Robert D. Gaylor

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Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor was the fifth Chief Master Sergeant appointed to the highest non-commissioned officer position in the United States Air Force.

Chief Gaylor was born in Bellevue, Iowa; however, most of his youth was spent in Indiana. He entered the Air Force in September 1948 and was assigned to the security police career field, in which he served until 1957. From September 1957 to February 1962, he served as a military training instructor at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He then returned to the security police field in July 1965. His assignments included bases in Texas, Korea, Japan, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Following a security police tour at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, Chief Gaylor returned to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. In February 1970, he became the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Second Air Force and was selected as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Senior Enlisted Advisor in August 1973.

Chief Gaylor served as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force from August 1977 to July 1979.

After retiring from the Air Force, Gaylor taught, coached, and mentored leaders at all levels for USAA, a Fortune 200 company. When Gaylor showed up people knew that there was a problem, and that it was about to be fixed. [1] In 2006, the NCO academy at Lackland AFB was named the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy in his honor.[2]

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This article incorporates text from http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5508, a public domain work of the United States Government.

[edit] Succession

Preceded by: Thomas N. Barnes

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force 1977–1979

Succeeded by: James M. McCoy