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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks to Airmen in training during final formation on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass speaks with Airmen in training during final formation on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. During her visit Bass toured facilities, recognized Airmen for excellent performance and addressed Air Force policies during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass listens to question from 81st Training Wing Airman during an all-call on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass listens to a question from an 81st Training Wing Airman during an all-call at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. During her visit, Bass toured facilities, recognized Airmen for excellent performance and addressed Air Force policies during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass receives a brief on training at the 334th Training Squadron at the Levitow Training Support Facility on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass receives a brief on training at the 334th Training Squadron at the Levitow Training Support Facility on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. The 334th Training Squadron is responsible training Airmen in all aspects of ground-based aerospace command and control. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks to Airmen in training during final formation on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass speaks with Airmen in training during final formation on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. During her visit Bass toured facilities, recognized Airmen for excellent performance and addressed Air Force policies during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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        Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass listens to question from 81st Training Wing Airman during an all-call on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass listens to a question from an 81st Training Wing Airman during an all-call at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. During her visit, Bass toured facilities, recognized Airmen for excellent performance and addressed Air Force policies during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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        Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass receives a brief on training at the 334th Training Squadron at the Levitow Training Support Facility on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass receives a brief on training at the 334th Training Squadron at the Levitow Training Support Facility on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. The 334th Training Squadron is responsible training Airmen in all aspects of ground-based aerospace command and control. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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CMSAF, senior leaders visit Keesler AFBPublished Dec. 21, 2023
                    
                    By Senior Airman Trenten Walters
                    
                    
                    81st Training Wing Public Affairs
            **KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFNS) --**On Dec. 19, **Keesler Air Force Base** welcomed a familiar face, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force **JoAnne Bass**, who explored the base to gain a firsthand perspective on how the 81st Training Wing is executing its mission.
Bass represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, as her position includes offering guidance to the enlisted force and advocating for their interests as necessary, both to the American public and across all government levels.
Accompanying her was the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Honorable **Alex Wagner** and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force first sergeant special duty manager, also known as Diamond 1.
The tour kicked off with the senior leaders having a sit-down breakfast with Airmen across the wing. Hitting on the 81st TRW’s priority of empowered Airmen, the breakfast provided opportunity for Airmen of all ranks to have open discussion on topics such as the benefits of transitioning from bullet format to narratives for evaluations, capitalizing on military benefits, managing a work life balance and staying motivated.
“Never forget where you came from, why you do what you do and never quit learning,” Bass said.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, the Honorable Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force First Sergeant Special Duty manager, learn about the 333rd Training Squadron Cyber Escape Room on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Honorable Alex Wagner and Chief Master Sgt. John Alsvig, Air Force first sergeant special duty manager, learn about the 333rd Training Squadron Cyber Escape Room on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. During their visit, the senior leaders toured facilities, recognized Airmen for excellent performance and addressed Air Force policies during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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After breakfast, they witnessed how the 81st TRW is focusing on training through going on tour of the 333rd Training Squadron’s schoolhouse, where officers and enlisted service members go for cyberspace initial and advanced skills training. They surveyed the Cyber Escape Room, designed to challenge students’ skill sets from ​​decoding cyphers and packet tracing to programming and networking. Additionally, the tour highlighted the 334th TS’s air traffic control study room that gives students greater access to radar and tower static tables and Max Sim ATC simulators which has proven to reduce the elimination rate of the course by 4%. Providing study rooms give students more opportunities to absorb and retain information outside of classroom hours, further enhancing dorms as a weapon system.
Following a peak into the 81st Training Group, Bass hosted an all call for approximately 400 Airman across the installation, providing them insight and discussion of our evolving force and answering questions with the support of Wagner and Alsvig.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass conducts an End of Watch’ retiring of the aiguillette ceremony on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 19, 2023.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass conducts an “End of Watch” retiring of the aiguillette ceremony on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 19, 2023. During her visit, Bass toured facilities, recognized Airmen for excellent performance and addressed Air Force policies during an all-call. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
            
            
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Bass’s time at Keesler AFB wrapped up with a final formation of all five training squadrons, where she motivated Airmen and Guardians in training and conducted an ‘End of Watch’ retiring of the aiguillette ceremony for two military training leaders.
The tour to Keesler AFB marks the last time Bass will visit the installation as the chief master sergeant of the Air Force. Immediately before her CMSAF assignment, Bass was stationed at Keesler AFB as the Second Air Force command chief making the base an unofficial homecoming tour.LR 



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