We met after being introduced by our mutual friend, Ben Magby, who was a college classmate of Will's and a Flight School classmate of Ashley's. After several weeks of messaging back and forth, Ashley happened to have an unusually long layover at the DFW airport while Will was stationed at Fort Cavazos (then Fort Hood). Will drove up to the airport and showed Ashley around DFW including the local zoo and the Fort Worth Stockyards. This began the first of many flights between us both to visit, as the Army has kept us apart for as long as we've known each other, but we haven't let it stop us. On December 18, 2022 we got engaged at Garden of the Gods. Since then, we have made it through a deployment and another round of flight school, all while being stationed over 1000 miles apart. Now, Will is finishing up flight school and will be joining Ashley in Colorado. From there, we will really begin our life together with our cat, Hex.