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- The Chief Orientation Course is designed

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to allow newly promoted Chief Master Sergeants

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kind of an orientation to what the directorates

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up here on staff have to provide for them,

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^everything from readiness to deployments

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^to the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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^It allows for them to get understanding

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of how we can help them at the wing level.

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^- What I hope to take away

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^from this Chief Orientation course

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is the networking ability,

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to listen to their stories from other Chief Selects

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in this course.

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- So I guess just connecting with different people

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^and making new friends.

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I'm enjoying it, I'm enjoying it.

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- [Gregory] When you get these Chief Master Sergeants

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about to put on, they're excited, they're glad to be here.

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They're very appreciative of all the information

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we're giving them from a command perspective

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on how they can become better leaders.

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- I always tell my troops now, I say,

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"My job is to make your job easier,

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"whatever I can do to help."

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That's kind of my philosophy on it.

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- A reserve citizen airman should expect

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from their Chief Master Sergeants

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to be the one they call on,

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to be a mentor to the airmen coming in,

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a person to guide them in their career.

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- Depending on the 18-year old, I would ask them

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what do they want out of life and then, in turn,

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I'd work through that and let them know,

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hey, I'm sure, 99% of the time when I'm doing this

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'cause I've done this several times,

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I find that the Air Force Reserve and the individual,

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they have equal goals.

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- So my plan to help the enlisted members

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who have families is to make sure they are aware

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of all the resources that are out there,

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to include Yellow Ribbon,

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to include Airmen and Family Readiness,

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which is a huge resource regarding financial, housing,

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or any type of domestic issues that may occur.

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- [Gregory] Since our course is open

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to IMAs, ARTs, AGR Chiefs here on staff

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or at the Pentagon or out at a detached unit,

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we wanna make sure that our information is relevant,

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we want to make sure that it's useful for them

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when they get to the course,

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so their feedback is instrumental

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to what curriculum we provide.