Sheppard honors annual award winners Published Jan. 30, 2018 By John Ingle 82nd Training Wing The 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base hosted its annual award banquet Jan. 26 at the Sheppard Club to recognize and honor the achievements of military at civilian Airmen during 2017. Award winners include: Airman of the Year: Airman 1st Class Dylan Jack, 82nd Communications Squadron NCO of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Robert Lewis, 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 6 Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Tracy England, 82nd Medical Support Squadron Company Grade Officer of the Year: 1st Lt. Elizabeth McKenna, 82nd Contracting Squadron Civilian Category I of the Year, Nonsupervisor: Jennifer Wright, 82nd MDSS Civilian Category II of the Year, Nonsupervisor: Amanda Smail, 366th TRS Civilian Category I of the Year, Supervisor: Melissa Jones, 82nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Civilian Category II, Supervisor of the Year: William Carter, 366th TRS, Det. 6 NCO Instructor of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Marshall Gooch, 372nd TRS, Det. 207 Senior NCO Instructor of the Year: Master Sgt. Benjamin Amen, 372nd TRS, Det. 215 Officer Instructor of the Year: Maj. John Fuson, 366th TRS, Det. 3 Civilian Instructor of the Year: Ronald Panhorst, 365th TRS Flight Chief of the Year: Master Sgt. Joshua Crowley, 366th TRS Junior Military Training Leader of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Matthew Brown, 82nd Training Wing Training Operations Senior MTL of the Year: Master Sgt. Kenneth Coches, 366th TRS Support Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Chanda Varner, 982nd Training Group Support NCO of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Cale McClure, 982nd TRG Support Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Russ Parries, 372nd TRS First Sergeant of the Year: Master Sgt. William Adams, 82nd Mission Support Group Civilian Volunteer of the Year: Chrispus Taylor, 82nd Force Support Squadron Military Volunteer of the Year: Staff Sgt. Alex Taylor, 373rd TRS, De. 3 Spouse Volunteer of the Year: Erin King Support Civilian Category I of the Year: Patrick Lowe, 363rd TRS Support Civilian Category II of the Year: Brian Vance, 82nd TRW/TO Support Civilian Supervisor of the Year: Jessica Santellana, 361st TRS Honor Guard Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Patrick Houldridge Honor Guard NCO of the Year: Staff Sgt. Billy Lathrop More photos from the banquet can be found on Sheppard's official Flickr page.