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Hey team cadena . This is Chief Master

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sergeant , Ronnie Woods the 18th wing

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command chief or better known as the

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shogun chief .

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Mhm . So I called home

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Chicago Illinois , grew up in the inner

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city , um a lot of gangs , drugs and

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violence , but it came from a

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hardworking family . I really enjoy

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sports , so I'm real big into the bulls ,

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the bears and the cubs . Part of the

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story of me joining the military ,

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starts with my grandmother . So when I

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was a senior in high school , my

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grandmother kind of encouraged me to

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either through the college or do the

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military . Um and after having

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conversations with her , I decided that

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my best interest was to join the United

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States Air Force started my career as

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security forces . I did that for 11

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years and then I did battle management

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control for 11 years . My career has

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been everything for me . So my career

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saved my life essentially like coming

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from where I come from . Um the life

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expectancy can be kind of short at

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times . The United States Air Force's

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help me travel the entire world , meet

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all types of people , see challenges ,

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overcome challenges and continue to go

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on as a Chief Master Sergeant , taking

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care of the people . I've got five

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distinct focus areas that I want to

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focus on . The command as the command

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chief , which is development readiness ,

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innovation people and standards or in

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short drips . So this social media

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platform is extremely important to me

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as a command chief because it gives a

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voice to the people , I can inspire , I

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can develop and I can recognize our

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personnel . And also it's really

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important for me to give a platform for

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them to reach out to me with any

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questions or concerns . So I hope you

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check out the social media page team

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cadena .