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Award Examples
Technician of the Year
Award Cat: Junior
Winner: Unit
AFI ? Local OI?
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Laser Jet 4M
Pg Stats: .6 LT .6 RT .5 T .5 B
- Impacted Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) on daily basis; sustained 98.2%
Deployable
Transit-cased System (DTS) intelligence exploitation capability for Satellite
and Global Hawk (GH)
-- Corrected 85 satellite interface problems; ensured collection of 29,535
satellite images vital to AOR
-- Loaded 214 image library tapes; increased
accessible reference information by 926% to 78K images
-- Fixed library
database; recognized 32 tapes erroneously marked full; added 1,120 gigabytes
storage
-- Rush ordered 151 images; enabled U-2 intelligence analyst to locate Al-Qaeda
and Taliban forces
- Key person in modification of 1,800 sq/ft facility; unit's first four-platform
common operations floor
-- Led team; installed 125 shielded twisted pair (STP) cables; totaled 1.5 miles
of cable in 38 hr period
-- Acute attention to detail; labeled 125 cables and installed 156 STP
connectors; less than 5% error
-- Moved 39 mission and 12 support systems; mission capable in 32 hours, 16
hours ahead of schedule
- Expedited relocation of satellite image server;
increased usable workstations by 25%; from 18 to 25
-- Enhanced workstation communication bandwidth from 179 kbit/sec to 356 kbit/sec;
199% increase!
- Unmatched efficiency; A1C <LNAME> singularly reduced exploitation time by 63
seconds; added 14%
more time for analysts to meet CSAF 8 minute timeline of intelligence imaging to
bombs on target
- Hand-picked for Langley AFB TDY; helped sister unit prepare for Phase IV DIA
security inspection
-- Identified 38 pieces of equipment missing appropriate labels or compartment
codes; corrected 37
cables not following classification color code and labeling; eliminated 8
serious security write-ups
- Authored DTS System Administrator book; single reference used to train
personnel on five systems
-- Wrote 72 operating procedures and 5 troubleshooting guides; manual used to
train 23 technicians
-- <GRP> SAV identified DTS Administrator Book as DGS-2 "Benchmark"; standard
to be used by all
- When every second counted, A1C <LNAME> software knowledge directly impacted
mission success
-- Distributed list of commonly accessed websites to nine imagery analysts;
saved 10 seconds/image
-- Modified software on 12 GH workstations to display imagery directories; saved
4 seconds/file
- Spent 164 hrs furthering UNIX programming knowledge; increased responsiveness
to customers daily
-- Wrote backup program needed to save only critical new
information; saved 1 1/2 man-hours daily
-- Modified message routing program; fully automated to removed human error;
saved 16 mins/shift
-- Coauthored GH program to verify all images were correctly sorted and stored
after each mission;
removed human error and reduced tedious 30 minute process to just a single 10
second task
- Sought better understanding on how analysts do their job; trained in basic
imagery exploitation tasks
-- Increased knowledge of intelligence software interoperability and
characteristics decreased amount
of time spent analyzing problems; troubleshot
exploitation software problems in 5 min -vs- 8 min
-- Added knowledge led to better working relations with customers; developed 20
system procedures
used to train analysts on simple system tasks; cut 14 minutes off satellite
imagery response time
- Technically persuasive and sharp! Represented <SQU> system administrators
during COMACC visit
- Single handedly developed DTS backup strategy; produced a 23-step procedure
utilizing 12 tape
drives; increased backup capability to 5.76 Gigabit (Gb)/min from 3.6 Gb/hour;
960% speed increase
- Led team in thorough pre-inspection of Deployable Transit-cased System (DTS)
communication
network setup; prepped for stringent Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Phase IV
security inspection
-- Created database identifying 72 network identities on 34 systems; required
for system layout update
-- Corrected labeling on 56 network cables for 3 different networks; averted
negative system write-ups
- Completed and verified 564 system backups; insured 100% data integrity in case
of emergency
- Led packing of 12 satellite workstations and 4 peripherals for relocation;
ensured smooth transition
-- Completed necessary system deployment tasks;
ensured network was deployable in under 3 hours
- Reviewed/updated 197 work unit codes; enabled proper equipment identification
during maintenance
- Fixed Imagery Exploitation Support System message link between forward
deployed unit and ground
station; ensured successful GH mission--received letter of recognition for
outstanding technical ability
- <#> ANG/CC presented coin and Letter of Appreciation for outstanding GH system
administration
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