PA team earns three awards from National Guard Bureau

By 123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 06, 2015

Tech. Sgt. Mike Johnson (right), a crew chief from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, shows Staff Sgt. Brian Hinckley, a crew chief from the Connecticut Air National Guard's 103rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, different maintenance aspects of the C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard base in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 14, 2013. The Connecticut unit is converting from C-21A Learjets to the Hercules transport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

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Master Sgt. Philip Speck won third place in the News Photo Division of the 2013 National Guard Bureau Media Contest for this image depicting an Airman from Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conducting training with an Airman from the Connecticut Air National Guard. The Connecticut unit is converting missions from C-21A Learjets to the C-130 Hercules transport. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Philip Speck)

Two members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron guard a found-weapons cache during a training exercise at Zussman Range at Fort Knox, Ky., on Nov. 21, 2013. The Airmen were practicing insertions, extractions and close-quarters combat in a simulated Afghan village. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

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Master Sgt. Philip Speck won third place in the Documentation Photo Division of the 2013 National Guard Bureau Media Contest for this image depicting two combat controllers from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron as they guard a found-weapons cache during a training exercise at Zussman Range at Fort Knox, Ky., on Nov. 21, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Philip Speck)

KENTUCKY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs team took home three awards in the 2013 National Guard Bureau Media Contest, which recognizes the best work of hundreds of public affairs professionals across the Air National Guard.

Staff Sgt. Vicky Spesard won second place in the news division for an article covering the deployment of Kentucky Air Guard services troops in support of President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C.; and Master Sgt. Phil Speck took home two third-place honors, one for news photography and another for documentation photography.

"I am extremely proud of the hard work of our public affairs professionals," said Maj. Dale Greer, chief of public affairs for the 123rd Airlift Wing. "Their outstanding coverage helps keep the wing, the broader military community and the general public informed about the great things we do in the Kentucky Air Guard.

"They also honor a tradition of public affairs excellence stretching back decades. The 123rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office has now won more than 70 national awards from the National Guard Bureau, U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense since 1995 -- a sustained level of performance that is unmatched in the Air Force Public Affairs community."