Air National Guard SSgt. Michael Bohannon received the Bronze Star for actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was lead gun truck gunner for convoys. Bohannon served with the Army’s 1st Infantry Division from February to July 2004, when he was injured and sent back stateside.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.