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188th Med Group's Scott earns NGAUS Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Award

  • Published
  • By Maj. Heath Allen
  • 188th Wing executive officer
CHICAGO --  For the second consecutive year, the 188th Wing has earned a national-level award for company grade officer performance.

Maj. Bridgette Scott was presented with a National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Award Aug. 25. Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, NGAUS chairman, and Col. Paul Caviness, NGAUS awards committee member, presented the accolade to Scott during the annual NGAUS conference at the McCormick Center.

"I'm honored and humbled to be recognized for my service," said Scott, medical health services administrator with the 188th Medical Group. "I'm proud to serve with one of the best wings in the ANG and I am immensely appreciative that my leadership took the time to nominate me for such a prestigious award."

This award was established to annually recognize the achievements and dedicated service of Army and Air National Guard junior officers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and professionalism in their services to country and community. This award was first presented in 2006.

Scott, a prior enlisted Airman with more than 20 years in the ANG, ensured the review and processing of 944 medical records and reduced errors by 70 percent. She was a captain during the award period.

According to Scott's award citation she "exhibited diligence, persistence and a unique insight while representing the 188th Medical Group through the execution of high-visibility tasks paramount to the success of the wing's mission. Her innovative ideas and savvy leadership were instrumental to the successful execution of 188th mission objectives and vast upgrades in wing readiness."

The 188th is currently in conversion status. It recently traded in a fighter mission for remotely piloted aircraft (MQ-9 Reapers) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission sets. Col. Mark Anderson, 188th Wing commander, said Scott played a pivotal role in that conversion process. Anderson said Scott showed poise and exhibited a superb work ethic amid a high operations tempo during an arduous mission conversion and hiring and personnel placement process.

"Maj. Scott is an exceptional officer and leader," Anderson said. "She had a challenging task of ensuring medical readiness during the full-time hiring process for our on-going mission conversion, which is the largest and most complex in unit history. Without question she excelled in her role and is certainly deserving of this recognition. We're extremely proud of her."



188th Med Group's Scott earns NGAUS Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Award

  • Published
  • By Maj. Heath Allen
  • 188th Wing executive officer
CHICAGO --  For the second consecutive year, the 188th Wing has earned a national-level award for company grade officer performance.

Maj. Bridgette Scott was presented with a National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) Theodore Roosevelt Leadership Award Aug. 25. Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, NGAUS chairman, and Col. Paul Caviness, NGAUS awards committee member, presented the accolade to Scott during the annual NGAUS conference at the McCormick Center.

"I'm honored and humbled to be recognized for my service," said Scott, medical health services administrator with the 188th Medical Group. "I'm proud to serve with one of the best wings in the ANG and I am immensely appreciative that my leadership took the time to nominate me for such a prestigious award."

This award was established to annually recognize the achievements and dedicated service of Army and Air National Guard junior officers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and professionalism in their services to country and community. This award was first presented in 2006.

Scott, a prior enlisted Airman with more than 20 years in the ANG, ensured the review and processing of 944 medical records and reduced errors by 70 percent. She was a captain during the award period.

According to Scott's award citation she "exhibited diligence, persistence and a unique insight while representing the 188th Medical Group through the execution of high-visibility tasks paramount to the success of the wing's mission. Her innovative ideas and savvy leadership were instrumental to the successful execution of 188th mission objectives and vast upgrades in wing readiness."

The 188th is currently in conversion status. It recently traded in a fighter mission for remotely piloted aircraft (MQ-9 Reapers) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission sets. Col. Mark Anderson, 188th Wing commander, said Scott played a pivotal role in that conversion process. Anderson said Scott showed poise and exhibited a superb work ethic amid a high operations tempo during an arduous mission conversion and hiring and personnel placement process.

"Maj. Scott is an exceptional officer and leader," Anderson said. "She had a challenging task of ensuring medical readiness during the full-time hiring process for our on-going mission conversion, which is the largest and most complex in unit history. Without question she excelled in her role and is certainly deserving of this recognition. We're extremely proud of her."