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Show ---'-, - 0 R `- ¥ ,-. s-, AWARD SUPPLEMENT TO THE HILLTOP TIMES THURSDAY, March 22, 201 AFGLSC announces its 2011 annual award winners from Hill BY AILEEN STEBLEY 748th Supply Chain Management Group Protocol Officer T he Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC) announces its 2011 annual award winners with several members coming from the 748th Supply Chain Management Group (748 SCMG) here at Hill Air Force Base as follows: • Capt. Jon McComb, 417th Supply Chain Management Squadron E-3 Landing Gear program manager, was selected as AFGLSC Company Grade Officer of the Year. His win at AFGLSC propels him to cornpete for Air Force Material Command (AFMC) CGO of the Year. While the captain was deployed, he led an Afghanistan national police team of 91 in developing a contract quality assurance plan at 190 locations which was key to the commander of International Security Assistance Force's counter-insurgency strategy. He also directed Afghan theater-wide quality assurance and quality control for the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) which increased domestic security. He also identified a security gap in the ANA identification card and implemented a secure program which cut counterfeiting and bolstered output by 400 percent. McComb commanded the wing replacement and sustainment effort for the Air Force's 2nd 3-D modeling program and managed the landing supply chain management program with back orders reduced. Capt. McComb Gibson Courtesy photo The F-16 Communications, Navigation, Instrumentation and Defense Supply Chain Management Team, 416th Supply Chain Management Squadron, poses with Brig. Gen. Brent Baker Sr., Air Force Global Logistics Supply Chain Center commander. Master Sgt. Villafranca • Chad Gibson, 414th SCMS inventory management specialist, was selected as the AFGLCS Category I award winner. Gibson provided key integrated supply chain management for 998 national stock numbers, while reducing mission impaired capability awaiting parts (MICAP)/back orders by 23 percent. He was a key player during a Nuclear Weapon Bare Related Material (NWRM) suspended asset review; eliminating 796 at the NSF (Nuclear Storage Facility), which was noted by Air Force Audit Agency as a best practice. He also facilitated five Root Case Analyses (RCAs) to identify the wayahead to correct dificiencies, provide focus and eliminate actual problems. He led the critical 0-ring acquisition effort, which ensures that the Minuteman III is 98 percent mission critical. • The F-16 Communications, Navigation, Instrumentation and Defense Supply Chain Management Team, 416th SCMS, was selected as the AFGLSC Team of the Year. The F-16 CNI&D Team, 416th SCMS include the following team members: Maryanne Clare, Angela Scribner, Brian Graves, John Perry, Gary Grove, Brian Randall, Loyal Bruce Atkinson, Linda Pigeau, Brian Amador, Eva Randall, Mario Pena, Irene Yanez, Jody Canfield, SueAnn Thomas, Edward Chad Lewis, Steven Shy, Michael Tallant and Joel Neiswander. The team provides the full range of logistics and engineering support for all Ogden Air Logistics Center CNI&D components in support of 2,969 F-16 aircraft operating in more than 30 countries. Through their efforts they have: modified obsolete assets, returning them to issuable assets which has cut MICAPs hours by 72 percent. They preserved nuclear weapon related material (NWRM) for future demand, ensuring F-16s are war-ready. The team also regenerated vital Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) assets. The team led the development, test and qualification of a low cost and more reliable micro-computer interface unit replacement. • Also recognized at AFGLSC level were Deployed Warrior Master Sgt. Rodolfo "Mike" Villafranca, 414th SCMS, and Unsung Hero Gail Bare, 417th SCMS. Villafranca was selected as "deployed warrior" due to his stellar performance while deployed to Southwest Asia. He was the first noncommissioned officer to manage Iraq drawdown in Joint Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) Headquarters. He used Air Force Smart Operations of the 21st Century (AFSO21) methodologies to reduce waste in Operation New Dawn Special Operating Forces (SOF) equipment drawdown process. He created a database to track and analyze Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force equipment items for 100 percent accountability. He composed and directed 1,103 dispositions, moved 11,800 items worth $684 million and filled SOF command requirements. Bare received the Unsung Hero award as E-3 Landing Gear, Wheels and Brakes item manager, 417th SCMS. He was critical in the identification and implementation of the E-3 pre-production planning teams, resulting in reduction of prototype time by more than 50 percent. He established a cross functional team to tackle a reliability concern on the Nose Landing Gear which had grounded multiple aircraft and caused countless hours of maintenance support. Through his continuous hard work, foresight, cooperation and dedication the E-3 team has been successful in reaching zero MICAP hours. This is a tremendous reduction of 6,000 MICAP hours in just 6 months. • Several other 748th SCMG employees were recognized at the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing level. They include: Seth Smith (415th SCMS), Maj Joshua Marcus (748th SMCG), Master Sgt. Andrea Callies (414th SCMS) and Tech. Sgt. Genese Williams (414th SCMS). The 748th SCMG thanks each of the nominees and winners for the outstanding professionalism and contributions they have brought to the 748th SCMG as well as to Hill Air Force Base. Their superior job performance, leadership and dedication are indicative of the remarkable people working within the AFGLSC. Congratulations to all the award winners. Layton Red Cross volunteer began service at Hill AFB, still going strong BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor P atricia Boykin began volunteering for the Red Cross in 1982 as a case worker for the Armed Forces Emergency Services at Hill Air Force Base. Three decades later, she now serves as a Red Cross ambassador at the American Red Cross Layton Donor Services. Recently honored for her service, she took the opportunity to stop by the base and reminisce. "When I started we wore pinafores — blue and white pin-striped pinafores — which we don't wear anymore," she said about some of the changes over the years she has experienced in her volunteer service. She said the information technology boom has also brought changes as the books and services the Red Cross offers are now made available in different ways. For example, the Clara Barton store is no longer a local brick-andmortar site and products must be ordered online. "It is just an all-around pleasure working with the American Red Cross. I think it's not only about helping people, I think it's educational as well," she said. The Red Cross helps out in local and worldwide emergency situations, provides courses in needed skills such as first aid, and in relaying messages to military family members. "I am very proud of the experiences I've had with the American Red Cross and would recommend volunteer work to others," Boykin said. "It's very satisfactory and rewarding." Her community service is something she plans on continuing because she enjoys helping others. For more information about volunteering opportunities with the Red Cross visit the website at http://www.redcrossblood.org/volunteer-ops/lewisclark. The Standard-Examiner also contributed material to this article. CHARLES FREEMAN/U.S. Air Force Patricia Boykin has served 30 years with the American Red Cross. When she started at Hill Air Force Base in 1982 the workers wore blue and white pinstriped pinafores. While much has changed over the years the spirit of reaching out to help others has not. Boykin recommends volunteer service as a way of learning more and helping others. "It's just rewarding volunteer work," she said. Boykin said the Red Cross serves a lot in emergency situations and individuals far away from home in the military. |