The Army has presented its Commendation Medal to SSgt. Benjamin Bomar, with the 375th Security Forces Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., for his service in Iraq. Bomar, a military working dog handler, was the sole airman working with the 133rd Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division. (Read more here.)
With a fresh directive from the president, the department could opt to repeat its unconventional—and potentially unlawful—move to pay troops using unused non-personnel appropriations.
