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Local man honored for recruiting skills

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PHOTO PROVIDED Air Force Master Sgt. William N. Malcolm

Air Force Master Sgt. William N. Malcolm was one of 14 recruiters honored at the Air Force Recruiting Service’s Operation Blue Suit for 2008, the premier event of the recruiting service headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Top recruiters from around the world are recognized for outstanding performance of recruiting a diverse, highly-qualified volunteer force to fill career fields critical to accomplish the Air Force mission.

Operation Blue Suit was initiated in 1979 to help bolster production in critical recruiting areas in Air Force recruiting. The program recognizes top enlisted accession recruiters, officer accessions recruiters, flight chiefs, and other recruiting initiatives in various career fields needed to meet Air Force manpower requirements. Recruiters met their enlistment goals for the ninth consecutive year in 2008 despite the challenging times facing our nation’s military servicemembers.

The winners are nominated by their assigned recruiting groups and selected by a board based upon their performance in meeting assigned recruiting goals, leadership qualities, and other professional traits.

Malcolm is an Air Force recruiting enlisted accessions flight chief assigned to the 367th Recruiting Squadron in Colorado Springs, Colo. The recruiter has served in the military for more than 17 years.

He is the son of William J. and Sandra L. Malcolm of Amberley Court, Bonita Springs, Fla.

His wife, Molly, is the daughter of Michael and Priscilla Rickerman of Rancho Verde Court, Albuquerque, N.M.

The master sergeant is a 1991 graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Lancaster, N.Y., and received an associate degree in 2003 from the Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.