AWARDS:
BMT AWARDS:
BLUE ROPE OF THE YEAR

The Highest Award Achievable as an MTI
Blue Rope of the Year Monument
Awards are an integral part of every Air Force organization. Units across the Air Force annually select an Airman, NCO, and Senior NCO of the Year to recognize superior performance within that organization. The Basic Military Training School is no different. In addition to these awards, however, BMT also recognizes the superior talents and exceptional abilities of its instructors. The most prestigious of all instructor recognitions is the Basic Military Training School's Master Military Training Instructor of the Year Award, or as it is more commonly known: BLUE ROPE of the YEAR. The Blue Rope program was created in 1975 and the first Blue Rope of the Year was announced in 1980. The following individuals have been selected for this most prestigious award:
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
3704 BMTS	3708 BMTS	3701 BMTS	3708 BMTS	3723 BMTS
TSgt Stephen BONG	TSgt Garry HENRY	TSgt James FOX	SSgt Harry CREACY Jr.	TSgt John GONZALES
1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
3723 BMTS	3708 BMTS	3706 BMTS	3706 BMTS	3743 BMTS
SSgt Damon FLEMMONS Jr.	SSgt Raymond SALAMY	TSgt John PAVEY Jr.	SSgt Christopher HOLT	TSgt Patricia BARRETT
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
3706 BMTS	3711 BMTS	325 TRS	323 TRS	320 TRS
TSgt Anthony GRANDBERRY	TSgt William D. L. DAMBACHER	Sgt Shauna WADE	SSgt Maurice PIERCE	SrA David STATON
1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
737 TRG	331 TRS	320 TRS	321 TRS	331 TRS
SSgt Beth PEURA	SSgt Michael JEWEL	SrA Chad CRIBB	TSgt Jennifer BEAR	SSgt Anthony LAMAGNA
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
322 TRS	320 TRS	322 TRS	323 TRS	323 TRS
SSgt Christopher BELL	SSgt Xavier KING	TSgt Phillip EASTON	SSgt Roy MASSEY	SSgt Blaine LISTENBEE
2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
326 TRS	737 TRSS	331 TRS	STAN TEAM	-
SSgt Chrissie VALENZA	TSgt Kenneth J. PRYGA	TSgt Justin G. APTICAR	TSgt Jennifer BLACKMARR	-
The competition for this honor, to say the least, is incredibly intense. To be eligible, an individual must first earn the coveted Blue Rope and then be selected as their squadron's Blue Rope of the Year. Squadron winners annually compete against one another in hopes of earning the highest of all BMT awards. These individuals will submit an awards nomination package, take an instructor test, and meet a board comprised of Senior NCOs and, in some cases, former BMT Blue Ropes of the Year. The winner is recognized as the Air Force Basic Military Training MTI of the Year and his or her name is engraved on the BMT Blue Rope of the Year Monument that is located at the west entrance to the MTI Monument on the Lackland AFB Parade Field.
BLUE ROPE of the YEAR MONUMENT
2005	Massey/2003, Bear/1998, Peura/1995, Pavey/1987, Listenbee/2004, Henry/1981, Grandberry/1990, Jewel/1996 & Bell/2000
2004	Largest reunion of BROY (9) October 2004. (LtoR) Grandberry 1990, Staton 1994, Bell 2000, Peura 1995, Henry 1981, Pavey 1987, Bear 1998, Massey 2003 and Dambacher 1991
2003	6 BROY at the MTIA Convention October 2003. (LtoR) Easton, Dambacher, Pavey, Henry, Grandberry, Bell
2002	8 BROY, 9 Nov 02. (L to R) SSgt King, 2Lt Jewel, CMSgt Grandberry, SMSgt Henry, CMSgt Pavey, MSgt Staton, TSgt Cribb, and SSgt Bell
1996	7 Blue Ropes Of the Year at the BMTS 50th anniversary... (left to right) Dambacher, Pavey, Creacy, Henry, Fox, Grandberry, and Staton
TSgt John J. Pavey, Jr. BROY 1987			TSgt Phillip Easton BROY 2002
TSgt Anthony Grandberry BROY 1990
			SSgt Garry Henry BROY 1981