JBER Arctic Warriors earn PACAF Annual Awards

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  • By Staff Sgt. Cynthia Spalding
  • 673d ABW PAO
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- --  Arctic warriors won big in the 2011 Pacific Air Forces awards, Nov. 16.

Col. Robert Evans, 673d Air Base Wing Commander, expressed his congratulations to both the Security Forces defenders and the Civil Engineers for their outstanding show in the PACAF awards this year.

"The 673d Air Base Wing did extremely well and earned honors in eight categories, including the coveted Maj. Gen. L. Dean Fox Award, The Harry P. Reitman Award and The Society of American Military Engineers Goddard Medal," Evans said.

2011 673d CEG PACAF Annual Award Winners are as follows:

The Maj. Gen. L. Dean Fox Award, Senior Military Manager, was awarded to Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Berube, 773rd Civil Engineer Squadron, commander.

The Harry P. Rietman Award was awarded to Darryl Parks, 773rd CES.

The Society of American Military Engineers Goddard Medal was awarded to Air Force Master Sgt. Jonathan Estrada, 773rd CES.

The Outstanding Civil Engineer Manager of the Year Award, civilian manager, was awarded to Sean Grady, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron fire department.

The 673d CES Asset Management Flight, Natural Resources Element, took three awards; the General Thomas D. White Environmental Restoration Team Award, Natural Resources Conservation Team Award and the Cultural Resources Management Award.

The Air Force Energy Conservation Team Award was awarded to the 673d CES Asset Management Flight, Asset Optimization Element.

The 673d Civil Engineer Group was not the only unit to take a chunk of the PACAF-level awards this year. The 673d Security Forces Squadron, also earned their fair share of awards.

Arctic Defenders earned four of the 12 awards, sweeping the noncommissioned officer awards and two of three civilian awards. Air Force Master Sgt. Landon Branch received the outstanding Security Forces, flight-level NCO award, and Tech. Sgt. Jarod Cappon received the outstanding Security Forces, support staff NCO award. Jeremiah Hamilton and Ismael Trevizo received the outstanding Security Forces, flight-level civilian employee awards.