McConnell Reserve Unit announces 2014 award winners

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The Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group here honored its top performers for 2014 during the unit's 4th Annual Awards Banquet, Jan. 10, 2015.  During the banquet, the group honored its yearly award winners for each squadron, as well as the overall winners in the Airman, Non-commissioned Officer, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, and Company Grade Officer categories. 

Individual squadron winners for 2014 are as follows:

18th Air Refueling Squadron
Airman:  Staff Sgt. Sarajo Danis
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Staff Sgt. Michelle Horter
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. James Guldjord
Company Grade Officer:  Capt. Damian Baskerville

931st Force Support Squadron
Airman:  Senior Airman Andrew Lewis
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Milton Willhight

931st Civil Engineer Squadron
Airman:  Senior Airman Kristen Roberts
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Stacey Spain
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Howard Burns

931st Maintenance Operations
Airman:  Senior Airman Dillon Jetton
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Lindsay Pechanec

931st Maintenance Squadron
Airman:  Senior Airman Adrian Condit
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Anne Phillips
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. John Giamello
Company Grade Officer:  Capt. Craig Van Praag

931st Operations Support Squadron
Airman:  Senior Airman James Cunningham
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Germain
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Isabel De La Garza
Company Grade Officer:  Capt. Travis Potter

931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 
Airman:  Senior Airman Kaycee Graham
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Ethan Elkins 
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Carl Petersen
Company Grade Officer:  Capt. Kristine Corser

931st Security Forces Squadron
Airman:  Staff Sgt. Andrew Woodard
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Staff Sgt. Julia Benson
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Scott Flaherty

931st Aeromedical Squadron
Airman:  Senior Airman Eric Montgomery
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Staff Sgt. Lauren Hemphill
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Kelly Lundrigran

Deputy Commander for Maintenance
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Bryan Jones

931st Air Refueling Group Staff
Non-Commissioned Officer:  Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer:  Master Sgt. Felicia Sanders
Company Grade Officer:  Capt. John Sullivan

The overall 2014 Yearly Award Winners are as follows:

Category One Civilian of the Year:  Melinda Forgit, 18th Air Refueling Squadron
Category Two Civilian of the Year:  Mary Borst, 931st Air Refueling Group
Company Grade Officer of the Year:  Damian Baskerville, 18th Air Refueling Squadron
First Sergeant of the Year:  Willie Tucker, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year:  Master Sgt. John Giamello, 931st Maintenance Squadron
Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year:  Tech. Sgt. Ethan Elkins, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Airman of the Year:  Staff Sgt. Sarajo Danis