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Air Force Medical Service announces new senior enlisted advisor

  • Published
  • By Jon Stock
  • Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs
FALLS CHURCH, Va. --  The Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas W. Travis, announced today that Chief Master Sgt. E. Jason Pace, Chief, Medical Enlisted Force, United States Forces in Europe (USAFE), will now take on the top AFMS-enlisted job in the United States Air Force.

Chief Pace will assume the new position this spring as the 7th Chief, Medical Enlisted Force, and Enlisted Corps Chief and will act as the lead senior enlisted advisor for the Air Force Medical Service.

Duties will include being personal advisor to the Air Force Surgeon General on all issues regarding the welfare, readiness, morale, and proper utilization and progression for the 34,000 Total Force medical enlisted community.

Chief Pace joined the Air Force in 1990. After BMT, Chief Pace completed the Phase I Medical Laboratory Apprentice Course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas in September 1990 and the Phase II Course at Wright-Patterson Medical Center in July 1991. Prior to his current assignment at USAFE, he served as the Group Superintendent, 88th Medical Group and AFMC 4T0X1 functional manager, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He has deployed in support of Operations ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM, and served as the interim Command Chief Master Sergeant for Aeronautical Systems Center and the 88th Air Base Wing.

Chief Master Sgt. Kevin J. Lambing, Chief, Medical Enlisted Force, and current Enlisted Corps Chief, will hand over duties after his retirement.

The Air Force Medical Service welcomes Chief Pace and looks forward to his leadership.