Michelle 'Mace' Curran

Something I'd never done and was terrifying at first. So I did that. I got to a point where I was willing to be brave enough to put myself out there, apply. I become a Thunderbird. And now I'm looking at my time on the team ending. It's normally a two-year gig. I ended up doing three years because the pandemic threw a wrench in 2020.

Something I'd never done and was terrifying at first. So I did that. I got to a point where I was willing to be brave enough to put myself out there, apply. I become a Thunderbird. And now I'm looking at my time on the team ending. It's normally a two-year gig. I ended up doing three years because the pandemic threw a wrench in 2020.

And honestly, before the pandemic, I was already planning on leaving active duty. I just knew I was ready to do something else and I wanted a little bit more control of my life. And so I was looking at jobs and sales and tech. I was looking at going to the airlines, which is what a lot of people do when they leave. And then the pandemic happened.

And honestly, before the pandemic, I was already planning on leaving active duty. I just knew I was ready to do something else and I wanted a little bit more control of my life. And so I was looking at jobs and sales and tech. I was looking at going to the airlines, which is what a lot of people do when they leave. And then the pandemic happened.

And honestly, before the pandemic, I was already planning on leaving active duty. I just knew I was ready to do something else and I wanted a little bit more control of my life. And so I was looking at jobs and sales and tech. I was looking at going to the airlines, which is what a lot of people do when they leave. And then the pandemic happened.

And now my time to leave the military and go into the civilian world has shifted right an entire year. And The economy, who knows what's happening? The airline industry, who knows what's happening? So it forced me to kind of reflect on what I really wanted if the airlines wasn't an option. And it just gave me more time to think outside of kind of the status quo of what people would expect.

And now my time to leave the military and go into the civilian world has shifted right an entire year. And The economy, who knows what's happening? The airline industry, who knows what's happening? So it forced me to kind of reflect on what I really wanted if the airlines wasn't an option. And it just gave me more time to think outside of kind of the status quo of what people would expect.

And now my time to leave the military and go into the civilian world has shifted right an entire year. And The economy, who knows what's happening? The airline industry, who knows what's happening? So it forced me to kind of reflect on what I really wanted if the airlines wasn't an option. And it just gave me more time to think outside of kind of the status quo of what people would expect.

And I realized that the part of being on the team, on the Thunderbirds that I love the most, the flying was super fun. It was the most fun flying in my career was that feeling I got when I saw, you know, this kid or this woman or whoever it was come up and I would have a conversation with them and I could see it impact them and I could see it change them. And

And I realized that the part of being on the team, on the Thunderbirds that I love the most, the flying was super fun. It was the most fun flying in my career was that feeling I got when I saw, you know, this kid or this woman or whoever it was come up and I would have a conversation with them and I could see it impact them and I could see it change them. And

And I realized that the part of being on the team, on the Thunderbirds that I love the most, the flying was super fun. It was the most fun flying in my career was that feeling I got when I saw, you know, this kid or this woman or whoever it was come up and I would have a conversation with them and I could see it impact them and I could see it change them. And

I was on the team long enough at that point where people had started to circle back and update me on things that they had gone after. And I would tear up when I would tell my husband about these messages I would get on Instagram where some girl had reached out to me two years prior And I had had a really short conversation with her as she went into whatever new thing it was.

I was on the team long enough at that point where people had started to circle back and update me on things that they had gone after. And I would tear up when I would tell my husband about these messages I would get on Instagram where some girl had reached out to me two years prior And I had had a really short conversation with her as she went into whatever new thing it was.

I was on the team long enough at that point where people had started to circle back and update me on things that they had gone after. And I would tear up when I would tell my husband about these messages I would get on Instagram where some girl had reached out to me two years prior And I had had a really short conversation with her as she went into whatever new thing it was.

And then she's like, hey, I don't know if you remember me, but I got that promotion or I got that dream job or I went to that college or whatever it was. And it was just so fulfilling. And so I started to think about how I could still impact people at that level and

And then she's like, hey, I don't know if you remember me, but I got that promotion or I got that dream job or I went to that college or whatever it was. And it was just so fulfilling. And so I started to think about how I could still impact people at that level and

And then she's like, hey, I don't know if you remember me, but I got that promotion or I got that dream job or I went to that college or whatever it was. And it was just so fulfilling. And so I started to think about how I could still impact people at that level and

And I had a couple of mentors at this point who I met while I was on the Thunderbirds that were in the media space and did some speaking. And they were like, hey, there would be a market for you to get into speaking. And I think you could really impact people positively. And at first, I kind of was like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever.

And I had a couple of mentors at this point who I met while I was on the Thunderbirds that were in the media space and did some speaking. And they were like, hey, there would be a market for you to get into speaking. And I think you could really impact people positively. And at first, I kind of was like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever.

And I had a couple of mentors at this point who I met while I was on the Thunderbirds that were in the media space and did some speaking. And they were like, hey, there would be a market for you to get into speaking. And I think you could really impact people positively. And at first, I kind of was like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever.