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Larger than Life Award

Congratulations to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Loren Vagts, 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron NCO in charge of fuels fixed facilities, for winning the Larger Than Life Award at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2019. Vagts’ ability to seamlessly coordinate with various base agencies to maintain fuel disposition saved the installation over $25,000 in environmental waste cost. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kirby Turbak)
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Larger than life

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey – Congratulations to Airman 1st Class Justin Miller, 39th Security Forces Squadron contingency member, for winning the deployed Larger Than Life award at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, June 27, 2018. Miller is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. Miller was selected as a base defense operations center controller, a position generally held by senior airman and above. “I’d like to thank all of my flight chiefs and my team leads,” said Miller. “Our leadership really sets up a platform for us to lead.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kirby Turbak)
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Larger than life

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey – Congratulations to Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ayala, 39th Maintenance Squadron bay chief, for winning the permanent party Larger Than Life award at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, June 27, 2018. Ayala collaborated with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to upgrade reporting systems that replaced aging network equipment with $21,000 upgrades to resolve critical communication errors. “I’d like to thank my supervisor, said Ayala. (Courtesy photo)
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Congratulations to Capt. Jason Duren, 39th Medical Operations Squadron flight medicine physician assistant, for winning the permanent party Larger Than Life award. Duren took the initiative to investigate a method for obtaining the compliance report for patients on a continuous positive airway pressure machine in-house. Due to the change, patients are no longer referred to Landstuhl, Germany, and the Incirlik Medical Group saves money and man hours. “I’d like to thank my team for their support and help throughout the investigation,” said Duren. “They played a key role in the research and I wouldn’t have been able to complete it without their help.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Octavius Thompson)
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Congratulations to Airman 1st Class Sojourner Stewart, 414 Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron support technician, for winning the deployed Larger Than Life award. Stewart took control of two critical programs for aircraft maintenance, transitioning them from civilian contractor to active duty Airmen support upon arriving to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Those two critical programs were Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory and the squadron’s Hazardous Waste program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Octavius Thompson)
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Congratulations to Tech. Sgt. Steven Romero, 39th Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of plans and programs, for winning the Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, permanent party Larger Than Life award. Romero spent his first few months on station as the flight chief but switched into plans and programs. This month, Romero finished the initial coordination on the Integrated Defense Plan which guides the base’s defense and other contingency response actions. He coordinated with twenty nine commanders and agency leads to collect their input on how to better defend our assets here at Incirlik. That plan enabled 1,400 personnel to generate 210 combat sorties and support 4,300 hours of recovery operations at other sites. “I would like to thank my supervisor for nominating me for the award,” said Romero. “I also want to thank everyone involved for helping me and the support of my leadership.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Octavius Thompson)
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Titans of Incirlik: Senior Airman Melodye Mosby

Congratulations to Senior Airman Melodye Mosby, 39th Air Base Wing Command Post senior emergency actions controller, for winning the deployed Larger Than Life award. Mosby volunteered to come on the 120-day manning assist temporary duty to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, from Aviano Air Base, Italy. In recent months, Mosby has worked primarily as the senior emergency actions controller, and led a four man team during a high controller turnover period. “Great mentors are the key to going down the right path,” said Mosby. “I would like to thank my supervision here, as well as at Aviano, for getting me to this point.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy)
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Titans of Incirlik: Capt. Jill Smokovitz

Congratulations to Capt. Jill A. Smokovitz, 39th Air Base Wing Inspector General inspection and exercises director, for winning the permanent party Larger Than Life award. Immediately after arriving to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Smokovitz initiated an Operational Readiness Exercise action plan in preparation for a base wide inspection. Smokovitz was nominated by her office for presenting important qualities, such as being a leader, clear communicator, savvy collaborator and enthusiastic facilitator. “Thank you to the IG team for putting in the hard work to prepare for the NSI,” said Smokovitz after receiving the award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany E. N. Murphy)
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