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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass pose with the international officers and senior enlisted leaders inducted into the 2022 Chief of Staff and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force International Honor Roll during a ceremony, April 13, 2022, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., (seated center left) and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass (seated center right) pose with the international officers and senior enlisted leaders inducted into the 2022 Chief of Staff and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force International Honor Roll during a ceremony, April 13, 2022, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The International Honor Roll recognizes former Air University students who rose to prominent positions within their country’s military or government. This is the first time senior enlisted leaders have been inducted into the honor roll. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)
                
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        Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass celebrates with the inaugural group of enlisted Chief of Staff and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force International Honor Roll inductees after a ceremony at the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter-Annex, Montgomery, Alabama, April 13, 2022. For 34-years, the honor roll has memorialized Air University international graduates who have gone on to attain prominent positions within their home-country’s military or government. This marks the first time senior enlisted leaders have been so recognized. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cassandra Cornwell)Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass celebrates with the inaugural group of enlisted Chief of Staff and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force International Honor Roll inductees after a ceremony at the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 13, 2022. For 34 years, the honor roll has memorialized Air University international graduates who have gone on to attain prominent positions within their home-country’s military or government. This marks the first time senior enlisted leaders have been so recognized. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cassandra Cornwell)
                
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First enlisted leaders enshrined in CSAF, CMSAF International Honor RollPublished April 15, 2022
                    
                    By Billy Blankenship
                    
                    
                    Air University Public Affairs
            **MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) --****Air University** enshrined its first senior enlisted leader graduates, along with officer alumni, into the Chief of Staff and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force International Honor Roll during a ceremony at **Maxwell Air Force Base**, April 13.For the enlisted inductees, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force **JoAnne S. Bass** held an additional ceremony later in the day to dedicate the International Honor Roll wall in the **Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy** on Maxwell AFB’s Gunter Annex, memorializing their accomplishments.For 34 years, the International Honor Roll has honored Air University graduates who have gone on to attain prominent positions within their home-country’s military or government.In conjunction with the addition of honoring enlisted graduates for the first time, the honor roll is newly sponsored by the offices of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.“The significance of inducting our partner nation senior enlisted leaders into the International Honor Roll alumni cannot be overstated,” Bass said. “As we enter an era of contested domains, our international allies and partners will be the ones standing alongside us. I couldn’t be more excited to celebrate the induction of our newest IHR members.”Enlisted nominees for the honor roll must have graduated in-resident Air Force SNCOA, which has graduated 402 international students from 42 countries since 1973. The academy also has four international instructors on staff to further enhance the global perspective for the senior enlisted students.“It’s a great privilege. I’m very delighted to be recognized,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Alvydas Tamošiūnas, command senior enlisted leader of the Lithuanian air force and SNCOA 2009 graduate. “It’s very good for my organization, and for my country, as well. It was great people and a great class. The instructors built a great network to communicate that is still alive. It’s working and it’s effective. The class builds bridges between different cultures, and it’s very important to us.”The enlisted-specific event at the SNCOA provided Air Force senior enlisted leaders the opportunity to ensure their enlisted international partners knew their contributions in the classroom were valued and the relationships formed during that time are ongoing. Honorees joined Bass on a tour of the Enlisted Heritage Hall as part of the event.“Having our senior enlisted international partners recognized is an amazing addition to these historic hallways and to our program,” said Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Hoglund, the Air Force SNCOA commandant. “It’s important for all to see these names of alumni who have come through our Air Force’s only senior noncommissioned officer academy and gone on to have exceptional careers in their counties. The interaction, collaboration and strategic insights have made a big impact when called upon to act in a global response. Since graduating our first international senior enlisted leader in 1995, our educating and developing ecosystem proves the opportunity to share perspectives and create relationships that go beyond the course setting, and it’s amazing to see these individuals honored in this way.”The enlisted members of the 2022 inducted class and year graduated SNCOA include:Command Sgt. Maj. Vladimir Blažek, Command Senior Enlisted Leader Training Command-Military Academy, Czech Republic, 2009Chief Master Sgt. Janis Jallai, Chief Master Sergeant of the Estonian air force, Estonia (2014-2019), 2010Chief Master Sgt. Andres Riisaar, Chief Master Sergeant of the Estonian air force, 2013Chief Master Sgt. Zsolt Berek, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Hungarian Defense Forces, Hungary, 2016Retired Chief Warrant Officer Saif Aldeen Moh'D Ibraheem Al-Dammin, Royal Jordanian air force, Jordan, 2014Command Sgt. Maj. Alvydas Tamošiūnas, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of the Lithuanian air force, Lithuania, 2009Chief Master Sgt. Hans Hutmacher, Command Chief Master Sergeant of Joint Operations Command, Switzerland, (2018-2020), 2012FS 



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