Competition Winners

Name (click name for photo and entry details) Category
Erin Wetmore Short Story (Adult)
"Uncle Sam's Wild Ride: An Attraction Worth Living" is the title of Erin Wetmore's winning entry into the MyAirForceLife.com Short Story competition. Her story racked up the most online votes, receiving 533 out of a total of 8,690 in the Adult Category. Earning the most points landed Erin an Apple MacBook laptop loaded with iWorks 09 software, as well as a $500 Best Buy Gift Card, a grand-prize valued at $2,000! Plus, Military Spouse Magazine will feature her story in their upcoming May, 2010 issue!
   
Ashley Nelson Short Story (Youth)
Ashley Nelson's winning Short Story entry "From Sea to Shining Sea!" garnered 355 votes out of a total of 5,199 in the Youth Category. Ashley's prize is an Apple MacBook laptop loaded with iWorks 09 software, as well as a $500 Best Buy Gift Card, a grand-prize valued at $2,000!
   
SSgt. Nathan Cruz T-Shirt (Adult)
SSgt. Cruz won a MacBook laptop loaded with Adobe's Creative Suite 4 design premium software package valued at $2,000. Plus, AAFES will produce and sell SSgt. Cruz' "High Speed Life" T-Shirt at Robins AFB, GA this spring.
   
Nick Berglund T-Shirt (Youth)
Nick won an Apple MacBook loaded with Adobe's Creative Suite 4 design premium software package valued at $2,000.
   

