Jost promoted by National Guard
Dean Jost has something new on his colorful uniform, it's a third stripe above the five below.
Senior Master Sergeant Jost was promoted to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant during ceremonies held Sunday afternoon at Forbes AF Base, Topeka.
On hand were his parents, June and Lois Jost of Marion, and his sister and brother-in-law, Rita and Doug Janzen of Sedgwick.
Jost began his military career in February of 1968 when he joined the U.S. Air Force.
He graduated from Security Police Technical School and was assigned to RAF Upper Heyford base in England. He worked on flight duty guarding RF4 and F101 aircraft.
In 1970 he was transferred to Zweibrucken AFB, Germany, where he volunteered for canine duty. He was discharged in April of 1972.
He worked in civilian law enforcement from 1972 to 1984, as a criminal investigator for Butler County Sheriff's Department until 1979 and as an arson investigator for the Kansas Fire Marshal's Office following that.
In 1984 he joined the Kansas Air Guard. He was selected for a position with 190th AGR security forces in 1985 and promoted to master sergeant.
He was selected as security forces superintendent in 1997 and promoted to senior master sergeant in March of 2000. In May of that year he took over duties as security forces manager.
CMS Jost is a charter member of KANG Military Support for Civilian Authorities Planning Committee.
He was instrumental in developing the combined Army and Air Guard training for the MSCA mission.
He resides at Topeka with his wife, Bobby. They have four sons and nine grandchildren.
The promotion ceremony included a "pinning of stripes" ceremony in which his wife and father participated.
Col. Rufus Forrest, commander, was the speaker and CSM Jost made closing remarks.
