European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 21. 1986 the stars and stripes page9 profile 5&s photo by Pava Diahl Muter sett Rosemary Johns pm her husband tech. Sgt Dave Johnston and daughters Heather 6, and Courtney 2. Outstanding airman of the year works to keep herself at the top Bidav Odiehl Slaff writer 1ncirlik a Turkey they say winning in t always easy la s often a Lough Road to the top. Some limbs it is harder when you get there. Just ask master sgt. Rosemary Johnston one of the air Force s 12 outstanding airmen of the year. She s Al the top and not everything is necessarily Rosy. I would have esp Cid people to be Happy the air Force Supply pc Calisi said. But there s been some res Cal ment she says and it sometimes makes life Tough. Still a lot has gone right for the 29-year-old. Among the highlights of the award were a trip to Washington to be officially received in the air Force s class of 86" lots of plaques pictures and awards for a Job Well done introductions and talks with air Force Leader and a spot in air Force history. She also was promoted to master ser i feel like i have to work even harder master sgt. Johnston want under the air Force s stripes for exceptional per formers program a week before she was notified she was promoted under the Normal promotion system. Her Boss. Master sol. Tom Malone said he has seen the Good and bad sides of her award. I there is any animosity it s just pure jealousy he said. I d say most of the people in the Squadron Are Happy for helped while the reports on Johnston that helped her get to the top. He said it s inc older troops who ten to barter the bad feelings. The younger airmen and mire Johnston and Are motivated by her he said. The younger troops Are entitled by it he said. Malone says Johnston has t been spoiled by Suc s still the same old Rosemary to me he said. Bui there Are a lot More functions and meetings 10 take up her Lime. "1 have to fill in for her he joked. But i Don t it would be easy to think that becoming one of the if Force s 12 outstanding would smooth the Road ahead. Not so Johnston said. "1 feel like i have to work even harder now the Covina calif., native now Are supposed to magically result in outstanding successes because of Johnston s presence and assumed superiority. She says those expectations sometimes have been harder for her cd workers to Deal with than for her. She says it seems Lilc whenever unimportant visitor comes through the base they re whisked by her office or she goes to meet them for Quick introduction. The people who work for her sometimes gel out of the office when the big wigs come by to Sec her. They re getting tired of having to clean up again when they near of a Mother of two also says it s difficult to stay Sharp All the Lime. The uniform always has to look Good shoes always shined hair just the right gets old having to be on All the time she said. There s always somebody on lop of things looking Sharp and doing the Job right however arc things husband Dave an Ajr Force technical sergeant says come natural for his s always looked Sharp he said. Dave says he s sat Back and been the supporting spouse through this whole affair. He even knew of her selection before she did. Somehow he got the letter of notification signed by the air Force chief of staff. The message of her selection got lost somewhere in traffic he said. Dave tried to find someone appropriate to Tell Rosemary the Good news to no Avail. In the end there was no pomp and circumstance. I just handed her the letter he said. Johnston was picked by the air Forte association from 89 other nominees. She is among 12 who were picked by supervisors commanders and major com mands and ultimately the Afa and the air Force for the awards. Johnston gets to Wear the outstanding airman of the year ribbon from now on and will serve on the Afa s enlisted Council this year. She will be leaving Turkey soon for Safe he at Ramstein Al Germany an assignment she received before the outstanding airman award. A would be Nice if they did t know it she said. They re All going to be wondering what makes her so Good her Road to the top Rosemary was picked As inc ii a no of the Quarter no of the year 16th air Force no of the year and Safe no of the year All in the same the 10-year Veteran brushes aside whatever it was that separated her from the other 490,000 enlisted people in the air Force. I m not any belter than anybody 2 air Force no schools in Europe get new names Ramstein a Germany the to air Force noncommissioned officer academies in Europe will be named after a former chief Mas Ter sergeant of the air farce and an no medal of Honor Winner. Senior cos in a 17th air Force poll selected former chief master sol. Of the air Force Richard d. Kisling and medal of Honor Winner sgt. Archibald Mathie Sas inc cos the academies should be named for the Safe news serv ice reported. The Safe no Academy South at Kapa unas Germany will be renamed inc Kisling no Academy at the school s Lola anniversary ban Quet thursday. Kisling was an ardent supporter of no professional military education throughout his career a Large part of which was spent in Europe the news service said. Kislin died in november 1985 of Parkinson s disease. The Safe no Academy North a Raf Upwood England will be renamed the Mathies no Academy on feb. 13 at the school s third anniversary banquet the news service reported. Mathies received the medal of Honor posthumously after he was killed feb. 20, 1944, while trying 10 land a crippled b-17 a few Miles from Raf up Wool. Security police awards go to Safe members Kirtland fab . Safe and Mili tary Airlift come service members won lop awards in inc annual Security police Competition. Peacekeeper Challenge which ended sat urday. Sixteen . Air Force teams and one British Royal air Force team participated in events such As physical fitness combat Rifle use of Gre Nade launchers and Accident and crime scene Safe learn won third place in inc Corn hat Rifle Competition. Individual winners included the following information Security first place tech. Sol. Richard gamer Camp new Amsterdam. Accident investigation third place sol. A thur Peralla Raf Alconbury England. Crime scene investigation third place staff sgt. Paul Ciciliani Raf bunt Waters England military working dog third place senior air Man Daniel Cook and dog Booker Lajes Field Portugal. Rhein main commissary marking grand opening Rhein main a Germany shoppers can enter the doors of a new $10 million commissary at 9 30 . Today. Specially priced items will be available throughout opening Day and free food and drinks will be offered. Two bands will play throughout the Day. The new Rhein main commissary has an unusual feature a wee serve store said de noon Rhein main commissary officer. The wee serve is designed for people to buy a Tew items and will be open during Busy hours and when the main store is closed noon said. Other new features include a bakery a Large Delicatessen and a fresh seafood department. . Business leaders less hopeful Survey says new York up business leaders around the United slates apparently have lost Confidence in both the Economy at Large and their own industries a new Survey shows. The quarterly Survey by the conference Board re leased sunday covered about 1,000 Heads of 24 major industries. The Survey s measure of business Confidence which began at 100 in 1985, tumbled to 50 in the third Quarter Down from 6 in the first and second quarters of this year. Business leaders Are apparently Lea sanguine than they were earlier Utu year about the economic Impact of new Federal to Petrei ibis country Trade Balanc and even the still relatively Low a of inflation said Steven Molin an economist win inc Board
