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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Keesler’s 2015 Annual Award winners take a group photo during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories for their accomplishments throughout 2015. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Award winners recite the Airmen’s Creed during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories for their accomplishments throughout 2015. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Keesler personnel applaud as nominees are recognized during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories for their accomplishments throughout 2015. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Aliquippa Allen delivers comments as the guest speaker during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories for their accomplishments throughout 2015. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Members of the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard perform a POW/MIA table ceremony during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

The 81st Dental Squadron table centerpiece sits on display during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Col. Dennis Scarborough, 81st Training Wing vice commander, is interviewed on the “red carpet” by Airman 1st Class Adrienne Gordon, 81st Dental Squadron lab technician, during the 2015 Keesler Annual Awards Banquet at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 20, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The ceremony recognized outstanding Airmen and civilians in 14 categories. The theme for the event was “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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2015 Keesler Annual Award winners honored

Published Jan. 25, 2016
By Kemberly Groue
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --

Airman of the Year

Senior Airman Lesli Pape, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron

NCO of the Year

Tech. Sgt. Cassandra Cruz, 81st Force Support Squadron

Senior NCO of the Year

Master Sgt. Tanya Tennyson, 81^st Medical Group

First Sergeant of the Year

Master Sgt. Alissa Brooks, 81^st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron

Company Grade Officer of the Year

Capt. Edwin Pratt, 334th Training Squadron

Civilian Non-Supervisory Category I

Brian Louis, 81st Comptroller Squadron

Civilian Non-Supervisory Category II

Richard Brock, 81st Training Wing

Civilian Supervisory Category I

Dorothy Langford, 81^st Logistics Readiness Squadron

Civilian Supervisory Category II

John Cobb, 81st Communications Squadron

Dragon Junior Service Member of the Year

Senior Airman Brandon Mantor, 85th Engineering and Installation Squadron

Dragon Service Member of the Year

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Billings, 85th Engineering and Installation Squadron

Dragon Senior Service Member of the Year

Master Sgt. Kyle Grantham, Mathies NCO Academy

Honor Guard Member of the Year

Senior Airman Justin Callender, 81^st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron

Military Training Leader of the Year

Master Sgt. Anthony Jones, 338^th Training Squadron