HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Two members of the 66th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently earned top honors at the Air Force Materiel Command Director of Logistics Annual Awards.
The awards honor individuals, units and teams that demonstrate exceptional performance and make significant contributions to the logistics readiness mission.
“These are the best results I have seen in my 20 years with the squadron,” said Stephen Morin, 66 LRS director.
Cassandra Mendoza, a fuels distribution system technician, and Isaiah Childs, the installation deployment officer, earned awards in their respective categories.
Mendoza received the Fuels Civilian Category I of the Year award for her efforts during multiple short-term power outages at off-base geographically separated units.
“She ensured the acquisition mission continued during the outages, managing more than 353,000 gallons of fuel across six sites while enhancing fiscal integrity, transparency and regulatory compliance within fuel procurement operations,” said Morin.
Childs earned Logistics Plans Civilian Category II of the Year award for his work with supporting deploying personnel.
“Isaiah executed 93 deployment taskings across four areas of responsibility, resolved 44 personnel action requests and drove a 200 percent increase in unit type code short-notice deployment tasking readiness in his first year,” said Morin.
Last month, the squadron was also named Logistics Readiness Squadron of the Year in the non-flying unit category at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center level.
The award recognizes LRS and base logistics unit that perform standard logistics readiness roles and responsibilities in support of non-flying units.
Sean Hirschfeld, a freight rate specialist, also received individual recognition at the center level.
Hirschfeld earned Traffic Management Civilian Category I of the Year award for supporting the Cobra Dane strategic ballistic missile defense and surveillance system.
“Congratulations to the team on these well-earned awards at the AFLCMC and AFMC levels,” said Col. Jorge Jimenez, 66th Air Base Group commander.