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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - A native of Cooperstown, N.Y., Senior Master Sgt. Laura Callaway earned the title of Air Mobility Command’s Senior Non-commissioned Officer of the Year for 2011, here, March 21, 2012, during an announcement at AMC’s annual awards banquet.
Callaway was selected from a group of four finalists for the award. She will compete next in the senior non-commissioned officer category to be one of the U.S. Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.
Callaway is the physical medicine and emergency department superintendent with the 60th Medical Operations Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Her Air Force career field is as a physical therapy craftsman.
In 2011, Callaway “superbly” filled Air Mobility Command’s physical medicine career field functional manager position where she helped develop proficiency skills and updated training tasks to define standards for physical therapy across the Air Force, according to her awards package.
She also “inspired the 60th Medical Operations Squadron as chief enlisted manager for seven flights and more than 400 personnel which led to three outstanding ratings for the squadron during a Health Services inspection.” Moreover, Callaway was one out of 40 senior non-commissioned officers selected Air Force-wide to attend the Campbell Leadership Course.
Callaway is a 1985 graduate of Norwich Free Academy where she enjoyed basketball, swimming and playing the saxophone, her biography states. After graduating from high school in June 1985, Sgt. Callaway attended Thames Valley Technical College and later continued her studies at the University of Southern Connecticut.
While in college she worked as an aerobic instructor, school bus driver and a secretary. She enlisted in the Air Force in 1996 and graduated basic training in June of that year with honors.
“Upon graduation, she received a direct-duty assignment to Tinker AFB, Okla., working as a life support technician on E-3 aircraft,” the biography states. “Callaway was then reassigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, where she began to work on C-130s, C-21s and helicopters. Her outstanding contributions resulted in her winning Pacific Air Forces Airman of the Year in 1999.”
In April 2001, Callaway cross-trained into the Air Force physical therapy career field and was assigned to F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., where she served in a variety of positions culminating with assistant non-commissioned officer in charge of her flight.
“Callaway’s knack for protocol provided her an opportunity to serve as an enlisted aide to the commander, United States Air Forces in Europe in 2004,” the biography states. “During this tour, she traveled from Africa to Afghanistan assisting the general in accomplishing his mission.”
Later assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Del., Callaway was the vice president of the wing “Top 3” organization where she created and sponsored their airmen recognition program. Callaway also coordinated bringing a “world renowned” civilian fitness organization for a two-week training which resulted in 436th Airlift Wing physical training leaders receiving fitness specialist certifications.
Her biography also states she served as the vice president of both the 436th Medical Group “Top 4” and 436th AW “Top 3,” a member of the Air Force Sergeants Association, and attended the Dover First Sergeant Symposium and is active with Toastmasters.
Callaway is currently the president of the 60th Medical Group “Top 3.” She is currently completing courses for her bachelor’s degree in project management.
At the next level, an Air Force selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center will review nominees who represent not only major commands like AMC, but also direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force nominees, officials said. The board then selects 12 airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements for the Air Force awards of Outstanding Airmen of the Year.
| Date Taken: | 03.23.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 03.23.2012 16:09 |
| Story ID: | 85718 |
| Location: | SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL, US |
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