Tyndall recognizes top maintainers

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The 325th Maintenance Group held their annual banquet March 7 with more than 650 in attendance.

"The Maintenance Professionals of the Year banquet offers us a chance to recognize those in the group who excelled in their specialties over the year," said Col. Curtis Hafer, 325th MXG commander.


The original maintenance professional award was established in 1979 to recognize outstanding performance of direct, sortie-producing maintenance specialists. Support, training and staff personnel make vital contributions which effective sortie production. Tyndall recognized these important professionals in their diversified career fields.

The 2013 MPOY banquet recognized more than 40 individuals from the group.

The winners are as follows:

Maintenance Professional of the Year
Airman: Airman 1st Class Patrick L. Murphy
NCO: Staff Sgt. Shane E. Pimental
Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Jamie T. Leach

Staff Professional of the Year
Airman: Senior Airman Nicole O'Haver
NCO: Tech. Sgt. Christopher M. Lynch
Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Steven A. Griffth

Foreign Object Debris Preventer of the Year
Airman 1st Class Nathan Pacholka
Chief Master Sgt. Thomas N. Barnes Crew Chief of Year
Staff Sgt. Michael A Cantrell

Weapons Load Crew of the Year
Crew 4-3
Staff Sgt. Stephen Watson
Senior Airman Mario Hernandez
Senior Airman Ryan Barker

Jammer Driver of the Year
Senior Airman Ricardo Orozco-Chang

Field Training Detachment Instructor of the Year
Staff Sgt. Craig J. Daniel

FTD Mission Ready Airman Instructor of the Year
Staff Sgt. Chad A. Konyndyk

FTD NCO of the Year
Staff Sgt. Jason D. Drummond

Education and Training Manager of the Year
Tech. Sgt. Tarvaras L. Coston

Supply Person of the Year
Staff Sgt. James M. Lewis

Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Annual Award
Technician: Senior Airman Paul J. Stoner
Supervisor: Tech. Sgt. Dustin R. Holman
Manager: Master Sgt. Adam P. LeBlanc
Commissioned Grade Officer: Capt. Byron Silkett-Irvine

Munitions
Technician: Senior Airman Bryan T. Hardy
Supevisor: Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Kaufman
Manager: Master Sgt. Raymond Delgado

Lance P. Sijan Award
Junior Enlisted: Staff Sgt. Robert Collins
Senior Enlisted: Senior Master Sgt. Raymond W. Phreaner, Jr.
CGO: Capt. Emily E Harris

Air Combat Command Weapons of the Year
Technician: Senior Airman Christopher Clark
Supervisor: Staff Sgt. Michelle Greene
Manager: Senior Master Sgt. Donna Moses

ACC Munitions of the Year
Technician: Senior Airman Kristopher Pohl
Supervisor: Tech. Sgt. Shavona Cruz-Izquierdo
Manager: Senior Master Sgt. Kurt Tom

ACC MTF Instructor of the Year
Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Barnett

ACC Plans and Scheduler of the Year
Airman: Senior Airman Patrick T. Umfleet
NCO: Tech. Sgt. James V. Jomalon

ACC Analysis of the Year
Airman: Senior Airman Cherish Hartzo
NCO: Tech. Sgt. Erika N. Wronski