Five Air Force Reserve Command airmen with the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala., in December will get Army Commendation Medals for their service as vehicle operators in Iraq. They are: MSgt. Vera Berry, MSgt. George Campbell, TSgt. Cynthia Blais, TSgt. Steven Smith, and SSgt. John Traum. They were part of a 250-man company the Air Force put together to help the Army with truck convoy duty in the area around Balad.
Clearing jungle and laying asphalt in tropical heat may not sound like fun to most people, but it’s a way of life for Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Airmen, who have spent the past year or so restoring World War II-era airfields on the Pacific…