NASIC honors annual award winners

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  • By Senior Airman Michael Hunsaker
  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center Public Affairs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  The National Air and Space Intelligence Center held a luncheon to honor its 2017 annual award winners and nominees Feb. 23 at the Wright-Patterson Club.

The event recognized military and civilian members of NASIC in 18 categories for their accomplishments in 2017.

Col. Sean Larkin, NASIC commander, presided over the ceremony and congratulated all the nominees on their hard work.

“We had 74 nominees compete at the Center-level,” said Larkin. “I am confident that today’s annual award winners will be tough competition at the ‘Team Wright-Patt’ Annual Awards Ceremony in March.”

During his comments Larkin compared the similarities of the candidates to Olympic athletes who are always striving to be better and emphasized how proud he was of the nominees.

“I would be hard pressed to sum up how much talent and expertise our workforce has, and I want you to know it is appreciated,” said Larkin. “We continue to show that we are some of the nation’s leading experts in air and space intelligence and that knowledge makes me feel more secure when I go home every night. Keep doing what you’re doing!”

This year’s award winners are:

Airman of the Year -- Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Caulfield, Global Exploitation Intelligence Group

Noncommissioned Officer of the Year -- Tech Sgt. Joshua Amoroso, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group

Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year – Master Sgt. Wesley Emenhiser, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group

First Sergeant of the Year – Master Sgt. Kerry McDonough, Global Exploitation Intelligence Group

Junior Technician of the Year – Senior Airman Heather Lalau, Global Exploitation Intelligence Group

Senior Technician of the Year – Tech Sgt. Christopher VanWy, Space, Missiles and Forces Intelligence Group

Color Guardsman of the Year – Staff Sgt. Christopher Michael, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group

Company Grade Officer of the Year – Capt. Sarah Broadbent, Space, Missiles and Forces Intelligence Group

Field Grade Officer of the Year – Maj. Joaquin Cruz, Global Exploitation Intelligence Group

Individual Mobilization Augmentee Company Grade Officer of the Year – Capt. Sean Mojo, Air and Cyber Intelligence Group

Individual Mobilization Augmentee Field Grade Officer of the Year – Maj. Jeffrey Oltmanns, Air and Cyber Intelligence Group

Civilian of the Year, Category I -- Ms. Joan Rawson, Space, Missiles and Forces Intelligence Group

Civilian of the Year, Category II -- Mr. Mark Koster, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group

Civilian of the Year, Category III -- Mr. Todd Gleghorn, Global Exploitation Intelligence Group

Civilian Contributor of the Year, Category I -- Ms. Cynthia Fanning, Space, Missiles and Forces Intelligence Group

Civilian Contributor of the Year, Category II -- Mr. Marc Westover, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group

Civilian Contributor of the Year, Category III -- Ms. Susanne Burritt, Global Exploitation Intelligence Group

NASIC Squadron of the Year -- Electronic Analysis Squadron, Air and Cyber Intelligence Group