For the first time, an airman will serve as the top enlisted service advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. CMSgt. Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez was named to become the next senior enlisted advisor to General Joseph F. Dunford Jr., replacing current SEAC, Army Sgt. Maj. John Troxell. Colon-Lopez is currently SEL for U.S. Africa Command. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright announced the decision Oct. 16 on Twitter. Colon-Lopez previously served as the senior enlisted advisor to the AF’s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, before moving to AFRICOM. He also served as the command chief for the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Colon-Lopez is a pararescueman and earned the Bronze Star with Valor and Combat Action Medal for a 2004 mission in Afghanistan, where he took part in an operation to capture a drug kingpin who financed terrorism in the country. The Pentagon has not announced Troxell’s next move or when the change of command will take place. (Source: Air Force Magazine 10/16/19) www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2019/October%202019/In-First-Airman-Tapped-as-Pentagons-Top-Enlisted-Service-Member.aspx.
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