Command post, NCO, Airman honored

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  • By Senior Airman Tammy Cario
  • 911th Public Affairs
PITTSBURGH IAP ARS --       For the second year in a row, Tech. Sgt. Milo Speranzo, the chief of the command post with the 911th Airlift Wing, has won the Air Force Reserve Command, Command and Control Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award. In addition, Senior Airman Matthew Wolfe, a junior command post controller with the 911th AW, won the 2007 AFRC Command and Control Airman of the Year Award.
      Senior Airman Wolfe credits his supervisors for his award. "They gave me the chance to excel where at other places I may not have had the same opportunities," he said.
     This is the second year in a row the 911th AW Command Post has won the 22nd Air Force Command and Control Command Post of the Year Award.
     Their award submission was based on their quick response to the Utah and West Virginia mine collapses, the California wild fires, and their support of headquarters Air Mobility Command missions.
     "Without exception, they are the best at what they do in AFRC and the Air force," said Maj. Geibel, officer in charge of the 911th AW Command Post.
      To receive AFRC Command and Control Awards, both Tech. Sgt. Speranzo and Senior Airman Wolfe had to first compete at 22nd Air Force level, where they competed with other Command Posts in 22nd Air Force. Next, Tech. Sgt. Speranzo and Senior
Airman Wolfe competed against winners from 4th and 10th Air Force to win at the AFRC level.
     Since its inception into AFRC, this is the first time there has been a back-to-back winner of the Command and Control NCO of the Year Award.
     "These awards were given to me because of the effort of each member of the Command Post," said Tech. Sgt. Speranzo. "I see the award more as a
group award, rather than an individual." 

     Congratulations Command Post!