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MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. (Oct. 13, 2018)--The Tennessee Air National Guard Chief of Staff returned to his home unit for an important milestone in his career Saturday.
Vincent Franklin was promoted to Brigadier General at the Louisville, Tennessee Air National Guard Base during a ceremony on Saturday, October 13, 2018.
“This ceremony isn’t for me; this is for all of you who supported me,” Franklin said, to the crowd. “I did not get here on my own.”
“If I could have drawn up my career back in 1988 when i got my first mission, it would not have looked anything like this, but I would not change a single solitary thing that would have kept me from knowing the people in this room” he added. “You guys are my treasure.”
Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Adjutant General, Tennessee National Guard, also made the trip from Nashville to personally promote Franklin.
“No one I have ever met has as much humility as he does, Haston said. “The world is full of selfishness. Vince knows it is not all about him, he makes it all about the Airmen out there.”
“Today is a great day. To all the junior officers out there, look at all this guy has done,” he said.
Franklin has been serving as the Chief of Staff of the Tennessee Air National Guard in Nashville since February.
He previously attained the rank of Colonel serving at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base where he first led the 228th Combat Communications Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Hurricane Gustav humanitarian relief.
When the squadron disbanded, Franklin took command of the 119th Command and Control Squadron, now known as the Cyberspace Operations Squadron.
In that role, he led the Air National Guard’s Cyber Weapons System, supporting more than 15 cyber squadrons and the Air Force Information Network.
| Date Taken: | 10.13.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 10.14.2018 15:02 |
| Story ID: | 296354 |
| Location: | KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, US |
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