'Fight Through' appropriate theme for 2020 37th TRW annual awards Published March 8, 2021 By Annette Crawford 37th Training Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The 37th Training Wing annual awards for 2020 took place March 5, 2021, after Winter Storm Uri forced a two-week delay of the ceremony. The ceremony – part virtual and part in-person – had the appropriate theme of “Fight Through.” Col. Megan Schafer, 37th TRW vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gregory F. Butcher, Jr., interim 37th TRW command chief, presented the awards to the winners in 12 categories. The guest speaker was Chief Master Sgt. Stefan Blazier, previous 37th TRW command chief and now chief of Enlisted Force Development for the Air Force at the Pentagon. Blazier said 2020 was “the year of the Warhawk,” and that the 37th TRW made it look easy despite the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. That experience “is something I take with me every day forward,” Blazier said. Earlier in the week, the nominees attended one of three professional development seminars: Junior enlisted and noncommissioned officers; Senior NCOs, first sergeants, and company and field grade officers; and civilians. Congratulations to the winners: Junior Enlisted: Senior Airman Kaitlyn L. Kennedy, 320th Training Squadron Noncommissioned Officer: Tech. Sgt. Jonathan L. Avila, Inter-American Air Forces Academy Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Lionel G. Garcia, 737th Training Support Squadron First Sergeant: Senior Master Sgt. Joseph M. Clifford, 321st TRS Company Grade Officer: Capt. Tho K. Dang, 737th TRSS Field Grade Officer: Maj. Gloria Sanchez, 637th Training Group Civilian Non-Supervisory, Category I: Jodie N. Wall, 322nd TRS Civilian Non-Supervisory, Category II: Sonija E. Hauger, 345th TRS Civilian Non-Supervisory, Category III: Dale A. Blake, 345th TRS Civilian Supervisory, Category I: Robert Haines, 344th TRS, Det. 1 Civilian Supervisory, Category II: Arthur Hosley, 332nd TRS Civilian Supervisory, Category III: David A. Cranek, 737th TRSS All the nominees and their groups are as follows: Junior Enlisted Senior Airman Brittany Adams, Wing Staff Agency Senior Airman Kaitlyn Kennedy, 737th Training Group Senior Airman Adam Luszczak, IAAFA Senior Airman Lamar Rucker, 37th Training Group Noncommissioned Officer Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Avila, IAAFA Tech. Sgt. Kendell Grant, Defense Language Institute English Language Center Tech. Sgt. Jarid Hasty-Milton, 737th TRG Tech. Sgt. Brianna Olson, 37th TRG Tech. Sgt. Ryan Shepherd, WSA Senior NCO/First Sergeant Master Sgt. Shawntai Bonilla, 37th TRG Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Clifford, 737th TRG Master Sgt. Juan De La Rosa, IAAFA Master Sgt. Johnathan Elzie, DLIELC Master Sgt. Lionel Garcia, 737th TRG Master Sgt. Daniel Mason, DLIELC Master Sgt. Cristofer Mercado, WSA Master Sgt. Jonathan Rockwell, 37th TRG Master Sgt. Keyla Watt, IAAFA Company Grade Officer Capt. Tho Dang, 737th TRG Capt. Marissa Gaytan, IAAFA Capt. Jared Hafich, 37th TRG Capt. Richard Rodriguez Marquez, WSA Capt. Anthony Rowe, DLIELC Field Grade Officer Lt. Col. Carlos Hernandez, IAAFA Maj. Brandon Kalski, 737th TRG Maj. Thomas Matechik, 37th TRG Maj. Gloria Sanchez, DLIELC Civilian Manuel Aranda, IAAFA Amber Bayne, DLIELC Dale Blake, 37th TRG Sarah Buker, WSA Rhonda Clayton-Ravenel, 37th TRG David Cranek, 737th TRG Andrew Dempster, DLIELC Robert Haines, 37th TRG Sonija Hauger, 37th TRG Lisa Hima, DLIELC Arthur Hosley, DLIELC Edwin Jose, 37th TRG Catherine Post, DLIELC Jodie Wall, 737th TRG Britney Warwick, WSA Kelli Williams, 737th TRG