82 TRW announces 2013 annual award winners Published Jan. 30, 2014 By Dan Hawkins 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The 82nd Training Wing announced its 2013 annual award winners Jan. 31 during a banquet at the Wichita Falls Country Club. To begin the evening, each nominee in every award category participated in a lapel ceremony with the guest speaker, Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, along with Col. Eric Froehlich, 82nd TRW vice commander and Chief Master Sgt. Eric Johnson, 82nd TRW command chief. During the awards presentation, a total of 29 awards were handed out, presented personally to the winners by Froehlich and Johnson. Below are the winners from both the traditional and technical training categories. TRADITIONAL AWARD WINNERS Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Corey Weimers, 82nd MSG NCO of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Charles Patterson, 782nd TRG Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Adrian Ruisenor, 782nd TRG CGO of the Year: Capt. Peter Kingsley, 982nd TRG Military Volunteer of the Year: Tech. Sgt. James Culps, 982nd TRG Civilian Volunteer of the Year: Lee Boedeker, 782nd TRG Spouse Volunteer of the Year: Shannon Newcomb, 82nd TRG Civilian of the Year, Category I: Heather Arnold, 982nd TRG Civilian of the Year, Category II: Brenda Walker, 82nd WSA Civilian Supervisor of the Year, Category II: Jeffery Pittman, 82nd TRG Airman Honor Guardsman of the Year: Staff Sgt. Scottman Johnson Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year: Tech. Sgt. David Campbell, 82nd MSG First Sergeant of the Year: Master Sgt. Jason Chiasson, 82nd MSG Associate First Sergeant of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Timothy Raines, 782nd TRG C3 Individual of the Year: Scott Raber, 82nd MSG C3 Team of the Year: 82 LRS team, 82nd MSG TECHNICAL TRAINING WINNERS Civilian Instructor of the Year: Brandon Cropper, 782nd TRG Airman Instructor of the Year: Senior Airman Joshua Hutcherson, 782nd TRG NCO Instructor of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Villareal, 82nd TRG Senior NCO Instructor of the Year: Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Garcia, 782nd TRG Officer Instructor of the Year: Capt. Tomas Alford, 82nd TRG Junior Military Training Leader of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Travis Rathje, 82nd WSA Senior Military Training Leader of the Year: Master Sgt. Gina Pope, 782nd TRG Flight Chief of the Year: Master Sgt. James Buckley, 82nd TRG Support Civilian of the Year: Thomas Murray, 82nd TRG Support Airman of the Year: Airman 1st Class Katelin LaLonde, 782nd TRG Support NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Michael Marksberry, 782nd TRG Support Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Steward herringshaw, 782nd TRG Support Officer of the Year: Capt. Nicollete Borgstrom, 782nd TRG