VaANG top performers recognized at annual ceremony

The Virginia Air National Guard held its annual awards ceremony to recognize the 2023 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Feb. 3, 2024, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, in Hampton, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Catherine M.  Jumper, VaANG commander, and Col. Brock E. Lange, 192nd Wing commander, hosted the event and presented awards alongside Chief Master Sgt. Ian D. Stegherr, Virginia Air National Guard state command chief,  and Chief Master Sgt. Sean J. Fretwell, 192nd Wing command chief.

“Recognition is part of being in the military,” said Lange. “We have hard jobs, we do hard things, and we ask you to do these hard things, often  times away from your family in terribly austere, awful conditions. In 2023, as we always do, the VaANG has done more than her fair share. We represent the commonwealth both deployed and at home with our TFI  partners. When we go to basic training and come home as the honor graduate and then follow up with being the distinguished graduate. These are the things we treat as normal in the VaANG because we operate at a  high level because we are a team that takes care of one another, we love each other, and we support each other. That’s what today is all about.”

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Brig. Gen. Catherine M. Jumper presents the 2023 VaANG Outstanding Airman of the Year Award to Senior Airman Alexis Kyles Feb. 3, 2024, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, in Hampton, Virginia.