AMC Safety Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year

MSgt Scott T. Donovan
317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX

MSgt Scott T. Donovan, Occupational Safety Manager, 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX, directed fifty-seven personnel and certified the 621st Contingency Response Group in fifteen mission sets with zero mishaps while serving as the safety lead for the U.S. Transportation Command’s Joint Port Opening Exercise TURBO DISTRIBUTION 25-1. Donovan led a 153-item self-assessment, closed twenty-seven overdue investigations, and enabled the Wing’s integration into a first-ever joint airlift insertion while serving for nine months as Chief of Safety. Donovan guided commanders through an Air Mobility Command Safety Program, streamlined inspection processes by fifteen percent, and advanced risk-based readiness initiatives affecting twelve hundred personnel, earning a “Met and Effective” rating.

In addition, Donovan’s leadership reduced mishaps by seventeen percent in critical safety training, supported rapid-response operations and major exercises, and facilitated facility modernization.