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Show O H 1- `--, -I 1---, --I H 1-- H AWARD SUPPLEMENT TO THE HILLTOP TIMES THURSDAY, March 29, 2012 7 Team Hill Annual Awards honor top achievers at the base BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor T eam Hill annual awards recognized the top performers of Hill AFB at a recognition and awards dinner at The Landing on March 20. Maj. Gen. Andy Busch, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, and nominee as vice commander for Air Force Materiel Command, addressed the crowd noting the accomplishments of the nominees and award winners. He commended their efforts and thanked the spouses for their support. The award winners represent the base as a whole, including tenant units who submitted nominees as well. They include: Team Hill Airman of the Year, Senior Airman Brearma Nygren, 75th Medical Operations Support Squadron Team Hill Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, Staff Sgt. Arthur Trachte, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Team Hill Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, Master Sgt. Ellen Dean, OO-ALC Aerospace Sustainment Directorate Team Hill First Sergeant of the Year, Master Sgt. John Deegan, 75th Air Base Wing (not pictured) Team Hill Company Grade Officer of the Year, Capt. Jon McComb, 748th Supply Chain Management Group Team Hill Enlisted Individual Mobilization Augmentee of the Year, Tech. Sgt. Talia Wagstaff, 649th Munitions Squadron (not pictured) Team Hill Officer Individual Mobilization Augmentee of the Year, Maj. Wendy Kierpiec, 748th Supply chain Management Group Team Hill Honor Guard Member of the Year, Airman 1st Class Isaiah Morgan, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (not pictured) Team Hill Honor Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, Staff Sgt. Dustin Keffer, OO-ALC Aerospace Sustainment Directorate Team Hill Civilian Category I of the Year, Chad Gibson, 748th Supply Chain Manage- Senior Airman Nygren Airman 1st Class Morgan Master Sgt. Dean Staff Sgt. Keffer ment Group Team Hill Civilian Category II of the Year, Patrick Griffin, 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron Team Hill Civilian Category III of the Year, Jose Ortiz, 524th Electronics Maintenance Squadron Team Hill Civilian Category IV of the Year, William Edwards, 309th Maintenance Wing, Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group Team Hill Civilian Category V of the Year, Perry Bailey, 581st Missile Maintenance Squadron Team Hill Volunteer of the Year, Staff Sgt. Samantha Wareham, 75th Dental Squadron 2nd Combat Camera Squadron: Capt. Amy Abbott, Master Sgt. Joshua Gray he 388th Fighter Wing congratulates its newest major selects. They are as fol- lows: David Bennett, Gregory Boland, Jason Clugston, Isaac Hippie, Christopher Jensen, Steve Jensen, Brandon Lavalley, Scott Meyer, Davis Rogers and Jared White Maj. Kierpiec Capt. McComb Gibson Griffin Edwards Bailey Ortiz Staff Sgt. Wareham Promotions 388th FW newest major selects T Staff Sgt. Trachte 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Lester Joseph Jean III, Staff Sgt. Joseph Kern, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Martin, Senior Airman Spencer Parker, Airman 1st Class Jonathan Medler 372nd U.S. Recruiting Group: Master Sgt. Scott Wold 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Chief Master Sgt. Casey Osmonovich, Staff Sgt. Travis Brown, Senior Airman Terrell Dortch, Senior Airman Jonathan Glasgow, Senior Airman Thomas Hildebrand 388th Fighter Wing: Airman 1st Class John Allan Johnson Jr. 388th Maintenance Group: Airman 1st Class Matthew Gonzales 388th Component Maintenance Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Edgar Munoz, Staff Sgt. Michael Abowd See PROMOTIONS I page 10 Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Pat Condon joins Sen. Lee as policy adviser BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor A ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force is shown serving Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Pat Condon (left) FW Thanksgiving 2011 at the 388th and 419th dinner. He often helps out at base functions. s the Air Force and Hill Air Force Base move toward an exciting but challenging future, Utah's state and national representatives are focused on preserving the state's partnership in that role. With 33 years of Air Force experience under his belt, some of it at Hill AFB, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Pat Condon recently joined Sen. Mike Lee's office as a senior policy adviser. "Virtually all that time I was in the Air Force, I spent doing that which Air Force Materiel Cornmand does now -- science and technology, research and development, acquisition, test and logistics support," Condon explained. His service also included a stint at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "At NASA, I was in a support role as a rendezvous analyst, and in the Air Force I commanded a laboratory, a test center, and an air logistics center - so my back- ground is pretty solid from the AFMC point of view," Condon said. Now having served as an aerospace consultant, Condon has kept in touch with some of the top Air Force leaders, in addition to contributions he has made as a volunteer with his wife, Judy. Condon has been president for the Air Force Association at the national level and chairman of the AFA board. The Air Force Institute of Technology benefits from his service on the Air University Board of Visitors, and he continues to serve on the Human Exploration and Operations Committee for NASA and its advisory council. "My background is specific in the areas it needs to be specific but also broader than that, so I think I bring some value to Senator Lee's office," Condon said. He explained that he also has the opportunity to contribute his experiences with NASA to the adviser on staff who is over that policy area. He and his wife have continued to contribute in volunteer service roles and have had the opportunity to travel the world, meeting young Airmen. "One of the most rewarding things for me during the time I was on active duty is to have had the opportunity to serve alongside some of the finest men and women on the planet, people for whom integrity and service and excellence aren't merely words of (the Air Force) slogans but are their way of life. I don't think that has changed any since I retired," he said. "When Judy and I traveled for AFA and visited Airmen around the world, they would explain to us what their job was, and we went into some areas quite frequently that were not the most attractive jobs - they were not the ones that you would automatically look upon and say, Wow, that is something I would really like to be doing myself,' but the enthusiasm and pride was so evident as they shared with us what they were doing for their country, what they were doing for the United States Air Force," he recalled. "You just could not go See CONDON I page 10 |