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CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT RAYMOND A. SMITH
Chief Master Sergeant Raymond A. Smith is the Chief of Air, Space, Cyberspace, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations (A2/3/6 Directorate), Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado. Chief Smith serves as the senior enlisted advisor in AFSPC’s largest directorate of 750 active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel, spanning ten divisions and two squadrons. He is the key advisor for operational policy, procedures, training, and guidance for 25 operational space, airfield, and cyberspace mission areas across two Numbered Air Forces, two Centers, and eight operational wings and integrating space and cyber capabilities at the operational level of war. Additionally, he coordinates with MAJCOM Functional Managers to ensure required manning at operational units across Air Force Space Command. CMSgt Smith entered the Air Force in October 1994 as a munitions systems specialist. After completion of training, he was stationed at Spangdahlem AB, Germany and assigned to the missile maintenance section as a precision guided munitions crew member. CMSgt Smith later
retrained into space operations in 1998. His background includes various duties in Space Operations at the unit and major-command levels. Throughout his career, he has filled a myriad of roles including additional-duty First Sergeant, Squadron and Division Superintendent. His assignments include bases in Colorado, California, Germany and Hawaii. CMSgt Smith has deployed in support of Operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Deliberate Force and Provide Comfort.
EDUCATION 1999 Airman Leadership School, Peterson AFB, CO 2005 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Peterson AFB, CO
2006 Associate of Applied Science, Air and Space Operations Technology, Community College of the Air Force 2006 Associate of Applied Science, Instructor of Technology & Mil Science, Community College of the Air Force 2007 Bachelor of Science, Sociology, Magna Cum Laude, Colorado State University-Pueblo, CO 2007 USAF Senior Non Commissioned Officer Academy (in correspondence) 2008 Senior Non Commissioned Officer Joint Professional Military Education I (in correspondence) 2010 Master of Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Magna Cum Laude, TUI University, CA 2011 Professional Manager Certification, Community College of the Air Force 2011 USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, AL 2016 Senior Non Commissioned Officer Joint Professional Military Education II (in correspondence) 2017 Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, AL 2017 Command Chief Master Sergeant Training Course, Joint Base Andrews, MD ASSIGNMENTS 1. October 1994 – December 1994, Trainee, Basic Military Training, 331 st TRS, Lackland AFB, TX 2. December 1994 – March 1995, Student, Munitions Systems Specialist Course, 82 nd TRG, Sheppard AFB, TX 3. March 1995 – March 1998, Precision Guided Munitions Technician, 52 nd EMS, Spangdahlem AB, GE
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