Captain John Smith distinguished himself in the performance of outstanding service as Superintendent, Medical Combat Stress Control Detachment, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bargram Air Field, Afghanistan. Captain Smith provided superb leadership to 13 forward deployed combat stress teams operating across 125,000 square kilometers of highly kinetic battlespace, delivering support to more than 60,000 warfighters at 66 forward operating locations. He provided outstanding management of Detachment operations, including oversight of 250 outside-the-wire missions and management of $155,000 in material assets. As the resource manager, he completed a 100% inventory of TPE and recouped $17,000 in equipment resulting in redistribution of assets to fill critical shortages at Craig Joint Theater Hospital and CSC locations throughout RC-East. He provided oversight, training, and management for his teams as they delivered stress management and resiliency classes to 5,125 personnel, traumatic event interventions to 1,122 service members, 89 commander directed evaluations, 179 special duty evaluations, and 2,200 consultations to unit leaders from squad to division level. Providing patient evaluations and interventions as well as leadership, he was integral to the CSC Detachment's all-time highest performance of 50,000 individual CSC contacts, including 12,000 patient treatment sessions and 35,000 help-in-place contacts supporting service members at the front lines. Captain Smith led from the front, executing 12 leadership battlefield circulation missions, traveling 30 days outside-the-wire and ensuring successful CSC operations, with no staff casualties, to universally high praise from supported task forces and unit commanders. Through his dedication to mission execution the CSC Detachment achieved an exceptional overall treatment success rate of 99% of service members returned to duty, limiting psychiatric losses from theater to the lowest in the OEF area of operations. Captain Smith led his personnel to excellence, with 11 Detachment members recognized as top performers at the Task Force Med-E and 455th Air Expeditionary Wing levels.
Major Lisa D. Goldberg distinguished herself in the performance of outstanding service to the United States as Staff Psychologist, 48th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, 48th Medical Group, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. During this period, Major Goldberg provided comprehensive mental health prevention, treatment, and consultation services to three installations in support of 35,000 potiential beneficiaries. She completed 1,680 mental health encounters averting $80,000 in network care costs, and provided 1,422 after hours crisis support and managed 55 high risk patients with zero deaths. She championed and revitalized the Mental Health Clinic's group pyschotherapy program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, accelerating access to evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment by 33%, and training staff to deliver the protocols to ensure effective continuity for the program. Major Goldberg led the Group's Biomedical Sciences Corps Week, securing over $400 in funding and executing 10 events to promote leadership development, mentorship, and networking for 47 officers. As alternate Family Advocacy Officer, she supervised 12 personnel to sustain five critical domestic violence and child abuse prevention and intervention programs for four Wings on behalf of the Family Advocacy Officer. Finally, Major Goldberg oversaw the Mental Health Flight's Transgender Care Program, providing subject matter expertise to healthcare providers across the Medical Group to ensure compassionate care for 27 patients receiving gender transition medical care. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of Major Goldberg reflect great credit upon herself and the United States Air Force.
