CHIEF MASTER SGT. MICHAEL P. GILBERT
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Chief Master Sergeant Michael P. Gilbert is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, FL. The command is a major command of the U. S. Air Force and the Air Force component of U.S. Special Operations Command. AFSOC provides Air Force Special Operations Forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to unified combatant commanders. The command has approximately 16,000 active-duty, Reserve, Air National Guard and civilian Airmen.
Chief Gilbert entered the Air Force in March 1981, and has served as a heavy equipment operator, an NCOIC of special operations weather teams, a flight chief, a first sergeant for maintenance, flying, and security forces squadrons, the USAF first sergeant career field manager, an action officer for the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the Chief of Enlisted Force Development on the Air Staff. In 1990, he led a 16-man weather team supporting the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1992, his weather team earned the USAF Grimes Award for the most combat-ready tactical weather team in all Air Force and Army support. In 1999, he was the deployed first sergeant of the 43d Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, supporting Operations ALLIED FORCE and NOBLE ANVIL. He is a jumpmaster, and an honor graduate of both Weather Forecasting School and the US Army Special Forces Combat Diver Course.
EDUCATION
1985 Air Force Supervisors Course, Nellis AFB, NV
1985 Noncommissioned Officer Preparatory Course, Nellis AFB, NV
1986 NCO Leadership School, Dover AFB, DE
1990 Military Airlift Command NCO Academy, McGuire AFB, N.J.
1996 CCAF Degree in Weather Technology
1998 CCAF Degree in Human Resource Management
2000 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, AL
2003 Center for Creative Leadership, Executive Course, La Jolla, CA
2004 Gettysburg Staff Ride, Gettysburg, PA
2006 Defense Equal Opportunity Institutes Senior Leader Seminar, Patrick AFB, FL
2006 Keystone Senior Enlisted Leader Course, National Defense University, Norfolk, VA
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1981 - April 1981, basic trainee, 3702nd Basic Military Training Squadron (ATC), Lackland AFB, Texas
2. April 1981 - Jun 1981, heavy construction equipment operator student, 3720th Student Squadron (ATC), Ft Leonard Wood,
MO
3. June 1981 - December 1985, heavy equipment operator, 554th Civil Engineering Squadron (TAC), Nellis AFB, NV
4. December 1985 - January 1988, weather observer, Det 6, 26th Weather Squadron (MAC), Pease AFB, N.H.
5. February 1988 - August 1988, forecasting school student, Weather Training Facility (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL
6. September 1988 - March 1992, Non-commissioned Officer in Charge, XVIII Airborne Corps and 3rd Special Forces Group
(Airborne) Special Operations Weather Teams, Det 3, 5th Weather Squadron (MAC) Ft Bragg, N.C.
7. April 1992 - April 1995, Non-commissioned Officer in Charge, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Special
Operations Weather Team (PACAF), Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan
8. April 1995 - April 1996, Weather Flight Chief, 355th Operations Support Squadron (ACC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
9. August 1996 - August 1998, First Sergeant, 355th Component Repair Squadron (ACC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
10. September 1998 - August 1999, First Sergeant, 43D Electronic Combat Squadron (ACC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
11. August 1999 - March 2000, First Sergeant, 355th Security Forces Squadron (ACC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
12. March 2000 - Nov 2002, First Sergeant Career Field Manager and Action Officer, Office of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (HAF), Pentagon, Washington D.C.
13. November 2002 - August 2004, Chief, Enlisted Force Development, Strategic Plans and Future Systems, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (HAF), Pentagon, Washington D.C.
14. August 2004 - July 2006, Command Chief, 33d Fighter Wing (ACC), Eglin AFB, FL
15. August 2006 - Present, Air Force Special Operations Command Command Chief, Hurlburt Field, FL
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Master Parachutist Wings, US Freefall Wings, US Army Scuba Badge, Master Meteorologist Badge, USAF Bronze Excellence in Competition Marksmanship Badge (Rifle) and the parachutist wings of Australia, Indonesia, Republic of the Philippines and Thailand
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman Basic March, 1981
Airman September, 1981
Airman First Class April, 1982
Senior Airman July, 1984
Sergeant July, 1985
Staff Sergeant July, 1985
Technical Sergeant August, 1988
Master Sergeant January, 1994
Senior Master Sergeant September, 1999
Chief Master Sergeant November, 2002
(Current as of February 2007)
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