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Hi , I'm Chief Master Sergeant heather

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Richmond's for 19th . Fighter wing

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command chief . I'm a citizen airman ,

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which is what a lot of our reservists

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are born and raised in the 4/19 started

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in medical , So I was a foray . Oh

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health services management was in the

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medical squadron for 21 years , Then I

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moved over to mission support group , I

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was the group's superintendent there

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for five years here I am now is the

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command chief on the civilian side , a

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human resources director for a global

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health care company focused on kidney

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dialysis , which is medical

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manufacturing . HR it's very similar to

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what I do in the Air Force is the chief

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now as a command chief , a huge

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majority of us are traditional

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reservists and have that civilian

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experience , which is , you know , a

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lot that we bring to the fight and you

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know , we're able to implement that

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experience in conjunction with our

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military jobs , which I think is really

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important . I want to be able to speak

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to the airmen . I work a lot with

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chiefs , you know , kernels , everyone

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very high ranking , but I want to be me

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and I want to be relatable . So the

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airmen feel like I can be approached .

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So my priorities are first people and

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culture . If you don't have a good

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culture , you really don't have

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anything . People need to want to come

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to work and feel like they matter and

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feel like they're part of a team . So

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that's something that I believe that I

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need to focus on is the command chief .

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Second is mission readiness . We have

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to be 100% mission ready at all times .

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We need to be able to answer the

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nation's call whenever we get it . And

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then third professional development ,

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we're all leaders . Regardless of our

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rank , we need to make sure we're

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developing our pipeline behind us . The

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4 19th is my family . No question . I'm

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in a leadership position , but I'm

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wearing this uniform for you , for our

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airmen . That's 100% what it's about .

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I'm going to show up to work and I'm

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working for you . I need to know what ,

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what it is that you need , tell me what

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you need , and I'm going to do whatever

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I can to break down barriers , break

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down walls to make sure that you are

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successful .