Chief Master Sgt. William A. Parker Biography 

Chief Master Sergeant William A. Parker, serves as the Chief Enlisted Manager and Operations Superintendent for the 154th Civil Engineer Squadron and the Hawaii Air National Guard Emergency Manager (EM). In this position his responsibilities include advising the Wing Commander on the EM program affecting all HIANG personnel and assisting the CE commander in effectively executing the operations and maintenance of nearly one million sq./ft. of facilities supporting C-17, KC135 and F22 aircraft in the Air National Guard’s largest Wing. 

Chief Master Sergeant Parker was born in Crawfordsville, IN in 1970. In the summer of 1988, he graduated from Crawfordsville High School in Indiana. His military career began a year later when he enlisted as an Airman Basic/E-1 in the Active Duty Air Force April 4, 1989. He completed Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and Pavements Maintenance Specialist Technical Training School at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas in the summer of 1989. 

Since then Chief Master Sergeant Parker would serve as a Heavy Equipment Operator at Fairchild AFB, WA and them cross-trained into Civil Engineer (CE) Production Operations working the unit 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 gain in 1996 into the Disaster Preparedness, 3E9X1 career field where he stayed at Hickam until Oct 2002. He relocated to McConnell, AFB, KS for a short time and then transitioned back to Hawaii and into the Hawaii ANG in Aug 2004 and became a fulltime member in July 2005. 

In December 2007, Chief Master Sergeant Parker integrated the HIANG Emergency Management Program with the Active duty and them in again in 2010 with the Navy as part of Joint Basing. He has augmented PACAF IG on numerous inspections and is well versed on PACAF/PACOM operations. Chief Master Sergeant Parker has been 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 to December 2013, Emergency Manager, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii 
  7. December 2013 to Present, Operations Superintendent/Emergency Manager, 154th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hawaii 

Major Awards And Decorations 

  • Meritious Service Medal 
  • Air Force Commendation Medal 
  • Air Force Achievement Medal 
  • Navy Achievement Medal 
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 
  • Air Force Good Conduct Medal 
  • National Defense Service Medal with 1 Bronze Star 
  • Southwest Asia Service Medal 
  • Afghanistan Campaign Medal 
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal 
  • Air Force Overseas Ribbon – Long Tour 
  • Air Force Longevity Service 
  • USAF Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon 
  • Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon 
  • Air Force Training Ribbon

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 

(Current as of 30 Jan 2015)