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NEWS & NOTES440th Security Forces Squadron memberselected Sheboygan VFW post officialsby Senior Airman Deanne PerezTwo members of the 440 th Security ForcesSquadron were sworn into office at the Veteransof Foreign Wars, Wolf-Olson Post 1230, inSheboygan on May 21.Master Sergeant John Drossel assumed dutiesas quartermaster and Tech. Sergeant MatthewWallner as commander on July 1. According to aprevious post commander and former WisconsinState Commander, Jerry Wenniger, SergeantWallner is currently the youngest electedcommander in the state.“I really appreciate the young men that stepup,” said Mr. Wenniger in his opening remarks,thanking both Sergeants Drossel and Wallnerspecifically.Sgt. Wallner is grateful for those around himwho are willing to teach him the ropes and feelshe brings a fresh perspective to the organization.“It’s pretty cool,” Wallner said about beingelected youngest commander. He hopes toencourage more young veterans to join and plansto set membership goals for his post.“I’d like to get at least 10 more new guys thisyear. Liven it up a bit and let the old guys sit backand enjoy what the post can do for them,”Sergeant Wallner said of his fellow members. “Letthem know that we’ll take care of them, that thepost will be there when they are gone.We also want the new troops to come in andshow us how we can benefit them,” Sgt. Wallnercontinued. “See what their problems are and howwe [the VFW] can help out.”“I hope to gain a better appreciation of theoverall scope of what the veteran’s groups can dofor the previous – World War II generation vets,Korea, Vietnam and so on – as well as ourgeneration of veterans,” Sgt. Drossel says abouthis own membership.Sgt. Wallner joined his local VFW as soon ashe was eligible. “I’ve always wanted to be in theVFW – kind of camaraderie between the guyswho have been over [seas]. I went in and thoughtI might make a difference,” Sgt. Wallner said.As an active member of the post, Sgt. Drosselknows the time commitment isn’t as easy to meetwith younger veterans who have families and workobligations to meet as well.“I’m at a stage of my life where the last offour girls is out on her own, it’s just my wife andI at home and I thought it was a good time to lookat and get involved with it,” Sgt. Drossel says ofrunning for office, but doesn’t discourage thosequalified candidates from joining.“If we’re talking about the VFW, the AmericanLegion or even the Air Force Reserve, there isstrength in numbers,” said Sgt. Drossel. “The morenumbers the more politicians in office or thoselooking to run for office will listen to you.”Wolf-Olson Post 1230 is the 6 th oldest inWisconsin and its 165 members are diverse.Veterans from World War II through OperationsEnduring and Iraqi Freedom were present at theinauguration ceremony. The post’s newestmember returned from Iraq just 30 days prior tothe event.African-American woman first to command flying wingAFRC photoColonel Stayce Harris flies high as AFRC’s firstfemale African American commander of a flyingwing.ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. – Aformer wing vice commander is the first African-American woman in the Air Force ReserveCommand and the Air Force to command a flyingwing.Col. Stayce Harris accepted command of the459th Air Refueling Wing on May 15.Before replacing Brig. Gen. Richard Seversonas commander of the 1,300-member wing, shewas vice commander of the 507th ARW at TinkerAFB, Okla.