Spotlight

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  • By Airman 1st Class Ilyana A. Escalona
  • 49th Wing Public Affairs Office

(Editor’s Note: This feature is part of an ongoing series dedicated to highlighting Holloman Airmen who demonstrate excellence every day.)

Senior Airman Kenneth J. Rudnicki, 635th Materiel Maintenance squadron commander’s support staff, exemplifies everything that being an Airman is about.

“He is very trustworthy,” said Staff Sgt. Duoc Than, 635th MMS CSS. “I don’t have to constantly remind him to do something. I can trust that he will get the task done and sometimes he completes the task before I even have to check on its status.”

Rudnicki is from Oviedo, Florida and has been here for almost four years. He began working at BEAR base as an electrical power production journeyman but was switched to the commander’s support staff three months ago.

“I had been with power-pro working on generators for three years and five months before I was tasked to move to the commander’s support staff,” said Rudnicki. “I was told the reason I was picked was because I was self-starting. They needed to send someone up here who would continue to work and get everything done without having to be told to do so because this is a fast-paced and demanding work space. They saw that in me. So, here I am.”

In the three months Rudnicki worked for CSS he made a positive impact on daily tasks that needed quick response times. He created multiple trackers that automatically notified the office personnel when tasks were coming up.

One of the trackers notifies them when inbound Airmen are on their way to the base.

“Before he came here, there was no way of tracking anybody that came in,” said Than. “He developed a tracker, which really boosted our awareness in the office and allowed for things to be processed a lot smoother.”

Rudnicki has also become a Records Inventory Custodian. He is in charge of making sure that all records are accounted for and up to date. 

“I also made a tracker for government travel card training that we have to keep updated,” said Rudnicki. “After that, I was tasked with becoming an Agency Program Coordinator.  Now, I am an APC managing GTC accounts, which is extremely important for deployment. Before people can deploy, they have to make sure that all their training is complete.”

Since becoming a member of CSS, Rudnicki has tracked 117 allocations, 76 enlisted personnel reports, 180 drug demand reductions and 677 leave days.

“It is nice to have more of a partner than just another troop,” said Than.

This partnership is one that Rudnicki wants to continue for years to come. Rudnicki intends to stay in the Air Force and retire at his 20-year mark. Once retired, he plans on designing video games full time.