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AFGSC commander shares plan for mission success

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  • By Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe
  • 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. --  Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, visited 20th Air Force and the 90th Missile Wing to speak to Airmen about his priorities, the future of the command and his expectations.

"We have some terrific Airmen," Wilson said during an all call at the Base Theater. "I proudly represent you as the senior Air Force general in charge of both ICBM's and bombers - incredibly important missions for our nation."

Wilson talked about his background, using photographs to highlight each point, and the different aspects of his life that have shaped it into what it is today. He emphasized leadership, and made it clear to all supervisors and commanders how important their roles are.

"Expert, leader, ready, humble, approachable, credible," he said. "That's what I see in all of our Airmen. I tell commanders at every level that our most important job is to build our replacements, so that every generation gets better because we mentored, developed and grew the people on our 'bench.'"

His priorities are straightforward, and aimed at making AFGSC a better command for the future.

"We set up this new major command and empowered it to be the singular point for all things nuclear in our Air Force," Wilson said. "Our job is to deter and assure [by having] a safe, secure and effective nuclear force - we cannot lose sight of that."

Equally important are the 1,000 AFGSC Airmen who are serving in all parts of the world, Wilson said. Ensuring they are trained, equipped prepared and ready to win the fight is Wilson's second priority.

"Strengthen and empower the team," Wilson said. "With this empowered team, we can do anything."

His final priority is all about shaping the future of AFGSC. His plans to make it better involve implementing the Force Improvement Program, he said. The program will look at mission support, operations, security forces, maintenance and helicopter operations. Four teams with members ranging from industry and academia experts, to missile and bomber operators who have been told to think big and be bold.

"You are not constrained," Wilson said. "Come forward with big, bold ideas. The things I can fix, I'll fix. If I can't fix it, I'm going to send it to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. If he can't solve it, we're going to send it to the Secretary of Defense."

He assured Airmen that identifying issues is just the starting point, and AFGSC is going to learn from mistakes and move forward.

"This is where good ideas come from," he said. "This is where lasting change happens. The people in this room will know the problems, where the issues are and how to fix them. We're going to take those ideas and we're going to act on them. We're going to be better."