd as girls slam into one another.įor one Airman, this is the jet fuel that lights her burners. ![]()
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