Chief Master Sgt. Jeffery E. Steagall

Chief Master Sergeant Jeffery E. Steagall is the Command Chief Master Sgt. for the 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. He is the primary advisor to the commander in support of over 4,200 military, civilian and contract personnel that provide strategic nuclear deterrence by operating, maintaining, securing and supporting 15 missile alert facilities and 150 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles constantly ready to launch at the direction of the President of the United States.

 

Chief Steagall was born in Mansfield, Ohio and entered the Air Force in July of 1990 as a Communications-Computer Systems Apprentice. His various assignments have included assignments in Strategic Air Command, Air Combat Command, Pacific Air Forces Command, United States Air Forces in Europe Command, Air Force Space Command and Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency.

 

Prior to assuming his current position, Steagall served as the Chief Enlisted Manager of the 603rd Air Communications Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany

 

EDUCATION:

1990 Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, TX

1994 Airman Leadership School (ALS), Incirlik AB, Turkey

1999 Non Commissioned Officer Academy, Keesler AFB, MS

2000 Associates of Applied Science Degree, Information Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL

2005 Senior Non Commissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell-Gunter Annex, AL

2008 Baccalaureate Degree in History and Government, Excelsior College, Albany New York

2008 Baccalaureate Degree in Criminal Justice, Excelsior College, Albany New York

2010 Chief’s Leadership School, Maxwell-Gunter Annex, AL

2012 Command Chief Leadership Orientation, Randolph AFB, TX2015 Joint Senior Enlisted Professional Military Education, Correspondence Course, National Defense University

2016 AFSO21 Executive Leadership Seminar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee TN

 

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. July 1990 - August 1990, Student, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, TX

2. August 1990 - October 1990, Student, Communications-Info Systems Training, Keesler AFB MS

3. October 1990 - January 1994, Communications Security Accountant, 5th Communications

Squadron, Minot AFB, ND

4. January 1994 - February 1995, Communications Systems Operator, 722nd Air Base Squadron, Princlik AB, Turkey

5. February 1995 - May 1997, Communications Security Accountant, 55th Communications Squadron, Offutt AFB, NE

6. May 1997 - May 1998, Theater Battle Management Systems Administrator, 607th Air

Communications Squadron, Osan AB, Korea

7. May 1998 - August 2000, Wing Information Assurance Officer, 28th Communications Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, SD

8. August 2000 - August 2003, Planner, Contingency Communications, Headquarters, 3rd Air

Force, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom (Deployed: JTF MEDFLAG 2002, Uganda)

9. August 2003 - March 2005, Superintendent, Command and Control Battlelab, Hurlburt Field, FL

10. March 2005 - June 2006, Superintendent, HQ AFSPC Information Assurance Division, Peterson AFB, CO (Deployed: 407 ECS, Superintendent Communications Focal Point/Operations Flight, Ali Base, Iraq (2006))

11. June 2006 – June 2010, Manager, Communications and Information Inspections, Air Force Space Command, Inspector General Directorate, Peterson AFB, CO (Deployed: 386 ECS, Operations Superintendent, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait (2008))

12. June 2010 – June 2011, Base 3D Functional Manager and Flight Chief, Operations Flight, 51st Communications Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

13. June 2011 to May 2014, Superintendent, 26 Cyberspace Operations Group, Joint Base San Antonio, TX

14. May 2014 – June 2016, Chief Enlisted Manager, 603rd Air Communications Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany

15. July 2016 to present, Command Chief Master Sergeant, 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY

 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation medal with five oak leaf clusters

Air Force Achievement Medal

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with 4 oak leaf clusters

Iraq Campaign Medal with Gold Border

Air Expeditionary Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster

National Defense Service Medal with one service star

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

 

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

1992 Senior Airman Below the Zone Promotion

1994 Distinguished Graduate and Academic Achievement Award Recipient, Airman Leadership School, Incirlik AB, Turkey

1999 2000 ACC Golden Medallion Award as Outstanding ACC Information Assurance Manager of the Year

1999 Distinguished Graduate and Academic Achievement Award Recipient, Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Keesler AFB, MS

2003 AFC2ISR Communications and Information SNCO of the Year

2005 Distinguished Graduate, Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Maxwell-Gunter Annex, AL

2006 AFSPC Communications and Information SNCO of the Year

2008 National Defense Industrial Association National Patriot Award Recipient

2008 AEF Rotational Leadership and Professionalism Award Recipient

2009 Air Force Space Command Inspector General SNCO of the Year

2009 Air Force Space Command SNCO of the Year

2009 United States Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

2011 Major General McClelland Award for Pacific Air Force’s Command’s Best Large Communications Squadron