Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson, Jr. is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The command's mission is to develop and provide combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations -- safe, secure and effective -- to support the President of the United States and combatant commanders. As the Command Chief Master Sergeant, Chief Johnson is responsible for advising the commander on all matters influencing the professional development, training, combat readiness, utilization, morale and mission effectiveness of assigned enlisted personnel. Additionally, he serves as the command's functional manager for assigned command chiefs, group superintendents and first sergeants. Air Force Global Strike Command comprises more than 23,000 highly-disciplined professionals operating in locations around the globe. The Command's two numbered air forces and six wings control the nation's entire inventory of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, B-2 and B-52 bomber aircraft.
Chief Johnson entered the United States Air Force on October 25, 1984. His primary specialties were as an intelligence superintendent and First Sergeant. He has had a wide range of assignments at the squadron, group, wing, numbered air force, agency, center, joint, combatant command and Headquarters, Air Staff levels. Prior to his current assignment, he was the 3rd Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (Current as of October 2010)
