Chief Master Sergeant James Pope is the acting Command
Chief of the 316th Wing at Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air
Facility Washington, Maryland. In this role, he advises the
commander on all enlisted matters and on issues regarding
the welfare, readiness, utilization, morale, and quality of life for
personnel across five wings, three headquarters, and over 80
tenant organizations, as well as 60,000 military and civilian
Airmen, and families in the National Capital Region and
around the world. The 316th Wing supports contingency
operations in our nation’s capital with immediate response
rotary wing assets. It also provides security for the world’s
highest visibility flight line and is responsible for operations of
the Air Force Memorial and the Air Force Chaplaincy.

Chief Pope was raised as an Air Force dependent, living in
several stateside and overseas locations, prior to entering the
Air Force in 1995.