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Show AWARD SUPPLEMENT TO THE HILLTOP TIMES THURSDAY, JuneB, 2010 7 PARC man gets prestigious William M. Usdane Award BY NICOLE MEZLO Ogilvy Public Relations I^^H^^B^H^H honorably ^HHHH^m discharged I^H^HL- ^9H from the HE^KL _j^H Navy. For • TIENNA,VA. — Robert \f Butterfield accepted the II^^^^JI *^H the nextsevera V Pacific West Region William M. Usdane Award on May ^flHSC&GH years, he 26 in Los Angeles. ^^^ff^V^Hf performed The awards ceremony follwed ^^^^^^K^H °dd jobs the announcement made by the ^^^^AM while atNational Institute for the Se^^^^^H^^^H tending verely Handicapped (NISH) and Butterfield college Clearfield-based Pioneer Adult full time. Rehabilitation Center (PARC) In 2001, that Butterfield had been selectButterfield found PARC and was soon hired as a custodian on an ed for this honor. The Usdane Award is present- AbilityOne contract at Hill Air CATHERINE McNALLY/Hiiltop Times ed annually to a select number Force Base. (Left to right) Staff Sgts. German Lechuga, Jason Hanisko and James Jandreau, all of the of individuals with significant Although Butterfield's medi75th Security Forces Squadron pose with Military Working Dogs, Brix (left) and Allan, disabilities who have exhibited cation causes side effects that Lechuga and Jandreau's Military Working Dogs. Jandreau and Brix placed first, and : outstanding achievement and sometimes affect his short term Lechuga and Allan placed third in the Utah Police Officer Association's K9 Trials. exceptional character as employ- memory, learning and self conees in the AbilityOne Program fidence, his determination and — the largest employer of people positive attitude help him to not only succeed but excel in his powho are blind or have significant disabilities in the United sition. To help combat memory States. Only five employees loss at work, for instance, he separate teams in the explosive detection receive the regional William M. uses a daily planner to organize BY CATHERINE MCNALLY category, which is a task both they and their Usdane Award and one receives and prioritize his day, and he Hilltop Times staff dogs are all too familiar with, having served the national award. The award constantly takes notes. in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries. n May 16, Staff Sgts. James Janis named for the late William "Hard work and a positive dreau and German Lechuga, two The competition was set up so that each Usdane, former Assistant Comattitude have helped Robert K9 handlers from the 75th Security contestant and their dog had to find six missioner of the Rehabilitation overcome challenges and expeForces Squadron's Military Working Dog training aids, or fake "bombs", in 30 minServices Administration, who rience success, showing others section, found themselves hunting exploutes. The two Airmen described the high worked tirelessly on behalf of that small steps forward can sives — this time not on foreign soil, but school as being close in size to Northridge lead to giant leaps of accomplishpeople with disabilities. instead inside a Utah high school. High on Hill Field Road, and the 28 total ment," said Robert Daniels, CEO Butterfield has overcome dog teams ranged from local police, the of PARC. The search was part of the Utah Police - - many personal battles while FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Officer Association's K9 Trials, an event Evidence of Butterfield's pasliving with a mental disability. ;i K&iSbtJiF nngpf~ °f mental ilk**,*,, ,~sionfpr learning can be found. .-*-.*-* ^hosted by Utah law enforcement agencies. •Firearms and Explosives. - ...:..., -- Jandreau and his dog Allan and Lechuga ness and subsequent threeis dog Brix both entered-as two See TEAMSipage-U). • r ^fl^K5"!R^I * Military Working Dog teams take 1st, 3rd O ' \t\/\ t\r 419th Promotions 419th Fighter Wing: Staff Sgt. Kimberly B. Rosales 419th Civil Engineer Squadron: Staff Sgt. Jamaal Booker, Staff Sgt. Macord Johnson April 8, May 27 Vosler NCO Academy grads 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron: Senior Airman Byron Mortensen 419th Medical Squadron: Staff Sgt. Clinton Henry 419th Security Forces Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Robert Jensen, Airman • Brandon Maughan 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Mills, Airman 1st Class Ron Dorsey 67th Aerial Port Squadron: Staff Sgt. Charles Drinkwater, Senior Airman William Brown, Airman 1st Class David Fowler, Airman 1st Class Dakota Rhine 419th