AF Medic is OAY!

The Air Force selects twelve enlisted members each year as “Outstanding Airman of the Year” (OAY), and the competition, as you can imagine, is pretty tough. This year, an Air Force medic named Tammy Shaw has been honored as one of the 12 OAY:

Tech. Sgt. Tammy Shaw…(a) noncommissioned officer laboratory technician at the base medical center, Shaw was recognized for her on-the-job leadership and job performance as well as her community involvement. One of her working accomplishments was to pilot the Department of Defense’ largest DNA collection site, 38,000 samples, with only a 0.02 percent rejection rate. Partly because of this, her laboratory was named “Best in DOD.” In addition to her working feats, Shaw completed 28 hours towards a bachelor’s degree in health sciences while carrying a 4.0 average. She also completed a Community College of the Air Force degree and became a nationally certified lab technician.

Interestingly, last year saw Airman Aubrey Linn selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen, and she, too, is a laboratory technician. Chalk up another victory to the 4Ts!

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