88th Air Base Wing announces 2022 annual award winners Published Jan. 27, 2023 By Sarah Amato 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –The 88th Air Base Wing’s 2022 award winners were announced during a ceremony Jan. 27 at the Wright-Patt Club. Col. Christopher Meeker, 88 ABW commander; Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales, the wing’s command chief, and other base leaders hosted a spirited, music-filled event in the Grande Ballroom. Meeker highlighted the passion and energy that both military and civilian Airmen have for their positions. “(This is) just one of the proudest days of my career, and thank you all for being part of my team,” he said. “I feel blessed every day to be your wingman.” Many Airmen and civilians wore sports jerseys – authorized for the annual event as an alternate-duty location. Personnel within 88 ABW also broke out into group, unit and organization chants as nominees and winners were revealed. “The great news is that today, we get to we get to recognize some amazing top performers and top teams that have been doing amazing things for the last year,” Morales said. “I’ll tell you that the competition was stiff. So individually, just like a football game, it was by the inch to see who was going to be the one on top.” There were 13 award categories. Individual and team winners now go on to compete at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s annual awards. To get a closer look at the nominees, check out this video: 09:50 VIDEO | 09:50 | 88th Air Base Wing Annual Awards Nominees - 2022 This year’s winners are in bold (with an asterisk): Airman of the Year Senior Airman Chase Teates – 88th Civil Engineer Group Senior Airman Sabrina Matos – 88th Medical Group *Senior Airman James Sykora– 88th Mission Support Group Senior Airman Taylor McAfee –Wing Staff Agencies NCO of the Year Tech. Sgt. Justin Gardner – 88 CEG Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kent – 88 MDG *Tech. Sgt. Olivia Riggar – 88 MSG Tech. Sgt. Ashley Jones– WSA Senior NCO of the Year Master Sgt. Kurtis Stadsvold – 88 CEG Master Sgt. Miranda Oliver – 88 MDG Master Sgt. Joseph McDowell – 88 MSG *Master Sgt. Jacqueline Salmon – WSA First Sergeant of the Year Master Sgt. Matthew Adelman – 88 MDG *Master Sgt. Sean Loveland – 88 MSG Master Sgt. Jason Feichter – WSA Company Grade Officer of the Year Capt. Justine Seymour – 88 MDG 1st Lt. Joseph Countain – 88 MSG *Capt. Elizabeth Andrade – WSA Field Grade Officer of the Year *Maj. Andrew Berglund – 88 MDG Maj. Hollis Troxell – WSA Company Grade Officer - Individual Mobilization Augmentee of the Year *Capt. Albert Hayes (WSA) Field Grade Officer - Individual Mobilization Augmentee of the Year *Maj. Brittany Musleve (WSA) Category I Civilian of the Year Shaun Bigler – 88 CEG Lauri Saturley – 88 MDG *Christian Smith – 88 MSG Kelli Lowe – WSA Category II Civilian of the Year Dustin Moore – 88 CEG Christy Carr – 88 MDG Kent Schifferly – 88 MSG *Shawn Fraley – WSA Category III Civilian of the Year Christine Yankel – 88 CEG Teresa Soulati – 88 MDG *Raymond Direito – 88 MSG Christopher Warner – WSA Large Team of the Year Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise – 88 CEG Mental Health Flight – 88 MDG *Plans & Programs (88th Security Forces Squadron) – 88 MSG Staff Judge Advocate Office – WSA Small Team of the Year Space Utilization Rate Improvement Team – 88 CEG Dental Laboratory Flight – 88 MDG CS Wing Cybersecurity Team – 88 MSG *Protocol – WSA Honor Guard Member of the Year Staff Sgt. Devin Copeland – 445th Airlift Wing *Senior Airman Tamorris Luster – 88 MDG Staff Sgt. Matthew Metcalf – 88 MSG Squadron of the Year 88th Surgical Operations Squadron – 88 MDG 88 SFS – 88 MSG *88th Operations Support Squadron – WSA