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Show April 13, 1995 75th ABW Services Division captures command awards Compiled by Hilltop Times staff The 75th Air Base Wing Services Division recently captured several Air Force Materiel Command awards for 1994. Two individual awards, one outstanding activity award and one flight award were presented to Services Division personnel. Sgt. Julie Cariglio, NCO in charge, Plans and Programs, was recognized as Military Technician of the Year; and Military Manager of the year went to Capt. Nicholas J. DeMarco, chief, Plans and Force Management Flight. Hill's Fitness and Sports Program received the Outstanding Services Activity Award. The Plans and Force Management Flight was awarded the Outstanding Flight Award. All AFMC winners will now compete for the Air Force awards, which are expected to be announced at the worldwide services conference in August. Cariglio worked at redefining service on base, in Saudi Arabia, and in her time, bringing with her a renewed sense of service to each of her many duties. As a result, she studied processes and improved them wherever she went. In addition to her normal work in Services, Cariglio also serves on the Honor Guard. Base Enlisted Advisory Council and served as the squadron's alternate war planning representative. DeMarco made a number of improve off-dut- y ments that directly translate to increased service. Using the results of an employee survey and monthly feedback sessions with managers, he implemented changes that resulted in a 25 percent increase in the level of customer satisfaction. In addition, he provided leadership and innovation during a recent crash when he led the search and recovery team to locate sensitive aircraft equipment from the Great Salt Lake. Hill's Fitness and Sports Program was recognized for a large number of program, facility, equipment and event inlunch novations that included a hour sand volleyball league, quarterly blood pressure screening, a holiday basketball tournament, a personal trainer certification session and a fall coed softball league. Thousands of dollars have been spent renovating the softball fields, resurfacing the par course, installing vinyl pool liners, and installing a backup system for inflation of the bubble covering the tennis court. Customers of the sports program benefited from new equipment such as Lifecycles. Nordic Tracks and Stairmasters. New basketball backboards and rims were added, and cycle ergometry computers were upgraded. The Flight Award recognized the 75th Air Base Wing's Plans and Force Management Flight for a busy and productive year. During 1994 they made a number of rapid response improvements. These in- F-1- 15 Hilltop Times srvb . ji n t " - T u f F Polity 6 Photos by Joy Joorsz Capt. Nick DeMarco (left) and Sgt. Julie Cariglio, Air Force Materiel Command individual award winners. 4 mis bllt Command-wid- um utfo" k 11 e Program team.- - frlni r M ft mi 1 I Outstanding Services Award winners, Hill's Fitness and Sports eluded obtaining a mobile kitchen trailer for use in supporting base wartime task- ings, improved Prime RIBS team readi- ness so the team could deploy within 14 readi- hours, maintaining 100-perce- nt ness with no writeups for the Prime RIBS team, and prepared the Search and Recovery Team to respond in force with- the best time ever at in 50 minutes Hill AFB. Five Hill women recognized by YCC Compiled by Hilltop Times Staff Five women from Hill AFB will be among 23 award recipients when Your Community Connection of Northern Utah holds its annual awards ceremony Friday. The Mattie Wattis Harris Spirit of the American Woman Awards will be presented in the Weber State University Austad Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be obtained by calling The Mattie Wattis Harris Foundation at The annual awards ceremony, now in its 12th year, was originally started to honor Northern Utah women of color but has since expanded to include all women, men, groups, and businesses. who works for the Hill Fire Sandra Cooptr-McKaas the selected been has Department, award recipient for her exceptional accomplishments in a career field where few women have 394-945- 6. y, Non-Tradition- al ventured. previously Eager to accept chal- lenges since childhood, Cooper-McKa- y earned her pilot's license in high school, went to Spain as a foreign exchange student, and enlisted in the Air Cooper-McKa- y Force Reserve as a fire-fighter. She has continued to 9erve with the reserves while working as a fire fighter for Hill AFB. She is also an emergency medical technician and contributes to the Program. Flower Fund for Injured Fire Fighters. Women in the Fire Service Organization, church activities and other community projects. Barbara Crosby. Hill Civilian Personnel Division, will receive the Phoenix award for her ability to rise above her own addictions and use that experience to help others. Growing up in a family where alcohol had full-tim- e Sub-for-San- a central role, Crosby developed serious drinking problems that eventually led to a cocaine addiction. But with loving support and profound determination, her life is now healthy and well balanced. Barbara is not hiding from a difficult past. Instead, she is using her experience, strength and Crosby sign language skills, to ac- complish a dream. She is helping deaf alcoholics and drug abusers overcome their additions and lead fruitful, independent lives. Ellen Head. Science and Engineering Division of the Technology and Industrial Support Directorate, is be ing honored with the Sojourner Truth award for her efforts to heighten awareness of the importance of equal employment opportunities for alL I Moving to Utah as a child, Head struggled with discrimination and isolation as a black girl in a white society during the forties and fifties. Head Divorced with two young children at an early age. she struggled to put herself through school, and to succeed against discrimination in the workplace. She has served on the Black Emphasis Committee at Hill since 1974. She also has served with Blacks In Government, PTA, Ogden City Arts Council. NAACP. YWCA and many other service organizations. Mary Stigers. a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, will be presented the Community Service award for de- - nl cades of service to others. Stiger's young life was clouded by being the oldest of seven children living in an abusive home. But while caring for her siblings while her mother worked to keep the family together, she developed a determination to make others' lives better. Through great personal Stigers sacrifice and struggle, she earned a nursing degree and became an Air Force flight nurse in Vietnam. She has contributed to the of others not just at work, but in her free time ever Foundasince. Her life has touched the tion. Give Kids the World. Guide Dogs for the Blind. Max Baer Heart Fund. Ogden Rescue Mission and well-bein- g Make-A-Wis- h others. TSgt. Veronica Thomas, Supply Division. Logistics Directorate, was selected to receive the Federal Govern ment. Hill Air Force Base award for the key role she played in the Black Heritage program on base. Thomas dedicates endless hours explaining the contributions of black Americans. She re- .... searched and wrote a play based on the first blacks to settle Utah that was presented across the i. Thomas state. She also help de a lesson black for Utah's velop plan history to enhance the state's social studies curriculum. In addition, she provides community service through her work with the Utah Chapter of Blacks in Government, the Red Cross, Hill AFB Health Education Office. Project Success and the Weber County Library Adult Lit , y ."" |