WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Reserve Command announced on March 31, 2020 the Air Force Reserve Command Logistics Readiness Unit, Individual Award winners and the Golden Derrick finalists and winners.
The unit awards recognize squadrons, depot units and any other major command organizations that have excelled in performance and made outstanding contributions to the Air Force and/or Department of Defense Logistics Readiness mission.
The 445th Logistics Readiness Squadron won the Daedalian Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award.
The 445th LRS managed the maintenance supply liaison program with 361 mission capable supplies and processed 770 due in for maintenance estimated at $32.7 million and sustained 93 percent C-17 Globemaster III mission capable rate. The squadron manages the LRS vehicle ops flight with more than 70 vehicles in the fleet, $3 million transferred assets and vehicles. LRS manages the Wing Support Agreement Program, $2.6 million in reimbursable costs and fees identified and funding secured for the wing to be mission ready.
LRS Airmen manage $2.6 million in uniforms, personal protective equipment and mobility equipment, supporting Airmen in 33 units and 11 geographically separated locations. The unit uncovered counterfeit contract operations where 120 fraudulent personnel were removed from the base. OSI credited $50 million recovered from the Transportation management Office Flight.
LRS partnered with Germain Ford, a car dealership, resulting in a higher number of hands-on vehicle maintenance training.
The individual awards recognizes individuals who excelled in performance and made outstanding contributions to the AF or DoD Logistics Readiness mission. The Outstanding Logistics Readiness CGO of the Year went to Capt. Phillip G. Sobers.
Capt. Sobers, 445th LRS deputy director of operations, managed 87 unit deployment managers and installation personnel readiness members and deployed 169 passengers thru the Area of Responsibility with zero errors. He was a vital player for the readiness of two wings by supporting logistics, supply and transportation for 34 units, 12 geographically separated units, 799 unit type codes and 2,583 passengers.
Sobers created a materiel management rotation plan resulting in 24 members updated in breadth, depth for four sections; increased readiness by 30 percent; meeting Chief of Staff of the Air Force revitalization vision. Sobers led an 18-man team supporting the Air Force Marathon by moving and organizing 96 pallets of supplies, 2,000 tables and chairs and 100 signs to support 13,000 runners.