“I believe the Air Force and the military as awhole provides opportunities for all,” saidColonel Harris after the ceremony. “I am just anexample of what we can do in the military.”Colonel Harris was born in Los Angeles, thedaughter of a career enlisted man. She gained anappreciation for travel and the military as thefamily moved from place to place.In 1977, she graduated from 71st High Schoolin Fayetteville, N.C. She was then accepted intothe University of Southern California on anengineering ROTC scholarship.Colonel Harris spent her first year and a halfin the Air Force as chief of industrial engineeringand then as the squadron section commander ofcivil engineering at Hill AFB, Utah.She then attended pilot training at WilliamsAFB, Ariz., and became qualified in the C-141BStarlifter cargo aircraft. In August 1990, ColonelHarris separated from active duty and became anairline pilot for United Airlines. She flies a Boeing747-400 aircraft from the West Coast to Tokyoand Sydney, Australia. For the last 14 years, shehas balanced her Air Force career with her civilianairline career. From April 1991 to February 1995,she was an air operations officer and C-141 pilotin the 445th Airlift Wing at March Air ReserveBase, Calif.She was a mobility force planner for the AirForce deputy chief of staff for plans andoperations in the Pentagon from February 1995to January 1997.For the next three years, she served as anindividual mobilization augmentee to the deputyassistant secretary of the Air Force at thePentagon.In February 2000, Colonel Harris returned toMarch ARB first as deputy commander of the452nd Operations Group and then as commanderof the 729th Airlift Squadron. From May 2002to May 2005, she was vice commander of the507th ARW at Tinker AFB.“The Air Force has always been my passion,”she said, “so this is the job I really enjoy keepingbecause of the people. This is where my heartis.”Page 10 The Flying Badger July 2005
AwardsThe following individual has been awarded a JointService Commendation Medal:MSgt. John R. Drossel 440 SFSThe following individuals have been awardedMeritorious Service Medals.Col. Edward T. Whiteley 95 ASLt. Col. Joseph Rallo 34 APSMaj. Joseph Almodovar 440 LRSMaj. Robert S. Oates 95 ASMaj. Timothy J. Reynolds 440 ALCFMaj. Roger R. Stoeckmann 440 MSGCapt. Daniel S. Breese 440 MDSCapt. Todd D. Moore 440 OSF2nd Lt. Glenn A. Baker 440 MXSCMSgt. Leroy E. Frahm 440 MXSCMSgt. Lester F. Pfeffer, Jr. 34 APSCMSgt. Garry D. Plate 34 APSCMSgt. Edward W. Thomas 440 MSFSMSgt. Mark E. Button 440 MXSSMSgt. Melvin D. Dilley 440 MXGSMSgt. John T. Hammetter 440 MXSSMSgt. Lawrence K. Lewens 440 AWSMSgt. Thomas A. Yaeger 440 LRSMSgt. Curtis J. Baeb 440 MXSMSgt. Donald L. Beier 34 APSMSgt. Terrence R. Conway, Jr. 440 AMXSMSgt. Gary A. Cunico 440 MOFMSgt. Stephen M. Eyman 440 SFSMSgt. Carl H. Hermann 440 SFSMSgt. David K. Lemaster 440 MXSMSgt. Carla M. Lonski 440 OGMSgt. Jeffrey J. McCarthy 440 MXSMSgt. Demaine Milbach 440 SFSMSgt. Jon G. Miller 440 MDSMSgt. Susan J. Schneider 440 CESMSgt. Thomas R. Shircel 440 MXSMSgt. Steven M. Troscon 440 MXSMSgt. John P. Wetzel 440 SFSMSgt. Michael J. Wieck 440 SFSMSgt. Michael N. Witchek 440 MOFMSgt. StevenD. Wattawa 440 SFSTSgt. Steven J. Beekman 440 MOFTSgt. Richard A. Chesrow 440 MSFTSgt. Timothy D. Hammond 440 CESTSgt. Vincent F. Hietpas 34 APSTSgt. Peter J. Holentunder 34 APSTSgt. Lyle R. Hubbard 440 CESTSgt. Michael R. Hughes 440 LRSTSgt. Robert C. Leischer 34 APSTSgt. Paul M. Okon 440 MXSTSgt. John C. Ramsey 440 LRSTSgt. William J. Seeger 440 MXSSSgt. Jeffrey A. Schoen 440 AWThe following individuals have been awarded AirForce