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Civil engineers compete for Air Force awards

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Air Force Reserve Command nominated 23 civil engineers and eight units to compete for 35 Air Force CE awards.

Maj. Gen. David E. Tanzi, AFRC vice commander, announced the selections for fiscal 2005 in early November. The AFRC winners are competing against individuals and units from other major commands.

The top units and people by category are:
-- Air reserve component CE unit – 94th Mission Support Group Civil Engineer Squadron, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.
-- Maj. Gen. Robert C. Thompson Award – 439th MSG/CE Resources Flight, Westover ARB, Mass.
-- Brig. Gen. Archie S. Mayes Award – 434th MSG/CE Flight, Grissom ARB, Ind.
-- Chief Master Sgt. Ralph E. Sanborn Award – 434th MSG/CE Fire Protection Flight, Grissom ARB.
-- Senior Master Sgt. Gerald J. Stryzak Award – 917th CES Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Barksdale AFB, La.
-- Col. Frederick J. Riemer Award – 913th MSG/CE Readiness Flight, Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa.
-- Harry P. Rietman Award – Valerie R. Stacey, Headquarters AFRC Directorate of CE, Robins AFB.
-- Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia Award (military manager) – Capt. Jason P. Zencuch, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- -- Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia Award (military technician) – Tech. Sgt Casey Gros, Expeditionary Combat Support-Training and Certification Center, Dobbins ARB.
-- Civilian manager – David K. DeZalia, 482nd MSG/CE, Homestead ARB, Fla.
-- Civilian technician – Shannie A. Harris, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Senior military manager – Maj. Mark S. Laudenslager, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Air reserve component officer manager – Maj. Judah C. Bradley, 919th CES, Duke Field, Fla.
-- Air reserve component senior NCO manager – Master Sgt. Jeffrey G. Smith, 917th CES, Barksdale AFB.
-- Air reserve component NCO manager – Tech. Sgt. Willie B. Clemmons Jr., 315th CES, Charleston AFB, S.C.
-- Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn Enlisted Leadership Award – Chief Master Sgt. Johnnie A. Castenada, 610th Regional Support Group/CE, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.
-- Maj. Gen. William D. Gilbert Award (officer category) – Lt. Col. Harold I. Newhouse III, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Maj. Gen. William D. Gilbert Award (enlisted category) – Senior Master Sgt. Donald D. Andreasen, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Maj. Gen. William D. Gilbert Award (civilian category) – Timothy W. Greene, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Chief Master Sgt. Larry R. Daniels Award – Master Sgt. Eduardo G. Vallejo, 624th CES, Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
-- Newman Medal – John J. Glover, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Goddard Medal – Chief Master Sgt. Bobby G. Moore, ECS-TCC, Dobbins ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Quality Award (reserve component category) – 934th MSG/CE, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minn.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Restoration Award for All Installations – 434th MSG/CE, Grissom ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Pollution Prevention Award for Non-Industrial – 434th MSG/CE, Grissom ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Natural Resources Conservation Award (small base) – 482nd MSG/CE, Homestead ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Quality Award (Individual/team excellence) – Thomas J. Parkins, 434th MSG/CE, Grissom ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Restoration Award (individual/team excellence) – Lisa A. Marx, 434th MSG/CE, Grissom ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Pollution Prevention Acquisition Award (individual/team) – 482nd MSG/CE, Homestead ARB.
-- Gen. Thomas D. White Natural Resources Conservation Award (individual/team excellence) – Andrew G. Milroy, 439th MSG/CE, Westover ARB.
-- Environmental flight – 911th MSG/CE, Pittsburgh IAP ARS, Pa.
-- Individual community planner – Lawrence Ventura, Jr., 482nd MSG/CE, Homestead ARB.
-- Design excellence (civilian category) – Patricia S. McCutchin, Headquarters AFRC/CE, Robins AFB.
-- Civilian project manager – Craig Bush, Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky.
-- National Society of Professional Engineers federal engineer – Dermott F. Smyth, 914th MSG/CE, Niagara Falls IAP ARS, NY. 

The following awards are command specific and recognize contributions by reservists in a tenant unit on an active-duty base:
-- AFRC CE unit – 512th CES, Dover AFB, Del.
-- AFRC CE readiness flight – 302nd CES Readiness Flight, Peterson AFB, Colo.

Command officials presented unit awards at the annual CE conference. Individuals will receive their awards during commander’s calls or the command readiness conference. (AFRC News Service)