CMSAF introduces, defines warrior ethos

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  • By Senior Airman Troy Davis
  • Det. 6, Air Force News Agency
LAJES FIELD, Azores (AFNEWS) --  The top enlisted Airman visited Lajes Field in early April on his tour of U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases and spoke to Airmen about several upcoming service-wide changes, specifically a creed that defines a new way of life for Airmen today.

"The Air Force has never had an official creed that tells us who we are as Airmen," said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley. 

"We're trying to develop a warrior ethos across the Air Force, from basic training and the Air Force Academy, and extending it throughout our Air Force," the chief said.

The warrior ethos defines a shift in focus that emphasizes every Airman is part of the fight today, and that is what the new creed exemplifies.

"The mentality is that we are warriors," Chief McKinley said. "We are fighting this war on terror. And so, having that warrior ethos puts everybody's mindset into the fact we are engaged in this war, and we are warriors ourselves."

Chief McKinley, and other Air Force leaders, hope the creed will instill a new sense of pride in Airmen -- that we are not on the sideline of the war. Today's Airmen are "Battlefield Airmen," and the warrior ethos reflects that. 

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