My father was a First Shirt back in the day before it became a special duty assignment. It's not for the enlisted to find the Shirt, the Shirt finds all his enlisted personnel and introduces their self. So they can see him upfront before having to locate him/her.

Our son was given the title First Sergeant of the 114th Electronic Warfare Squadron. This is a great video that explains what that entails.

I was in the Air Force during the late 90s. I wound up being sent to PSAB, Saudi Arabia. I had some difficulty coping with stress and anxiety. I got to speak to MSgt Armijo, the first sergeant. I will never forget him.

A First Sergeant is someone who will do everything possible to earn the respect of every enlisted individual under their authority and do everything possible to provide answers to those same individuals in regards to any question(s) they may ask.

Great Video

I was a close friend to my first sergeant. Chief Triplett even decided to pull a joke on me when I was promoted to staff sergeant. This joke included my flight chief, shift commander and the commander of the security police squadron which I was assigned to. Everyone had fun with me, but that was okay I was promoted. We had one incident where I was ordered by the first sergeant to arrest an airman that had damaged one of the walls in our day room. Then the first shirt asked me to call the commander for a telephonic search warrant of the airman's room, we found more than enough to convict the airman at a courts martial including live rounds he claimed to have lost! I was the dorm chief so anything related to the dorm I reported directly to the first shirt, then advised my shift commander of my actions! I was able to pay the first sergeant back for the joke he designed when I got promoted!!

Best job of my adult life

Thanks for the video. Things have changed since my time (early 80s) when my first permanent supervisor told me “If you can leave this unit and the First Sergeant doesn’t know your name, you’ve done a great job.”

Haha your cat was like 'I'mma' make all this noise while you're trying to record'.

I remember seeing this video shortly before I enlisted and now I've been in for about 16 months. In tech school, my roommate got tangled in an ARI and the shirt there seemed especially determined on having the book thrown at my roommate. Ever since then, first shirts have kind of made me nervous. I had to talk to ours to process some emergency leave earlier this year and that was fine. But for the most part, shirts still make me nervous. They're there to take care of you, but they're also the one you're talking to when you're in trouble. I suppose YMMV, depending on the situation and who the shirt is.

I remember watching Iron Eagle as a kid and falling in love with the glam that went behind all that. How has the onset of the drones in this day in age affected the Air Force as a whole? Do you think they will ever engage in air to air combat? To me it seems like they are a good thing in the sense that they protect a person away from enemy lines. I can see that they can take away jobs..or do they not take away jobs? Just would like your angle on this since you have been in the Airforce so long.

My Airmen shouldn't have to come find me, introduce themselves. I will find them and introduce myself. :-) The Shirt.

Sorry the comment wasn't related to the video in any way.

Sir I ship out on Tuesday any tips on Bmt and the Air Force I'm open electric too so any tips on that thanks for all your videos and I hope to wear the same uniform as you