Twenty-nine awarded CCAF degrees
SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. --
Twenty-nine Community College of the Air Force graduates received their diplomas here today with family members and friends, peers and supervisors watching to honor their achievements.
The Community College of the Air Force degree is an associate degree of applied science available to enlisted airmen in their specific Air Force job specialty. The degree is earned from a combination of technical training, professional military education, and civilian sources. Two members earned degrees for more than one career field.
Michigan Air National Guard's Command Chief Master Sergeant David Eddy provided the keynote address to the graduates reminding Airmen that, "the CCAF degree is a credential establishing our credibility to do our jobs and do them well." He also encouraged the graduates to "give it the gas! Keep going, keep achieving, and keep striving."
The Community College of the Air Force concept evolved in the early 1970s as a way to recognize Air Force training achievements. The need became apparent to enhance the skills of noncommissioned officers as technicians, leaders and citizens. In November 1971, General John D. Ryan, Air Force Chief of Staff, approved the establishment of the CCAF. It then went before the Secretary of the Air Force, who on January 25, 1972, approved the activation plan and the college was established on April 1, 1972 at Randolph AFB, Texas.
This year's 127th Wing graduates are:
Financial Management
SMSgt Russell Childs
MSgt Heather Manor
SSgt Merushjola Adkins
Aviation Maintenance Technology
SMSgt Thomas Selon
MSgt David Bowers
MSgt Pedro Torres
TSgt Michael Ginzel
Avionic Systems Technology
TSgt Ashanti Curtis
Human Resource Management
CMSgt Gary Fantauzzo
MSgt Annette Holt
TSgt Jennifer Lopez
Aircraft Armament Systems Technology
TSgt Michael Finn
Criminal Justice
MSgt Martin Genter
MSgt Daniel Klik
TSgt Jamie Kincade
TSgt Janice Stockett
SSgt Grant Kumfer
SSgt Garrett Fisher
SRA Richard Malik
Communications Applications Technology
SSgt Natasha Gieraltowski
Munitions Systems Technology
TSgt Louis Jones Muni
SSgt Vanessa Rudolph
SSgt Jessica Homann
Aircraft Structural Maintenance Technology
TSgt Louis Jones Muni
Logistics
SMSgt Jeanne Robinson
SSgt Ernest Martinez
Aviation Maintenance Technology
SSgt Ernest Martinez
Education and Training
MSgt Jutta Parks
Information Management
TSgt Rosario Recchia
SSgt Melissa Siegler I
Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology
SSgt Adam Vermeersch
The Community College of the Air Force degree is an associate degree of applied science available to enlisted airmen in their specific Air Force job specialty. The degree is earned from a combination of technical training, professional military education, and civilian sources. Two members earned degrees for more than one career field.
Michigan Air National Guard's Command Chief Master Sergeant David Eddy provided the keynote address to the graduates reminding Airmen that, "the CCAF degree is a credential establishing our credibility to do our jobs and do them well." He also encouraged the graduates to "give it the gas! Keep going, keep achieving, and keep striving."
The Community College of the Air Force concept evolved in the early 1970s as a way to recognize Air Force training achievements. The need became apparent to enhance the skills of noncommissioned officers as technicians, leaders and citizens. In November 1971, General John D. Ryan, Air Force Chief of Staff, approved the establishment of the CCAF. It then went before the Secretary of the Air Force, who on January 25, 1972, approved the activation plan and the college was established on April 1, 1972 at Randolph AFB, Texas.
This year's 127th Wing graduates are:
Financial Management
SMSgt Russell Childs
MSgt Heather Manor
SSgt Merushjola Adkins
Aviation Maintenance Technology
SMSgt Thomas Selon
MSgt David Bowers
MSgt Pedro Torres
TSgt Michael Ginzel
Avionic Systems Technology
TSgt Ashanti Curtis
Human Resource Management
CMSgt Gary Fantauzzo
MSgt Annette Holt
TSgt Jennifer Lopez
Aircraft Armament Systems Technology
TSgt Michael Finn
Criminal Justice
MSgt Martin Genter
MSgt Daniel Klik
TSgt Jamie Kincade
TSgt Janice Stockett
SSgt Grant Kumfer
SSgt Garrett Fisher
SRA Richard Malik
Communications Applications Technology
SSgt Natasha Gieraltowski
Munitions Systems Technology
TSgt Louis Jones Muni
SSgt Vanessa Rudolph
SSgt Jessica Homann
Aircraft Structural Maintenance Technology
TSgt Louis Jones Muni
Logistics
SMSgt Jeanne Robinson
SSgt Ernest Martinez
Aviation Maintenance Technology
SSgt Ernest Martinez
Education and Training
MSgt Jutta Parks
Information Management
TSgt Rosario Recchia
SSgt Melissa Siegler I
Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology
SSgt Adam Vermeersch
