Honoring a hero……
Capt. Andrew Hoeffler, right, 56th Medical Operations Squadron family nurse practitioner, is awarded the John Davis Jr. Award Aug. 31 for Valor by Geoffrey Heard, Arizona Black Law Enforcement Officer president, during the ABLE 2012 Criminal Justice Conference in Phoenix. The award is presented to a local citizen in recognition of an act of valor, bravery or life-saving, which involves risk to personal safety and/or results in the preservation of life that, without the citizen’s aid, could have resulted in death. Hoeffler saved the life of Ashawnis Guidry, 5, son of Staff Sgt. Christopher Guidry, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, while he was swimming in the Balfour Beatty Community Pool at Luke Air Force Base. Ashawnis made a full recovery from the near-drowning due to the quick actions of Hoeffler.
ALS graduates 36
The 56th Fighter Wing Airman Leadership School graduated one staff sergeant and 35 senior airmen Aug. 30 from class 12-6.
The award winners are senior airmen:
John L. Levitow award: John Robinson III, 756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Distinguished graduates: Andrew Hannah, 756th AMXS, Jared Sinchak, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Anastasia Simmons, 56th Force Support Squadron
Commandant’s award: Jared Sinchak, 56th CES
Academic achievement award: Andrew Hannah, 756th AMXS
Physical training accomplishments:
Most improved: Eduardo Hernandez, 56th Maintenance Operations Squadron
Fire breather: Anthony Bronikowski, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron
Other graduates are senior airmen unless otherwise noted:
56th Operations Support Squadron
Christopher Hopek
56th Maintenance Operations Squadron
Steven Manwaring
56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron
Steven Doucette, Joel Hawbaker, Paul Perez, Staff Sgt. Gregory Scharp and Matthew Sheehan
56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Dominic Girondo, Grant Shoemaker and Richard Wadkins
756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Clifford Leach, Hector Ortega, Marvin Relato, Guadalupe Ruark, Bryan Spangler, Mykell Stahl, Jerade Sullivan and Matthew Villanueva
56th Civil Engineer Squadron
Brandon Wood
56th Force Support Squadron
Christina Elliott
56th Security Forces Squadron
Dallas Ansick and Kaila Haller
56th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Cassie Estep and Leonel Ramos
944th Fighter Wing
Derrick Lehner
944th Force Support Squadron
Adriana Brimmer
944th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Erica Sweet
607th Air Control Squadron
Jaime Rios
129th Maintenance Squadron
Johnathan Nordstrom
168th Maintenance Squadron
Joshua Langfield
