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AIRMAN (from Page 1) where he met his supervisor, who was al-
ready familiar with Cherry’s work ethic.
all the free services it offers,” Cherry said.
“Finding out I had won the award was very “I met him when I was on a temporary
humbling, and I was proud of the team that duty assignment to cross train into public
helped set me up for success. First and fore- health,” said Staff Sgt. Joseph Treharne,
most I did the best I could at my job.” 56th AMDS occupational health NCO in
charge. “I knew right away he was going
Cherry validated more than 3,000 medical to be a stellar Airman. He stood out from
requirements for 406 deployers with zero the rest of the class. He won sharp Airman
discrepancies in support of the Ebola crisis awards and was a distinguished graduate
in Africa. Cherry led the reintegration of 360 in technical school.”
redeployers, coordinating a multiagency pro-
cess into a one-stop shop that saved 2,000 man In addition to the many accomplishments
hours and returned Airmen to their families in his career, Cherry also earned his Com-
sooner while upholding all Defense Depart- munity College of the Air Force degree in
ment medical requirements. He accomplished public health technology, an associate de-
these things while serving as a member of the gree in kinesiology at St. Philip’s College,
Ramstein Air Base Honor Guard. Texas, a bachelor’s degree in exercise sports
and science at Texas State University, and
Cherry works on hearing conservation, is on his way to meet his goal of earning a
which includes personal protective equip- master’s degree.
ment and pregnancy profiles. Along with
his job and honor guard, Cherry has been “I’ve never met anyone with such a hard-
a part of Rising Four in Ramstein, which is work ethic,” Treharne said. “It’s truly a
similar to the LEAD Council here at Luke. privilege to be able to work with and super-
vise him.”
Cherry moved to Luke in August 2015,

GOALS (from Page 2) Rather than letting the naysayers drag you
down, use them to fuel your desire.
Trust yourself
This enables our Airmen to believe in Work your butt off
themselves and work in confidence. Hard work breeds success.
Break some rules Give something back
To be clear, this does not mean break the law This restarts the cycle to poise the following
but rather break some paradigms. generation for success.
Don’t be afraid to fail Every leader possess the ability to aide our
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Ignore the naysayers are willing to invest in them is what we can
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