As the 688th Cyberspace Wing continues to celebrate Women’s History Month we would like to highlight one of our Wingman, Master Sgt. Kei’Chanta Chaney, section chief and project manager for the 690th Intelligence Support Squadron out of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington Chaney, a client systems technician, enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 2001. After her family was directly affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 she felt a strong calling to serve her country. As a client systems technician, Chaney has worked at 10 duty stations in a joint en
As the 688th Cyberspace Wing continues to celebrate Women’s History Month we would like to highlight one of our Wingman, Master Sgt. Kei’Chanta Chaney, section chief and project manager for the 690th Intelligence Support Squadron out of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington Chaney, a client systems technician, enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 2001. After her family was directly affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 she felt a strong calling to serve her country. As a client systems technician, Chaney has worked at 10 duty stations in a joint environment enabling user access to various systems. “We are the 411 helpdesk, if a customer has issues with the system, from the wall forward that is us.” said Chaney, who now supervises other client system technicians. “I’ve served the entire joint force, working with the Army, Navy, working in Iraq, CENTCOM and multiple other duty stations. We have a piece of enabling the mission of every branch worldwide.” Without comms, the mission wouldn’t work, so we are always busy, said Chaney who supervises a team that serves three states in the National Capitol Region. “My greatest accomplishment is mentoring and shaping the Airmen that I serve with to be able to take my place when I am done.” said the Albany, Ga. native. “Seeing Airmen grow and change their trajectory because they have a path—I think that is the absolute best.” When I retire in less than six months, I can look back and say I left something better than how I found it, Chaney added. The 688th Cyberspace Wingman said one of the highlights of her careers was working with cadets at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. “I worked for an unit attached to the academy and we taught cadets how to fly without being in a military air craft,” said Chaney. “We taught them how to fly the glider and how to jump out of planes. It was a good opportunity to impact the cadets a
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