She became the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the first female to hold the highest senior enlisted rank in any United States military branch, on August 14, 2020,[3] having been selected for the position on June 19.

[4] She is also the first person of Asian-American descent to hold the highest senior enlisted position in the Air Force.

[6] Air Force News reported "incoming Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said Bass brings skills, temperament and experience that the job requires and an outlook on leadership that meshes with his own", and that he "could not be more excited to work side-by-side with Chief Bass.

[5] Bass joined the United States Air Force in 1993, specializing in aviation resource management.

Bass took down the post and apologized, writing "That was my blind spot and I owned it … because I didn’t see how that commentary could be taken from a father or a husband’s point of view".