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Hi team Shaw . I'm Chief ma Sergeant

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Chris Grace . I am the new 20 fighter

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wing Ballard command chief . I'm

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originally from Memphis , Tennessee and

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I'm here with my wife Jamie and she's

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been with me every step of the way

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throughout my 27 year career . And I

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have three wonderful Children who are

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off in the world doing wonderful things .

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And I also have one beautiful

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granddaughter . So I began my air force

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journey 27 years ago as a services

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airman , I was afforded the opportunity

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to do some absolutely incredible stuff .

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Ultimately , it led me to become a

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first sergeant , which is indeed one of

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the best jobs I've ever had and really

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allowed me to develop my true passion

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which is taking care of airmen from

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there . I went on to make chief , which

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I'm fortunate to be able to accomplish

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and I'm truly blessed to do so . I went

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back to my career field . I became a

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forced support squadron and senior

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enlisted leader . And from there , I

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had a fantastic opportunity to become

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the first command chief for the Air

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Force Operational Test and Evaluation

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Center , which ultimately leads me here

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today to again , to truly be blessed to

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serve the airmen here at Shaw Air Force

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Base for me is three things , is faith ,

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family and fitness is what keeps me

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resilient and allows me to be the best

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version of myself every day . As busy

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as we get in life , we have to take

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care of our families and they are

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extremely important . So I'm really big

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on families . They are my everything

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and I like to show them off and bring

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them along with me . Every chance I get

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the advice I have for weasel nations .

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So take care of yourselves and your

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families . That's the most important

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thing . Next . Be a good teammate ,

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take care of each other and look out

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for each other . And third , you know ,

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I'm proud of you . I want you to be

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proud of what you do day in and day out

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for our nation , you matter and

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everyone here on this base is extremely

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important to our nation's defense .

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Yeah , I want to make Shaw Air Force

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Base assault after location for our

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airmen , guardians , soldiers and

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families to want to come to and be

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stationed up . I want to do that by

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taking care of airmen pouring into our

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airmen through resiliency and

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development . And I think by doing all

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those things , it's gonna allow us to

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deter our adversaries and it's going to

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allow us to be able to fight the next

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fight .