Command announces history awards

Published April 7, 2010

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Air Force Reserve Command selected 15 individuals for awards in the field of historical services, history and museum programs for 2009.

The command announced the following winners April 2:

Wing history - Tech. Sgt. Jennifer D. de Lucia, 446th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Spirit of the Eagle Awards (Category II for notable contribution of significance):

Col. Forrest L. Marion, Headquarters Air Force History Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Ala. - area of responsibility deployment

Lt. Col. Kenneth E. Tilley, Headquarters AFHRA, Maxwell AFB - AOR deployment

Maj. Arthur L. Sumner, Headquarters Air Force Office of History, Bolling AFB, D.C. - AOR deployment

Maj. Brian E. Cook, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. - AOR deployment

Maj. Daniel J. Kostecka, Headquarters AF/HO, Bolling AFB - AOR deployment

Maj. Steven E. Heinlein, Headquarters AF/HO, Bolling AFB - AOR deployment

Maj. Manuel A. Sibert, Headquarters AF/HO, Bolling AFB DC - AOR deployment

Senior Master Sgt. Albert D. Graver, Headquarters AF/HO, Bolling AFB DC - AOR deployment

Senior Master Sgt. Charles E. Newell, Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla. - long-term Military Personnel Appropriation tour

Master Sgt. Angela M. Vazquez, 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss. - AOR deployment and end-of-tour interview

Master Sgt. George H. Goff, Headquarters USCENCOM, MacDill AFB - back-to-back deployments

Master Sgt. Jennifer E. Gordon, Headquarters USCENTCOM, MacDill AFB - long-term MPA tour

Master Sgt. Joseph J. Gluckert, 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. - AOR deployment

Master Sgt. Kenneth E. Sloat, 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas - AOR deployment and contingency operations interview. (Air Force Reserve Command News Service)

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