AMC Occupational Safety Career Professional of the Year

TSgt Brandon J. Labak
515th Air Mobility Operations Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan

TSGT BRANDON J. LABAK, Occupational Safety Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, is the Air Mobility Command Occupational Safety Career Professional of the Year. As the Occupational Safety NCOIC, he earned nine Air Force Safety Career Professional of the Quarter awards while leading the development of the first-ever master entry plan for the 1st Expeditionary Theater Support Group Engineering and Installation at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. His efforts accelerated the installation of eighty-two thousand feet of fiber-optic cable across 132 confined spaces, safeguarding four thousand personnel and $45 billion in assets.

During deployment, he fused the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing safety program with the U.S. Army’s 211th Regional Support Group, coaching sixteen joint Senior Noncommissioned Officers through inspection of thirty-five facilities and a munition cache, eliminating hazards endangering 578 soldiers and 3.2 million pounds of explosives.