Three generations of Air Force chief master sergeants in the Shreiner family have served a total of 72 years. Harold Shreiner, Larry Shreiner, and Glenn Shreiner have a history with USAF that dates back to 1943, when Harold joined the Army Air Corps, serving as a B-25 engineer and gunner. Now Glenn Shreiner, an air traffic chief controller at Altus AFB, Okla., is the third generation chief master sergeant, reports Michael Fletcher. Glenn enlisted at Scott AFB, where his father Larry was a chief master sergeant at Military Airlift Command headquarters. “We have all stayed with the Air Force because of the challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities the civilian world could not match,” Glenn said.
Former AFCENT Commander Reflects on Lessons of Epic Fury
Sept. 13, 2026
Operation Epic Fury marked the U.S. military's largest air campaign in a generation, with strikes on 13,000 targets in Iran before the first in a series of shaky ceasefires began in April. Now, even as hostilities continue to flare up, Lt. Gen. Derek C. France sees several clear lessons that…
