Chief Murray: Are you ready?

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray sent out “The Enlisted Perspective” to Airmen on May 1.

In his letter, Chief Murray tells Airmen how important it is to be ready to deploy.

“We all have a role to play and we must continually evaluate whether we are doing everything we can to support the war and combat operations,” Chief Murray wrote. “If the call comes tomorrow for you to deploy to Baghdad, Kandahar or wherever our Air Force needs you, are you ready to go? You must be. We are the nation’s warriors!”

Chief Murray also touched on longer deployments.

“As the requirements for more six-month and one-year taskings and deployments continue to rise, more Airmen will be called upon to deploy, and, in many cases, perform duties in different organizations and environments than they’ve known before,” he said. “These are different times, the War on Terror is a different kind of war, and, it requires Airmen to be adaptive, courageous and ready to fight.”

To view the entire “The Enlisted Perspective,” go to the library page of Air Force Link and click on viewpoints.