{"id":28392,"date":"2012-01-20T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28392"},"modified":"2012-01-20T09:35:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T13:35:10","slug":"air-force-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28392","title":{"rendered":"Air Force heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AverageNCO sends us a link to remind us<\/a> that zoomies can be heroes, too;<\/p>\n

The members of the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field received 33 medals, including a Silver Star, an Airman\u2019s Medal, six Bronze Stars with Valor, three Purple Hearts and 22 Air Force Combat Action Medals.<\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Chris Larkin, commander of the squadron, said the ceremony was special because the citations gave the airmen\u2019s families a peek into top-secret missions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are all quiet professionals and they are not proven to boast about what they have done outside the confines of the team room with their teammates and a cold beverage,\u201d Larkin said during the ceremony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most of you know that my son has been serving in the Air Force for more than eleven years, and I’m proud of his choice to serve. Sometimes we forget that all who serve are equally honorable, and they all contribute to the Big Picture mission. You don’t have to be a SEAL, a Ranger, or a Green Beret to be special. You’re special if you choose something bigger and more important than yourself. Not everyone can be a SEAL, but those cooks and medics who keep the SEALs in fighting shape are just as important to the successful completion of the mission.<\/p>\n

But here’s a list of these awardees and their medals<\/a> in a .pdf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AverageNCO sends us a link to remind us that zoomies can be heroes, too; The members … Air Force heroes<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}