SEL to National Guard Bureau chief visits ARPC

Service members from the Air Reserve Personnel Center have their photo taken after an enlisted call hosted by Chief Master Sgt. Mitchel Brush, senior enlisted leader to Gen. Frank Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Jan. 29, 2016, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Richard Grybos)

SEL to National Guard Bureau chief visits ARPC

Published Feb. 5, 2016
By Tech. Sgt. Rob Hazelett
Air Reserve Personnel Center Public Affairs

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Chief Master Sgt. Mitchel Brush, senior enlisted leader to Gen. Frank Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited the Air Reserve Personnel Center Jan. 29, 2016, during an enlisted call hosted by Chief Master Sgt. Ruthe Flores, ARPC command chief, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Brush toured ARPC, then gave the perspective of an SEL, and answered questions from servicemembers

Brush, who advises the Chief, National Guard Bureau on all enlisted matters affecting training, effective utilization, health of the force and enlisted professional development, enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1987 where his initial duty assignment was the 2851st Security Police Squadron, Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. In December 1992, he left active duty and joined the Great Falls, Montana police force. In fall 1994, he enlisted in the Montana Air National Guard to serve in Security Forces.

In 2008, he was promoted to chief master sergeant and assumed duty as the Montana Air National Guard State command chief master sergeant. He currently works in his hometown as a patrol sergeant with the City of Billings Police Department.