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Reservist from 446th AES wins award

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Jake Chappelle
  • 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --  An Airman from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron received an award from a during the Global Medic exercise from June 6-18, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Tech. Sgt. Shawn Clayton, an aerospace evacuation technician with the 446th AES was recognized as the Noncommissioned Officer of the Exercise, by a panel of Army, Navy, and Air Force board members.

"Sergeant Clayton was selected by Senior NCOs across the Medical Task Force as the NCO of the Exercise, representing 203 NCOs and achieving a score of 342 out of a possible 350 points in front of the board," said Army Lt. Col. Mary Bolk, 307th Medical Group Global Medic Exercise commander. "In addition to exhibiting stellar military bearing and appearance, he demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to coherently express himself and his ideas during the extemporaneous discussion on leadership and ethics, and his outstanding knowledge of tri-service military facts."

"The award came very much as a surprise to me," said Sergeant Clayton. "It was a very rigorous competition and everyone who participated demonstrated the highest level of professionalism. It was an honor to compete against the field of highly-talented and intelligent fellow servicemembers."

Apparently, encouragement from squadron and Army leadership helped give Sergeant Clayton a boost of confidence.

"I told Sergeant Clayton, after he won, that he should be extremely proud as he represents not only the 446th AES, but the Air Force Reserve, in showing at a joint tri-service level the dedication and professionalism that are our Reserve members," said Col. Jan Moore-Harbert, 446th AES commander.

"The AES is lucky to have such a dedicated NCO, I believe he will continue to make us proud and we appreciate the hard work that he put in," said Senior Master Sgt. Saudi McVea, standardization and evaluation superintendent. "Well done."

"It means a great deal to me as I wanted to display the Air Force Core values in action to the other services," said Sergeant Clayton. "It means a great deal to the squadron as the 446th has a tradition of striving for the best."

Colonel Bolk goes further into Sergeant Clayton's achievements.

"Due to this exemplary performance exceeding that of his peers, it is my recommendation that Sergeant Clayton be considered to receive the Air Force Commendation Medal, or other award equivalent to the Army Commendation Medal, in recognition of his accomplishes in the finest tradition of the United States Armed Services and the U.S. Air Force."

"The AES is looking into honoring Colonel Bolks' recommendation," said Sergeant McVea.