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455th Honors Airmen at monthly awards ceremony

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  • By Capt. Michael Meridith
  • 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
The 455 Air Expeditionary Wing held its monthly promotion/awards ceremony here yesterday. 

Promotees to the rank of Airman 1st Class were:
Joanna Hamilton, Thomas Hawthorne, Tabatha Taylor and James Thompson. 

Promotees to the rank of Senior Airman were:
Brian Barnes, Guzman Perez, Buddy Franklin, Holly Phillips, Fernando Reyes, Jonathan Burke, Dewan Davis, Adam Greene, Hernandez Padilla, Justin Phillips, Jeremy Sampson, Christopher Staton and Scott Gingrich. 

Promotees to the rank of Staff Sergeant were:
Stephen Bryant, Chad Hall, Jason Shaw, Raymond Summerall, Yanet Gallo, Lashondra Gordon, Amanda Lee, Jonathan White, Christopher Foster, Lydell Abrams, Brian Baker, Justin Ballard, Rolden Lincoln, Johnathan Robinson and Christo Vanderpoel.

Promotees to the rank of Technical Sergeant were:
Traci Kern, Anthony Black, Lamount Goodwin, David Addison, Timothy Chew and Cedric Starks. 

Promotees to the rank of Master Sergeant were:
Meredith Hubbard, Katherine Turner and Michael Downey. 

Outstanding Contributors for October were:
Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Lunetta, VAQ-133
SSgt Michael Pfister, 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group 

Top Performers for October were

Airman ofThe Month:

Airman 1st Class Reuben Bocock, 451th Air Expeditionary Group 

Noncommissioned Officer of the Month:
SSgt Leslie Williams, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group 

Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Month: 
SMSgt Dean Abbott, 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group 

Company Grade Officer of the Month:
Capt Rodney Stevens, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group
 
Civilian of the Month:

Frank Demchenko, 455th Expeditionary Operations Group