New command chief joins senior leadership
WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. --
Arriving for his new job from the communications squadron, CMSgt. David Carbin is used to the concept of email - but perhaps not this many emails.
"I peered into my Blackberry this morning and answered some emails," said now- Command CMSgt. Carbin, while at a security forces briefing for some ROTC cadets on the February A UTA.
"Then I looked in it again, and there were 20!"
Having been appointed to the Patriot Wing's top enlisted billet Feb. 1, the 32-year Air Force veteran quickly found about the demanding pace of his new job.
Besides "meeting and greeting" future Air Force officers as he did Feb. 8, CMSgt. Carbin had to find his way to work centers, unit functions, a first sergeants' meeting, and a chiefs council meeting. The command chief master sergeant's regimen consumes almost every minute of CMSgt. Carbin's time on the alreadypacked UTA schedules. He's taken over the position from CMSgt. Michael Thorpe, who departed in late January for his new job as command chief for 22nd Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.
As the wing command chief, he's the liaison between the wing commander and the enlisted force. His job is to advise Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, on matters of morale and welfare for the 2,500 Air Force reservists assigned to the base.
CMSgt. Carbin was born in Long Branch, N.J. and graduated from Neptune Senior High School in Neptune, N.J. He entered the active-duty Air Force in October 1981 and then joined the Air Force Reserve in June 1986 as an air reserve technician, directly following his activeduty assignment.
The command chief ensures enlisted members know the commander's policies, and advises the commander regarding the morale, welfare and readiness of the base population. He evaluates the quality of noncommissioned officer leadership, management, and supervisory training. He also monitors compliance with Air Force standards, serves on advisory councils, and maintains a close working relationship with the local community.
The command chief advises the First Sergeants, Rising Six and Top Three councils, providing mentoring and unified direction on enlisted issues. He establishes the relationship between the senior enlisted staff, wing staff agencies, joint force tenant units, and subordinate activities; and facilitates information and policy dissemination on issues important to the commander.
"My focus will be to ensure we provide the tools and networks needed to develop our leaders of the future," CMSgt. Carbin said.
"I'm truly honored to be the command chief of the best wing in the Air Force!"
"I peered into my Blackberry this morning and answered some emails," said now- Command CMSgt. Carbin, while at a security forces briefing for some ROTC cadets on the February A UTA.
"Then I looked in it again, and there were 20!"
Having been appointed to the Patriot Wing's top enlisted billet Feb. 1, the 32-year Air Force veteran quickly found about the demanding pace of his new job.
Besides "meeting and greeting" future Air Force officers as he did Feb. 8, CMSgt. Carbin had to find his way to work centers, unit functions, a first sergeants' meeting, and a chiefs council meeting. The command chief master sergeant's regimen consumes almost every minute of CMSgt. Carbin's time on the alreadypacked UTA schedules. He's taken over the position from CMSgt. Michael Thorpe, who departed in late January for his new job as command chief for 22nd Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.
As the wing command chief, he's the liaison between the wing commander and the enlisted force. His job is to advise Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, on matters of morale and welfare for the 2,500 Air Force reservists assigned to the base.
CMSgt. Carbin was born in Long Branch, N.J. and graduated from Neptune Senior High School in Neptune, N.J. He entered the active-duty Air Force in October 1981 and then joined the Air Force Reserve in June 1986 as an air reserve technician, directly following his activeduty assignment.
The command chief ensures enlisted members know the commander's policies, and advises the commander regarding the morale, welfare and readiness of the base population. He evaluates the quality of noncommissioned officer leadership, management, and supervisory training. He also monitors compliance with Air Force standards, serves on advisory councils, and maintains a close working relationship with the local community.
The command chief advises the First Sergeants, Rising Six and Top Three councils, providing mentoring and unified direction on enlisted issues. He establishes the relationship between the senior enlisted staff, wing staff agencies, joint force tenant units, and subordinate activities; and facilitates information and policy dissemination on issues important to the commander.
"My focus will be to ensure we provide the tools and networks needed to develop our leaders of the future," CMSgt. Carbin said.
"I'm truly honored to be the command chief of the best wing in the Air Force!"
