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by Rebecca Amber According to James Judkins, 412th Civil Engi- nal push they funded an additional 11 critical RIWKHQLJKW¿JKWLQJWRVHFXUHPLOOLRQLQ
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that stayed at work to welcome in the Leading up to the closeout, there were months by John Aguilar and Ty Okuhara “made the
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Employees at the 412th Comptrol- dan, Sherry Raymundo, budget operations chief, The 412th Communication Squadron tech-
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ing Group, 412th Test Wing Financial Raymundo meticulously tracked funds for several Engineering
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Contracting, spent the night executing hours and minutes she ensured funds were both personnel
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located to the wing by 12 a.m., Oct. 1. as fast as possible. into the night
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Any un-executed budget authority Franklin, the test wing’s lead accountant, “pulled to execute
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more needs than funds and where the the 412th Test
future availability of funds is unclear, it Sandra Perry, Financial Management, and Rich Wing.
is critical to utilize every dollar to pro- Backs, Edwards Contracting, meticulously moni-
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in terms of supplies, equipment and
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said Lt. Col. Michael McPherson, 412th largely due to the year-round planning, budget-
Comptroller Squadron commander. ing and executing of all Research, Development,
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As they worked late into the night, McPherson.
visits from base leadership offered in-
spiration and support to the whole end- 412th CE, led by Robin Shanyfelt, successfully
of-year team. planned and executed over $8 Million in fall-out
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