Chief Master Sergeant History
History of the air force chief master sergeant rank.
Chief master sergeant history. The current chief master sergeant of the air force is chief kaleth o. Cody to become the 18th chief master sergeant of the air force. The position is called the command chief master sergeant a title introduced in 1998 during cmsaf eric w. The evolution of airmen.
The army had many different sergeants based on skills. Wright succeeded chief james a. The rank of chief master sergeant and senior master sergeant were created by congress as a part of the career compensation act of 1958 and are a direct by product of the explosion in technology that took place during and immediately following world war ii. See also the au press publication.
Chief master sergeant is also the highest attainable rank for enlisted personnel of the philippine army the philippine air force and the philippine marine corps under the philippine navy. Generation of chevrons a history of the enlisted force. Since 2004 as part of the ongoing modernization of the armed forces of the philippines. Chief master sergeants of the air force most of the biographies below are taken from the air force history publication.
These ranks did not exist prior to 1958 when msgt e 7 was the highest enlisted rank. On february 17 2017 chief kaleth o. Conversations with chief master sergeants of the air force.