Cyber warrior earns military service award Published April 15, 2010 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Tech. Sgt. Alberto Trujillo is the winner of the 2010 League of United Latin American Citizens Excellence in Military Service Award for Air Education and Training Command. A New Jersey native, Sergeant Trujillo has been at Keesler for 4½ years and serves as noncommissioned officer in charge of the qualifications training flight support element in the 81st Training Support Squadron. "I am truly honored to be honored with such a prestigious award and to take part in something that incorporates the beautiful culture of Latin heritage," said Sergeant Trujillo. "The unique diversity of our military family comes together to form an awesome unity. This award is great motivation to press forward with my blessed Air Force life and the wonderful people in it. I'm so thankful for their support." He's been deployed four times during his 11-year Air Force career, most recently to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, where he was the NCO in charge of communication systems support during Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan. While deployed, Sergeant Trujillo managed eight multi-classification networks over four regions within the area of responsibility, ensuring 800 successful Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom combat missions. He facilitated communications support to 25 detachments, two Marine Corps special operations companies, and four special operations forces battalions. The resulting operations terminated 1,100 enemy fighters, including high-level Taliban commanders and severely disrupted enemy operations. Sergeant Trujillo managed forward operating base communication outages, resolved 1,200 service tickets and installed 18,000 feet of network cable among 10 buildings. His work propelled the wartime intelligence "picture" 75 percent faster to 2,100 network users and battle managers. Sergeant Trujillo maintained a multi-remote piloted aircraft surveillance system and managed its video feeds, enabling 24/7 target imagery for 210 combat missions. He managed 498 multi-network accounts and administrated user profiles and data storage, fortifying command and control operations for 510 sorties yearly. A cyber transport craftsman, Sergeant Trujillo streamlined processes at Keesler for the largest career field conversion in Air Force history, affecting training for 42,000 Airmen. He created a training database for 15 new Air Force career fields, incorporating and documenting 16,010 new training requirements.