Team Dyess Annual Award winners announced!

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Dyess congratulates the 2006 Annual Award winners:

7th Bomb Wing and Team Dyess Airman
Senior Airman Daniel Nicholas
7th Civil Engineer Squadron
Explosive ordnance disposal
Hometown: Antioch, Calif.
Time in the Air Force: 3 years, 10 months
Time at Dyess: 2 years, 9 months
Working toward an associates degree in explosive ordnance disposal technologies and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice
Hobbies: Piano, table tennis, soccer, guitar, football, basketball (sports in general), continuing education
Goals: To finish my education and become the first EOD technician on the moon

7th Bomb Wing and Team Dyess Noncommissioned Officer
Staff Sgt. John Cooper
7th Services Squadron 
Dining facility shift supervisor 
Hometown: Temple, Texas
Time in the Air Force: 13 years, 4 months
Time at Dyess: 1 year, 7 months
Community College of the Air Force degree in Logistics Management; Community College of the Air Force degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Services Management
Hobbies: Watching sports, cooking, hanging out with family
Goals: Earn a bachelor's degree in business administration, be a more productive supervisor and better step-parent, and (finally) make rank!

7th Bomb Wing and Team Dyess Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
Master Sgt. Michael C. Hollandsworth
7th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Cargo terminal manager
Hometown: Onley, Va.
Time in the Air Force: 17 years, 7 months
Time at Dyess: 2 years, 7 months
Community College of the Air Force degree in Logistics Management; working toward bachelor's degree in business management through University of Phoenix
Hobbies: Racquetball, golf and barbecuing
Goals: To raise a happy, healthy family and then retire in style!

7th Bomb Wing Company Grade Officer
Capt. Nathan Mitchell, 7th Munitions Squadron
Maintenance operations officer
Hometown: San Antonio
Time in the Air Force: 8 years, 1 month
Time at Dyess: 1 year, 6 months
Bachelor of Science from Baylor University, Master of Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University
Hobbies: Sports, reading
Goals: To be a great husband and dad 

Team Dyess Company Grade Officer
Capt. Jesse John Herrera, 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
317th AMXS officer in charge
Hometown: Agat, Guam
Time in the Air Force: 19 years, 3 months
Time at Dyess: 1 year, 9 months
Bachelor of Science Professional Aeronautics through Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Masters of Management through University of Phoenix
Hobbies: Spending as much time as I can with my family and playing softball
Goals: To obtain my doctorate degree in management and to be a squadron commander and a mission support group commander

7th Bomb Wing and Team Dyess First Sergeant
Master Sgt. Don Moffett, 7th Operations Group
First sergeant
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Time in the Air Force: 18 years, 7 months
Time at Dyess: 2 years, 7 months
Community College of the Air Force degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and Human Resources Management; working toward bachelor's degree in business management
Hobbies: Armchair quarterbacking, working on my yard and house, being a dad
Goals: To retire and sell hotdogs on the beach somewhere

7th Bomb Wing Honor Guard Airman
Senior Airman Carleigh Kinman, 7th Medical Support Squadron
Medical laboratory technician
Hometown: Knott, Texas
Time in the Air Force: 2 years, 11 months
Time at Dyess: 1 year, 8 months
Working toward a degree in nursing at McMurry University
Hobbies: Going to school, playing the saxophone and piano, sewing and quilting
Goals: To finish my undergraduate degree and eventually become an officer

7th Bomb Wing Honor Guard Noncommissioned Officer
Staff Sgt. Joshua Ort, 7th Component Maintenance Squadron
Training/PCS - no information available

7th Bomb Wing and Team Dyess Category I Civilian
Terry Hutchison, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron
Chief of material acquisition
Hometown: Mt. Ida, Ark.
Time in the Air Force: 21 years
Time at Dyess: 9 years, 6 months
Time as a civilian serving the Air Force: 2 years, 7 months
Community College of the Air Force Associates Degree in Mechanical and Electrical Technology; pursing bachelor's degree in industrial technology from the University of Southern Illinois
Hobbies: Fishing, dirt bike riding, sports activities with my children
Goals: To complete my college degree

7th Bomb Wing Category II Civilian
Amy Voyles-Brown, 7th Med Group, Health and Wellness Center
Wing fitness program manager, exercise physiologist
Hometown: Odessa, Texas
Time at Dyess: 1 year, 2 months
Time as a civilian serving the Air Force: 1 year, 2 months
Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Physicology, Angelo State University; currently working on a master's degree in exercise physiology
Hobbies: Marathons, triathlons, soccer, volleyball, and coaching my children's sports
Goals: Running time of 3 hours and 20 minute for the Boston Marathon in April, completing half an Ironman in June.

Team Dyess Category II Civilian
Patrick Clancy, 317th Operations Support Squadron
Flight management
Hometown: New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Time at Dyess: 11 years, 3 months
Time as a civilian serving in the Air Force: 6 years, 3 months
Bachelor's of Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy
Hobbies: NY Mets fan, playing with my two girls, playing the French horn
Goals: To be the best Christian, husband and father I can be

7th Bomb Wing Category III Civilian
Johnny Pierce IV, 7th Services Squadron
General Manager, Mesquite Grove golf course
Hometown: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Time in the Air Force: 21 years, 8 months
Time at Dyess: 33 years, 10 months
Master's Degree in Psychology from Abilene Christian University
Hobbies: Golf
Goals: To make the Mesquite Grove golf course profitable

7th Bomb Wing and Team Dyess Volunteer
Kelly Montrose
Hometown: Enfield, Conn.
Time at Dyess: 1 Year, 2 months
Hobbies: Spending time with the family, selling Avon, exercising
Goals: To help deployed spouses at Dyess