Morgan: We've overcome so many challenges. Q: What will you remember most from your time at the 37th Training Wing? So, I think that the future for us would just be good citizens of San Antonio. I do know that my family and I are looking forward to living in San Antonio for the next few years as my daughter attends a local university and my son enters high school. And the answer right now is I don't know yet. A lot of people have asked me what I will do when I retire. Q: What is retirement going to look like for you? So I think the future is going to be what the next generation brings to us. It’s a machine that the Air Force needs and a key component to the readiness of the force because we generate the next generation of Airmen who then also become electricians and mechanics and cyber warriors. Morgan: The 37th Training Wing isn’t going anywhere. Q: What do you see for the future of the 37th Training Wing? So hopefully, my legacy is something to the effect of people felt like I listened to them, like I took care of them like I helped them match their personal and professional goals. Morgan: I don't know that I ever really wanted a legacy. So, it's been actually cool to see them create a development plan based off their own goals. So, we have empowered the force to develop themselves in the way that they need. In force development, and in that we really uplifted the private organizations and instead of me telling them what to do, they actually really understand what they needed and asked for it and then found ways to get after it. My goal was to listen to the team to take care of people and to get stuff done. Morgan: In all honesty, no, I think it's played out a little bit better. Q: When we last talked to you two years ago, you said you wanted to focus on force development. How we have an officer and a senior enlisted person coming together to take care of an organization and make the mission happen - I think the team has done well in embracing that concept. I think the team has been very successful in keeping things running smoothly, elevating the position of the senior enlisted leader within the organization, and really focusing on the command team concept. Morgan: I don't count anything as a success for me personally. Q: What do you count as your biggest successes? It’s such an amazing feeling to have the families come and share in their excitement, celebrate their newest Airman or Guardian. One of the biggest feats of our team has done is bringing back bringing back families to the graduations. When I first got here, we were coming out of the COVID pandemic, and we have done a lot to bring people back together, really bring back the culture of what it is to be a part of the military and part of the Air Force. And it has changed a lot over the past two years. Morgan: The 37th is a phenomenal organization. Q: How would you describe the last two years? He recently sat down with the Public Affairs team once again to discuss highlights from his two-year assignment. Over the past two years, the chief has done just that. In an interview with 37 TRW Public Affairs in May 2021, Morgan said he wanted to make sure “I’m doing the best I can for the team. He culminated his career by celebrating 29 years of service with friends and family at his retirement ceremony here, July 7. The young 18-year-old Morgan began his journey in the 322nd Training Squadron at Basic Military Training. Michael Morgan, 37th Training Wing command chief, ended his career in the very same place it began. JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Nearly three decades since joining the Air Force in 1994, Chief Master Sgt.
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