Chief Master Sergeant Jacey L. S. McDuffie is the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi. The 81st Medical Group consists of seven squadrons with more than 1,700 personnel. She advises the Medical Group Commander and executive staff on daily operations and on the welfare, training, professional development and utilization of more than 850 enlisted personnel, staffing one of the Air Force Medical Service’s largest medical facilities. The Medical Group is also the fourth largest medical deployment platform in the Air Force and second largest in the Air Education and Training Command. The group is further distinguished by its robust Graduate Medical Education, eight Phase II student programs and a DoD and VA joint venture partnership with "Centers of Excellence" integrating clinical and administrative product lines between Keesler Medical Center and the Biloxi VA campus to enhance federal health-care delivery along the central Gulf Coast.
CMSgt McDuffie entered the United States Air Force as an Airman Basic in June 1997. She graduated Pharmacy Apprentice technical training in December 1997 and began her career as a Pharmacy Technician at Travis Air Force Base, California. Her background includes various duties within the pharmacy career field to include a special duty assignment as the Phase II Course Supervisor at Keesler Air Force Base, and the Pharmacy Functional Manager for Air Mobility Command and Education and Training Command. Prior to her current position, Chief McDuffie was the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 355th Medical Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
EDUCATION
2001 Airman Leadership School, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
2006 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Keesler AFB, Miss.
2006 Associate Degree, Pharmacy Technology, Community College of the Air Force
2006 Basic Instructor Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
2009 USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2010 National Defense University, Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Exercise Planner Master Practitioner National Certification
2013 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2013 Master Resilience Trainer Course, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
2016 National Defense University, Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course II, by correspondence
2018 USAF Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2020 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Columbia Southern University
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1997 - September 1997, student, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, Texas
2. September 1997 - November 1997, student, Pharmacy Course Phase 1, Sheppard AFB, Texas
3. November 1997 - December 1997, student, Pharmacy Course Phase 2, Lackland AFB, Texas
4. December 1997 - January 2000, Pharmacy Technician, 60th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
5. January 2000 - January 2002, Main Vault Custodian, 60th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
6. January 2002 - September 2006, Front Line Supervisor, 81st Medical Support Squadron, Keesler AFB, Miss.
7. September 2006 - October 2010, Pharmacy Phase II Course Supervisor, 81st Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, Keesler AFB, Miss.
8. October 2010 - March 2011, NCOIC Pharmacy Services, 96th Medical Support Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
9. March 2011 - July 2012, Superintendent, Exercise and Inspections, 96th Air Base Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
10. July 2012 - July 2014, Pharmacy Flight Chief, 96th Medical Support Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
11. June 2014 - November 2014, Laboratory and Pathology Flight Chief, 96th Medical Support Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
12. November 2014 - July 2016, Pharmacy Flight Chief, 6th Medical Support Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.
13. August 2016 - February 2017, Superintendent, 6th Medical Support Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.
14. March 2017 – September 2018, Pharmacy Flight Chief, 81st Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, Keesler AFB, Miss.
15. October 2018 – August 2019, Superintendent, 81st Medical Support Squadron, Keesler AFB, Miss.
16. August 2019 – May 2021, Superintendent, 27th Special Operations Medical Group, Cannon AFB, NM.
17. June 2021-December 2022 – Senior Enlisted Leader, 355th Medical Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
18. December 2022-present – Senior Enlisted Leader, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Miss.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2002 NCO of the Year, 81st Medical Support Squadron Keesler AFB, Miss.
2002 NCO of the Year, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, Miss.
2003 AETC NCO Pharmacy Technician of the Year, Keesler AFB, Miss.
2012 SNCO of the Year, 96th Wing Staff Agency, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2013 Woman of the Year, 96th Medical Support Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2013 SNCO of the Year, 96th Medical Group, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2016 Air Mobility Command Medical Service SNCO Leadership Award
2016 SNCO of the Year, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION
Chief Master Sergeant Feb. 1, 2018
(Current as of Dec 2022)