He oversees enlisted force development of all Airmen on the installation and manages groupwide manpower, resources, plans, and policy.Ĭhief Brown entered the Air Force in August of 1998.

Additionally, CMSgt Brown serves as an advisor to the Commander on all matters influencing military readiness, mission effectiveness, and utilization. He is the senior enlisted leader for 150 staff executing language training for 1,400 students who will provide cryptologic language support to national level agencies and combatant commanders. Brown is the Senior Enlisted Leader of the 517th Training Group, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, California. Prior to his current position, Col Jones served as the Chief, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations and Analysis Division, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Col Jones is also cross-trained as an Air Force Foreign Area Officer for the Middle East, executing policy development and security cooperation efforts at U.S. He has commanded at the flight and squadron level. Col Jones has participated in Operations NORTHERN WATCH, JOINT FORGE, JOINT GUARD, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, and INHERENT RESOLVE. Following Intelligence Officer School, he has held leadership positions in a variety of intelligence roles within fighter squadrons, intelligence squadrons, and Air Operations Centers. As the 517th Training Group Commander, Colonel Jones leads two Air Force squadrons composed of 1,200 Airmen, the majority of whom are Air Force Cryptologic Linguist trainees.Ĭol Jones was commissioned through the United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Sacramento State University, California in 1998. He also oversees 1,800 faculty members and 250 joint-service staff providing language training, proficiency testing, and curriculum to train successful linguists. In this capacity, Colonel Jones directs language training for 34,000 Department of Defense personnel annually in 89 languages at 29 sites worldwide. Jones currently serves as the Assistant Commandant, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and the Commander, 517th Training Group, Presidio of Monterey, California.

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