JoAnne S. Bass
JoAnne S. Bass () is a senior noncommissioned officer in the United States Air Force and the nineteenth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. She became the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the first female senior enlisted service member of any United States military branch, on August 14, 2020, having been selected for the position on June 19. She is also the first person of Asian-American descent to hold the senior enlisted position in the Air Force. At the time of her selection, she was the Second Air Force's Command Chief Master Sergeant at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, which she had reported to in July 2018. "Air Force News" reported "incoming Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said Bass brings skills, temperament and experience that the job requires and an outlook on leadership that meshes with his own", and that he "could not be more excited to work side-by-side with Chief Bass."
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United States Air Force
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Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
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Second Air Force
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Command Chief Master Sergeant
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Keesler Air Force Base
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Mississippi
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"Air Force News"
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Gen. CQ Brown
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JoAnne S. Bass
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August 14, 2020
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19
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military branch
military branch
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located in the administrative territorial entity