Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Sijan Leadership Award Winner 2012 Davide Keaton


Senior Master Sergeant Davide Keaton distinguished himself as Superintendent of Operations, 720th Operations Support Squadron, 720th Special Tactics Group, 24th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida, from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012. While on his tenth combat deployment, Sergeant Keaton established a critical Personnel Recovery Coordination Cell for the Commander International Security Assistance Force directed Task Force, assuring comprehensive rescue coverage for 5 commands, 160 aircraft and 12,000 warriors. Additionally, he managed a four-hundred million dollar portfolio and directed the combat readiness of a nine-hundred man force, driving fourteen deployments spanning four theaters resulting in three-thousand combat operations and five-hundred enemy killed in action. Finally, Sergeant Keaton epitomized service before self when he saved an elderly woman trapped inside a submerged vehicle. The distinctive accomplishments of Sergeant Keaton reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

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