TSgt. Michael Soucy, an intelligence analyst with the 81st Training Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss., received a Bronze Star for his actions while deployed to Balad AB, Iraq, reports Amn. David Salanitri. Assigned to a US Army team, Soucy served as a tactical controller for unmanned aerial vehicles for a joint task force.
An F-16 pilot was awarded a Silver Star for a harrowing mission in which he dodged multiple surface-to-air missiles during the opening weeks of the operation against the Houthis in Yemen earlier this year.



