2006 Air Force honor guard member of the year

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Senior Airman Jamie Tranby presents arms during the national anthem in a recent ceremony at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Airman Tranby was recently named Air Force honor guard member of the year for 2006, an award only given to one member of the Air Force each year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman SerMae Lampkin)

Warrior of the North named 2006 Air Force honor guardsman of the year

Published July 5, 2007
By Staff Sgt. Amanda Callahan
319th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Recently, Warrior of the North and Bottineau, N.D., native Senior Airman Jamie Tranby was named the Air Force honor guard member of the year for 2006.

The award is given to only one Air Force member each year.

With hundreds of ceremonies and funerals under her belt, the award shouldn't have come as a surprise, but the modest Airman was shocked to hear she'd won.

"I'm very excited," she said. "It's overwhelming. I didn't join the honor guard for any sort of recognition. I joined because I love what it stands for. I feel good just doing the job."

Airman Tranby has served on the base's honor guard on and off for about two years.
The Grand Forks AFB honor guard has the second largest area of responsibility in the Air Force and performs ceremonies and funerals for a 151,000 square-mile region.