353rd SOG honors 2015 annual award winners Published Feb. 20, 2016 353rd Special Operations Group Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Officials from the 353rd Special Operations Group announced the group's top Airmen during its 2015 Annual Awards Banquet held Feb. 6, 2016 at Kadena Air Base. The individual award winners are: 353rd SOG Airman of the Year Senior Airman Austin Bowen, 320th Special Tactics Squadron 353rd SOG Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Condie, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron 353rd SOG Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Master Sgt. Rebecca Janssen, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron 353rd SOG First Sergeant of the Year Master Sgt. Walter Booker, 1st Special Operations Squadron 353rd SOG Field Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Michael Perry, 17th Special Operations Squadron 353rd SOG Civilian of the Year, Category I Camila Eckert, 320th Special Tactics Squadron 353rd SOG Civilian of the Year, Category II Jamie Duncan, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron 353rd SOG Civilian of the Year, Category III Mark Alden, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron In addition, Kadena hosted the 2015 18th Wing, Partner Unit and Team Kadena Awards banquet Feb. 20, 2016 at the Kadena Officer's Club. During the banquet, 19 winners were chosen from 11 different organizational groups as the top performers of 2015. The following 353 SOG Airmen were recognized at the event. Partner Unit Airman of the Year Airman 1st Class Austin Bowen, 320th Special Tactics Squadron Partner Unit Field Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Michael Perry, 17th Special Operations Squadron Partner Unit Category I Civilian of the Year Camila Eckert, 320th Special Tactics Squadron Partner Unit First Sergeant of the Year Master Sgt. Walter Booker, 1st Special Operations Squadron