ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The 439th Airlift Wing from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., won the most Air Force Reserve Command medical awards for 2004.
Headquarters AFRC officials announced the winners in June with Westover taking five individual and three unit awards.
Top individuals in the command by category are:
Reserve officer in a deployable medical unit – Capt. Obadias Marquez, 932nd Medical Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
Reserve officer, NCO and airman in a non-deployable medical unit – Capt. Kelly H. A. Montolio, Master Sgt. Patricia E. Schanzer and Senior Airman David Rivera, all assigned to Westover’s 439th Aerospace Medicine Squadron.
Air reserve technician NCO in an aeromedical evacuation squadron – Master Sgt. John L. Clauss, 433rd AES, Lackland AFB, Texas.
Reserve officer, NCO and airman in an aeromedical evacuation squadron – Lt. Col. Catherine L. Seibert and Staff Sgt. Carie A. Brown of the 445th AES, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and Senior Airman John S. Wallace of the 459th AES, Andrews AFB, Md.
ART NCO in an aeromedical staging squadron – Tech. Sgt. Chirron L. Hartpence, 445th ASTS, Wright-Patterson AFB.
Reserve officer, NCO and airman in an aeromedical staging squadron – Maj. Robert D. Rostedt and Master Sgt. Richard D. Chapp of Westover’s 439th ASTS and Senior Airman Sean M. Sanford of the 934th ASTS, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minn.
Brig. Gen. Donald B. Wagner Administrative Excellence Award – Maj. Jennie P. Cumberbatch-Smith, 722nd ASTS, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Brig. Gen. Beverly Lindsey Administrative Excellence Award – Lt. Col. Donald G. Smith, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB.
Top units in the command by category are:
Aeromedical evacuation squadron with primary C-130 mission – Scott’s 932nd AES.
Aeromedical evacuation squadron with a mobile aeromedical evacuation staging facility mission – Westover’s 439th AES.
Aeromedical evacuation squadron without primary C-130 mission – 349th AES, Travis AFB, Calif.
Medical squadron with expeditionary medical support – 440th MDS, General Mitchell IAP-ARS, Wis.
Medical squadron/aerospace medical squadron with generation mission – Westover’s 439th AMDS.
Aeromedical staging squadron (150 and 250 bed) – Westover’s 439th ASTS.
Aeromedical staging squadron (100 bed) – 914th ASTS, Niagara Falls IAP-ARS, N.Y.
Medical quality initiative – Wright-Patterson’s 445th ASTS.
Reserve Officers Association Outstanding Medical Unit – General Mitchell’s – 440th MDS.
USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)