Chief Master Sergeant Tiffany N. Griego is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom. She serves as the principal senior enlisted advisor to the 100th ARW commander on issues affecting the health, welfare, morale, training, development and utilization of more than 3,000 enlisted Airmen. The 100th ARW has the sole responsibility of conducting aerial refueling and combat support operations throughout Europe and Africa. Additionally, the installation supports four United States Air Force major command flying programs and more than 16,800 military civilians, dependents and retiree personnel including USAF in Europe-United Kingdom, the 501st Combat Support Wing, 352nd Special Operations Wing, U.S. Army and five other partner units.
Prior to this assignment, she served as the Senior Enlisted Leader, 436th Mission Support Group, Dover AFB, Delaware.
Chief Griego entered the USAF in 1997 and has held copious roles, including duties at the USAF Civil Engineer Center, Squadron and Mission Support Groups.
Chief Griego has deployed in support of Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE HORN OF AFRICA and INHERENT RESOLVE.
EDUCATION
2002 Airman Leadership School, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
2006 Associates in, Criminal Justice, Community College of the Air Force
2006 Associates in Maintenance Production Management, Community College of the Air Force
2011 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
2013 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Correspondence
2013 Professional Managers Certification, Community College of the Air Force
2013 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education, Correspondence
2016 Civil Engineer Superintendent Course, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2016 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex, Ala.
2017 Bachelor of Science Degree, Organizational Management, Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa
2018 Chief Orientation Course, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2020 Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB-Gunter, Annex, Ala.
2020 AFPC Squadron Commander’s & Superintendent Course, Randolph TX
2020 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II, Correspondence
2022 Group Senior Enlisted Leader Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2023 Wing Command Team Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2023 Senior Enlisted Legal Orientation, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1998 - September 1999, Response Team Member, 96th Security Forces Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2. October 1999 - 11 September 2000, Entry Controller, 51st Security Forces Squadron, Osan AB, Republic of Korea
3. October 2000 - October 2005, Operations Management Journeyman, 78th Civil Engineer Squadron, Robins AFB, Ga.
4. October 2005 - September 2007, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Production Management, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron, Bolling AFB, Washington D.C.
5. September 2007 - September 2008, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Real Property, 607th Materiel Maintenance Squadron, Osan AB, Republic of Korea
6. September 2008 - September 2010, Operations Management Craftsman, 15th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
7. September 2010 - January 2012, Section Chief, Operations Support, 647th Civil Engineer Squadron, Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam, Hawaii
8. January 2012 - May 2014, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Requirements and Optimization, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
9. May 2014 - May 2015, Resources Contracting Officer Representative, 821st Support Squadron, Thule AB, Greenland
10. June 2015 - November 2015, Superintendent, Operations Flight, 355th Civil Engineer Squadron, Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz.
11. November 2015 - June 2017, Superintendent Operations Flight/Superintendent Engineering Flight, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas
12. June 2017 - June 2019, Operations Management Force Development Manager, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
13. June 2019 - July 2021, Squadron Superintendent, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
14. August 2021 - July 2022, Senior Enlisted Leader, 374th Mission Support Group, Yokota AB, Japan
15. August 2022 – June 2023, Senior Enlisted Leader, 436th Mission Support Group, Dover AFB, Del.
16. July 2023 – present, Command Chief, 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal with Service Star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border and three oak leaf clusters
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2000 Distinguished Graduate, Civil Engineer Operations Management Course
2012 Society of American Engineers Goddard Award, 1st Special Operations Wing
2013 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron
2015 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, 821st Support Squadron
2016 Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron
2016 Distinguished Graduate, Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman Basic, September, 1997
Airman, 17 March, 1998
Airman First Class, 17 January, 1999
Senior Airman, 17 September, 2000
Staff Sergeant, 1 June, 2002
Technical Sergeant, 1 January, 2009
Master Sergeant, 1 June, 2012
Senior Master Sergeant, 1 February, 2016
Chief Master Sergeant, 1 October 2018
(Current as of July, 2023)