U.S. Army Col. Don Fallin, Special Mission Wing commander, left, presents a Soldier’s Medal to 1st Sgt. William Howard, Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 222nd Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade first sergeant, during a ceremony at Fort Eustis, Va., April 3, 2015. Fallin served as Howard’s unit commander while deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, where Howard and three others saved the lives of five Afghan Soldiers, which earned Howard the decoration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kimberly Nagle/Released)