AETC names top performers of 2017

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dear Beloved, 326th Training Squadron director of operations assigned to the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, receives the Air Education and Training Command Field Grade Officer of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Beloved codified operations in two AETC instructions, and two group and squadron operating instructions. He coordinated 28 teams during 1,500 hours of work on 47 projects and policy updated leading to the 37 TRW receiving the Brewer Trophy. Beloved deployed during a show-of-force exercise, and led a 110-person Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division during exercise Talon Saber 2017. He was also selected to lead a seven-member team that identified strategies to revitalize squadrons, briefing a 200-member board and the CSAF’s staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)