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Amazing ladies and gentlemen ,

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your Air Force Band of Flight ,

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we are almost ready to announce our

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winners . However , before we do let us

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hear from tonight's host , please

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welcome the Commander Air Force

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Material Command General Duke

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Richardson .

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I gotta tell you did . And I are

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huge fans of the Air Force Band of

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Flight Dei and I are also

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huge fans of journey .

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I mean , I don't know if a lot of folks

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in here even had heard that song before ,

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but we , we've probably played that a

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few times um in our , in our early

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years . So that was awesome . Another

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round for the Air Force Band of Flight .

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Can we just move that to the closer we

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can do currently ? I'm not being loud

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enough . Hey , this has been a magical

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night . You know , I think last year we

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did this in a smaller way and a couple

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of years before that , we didn't do it

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at all . So this is really the first

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time in a number of years where we've

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gotten together as a family across all

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of our locations . It's just been a

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magical night . It was an interesting

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start chief . You kind of mentioned the

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chance . I thought that was interesting .

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I was , I got to tell you , I was sort

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of keeping tabs on how things were

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going there . You know , we had , you

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know , the test center and the

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Sustainment center . They seem to be

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like spoon knockers . We had , we had L

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CMC going woo all this other stuff . Of

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course , we had the headquarters and

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all the Space Force locations . We were

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polite , very civilized .

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And then you had Damien Schussel .

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You're like in a class yourself . I

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mean , I thought I told you guys not to

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let him in here .

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Oh , you didn't bring the whistle . Hey ,

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I know that we want to probably get on

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with the , with the , the announcements .

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I know everybody's very , you know ,

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probably pinching themselves trying to

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get past this anticipation . I do want

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to just a couple of things . I want to

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thank the museum , Mr Tillerson . I'm

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not sure if he's in the audience . He's

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out here somewhere . I believe so .

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What a fantastic museum . He runs

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World's Best Museum AFMC Protocol

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team . They did . Awesome as did the

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AEA planning committee . So give it up

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for them .

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The band of flight mentioned the

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supervisors , you know , recognizing

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excellence , taking the time to write ,

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do the write ups , taking the time to

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mentor them to steer them , to guide

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them , but also to delegate to allow

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them , you know , the ability to really

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show off what they are able to do . And

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so thank the supervisors as well . The

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families raise your hand if you're a

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family member of a nominee . So we have

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a bunch in the audience . That's

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awesome .

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The civic leaders . So the civic

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leaders , I've gotten a lot of good

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comments over the last couple of days

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about how enjoyable this has been for

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them . And they , you know , they have

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a job too , by the way and they're free .

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And so the lifting that the civic

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leaders do for us working with the

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communities and taking care of our

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airmen and giving us eyes and ears into

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the communities that they , that they

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come from . So we've got all the civic

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leaders from every one of , well , not

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all we have civic leaders from each of

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our installations here . So a big round

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for our civic leaders ,

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but most of all I want to thank

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every medallion holder We have , I

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think 90 of them in here . Ok . You

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didn't react like I wanted you to react .

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Let's try , let's let's try this again .

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If I say Medallion and you're a

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medallion holder , then I want you to

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respond by three table taps , you got

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it . OK ? So if I say

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Medallion very good ,

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you are why the Air Force and the Space

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Force stock is high across the Cocos .

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You are the reason AfMC was wildly

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successful in 2022 .

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You are the reason the Space Force is

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so mature in just three years of

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existence . You are . Why

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our adversaries respect and fear us ,

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you have earned the right to wear those

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medallions nicely

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done .

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And you or why ? I don't worry about

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our future . We're in good

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hands .

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I challenge you tonight to continue

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serving according to our core values ,

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I challenge you to make every day count .

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Did I mention how awesome those

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medallions look around your necks ? Ok .

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Ok . That's enough . That's enough .

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Stalling . I think it's time . Let's

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let's get on with it . Let's announce

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the winners of each of the nine

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categories . So if I could have the

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deputy commander and the executive

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director and the chief command chief

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for the for the command , come on up

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and let's get this party started .

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Thank you , General Richardson .

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The excitement is building , ladies and

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gentlemen , the moment is almost here .

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It is time for the moment you've all

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been waiting for . We will now announce

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the annual excellence award winners for

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2022 .

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If a winner is not present this evening ,

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we ask that the commander , command

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chief or senior enlisted leader from

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that center or field com , please come

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forward and accept on their behalf .

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And now our first category , the

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Air Force Material command airman of

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the year is

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technical difficulty ,

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never mind . From Air Force

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research laboratory , staff Sergeant ,

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Jesse Reed .

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I

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the airmen of the year in

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all right , the airman of the year

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in support of the United States Space

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Force is

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these envelopes , senior

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airman enrico Salvador .

