PACAF selected for 11 individual, 5 team AFMS 2014 annual awards Published Feb. 11, 2015 By Staff Sgt. Amanda Dick Headquarters Pacific Air Force Public Affairs JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The Air Force Surgeon General announced the recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2014 annual awards Feb. 10. Among the winners, 11 individuals and five teams were selected from Pacific Air Forces. Individual Awards USAF Young Health Care Administrator of the Year Award Capt. Gaylan Gray 374th Medical Support Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan USAF MSC Commitment to Service Award Lt. Col. Christopher Estridge 374th Medical Support Squadron, Yokota AB USAF Biomedical Specialist Category II Officer of the Year - Field Grade Category Maj. Jennifer Bradley 673rd Medical Support Squadron, Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, Alaska Outstanding Enlisted Health Services Management Airman of the Year Senior Airman Brek Halgren 35th Medical Support Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan Outstanding Biomedical Equipment Repair NCO of the Year Tech. Sgt. Jason Johnson 374th Medical Support Squadron, Yokota AB Outstanding Base Bioenvironmental Engineering NCO of the Year Award Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hardy 354th Medical Operations Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Outstanding Diet Therapy NCO of the Year Tech. Sgt. Duk Kim 51st Aeromedical Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea USAF Public Health NCO of the Year Award Tech. Sgt. Carlos Salilican 374th Aeromedical Squadron, Yokota AB Outstanding Aerospace Medicine NCO of the Year Award Tech. Sgt. Mark Baldwin 36th Medical Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam USAF Ophthalmic NCO of the Year Award Tech. Sgt. Cristian Martinez 374th Aeromedical Squadron, Yokota AB Air Force Medical Service SNCO Leadership Award Master Sgt. Christopher Espinosa 374th Medical Support Squadron, Yokota AB Team Awards Outstanding Resource Management Team Award Yokota Medical Resource Management Flight 374th Medical Support Squadron, Yokota AB Surgeon General's Medical Information Services Award Team Award Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson Medical Information Systems Flight 673rd Medical Support Squadron, JBER Outstanding Health Plan Management Team Award Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson TRICARE Operations and Patient Administration Flight 673rd Medical Support Squadron, JBER Outstanding Medical Readiness Team Award Osan AB Medical Readiness Flight 51st Medical Support Squadron, Osan AB Best Ambulatory Clinic Patient Safety Program Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Patient Safety Program 15th Medical Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii The categories were based on criteria outlined in AFI 36-2856, Medical Service Awards. The recipients' accomplishments included patient care in forward-deployed locations, world-class research and teaching, improvement of home station medical care, outstanding oversight of the medical Personnel Reliability Program and innovation. For more Air Force Medical Service 2014 annual award recipients, visit http://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123438382. (Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs contributed to the article.)