Retired Marine Maj. Gen. James Livingston speaks to an audience of Airmen and Sailors Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th Air Base Wing Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Livingston is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military decoration, for heroic actions in 1968 during the Vietnam war. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, speaks to an audience of Airmen and Sailors Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th Air Base Wing Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief stand with Master at Arms 1st Class Mark VanWyck, NSA, Senior Sailor of the Year, Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief stand with Master at Arms 2nd Class Brian Cobb, NSA, Junior Sailor of the Year, Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief stand with Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Delmetrius Blanding, NSA, Blue Jacket of the Year, Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Senior Airman Erin Winkler, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, with the Honor Guard Member of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Master Sgt. Eric Rainer, 628th Medical Group, with the First Sergeant of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Mr. Phillip Hull, 628th Security Forces Squadron, with the Civilian Category I of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Ms. Catherine Hallett, 628th Medical Operations Squadron, with the Civilian Category II of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Ms. Anna Urrutia, 628th Contracting Squadron, with the Civilian Category III of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Senior Airman Hannah Leonard, 628th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, with the Airman of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Maj. Samuel Shmip, 628th Comptroller Squadron commander, with the NCO of the year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Shimp is accepting the award for Tech. Sgt. Toriano Banks, who is currently deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Master Sgt. Kari Boyles, 628th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, with the SNCO of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, Capt. Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, Naval Support Activity command master chief and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief present Capt. Joshua Van Wyngaarden, 628th Medical Operations Squadron, with the Company Grade Officer of the Year award Jan. 23, 2015, at the 2014 628th ABW Annual Awards Banquet at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)

The 628th Air Base Wing held its 2014 Annual Awards ceremony Jan. 23, 2015 at the Charleston Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Winners are (from back left) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Delmetrius Blanding, Naval Support Activity, Blue Jacket of the Year; Capt. Joshua Van Wyngaarden, 628th Medical Operations Squadron, Company Grade Officer of the Year; Catherine Hallett, 628th MDOS, Civilian Category II of the Year; Ms. Anna Urrutia, 628th Contracting Squadron, Civilian Category III of the Year; (from front left) Master at Arms 2nd Class Brian Cobb, NSA, Junior Sailor of the Year; Master at Arms 1st Class Mark VanWyck, NSA, Senior Sailor of the Year; Master Sgt. Eric Rainer, 628th Medical Group, First Sergeant of the Year; Senior Airman Hannah Leonard, 628th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Airman of the Year; Master Sgt. Kari Boyles, 628th AMDS, SNCO of the Year and Senior Airman Erin Winkler, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Honor Guard Member of the Year. Not pictured is Phillip Hull, 628th Security Forces Squadron, Civilian Category I and Tech. Sgt. Toriano Banks, 628th Comptroller Squadron, NCO of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)