82 TRW honors 2012 annual award winners

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  • By Dan Hawkins
  • 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs
The 82nd Training Wing announced its 2012 annual award winners Feb. 2 during a banquet at the Wichita Falls Country Club.

To begin the evening, each nominee in every award category was presented a medallion by the guest speaker, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force #11 David Campanale, and was congratulated by base leadership.

During the awards presentation, a total of 29 awards were handed out, presented personally to the winners by Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini, 82nd Training Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Eric Johnson, 82nd TRW Command Chief.

Below are the winners from both the traditional and technical training categories.

TRADITIONAL AWARD WINNERS

Military Volunteer of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Huey Watson, 82nd Medical Group
Civilian Volunteer of the Year: Jason Love, 982nd Training Group
Spouse Volunteer of the Year: Leigh Weidman, 82nd Mission Support Group
Civilian of the Year, Category I: Richard Mead, 982nd TRG
Civilian of the Year, Category II: Marie Holt, 82nd MSG
Civilian Supervisor of the Year, Category I: Richard Chamberlain, 82nd MSG
Civilian Supervisor of the Year, Category II: Shane Clark, 782nd Training Group
Airman Honor Guardsman of the Year: Senior Airman Andre Elam, 82nd MDG
NCO Honor Guardsman of the Year: Staff Sgt. Kenneth Pickel, 80th Operational Support Squadron
Airman of the Year: Airman 1st Class Andrew Dalton, 82nd TRW Wing Staff Agencies
NCO of the Year: Tech. Sgt. James Shepherd, 982nd TRG
Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Jason Tilley, 82nd TRG
CGO of the Year: Capt. Karl Blancaflor, 82nd TRW WSA
First Sergeant of the Year: Master Sgt. Jason Chiasson, 82nd TRG
Associate First Sergeant of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Michael Dupertuis, 82nd TRG
*C3 Individual of the Year: Mark McBurnett, 82nd MSG
*C3 Team of the Year: Agile Software Development (Maj. Altman), 982 TRG

*New award this year

TECHNICAL TRAINING WINNERS

Civilian Instructor of the Year: Robert Anderson, 782nd TRG
Airman Instructor of the Year: Staff Sgt. Jordan Loving, 82nd TRG
NCO Instructor of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Delaney, 82nd TRG
Senior NCO Instructor of the Year: Master Sgt. Ronald Warner, 782nd TRG
CGO Instructor of the Year: Capt. Christopher Varnier, 82nd TRG
Junior Military Training Leader of the Year: Staff Sgt. Stephanie Krueger, 982nd TRG
Senior Military Training Leader of the Year: Senior Master Sgt. Brent Batten, 782nd TRG
Flight Chief of the Year: Senior Master Sgt. Luther Hamblin, 982nd TRG
Support Civilian of the Year: Albert DeRubbio, 982nd TRG
Support NCO of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Justin Everett, 782nd TRG
Support Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Cody Beck, 982nd TRG
Support Officer of the Year: Capt. Melissa Jumper, 782nd TRG