WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 445th Airlift Wing is proud to announce the following Airmen as the fourth quarter CY 2020 award winners;
Airman of the Quarter
Senior Airman Jeanette Salgado, 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical materiel journeyman, is the 445th Airlift Wing Airman of the Quarter. Salgado assisted with the Critical Care Air Transport Team unit type code inventory; 604 items inventories were worth $238,000. She developed tracking/ordering procedures, ensuring 100 percent operational readiness. She acquired Operational Camouflage Pattern fleeces and personal protective equipment for more than 120 Airmen. Salgado worked with the 445th Logistics Readiness Squadron to obtain and distribute more than 30 chemical warfare suits and masks for her unit. She has completed more than 50 percent of her doctorate degree in occupational therapy. Salgado volunteered more than 25 hours a week caring for a cerebral palsy patient. She created care plans and assisted with activities of daily living (a series of basic or routine activities performed by individuals on a daily basis in order to take care of ourselves, and assist with independent living at home or in the community) for the patient.
NCO of the Quarter
Tech. Sgt. Kathleen Burden, 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace medical service craftsman, is the 445th Airlift Wing NCO of the Quarter. Burden executed the COVID-19 response by coordinating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline implementation with 82.6 percent Airmen fully mission capable, averting exposure of the virus to 760 people. Burden championed readiness for more than 1,800 members and coordinated the scheduling of 760 people, ordering 316 labs. She managed the completion of 600 preventive health assessments; fulfilled 1,100 individual medical readiness and identified 425 occupational health requirements, garnering a 94.7 percent PHA compliance rate. Sergeant Burden completed Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education I, enhancing her skillset of sister services viewpoints. She attended a leadership and operations event, where she gained information on the command and control operations systems, enhancing medical communication throughout the leadership chain.
Senior NCO of the Quarter
Master Sgt. Sean McCaslin, 445th Security Forces Squadron squad leader, is the 445th Airlift Wing Senior NCO of the Quarter. McCaslin orchestrated a joint shoot, move and communicate training event with members of a local National Guard Base; more than 50 security forces Defenders were trained on critical core tasks, increasing total force integration cohesion. He held professional development sessions, mentoring Airmen for future roles and was therefore named to the unit’s Functional Senior NCO Key Personnel List. During the COVID-19 pandemic, McCaslin led the squadron’s unit readiness and goals keeping Defenders 100 percent combat ready. He’s a selfless volunteer and assisted local Air Force Junior ROTC detachments with land navigation courses, a morale boost in a COVID environment. McCaslin is education driven and has completed the Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education I and II courses in less than a month and he’s now ready for his next PME challenge.
Company Grade Officer of the Quarter
First Lt. Tyler Mohr, 87th Aerial Port Squadron flight commander, air freight operations, is the 445th Airlift Wing Company Grade Officer of the Quarter. Mohr planned logistics for six joint exercises/60 airlift missions. He secured $6 million of support contracts for 547 personnel --strengthening Southern Command’s number one objective. He wrote a first-ever joint transportation standard operating procedures for 2,000 shipments worth $17 million and helped slash cargo delays by 59 percent. The lieutenant led a President of the United States-directed medical equipment movement where he drove 50 ventilators from the United States to Honduras in less than six days. Mohr chartered a deployed prisoner of war/missing in action vigil, where he led 193 military members from four services across 210 miles, cultivating joint esprit de corps and camaraderie. Lieutenant Mohr organized a remote Honduran orphanage hike that involved 67 volunteers carrying 4,000 pounds of food and supplies, bolstering the quality of life for 84 children.