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Show Hilltop 4 TIMES March 21, 2013 HILLTOP TIMES courses, coordinating 1,800 curriculum hours. Those benefitted 1,028 Airmen. She managed the Career Job Reservation constraint/Noncommissioned Officer Program for retraining. As a part of this she contacted 210 Airmen, held 52 retraining briefs and 11 squadron visits. This resulted in 48 selections to retrain. She conducted two senior noncommissioned officer professional enhancement seminars, managing the curriculum. She managed 44 briefers who mentored 87 master sergeants on quality leadership. Swanson was the Year of Continuing Education director leading 48 squadron mentors and acquiring $1,000 in scholarships. Enrollment increased 10 percent and Community College of the Air Force graduations increased 9 percent. Swanson also advocated for the Year of Continuing Education through executing the 5K run and the base computer pop-ups. She held 35 unit briefings and amplified the Education Office traffic by 50 percent. She teamed with the U.S. Air Force Academy Liaison Officer and briefed the Air Force Academy commissioning program to 374 first term Airmen which increased base submissions to the program 300 percent. She also executed 28 lunch and learns fostering such skills as bullet writing, leadership and mentoring to 252 civilians and active duty members. Swanson served as chairwoman for the speed mentoring event held at the Junior Enlisted Recreation Center for Airmen. She managed 28 mentors as 48 Airmen were coached on essential performance requirements. The Airmen received feedback and career broadening knowledge. "I have learned so much in this position. There's always something new to learn. When we hold any professional development classes, I enjoy the interaction, I enjoy what they have to offer and I learn from every class. "I've learned to truly value people and to truly show them that you care. It makes such a difference." geed ePpertstr ONE SALVAGE & PIC " A " PART 555 W. 17TH STREET " OGDEN 801-612-6446 ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. H. Brent Baker Sr., Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, awards Tech. Sgt. Adrianne Murphy, the Air Force Sustainment Center Noncomissioned Officer of the Year Award, at Building 1102, as Chief Master Sgt. Jason France, 75th Air Base Wing command chief, looks on. The awards ceremony was held by video conference with the Air Force Sustainment Center. AWARDS From page 1 Murphy took the Red Cross volunteer program in the 75th Medical Group and created a log, putting applications online, tracking 41 personnel. This took the accounting in this area from zero to 100 percent. She was the interim Resource Management Flight commander for two months for the medical support squadron. She oversaw eight members and coordinated an Air Force contract audit, resulting in the first-ever no findings from Air Force Materiel Group Medical Support. She established the Uniform Business Office training program, taught 12 clinics including 167 personnel on the Other Health Insurance collection program. Form collection grew by 15 percent, recouping $655,000. She also volunteered at a domestic violence shelter and participated in several other volunteer opportunities on base including the medical group and Team Hill. Murphy said she thought receiving the award was very exciting. "It's a huge honor for me — it's really a very nice surprise. She said she used some of the experience she has gained in previous assignments at other bases to help with the Government Travel Card program. She said she also put a call out to everyone working as a volunteer in the medical facility to find out which who was working for the Northern Utah Red Cross Center. That way the medical group can account for them and help make sure they get their hours sent in to the chapter. She worked with the marketing of the Third Party Collection system. She credits a really awesome staff for contributing to the collection of $1.6 million in third party insurance that can go directly into making the medical facility better for the patients. She said she has been involved with the records management program at every base she has served, starting out as a records custodian. "I've used that experience and progressively grown," Murphy explained as she described preparing for the Combined Unit Inspection. "We have to be able to quickly access paperwork," she said, saying that was particularly helpful when clients needed refunds on overpayments they had made and the money needed to go to their insurance companies. "It's a good feeling (to know) that if you're looking for something you can go right where you need to go and get it," Murphy said. "The Air Force has given me so many great opportunities to grow and do things in my life that I never thought would be possible. Every base and every job I learn something new and I take it with me and I can apply it to life or I can aply it to a new duty section. It's been a very good experience for me." Murphy has enjoyed her service and plans to stay in the military. Master Sgt. Chi Swanson was honored as Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year by the Air Force Sustainment Center. She is the Team Hill Career Assistance Advisor and helps advise enlisted members who are facing retraining because of Career Job Reservation constraint. She advises all enlisted members on career opportunities, retraining, special duties and commissioning programs. Swanson said she has been extremely busy this past year with assisting First Term Airmen and noncommissioned officers who face mandates to retrain. Swanson said she very surprised to be selected for the honor. She loves her position as advisor saying, "I love to make a difference." She finds her work very rewarding, noting that it is not just her alone doing the work. "We are a two-man shop. It's me and the FTAC NCOIC who runs the First Term Airman's Center." She notes that the FTAC NCOIC is a six-month position and hers is a three year position. She has worked as the advisor for 2 and a half years and is a medic by trade. During this 3 year stent as the Career Assistant advisor, she has also kept her Emergency Medical Technician and Licensed Practical Nurse credentials. Among her many accomplishments the master sergeant resurrected seven contracted and advisory programs which resulted in an Inspector General benchmarking those courses. During a Combined Unit Inspection she was named a "Superior Performer" by the Inspector General which contributed to the Force Support Squadron's "Excellent" rating. 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