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1st Special Operations Wing
Public Affairs
A1C John C. Vincent Air -
man Leadership School
graduated Class 15-B on Feb.
12 at the Soundside Club on
Hurlburt Field. SrA Matthew
Ryan from the 11th Intelligence
Squadron was presented the
John L. Levitow Award as the
top-performing student. SrA
James Cowan from the 25th
Intelligence Squadron won the
Academic Achievement Award
as the highest scoring academic
achiever for the class. The fol -
lowing Airmen were awarded
the Distinguished Graduate
Award, which is presented to
the top 10 percent of the class:
SrA James Cowan from the 25th
Intelligence Squadron, SrA Dan -
iel Hayek from the 23rd Special
Tactics Squadron, SSgt Shawn
Stevens from the Special Tactics
Training Squadron, SrA Michael
Sgambati from the 1st Special
Operations Contracting Squad -
ron, and SrA John Schreiner
from the 23rd Special Tactics
Squadron. In addition, SrA
Haywood Armstrong from the
1st Special Operations Support
Squadron was also recognized
as the Commandant Award
winner.
Congratulations to all the
graduating students of A1C John
C. Vincent Airman Leadership
School, Class 15-B:
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
SQUADRON
SrA Joshua Benson
SrA Stephen Brady
SrA Keith Peavie
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS AIR
OPERATIONS SQUADRON
SrA Samuel Anderson
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
CIVIL ENGINEER SQUADRON
SrA Thomas Johnson
SrA Darrin Proffitt
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMPONENT MAINTENANCE
SQUADRON
SrA Sean Carnahan
SrA Aaron Evans
SrA Marcus Fike
SrA Christopher Mast
SrA Ansley Prince
SrA Fabian Rosario
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
CONTRACTING SQUADRON
SrA Michael Sgambati
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS LO
-
GISTICS READINESS SQUADRON
SrA Shyla Smith
SrA Jeremy Todd
SrA Yitbarek Thriver
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
MAINTENANCE GROUP
SrA Wayne Turner
1ST SPECIAL OPERA
-
TIONS MEDICAL OPERATIONS
SQUADRON
SrA Ashley Coe
SrA Kasandra Wauchope
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
SQUADRON
SrA Graham Mackey
SrA Cody Umstead
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
SUPPORT
SrA Haywood Armstrong
SrA Richmond Davis
SrA Cody Furnish
SrA William Seabolt
SrA Carmen Simboli
11TH INTELLIGENCE
SQUADRON
SrA Kody Brown
SrA Gerry Mcmartin
SrA Matthew Ryan
SrA Brandon Smith
23RD SPECIAL TACTICS
SQUADRON
SrA Peter Brandt
SrA Robert Dalton
SrA Daniel Hayek
SrA Benjamin Joplin
SrA Patrick Lowe
SSgt Patrick Mayo
SrA Brett Ramirez
SrA John Schreiner
SrA Jonathan Solano
SrA Calab Stewart
SrA Seth Wright
25TH INTELLIGENCE
SQUADRON
SrA James Cowan
SrA Siobhan Frain
SrA John Rayome
SrA Skyler Sharp
4TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
SQUADRON
SrA Nicholas Nowaczek
801ST SPEC OPERATIONS
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
SQUADRON
SrA Zachariah Handy
SrA Felix Jimenez Velez
SrA Samuel Johnston
SrA Johnny Rivas
823RD RED HORSE
SQUADRON
SrA Dale McKay
SrA Christopher Michaels
901ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
SQUADRON
SrA Rudy Cantarini
SrA Demitri Cooper
SrA Wayne Phillips
SrA Cedric Valdez
68TH NETWORK WARFARE
SQUADRON
SrA John Braddock
SPECIAL TACTICS TRAINING
SQUADRON
SSgt Shawn Stevens
SSgt Joey Trinidad
ALS graduates new class of supervisors
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By KARI C. BARLOW
Construction of the fly -
over at Cody Avenue and
U.S. Highway 98 is scheduled
to be completed by August,
Air Force and state Depart -
ment of Transportation of -
ficials said last week.
Work crews have set the
final two of 11 precast con -
crete beams that will sup -
port the elevated lanes of
U.S. 98.
Now that the bridge
beams are set, passers-by
will notice more activity up
on the bridge itself, said
Dan Wilcoxen of the 1st Spe -
cial Operations Civil Engi -
neer Squadron. The vast
majority of large-scale utility
work has been completed,
allowing for the recent rapid
vertical progress.
The $13.9 million project
which started in Febru -
ary 2013 is expected to
ease traffic woes on U.S.
98 where major delays are
commonplace.
The two new eastbound
dual left turn lanes at the
main Hurlburt Field en -
trance will be longer and
remove more vehicles from
the overall flow. FDOT of -
ficials predict faster morn -
ing commute times for the
nearly 50,000 motorists trav -
eling through the intersec -
tion each day.
Westbound traffic should
also improve by having one
less stop along Highway 98
to contend with during peak
traffic hours, Wilcoxen
said.
The past week brought
several lane closures and
changes as the bridge beams
were put in place but none
are scheduled for the near
future, Wilcoxen said.
What is expected to con -
tinue is heavier traffic vol -
ume as spring break kicks
off and brings an influx of
visitors to the area.
The FDOT and the
county are noticing a large
increase in traffic volume the
last several weeks, and this
most likely will continue as
spring break season ramps
up, Wilcoxen said.
He said motorists are
urged to observe the low
speed limits to ensure work -
er safety.
The project saw its great -
est delays after the April 2014
flash floods.
Lately there have not
been any major weather im -
pacts ... but the storms in
April set the project back
significantly, Wilcoxen said.
The contractor is even now
just finishing up some of the
work to recover from that
event.
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