710th Medical Squadron members recognized with AFRC awards

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Two 710th Medical Squadron members were among reservists, and units, from California to Massachusetts receiving Air Force Reserve Command medical service awards for fiscal year 2008.

Command officials announced the award recipients in a letter to commanders Aug. 13, and Maj. Donald Pruden, earned the Brig. Gen. Donald B. Wagner Administrative Excellence Award, while Master Sgt. Debra Bernhardt was recognized as the top deployable medical unit Air Reserve Technician NCO.

The 710th MDS is one of two geographically separated units at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. that the 442nd Fighter Wing is responsible for.

Individual awards went to the following people:
- Brig. Gen. Beverly Lindsey Nursing Leadership Excellence Award - Lt. Col. Lynne Taylor, 932nd Airlift Wing, Scott AFB, Ill.
- Aeromedical staging squadron Reserve officer - Capt. Sandra Tisdale, 349th ASTS, Travis AFB, Calif.
- ASTS Reserve NCO - Master Sgt. Christopher Barone, 914th ASTS, Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station, N.Y.
- ASTS Reserve airman - Senior Airman Tyler Underwood, 349th ASTS, Travis AFB
- ASTS air reserve technician NCO - Tech. Sgt. Victorine Byrnes, 914th ASTS, Niagara Falls IAP ARS
- Non-deployable medical unit Reserve officer - Maj. Jennifer Korkosz, 926th Aerospace Medicine Flight, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- Non-deployable medical unit Reserve NCO - Tech. Sgt. Regina Gordon, 926th AMDS, Nellis AFB
- Non-deployable medical unit ART NCO - Senior Master Sgt. Janet Faust, 459th AMDS, Andrews AFB, Md.
- Aeromedical evacuation squadron ART officer - Maj. Marie Dufault, 439th AES, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.
- AES ART NCO - Senior Master Sgt. Shane Cayson, 932nd AES, Scott AFB
- AES Reserve officer - Maj. Shaun Carter, 932nd AES, Scott AFB
- AES Reserve NCO - Tech. Sgt. Michael Stauth, 932nd AES, Scott AFB
- AES Reserve airman - Senior Airman Starkey, 439th AES, Westover ARB

Unit awards went to the following:
- Aerospace medicine squadron with generation support mission - 439th AMDS, Westover ARB
- Medical squadron with generation mission - 932nd MDS, Scott AFB
- 250/150 bed ASTS - 445th ASTS, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- 100 bed ASTS - 439th ASTS, Westover ARB
- AES with C-130 primary mission design - 45th AES, MacDill AFB, Fla.
- AES with primary mission other than C-130 - 911th AES, Pittsburgh IAP ARS, Pa.
- Medical quality initiative - 439th AES, Westover ARB
- Reserve Officers Association Outstanding Reserve Medical Squadron - 911th AES, Pittsburgh IA PARS.