Bass is Air Force's First Female Enlisted Leader

摘要

Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass will become the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the first woman to serve as the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer of any U.S. military service. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who will take over as Chief of Staff in August, picked Bass to follow outgoing CMSAF Kaleth O. Wright. Bass' selection sets up a historic leadership slate for the Air Force: It will become the first military branch run by a Black flag officer and a female enlisted Chief. Bass is also the first Asian American to serve as the highest-ranking noncommissioned member of a U.S. military service. "I'm honored and humbled to be selected as the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and follow in the footsteps of some of the best leaders our Air Force has ever known," Bass said in a June 19 press release. "The history of the moment isn't lost on me; I'm just ready to get after it. And I'm extremely grateful for and proud of my family and friends who helped me along the way."