Chief Master Sergant Lionel A. Jackson an Air Force JROTC Aerospace Science Instructor at I.H. Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas.  CMSgt Jackson joined the Louisiana Air National Guard in November of 1986 and was assigned to the 159th Weapons Systems Security Flight at Naval Air Station - Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans.  CMSgt Jackson was hired as an Active Guardsmen conducting Flight Operations for the Security Forces Squadron, Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

At the time of his retirement, he was the Security Manager of the 159 Security Forces Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, Naval Air Station - Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Louisiana. The 159th Security Forces Squadron is a Louisiana Air National Guard unit tasked to provide security protection of level three assets, and non-protection level resources assigned to all elements of the Louisiana Air National Guard.