Chief Master Sergeant David E. Satchell is the Command Chief of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany which consists of two air mobility operations groups; one at Ramstein Air Base and one at Naval Station Rota, Spain. The Air Mobility Operations Wing provides all command and control, en route maintenance support, aeromedical evacuation, and air transportation services for theater and strategic air mobility missions in Europe, Southwest Asia, and Northern Africa spanning across 21 geographically separated squadrons, detachments and operating locations in support of USTRANSCOM, USEUCOM, USAFRICOM, and USCENTCOM combatant command engagements. In this capacity, Chief Satchell serves as the senior enlisted leader and principal advisor to the commander on all issues regarding the readiness, welfare, professional development, and efficient management of over 2,300 junior officer and enlisted personnel. Chief Satchell is from Omaha, Nebraska. He enlisted on active duty in 1990 as a Dental Assistant Apprentice, beginning at Sembach Air Base, Federal Republic of Germany. Chief Satchell retrained to the Command Post career field in 2003, where he led command and control for Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), at Travis Air Force Base, California. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the United States Air Force Expeditionary Operations School Superintendent, responsible for 290 instructors providing mobility and combat readiness training to general purpose forces to survive and operate outside-the-wire in hostile and uncertain environments. Chief Satchell has as variety of deployments to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, and Baghdad, Iraq.
EDUCATION:
1996 Airman Leadership School, Vandenberg AFB, CA
2003 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Lackland AFB, TX
2004 Associate degree, Applied Dental Sciences, Community College of the Air Force
2004 Associate degree, Information Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force
2009 Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy
2009 Bachelor of Arts degree, Sociology, American Military University
2012 Professional Managers Certification, Community College of the Air Force
2014 Chief Master Sergeant Leadership Course, Barnes Center for Enlisted Education
2016 Mentor, CMSgt Sergeant Leadership Course, Barnes Center for Enlisted Education
2016 AFSO 21 Senior Executive Leadership Course, University of Tennessee
2016 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
2017 Senior Enlisted Law Orientation, Maxwell AFB, AL
2017 Middle East and South Asia Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Nov 1990 – Nov 1993, Dental Assistant, 66 MDG, Sembach AB, Federal Republic of Germany
2. Nov 1993 – Sep 1998, NCOIC Dental Radiology, 30 MDG, Vandenberg AFB, California
3. Sep 1998 – Sep 2003, NCOIC, AF Dental Readiness Program, 99 DS, Nellis AFB, Nevada
4. Sep 2001 – Mar 2002, NCOIC, Decontamination Team, Prince Sultan AB, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
5. Apr 2002 – Jun 2003, NCOIC, Dental Surgical Team, Paraguay, South America
6. Mar 2003 – Sep 2003, NCOIC, Dental Services, Masirah Island, Sultanate of Oman
7. Sep 2003 – Aug 2005, NCOIC, C2 Air Operations, 715 AMS, Travis AFB, California
8. Dec 2004 – Feb 2005, NCOIC, Air Operations, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
9. Aug 2005 – Jan 2006, NCOIC, CRG Operations Element, 570 GMS, Travis AFB, California
10. Jan 2006 – Mar 2007, Superintendent, Expeditionary Ops Center, Det 2 9 AF, at Al Udeid AB, Qatar
11. Mar 2007 – Oct 2010, Superintendent, Command Post, 57 WG, Nellis AFB, Nevada
12. Mar 2008 – Sep 2008, Superintendent, Command Post, 447 AEG, Sather Air Base, Baghdad, Iraq
13. Oct 2010 – Mar 2014, Manager, Enroute C2, 515 AMOW, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
14. Apr 2014 – Apr 2015, Chief Enlisted Manager, USAFCENT A3, Shaw AFB, South Carolina
15. Apr 2015 – Dec 2015, Command Post Functional Manager, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
16. Dec 2015 – May 2016, Superintendent, USAF EOS, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
17. Jun 2016 – Present, Command Chief, 521 AMOW, Ramstein AB, Germany
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Meritorious Service Medal, with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal, with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal, with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Expeditionary Service Medal, with gold border and three bronze oak leaf clusters
Humanitarian Service Medal, one bronze oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
1996 John L. Levitow Award Outstanding Graduate
2005 615th Air Mobility Operations Group NCO of the Year
2007 Air Combat Command, Command Post SNCO of the Year
2007 57th Wing Staff SNCO of the Year
2008 57th Wing Staff SNCO of the Year
2011 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing Staff Agencies SNCO of the Year
2012 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing SNCO of the Year
2012 USAF Expeditionary Center SNCO of the Year
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Chief Master Sergeant, April 2014
(Current as of June 5, 2017)
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