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Hi , everyone . Welcome to Chiefs Chat .

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And this is Beth Ferrer , your Air

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Force Sustainment Command Chief . So

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today we're very excited because I'm

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bringing in my very own wingman , the

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executive assistant to the command

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chief , tech sergeant , Paul Dietz Paul .

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How are you doing today ? Good . How

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are you ? Very good . Well , I really

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appreciate you scheduling time on my

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calendar so we can do this right ? So I

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know that you are a defender . Whoa I

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guess would like to share with the team

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is , um , you've been a defender . How

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many years ? Nine years ? So what made

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you interested in pursuing , um , and

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leaning in , into an opportunity like

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this where you can be a command chief

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exec Well , chief , thanks for having

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me again . And , um , the reason that I

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really leaned into it is I've been

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operating for the past nine years at a

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tactical and operational level and here

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at the Air Force Sustainment Center ,

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we , we know that this is strategic

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being with Lieutenant General Hawkins ,

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the three star you ma I'm the 27 year

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chief , um NAF level equivalent . I get

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to be a part of those meetings and

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really get to see their strategic level

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of the Air Force , especially at a time

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like this with the G PC and all that

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talks . So I am very um privileged and

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happy just to be a part of the team

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here . Yeah . And so what do you think

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you'll be taking away after your time

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with me ? Um What's the biggest

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takeaway that you think you'll leave

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out of here ? The biggest takeaway

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chief once I put the beret back on and

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I'm checking on the airmen at the gates

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here at Tinker Air Force Base is I get

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to rebrand a FSC to the defenders . Um

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They don't know what's happening here

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at building 3001 . All they see is the

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traffic coming through . So being able

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to bring that to the airmen and say

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there's a lot more going on than what

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you , you see day to day and being able

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to share that with them is what I'm

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gonna take back . That's outstanding .

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Well , I really appreciate all the

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support that you've given me um for the

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time that we've been together . How ,

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how long has it been now ? Maybe six

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months , right ? Um You've just been a

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tremendous wing man , a great asset to

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the team and so I really appreciate

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everything that you do day in and day

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out so well . So that is it for today .

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That's our chief chat session . Please

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take care of yourselves and keep

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leading . Well ,