Shout Out: Cory Swenson & Brad Pixley

By Jamie Chandler

I would like to send a Shout Out to Electronics Systems Supervisor, Cory Swenson & Electrician Lead, Brad Pixley. On Labor Day, Sept. 9th both arrived to MCF Rush City in the morning hours, not only on their day off, but on a Holiday no less.

CX2 was without the main flag lights, and the AC in the complex bubble was out. No AC is survivable, even in a bubble with no air flow. But is miserable when temps swell into the upper 90's and the humidity is greater than a Louisiana bayou. Having no working lights in the unit meant delaying flag, at least until the sun came up to brighten our situation.

Cory and Brad worked diligently to make the lights come on and they were successful! Thus, ensuring the safety of our Officer's and the IPs. Ultimately allowing flags and switch outs to continue as planned. Once they had the lights on, they went above and beyond and stayed at the facility continuing to work to restore our AC in the bubble. While this took them well into the afternoon hours and required a trip or two to the warehouse for parts Brad and Cory once again came thru in the clutch. The AC is back on!

I could say Thank you to both Brad and Cory, but that doesn't seem like enough. It was their day off, their holiday too – but they each took the time to come to the facility to work on a situation that could have easily “been something to wait until tomorrow." But they didn't, their hard work and dedication kept all CX2 up and running for the day. And added a little comfort to us as well; both in the form of lights and AC!

So instead of a simple “thank you" I would like to say this instead. On behalf of the Sunday CX2 2nd watch crew, “You are the best, we are grateful, we owe you one, we value the help you've given to us, thanks for the support, much obliged, we want to express our gratitude for your help and hard work, you're a life saver!"