5 defenders earn recognition for deployment efforts
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. – Maj. Jim Alves presents Staff Sgt. Kent Irving with his first Air Force Achievement Medal oak leaf cluster here Aug. 6, 2010. Sergeant Irving recently returned from a deployment to the 451st Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan. As a vehicle operator and logistics custodian he led his team on more than 115 combat missions, patrolling more than 3,000 miles in areas fraught with roadside bombs and insurgent forces. Major Avles is the 4th Security Force Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gino Reyes)
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