The Air Force announced yesterday the four recipients of the 2008 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award. They are: Maj. James Hughes Jr., assigned to Bolling AFB, D.C., senior officer category; Capt. Thomas Eckel, Eglin AFB, Fla., junior officer category; SMSgt. Michael Bobbitt, Yokota AB, Japan, senior enlisted category; and TSgt. Scott Woodring, Robins AFB, Ga., junior enlisted category. The awards will be presented at a later date. The Sijan award is named after the first Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor. It recognizes airmen who demonstrated outstanding leadership while assigned to an organization at the wing level and below. (For more on Sijan heroics, read The Courage of Lance Sijan from the July 2004 issue of Air Force Magazine.)
Some Guard Troops Won’t Get Paid Until Shutdown Ends
Oct. 29, 2025
The National Guard Bureau says most units are postponing drills during the shutdown, but some states are sticking to their training schedule, resulting in a patchwork of different policies and some confusion in the ranks.
