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Citizen Airman, employer awards recognize contributions

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WASHINGTON --  Air Force Reserve Command is seeking nominees for its Citizen Airman and Employer of the Year Awards. Deadline is July 31.

The awards recognize an enlisted reservist and an officer who deployed in support of current operations from Jan. 1, 2005, to Dec. 31, 2005, and their respective employers for supporting their activation and deployment.

Unit reservists give their nominations to their wing commanders for endorsement and submission to the number air force commanders.

Individual mobilization augmentees assigned to the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver submit their nominations through their chain of command to the ARPC commander. Other IMAs submit their nominations to their unit commander who sends them to the Readiness Management Group at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

Air reserve technicians and members of the Active Guard and Reserve cannot enter because the awards are for reservists who are not employed full time by the federal government.

Reservists type their nominations on an Air Force Form 1206; employer nominations are typed on a single 8 1/2- by 11-inch bond paper. Both use point paper or talking paper format – bulleted short statements or key points.

The packages should explain the reservists’ contributions to the Air and Space Expeditionary Force or contingency, and the employer’s support of military members and the Air Force Reserve.

In addition to nominee’s name, job title, organization, mailing address, commercial phone number, fax number and e-mail address, each nomination should include the same information on the nominator.

Other requirements are a one-page biography on each nominee and a 70- to 80-word citation that captures the essences of the achievement.

Commanders have until Aug. 21 to submit the nominations to HQ USAF/REI, 1150 Air Force Pentagon, Room 5D712, Attention : Chief Master Sgt. Valerie Barnes, Washington, D.C., 20330-1150.

A panel in the Office of Air Force Reserve will review the nominations and submit them to the commander of AFRC for approval.

The Air Force Association will recognize the selected reservists and employers at its annual convention in Washington in September. The reservists will receive a plaque. The employer will get an eagle trophy.

The awards program pays the travel expenses of the employers and spouses. Units fund the selected reservists’ trips. (AFRC News Service)