Goodfellow officer wins two awards in a week

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  • By Airman 1st Class Anne Gathua
  • 17th Training Wing/Public Affairs
GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas --  Winning two awards in a span of a week is rare and no mean task, but for 2nd Lt. Liane Zivitski, 315th Training Squadron, this became a reality last week.

"I am still in shock," said the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, 14N course team chief who won Major General John S. Patton Outstanding Active Duty ISR Officer of the Year, Level II award. This award is part of an Air Force program designed to recognize the outstanding achievements and accomplishments of both civilian and military personnel in the military intelligence career fields at an Air Force major-command level.

Lt. Zivitski also won the 2nd Air Force 2009 Annual Company Grade Officer of the Year award which recognizes Air Force level nominees and winners for their outstanding professionalism and significant contributions to the wing, the community and mission.

More than 13 years ago, Lt. Zivitski joined the Air Force to take advantage of the education and travel opportunities. She is prior enlisted and worked as a 1N3 cryptologic linguist before being commissioned in 2007.

Lt. Zivitski was deployed to Forward Operating Base Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq in March 2009. She was the officer in charge of document and media exploitation for both FOB Diamondback and FOB Marez, Iraq.

Colonel Thomas Geary, 17th Training Wing commander said he was excited and proud and that the awards were won because of all the outstanding work and commitment of Airmen and supervisors.

"I know there were a lot of officers out there that were deserving of the awards," She said. "I'm humbled to have won and grateful to have a chain of command that believed in me enough to take time to write me up for these awards."

Lt. Zivitski stated that she loves being in the Air Force and encourages Airmen to pursue their dreams.

"There are no limits to what you can achieve as long as you are willing to put in the effort and hard work to get there," she said.