Chief Master Sergeant William A. Parker

Posted on Feb 10, 2025 in HING History, People

Chief Master Sergeant William A. Parker serves as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Hawaii National Guard and Command Chief Master Sergeant, Hawaii Air National Guard. In this position he leads Army and Air Total Force Guardsmen in the State of Hawaii. His responsibilities include advising the Adjutant General and the Hawaii Air National Guard Commander on matters affecting the readiness, training, professional development and effective utilization of assigned enlisted personnel and coordinating with headquarters staff, commanders and senior personnel on administration and implementation of NGB and State policy.

Chief Parker grew up in Crawfordsville, Indiana where is graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1988. His military career began a year later when he enlisted in the Air Force in 1989. Since then Chief Parker would serve as a Heavy Equipment Operator at Fairchild AFB, WA for 5 years and then cross-train into Civil Engineer (CE) Production Operations working the unit’s mobility program. In 1994, while deployed to Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait, he would get his first reassignment to Hickam AFB, HI. There, he continued as a Prime BEEF program manager until he cross-rained again in 1996 into the Disaster Preparedness and now Emergency Management , 3E9X1 career field where he stayed at Hickam until Oct 2002. He relocated to McConnell, AFB, Kansas for a short time and then transitioned back to Hawaii and into the Hawaii Air National Guard in Aug2004 and became a fulltime member in July 2005.

In December 2007, Chief Parker integrated the Hawaii ANG Emergency Management program with the active duty (ANG/AD benchmark) and them in again in 2010 with the Navy as part of Joint Basing.He was the Flight Chief of the JB EM office responsible for program policy and oversight for over 90K military, civilian employees and families on the most diverse JB in the Department of Defense. He has augmented PACAF IG on numerous inspections and is well versed in PACOM operations. He served on several panels and was the HIANG TOP III President from Jan 2013 -2015. He has been on multiple deployments and recently returned from Bagram, Afghanistan where he served at the Civil Engineer Chief Enlisted Manager and Operations Superintendent. Chief Parker mentors at risk youth through an outreach program and is very active in his local church.

Education

  • 1989 Basic Military Training School, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas 1980 Pavements Maintenance Specialist, Sheppard AFB, TX 
  • 1996 Airmen Leadership School – Hickam AFB 
  • 2005 NCO Leadership School – Maxwell AFB 
  • 2008 USAF Senior Non-Commissioned Academy – Maxwell AFB 
  • 2010 Associates Degree in Emergency Management – CCAF 
  • 2011 USAF Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy – Hickam AFB 2013 PACAF Chief Master Sergeant Executive Course – Hickam AFB 2013 ANG Chief Master Sergeant Executive Course – Andrews AFB 
  • 2014 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education – Maxwell AFB 
  • 2014 Bachelors of Arts in Emergency & Disaster Management – American Military University 

Assignments

  1. July 1989 – February 1995, Pavements Maintenance Specialist/Heavy Equipment Operator, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Fairchild AFB, Washington 
  2. February 1995 – July 1996, Production Controller, 15th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 
  3. July 1996 – November 2002, Disaster Preparedness Technician, 15th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 
  4. November 2002 August 2004, Emergency Management Technician, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kansas 
  5. August 2004 – July 2005, Emergency Management Technician (DSG) 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 
  6. Jul 2005 – March 2007, Emergency Management Superintendent, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
  7. March 2007- October 2010, Flight Chief, 15th/154th Readiness and Emergency Management Flight, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
  8. October 2010 – December 2013, Flight Chief, Joint Base Emergency Mangment Office, JB37, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
  9. December 2013 – March 2015, Chief Enlisted Manger/Operations Superintendent and HIANG Emergency Manager, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
  10. March 2015 – Present, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, JFHQ, Hawaii National Guard and Command Chief Master Sergeant, Hawaii Air National Guard, Hawaii

Major Awards And Decorations 

  • Meritorious Service Medal
  • Air Force Commendation Medal
  • Air Force Achievement Medal
  • Navy Achievement Medal
  • Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Enlisted Association of the National Guard
  • Air Force Seargenats Association

Effective Dates of Promotion

  • Staff Sergeant – February 1, 1997
  • Technical Sergeant – October 1, 2003
  • Master Sergeant – December 4, 2005
  • Senior Master Sergeant – August 1, 2009
  • Chief Master Sergeant – Nov 1, 2012 

Last updated July 2015