Chief Master Sergeant WESLEY M. MCCORD

Chief Master Sergeant Wesley M. McCord is the Senior Enlisted Leader for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, and dual-hatted as the Senior Enlisted Leader, Readiness Directorate, AFCEC. As the SEL, he is the principal enlisted advisor to the Commander on personnel management, CE matters, training issues, resource allocation & implementation of the CE Strategy. Chief McCord delivers care and support to the 2,200 personnel who provide responsive, flexible full-spectrum installation engineering services and execute $11.8 billion in contracts supporting 78 locations worldwide. Furthermore, he interfaces with Command Teams across 100 Air Force and United States Space Force installations regarding the $33 billion enterprise-wide military family, unaccompanied and privatized housing portfolio spanning 68,000 housing units.

Chief McCord provides strategic direction and oversight of initial skills training, education, advanced technical training, and career field functional issues for 25,000 Total Force CE enlisted and Federal Wage Grade personnel. Additionally, he advises and coordinates with Air Staff, major command Functional Managers, and base-level officials on enlisted training and utilization issues.  Chief McCord develops and executes an operational budget of $9 million to sustain Specialty Training Requirements Teams, Utilization and Training Workshops, Vendor Training Programs, Training Support contracts and Headquarters Air Force A4C directed manpower studies. Lastly, he is a member of the CE Enterprise Chiefs Council.

Chief McCord entered the Air Force in August 2001. He graduated the Pavements and Construction Equipment Operator Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri in March 2002. He has experience as a Civil Engineer in various supervisory and leadership positions and has served as a SILVER FLAG instructor. Chief McCord has deployed numerous times in support of major operations including Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, and FREEDOM'S SENTINAL.  Before assuming his current position, he was the the Senior Enlisted Leader for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Readiness (CX) Directorate at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. 

EDUCATION
2005 Airman Leadership School, Hurlburt Field, Florida
2009 Associates Degree, Construction Technology, Community College of the Air Force
2010 Associates Degree, Industrial Technology, Northwest Florida State College
2011 USAF Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Tyndall AFB, Florida
2011 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education, by distance learning
2012 Professional Manager Certification, Community College of the Air Force
2014 AFSO21 Green Belt Course, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
2015 Bachelor's Degree, Organizational Management, Ashford University
2016 Civil Engineer Superintendent Course, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2016 USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Gunter Annex, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2017 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II, by distance learning
2021 HQ AFPC Sq CC/Superintendent Course, by distance learning
2021 Chief Leadership Academy
2024 Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute