2011 Annual Leadership Awards Breakfast

Following the 2011 Reveille Ceremony the assembly adjourned to Club Altus where a sumptuous breakfast awaited.  Colonel Hanovich gave a short summary of the dynamics and importance of leadership in the Air Force.  But by far, the stars of the breakfast and awards ceremony were the following 2011 AFA Leadership Award winners:

AMN:  SrA Antoinette Hazlewood

NCO:  TSgt Chad Turner

SNCO:  SMSgt Freddie Dorsey

Civ Tech: Ms. Linda Rose

Civ Super: Mr. Sean London

Unit:  97th OSS, (Col Johnson)

Contractor (N):  Mr. Eric Cowan

Contractor (E):  Ms. Debi Smith

JROTC Cadet: Angela Basto

Teacher:  Mr. Kent Brooks

 

AFA Chapter 342 forwarded all the above winners as nominees for the Oklahoma State AFA leadership awards.  Those Winners will be recognized at the 2011 Oklahoma State AFA Convention in Enid.

Again, a hearty “congratulations” to our 2011 AFA Leadership Awards Winners!

2011 Armed Forces Day Reveille Ceremony

On Armed Forces Day (21 May) Chapter 342 hosted the annual reveille ceremony and leadership awards breakfast at Altus AFB.  Lt Col Robert L. Hanovich, 97th Air Mobility Wing Director of Staff and wing liaison to the Air Force Association, emceed the event, while 45 of Altus AFB’s finest airmen looked on in formation.  We are again indebted to the Altus Blue Knights Honor Guard and the 97th Communications Squadron for their support of another meaningful and successful event.

Anual AFA JROTC Scholarships

Each year, Altus High School provides a forum for a litany of agencies to award academic scholarships to dozens of deserving graduating seniors.

At this year’s 24 May event, Gary Beach (Chapter 342 VP) awarded two $250.00 JROTC/AFA-sponsored scholarships to Altus High School seniors Skyler L. Fogle and Bradley Cox.

AFA Chapter 342 is proud of all our graduating seniors, but we offer our heartiest “best wishes” to Skyler and Bradley in their future scholarly endeavors!

Spring CCAF Graduation

On 26 April 2011 at the Freedom Community Center, Riq Baldwin (President, Oklahoma AFA) presented the AFA Pitsenbarger Award ($400) check to SSgt Alison Chesser, and the AFA Chapter 342 Burley Burleson Award ($200) to SrA Nicholas Carver during the Spring 2011 Community College of the Air Force Graduation.

Altus AFB Jan-Mar Quarterly Awards

On 27 April, 2011, the 97^th Air Mobility Wing held its quarterly awards ceremony at the Altus AFB Movie Theater, to recognize their stand-out airmen and civilian employees.  Winners this quarter were:


Mid Level Civ:  Robert A. Hughes



AMN:  A1C Bianca V. Garcia




Supervisory Civ:  Eric H. Edgecomb



FGO:  Maj Casey Collier














Jr CGO:  1Lt Kathleen A Polesnak



NCO:  TSgt Anna N. Nelson





SNCO:  MSgt Chris Rueckert

Sr. Level Civ:  Neil J. Tully



Jr. Level Civ:  Keven Ward



Volunteer:  Bryan E. Walker





CGO:  Capt Christy L. Zhan



Photos not available for the following:

Honor Guard:  SrA Isaac Navarro

Dorm Rm:  A1C Carolyn A. Alexander

 AFA Chapter 342 would like to add our congratulations to these outstanding individuals for the work and dedication they display on a day-to-day basis.  As always we were proud to offer them a free 1-year membership to the Air Force Association and look forward to working with them throughout the next year.