U.S. Army Col. Don Fallin, Special Mission Wing, Special Operations Join Task Force commander, left, awards 1st Sgt. William Howard, Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 222nd Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade first sergeant, a Soldier’s Medal at Fort Eustis, Va., April 3, 2015. During Howard’s sixth deployment, he helped save the lives of five Afghan Soldiers after a rocket attack locked them inside of their prayer room in a hangar which had caught fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kimberly Nagle/Released)