WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --Three Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs specialists were among the winners of the 2017 Department of Defense Media Awards.
Samuel King Jr., David Perry and Airman 1st class Johnathon Wines competed and won at the Headquarters AFMC, Air Force and now DOD levels.
Of the nine Airmen from AFMC who competed at the DOD level, three earned top honors in their respective categories.
King is the chief of command information at 96th Test Wing Public Affairs, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where he writes, edits and takes photographs.
"It's a real honor to represent DOD in this way," said King. "I really appreciate the opportunity the Air Force has given me to explore and hone my aptitude for this art form I love so much."
King placed first in the Civilian Photographer of the Year category at the DOD level for his honor guard graduation submission. He also placed first in this category at Air Force level. In addition, Best Feature photo, Best Portrait photo and Civilian Photographer of the Year were added to King’s accolades at the AFMC level.
King’s winning photograph entry.
Perry is a visual information specialist at 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, where he designs and creates a wide variety of visual products.
His design of the Judge Advocate General Corps logo at Hill garnered first place in the Identity Design category at the DOD level, after also placing first at both the Air Force and AFMC-level.
Perry’s winning graphic logo design.
Wines is a broadcast journalist journeyman assigned to 88th ABW Public Affairs, here. Wines creates video productions and news stories, documents historical base events and provides public affairs products to tell the Air Force story.
He competed and earned third place in the Training Videography category for his video of a practice jump by Army Soldiers over the Wright-Patterson flight line. The video garnered a first place win at AFMC and placed second at the Air Force-level competition.
Wines was recently reassigned to Camp Humphreys, South Korea.
View Wines’ video submission.
The annual awards program is open to the Public Affairs career field. Personnel must enter through their respective service competition.
The program was re-established in 2016 on the recommendation of a multi-service working group in order to combine public affairs and visual information.