Achievement MedalLt. Col. James E. Nowak 95 ASMaj. Patrick G. Slattery 95 ASCapt. Chris P. Brennan 95 ASSMSgt. Mark A. Koenig 95 ASMSgt. Andrea R. McClam 95 ASAWARDSMSgt. George Rabe 440 SVFMSgt. Georges B. Sanon 440 CESMSgt. Alan L. Schumacher 440 SVFMSgt. Laurence Wilson 440 MSGTSgt. Oscar L. Dixon 440 SVFTSgt. Kurt A. Herrel 440 MXSTSgt. Douglas A. Koch 440 SVFTSgt. Steve M. Koldenhoven 95 ASTSgt. Albert I. Marolf 440 CESTSgt. Steven J. Siudzinski 440 SVFTSgt. Cynthia S. Truesdill 440 MSGSSgt. Jessica L. Alfke 440 MSGSSgt. Harold W. Peete 440 SVFSrA Paul D. Brunette 440 MXSSrA David A. Cefalu 440 MXSSrA Emily M. Decker 440 MDSSrA Stephanie A. Lawler 440 SVFThe following individuals have been awardedAir Force Commendation Medal:Maj. Michael S. Louer 440 OSFMaj. John H. Ault 440 OGMaj. Jean M. Pyzyk 440 MXSMaj. Patrick G. Slattery 95 ASMaj. Clifton Wade 95 ASCapt. Jeffrey P. Dasher 95 ASCapt. Anthony J. Guehlsdorf 440 OSFCapt. Jered M. Mies 440 OSFCMsgt. Kathy M. Swoboda 440 SVFMSgt. David S. Black 440 MXSMSgt. William H. Lorenz 440 CFMSgt. Glenn H. Lowe 440 SFSMSgt. Michael A. Snyder 440 SFSMSgt. Jeffrey G. Wenszell 34 APSTSgt. Joseph E. Bluver 440 SVFTSgt. Jason A. Drewitz 440 MXSTSgt. Joel A. Givens 440 AWTSgt. Terry L. Harper 440 MSFTSgt. Ian W. Lindauer 440 SFSTSgt. Troy J. Malinowski 34 APSTSgt. John M. Manion 440 LRSTSgt. Christopher J. Marks 440 MXSTSgt. Eric R. Orcholski 440 MSFTSgt. Anne M. Rivera 440 SVFTSgt. Roy R. Smith II 440 SVFSSgt. Kimberly A. Craddock 440 MSFSSgt. Ronald W. Shores 440 CFThe following individuals have been awardedan Air Medal.Maj. David R. Banwart 95 ASMaj. Jerry T. Christensen 95 ASMaj. Michael P. Day 95 ASMaj. Brett C. Larson 95 ASMaj. Richard A. Larson 95 ASMaj. David C. Polacheck 95 ASMaj. Anthony G. Polashek 440 OGMaj. Timothy J. Reynolds 440 ALCFMaj. Patrick G. Slattery 95 ASMaj. Edmond V. Stack 95 ASMaj. Clifton J. Wade 95 ASMaj. Scot J. Wesolaski 95 ASCapt. Christopher P. Brennan95 ASPromotionsSMSgt. Michael Korger 440 LRSSMSgt. Roseanne Peterson 440 CESSMSgt. Thomas Poppe 440 MRSMSgt. Patrick Buechel 440 CESMSgt. James Coe440 MXSMSgt. Terry Harper 440 MSFMSgt. Alexander Jarosz 440 MXSMSgt. James Kasprzak 440 LRSMSgt. James Zuehlke 440 SFSTSgt. Michael Ashby 440 CESTSgt. Jason Bigart 440 MXSTSgt. Robert Czarnecki 440 MXSTSgt. Alan Domagala 440 LRSTSgt. Mark Honn 440 SFSTSgt. Paul McComas 440 LRSTSgt. Gary Mills440 MXSTSgt. Sarah Rammer 440 MDSTSgt. Ryan Vanderberg 440 MXSTSgt. Eric Zuniga440 SFSSSgt. Dickson Amoah 95 ASSSgt. Kara Bernfeld 95 ASSSgt. Joshua Dorff 440 SFSSSgt. James Erickson 440 MXSSSgt. Jeremy Lemerande 440 MXSSSgt. Casey Madden 34 APSSSgt. Timothy Mitchell 440 MDSSSgt. Eloy Salazar 440 AWSSgt. Jesse Schmitting 440 MXSSSgt. Julie Schwebke 440 AWSSgt. Michael Shema 440 MXSSrA Navida Cross 440 MOFSrA Lasheray Davis 440 MOFSrA Andrew Lietzau 440 SFSSrA Matthew Moeller 440 LRSSrA Luke Morarend 440 CESSrA Jessica Nicholson 440 MDSSrA Ruby Rivera440 MOFSrA Bryan Schmidt 440 CFA1C Ryan Marin 440 CESAmn Ashley Morgan 440 CESNewcomersA1C Kandice M. Chaffee 440 MDSSSgt Jonathan R. Chapman 34 APSA1C Jennifer C. Crouch 440 LRSA1C Nicholas P. Johnson 440 SFSA1C Anthony J. Kasmiski 440 CESA1C Shawn E. McGowan 440 LRSSSgt Daniel V. Porcelli 440 SFSSSgt Kirk Schilling 34 APSAmn Maria E. Shelnutt 440 MDSSSgt Theodore R. Zywiec 440 SFSRetirementsSMSgt. John T. Hammetter 440 MXSCMSgt. Garry D. Plate 34 APSTSgt. Peter J. Holentunder 34 APSTSgt. Michael L. White 440 MXSThe Flying Badger July 2005 Page 11
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