WEBVTT 00:01.453 --> 00:04.370 (jet engine roars) 00:06.725 --> 00:09.700 (gentle guitar music) 00:09.700 --> 00:11.080 - Welcome to Liberty Talks. 00:11.080 --> 00:13.510 Today, we have Chief Master Sergeant Jameson, 00:13.510 --> 00:15.970 the new command chief of RAF Lakenheath. 00:15.970 --> 00:17.550 Chief, thank you for joining us today. 00:17.550 --> 00:18.470 How you doing? 00:18.470 --> 00:19.303 - I'm doing awesome. 00:19.303 --> 00:20.930 It's my pleasure to be here and thank you all 00:20.930 --> 00:21.960 for coming out and doing this. 00:21.960 --> 00:22.793 This is awesome. 00:22.793 --> 00:23.626 - Yeah. Thank you for joining us. 00:23.626 --> 00:25.990 We're happy to have you here at the Liberty Wing. 00:25.990 --> 00:27.591 Just have a couple of questions for you. 00:27.591 --> 00:28.510 I was wondering if you can tell us 00:28.510 --> 00:29.950 a little bit about yourself. 00:29.950 --> 00:32.510 - Yeah, so I've been in the Air Force for 26 years. 00:32.510 --> 00:35.070 I was born, raised mostly in Kansas City, Missouri. 00:35.070 --> 00:37.010 Came in the Air Force when I was 18. 00:37.010 --> 00:39.750 Again, going on 26 years and loving every minute of it. 00:39.750 --> 00:40.880 It's still fun. 00:40.880 --> 00:42.000 It's still a blast getting out 00:42.000 --> 00:43.530 and spending time with our Airmen 00:43.530 --> 00:45.600 and seeing just the amazing things they do every day. 00:45.600 --> 00:47.840 - Where were you at before the Liberty Wing? 00:47.840 --> 00:49.890 - So before Liberty Wing, I was the Command Chief 00:49.890 --> 00:51.410 of the 80th Flying Training Wing, 00:51.410 --> 00:52.900 so there at Sheppard Air Force Base, 00:52.900 --> 00:55.370 the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, 00:55.370 --> 00:58.440 training all the newest pilots for the NATO alliance. 00:58.440 --> 00:59.750 - Now that you're here at the Liberty Wing, 00:59.750 --> 01:01.180 can you tell me what your priorities are? 01:01.180 --> 01:02.050 - Absolutely. 01:02.050 --> 01:04.750 So my priorities are not gonna differ 01:04.750 --> 01:06.120 that much from the boss's. 01:06.120 --> 01:08.190 So as everybody knows, the boss's priorities are 01:08.190 --> 01:11.980 readiness, F-35 and strengthen the community. 01:11.980 --> 01:14.060 As a command chief, mostly my role's gonna be 01:14.060 --> 01:16.640 in the strengthen community and readiness piece of it, 01:16.640 --> 01:18.300 and we're gonna bring all the team together 01:18.300 --> 01:20.520 with our civilian community, our on-base community, 01:20.520 --> 01:22.130 all our helping agencies 01:22.130 --> 01:24.230 and build some better Airmen, 01:24.230 --> 01:26.340 build Lakenheath into the place to be, 01:26.340 --> 01:27.840 where everyone wants to be 01:27.840 --> 01:30.890 and as we do that, our readiness will just simply increase. 01:30.890 --> 01:33.090 When F-35s come here, it'll be seamless. 01:33.090 --> 01:34.920 - Chief, now that you're here at the Liberty Wing, 01:34.920 --> 01:36.330 what excites you about being here? 01:36.330 --> 01:39.520 - Man, the mission here at Lakenheath is just, it's awesome. 01:39.520 --> 01:41.960 You hear the F-15s take off every day 01:41.960 --> 01:43.920 and you know that's the sound of freedom 01:43.920 --> 01:46.200 and you know that what we do matters, 01:46.200 --> 01:47.700 and when we sit across the wing 01:47.700 --> 01:50.200 and we look at all the things our Airmen do, 01:50.200 --> 01:53.090 we know that it's all because we matter. 01:53.090 --> 01:54.940 We gotta get those jets off the ground, 01:54.940 --> 01:57.530 we gotta defend the region if called upon to do it, 01:57.530 --> 01:59.980 we gotta push air power forward and in the end, 01:59.980 --> 02:01.863 we gotta own the skies. 02:01.863 --> 02:05.120 - What can Airmen here on base expect from you 02:05.120 --> 02:06.130 as a command chief? 02:06.130 --> 02:08.600 - So you gotta expect me to be excited about our mission. 02:08.600 --> 02:10.290 You can expect me to be excited 02:10.290 --> 02:12.230 about getting out and helping you. 02:12.230 --> 02:14.300 I will fix as many problems as I can. 02:14.300 --> 02:16.760 The one thing I ask is if you got 'em, bring 'em to us. 02:16.760 --> 02:19.350 I can't tell you how many times I've been into a shop 02:19.350 --> 02:21.230 just talking and engaging with Airmen 02:21.230 --> 02:22.617 and ask 'em, "Hey, do you have everything you need? 02:22.617 --> 02:23.960 "Is there anything I can help you with?" 02:23.960 --> 02:26.080 and they're like, "No, Chief, we're good. We're good." 02:26.080 --> 02:28.210 And an hour later, I'll be in a meeting 02:28.210 --> 02:30.017 and their boss or command or someone will be like, 02:30.017 --> 02:32.850 "Hey, this shop really could use X, Y or Z," 02:32.850 --> 02:34.960 but the Airmen didn't tell me that. 02:34.960 --> 02:36.290 It was someone else. 02:36.290 --> 02:38.690 So as I'm out and about, if you see me, stop me. 02:38.690 --> 02:41.200 Tell me, "Hey, Chief, we really could use..." 02:41.200 --> 02:42.380 whatever it is 02:42.380 --> 02:43.710 or "Hey, we'd like to see this come," 02:43.710 --> 02:45.230 or "Hey, have y'all thought about this?" 02:45.230 --> 02:47.140 'Cause me and the boss are excited about getting out 02:47.140 --> 02:50.210 and helping Lakenheath and the community and our Airmen 02:50.210 --> 02:52.610 build this into something that everyone just loves 02:52.610 --> 02:54.660 and they never wanna leave. 02:54.660 --> 02:57.220 - Chief, thank you so much for joining us today. 02:57.220 --> 02:58.540 Had a great time chatting with you. 02:58.540 --> 03:00.237 We're excited to have you here at the Liberty Wing 03:00.237 --> 03:02.341 and we can't wait to see you (indistinct). 03:02.341 --> 03:03.174 - Thank you. 03:03.174 --> 03:05.690 Thanks for coming, and I'm excited to be here. 03:05.690 --> 03:07.380 And to all the Airmen, seriously, hit me up. 03:07.380 --> 03:08.430 I'm here to help you all. 03:08.430 --> 03:09.460 I work for you. 03:09.460 --> 03:11.200 But thanks for coming over. It was awesome. 03:11.200 --> 03:12.550 - Absolutely. Thanks again.