WEBVTT 00:00.939 --> 00:01.279 And 00:08.180 --> 00:10.630 welcome to Wings of Eagles today . I'd 00:10.640 --> 00:12.862 like to introduce to the community . My 00:12.862 --> 00:14.862 colleague , chaplain , Major , Bill 00:14.862 --> 00:17.029 Massay , he comes to the United States 00:17.029 --> 00:19.140 Air Force expeditionary center chapel 00:19.140 --> 00:21.307 team from the 5 0/9 bomb Wing Whiteman 00:21.307 --> 00:23.307 Air Force Base , Missouri . Welcome 00:23.307 --> 00:25.084 chaplain Masse . Thanks , sir . 00:25.084 --> 00:26.973 Appreciate you have me on today . 00:26.979 --> 00:29.469 Please tell us a bit about yourself , 00:29.479 --> 00:32.040 your family and your background . Yeah . 00:32.049 --> 00:34.389 Yes , sir . So , uh my wife and I both 00:34.400 --> 00:36.622 grew up in Indiana , which is where our 00:36.622 --> 00:38.733 immediate family still lives . We try 00:38.733 --> 00:40.900 to get back there as often as we can . 00:40.900 --> 00:43.122 Uh , next month we'll be celebrating 20 00:43.122 --> 00:45.122 years of marriage and we've got six 00:45.122 --> 00:47.880 kids , ages 17 to 8 . Initially , I 00:47.889 --> 00:50.479 listed in the Army did two enlistments 00:50.490 --> 00:52.490 before feeling the call to become a 00:52.490 --> 00:54.379 chaplain . The army wasn't really 00:54.379 --> 00:56.657 looking for chaplains at the time . Uh , 00:56.657 --> 00:58.657 but the Air Force was so I made the 00:58.657 --> 01:00.490 switch in 2009 . 1st , coming in 01:00.490 --> 01:02.657 through the Indiana Air National Guard 01:02.657 --> 01:04.823 Unit in my hometown while serving as a 01:04.823 --> 01:06.934 pastor full time in Ohio . And then I 01:06.934 --> 01:09.157 came back on active duty in 2014 . So , 01:09.157 --> 01:11.379 where have you been stationed . Yes , 01:11.389 --> 01:13.556 sir . You know , I can honestly say we 01:13.556 --> 01:15.556 haven't had a bad assignment and by 01:15.556 --> 01:17.722 God's grace , we've gotten to see some 01:17.722 --> 01:19.667 amazing places and meet some great 01:19.667 --> 01:22.250 people . I ETS out of the army over in 01:22.260 --> 01:24.316 Seoul , Korea . And then we went and 01:24.316 --> 01:26.427 lived in Ohio for five years . I came 01:26.427 --> 01:28.593 back on active duty at , at Tinker Air 01:28.593 --> 01:30.260 Force Base in Oklahoma as the 01:30.260 --> 01:32.427 maintenance channel . Great assignment 01:32.427 --> 01:34.316 there in Oklahoma City . Love the 01:34.316 --> 01:36.371 maintenance community from there . I 01:36.371 --> 01:38.482 did a one year remote in Izmir Turkey 01:38.482 --> 01:40.593 working with both airmen and soldiers 01:40.593 --> 01:42.816 as well as the greater NATO community . 01:42.816 --> 01:44.816 Uh After that , we P CS up north to 01:44.816 --> 01:46.982 Malmstrom in Montana where I serve the 01:46.982 --> 01:48.538 OPS group , great community 01:48.538 --> 01:50.704 professionals up there , operating and 01:50.704 --> 01:52.649 maintaining the ICBM S and then we 01:52.649 --> 01:54.427 moved to Whiteman , another fun 01:54.427 --> 01:56.482 challenging global strike assignment 01:56.482 --> 01:58.704 where I got to serve as the deputy wing 01:58.704 --> 01:58.410 chaplain before coming here this summer . 01:59.050 --> 02:01.106 So what would you like to accomplish 02:01.106 --> 02:03.439 here at the Expeditionary center ? Well , 02:03.439 --> 02:05.383 sir , I hope to continue inspiring 02:05.383 --> 02:07.717 readiness for our amazing chaplain Corp . 02:07.717 --> 02:09.717 I , you know , I love our Corp . We 02:09.717 --> 02:11.883 believe in what we do and we have some 02:11.883 --> 02:13.828 incredible people out there in the 02:13.828 --> 02:15.994 chaplain court serving wherever airmen 02:15.994 --> 02:18.161 and guardians are , you know , in , in 02:18.161 --> 02:17.639 the pastoral world to talk about 02:17.649 --> 02:19.927 shepherds who need to smell like sheep . 02:19.927 --> 02:21.871 Meaning we go where they go live , 02:21.871 --> 02:24.038 where they live or where they serve to 02:24.039 --> 02:26.520 do that we have to be ready . And so I 02:26.529 --> 02:28.640 pray I can just be kind of a la , you 02:28.640 --> 02:30.529 know , in that chain of readiness 02:30.529 --> 02:32.529 preparation , helping them think in 02:32.529 --> 02:34.473 ways they may not have thought and 02:34.473 --> 02:36.307 prepare for situations that they 02:36.307 --> 02:38.529 haven't had to wait into yet . What led 02:38.529 --> 02:40.418 to your interest in serving as an 02:40.418 --> 02:42.696 instructor with a , and poor readiness ? 02:42.970 --> 02:45.192 Yeah . You know , as I said , I , I met 02:45.192 --> 02:47.303 some amazing chaplain co servants and 02:47.303 --> 02:49.359 they want nothing more than to serve 02:49.359 --> 02:51.979 with excellence wherever and whenever 02:51.990 --> 02:54.212 they're needed , however , they haven't 02:54.212 --> 02:56.157 yet had to encounter mass casualty 02:56.157 --> 02:57.990 situations . You know , or think 02:57.990 --> 03:00.101 through what it means to provide soul 03:00.101 --> 03:02.860 care in an austere environment . Given 03:02.869 --> 03:05.036 the tools and the training , they will 03:05.036 --> 03:06.813 continue to care for airmen and 03:06.813 --> 03:06.570 guardians more than anyone thinks 03:06.580 --> 03:08.747 possible . So I , I hope to be someone 03:08.747 --> 03:10.747 given in those tools and sharpen in 03:10.747 --> 03:12.969 their training from my days in the army 03:12.969 --> 03:14.913 I still try to live by . Don't get 03:14.913 --> 03:16.802 ready , stay ready , that kind of 03:16.802 --> 03:18.802 mindset . And that's what I hope to 03:18.802 --> 03:21.136 bring to our core as an instructor here . 03:21.136 --> 03:23.302 Excellent . You'll see chaplain to say 03:23.302 --> 03:25.524 out and about getting to know our cadre 03:25.524 --> 03:27.636 and their families , interacting with 03:27.636 --> 03:29.524 students on campus and diligently 03:29.524 --> 03:31.858 working with instructional preparations . 03:31.858 --> 03:34.080 We're delighted to have you here on our 03:34.080 --> 03:36.309 team of teams as we seek to inspire 03:36.320 --> 03:39.110 readiness and forge war , your hearts .