Friday, August 15, 2014

Fourteen airmen with Air Force Special Tactics to receive medals

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA – Ten medals will be awarded to airmen of the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron by Lt. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, during a ceremony here, Aug. 18, at 11 a.m. The medals are being awarded for combat actions during deployments to Afghanistan.

Tech. Sgt. Matthew McKenna, a combat controller, will be presented the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third highest decoration for valor, for gallantry he displayed in connection with military operations in Afghanistan, September 2013.
Link to article

No comments: