Airmen graduate from Aviano ALS, earn awards Published Dec. 31, 2009 By Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- More than 30 Airmen graduated from the Aviano Airman Leadership School Class 10-B during a ceremony here Dec. 17. Chief Master Sgt. Todd Katz, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron fire department superintendent, was the guest speaker for the graduation. The following senior airmen received awards for their academics and leadership. John L. Levitow Honor Graduate Song Lee, 603rd Air Control Squadron Commandant's Award Mars Hansen Jr., 731st Munitions Squadron Academic Achievement Award Clayton Porter, 31st Maintenance Squadron Distinguished Graduate Award Kenneth Cal Jr., 31st MXS Darrell McCumbers, 31st Maintenance Group Clayton Porter, 31st MXS Staff Sgt. Brett Simmons, 31st MXS, and the following senior airmen who graduated from Class 10-B completed 192 hours of classroom instruction in areas including, military professional, combat leader, supervisory communicator, and supervisor of Airmen. Completing ALS is the first milestone of these Airmen's professional military education and prepares them for the responsibility of becoming a non-commissioned officer. Martha Ann Balajadia, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Praneel Chetty, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron Rowan Coash, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron Andrew Cooper, 31st MXS Christopher Cotton, 603rd ACS Aljade Dizon, 704th Munitions Support Squadron, Ghedi Air Base, Italy Andrew Dunmire, 31st AMXS Joshua Dunne, 31st MUNS Michael Feauto, 31st MXS Joseph Gamache, 725th Air Mobility Squadron, Rota AB, Spain Cody Harris, 31st MUNS Christopher Howard, 31st LRS Ashley Hurd, 603rd ACS Joseph Libid, 603rd ACS Joseph Loop, 725th AMS Ashley Medlock, 31st Security Forces Squadron Matthew Mullins Jr., 704th MUNSS Morgan Nickerson, 31st MXS Christopher Oaks, 31st AMXS Alexa Ousley, 704th MUNSS Caleb Pearson, 31st AMXS John Potter, 31st Communications Squadron Stephen Price, 31st MUNS Timothy Robertson, 725th AMS George Robinson, 31st Maintenance Operations Squadron Richard Sarmiento, 31st SFS Shanon Smith, 31st LRS Marcea Thomas, 31st Surgical Operations Squadron Denver Todd III, 31st MUNS Joshua Toellner, 31st MUNS Stephen Tyler, 31st AMXS Eric Victor, 725th AMS --Aviano ALS staff contributed to this article.