Col. Douglas C. Jeffrey, IV, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, and 16 civic leaders from the Greater San Antonio area, conducted a civic leader tour to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Oct. 23-24. The tour included a host mission brief at the 433rd AW here, where Jeffrey explained the complexity of the airlift mission the reserve wing executes. He emphasized the importance of celebrating Airmen and community partnerships.
“I’d like to talk about purpose, about people and partnerships,” said Jeffrey. “We need partnerships that are invaluable. Not just international partners, but internal partners, I’m asking that we walk and talk and cross barriers. We have to think differently in pursuit of our purpose, our people, and our partnerships.”
He explained how Reserve Citizen Airmen maintain combat proficiency and are transforming for the future. The commander also explained Airmen must be ready now to complete a wide breadth of mission sets including total force airlift, complex military exercises, humanitarian missions, virtual reality training, community outreach events, and discussed many other capabilities of the wing.
“We have the best training in the world,” declared Jeffrey. “We must ensure that we don’t just train for currency, but to train for proficiency, because that’s what our nation deserves.”
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