Col. Calvin Williams, vice commander of the 75th Air Base Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, received a Bronze Star medal for his exceptional service during a year-long deployment to Iraq. Among his achievements while serving as engineering and environmental director for the Multi-National Force-Iraq, William helped deliver a $7 million contract for surveys of Iraqi waterways and develop a comprehensive environmental program supporting 160,000 coalition troops. (Hill report by Lee Anne Hensley)
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.