WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. --
Two members of the Westover military-civilian team recently took top honors in their respective career fields at the Air Force level.
Air Force officials announced April 7 that Lt. Col. James Bishop and Nicole Remy are the selectees.
Bishop won the Air Force's Outstanding Communication Field Grade Officer Award, while Remy is the Outstanding Logistics Readiness Civilian of the Year.
The Air Force cited Bishop's "outstanding leadership and management by using innovative processes to integrate and leverage outreach and engagement opportunities."
He’s the chief of public affairs for Westover, and deployed to Afghanistan for most of 2014. Deployed to Kabul April to September, Bishop was Chief of Future Operations at Headquarters International Security Assistance. He oversaw the international website and social media platforms reaching more than 825,000 people. He created PA guidance used throughout Afghanistan on topics from civilian casualties to the Afghan presidential election.
"Your efforts are being noticed by leaders at every level!" said Brig Gen. Kathleen Cook, Air Force director of public affairs. Bishop has been assigned to Westover since August 2010.
Remy, the supply and fuels accountable officer with the 439th Logistics Readiness Squadron, won the Air Force Outstanding Logistics Readiness Civilian of the Year, Category II Award for 2014.
Her award cited her “commitment to logistics excellence and remarkable leadership skills” that were “central in ensuring seamless regionalized isochronal operational support of the Air Force’s C-5 weapon system.” A retired chief master sergeant, Remy’s extensive experience and drive for deployment readiness “drove a five-step mobility action plan over 12 months improving operations 41 percent and accounting for 522 mobility assets saving the wing $350,000.”
Remy’s commitment to her unit also helped ensure LRS earn the Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness award – three consecutive years.