MSgt. Juliet Gudgel, a quality assurance superintendent with the 354th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Eielson AFB, Alaska, has received a Bronze Star medal for her meritorious service in Iraq. Gudgel served as the military transition team first sergeant and logistics officer for the Basra Operations Command and Commando Battalion from March 17 to Sept. 28, 2010. While deployed, she participated in up to 70 mounted combat patrols, all without incident, and helped “foster successful meetings between security representatives and the Iraqi leadership,” according to Eielson officials. She also served as the Iraqi supply commander and led the command’s badge program, escorting 60 Iraqi army general officers and staff through the application process “to ensure the right people gained access to United States and coalition facilities in Iraq,” they said. (Eielson report by A1C Yash Rojas)
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…