I was a SNCO also. Ran the cable/antenna shop for about year and a half. Our Squadron Chief decided to show up at one of the antenna sites and was not happy that I was on top of a 110' tower repairing an antenna, while I had Senior Airmen, SSgts and TSgts on the ground...I thought it was a "teachable moment", that I wouldn't ask them to do anything I wouldn't do...I was apparently wrong, as soon as both of my TSgt got line numbers for MSgt, they pulled me out of the shop. Spent 6 months in QA getting the Squadron ready for PACAF inspection, when we passed that with flying colors, they put me in charge of the Project Management shop, stayed there for a little over a year, and moved to Wing HQ IG shop, to run the exercises and inspections...that was actually a cool job. Long hours, my bosses were all fighter pilots. I got to do the A-10 simulator for a going away gift from my A-10 driver boss, that was very cool.