{"id":108093,"date":"2020-12-09T07:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108093"},"modified":"2020-12-08T18:21:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:21:42","slug":"airman-to-receive-air-force-cross-for-heroic-actions-during-enemy-ambush-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108093","title":{"rendered":"Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108094\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSgt-Alaxey-Germanovich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSgt-Alaxey-Germanovich.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSgt-Alaxey-Germanovich.png 486w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SSgt-Alaxey-Germanovich-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSgt Alaxey Germanovich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/airman-receiving-air-force-cross-for-heroic-actions-during-enemy-ambush-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Task &amp; Purpose reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ASpecial Tactics Airman will be awarded the Air Force Cross on Dec. 10 for heroic actions during a 2017 battle in Afghanistan in which he \u201crepeatedly\u201d exposed himself to enemy fire to direct airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, will be presented with the second-highest award for combat bravery by Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett during a ceremony on Dec. 10, according to an Air Force press release.<\/p>\n<p>Germanovich was attached to an Army Special Forces team with Afghan Commandos during a mission in Nangahar Provine, Afghanistan, on April 8, 2017. The team was ambushed by enemy combatants, and Germanovich \u201crepeatedly exposed himself to sniper and machine gun fire while directing numerous danger close airstrikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the team expending all of their rifle ammunition and grenades, they drew their pistols in an attempt to suppress the advancing enemy,\u201d the release says. \u201cGermanovich directed his team\u2019s withdrawal, then traversed 700 meters carrying a casualty up a mountain to a helicopter landing zone while directing close air support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s credited with protecting over 150 friendly forces and destroyed 11 enemy fighting positions during the eight-hour battle.<\/p>\n<p>Germanovich will be the 12th Special Tactics Airman to receive the Air Force Cross since Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the article notes, he is the 12th recipient. All 12 since 9\/11 have been awarded for actions in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Task &amp; Purpose reports; ASpecial Tactics Airman will be awarded the Air Force Cross on Dec. &hellip; <a title=\"Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108093\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,187,607,389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-air-force","category-air-force-cross","category-valor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108124,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108093\/revisions\/108124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}