Story by Carter Denton | 507th Air Refueling Wing | 11.22.2024
Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Scoles, the 507th Air Refueling Wing’s first sergeant, was presented the Order of the Diamond during a ceremony celebrating his retirement from service in the Air Force Reserve held at the 507th Air Refueling Wing on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, November 16. In the Air Force Reserve Command, the Order of the Diamond is awarded to a first sergeant, also known as......
Story by Tech. Sgt. James Bentley | 332d Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.01.2022
Senior leadership at the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing began teaching the 2022 fall semester of First Sergeant Symposium Tuesday, November 1....
Story by Staff Sgt. Magen M. Reeves | 325th Fighter Wing | 06.22.2022
Master Sgt. Michael Jones, 325th Operations Support Squadron first sergeant, couldn’t anticipate the surprises his career would have in store for him when he enlisted in 2007 to be a crew chief on heavy aircraft. Many years later in 2021, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Jones was introduced to Senior Master Sgt. Nicholaus Wilson, 325th Security Forces Squadron first sergeant, who happened to......
Story by Master Sgt. Dan Heaton | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 02.04.2022
Approximately 40 master and technical sergeants from across the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing completed a 3-day training seminar providing an overview of the duties and responsibilities of an Air Force first sergeant. The training concluded on Feb. 4, 2022....
Story by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn Ergish | 386th Air Expeditionary Wing | 04.07.2021
Experienced first sergeants from across the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing organized a First Sergeant Symposium, where they shared their knowledge with non-commissioned officers who stepped up to assist them in “undershirt” roles at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 7, 2021....
Story by Sgt. Seth LaCount | Alaska National Guard | 09.17.2020
Alaska National Guard Airman, Master Sgt. Melissa Erhard, was awarded the 2019 First Sergeant of the Year award Sept. 15 for her accomplishments last year. As an Anchorage resident and Arizona native, Erhard has been a first sergeant with the 176th Air Defense Squadron since October 2015....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 11.04.2019
First sergeants from around Ramstein Air Base, Germany, gathered in the Hercules Theater on Nov. 4, 2019, to host a forum and answer questions about the recent changes to the first sergeant selection process....
Story by Staff Sgt. Anthony Agosti | 118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard | 07.31.2019
Over 210 first sergeants from across the Air Force did their part to aid the CSAF’s squadron revitalization effort, as they gathered at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Tennessee July 21-27, 2019 for a summit and symposium to become better leaders of Airmen....
