Twenty-three business financial managers (BFMs) were nominated for the eighth annual AIR-7.8 Headquarters Award for Excellence in Financial Management Service. The ceremony was held Oct. 11 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. Shelly Wood, Air 6.0 Logistics and Industrial Competency deputy BFM, received the lead BFM award, and Vicki Burroughs, foreign military sales BFM supporting the Air 1.4 International Program Office, won in the BFM category. Front row from left are Valoria Volasgis, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast; Paula White, PMA-276; Shelly Wood, AIR 6.0; Becky Cronkrite, R&A HQ; Sue Fore, PMA-265 foreign military sales (FMS); Paulina Combs, PEO (U&W); Lt. Cmdr. Casey Gillette, PMA-273; Cindi Bright, PMA-201; Kari Pierce, PMA-263; Lorie Wathen, PMA-299 FMS; Kim Rock, PMA-268; Aimee Superior, PMA-276 FMS; Heather Tippett, PMA-201 FMS; Jamie Seiss, PMA-273; and Greg Yellman, deputy assistant commander for Corporate Ops and Total Force. Back row from left are Lt. Cmdr. Paul DeVorse, PMA-271; Julie Crenshaw, FRC ASE; Patricia Johnson, PMA-281 FMS; Carl Torgesen, PMA-213; Daryl Hinmon, PMA-290; Carson Carroll, AIR 1.0; Vicki Burroughs, AIR 1.4 FMS; Diane Zrimsek, PMA-273; Linda Chase, AIR 6.0; Todd Washington, director, Program and Business Analysis Department; and Lt. Cmdr. Julio Vargas, PMA-242. (U.S. Navy photo)