Airmen with Las Vegas roots honored at Texas air base

Dick Benoit

Thursday, April 14, 2005 | 8:16 a.m.

Two airmen with ties to the Silver State are apparently setting a shining example for their peers at a Texas Air Force base.

Staff Sgt. Brian Archuleta and Maj. Marguerite Guillory have been named noncommissioned officer and officer of the year, respectively, for 2004.

Archuleta, the son of Victor and Elizabeth Archuleta of Las Vegas and a 1993 Clark High School graduate, was named the 690th Computer Systems Squadron Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, 2004.

Guillory, the daughter of Gretel Pollard of Las Vegas, has been named Company Grade Officer of the Year at Wilford Hall Medical Center.

Both units are assigned to Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, and both airmen were selected based on their exemplary duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, significant self-improvement, and other specific achievements and notable accomplishments.

Archuleta, a network project management supervisor with the 690th, CSS, has 10 years of military service.

"Sgt. Archuleta is an exceptional noncommissioned officer whose performance exceeds all requirements of his assigned duties," said Senior Master Sgt. Jeffrey Crim, the Squadron Implementation Flight superintendent.

"His prior experience as a military training instructor and also as a technical school instructor makes him one of the most well-rounded NCOs (noncommissioned officers) I've ever supervised. It's truly a pleasure to work with Brian and he is a tremendous asset to our unit."

Guillory, recently promoted to major, is a group practice manager with 15 years of military service and is assigned to the 59th Medical Wing, Wilford Hall Medical Center.

"Marguerite is truly a human dynamo. She knows her job, attacks the problems and has honestly energized this 500-member squadron like no other medical administrator I have ever worked with," said Col. (Dr.) Gregory Wickern, commander of the 759th Medical Operations Squadron. "Both business and people savvy, she has already and will continue to contribute much to the Air Force Medical Service."

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