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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Maxwell AFB, Ala. - Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks at Polifka Auditorium for the Chief Orientation Symposium, an annual event where the Air Force’s newest CMSgt - selects are invited to participate on behalf of the CMSAF Feb 15, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Birchfield)Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass speaks with chief master sergeant-selects during the Chief’s Orientation Course, Feb. 15, 2022, at Polifka Auditorium, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The annual event allows the Air Force’s newest CMSgt-selects to prepare for their initial roles and responsibilities as chiefs while bridging strategic vision into tactical execution. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Birchfield)
                
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CMSAF visits Chief's Orientation Course highlighting readiness, people, culturePublished Feb. 17, 2022
                    
                    By Senior Airman Rhonda Smith
                    
                    
                    Air University Public Affairs
            **MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) --**The Air Force’s newestchief master sergeant-selects were invited to participate in the Chief’s Orientation Course on behalf of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force **JoAnne S. Bass**while atGunter Annex, **Maxwell Air Force Base**, Feb.15-18. 
 The event brings together all of the chief master sergeant-selects fromaround the globe, introduces the group to each other as a source to learn and lean on, and provides an opportunity for them to connect with Air Force senior leaders to help prepare them for life as a chief master sergeant. 
 The orientationwill focus on three areas: readiness, people and culture.

• Readiness - stresses the shift to integrated deterrence with a focus on understanding China and Russia.

• People - focuses on modernizing enlisted force development to retain Airmen and Guardians.

• Culture- speaks to building a service that is inclusive and allows members to thrive.

This year, 495CMSgt-selects will hear remarks from Bass and Air Force Chief of Staff **Gen. CQBrown, Jr.**

“Throughout my career there was a steady learning curve fromAirman basic all the way to chief,” Bass said. “Once I made chief, that learning curve went into overdrive. It’s important to understand that who you are today pales in comparison to who you will be two years from now.”

The goal of the orientation is for theselects to further develop a strategic mindset, have a greater knowledge base on the tools and resources available to be effective on command teams and to care for Airmen, and to build a lifetime connection with their chief master sergeant peers.LR 



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