Nominees Announced For SMC Annual Awards Published Feb. 14, 2008 By Annual Awards Banquet Committee SMC Los Angeles Air Force Base -- More than 100 individuals and teams have been nominated for SMC Annual Awards in 14 different categories. The winners will announced at a banquet at Proud Bird on Feb. 22. Tickets are now on sale for the event and cost from $20 to $55, depending on rank. The following are this year's nominees: AIRMAN OF THE YEAR Staff Sgt Juan Arellano Senior Airman Amanda Gladle Senior Airman Faye McCray Senior Airman Colt Stevens NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR Staff Sgt James Bale Staff Sgt Rodney Balgan Staff Sgt Eunjee Han Tech Sgt Edward Moore Staff Sgt Dreamy Peckhem Tech Sgt Marc Person SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR Master Sgt. Edward Boyd Master Sgt William Cleere Master Sgt Steven Fallin Master Sgt Michael Garrison Senior Master Sgt John Mendoza Master Sgt Vincent Pfoser Master Sgt Lori Vrooman Master Sgt Scott Ward Master Sgt Michael Zarter FIRST SERGEANT OF THE YEAR Master Sgt Thomas Raupach OFFICER INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE OF THE YEAR Maj. Victor Arizpe Capt. John Berg Maj. Lisa Gievers Davies Lt Col Steven Higley Lt Col Scott Hutchins Capt. Elisabeth Kaegebein Capt. Cassandra Oakes Maj. Charles Rich Maj. Dale Van Dyke Lt Col. Richard Williams ENLISTED INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE OF THE YEAR Tech Sgt Edward Castro HONOR GUARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR Staff Sgt Andre Stevens JUNIOR COMPANY GRADE OFFICER OF THE YEAR First Lt Taya Campagna First Lt John Carter Capt. Rolando Dagoc First Lt David Fernandez First Lt John Gomez First Lt Robert Kenning Second Lt Alycia Moore First Lt Shirali Patel First Lt Bryan Pittman Second Lt David Richardson Second Lt Nicholas Robinson Second Lt Curtis Shorr First Lt Eric Snyder First Lt Andy Wang First Lt Amber Wilson First Lt David Wisniewski SENIOR COMPANY GRADE OFFICER OF THE YEAR Capt. Mark Anderson Capt. Ariel Batungbacal Capt. Gabrielle Dupree Capt. Jeffrey Feuring Capt. DeShawn Fogle Capt. Gregory Hoffman Capt. Matthew Horton Capt. Jamie Johnson Capt. Joseph Kraut Capt. Amanda Langenbrunner Capt. Samantha Martinez Capt. Robert Mitchell Capt. Ryan Petersen Capt. Jeremiah Sanders Capt. Chad Searle Capt. Greg Stevens Capt. Steven Zollars FIELD GRADE OFFICER OF THE YEAR Maj. Roberto Acosta Maj. Oscar Betancourt Maj. Se'kou Billings Lt. Col. Troy Brashear Maj. Jermaine Brinson Maj. Elizabeth Campbell Maj. Heath Collins Maj. Gene Cummins Maj. Craig Dumas Maj. (S) Jasem Fleming Maj.r Randy Flores Maj. Michael Harvey Maj. Gregg Leisman Lt. Col. Holly Mangum Maj. James Rapallo Maj. Sean Rucker NONSUPERVISORY CATEGORY I CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR Adelaida Cardenas Tim Herman Baron Jackson Rosie Manning Melissa Paquin-Leon Sheila Powell-Faulkner Hosanna Smith NONSUPERVISORY CATEGORY II CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR Imran Ahmed RayMing Chang Peter Chu Shawnte Craig Fred Dennis SUPERVISORY CATEGORY CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR Gloria Campos Tasha Geter Mark Gruettner Carmen Knecht Lawrence Melancon, Jr. Ratnawati Ramirez Suzanne Rowland Michael Zambrana TEAM OF THE YEAR CATEGORIES Staff and Administrative Support Team Award Base Services and Construction Team, 61 ABW Director of Staff Event Planning/Execution Team, DS Functional IG Inspection Teams, PI Independent Readiness Review Team, EA OPR/EPR Process Improvement Team, SMC/CCQ SMC Directorate of Intelligence, SMC/IN SMC Financial Analysis Division, SMC/FM Space Systems Team Award Advanced Space Control Demo Combined Test Force, SYSW Atlas Launch Team, LRSW Consolidated Logistics A&AS Support (CLASS) Team, SLG DSP Flight 23 Launch and Early On Orbit Team, ISSW F17 SSMIS Spin-Down Recovery Team, DMSG GPS Control Group Operational Control Segment Team, GPSW Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) Team, SS Space Test Program - 1 (STP-1) Team, SDTW Vandenberg Tracking Station A-Side Test Team, SCNG WGS SV-1 Launch and Mission Integration Team, MCSW