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Show O r AWARD SUPPLEMENT TO THE HILLTOP TIMES THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 201 419th FW honors top performers Promotions March promotions for the 419th Fighter Wing were not available at presstime last edition. Here they are including the rank to be received: BY BRYAN MAGANA 419th Civil Engineer Squadron: 419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs L 4 Nearly 500 people attended the 419th Fighter Wing's Outstanding Airman of the Year awards banquet Feb. 25, as military members, families and community supporters gathered to honor the wing's top performers. Attendees heard from guest speaker Phil Taylor, artist and founder of The American Fallen Soldiers Project, which was formed to help provide comfort and healing to mourning families of fallen military men and women. During his speech, Taylor said he spends up to 150 hours painting portraits of service members who died in combat. Throughout the process, he works closely with the family, then presents the finished work at a special dedication ceremony. Although Taylor has painted more than 100 portraits since the project launched in 2007, and travels around the world to unveil them, the artist said he wants recognition to be redirected to those in uniform 4 especially those who paid the ultimate price. "I'm simply a vehicle, a vessel," he told the audience. "I only reflect the heroism of the men and women I paint, and I'm honored to be a part of their story." This year's event was amped up with a performance by Reserve Generation, part of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, who played a four-song set before the awards presentations, when the wing announced winners from the following categories: First Sergeant of the Year, Senior Master Sgt. John Sowder, 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. AYTON Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, Master Sgt. Jeffrey Hartman, 419th Master Sgt. Fred Schoeffler, Senior Airman Sean Williams 419th Fighter Wing: ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Phil Taylor, artist and founder of The American Fallen Soldiers Project, speaks to a group of nearly 500 people at the 419th Fighter Wing's Outstanding Airman of the Year awards banquet Feb. 25. Senior Airman Crystal Charriere 419th Force Support Squadron: Senior Airman Sharla Thirkill 419th Maintenance Squadron: Senior Master Sgt. Sowder Master Sgt. Hartmann Tech. Sgt. Evans Master Sgt. Brendan Vaughn, Staff Sgt. Natalie Shaw, Senior Airman Ross Robbins, Senior Airman Jacob Taylor, Senior Airman Trevor Taylor Senior Airman De Paula 419th Medical Squadron Tech. Sgt. Andrew Evans, 67th Aerial Port Squadron Airman of the Year, Senior Airman Ricardo De Paula, 67th Aerial Port Squadron Senior Master Sgt. Cynthia Seipert Company Grade Officer of the Year, Capt. David Sawyer, 419th Operations 419th Operations Group Group Civilian of the Year, Terri Posthuma, 419th Operations Support Group Other notable awards presented throughout the evening include the following: Maintenance Squadron Capt. Sawyer Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, Staff Sgt. Jarom Saurey, Airman 1st Class Colby Talbot Posthuma See 419TH I page 10 Hill scientists, engineers extol annual honorees at directorate level BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor T he ninth annual Hill AFB Science Engineering and Technical Management (SE&TM) Awards Banquet at The Landing honored Hill's best and brightest from the Science Engineering and Technical Management community for their outstanding accomplishments for the period of Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011. The award winners represent three tenants of Hill AFB: the Ogden Air Logistics Center (OO-ALC), the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center's (AFGLSC) 748th Supply Chain Management Group and the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center's (AFNWC) ICBM Systems Directorate. There were 25 award categories including the Director's Choice 4 best of the peer award nominations. Peer awards are submitted by the rank and file engineers and scientists from center and recognize the best and most helpful and productive engineers that may not otherwise be recognized. There were a total of 102 nominees for 77 SE&TM Awards and 25 peer nominees. Approximately 280 were in attendance at the Feb. 22 ceremony, with light entertainment provided by Mike Polzin and Lt. Kevin Nufer, members of the Hill Air Force Base Science and Engineering community. All SE&TM winners will go forward to compete at the Air Force 2nd Lt. Hubbard 2nd Lt. Nguyen Butterfield Whipple Material Command Level. The winners included the following: Capt. Hoover Capt. Battle Brimley Barton Walter Saunders Supply Chain Management Group ICBM Systems Directorate Junior Military Engineer Award, Capt. Jef- The Director's Choice for Peer Award for Team Hill Outstanding Science and Engineering Performer, frey Hoover Betty Spencer, 309th Software Maintenance Group (not pictured) Capt. Nicholas Battle OO-ALC Junior Military Engineer Award, 2nd Lt. Samuel Ross Hubbard, Aerospace Sustainment Directorate AFGLSC Junior Military Engineer Award, 2nd Lt. Trung Nguyen, 748th ICBM Systems Directorate MidCareer Military Engineer Award, OO-ALC Junior Civilian Engineer Award and Air Force Outstanding Scientist/Engineer Award, Scott Brimley, 309th Software Maintenance Group AFGLSC Junior Civilian Engineer Award, Jared Butterfield, 748th Supply Chain Management Group ICBM Systems Director Junior Civilian Engineer Award, Nathan Whipple OO-ALC Junior Civilian Outstanding Scientist Award, Levi Barton, 309th Software Maintenance Group OO-ALC Mid-Career Civilian Engineer Award, Ken Walter, 309th Maintenance Wing ICBM Systems Directorate MicCareer Civilian Engineer, Carl G. Saunders See SE&TM I page 9 |