Abilene Rotary Club hosts award winners’ luncheon

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  • By Airman 1st Class Kylsee Wisseman
  • 7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  Outstanding military and civilian personnel from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, were honored at the Southwest Abilene Rotary Club luncheon Feb. 5, 2013, for their accomplishments during the last quarter of 2012 in Abilene, Texas.

The Rotary Club is part of a worldwide network of professional men and women who translate their passions into relevant social causes to change lives in communities. The Rotary Club hosted quarterly luncheons with award winners and a guest speaker for many years and will continue the tradition of supporting the men and women of Dyess Air Force Base.

This quarters' guest speaker, Col. Glen VanHerck, 7th Bomb Wing commander, spoke about the quarterly winners and each of their accomplishments within their units and the installation.

"I have been blessed to serve with numerous Americans that have made a difference in my life and I'm honored to have some of them here today to share their accomplishments with us," VanHerck said. "Each winner has equally put in the time and effort to achieve some of their many goals in the Air Force. I'm proud of each of these individuals for their hard work and dedication to their units and our installation."

VanHerck concluded his speech with recent accomplishments of Team Dyess.

"We at Dyess completed the first compliance inspection in the Air Force. It included a standard compliance inspection for every unit on base," VanHerck said. "We had a health services inspection for our medical group to provide services to our active duty, our dependents and our retirees where we can. We had article six for the 7th BW Legal Office, a logistics compliance inspection for our maintenance and an airfield compliance inspection."

"These people and many others, performed outstanding and our rating on the compliance inspection itself was an excellent," VanHerck concluded. "It was the first excellent awarded in several years by Air Combat Command."