Chief Master Sergeant Edgard Castillo serves as the Interim Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. As the senior enlisted adviser to the commander, she oversees the health, welfare and professional development of 3,900 Total Force personnel and guides an intermediate-level headquarters responsible for providing installation and mission support capabilities for 78 Air Force and Space Force installations, nine major commands and two direct reporting units with an annual budget of approximately $10 billion. One of six centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command, the unit’s cross-functional team integrates Airmen and family services, base communications, chaplain, civil engineering, financial management, logistics readiness, operational acquisition, public affairs, and security forces programs across 10 detachments and four primary subordinate units. Those units are the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Air Force Security Forces Center and Air Force Services Center.
Chief Castillo entered the Air Force in June 1996 and graduated from the services specialist course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas in October 1996. Prior to his current position, he was the Chief Enlisted Manager for the Air Force Services Center. He has deployed numerous times in support of operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom.
EDUCATION
2000 Airman Leadership School, Offutt AFB, Neb.
2002 Classroom Instructor Course, Dyess AFB, Texas
2003 Associates of Science in Fitness, Recreation and Services Management, Community College of the Air Force
2006 Bachelor's of Science in Resource Management, Troy University
2008 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
2012 Joint Senior Noncommissioned Officer Professional Military Training
2013 Professional Manager Certificate, Community College of the Air Force
2013 Combat Airman Skills Training, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
2013 Evasion and Conduct After Capture, Lackland AFB, Texas
2014 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
2015 Force Support Squadron Advanced Readiness Contingency Course, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
2016 Contingency Wartime Planning Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2018 Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. 1996 - 2000, Food Service Specialist, then Readiness Apprentice, 55th Services Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb. (1996 - 1997, Food Service Specialist, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait)
2. 2000 - 2001, Lodging Front Desk Supervisor, 55th Services Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb.
3. 2001 - 2003, Prime Readiness in Base Services (RIBS) Contingency Instructor, Det 1, 823rd RED HORSE Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
4. 2003 - 2005, NCO in charge, Curriculum Management, Detachment 1, 823rd RED HORSE Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
5. 2005 - 2008, Readiness NCOIC, 1st Special Operations Force Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (2007 Readiness/Mortuary NCOIC, Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar)
6. 2008 - 2011, Force Sustainment Program Manager, Air Force Special Operations Command A1, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (2010 - 2011, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Food Service Advisor, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan)
7. 2011 - 2012, Food Service Superintendent, 1st SOFSS, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
8. 2012 - 2013, Food Service Superintendent, 355th Force Support Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
9. 2013 - 2014, Superintendent, Sustainment Flight, 355th FSS, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. (2014 - Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Food Service Advisor, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan)
10. 2015 - 2016, Manpower, Personnel and Readiness Manager, Pacific Air Forces A1, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
11. 2016 - 2017, Services Major Command Functional Manager, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Detachment 2, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
12. 2017 - 2020, Superintendent, 97th Force Support Squadron, Altus AFB, Okla. (2019 - Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Recovery NCO, Team 2 135th Joint Field Activity (JTF), Lao Peoples Democratic Republic)
13. 2020 - 2021, Chief Enlisted Manager, Mission Directorate, Air Force Services Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
14. 2022 - Chief Enlisted Manager, Air Force Services Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
15. 2022 - Present, Interim Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Army Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2004 Tyndall AFB Associate Unit NCO of the Year
2007 AFSOC Services NCO of the Year
2011 1st SOFSS Senior NCO of the Year
2011 Air Force John L. Hennessy Award, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2015 Pacific Air Forces A1 Senior NCO of the Year
2018 Air Force John L. Hennessy Award, Altus AFB, Okla.
2018 Maj. Gen. Eugene Eubank Award, Altus AFB, Okla.
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Chief Master Sergeant August 2017
(Current as of January 2022)