At Malmstrom AFB, Mont., three airmen have received Bronze Medals for their actions in Iraq. Maj. Lawrence King, chief of the 341st Space Wing command post, served a year in Iraq, setting up a strategic communications function and supported senior leaders during the Iraqi elections process. Capt. Jonathan Bennett, with the 741st Security Forces Squadron, managed a 10-man US military training team and 220 Iraqi soldiers, for a year and successfully overcame a convoy ambush with no coalition casualties. SrA. Charity Trueblood, 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron, saved a civilian truck driver when her convoy was attacked and aided the advance of the convoy amidst enemy fire.
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
