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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Airmen shake handsChief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, left, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Hill, a civil engineer Airman with the 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team, Oklahoma Air National Guard, during a visit to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Oct. 12, 2023. Citizen Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)
            
            
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woman speaks to crowd of AirmenChief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass emphasizes the importance of every Airman in the fight against adversaries while talking to Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen during a visit to the 137th Special Operations Wing, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Oct. 12, 2023. Citizen Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)
            
            
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Tech. Sgt. Jaboree Kiel, an 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team trainer, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, Staff Sgt. Tyrone Harrison, a civil engineer Airman with the 137th SOW MST and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force first sergeant special duty manager, share a laugh as a well-camouflaged Airman rises from the landscape during a visit to the 137th SOW, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 12, 2023. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)Tech. Sgt. Jaboree Kiel, an 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team trainer, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, Staff Sgt. Tyrone Harrison, a civil engineer Airman with the 137th SOW MST and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force first sergeant special duty manager, share a laugh as a well-camouflaged Airman rises from the landscape during a visit to the 137th SOW, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 12, 2023. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)
            
            
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Airmen shake handsChief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, left, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Hill, a civil engineer Airman with the 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team, Oklahoma Air National Guard, during a visit to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Oct. 12, 2023. Citizen Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)
            
            
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        woman speaks to crowd of AirmenChief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass emphasizes the importance of every Airman in the fight against adversaries while talking to Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen during a visit to the 137th Special Operations Wing, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Oct. 12, 2023. Citizen Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)
            
            
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        Tech. Sgt. Jaboree Kiel, an 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team trainer, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, Staff Sgt. Tyrone Harrison, a civil engineer Airman with the 137th SOW MST and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force first sergeant special duty manager, share a laugh as a well-camouflaged Airman rises from the landscape during a visit to the 137th SOW, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 12, 2023. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)Tech. Sgt. Jaboree Kiel, an 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team trainer, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, Staff Sgt. Tyrone Harrison, a civil engineer Airman with the 137th SOW MST and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force first sergeant special duty manager, share a laugh as a well-camouflaged Airman rises from the landscape during a visit to the 137th SOW, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 12, 2023. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Erika Chapa)
            
            
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CMSAF underscores need for 137th SOW multi-capable AirmenPublished Oct. 16, 2023
                    
                    By Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire
                    
                    
                    137th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
            **WILL ROGERS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Okla. (AFNS) --**Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force **JoAnne S. Bass** saw firsthand how Airmen with the **137th Special Operations Wing** set the Oklahoma Standard across the force during a visit Oct. 12.
She encouraged every service member she met to understand the “why” of the Air Force’s prioritization of learning multiple skill sets and becoming **multi-capable Airmen**, noting that the wing had leaned into the concept through its mission sustainment team.
“I hope you appreciate learning this skill set that we hopefully will never have to tap into,” Bass said. “We are more focused on reoptimization than we ever have been before. How do we reoptimize what the Air Force looks like to do the number one thing we are supposed to: defend our nation?”Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks with Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen from comptroller, intelligence and cyber career fields during a visit to the 137th Special Operations Wing Oct. 12, 2023 at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks with Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen from comptroller, intelligence and cyber career fields during a visit to the 137th Special Operations Wing Oct. 12, 2023 at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
            
            
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    a woman speaks to a group of AirmenChief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks with a group of 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team Airmen during a tour Oct. 12, 2023, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base. Citizen Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
            
            
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    Tech. Sgt. Stephen Rosebrook, 189th Intelligence Squadron, Oklahoma National Guard, conducts a tour of a mobile processing, exploitation and dissemination center with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass during a visit to the 137th Special Operations Wing Oct. 12, 2023 at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)Tech. Sgt. Stephen Rosebrook, 189th Intelligence Squadron, Oklahoma National Guard, conducts a tour of a mobile processing, exploitation and dissemination center with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass during a visit to the 137th Special Operations Wing Oct. 12, 2023 at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Okla. Airmen with the 137th SOW demonstrated how they bring their multi-capable skill sets to the total force fight and use customized resources for optimum performance against global power competition. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
            
            
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She noted that the variety of civilian and military experience of **Air National Guardsmen** makes them ready-made to be formed into small mission teams, whether someone is a power production specialist in the Guard and a mechanic as a civilian, or a fireman in the Guard and a carpenter as a civilian.
Staff Sgt. Anthony Hill, 137th SOW Mission Sustainment Team, or MST, member, is a civil engineer Airman and policy analyst for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma as a civilian. He encountered the MCA concept during a previous deployment to Africa where they did not have the equipment and training needed to rapidly establish a base for austere operations.
“The tent systems we were setting up were more difficult and heavier in design, it took a longer time to train individuals and assemble units with those different levels of experience and they required a dedicated power grid,” he said. “The tent systems that are now part of our MST deployment package would have made a huge difference in sustaining the mission in that expeditionary environment.”
Discovering how to better equip Airmen for expedient operations in locations with limited resources has been the focus of the MST since its inception. A photo of the MST’s preliminary training activity was featured in the U.S. Air Force “**Profession of Arms**” as it calls for Airmen to serve in whatever form is needed to get the mission accomplished while meeting the expected standard of excellence."Our number one job is to deter. If deterrence does not succeed, we will make sure that we are able to compete and win. We are not fighting conflicts that we have before. We have to optimize ourselves in the information, space and cyber domains because if you lose in those things, you lose – period."Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass
Airmen with the 137th Special Operations Group have developed equipment to be compatible with an expeditionary warfare environment. On the tour, Bass encountered the mobile processing, exploitation and dissemination center, which was built to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in austere locations.
“We were the first to develop this package,” said Tech. Sgt. Stephen Rosebrook, 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron, Oklahoma National Guard. “We have since trained active-duty special operations squadrons as well as partner nation forces.”
The 137th SOW mission is to provide forces organized, trained and equipped to support combatant commanders across the spectrum of conflict. Ensuring its citizen air commandos are prepared to deploy to the fight together anytime, anywhere, is a focus of the wing.
“We have got to reprioritze and reoptimize to make sure that we can continue deterring,” Bass said. “It is not our job to predict when challenges and crises and conflict will come, but it is our job to be ready today for anything.”CMSAF 



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