Maintenance Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Steven Vanballegooie, Staff Sgt. Luke Munk, Staff Sgt. Christopher Burns, Airman Basic Rodney Julander Promotions Air Force Research Lab: Capt. Dane Morgan 2nd Combat Camera Squadron: * Staff Sgt. Brittany Barker ; 309th Maintenance Wing: -- Maj. Joshua Marcus -; » > 372nd Recruiting Group: ;; Senior Master Sgt. Stefanie Cof": fee, Tech. Sgt. Ronald Vogel 372nd Training Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Matthew Barcus 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: ~ Senior Master Sgt. Jody Coleman, ; Tech. Sgt. Charles Earwood, Tech. : Sgt. Tavis Garren, Staff Sgt. Edward - Andresen, Staff Sgt. Matthew But:• terworth, Staff Sgt. Brian Hughes, ••'Staff Sgt. Justin Knowles, Staff Sgt. /Ian Andrew Sharp II, Staff Sgt. Mat'- thew Wheeler, Senior Airman'Elisa Alvarez Senior Airman Jodi Bossier, Senior Airman Victor Chaluisan, Senior Airman Brandon-Hedges, Senior Airman Michael Hunt, Senior Airman William Eric Kriews III, Senior Airman Andrew Lolmaugh, Senior Airman Douglas Mitchell, Senior Airman Adrian Pamintuan, Senior Airman Jon Sweeten, Senior Airman Jared Wilson Airman 1st Class Robert Leslie Richwine II, Airman Kenneth Lee Sherman Jr. 388th Component Maintenance Squadron: Senior Master Sgt. Lee Hedberg, Staff Sgt. Adam Gaumer, Staff Sgt. Brandon McClellan, Senior Airman Anthony Scott Lope Cosentino II, Senior Airman Wilfred Gutierrez Trinta, Senior Airman Tanya Moulding, Senior Airman Ryan Oleary, Senior Airman Jacob Walker See PROMOTIONS I*page8 T wo Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduates lists have been released. Due to space and time concerns the April 8 list was held until now. April 8: Tech. Sgt. Aaron Agner, 75th Operations Support Squadron Tech. Sgt. Gregory Bausman 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Christopher Crawford, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jared Empie, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jesse Fuller, 388th Component Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Phillip Gardner, 75th Communications Squadron Tech. Sgt. Bennie Harrison, 388th Maintenance Group Tech. Sgt. John Jarden, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Sarah Kill, Air Combat Command, Detachment 3 Tech. Sgt. David Merrick, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Alexandro Montenegro, 388th Component Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Daniel Newman, 729th Air Control Squadron, Distinguished Graduate Tech. Sgt. Alberto Ramirez, 372nd Recruiting Group Tech. Sgt. Brian Sevy, 505th Combat Sustainment Squadron, Academic Achievement Award Winner and Distinguished Graduate Tech. Sgt. Scott Sheriff, 581st Missile Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Sillanpa, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jon Stelts, 388th Component Maintenace Squadron Tech. Sgt. Shane Stewart, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Woods, 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron May 27: Tech. Sgt. Ryan Aday, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Blair Austinson, 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Martez Banks, 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron Tech. Sgt. Michael Braun, 309th Missile Maintenance Group, Commandant Award Winner and Distinguished Graduate Tech. Sgt. Robert Bursee, 372nd Recruiting Group » Tech. Sgt. Moses Davenport, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Erick Gardner, 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron Tech. Sgt. Joshua Gray, 2nd Combat Camera Squadron, Academic Achievement Award Winner and Distinguished Graduate Tech. Sgt. Joshua Harbin, 372nd Recruiting Group Tech. Sgt. Douglas Harriman, 729th Air Control Squadron Tech. Sgt. Corey Henline, 368th Recruiting Squadron Tech. Sgt. Benito Lopez, 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron Tech. Sgt. Charles Mcdaniel, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Matthew Padgett, 368th Recruiting Squadron Tech. Sgt. James Rice, 388th Component Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Patrick Rogers, 75th Medical Support Squadron Tech. Sgt. Kip Sawaya, 367th Training Support Squadron, Distinguished Visitor Tech. Sgt. Michael Scheel, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Donald Schlaf, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Marshall Smith, 388th Maintenance Group, Distinguished Graduate Tech. Sgt. Ezra Thomas, 75th Aerospace Medicine Tech. Sgt. Joseph Throgmorton, 75th Security Forces Squadron |