18 LRS nabs PACAF Daedalian Award and 7 individual awards
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron has won the 2010 PACAF Daedalian Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award. This award is bestowed on the best logistics readiness squadron for its impact on mission accomplishment and overall logistics excellence during the past year.
Achieving the Daedialion Award symbolizes the commitment each of the four flights within LRS and impacts Team Kadena's overall mission success. The 18 LRS will now represent Team Kadena and PACAF as it competes at the Air Force-level.
Along with this major achievement, LRS had seven individual award winners earn "Best in PACAF" for their functional areas. This was the most individual awards garnered by any PACAF logistics readiness squadron:
· Maj. John S. Nolan, 18 LRS Operations Officer, earned the Colonel Cynthia L. Benulis Logistics Readiness Field Grade Officer of the Year. As Maj. Nolan said ''As a proud member of the 18 LRS, I'm honored to accept this individual award and it is a true reflection of the great team of men and women within Team Kadena. ''
· Senior Master Sgt. James M. Nollie, 18 LRS Material Management Flight Chief, won the Chief Master Sergeant Eddie Speight Award and was selected as the PACAF Material Management SNCO of the Year
· Master Sgt. Randy J. Waterman, 18 LRS Deployment and Distribution Flight Superintendent, was selected as PACAF Vehicle Operations SNCO of the Year
· Tech. Sgt. Kerry L. Miller, 18 LRS Fuels Management Flight, was named PACAF Fuels NCO of the Year
· Tech. Sgt. Charles E. F. Martin, 18 LRS Vehicle Management Flight, was named PACAF Vehicle Management NCO of the Year
· Senior Airman Cozmo F. Digiano, 18 LRS Deployment and Distribution Flight, was selected as PACAF Traffic Management Airman of the Year
· Ms. Mauri Rogers, formerly of 18 LRS Materiel Management Flight and now assigned to 718 CES, earned PACAF's Material Management Civilian Technician of the Year award
"I don't feel like I won an award, it is a reflection of the entire squadron and the leadership's philosophy of excellence," said Senior Master Sgt. James M. Nollie, 18 LRS Material Management Flight Chief. "This environment has the best mentors in the Air Force readily available in this squadron. In an environment like that it is easy to excel, the set standard is excellence therefore what you strive for day in and day out.''