BFHS grad Air Force NCO of the Year
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March 13, 2014 |
 Air Force Technical Sergeant Melissa A.
(Easley) Danner,
Bonners Ferry, distinguished herself as
Air Force Aviation Resource Manager 1C0X2 Non
Commissioned Officer Of The Year while serving
as Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, Host Aviation
Resource Management, 375th Operational Support
Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, from
October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013.
Melissa is the daughter of Donald Easley,
Bonners Ferry, and a 1998 graduate of Bonners
Ferry High School.
As an Air Force Aviation Resource Manager,
military occupational specialty 1C0X2, Melissa
performs and manages aviation and parachutist
Host Aviation Resource Management and Squadron
Aviation Resource Management functions related
to scheduling, standardization and evaluation,
flying and ground training, aviation flight
records, parachutist jump records and squadron
operations.
During the period for which she was honored, as the sole Aviation
Resource Manager for the Global Aircrew
Management and Scheduling initiative, Sergeant
Danner provided subject matter expertise,
validating over eighty user requirements, as
well as compiling a list of validated
requirements for an Exercise Evaluation Team to
evaluate the 375th Air Mobility Wing’s Aviation
Resource Managers’ ability to survive and
operate in a wartime environment.
Sergeant
Danner also volunteered to deploy in support of
Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn at
Operating Location Alpha, Al Udeid Air Base,
Qatar, where she provided amendments to the
379th Expeditionary Operations Group
Standardization and Evaluation Go/No-Go Program
Guide, ensuring clear guidance for nineteen base
Aviation Resource Managers and earning
Outstanding Performer recognition.
Finally, she provided mentoring and training to
critically undermanned Squadron Aviation
Resource Management offices while also attending
the Noncommissioned Officer Academy, where she
received the Distinguished Graduate award due to
her leadership and academic excellence.
The
distinctive accomplishments of Sergeant Danner
reflect great credit upon herself and the United
States Air Force. |
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