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April 22, 2016
NAS Pensacola’s Civilians of the Year 2015 From staff reports
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AS Pensacola’s Civilians of the Year (CoY) for 2015 were recognized at a command “quarters” ceremony March 15. Senior Civilian of the Year (SCoY) is NAS Pensacola Corry Station Child Development Center’s (CDC) Patrice Ryan; Junior CoY is NASP Security Department’s Lt. Benjamin Muniz. According to her nomination, Ryan, a training and curriculum specialist at the NASP Corry Station CDC is “the proven expert on early childhood development and education” and has significantly improved the dayto-day skills for the child caregivers within the center. Her accomplishments include: • Being a key member of the Corry Station CDC inclusion action team, using knowledge of childhood educational development skills and protocols to work the very difficult and challenging world of medicallychallenged children, helping to determine their ability to successfully integrate into the classroom environment. In conjunction with medical experts, she works with the parents and CYP guidelines to recommend additional staffing to support student’s special needs,
different procedures and oversight to support medicinal requirements and to lessen impact to other children in the classroom or recommends that the child requires special care outside of the CYP program. • Ryan is a sought-after expert locally and within the region on classroom curriculum development. With CYP updating curriculum content constantly, she is tasked to provide the training to all the CDC caregivers to ensure latest requireShe has ments are met. consistently achieved this goal as evidenced by the well above average scores on last CNIC no notice inspection, no findings during the regional ROAAP visit and the successful five year reaccreditation of the Corry Station CDC by the national agency. • Recommending modifica-
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tion of higher level program goals for center employees, mentoring them on career development, module completion and classroom technique. Working through parent orientations and advisory groups, she interprets and applies child development philosophy based on patron needs and program evaluation and assessment. “Whether it is quick completion of required budgetary inputs, changes to the curriculum or combining classrooms for staffing efficiency, (Ryan) is the go-to person for mission execution at the Corry CDC. She is a dedicated professional and her leadership has established her as one of the most effective managers within CYP and most deserving as the NASP Senior Civilian (of the Year) award.” JCoY Muniz acts as a first responder to all reported criminal matters and vehicle acci-
Lt. Benjamin Muniz, left, is congratulated as Junior Civilian of the Year 2015 by former NASP CO Capt. Keith Hoskins. Photo by Mike O’Connor
dents, and he is responsible for securing the crime scene, apprehending criminals and interviewing suspects, victims, witnesses, and complaints, as may be appropriate. According to his write-up, he “demonstrates an admirable work ethic surpassed by none, a friendly disposition, a genuine concern for his peers and customers alike, and on a daily basis presents an unequaled knowledge in how to get the job done.” Muniz oversees four sergeant supervisors and has been a member of the NASP Security Department Police Division for 16 years.
In 2015, he led NASP Security Department personnel and developed antiterrorism / force protection plans during the Tour for the Troops concert, featuring Darius Rucker sponsored by the Air Force Reserve. Additionally, Muniz directly supervised all aspects pertaining to force protection, law enforcement, and public safety throughout the event. “Lt. Muniz’s efforts resulted in the event being both successful, with 20,000 patrons in attendance, as well as being without incident,” his nomination states. “His dedication and untiring efforts have placed him with the elite.”
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