88th Air Base Wing announces 2023 annual award winners Published Feb. 9, 2024 By Kayla Prather 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Revised April 3, 2024 The 88th Air Base Wing will be hosting the 2023 Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony on Friday February 9th at the Wright-Patterson Club. (U.S. Air Force graphic logo by Wilbur Wood) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Air Base Wing’s 2023 award winners were announced during a ceremony Feb. 9 at the Wright-Patt Club. Col. Travis Pond, 88 ABW commander; Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales, the wing’s command chief; John Faulkner, 88 ABW vice director, and other base leaders hosted an appreciative, high-spirited awards event in the Grande Ballroom. Pond highlighted the dedication and drive that both military and civilian Airmen have for their positions. “Dominating the dirty work through excellence in mission support is hard and sometimes-thankless work. This is why recognizing our outstanding performers is so important,” he said. “We recognize a select few today for their outstanding contributions, fully understanding that it takes a team to make any one of us successful.” Many Airmen and civilians wore MTV-themed T-shirts – authorized for the annual event as an alternate-duty location. Personnel within 88 ABW also broke out into group, unit and organization-energized chants as nominees and winners were revealed. “We’re beyond proud to stand here today and recognize our amazing Airmen. There would be no mission success without every single one of you,” Morales said. “Congratulations and keep up the outstanding work! We look forward to seeing these winners go forth and compete at the next level.” There were 14 award categories. Individual and team winners now go on to compete in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s annual awards. “We want to wish a huge congratulations to our 2023 winners, and thanks to all for what you do each day as part of the Mighty 88th,” Pond said. Annual award nominees listed below -- this year’s winners are in bold (with an asterisk): Airman of the Year Senior Airman Chase Teates – 88th Civil Engineer Group Airman 1st Class Marcus Armstrong – 88th Medical Group Airman 1st Class Sergio Santelli – 88th Mission Support Group *Ronald Marquez Lamas – Wing Staff Agencies NCO of the Year *Tech. Sgt. Justin Gardner – 88th Civil Engineer Group Staff Sgt. Tabitha Halverson – 88th Medical Group Tech. Sgt. Matthew Helma – 88th Mission Support Group Staff Sgt. Robert Day – Wing Staff Agencies Senior NCO of the Year Master Sgt. Courtnie Wolf – 88th Civil Engineer Group Master Sgt. David Dodson – 88th Medical Group *Master Sgt. Lindsey Duggins – 88th Mission Support Group Master Sgt. Brandi Gray – Wing Staff Agencies First Sergeant of the Year *Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Galcik – 88th Medical Group Master Sgt. Matthew Glassburn – 88th Mission Support Group Master Sgt. Patrick Brown – Wing Staff Agencies Company Grade Officer of the Year *1st Lt. Hannah Parker – 88th Mission Support Group Capt. Tyler Bayless – Wing Staff Agencies Field Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Brydon Manning – 88th Medical Group *Maj. Edwin Ferchaud – Wing Staff Agencies Category I Civilian of the Year *Adam Megnin – 88th Civil Engineer Group Lori Saturley – 88th Medical Group Brittany Cramer – 88th Mission Support Group Brent Wethington – Wing Staff Agencies Category II Civilian of the Year Peter Schweizer – 88th Civil Engineer Group Berry Ratliff – 88th Medical Group Adriana Obregon – 88th Mission Support Group *Ronnie Thacker – Wing Staff Agencies Category III Civilian of the Year Gary Stevens – 88th Civil Engineer Group Dan Swenson – 88th Medical Group Timothy Goodnough – 88th Mission Support Group *Christopher Warner – Wing Staff Agencies Honor Guard Member of the Year *Specialist 3 Corrine Forlow – 76th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron Small Team of the Year CEONR Planning Team – 88th Civil Engineer Group *Psychology Residency Program – 88th Medical Group Standardization & Evaluations – 88th Mission Support Group Human Resources Team – Wing Staff Agencies Large Team of the Year Engineering Division – 88th Civil Engineer Group Operating Room – 88th Medical Group Military Personnel Flight – 88th Mission Support Group *88 ABW Safety – Wing Staff Agencies Squadron of the Year 88th Comptroller Squadron *88th Healthcare Operations Squadron 788th Civil Engineer Squadron 88th Logistics Readiness Squadron Spouse of the Year *Kenzie Kattich 2023 88 ABW Award Nominees Intro Video 08:29 VIDEO | 08:29 | 2023 88 ABW Award Nominees Intro Outtake 2023 88 ABW Award Nominees Video 02:41 VIDEO | 02:41 | Outtakes🎬 2023 88ABW Award Nominees