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USAF Academy Band member takes home high-level resource management award

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  • By A1C Kevin Cerovich
  • USAF Academy Band
U.S. Air Force Academy, CO --  An Air Force Academy Band member recently received an Academy-wide award for exceptional management of band resources.

Master Sgt. Gene Montgomery, the Academy Band's principal bass trombonist, was selected as the 2012 U.S. Air Force Academy Resource Advisor of the Year and by one band official's account, the award was well-deserved. "Gene was an excellent choice for this award. He balances his Resource Advisor, musical, fitness, and supervisor duties extremely effectively. MSgt Montgomery is well-respected in all of these areas. He is also very active in the community and has served as a Cub Scouts treasurer," says Senior Master Sgt. Sandy Tiemens.

MSgt Montgomery has served in the Academy Band since 1997. The Henderson, KY, native joined the Air Force after receiving his Master of Music degree from the University of Akron. He has performed as a trombonist with the American Institute of Musical Studies Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton, Ohio, and the Northern Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. He was also selected as the band's senior noncommissioned officer of the year for 2012.

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