445th reservist is three-time Air Force award winner

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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  For the third time in a row, Master Sgt. Mark Lyle, 445th Mission Support Group and Superintendent of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard program, was selected as the Base Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year during the 2012 Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Annual Honor Guard Awards Program. The announcement was made May 31.

Lyle has also won the Air Force Reserve Command Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year for seven consecutive years.

The CMSAF Annual Honor Guard Awards Program recognizes the outstanding professional performance by Air Force enlisted personnel working military funeral honors and ceremonies while assigned to the United States Air Force Honor Guard or base Honor Guard program.

Lyle serves as the superintendent of both the 445th Airlift Wing Honor Guard Program and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard Program. He is the liaison between 450 Air Force Reserve Honor Guard members from 12 bases plus oversees 125 active duty honor guard members assigned to the Wright-Patt. His members cover a six-state, 210,000 square mile area.

Lyle will be recognized along with the winner of the Base Honor Guard Member of the Year during the August 28 Air Force Sergeants Association Convention Banquet in San Antonio, Texas.