Then-Staff Sgt. Jillian Thompson knew the 50th Space Wing Annual Awards banquet was going to be a special night for her. She just didn’t know exactly how special it was going to be.
Thompson found out that afternoon that she had been selected as the winner of the Air Force Financial Management Educator of the Year for 2014. She didn’t know she was going to receive her technical sergeant stripe that night until it was given to her by base leadership.
“At first, I thought they were just goofing around because they had found out about the Air Force award,” Thompson said. “I had no idea, I was blown away. I don’t even know that there are words to describe that feeling.”
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