Elmendorf couple presented O'Malley Award in Pentagon ceremony

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SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) --  The commander of the 3rd Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and his wife received the 2010 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award Oct. 4 at a ceremony in the Pentagon. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presented the award and Sharon O'Malley Burg made a special presentation.

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Bergeson and his wife Pamela received the award that annually recognizes the wing commander and spouse team who have best "exhibited their own courage, power, grace and beauty in caring for Air Force families and whose contributions to the nation, the Air Force and the surrounding community best exemplify the highest ideals and positive leadership of a military couple serving in a key Air Force position."

The award is named after General O'Malley and his wife, Diane, who were killed in a 1985 aircraft crash while en route to a Boy Scout fund-raising banquet in Scranton, Pa. The couple was known for their leadership and contributions to Air Force families and communities.