Instant Winners
Drawn March 3, 2010
Eric W, Pope AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
elizabeth k, Barksdale AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Malmstrom AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Ramstein AB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Aviano AB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Yong K, Andersen AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Donald S, Robins AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, USAF Academy   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Peterson AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Len C, Mountain Home AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Aviano AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
rachel h, Beale AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
Todd M, Malmstrom AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, Spangdahlem AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Melissa E, Incirlik AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
Angenette L, Andersen AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, McChord AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Pending)
angela p, Offutt AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Mackenzie K, Laughlin AFB   Flip Video Recorder (Awarded)
---, Wright Patterson AFB   Flip Video Recorder (Pending)
Drawn February 23, 2010
John J M, Tyndall AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Yokota AB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Megan E, Ramstein AB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Holly P, Scott AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Shaw AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Richard D, Pope AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Mountain Home AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Lackland AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Susan P, Kirtland AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Brian D, Robins AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Michelle C, Hurlburt Field   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
---, Yokota AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Charles O, RAF Mildenhall   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
Drawn February 15, 2010
Andrew W, Randolph AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Gordon D, Mountain Home AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Peter S, Wright Patterson AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Goodfellow AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Elmendorf AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Rebekah R, Keesler AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Maxwell-Gunter AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Lackland AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Pope AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Daniel S, Aviano AB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Fairchild AFB   6-Pack of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Christine B, Maxwell-Gunter AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, Barksdale AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Pope AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Tinker AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Keesler AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Shardai M, Moody AFB   Flip Video Recorder (Awarded)
David W, Sheppard AFB   Flip Video Recorder (Awarded)
Drawn February 8, 2010
---, MacDill AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
KENNETH H, Eglin AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Hill AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Randolph AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
aurora c, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Malmstrom AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Stephen P, Luke AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Pentagon   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Bradley B, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Joseph G, Goodfellow AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Jennifer S, Dyess AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
April F, Patrick AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Holloman AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Los Angeles AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Lajes AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Geilenkirchen AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Mark W, Goodfellow AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
Scott H, Luke AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, Lackland AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Eric S, Robins AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, Edwards AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Carla C, Edwards AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, Yokota AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Spangdahlem AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Little Rock AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Robins AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
Blake T, Buckley AFB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Awarded)
---, Misawa AB   3-Pk AF is My Life T-Shirts (Pending)
---, Keesler AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Pending)
Matthew F, Hill AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Awarded)
---, Grand Forks AFB   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Pending)
---, Elmendorf AFB   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Pending)
Drawn February 1, 2010
---, Peterson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Daniel L, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Kirtland AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Elmendorf AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Jennifer M, Seymour Johnson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Mark C, Wright Patterson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
gary w, Andersen AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Peterson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
patrick n, Andrews AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Maribel D, Andersen AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Pamela L, Robins AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Awarded)
---, Nellis AFB   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Pending)
Drawn January 26, 2010
---, Robins AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Grissom ARB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Tanya C, Tinker AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Gary B, Charleston AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Daniel S, Aviano AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
DAREN R, Pope AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Eric S, Hurlburt Field   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Ramstein AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Cindy B, Minot AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Ross W, Schriever AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Awarded)
---, Dover AFB   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Pending)
Drawn January 19, 2010
---, Osan AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Brooks City-Base   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Keesler AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Vandenberg AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Brooks City-Base   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Katie G, Lackland AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Patricia T, Mountain Home AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Joann L, Misawa AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Misawa AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Charleston AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Pamela I, Dover AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Awarded)
William P, Peterson AFB   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Awarded)
---, Kadena AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Ross L, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Patrick A, Edwards AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Pentagon   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Beth D, Dyess AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Hickam AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Laughlin AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Robin P, Malmstrom AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Edwin N, MacDill AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Awarded)
Tammy T, Schriever AFB   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Awarded)
Drawn January 7, 2010
---, Kirtland AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Drawn January 6, 2010
Ronald A, Pope AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
william m, Malmstrom AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
---, Little Rock AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Andersen AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Eielson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Tyndall AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Janice D, Bolling AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Alexander S, Mountain Home AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Angela W, Randolph AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Nellis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Heather G, Lackland AFB   Sony eBook Reader Pocket Edition (Awarded)
James S, USAF Academy   Acer Aspire One Netbook (Awarded)
Drawn December 23, 2009
---, Hanscom AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Jessica T, Luke AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Liinda W, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Beale AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Jeff R, F E Warren AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Jacqui L, RAF Lakenheath   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Tinker AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
vanessa c, Hanscom AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
justin h, Hanscom AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Abraham T, McGuire AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Kelly Q, Yokota AB   iPod Nano (Awarded)
Drawn December 16, 2009
---, Lackland AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Davis-Monthan AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Earl E, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Michelle C, Hurlburt Field   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Cathy R, Beale AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Cameron S, Minot AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Wright Patterson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Keesler AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Pending)
Melissa B, Spangdahlem AB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
RHONDA B, Lackland AFB   iPod Nano (Awarded)
Drawn December 9, 2009
Liz B, Randolph AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Robert L, Andrews AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Rosalie D, Peterson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Langley AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Fairchild AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Derek M, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Gregg W, Dyess AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Natalie W, Keesler AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Hickam AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Little Rock AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Pending)
---, Buckley AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Pending)
---, Ramstein AB   iPod Nano (Pending)
Drawn December 2, 2009
Andrea R, Seymour Johnson AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Tyndall AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Scott AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Anthony H, Langley AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Little Rock AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Tyndall AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Robin P, Malmstrom AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Kelly R, Cavalier AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Osan AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Maxine A, Altus AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Shamonn M, Randolph AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
---, MacDill AFB   iPod Nano (Pending)
Drawn November 24, 2009
Jose R, Kadena AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
CINDY C, Sheppard AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Hill AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Vance AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Tyr B, Maxwell-Gunter AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Heather T, Laughlin AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Armond B, Pope AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Maxwell-Gunter AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Thomas A, Lackland AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
---, Kadena AB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Pending)
Evelyn K, Charleston AFB   iPod Nano (Awarded)
Drawn November 17, 2009
---, Pope AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Wesley S, Keesler AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Harold A, Maxwell-Gunter AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Hanscom AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Heather C, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Pope AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Sheppard AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Joshua-Michael K, Buckley AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Andrew T, Maxwell-Gunter AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Ann Y, Pittsburgh IAP   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Joann F, Scott AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Rhonda B, Shaw AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
Angela C, Travis AFB   iPod Nano (Awarded)
Drawn November 9, 2009
Tammy D, Travis AFB   iPod Nano (Awarded)
Becky S, Pope AFB   $25 iTunes Gift Card (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
---, Barksdale AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Christine J, Hickam AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Travis AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Tina L, Little Rock AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
José R, Kadena AB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
Albin L, Fairchild AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Fairchild AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)
Abbi C, RAF Mildenhall   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Awarded)
---, Shaw AFB   Pair of AAFES Theater Tickets (Pending)