436th CES EOD Flight practice soldiering skills

Airman 1st Class Colby Hillman, left, and Staff Sgt. Donald Manuel, center, simulate calling in position coordinates for close air support while Staff Sgt. Carl Dill points to the direction of simulated hostile fire Oct. 10, 2014, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. All three are member of the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Major Accident Response Exercise

Aaron Weisenberger, right, a fire protection crew chief with the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department, Dover Air Force Base, Del., performs a fireman?s carry on simulated fuel spill victim Airman 1st Class Kiara Reed, 436th Aerospace Medical Squadron, Dover AFB, public health technician April 23, 2014, at Dover AFB. Weisenberger and Senior Airman Dequan Griffin, right, a fire protection apprentice with the 459th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department, Joint Base Andrews, Md., removed the victim from the affected fuel spill area during a major accident response exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Team Dover Hones Deployment Skills

Team Dover members simulate decontamination procedures during a Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear survival skills training class April 7, 2014, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management and Training Section provided CBRNE training to prepare personnel for world-wide missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Team Dover Hones Deployment Skills

Prime Base Engineer Emergency Forces personnel from the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron assemble a tent frame April 9, 2014, at the deployment training area on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Personnel went through three days of training to maintain the squadron's overall level of readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Civil Engineers three-peat

Published Nov. 25, 2014
By Airman 1st Class Zachary Cacicia
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- With back-to-back-to-back wins; the word, humble, has been removed from the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron's vocabulary.

The 436th CES has won the 2014 Maj. Gen. Robert H. Curtin Award (small unit) and several of its flights and Airmen have been recognized as award winners and runner-ups.

"Wow, I am incredibly proud of this team," said Col. Lisa Pike, 436th Mission Support Group commander. "To earn this award once is indeed a big accomplishment; to earn it three years in a row, that is a testament to the team's professionalism, pride and excellence with which they carry out their jobs."

The Maj. Gen. Robert H. Curtin Award, sponsored by the Society of American Military Engineers, annually recognizes the winners of the Air Force Outstanding Civil Engineer Unit Award in several unit size categories. The award is named for former Air Force Director of Civil Engineering, Maj. Gen. Robert H. Curtin, who held the position from 1963 to 1968.

"Three times is absolutely unheard of in the engineer community," said Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Pollock, 436th MSG superintendent. "Engineers lead the way!"

Other awards won by the 436th CES include the 2014 Brig. Gen. Archie S. Mayes Award won by the squadron's Programming Flight, the 2014 Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia Award (company grade officer category) won by Capt. John Fuson, 436th CES Explosive Ordinance Disposal Flight chief, and the 2014 Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn Enlisted Leadership Award won by Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Pollock.

In an announcement to his squadron, Lt. Col. Scott Bryant, 436th CES commander, expressed his joy in the accomplishments of squadron and its Airmen.

"All I can say right now is WOW!" stated Bryant. "I am beyond thrilled to be a part of such an amazing unit, in-and-out, and feel it each day coming to work; it's nice to see that others recognize the hard work that is put into the unit to make Dover a great place to live and work."

The EOD flight was also named runner-up for the 2014 Senior Master Sgt. Gerald J. Stryzak Award, and Tech. Sgt. Justin Alexander, 436th CES emergency manager, was named runner-up for the 2014 Emergency Manager of the Year (military).

"It is an honor to be recognized for this distinct award, especially knowing the quality of the competition," said Bryant. "These awards are truly reflective of all of Team Dover, we wouldn't have been able to sustain this honor without the support of our sister squadrons and mission partners."