The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star Medal to SrA. Gary Conlee with the 91st Security Support Squadron at Minot AFB, N.D., for his service while deployed to Afghanistan. He served there as a convoy technician working with the Afghan National Army during a year-long deployment. (Minot report by A1C Benjamin Stratton)
Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held meetings with defense leaders from the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea during a trip to the Indo-Pacific this week.