Bill Snodgrass, a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Air Force Materiel Command Director of Manpower, Personnel, and Services, demystifies the SES application process for prospective candidates at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during a seminar June 14, 2018. Snodgrass provided an in-depth look at the Executive Core Qualifications writing process and ways that an individual can begin taking steps in the present to gain the proficiency required of the most senior civilian leaders throughout the U.S. Department of Defense.