Call for Portraits in Courage 2013 Submissions
HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. --
Public Affairs is soliciting nominations for the 2013 "Portraits in Courage" program, which highlights compelling stories of our Airmen's excellence, honor, valor, devotion, and sacrifice. PiC 2013 will personify the CSAF vision and focus on our incredible Airmen, Mission and Innovation.
The deadline to submit nominations to Public Affairs is April 7 (COB on UTA). Submit your nominations to 482fw.pa@us.af.mil.
Submission details:
Each story should be 500 words or less and written to address both an internal and external audience (Airmen, their families, and civilians). When you prepare nominations, please focus on leadership, valor, courage, exemplary performance and commitment, or service above self in either a combat or combat support role. Stories should tell a compelling story about an individual whose actions reinforce our Core Values, the culture of Airmen, and the Airman's Creed. Please limit the timeframe of the story to the previous two years from March 2011 to March 2013.
For more information on submissions or the process, contact Capt. Brooke Davis or Mr. Ross Tweten at 786-415-7330.
See below for an acceptable narrative:
"Veronica [Cox] is an intel Airman. She was acting as an intel analyst when the earthquake actually devastated Japan and all the aftermath that came. Because she spoke fluent Japanese she volunteered to help any way she could. So one night, sitting on a Pave Hawk helicopter doing damage assessment and intel collection from that helicopter they flew over an area of the local landscape where she saw a bunch of rocks arranged on the ground in the low light that looked like Japanese characters. So she asked the pilot to descend. She saw that no kidding, it was a sign calling for help. She directed him to go lower, and they found 200 isolated civilians. She hoisted down to the roof of the building they were in and when her feet hit the top of the roof she yelled in Japanese, "We're the U.S. Air Force and we're here to help." ...What an incredible story. She helped save 200 lives that night. And on nine more combat search and rescue missions she saved a lot more." - Gen. Mark A. Welsh, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Check out last year's Portraits in Courage: http://www.af.mil/specials/courage/index.html
The deadline to submit nominations to Public Affairs is April 7 (COB on UTA). Submit your nominations to 482fw.pa@us.af.mil.
Submission details:
Each story should be 500 words or less and written to address both an internal and external audience (Airmen, their families, and civilians). When you prepare nominations, please focus on leadership, valor, courage, exemplary performance and commitment, or service above self in either a combat or combat support role. Stories should tell a compelling story about an individual whose actions reinforce our Core Values, the culture of Airmen, and the Airman's Creed. Please limit the timeframe of the story to the previous two years from March 2011 to March 2013.
For more information on submissions or the process, contact Capt. Brooke Davis or Mr. Ross Tweten at 786-415-7330.
See below for an acceptable narrative:
"Veronica [Cox] is an intel Airman. She was acting as an intel analyst when the earthquake actually devastated Japan and all the aftermath that came. Because she spoke fluent Japanese she volunteered to help any way she could. So one night, sitting on a Pave Hawk helicopter doing damage assessment and intel collection from that helicopter they flew over an area of the local landscape where she saw a bunch of rocks arranged on the ground in the low light that looked like Japanese characters. So she asked the pilot to descend. She saw that no kidding, it was a sign calling for help. She directed him to go lower, and they found 200 isolated civilians. She hoisted down to the roof of the building they were in and when her feet hit the top of the roof she yelled in Japanese, "We're the U.S. Air Force and we're here to help." ...What an incredible story. She helped save 200 lives that night. And on nine more combat search and rescue missions she saved a lot more." - Gen. Mark A. Welsh, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Check out last year's Portraits in Courage: http://www.af.mil/specials/courage/index.html
