Serving as advisory and specialist in matters related to aircraft structural integrity management planning, engineering drawing review and certification of integrity for MQ-25 and E-6 structural components. Providing fatigue life, damage tolerance analysis, and service-life limits of E-6 structural elements and developing solutions to fleet structural problems.

A full time DoD HBCU/MI sponsored intern research program, as part of the Analysis & Innovation (A&I) Laboratory based in providing timely, insightful, and unbiased analysis on strategic planning, warfighting and cross-cutting issues. Utilization of a variety of products and services for analysis and study in order to support the Department's analytic effort. Providing CAPE with modelling, simulation, war-gaming, and data analysis in support of high priority DoD issues.

Shadowing of civilian and military professionals in general maintenance practices performed on T-38 Talon fighter-training jets. Practicing the skills of being an airframe mechanic, performing pre-flight checks, preventative maintenance, fueling, general flight checks and marshalling of various mission critical sorties.