Awards and Honors

 


Here are some of my awards, honors and service medals:

Northrop Institute of Technology Scholarship from Clover Park HS, May, 1969

Top Airman Basic, Lackland AFB, TX, (American Spirit Honor Medal), Oct 1970

Airman of the Quarter, Beale AFB, Dec 1971

U Tapao USO Hall of Fame for chess activities, August 1974

Harry S Truman Scholarship from Mitchell Community College, 1976

Certificate in Recognition for Outstanding Roadrunner, 130 miles, Officer Training School (OTS), Aug 22, 1979

Company Officer Grade of the Quarter, WPAFB, OH, June 1983

Air Force Physical Fitness Achievement Award, Dec 31, 1983

Air Force Physical Fitness Achievement Award, Jul 13, 1984

Squadron Officer School Running Award, Maxwell AFB, 1984

NASA Group Achievement Award, Oct 23, 1986 (supported Challenger disaster investigation)

Exemplary Team Performance Award, Harris Corporation 1998

Engineering Award - Outstanding Individual Contribution for STAT, Harris 1999

2000 Engineering Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution, Harris 1999

Special Recognition Award for the development of STAT Scanner, 2000, Harris

Patrick AFB AFCEA Speaking Award for Computer Security, 21 Jun, 2001

STAT Teamwork Award, Harris, Feb 03

Speaking Award for STAT Scanner Tool, Army Materiel Command, Beltsville, MD, 16 Jul 03

Certificate of CVE Compatibility Award from Mitre, RSA Conference, San Francisco, 23 Feb 04

Harris community volunteer award for teaching tennis and chess, 2005

Certificate of Recognition, STAT, Harris Corporation, Jun 21, 2006

Teamwork Award - Teamwork Award for STAT, Harris, Nov 30, 2006

Certificate of Recognition - 28-MAY-08 FP&L Vulnerability Assessment, Harris

Harris UXcel Award for computer security work on GOES-R antenna — June 8, 2013

Harris URock Award, for work on NIST 800-53 Rev 3 to Rev 4 — Jan 10, 2017

20 year Appreciation Award, Harris - Dec 2017

GOES-R Program "Outstanding Team of the Quarter," Sep 2018

L3Harris URock Award for technical contributions to the L3Harris Security Teas, Feb 2019

AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL

AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD with 1 device

AIR FORCE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE SEVICE MEDAL

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL

AIR FORCE OVERSEAS SHORT TOUR RIBBON

AIR FORCE LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARD with 3 devices

SMALL ARMS EXPERT MARKSMANSHIP RIBBON

AIR FORCE TRAINING RIBBON

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL

AIR FORCE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLANCE AWARD with 1 device

AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD


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