WEBVTT 00:00.209 --> 00:02.265 Good morning and welcome to the 55th 00:02.265 --> 00:04.542 Wing Change of responsibility ceremony , 00:04.542 --> 00:06.042 Transferring command chief 00:06.042 --> 00:07.876 responsibility from Chief Master 00:07.876 --> 00:09.820 Sergeant Andrew R . Small to Chief 00:09.820 --> 00:12.689 Master Sergeant Alex J Uty . I will say 00:12.689 --> 00:14.970 that it has been my blessing to have 00:14.970 --> 00:17.192 served this wing and the airman of this 00:17.192 --> 00:19.248 wing these last two years with you . 00:19.409 --> 00:21.631 With his voice shaking and holding back 00:21.631 --> 00:23.853 emotions , Colonel Aaron Gray describes 00:23.853 --> 00:25.909 the attributes of Chief Small to the 00:25.909 --> 00:27.965 standing room only crowd who came to 00:27.965 --> 00:30.049 witness this ceremony . Many on hand 00:30.049 --> 00:32.271 didn't need to hear these words because 00:32.271 --> 00:34.327 they have firsthand knowledge of his 00:34.327 --> 00:36.493 character from his time here at Offutt 00:36.493 --> 00:38.610 over the past 4 years . Anytime an 00:38.610 --> 00:40.930 airman would ask him a question that he 00:40.930 --> 00:42.986 didn't have an answer to , he'd tell 00:42.986 --> 00:44.930 him to email him , and that airman 00:44.930 --> 00:47.152 would get an answer from him . He cared 00:47.152 --> 00:49.319 and people saw how much he cared . And 00:49.319 --> 00:51.541 I think that's what really , really got 00:51.541 --> 00:53.486 people to want to come out for him 00:53.486 --> 00:53.389 because he was always there for them . 00:53.700 --> 00:55.644 Colonel Gray says if he could have 00:55.644 --> 00:57.589 extended him for a 3rd year as his 00:57.589 --> 00:59.589 chief , he wouldn't have given it a 00:59.589 --> 01:01.644 second thought , except for the fact 01:01.644 --> 01:05.000 that . I know that it is best for him 01:05.069 --> 01:07.279 and his family and for the Air Force 01:07.819 --> 01:09.652 that he continues on to his next 01:09.652 --> 01:12.069 assignment at 5th Air Force . In Japan , 01:12.410 --> 01:14.521 and just as Colonel Gray wants to see 01:14.521 --> 01:16.889 Chief Small advance his career , Chief 01:16.889 --> 01:19.290 Small made sure to inspire his airmen 01:19.290 --> 01:21.410 to better themselves every day . I've 01:21.410 --> 01:23.354 been in the Air Force for about 16 01:23.354 --> 01:26.330 years now , and this last 1.5 , 2 01:26.330 --> 01:28.930 years-ish , I've experienced some of 01:28.930 --> 01:31.029 the most growth in my career working 01:31.029 --> 01:33.690 with him and alongside him , and he 01:33.690 --> 01:35.746 does that to everybody . It's just a 01:35.746 --> 01:38.269 natural thing being around Chief . That 01:38.269 --> 01:41.069 he grows you as an individual and so I 01:41.069 --> 01:43.180 will forever be grateful for that and 01:43.180 --> 01:45.402 remember it . Chief Small says he hopes 01:45.402 --> 01:47.513 airmen understand becoming a chief is 01:47.513 --> 01:49.513 just that it's something that takes 01:49.513 --> 01:51.513 years to become . I didn't become a 01:51.513 --> 01:53.569 command chief overnight . I became a 01:53.569 --> 01:55.949 command chief because I was an SEO and 01:55.949 --> 01:58.230 I was an NCO within the flight and I 01:58.230 --> 02:00.459 was growing who I was going to be one 02:00.459 --> 02:02.515 day until this point , and I'm still 02:02.515 --> 02:04.848 growing , by the way . We're all airmen . 02:04.848 --> 02:04.470 This is what we want to do . We want to 02:04.470 --> 02:06.692 accomplish the mission . And we want to 02:06.692 --> 02:08.692 do it well . We want to make people 02:08.692 --> 02:10.581 proud . We want to work for other 02:10.581 --> 02:12.859 people . We want to be servant leaders . 02:12.859 --> 02:15.026 Colonel Gray also says he hopes we can 02:15.026 --> 02:14.610 all become a little more like Chief 02:14.610 --> 02:17.570 Small every day . You are more than a 02:17.570 --> 02:20.869 coworker . You're more than our command 02:20.869 --> 02:23.750 chief . You are someone we all admire . 02:24.110 --> 02:26.166 If we could all become a little more 02:26.166 --> 02:28.332 like you , we'd be doing well , humble 02:28.332 --> 02:30.850 and understated in everything you do . 02:31.149 --> 02:34.389 You follow the rule . Don't pretend to 02:34.389 --> 02:36.679 be more than what you actually are . 02:37.839 --> 02:40.100 But always be more than you appear . 02:40.850 --> 02:43.089 Reporting from dock one , I'm JB Artley 02:43.089 --> 02:45.311 for the fifty-fifth wing Public Affairs 02:45.311 --> 02:47.367 Office , where the sun never sets on 02:47.367 --> 02:47.910 the fighting fifty-fifth .