The Enlisted Council is comprised of the twelve recipients of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year Award and senior enlisted members appointed by the Air Force to advise them.

The responsibilities of the Enlisted Council are as follows:

1. Develops Air Force policy recommendations on quality of life and quality of service issues which impact the enlisted force.
   
   
2. Identifies and prioritizes quality of life and quality of service issues, driven by legislative action, which impact the enlisted force.
   
   
3. Prepares input, to include background information, and recommend action by the Air Force on these issues.
   
   
4. Makes recommendations to the Air Force through the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force on policy issues which impact the enlisted force.
   
   
5. Responds to Air Force requests for study, evaluation, and/or recommendation on issues affecting the enlisted force.
   
   
6. Performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Air Force

Trenda Voegtle
Chief Master Sergeant
Trenda.Voegtle@pentagon.af.mil
Chairman/Liaison

Chief Master Sergeant Trenda L. Voegtle is the Chief of Enlisted Evaluations and Promotions Policy with Headquarters United States Air Force, Directorate of Personnel, Washington D.C.

Chief Voegtle is from Tacoma, Washington, and she enlisted in the United States Air Force as a personnel specialist in 1982. After basic and technical training, she was assigned to Rhein Main Air Base, Germany, as a Customer Service Specialist and later, Retraining Clerk. In 1985, she was reassigned to Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, and performed duties as Assistant Noncommissioned Officer in charge of Outbound Assignments, Assistant Chief, Promotions and Testing and Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Customer Service. In 1989 she was assigned to Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, Directorate of Personnel as Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Enlisted Promotions. In 1991, she assumed duties as Special Assistant to the Air Combat Command Senior Enlisted Advisor. In 1994, Chief Voegtle was reassigned to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, as Chief of Relocations and Employment. From 1995 to 1997, she was assigned to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, as Chief Relocations and Employment and Chief, Customer Support Section. In 1997, she was reassigned to Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Directorate of Personnel, as Chief, Airman Assignments. In 2001, she was reassigned to Fairchild Air Force, Washington, where she performed duties as Military Personnel Flight and Mission Support Group Superintendent. She assumed her current duties in August 2004.

Chief Voegtle has completed her Community College of the Air Force degree, received a Bachelor’s degree from Saint Leo University and her Master’s degree from University of Oklahoma. She is a Distinguished Graduate and Academic Achievement Award winner from the Air Force Space Command Noncommissioned Leadership Course, is a Distinguished Graduate from the Tactical Air Command East Noncommissioned Officer’s Academy and is a Distinguished Graduate from the United States Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer’s Academy.

Chief Voegtle’s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal and Air Force Achievement Medal. Her other major awards are as follows, Air Force Space Command Personnel Technican of the Year for 1988, Air Force Space Command Outstanding Military Woman of the Year for 1988, Air Force Twelve Outstanding Airman of the Year for 1993, Pacific Air Forces Personnel Superintendent of the Year for 1997.

Chief Voegtle is married and they have one son.

Billy Tramel, Jr.
Technical Sergeant
billy.tramel@afit.edu
Carryover