# Troop Support recognizes volunteer, humanitarian efforts during awards ceremony

/ Published June 15, 2016
PHILADELPHIA, 

More than 100 Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees were recognized for various achievements during the quarterly awards ceremony June 14 at the Bldg. 6 auditorium.

Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, officiated the ceremony. 

“I just want to say that I am proud of all of you and what you do ... thank you,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton first presented Army Capt. Franklin Carr, a strategic planner for the Clothing and Textiles directorate, with the Defense Meritorious Service Award.

Carr was recognized for his previous work as aide-de-camp to former DLA Troop Support Commander Maj. Gen. Stephen Shapiro, as well as assisting in humanitarian aid efforts for Iraq and Syria.

“It is a great honor to be recognized here today, particularly amongst our peers,” said Carr. “For a service member, that (recognition) continues to go on with them.”

More than 15 employees received career service certificates for 30, 35 and 40 years of government service. Patricia Scott, chief of Subsistence garrison feeding, and Kathleen Nolan, Customer Operations program management analyst, received certificates for 40 years of service.

“It is amazing how quickly the time went by,” said Nolan. “It has been a wonderful career and it is hard to imagine that it has been this much time.”

Nolan said she is grateful for the many opportunities DLA has afforded her over the years, from education, part-time work when her kids were young, being able to telework and fitness time.

Employees who volunteered during the Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day annual event were also recognized. The event is DLA Troop Support’s longest running community relations program.

“It is good to see an organization that takes the time to recognize everybody’s efforts for what they do,” said Carr. “From volunteer efforts as it was with bring your children to work day, to work with humanitarian aid efforts, everybody on every team means something and their impact is felt across the board.”

Below is the full list of awardees:

**DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD**

Capt. Franklin Carr, USA

**JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL**

Lt. Col. Jimmy Baker, USA

Maj. Randall Sweeney, USA

Maj. Christopher Splichal, USA

**MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD**

Maria Aguayo

Anthony Cosenza

John Cuorato

Anthony D’Ambrosio

Jessica De La Hoz

Roy Dillard

Robin Durie

Rodney Farrell

Gale Furman

Maryann Gaudio

Thomas Grace

Cheryl Haines

Daniel Keefe

Ashley Liddle

Jon Lightner

Ralph Lund

Meghan Michalski

Randall McArthur

Sharon Piecyk

Joseph Szwec

Lauren Vendetti

Michael Wilson

**SUPERIOR CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD**

Robert Bailey

Linnette De La Cruz

Allison Eck

Evan Eisenberg

Nicole Franchetti

Lynne Georges

Marko Graham

Christine Hertkorn

Brett Joseph

Mary Martin

Liliana Morales

Helen Newell

Beatrice Lopez-Pollard

Thomas Scariato 

Brian Schott 

Sara Swanljung 

Brittany Tobias 

John Weber Joseph Weidenburner 

Jared Weissberger

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**CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION**

Craig Bannon

Mary Ann Bickel

Anne Marie Burns

Theresa Kurczyna

Michael Malone

Denise Oxenford

Juan Sanchez

Lisa Shields

Peter Skillings

Maj. Christopher Splichal, USA

Maj. Randall Sweeney, USA

Nathaniel Work

**DIRECTORS STRATEGIC GOALS AWARD**

Laceenis Fordham

Catherine Kelley

Magda Ratuszny

**FIELD GRADE OFFICER OF THE QUARTER**

Maj. Alicia Burrows, USA

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**EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR**

Sherri Fitzpatrick

**EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH**

Maliza Maldonado

**40 YEARS OF SERVICE**

Kathleen Nolan

Patricia Scott

**35 YEARS**

Tamara Bookman

Raymond Freda

Constance Haney

Valerie Mitchell

David Thomas

**30 YEARS OF SERVICE**

Lisa Perry Harley

Robert Hunter

Rhonda Johnson

Garth McBride

George McFall, Jr.

Antionette Ouattara

Donna Raday

Katherine Reynolds

Tammy Worsley

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**MEDIA AWARD WINNERS**

Michael Tuttle

Mikia Muhammad

**SPECIAL RECOGNITION – COMMANDER’S COIN**

Keith Cochran

Rodney Farrell

Marko Graham

**CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FOR**

**TAKE YOUR DAUGHTERS & SONS TO WORK DAY VOLUNTEERS**

Jayne Bailie

Linda Bouie

Michael Bowe

Sarah Bronkhorst

Erline Burns

Lauren Carman

Dylan Carney 

Capt. Franklin Carr, USA 

Sue Caso-Bolnick 

John Charalabidis 

Jimmy Colley

Tom Condo

Gerard Corcoran

Greg Davis

Shannon Dempsey

Avril Dickerson 

Lisa Diplacido 

Shaun Dwyer 

Kevin Echelberger 

Caroline Fafara 

Robert Fagan

Irvin Farmer III 

Annie Green Ferguson

John Garbarino

Elaine Gary 

Lt. Cdr. Carlos Gomez, USA 

SFC Tarah Goodman, USA 

Whitney Gould

Michael Anthony Green 

Master Sgt. Cynthia Gyening, USA 

Elizabeth Haddow

Tracy Hagan

Karen Harris 

Janeen Hayes

Ramona Hemphill

Lt. Col. Debra Hernandez, USA 

Sgt. Stanley Jackson, USA 

Lt. Shervon James, SC, USN 

Master Sgt. Antoinette Jones, USA 

Jason Kaneshiro 

Kristina Keenan 

Sharan Khaira 

Nancy Knox 

Scharita Lacey 

Tanya Lawrence 

Ashley Liddle 

Bryan Lyons 

John Martin 

Tenisha S. Martin 

Lee Massey

Jessica Mazur

Maggie McCann

Kevin McCarrick

Megan McNicholas

Frank Miller 

Rebecca Mills 

Robin Novak

Vanessa Okulicz-Kozaryn

Roxane Owen 

Rosalie Pena 

Robert Pineda 

Anthony Pizzo 

Yvonne Poplawski 

Sarah Presley

Sgt. 1st Class Troy Pringle, USA

Keith Pritts

Joseph Reidy

Crystal Robinson 

Master Sgt. Woodrow Ruff, USA

Jacqueline Schernecke 

Timothy Schmidt

Ryan Schrank

Mark Scott 

Alexandra Siemiatkowski

Karen Slevin 

Roxane Smith-Paris 

Jesaida Zayas Snyder 

Maj. Kellie Triplett, USA 

Master Sgt. Naka Turner, USA

Michael Tuttle 

Inge Updike

Jim Vitrano 

Tiffany Watkins 

Shahid Wilds 

Kalifa Williams 

Anna Wilson