WASHINGTON (AFPN) --   Air Force operations and training officials here have named the following airmen as 2002 Command Post Controllers of the Year:

-- Command Post Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year is Master Sgt. Joseph A. Howell Jr., Yokota Air Base, Japan.

-- Command Post NCO of the Year is Staff Sgt. Rodney D. Force, Kadena AB, Japan.

-- Command Post Airman of the Year is Senior Airman Demetria Z. Perez, Vance Air Force Base, Okla.