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4 March 2017                                    SPOTLIGHT                                                                                                 Thunderbolt
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ALS graduates 47 Senior Airmen FW announces annual awards

   The 56th Fighter Wing Airman Lead-     56th CES                                           The following individuals received 56th Fighter Wing staff agency annual awards:
ership School graduated 47 senior air-                                                    Airman: Senior Airman Corey Shires, 56th Comptroller Squadron
men Feb. 9 from class 17-2.               Troy Blessing                                   NCO: Tech. Sgt. Timothy Boyer, 56th FW Public Affairs
                                                                                          Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Michael Jackson, 56th FW/PA
   The award winners are:                 56th Communications                             Company grade of cer: 2nd Lt. Shaun Chaplin, 56th CPTS
John L. Levitow Award: Zachary            Squadron                                        Field grade of cer: Maj. David Barns, 56th FW Chapel
Newman, 56th Operations Support                                                           Civilian: (Category I): Nicole Eades, 56th CPTS
Squadron                                  Daniel Kirtley                                  Civilian: (Category II): Kiley Dougherty, 56th FW/PA
Distinguished graduates: Ty Rek-                                                          Civilian: (Category III): Sharon Kozak, 56th FW
art and Gregory Wilson, 56th Civil        56th Force Support
Engineer Squadron; Dylan Vogel, 56th      Squadron                                        AETC names air eld operations awards
Medical Operations Squadron; and
Michael Rice, 756th Aircraft Mainte-      Cameron Moore and Brianda Polanco                  The following individuals received Air Education and Training Command awards:
nance Squadron                                                                            Air traf c controller: Staff Sgt. Marcus Hilton, 56th Operations Support Squadron
Commandant’s Award: Michael               56th Security Forces                            Air eld management journeyman: Senior Corey Gaffney, 56th OSS
Rice, 756th AMXS                          Squadron
Academic achievement: Gregory                                                                                                                                 Presented by
Wilson, 56th CES                          Andrew Dean                                                                                                  Luke Air Force Base Chapel

   Other graduates are:                   56th Medical Support                                                       When: Thursday, April 6, 2017
                                          Squadron                                                                               5:30 pm– till
56th FW
                                          Yesenia Gutierrez and Omar Olvera                                                   the food runs out!
Kyle Zembrycki                                                                                                         Where: Behind Hangar 914
                                          56th MDOS                                                           (Same location as the Chief ’s Burger Burn
56th OSS
                                          Rebekah Crosswhite, Kyle King and                                 Menu
Harold Charles, Bryce Gardner and         Sean Popoff
Christopher Morrison                                                                                                  BAKED HAM AND CHICKEN
                                          56th Aerospace Medicine                                                             CHEESY POTATO
56th Maintenance Group                    Squadron
                                                                                                                        GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
Rachel Cothren                            Alex Jensen and Eric Roberts                                                         SALAD, FRUITS
                                                                                                                               DINNER ROLLS
56th Component Mainte-                    607th Air Control                                                                        DESSERT
nance Squadron                            Squadron                                                                               BEVERAGES

Matthew Elliott, Daniel Juarez and        Alyssa Boone, Igor Bykov, Joseph
Andrew Staniforth                         Mayer and Jacob Warren

56th Equipment Mainte-                    944th FW
nance Squadron
                                          John Baker
Kyle Overholser and Aurin Timmons
                                          924th Operational
56th AMXS                                 Support Flight

Jesus Caballero, Adam Carr, Carnell       Christian Hill
Caster, Candace Crump, Brandon
Daniel, John Hernandez and Tyler          161st AMXS
Scott
                                          Dedric Beavers and Melicia Montero
756th AMXS
                                          720th SFS
Justin Low, Justincory Nesbitt, Robert
Routhier and James Yonker                 Guadalupe Fregoso

                                          Courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Danielle Cook, 56th FSS

Blazing way from past to today

               by Master Sgt.                   environments to the Massachusetts legisla-        Organizations, like the International
           MELISSA FULTON                       tion. Although the LFLRA did not receive       Working People’s Association, founded by
                                                the justice they sought at that time, their    Lucy Parson in 1883, marches, and hunger
                          56th Dental Squadron  courage and determination sparked an era       demonstrations brought light to the unfair
                                                of women’s equality.                           treatment of children, immigrants and the
   Congress passed into law March as                                                           impoverished. The resounding message was
National Women’s History Month in 1987.            Throughout the years of American his-       received and ultimately led to the creation
However, the roots of the observance month      tory, women have left monumental foot-         of the Department of Labor on March 4,
date back as far as 1843.                       prints in the pursuit of fair treatment in     1913.
                                                labor and business. Organizations such as
   In Lowell, Massachusetts, a group of         the International Ladies Garment Workers          Many pivotal events have taken place,
female textile workers, also referred to as     Union, established in 1900, fought for em-     which continue to shine light on unfair
the Lowell Mill Girls, refused to accept the    ployment of women as well as equal pay and     treatment and cultivate the equality for
substandard conditions in which they were       suitable work conditions. These groups did     women in labor and business. This month
forced to work. They banded together to         more than just speak on behalf of women        we celebrate the efforts, victories and deter-
form the Lowell Female Labor Reform As-         in the workplace; they rallied for equality    mination of “Trailblazing Women in Labor
sociation. Led by Sara Bagely, they raised      of all people that suffered labor injustices.  and Business.”
the issues of unsafe and hazardous work
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