Chief Master Sergeant Richard A. Lee is the Superintendent for the 6th Mission Support Group, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.  Chief Lee is the liaison between the group commander, six squadron commanders, and an enlisted force of more than 1,100 personnel assigned to the 6th Mission Support Group.   He advises the Group Commander on matters affecting the health, morale and welfare of the group’s enlisted force, and issues which affect the mission readiness of six diverse squadrons.  He also provides professional guidance and career counseling to assigned personnel.

Chief Lee grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and entered the Air Force in 1986.    He is a career Information Manager with over 20 years experience in command support, base distribution, publishing distribution, and publications and forms management.  His assignments include Texas, Germany, Arizona, Florida, and the Azores.  Chief Lee’s career highlights include being selected for the initial cadre of the Joint Undergraduate Navigator Training Program, serving as the Senior Enlisted Air Force Liaison to the Commander, Training Air Wing SIX, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and serving as the Squadron Superintendent for the Interim Deployable Combined Air Operations Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.  Chief Lee assumed his current duties in July 2008.

EDUCATION:

1990   Noncommissioned Officers Preparatory Course, Hessich-Oldendorf, Germany

1992    Airman Leadership School, Sembach Air Base, Germany

1996   Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida

1999   Associates in Applied Science in Information Management, Community College of the Air Force

2003  USAF Senior NCO Academy, Gunter Annex, Alabama

2006   Chief Leadership Course, Gunter Annex, Alabama

ASSIGNMENTS:

1.  March – April 1986, student, Basic Military Training, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

2.  April – May 1986, student, Administrative Specialist technical training, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi

3.  May 1986 – January 1989, Administrative Security Clerk, Headquarters Electronic Security Command, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas

4.  January 1989 – December 1992, Administrative Executive, 606th Air Control Squadron, Basdahl Complex, Germany

5.  January 1993 – June 1995, Chief of Publishing, Information Management Flight, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

6.  July 1995 – January 2000, Senior Enlisted Air Force Liaison, Undergraduate Navigator Training Program, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida

7.  January 2000 – January 2004, Superintendent, Executive Administration, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

8.  January 2004 – October 2006, Squadron Superintendent, Interim Deployable Combined Air Operations Center, (HQ CC-Air) Ramstein Air Base, Germany

9.  October 2006 to June 2008, Group Superintendent, 65th Mission Support Group, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal

10.  July 2008 to present, Group Superintendent, 6th Mission Support Group, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Joint Service Achievement Medal

Air Force Achievement Medal

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

606th Air Control Squadron Airman of the Year 1989

Sembach Air Base, Airman Leadership School (John L. Levitow Award) 1992

56th Fighter Wing Noncommissioned Officer of the Year 1993

HQ SOCOM, Communication and Information Professional of the Year 2000

Allied Command Operations, Communication and Information Professional of the Year 2004

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Master Sergeant                    1 February 2000

Senior Master Sergeant        1 March 2003

Chief Master Sergeant          1 October 2006

(Current as of Jan 2010)