Senior Airman Samuel Siewert receives a congratulatory phone call from Gen. Raymond Johns July 27, 2010, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., informing him he was selected from nominees across the entire Air Force as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Airman Siewert was declared the number one life-saver out of 50 candidates and earned an advance Personal Protective Equipment Officer Designator and Breathing Apparatus Technician certification. Airman Siewert volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, the civil engineer haunted house, blood drive and provided briefings on fire education at Joint Base Charleston's Child Development Center. General Johns is the commander of Air Mobility Command, and Airman Siewert is a 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection journeyman. (U.S. Air Force photo/James M. Bowman)

Col. Martha Meeker congratulates Senior Airman Samuel Siewert on being selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year July 27, 2010, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Airman Siewert was selected for the first sergeants' Diamond Sharp Award and earned a Below-the-Zone promotion. He has also earned 15 credits toward his Community College of the Air Force degree and helped raise $1,000 for a South Carolina children's charity. Colonel Meeker is the commander of Joint Base Charleston and Airman Siewert is a fire protection journeyman with the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/James M. Bowman)