{"id":96952,"date":"2018-10-25T15:57:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T15:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d6805ec7d5603a939e9d7ebff04b19fe"},"modified":"2018-10-25T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T15:57:38","slug":"news-story-commander-jfc-awards-outstanding-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96952","title":{"rendered":"News story: Commander JFC awards outstanding individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>General Sir Chris Deverell, Commander <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr>, presented the awards to recipients, who were joined by family members and colleagues at the ceremony. Welcoming the recipients, General Deverell said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The work carried out by Joint Forces Command is only made possible by its staff. Today we are able to recognise the work of individuals in the <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr> workforce who have made an extraordinary contribution to <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr>\u2019s success, and it is important that we do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Being able to recognise these achievements is one of the favourite parts of my role as Commander <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr>. The staff here today should be incredibly proud of what they have done, and I hope the realise they stand as a leading example to their colleagues in <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr> and across UK defence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Commendations were awarded to individuals from across <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr> in recognition for their work and achievements. These commendations recognise support to ongoing operations and activities, engagement with the local community, and individual acts of courage in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving his award Lt Col Lamb said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It is always great to be recognised. We all work hard, and if you do get recognised then that is fantastic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Ballard, a civil servant shared:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I\u2019m absolutely touched and honoured, it\u2019s amazing to be recognised. The recognition for me personally is a wonderful feeling, but the people who should really be here as well are my wife and children and my great team at <abbr title=\"British Forces Broadcasting Service\">BFBS<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Commander <abbr title=\"Joint Forces Command\">JFC<\/abbr> Commendations can be awarded to service personnel, civil servants and contracted staff from across the organisation. Those awarded the Commander Joint Forces Command Commendations are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Katrina Frost<\/li>\n<li>Mr Trevor McMaster<\/li>\n<li>Lt Helen Stevenson, Royal Navy<\/li>\n<li>WO1 Paul Bawden, Corps of Royal Engineers<\/li>\n<li>Cdr Ian Kennedy, Royal Navy<\/li>\n<li>Sqn Ldr Christopher Gardner Royal Air Force<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Val Rooney<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Carol Thrussell<\/li>\n<li>Mr Christopher Richards<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Rachel Norris<\/li>\n<li>WO1 Colin Suffield, Royal Army Physical Training Corps<\/li>\n<li>Maj Anthony Kriehn, Corps of Royal Engineers<\/li>\n<li>Lt Col Shaun Lamb, Royal Regiment of Artillery<\/li>\n<li>Mr Paul Meiklejohn<\/li>\n<li>Mr Robert Sendall<\/li>\n<li>Miss Rosie Allum<\/li>\n<li>SAC Alan Manison, Royal Air Force<\/li>\n<li>Mrs Diane Dalton<\/li>\n<li>Mr Anthony Ballard, <abbr title=\"British Forces Broadcasting Service\">BFBS<\/abbr> Cyprus<\/li>\n<li>Ms Jenny Buttolph,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals from Joint Forces Command (JFC) have been awarded Commander JFC Commendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}