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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass learns how to use an air compressed nail gun during her visit to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 8, 2021. The office of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, provides direction for the enlisted corps and represents their interests to the American public and all levels of government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)CMSAF visits fabrication flight at Dover AFB
                        
                        
                        Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass learns how to use an air compressed nail gun during her visit to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 8, 2021. The office of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, provides direction for the enlisted corps and represents their interests to the American public and all levels of government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)
                
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        Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass takes a selfie with Dover Air Force Base senior leaders as she ends a two-day visit at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 8, 2021. The office of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, provides direction for the enlisted corps and represents their interests to the American public and all levels of government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)CMSAF experiences Dover AFB’s culture, innovation
                        
                        
                        Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass takes a selfie with Dover Air Force Base senior leaders as she ends a two-day visit at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 8, 2021. The office of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, provides direction for the enlisted corps and represents their interests to the American public and all levels of government. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)
                
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        Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass addresses members of Dover Air Force Base during a mission brief at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Del., Jan. 7, 2021. During her visit, Bass emphasized the importance of personal and professional readiness in response to the Air Force’s rapidly evolving strategic landscape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)CMSAF experiences Dover AFB’s culture, innovation
                        
                        
                        Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass addresses members of Dover Air Force Base during a mission brief at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Del., Jan. 7, 2021. During her visit, Bass emphasized the importance of personal and professional readiness in response to the Air Force’s rapidly evolving strategic landscape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephani Barge)
                
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CMSAF experiences Dover AFB’s culture, innovationPublished Jan. 12, 2021
                    
                    By Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer
                    
                    
                    436th Airlift Wing
            **DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) --**Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force **JoAnne S. Bass**, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Mike Perry, Air Force First Sergeant special duty manager, and Chief Master Sgt. Jalil Samacarchin, Air Force Aircraft Systems career field manager, visited **Dover Air Force Base**, Jan. 7-8, experiencing firsthand how Dover AFB trains multi-capable Airmen, develops innovative leaders, and continues to cultivate a culture of diversity and inclusion.
During her visit, Bass emphasized the importance of personal and professional readiness in response to the Air Force’s rapidly evolving strategic landscape.
“You are serving ... in a time, today that it matters more than it ever has before,” Bass said. “When I came in, we were just focused on air, land, sea, now we have to focus on air, land, sea, space, cyber, information, and I’ll throw economics in there ... that’s the high-end fight that we are thinking about.”
Over her two-day visit, Bass toured the base’s Tactics and Leadership Nexus and Bedrock innovation lab where Dover AFB Total Force Airmen can develop as multi-capable, innovative leaders.
“As an Air Force, we need to create the best leaders so that our Airmen realize they can reach their full potential,” Bass said. “I'm focused (on) how we get after developing leaders and getting after the culture. So that we identify it ... we can have a culture where every Airman can thrive, where every Airman feels valued.”
Given her focus on culture, Bass also attended a luncheon with the Dover AFB diversity and inclusion advocates, who highlighted events from a three-day “Pause for Better Race Relations,” stand-down held at Dover AFB Aug. 5-7, 2020.
“There’s a difference in what’s formalized in policy and what truly needs to happen to motivate culture (change),” Perry said. “By far, everything I’m hearing and seeing at Dover (AFB), especially this (Pause for Better Race Relations) demonstrates that.”
Total Force Airmen from across the installation at Dover AFB are leading the Air Force culture shift.
“That is indicative of a (one-team culture) relationship between the 436th Airlift Wing, **512th Airlift Wing**, **166th Airlift Wing**, **Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations**, and **Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Airmen**,” Bass said.
Bass concluded her visit with discussion with Airman in which she emphasized the need to “**Accelerate Change or Lose**” coupled with a need to care for one another.
“The help that I’m going to ask is that you make a difference in your organizations,” Bass said. “That you leave it better than what you found it. I’m going to ask that you’re a good teammate to your fellow wingmen and for you to help create a culture you know is right.”AFWN 



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