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Yeah . Else .

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Ok .

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Under the next category , the Air Force

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Material Command , non commissioned

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officer of the year is

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from the Air Force Sustainment Center

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Technical Sergeant Mikayla . Me

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next we have the noncommissioned

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officer of the year in support of the

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United States Space Force . That person

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is from

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the Space systems command master

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sergeant , Jeffrey Grasso

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Don

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and now the Air Force Material Command ,

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senior non commissioned officer of the

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year is

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from the Air Force life cycle

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management center . Master Sergeant

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Briley Button ,

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the senior non commissioned officer of

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the year in support of the United

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States Space Force is

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from Space Operations command . Senior

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master sergeant , Justin crew ,

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The Air Force Material Command . 1st

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Sergeant of the Year is

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from the Air Force Test center master

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Sergeant , Jason Hanson .

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Mhm .

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The first sergeant of the year in

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support of the United States Space

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Force is

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from Space Operations Command . Senior

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master sergeant Benjamin Davis .

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Ok .

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And now the Air Force Material Command

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company grade officer of the year is

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from the Air Force Research Laboratory .

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First to Lieutenant Alexei Redco .

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Yeah .

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Yeah ,

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actually .

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Ok . Thank you .

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The company grade officer of the year

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in support of the United States Space

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Force is

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from Space Systems Command , Captain

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Malia Stevens .

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Thank you .

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Right .

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I think so .

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And now the Air Force Material Command

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Field grade officer of the year is

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from the Air Force Research Laboratory .

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Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Fou

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go .

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The field grade officer of the year in

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support of the United States Space

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Force is

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from Space Operations command ,

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Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Sheridan .

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Mhm .

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and now from the Air Force Material

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Command , the category one civilian of

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the year is

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from the air force life cycle

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management . Mr Robert Connor ,

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The Category one civilian of the year

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in support of the United States Space

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Force is

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from Space Operations command ,

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Michael Lamere .

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Right .

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Yeah .

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Ok . I can

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from the Air Force Material Command .

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The category two civilian of the year

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is

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from the air force installation and

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mission support center , Mr Alton

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Hufstetler .

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Right .

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Here we go .

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Mhm

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The Category two civilian of the year

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in support of the United States Space

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Force is

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Mr Gary Parker .

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Ok .

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Ok .

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Yeah ,

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that

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from Air Force Material Command , the

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category three civilian of the year is

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from the Air Force Life cycle

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management . Mr Philip K .

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Yeah .

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And for our final category for

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the evening , the category three

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civilian of the year in support of the

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United States Space Force is

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from Space systems command , Mr Thomas

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Height .

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Oh ,

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ok .

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Yes , sir . And we appreciate right

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at this time . Would all of the award

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winners please come center stage for a

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group photo

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you say

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think

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you

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lies help .

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I got to squeeze in

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que in . They don't want me in the

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photos in closer , closer .

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You sure you cut down more .

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Yeah . Yeah . Yeah ,

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perfect sir .

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Out your window . OK ,

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name .

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Ladies and gentlemen , we present to

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you the 2022 Air Force Material

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Commands . Outstanding airman of the

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year .

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A all out .

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Mhm .

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You may be seated . You thought you

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were done .

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It takes monumental effort to put

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together a program of this magnitude

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and there are many individuals and

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organizations who are responsible for

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tonight's success . We would certainly

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like to publicly recognize them all but

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again , time will not permit . However ,

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we would be remiss if we did not thank

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our sponsor us A A as well as the

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staff of the National Museum of the

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United States Air Force for their

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assistance and the use of this

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beautiful facility .

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General Richardson , General Schafer ,

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Miss East Lassie

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And our 2022

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winners . Thank you so much .

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Finally , we would like to thank the

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annual excellent awards planning

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committee . The A E A is a

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full two day event filled with

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professional development and tours .

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Culminating in this fantastic banquet ,

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36 A E A committee members

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and 40 volunteers have been planning

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this event since October . Some of them

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are in the room tonight . We would like

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to ask all committee members to stand

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for a well deserved round of applause .

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Ladies and gentlemen , this concludes

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tonight's event . Please stand and join

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us in singing the Air Force song and

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the departure of the official party

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last but not least , be sure to

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congratulate our winners afterwards and

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nominees . Please remember to take your

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photo off of the photo board as a

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memento . Thank you again for joining

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us this evening . Good night and get

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home safe .

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Oh

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off we go into the wild blue yonder

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by me high into the sun .

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Here they me to meet our thunder

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and give them a gun

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down . We die spouting our flame bomb

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under off . We won hell of a

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are down and

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saying , hey , nothing will stop to you

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boy .

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And good night .

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Yeah . Oh , the blue . Ok . There you

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go .