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Team Dover receives 'Excellent' grade for ORI

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  • By Airman 1st Class Shen-Chia Chu
  • 436th AW Public Affairs
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  Team Dover received an excellent for their performance during the recent operational readiness inspection in Alpena, Mich.

The Air Mobility Command inspector general announced the grade during the ORI out-brief Aug. 14 at the Base Theater.

Brig. Gen. Donald Lustig, AMC inspector general, and Col. Thomas Freese, AMC inspector general's office, received a warm welcome comprised of applause, sirens and more as they arrived to start the out-brief.

The IG briefed Team Dover on the five-tier rating system on which their performance would be graded. Possible grades include outstanding, excellent, satisfactory, marginal and unsatisfactory.

The 436th and 512th Airlift Wing were graded individually, and both received an overall score of excellent.

"We pulled this off as a team," said Col. Steven Harrison, 436th Airlift Wing commander. "Not only did we deploy as a team, we did what had to be done and showed we could accomplish more than what the inspector general requires. There were some Ph.D.-level IG exercises thrown at our team, and they took them in stride."

The colonel said he was impressed with Team Dover's initiative during the ORI.

"We deployed our entire contingent twenty-four hours early and came home from the deployed location six hours ahead of the IG's timeline," said Colonel Harrison. "There were no major discrepancies in the personnel and cargo deployment functions and there were no major safety violations - that's impressive."

Though Team Dover Airmen received an 'Excellent,' the wing commander asks Airmen to consider the most important score of all.

"The most important thing is not the score you received out there or the score I give you, it's the score you give yourself. You all know how well you did," said Colonel Harrison. "Are you comfortable with what you've accomplished?"

Active-duty and Reserve Airmen worked together to accomplish their mission and the grade was proof.

"After nine arduous months of preparation, all of our hard work paid off," said Maj. Paul Theriot, 436th Airlift Wing Plans and Programs chief. "I believe we performed in an outstanding manner, learning a lot about ourselves and one another, and are ready to improve for the future."

"We could not have done it without one another," said Colonel Harrison. "I can't thank you all enough for all the great work."

Congratulations to the units and individuals recognized by the AMC inspector general during today's operational readiness inspection out brief at the Base Theater. 

436th Airlift Wing
436th Aerial Port Squadron Team
436th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment team
9th Airlift Squadron BOLAR 81
436th Civil Engineer Squadron airfield damage repair team
436th CES airfield damage assessment and response team
436th CES fire emergency services team
436th Services Squadron mortuary team
436th Airlift Wing religious support team
436th Security Forces Squadron radio telephone operator team
Capt. Camille Chigi, 3rd Airlift Squadron
Capt. Jared Lilje, 3rd AS
Capt. Barbara McCoy, 436th SVS
Master Sgt. James Crampton, 436th SVS
Master Sgt. Jonathan Redfern, 436th OSS
Master Sgt. James Siegman, 436th CES
Master Sgt. Nyle Smith III, 436th Comptroller Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Brian Cottuli, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Francis E. Puangco, 436th Contracting Squadron
Staff Sgt. Scott Eggert, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Kevin Hudson, 436th SFS
Staff Sgt. Stephanie Lukas, 9th AS
Staff Sgt. Michael McCabe, 436th SFS
Staff Sgt. Jessica Murphy, 436th AW
Staff Sgt. Mark Rose, 436th Maintenance Squadron
Staff Sgt. Roderick Tumblin, 436th LRS
Senior Airmen Ashley Newman, 436th LRS
Senior Airmen Sarah Quaynor, 436th CES
Airman 1st Class Samantha Long, 436th OSS

512th Airlift Wing
512th CES airfield damage repair team
512th Airlift Control Flight contingency response element
512th AW financial management team
512th Operations Support Flight installation control intelligence team
512th OSF squadron operations center intelligence team
Capt. Crystal Beach, 512th Mission Support Squadron
Master Sgt. Daniel Schultz, 46th Aerial Port Squadron
Tech. Sgt. David Jackson, 512th Logistics Readiness Flight
Staff Sgt. Joseph Kern, 512th Mission Support Squadron
Staff Sgt. James Steinbrueck, 512th LRF