The Air Force has awarded the Bronze Star to CMSgt. David Nelson, superintendent of the 47th Mission Support Group at Laughlin AFB, Tex., for his “meritorious achievement” during deployment to Iraq. He served as an expeditionary group superintendent, visiting 63 forward deployed bases to check on more than 1,500 airmen, wrote a combat airman’s guide, and made “major adjustments” to the support group plan. (Laughlin report by A1C Sara Csurilla)
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.