1st SOCMS welcomes new commander

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HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. --  The 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron welcomed a new commander May 4. Here is a little more information about him.

Name/Rank: Maj. Anthony Truette

Organization: 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron

Hometown: Trussville, Ala.

Off-duty time is for: I firmly believe off-duty time is for strengthening both individual and family resiliencies. Much-needed quality time with friends and family coupled with personal development, whether spiritual, physical or educational, can pay us back with huge dividends.

Previous Assignments:
2011-present: Maintenance operations officer, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2010-2011: Detachment commander/Aircraft maintenance advisor to Royal Saudi Air Force at King Faisal Air Base in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia while assigned to the United States Military Training Mission in Saudi Arabia
2007-2010: Aircraft maintenance unit officer-in-charge and Maintenance operations officer, 62nd Maintenance Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Organizational Goals:
#1- To provide our Airmen with the leadership, training and resources needed to accomplish our unit's mission while taking care of our maintainers and their families.
#2- To provide world class support to our Air Force Special Operations Command and 1st Special Operations Wing flying units.
#3- To build upon the "reputation of excellence" the men and women of the 1st SOCMS have made for themselves within the command.

Work Philosophy:
Anything worth doing is worth doing right...the first time!