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81st TRSS, 333rd TRS garner Jumper Awards

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  • By Staff Sgt. Kimberly Moore
  • 81st Training Wing Public Affairs
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --  Airmen from the 81st Training Support Squadron and 333rd Training Squadron earned an Air Force award and six Air Education and Training Command awards in the 2011 Gen. John P. Jumper Excellence in Warfighting Integration and Information Dominance competition.

Staff Sgt. Courtney Lovett, 333rd Training Squadron, won the Air Force's outstanding spectrum operation noncommissioned officer award. Lovett proved to be invaluable, both stateside and during a deployment to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. Her accomplishments include arming the Department of Defense with 30 frequency managers after 85 hours of instruction with a 100 percent pass rate. Lovett also crafted a $1.5 million Seabee bridge project and acquired five information technology assets that eliminated the need for a swing shift and boosted material quality.

Tech. Sgt. Stephen Ferguson, 333rd TRS, won AETC's award for outstanding cyber defense operations NCO. Ferguson implemented a 400-hour course during the new enlisted cyber training standup resulting in 50 cyber defensetrained warriors yearly. He also redesigned schedules of 19 instructors to ensure Air Force training requirements were met for 1,272 Airmen.

Staff Sgt. Leslie Ambrus joined his teammates with an AETC win as outstanding radio frequency transmission systems NCO. He instructed 52 cyber Airmen on ITF with a 100 percent pass rate. Ambrus also saved the Air Force $64,000 when he located 50 misplaced communications information equipment items through managing an inventory account, ensured $1.6 million in equipment is available for 4,000 students yearly.

The 333rd TRS also won the AETC Small Unit award. The squadron was recognized for having trained 7,000 Department of Defense cyber warriors. The squadron managed $100 million in property and equipment along with a $3.7 million budget to improve cyber training efficiency. The 333rd TRS also held its first seminar to educate spouses on what they can expect during cyber Airmen deployments.

Finally, the 333rd TRS information assurance element won AETC's outstanding information assurance element award. The element earned seven squadron awards, two 81st Training Group awards, one 81st Training Wing award and one AETC awards. The element eliminated $22,000 in annual temporary duty assignments by slashing 24 hours of obsolete information from a course. The element also identified a fire hazard and initiated a shutdown that saved $1.2 million in training networks.

Tech. Sgt. Robert Kesler, 81st TRSS, is AETC's outstanding airfield systems NCO. Kesler went temporary duty for 45 days and resolved critical outages at three bases. He also verified 243 tasks, validating training for 1,200 technicians on $303 million of equipment. Kesler analyzed a security fence's effect and approved its installation, protecting $1.2 million in assets.

Staff Sgt. Lester Naoe, 81st TRSS, won AETC's outstanding ground radar systems NCO award. Naoe was responsible for quality assurance for the new CFETP and identified 91 errors, preserving the integrity of C4I capabilities. Additionally, he transferred 630 tons of cargo for the 403rd Wing's deployment. Naoe also revised 163 tasks and 151 pages in Radar JQS ensuring training was up-to-date on $37.4 million of equipment.

Since 1942, Keesler has graduated more than 2.2 million students. Keesler's training mission is the responsibility of the 81st Training Group, the largest electronics training group in the world. On any given day, more than 5,000 students attend classes in one of more than 600 courses. The 81st Training Group annually provides training to more than 38,000 officers, Airmen and civilian employees of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, other DOD agencies and DOD contractors, as well as allied nations.
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