The two love birds had never met prior to their rotation to Guam in 2014. The Air Force sends one of the bomber units to Guam every 6 months, and come August 2014 it was the 96th AMXS units turn. It wasn't until a weekend in mid December that they first laid eyes on each other. Rachel was sitting in the pilots seat waiting for the aircraft to be towed, when Nick came out to assist the Crew Chiefs. She heard an unfamiliar voice and decided to look out the window. At that moment she knew she HAD to get to know this person. Unbeknownst to her, he thought the same. A few weeks later, a group from the unit decided to go sky diving which is where they officially met. They became best friends, and it wasn't until their return home to the states when they decided to start a relationship.