Capt. Rosaline Mailandt-Norris

Capt. Rosaline Mailandt-Norris, deputy flight commander of the infrastructure flight for the 96th Communications Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, distinguished herself in 2007 by managing 130 personnel at four diverse work centers in her unit.

Under her leadership, Mailandt-Norris’ unit stopped more than 171 billion attempts to illegally access Eglin’s computer network.

She also earned kudos for taking over for the flight commander, a major, when he deployed for a year.

Outside the office, Mailandt-Norris is a Big Sister to two local girls, and she directed Special Olympics basketball competitions. She is married, has two teenage daughters and gave birth to twins in February.