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Tyndall says farewell to command chief

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  • By Airman 1st Class Christopher Reel
  • 325th Fighter Wing Pubic Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  After more than two years as the command chief of the 325th Fighter Wing, Team Tyndall will say farewell to Command Chief Master Sgt. Jackie Green and his family, June 19.

For Green, his next assignment will be bittersweet. He will be taking off the command chief star and will depart Tyndall for a one-year unaccompanied tour as the 51st Operations Group superintendant at Osan Air Base, South Korea.

His wife and children will return to the Green's home near Oklahoma City, Okla.

"With every assignment there is always an adjustment to go through," said Green. "The Air Force is always changing and adjusting based on what is occurring and what our future needs are. We as Airman adjust with what is going on now and prepare for change by paying attention to what we see coming in the future. Being prepared for change and being accepting of change will benefit the success of the mission and changes that may occur."

Tyndall is also currently going through a change, as it transitions to Air Combat Command in October. However, the Chief is confident wing leadership will make the move seamless.

"With recent leadership changes, the wing commander, the group commanders... they all have ACC experience," explained Green. "The chiefs working for those commanders as well as the new command chief will help facilitate that mission."

"The attitude I see on base; Airmen seem to be ready for the new opportunities to deploy to perform temporary duties," he added. "They seem ready to step up the pace. For those eager, I suggest helping their peers to get on the same page and embrace the new change."

The Chief expects his transition will also go smoothly due to what he has learned from his assignment at Tyndall. Because he is familiar with the mission at fighter installations, he feels he will be able to better concentrate on the other aspects of the mission at Osan.

"Though I look forward to the road ahead, there are plenty of memories I plan to take with me from here," he said. "My family and I have enjoyed our assignment here. The community on and off base has truly defined this assignment for me."

This assignment was literally a dream come true for the Chief, as he has had Tyndall on his assignment dream sheet since he entered the Air Force in 1984.

"I've been in the Air Force for 28 years, and I'm glad I got to experience Tyndall at this point in my career," he added.

Green had his first experience with Tyndall Airmen when he was deployed to Southwest Asia.

"Tyndall's force support squadron had a significant number of people there," said Green. "Those Airmen were at all the services locations on the base. All of them always had a smile on their face and a great attitude. They set the tone for the great morale that we had there."

"I knew if I ever had the opportunity to come to Tyndall, I knew that that was not an opportunity I would want to pass up," Green said.

During his assignment at Tyndall, Green has been actively involved with enlisted professional development, welcoming new Airmen to Tyndall at the First Term Airmen Center and watching the First Shirt Council develop.

"If I could have put more time on the calendar to be out there face to face with Airmen in the squadrons, I would have," Green expressed. "However, it is all a balance. There are things that need to get done in the office that support the Airmen and the base. Then you have to balance all that time with the time we have to spend with our families."

"I enjoyed building relationships through face-to-face communication," said Green. "Phone calls and e-mails are great, but there is no comparison to face-to-face conversations."

As he gets ready to depart for Osan, Team Tyndall has given the command chief plenty to reflect on.

"As for the Airmen, the Airmen inspire me," Green said. "The noncommissioned officers, I'm proud of them, and they are the strength of the Air Force. The senior noncommissioned officers, I'm proud to be among them and a peer. As for our officers, we could not ask for better leadership to lead our enlisted force. The civilians, we as an Air Force, we could not do what we do every day if it wasn't for our civilians being Airmen too."

Green provides his final words of advice to the team he has served so proudly with.

"Not everybody gets the chance to serve, especially in the Air Force," added Green. "Relish every day the time we have in uniform. Appreciate the trust that the American citizen has in what we do, and do not let them down with our behavior and our actions. I cannot urge our Airmen enough to get their college education and always develop your professional and personal education. All of those things will set them up for success in the military and in the civilian world."