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by Senior Master Sgt.
STEVEN PIERCE
12th Air Force Master Sgt. Jessica Pierce, 355th Fighter Wing Legal Office individual mobilization augmentee, is the Air SPOTLIGHT
Combat Command senior NCO Reserve Paralegal of 2018 and Individual Reservist Senior NCO of the
An Air Force Reserve individual mobilization Year for the Air Force.
augmentee at Davis Monthan Air Force Base was
recently recognized at Air Combat Command and Air legal clients, 82 courts-martial, 4,600 individual tax military members, attracting recognition for her
Force Reserve-levels for work she performed in 2017. returns, and the elimination of the Arizona Depart- office to include the Air Combat Command Large
ment of Motor Vehicles out-of-state tax form for all Legal Office of 2017 award.
Master Sgt. Jessica Pierce, attached to the 355th
Fighter Wing Legal Office as the IMA to the law of-
fice superintendent, is the ACC senior NCO Reserve
paralegal of 2018 and Individual Reservist senior
NCO of the Year for the Air Force.
Pierce’s outstanding efforts came at a crucial time
in the 355th FW legal office when she was called
upon to fill a void left by the retirement of the office
superintendent at one of the busiest military justice
offices in the Air Force.
In July 2017, the legal office realized the upcom-
ing retirement of the superintendent would pose a
problem since the inbound superintendent would not
arrive until January 2018. The legal office conducted
the fourth highest number of general courts-martial
in the Air Force and the forecast for 2018 would prove
no different. Office leaders immediately looked to
Pierce to mitigate the shortfall in leadership.
Despite her busy civilian career as a public school
counselor, and with the support of her school lead-
ership, she volunteered and was approved to go for
a five-month tour of duty with her attached legal
office, where her duties included courts-martial
preparation, legal assistance and acting as law office
superintendent.
Pierce’s strength in teamwork is a testament to
the outstanding results that were obtained through
the collaboration of active-duty and Reserve Airmen.
During her time as law office superintendent, she
prepared the legal office for a biannual three-star
Judge Advocate Headquarters Air Force inspection.
Her abilities guided the 26-member office to an “Ex-
cellent†rating in the five-tier grading system.
Pierce also oversaw the assistance of some 5,800
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