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Coast Guard Aviation Association

2016 CGAA Awards

Each year the Coast Guard Aviation Association honors active duty aviation personnel by recognizing outstanding achievement. Recipients of these awards are chosen by the United States Coast Guard. Awards include the The Victor Roulund Rescue Swimmer Meritorious Achievement Award, the Captain Gus Shrode Flight Safety Award, the Chief Oliver Berry Aviation Maintenance Award, the Commander Elmer Stone Fixed Wing Rescue Award, and the Captain Frank Erickson Rotary Wing Rescue Award. See below for award descriptions as well as past and present recipients.

2016

ASTCM Thomas “Buck” Beaudry, USCG (AIRSTA Miami)
ASMCM Larry Farmer, USCG (Ret.)
ASTCM Joseph “Butch” Flythe, USCG (Ret.)
ASMCM Darell M. Gelakoska, USCG (Ret.)
2016 Berry Award

2016

AMT1 Jeremiah D. Branscomb, Aviation Logistics Center
2016 Stone Fixed Wing Awards

2016

BARBERS POINT AIR STATION CREW OF HC-130 1790
LCDR ANTONE ALONG
I LT MATTHEW CHASE
AMTC JAMES STARR
AET1 CLASS WILLIAM OSTERHOUT
AET2 CLASS ROBERT WANDELL
AMT2 CLASS JEREMY ANDREWS
AMT2 DAELYN CHANEY
2016 Erickson Rotary Wing Awards

2016

Crew of CGNR 6032, Air Station Sitka
LCDR Christopher S. Stoeckler
LT Matthew R. Herring
AET3 Class Jeremy A. Reed
AST2 Class Brendan D.Dent
HS2 Class Ryan F. Ransom