Wing's recruiters earn AFRC awards

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  • By Maj. David Kurle
  • 442nd Fighter Wing public affairs
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. --  The 442nd Fighter Wing's recruiters rounded up some honors at the Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service banquet in Washington D.C., Nov. 2.

The top in-service line recruiter gold medal was awarded to Master Sgt. Jerry Hancock.
As the in-service recruiter at Whiteman Air Force Base, Sergeant Hancock is a familiar face to many former 509th Bomb Wing members looking to keep connections with the Air Force when leaving active duty.

He has worked to place these prior-service Airmen with the 442nd and other AFRC units nation-wide as traditional reservists and individual mobilization augmentees. Sergeant Hancock was also awarded two silver medals for superior achievement as a recruiter.

Sergeant Hancock's recruiting teammate, Tech. Sgt. Ryan Noorlander, garnered a gold medal as the top non-prior service recruiter in the command. Staff Sgt. Stacey Edwards, from the 442nd Medical Squadron, also received an award as an honorary recruiter for her efforts in recruiting three people into the Air Force Reserve.

Whiteman's Reserve recruiters were fourth in AFRC in the percentage of recruits compared to their goal in Fiscal Year 2006 and second in 10th Air Force, gaining 144 recruits against an adjusted goal of 102.