Security forces announces annual award winners

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  • By Staff Sgt. Melanie Streeter
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WASHINGTON --  The deputy chief of staff for air and space operations recently announced the 2003 Air Force Outstanding Security Forces Individual Award winners.

These annual awards recognize the top security forces members in each category.

The 2003 winners are:

Career field-wide award:

-- Col. Billy Jack Carter Award: Senior Master Sgt. Terry Smith, 315th Security Forces Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.

Unit-level awards:

-- Outstanding Security Forces Company Grade Officer: Capt. Grant Hargrove, 721st SFS at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Flight-Level Senior Noncommissioned Officer: Master Sgt. Rory Olson, 28th SFS at Ellsworth AFB, S.D.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Support Staff Senior NCO: Senior Master Sgt. Steven Martinez, 15th SFS at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Flight-Level NCO: Tech. Sgt. Brian Gates, 18th SFS at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Support Staff NCO: Tech Sgt. Latina Issacks, 85th SFS at Keflavik Naval Air Station, Iceland.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Flight-Level Airman: Staff Sgt. Richard Biondo, 374th SFS at Yokota AB, Japan.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Support Staff Airman: Staff Sgt. Zankeista Melton, 85th SFS at Keflavik NAS.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Unit Level Civilian Employee: Robert Lefever, 347th SFS at Moody AFB, Ga.

Headquarters-level awards:

-- Outstanding Security Forces Company Grade Officer: Capt. Phillip Suydam, Air Education and Training Command headquarters at Randolph AFB, Texas.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Senior NCO: Senior Master Sgt. Harold Hutchison, Air Combat Command headquarters at Langley AFB, Va.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Civilian Employee: Joseph Tenis, 5th Air Force at Yokota AB.

Reserve component awards:

-- Outstanding Security Forces Company Grade Officer: Capt. Barrington Elliot, 72nd SFS at Tinker AFB, Okla.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Senior NCO: Chief Master Sgt. Gerald Delebreau, 45th SFS at Patrick AFB, Fla.

-- Outstanding Security Forces NCO: Tech. Sgt. Dennis McCarthy, 45th SFS.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Airman: Airman 1st Class Rebecca Ireland, 315th SFS.

-- Outstanding Security Forces Civilian Employee: William Ingrahm, 934th SFS at Minneapolis, Minn.

-- Army National Guard Soldier of the Year: Sgt. Christopher Turek, 12th SFS at Randolph AFB.

Individual awards presentations will be conducted in conjunction with the Security Forces Worldwide Symposium in April at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.