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Reservists, employers receive 2008 AFA awards

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Two Air Force reservists and their employers will receive the Air Force Association's 2008 Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman and Employer of the Year Awards Sept. 15, 2008, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The AFA will recognize Lt. Col. Douglas B. Cox, Air Force Trial Judiciary, Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., as Air Force Reserve Command's most outstanding officer. Senior Airman Chad R. Rasmusen, 419th Maintenance Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, has been selected most outstanding enlisted member.

Colonel Cox's employer, XO Communications, Herndon, Va., and Airman Rasmusen's employer, Whitewater Whirlpool Baths and Systems, Lindon, Utah, won the Employer of the Year awards for 2008. 

The AFA will honor the reservists' employers during the ceremony, commending them for their support of and contributions to the men and women of the Air Force Reserve.