CMSgt Becky S. Thomas is the Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air Force Global Strike Command’s 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base (AFB), N.D. As the senior enlisted leader, she represents more than 1,800 personnel assigned to operate, secure and maintain 150 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, spread across 8,500 square miles of Northwest North Dakota. Chief Thomas helps shape and advocates the wing commander’s organizational goals, objectives and policies to the enlisted corps. She ensures adherence to standards enabling the delivery of a combat-ready nuclear force with a team of highly disciplined, lethal Airmen, committed to excellence, supporting the President of the United States and his Combatant Commanders. The chief also ensures mission readiness by focusing on effective utilization, qualification training, professional development, morale, welfare and quality of life issues for the wing’s Airmen and their families.
Chief Thomas hails from Pensacola, Florida where she entered the Air Force in May of 1999 and completed Public Health Apprenticeship in October later that year. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of developmental positions to include serving as a Noncommissioned Officer Academy Professional Military Education Instructor, a long-term interim First Sergeant, and as a Program Manager for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s Task Force True North Program. She had deployed in direct support of Operations ENDURING, IRAQI FREEDOM and FREEDOM’S SENTINEL-JUNIPER SHIELD. Prior to her current position, the chief served as the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany where she mobilized for a deployment as the Senior Enlisted Leader, 409th Air Expeditionary Group, Republic of Niger.
EDUCATION
2002 Airman Leadership School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Associate Degree, Public Health, Community College of the Air Force
2007 Bachelor’s Degree, Health Care Management, Touro University International, Calif.
2007 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Master’s Degree, Public Health, Trident University International University, Calif.
2011 Associate Degree, Instructor of Military Science, CCAF
2012 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education, by correspondence
2013 Professional Management Certification
2014 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2020 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1999 - June 1999, Trainee, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas
2. June 1999 - September 1999, Apprentice, Public Health Technical Training, Brooks AFB, Texas
3. October 1999 - January 2001, Public Health Apprentice, Andersen AFB, Guam
4. January 2001 - November 2005, Public Health Craftsman, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (March 2003 - July 2003, Preventive Aerospace Medicine Team, Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq) (April 2005 - September 2005, Preventive Aerospace Medicine Team, Baghdad AB, Iraq)
5. November 2005 - August 2010, Public Health Craftsman, Pope AFB, N.C. (August 2009 - January 2010, Shift Leader Third Country National Escort, Kuwait City International Airport, Kuwait)
6. August 2010 - September 2014, Faculty Development Superintendent, Mathies Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Keesler AFB, Miss.
7. October 2014 - June 2018, 5th Medical Operations Squadron Superintendent, Minot AFB, N.D.
8. June 2018 - February 2019, Task Force True North Program Manager, Minot AFB, N.D.
9. February 2019 - January 2023, 5th Medical Group Superintendent, Minot AFB, N.D.
10. January 2023 - June 2024, 86th Medical Group Senior Enlisted Leader, Ramstein AB, Germany (September 2023 - June 2024, Senior Enlisted Leader, 409th Air Expeditionary Wing, Republic of Niger, Africa)
11. June 2024 – Present, Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air Force Global Strike Command’s 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base (AFB), N.D.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award with one "V" Device and seven oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf clusters
AF Good Conduct Medal with six oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal with one service star
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Air and Space Longevity Service Award with five oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman Basic May 12, 1999
Airman First Class June 25, 1999
Senior Airman April 25, 2001
Staff Sergeant March 1, 2003
Technical Sergeant May 1, 2008
Master Sergeant March 1, 2013
Senior Master Sergeant March 1, 2016
Chief Master Sergeant, Nov. 1, 2018
(Current as of July 2024)