AMC Occupational Safety Career Professional Of the Year, TSgt Luis E. Artigas, 375th Air Mobility Wing, Scott Air Force Base, IL

TSgt Luis E. Artigas, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of the 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW), Scott Air Force Base, IL, exemplified safety professionalism as the lead of the largest Expeditionary Air Base Occupational Safety Team in the Air Force. He addressed critical turnover issues by developing Standard Operating Procedures and launching Air Force Central Command’s first Safety Management System.

During a manning gap, Artigas investigated a $165,000 Class-C aviation powerplant mishap and coordinated with a contract maintenance team for investigative analysis to author four C-21A fleet-wide recommendations. He also developed an innovative Career Field Education Training Plan tracking system, which accelerated upgrade training by three months.

375 AMW’s Commander lauded and coined Artigas during Exercise Combat Cardinal, 375 AMW’s largest exercise to date. In this exercise, he prevented nine real-world hazards in seventy-two-hour simulated contingency operations and provided daily briefs to leaders.