HEB Employers Receive the Patriot Award

From left, Jeffrey Downing, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve volunteer, Jose Antonio-Saldivar, H-E-B seafood department manager, Yvonne Maldonado, H-E-B unit director, and Albert Palmer, H-E-B perishable manager, pose for a group photo Nov.4, 2015 at the H-E-B Marketplace in San Antonio, Texas. Maldonado, is a supervisor of a 433rd Airlift Wing member. The ESGR awards employers with the Patriot Award as a way to say thank you for supporting their Reserve and National Guard employees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske) (released)

433rd Airlift Wing member nominates H-E-B Employees for Patriot Award

Published Nov. 4, 2015
By Benjamin Faske
433rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Texas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, area 4, San Antonio awarded two civilian employers from H-E-B Groceries the ESGR's Patriot Award for supporting their Reserve and National Guard employees, Nov. 4, 2015. Jose Saldivar who is also an Air Force Reservist, nominated Yvonne Maldonado, H-E-B unit director and Albert Palmer, H-E-B perishable manager for the award. In his military status, Senior Airman Saldivar is assigned to the 433rd Aeromedicine Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas as a health services manager.