For our session today . We're actually
very lucky because we happen to be TDY
here at Hill Air Force Base , Utah .
And this is the home of the 75th Air
Base Wing . Uh 75th Air Base Wing is
one of the three air base wings in the
Air Force Sustainment Center . These
are our power projection platforms and
for our first guest in the year 2024
we're very excited to have Chief Master
Sergeant Vernon Jackson , the 75th Air
Base Wing command chief chief . Thank
you so much for uh joining us here ,
Chiefs chat . Uh We're very excited to
have you here . And what I would like
to ask you to share with the rest of
the audience is what are some of the
cool things that 75 75th Air Base Wing
is doing that really um focus on
me , people , culture and readiness
objectives . And why is it such an
integral part of the Air Force
Sustainment Center ? Happy New Year .
Thank you . Happy new Year . Yes . Yes .
Nice to have you back with us . Thank
you so much . Well , as , as you know ,
uh 75th Air Base Wing is a home to 55
mission partners . And so you can
imagine we have a host of uh individual
efforts that tackle SIMS a focus areas .
But one in particular is what we're
most proud of . Project one . And
project one is uh about readiness
through belonging and community . It
has five lines of effort , airmen and
family engagement , school engagement ,
state and government engagement ,
community engagement , and finally
spiritual engagement . So we , we
really believe that uh as airman , we
owe them a sense of purpose and a sense
of belonging and uh project one gives
them both . So we're really proud of
that . That is so cool . Thank you so
much . Um Just tell us a little bit
about yourself . What's your origin
story ? Well , you know , I , I , I've
been in the military for almost 22
years now from North New Jersey , uh
joined the military to get away from
New Jersey . My first base , New Jersey .
I was there for almost nine years at
mcguire Air Space . And from there , I ,
I probably moved every two years from
that point forward . I have a host of
uh P CS S 12 now , several deployments
and so time wants to add things of that
nature , but just happy to be in a
military care . Well , it's been an
amazing time working with you in such a
short time . You're definitely an
exceptional command chief um that I'm
able to work with . And so why do you
love doing this job people . So , so ,
you know , as a young airman , I , I
wanted to be , I always wanted to be a
chief and that's awesome . I didn't
think I could be a chief , but I always
wanted to be a chief because I saw the
impact the chiefs had on me . Uh you
know , with a rough back around and ,
and coming up with a way I did a chief
put me under his wing and made me who I
am today and I just wanted to pay it
for . Do you mind sharing with the
chief's name ? Yes . His name is Dwayne
Hopkins . He's now retired and working
at the , at the Pentagon . That's
awesome . Very cool . Well , there you
have it folks that is our session of
Chief chat for today . Keep leading .
Well .