The Air Medal (AM) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. It was created in 1942 and is awarded for single acts of heroism or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) is an award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense. In the order of precedence of the United States Armed Forces,it is worn between the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal. The medal is awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense to members of the Armed Forces who,while serving in a joint activity,distinguish themselves by non-combat outstanding achievement or meritorious service,but not of a degree to warrant award of the Defense Superior Service Medal.
General Larry D. Welch is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as the 12th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As Chief of Staff,he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization,training and equipping of a combined active duty,Guard,Reserve and civilian force serving at locations in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,he and the other service chiefs functioned as the principal military advisers to the Secretary of Defense,National Security Council and the President. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapon Surety Task Force for the Defense Science Board.
John Rives Dallager is a retired United States Air Force major general. He served as the fifteenth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy from 2000 to 2003. He resigned the position in the wake of the sexual assault scandal at the academy and was demoted from the rank of lieutenant general to major general upon his retirement.
Lieutenant General Tome H. Walters Jr. was Director,Defense Security Cooperation Agency,Office of the Secretary of Defense,Arlington,Virginia. The agency directs and oversees U.S. foreign military sales,foreign military financing programs,international military education and training programs,and humanitarian assistance and demining programs.
Joseph K. Spiers is an aerospace engineer and retired United States Air Force general,reaching the rank of major general during his military career.
Richard Earl Hawley is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served as commander of Air Combat Command,headquartered at Langley Air Force Base,Virginia. As commander,Hawley was responsible for organizing,training,equipping and maintaining combat-ready air forces for rapid deployment and employment in the United States and worldwide. Hawley maintained command of 1,050 aircraft and approximately 103,400 active-duty military members and civilian personnel at 27 major installations in the United States,Panama,Iceland and the Azores,and,when mobilized,more than 64,400 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members
Lieutenant General Ted Francis Bowlds is a former Commander,Electronic Systems Center,Hanscom Air Force Base,Mass. The center's mission is to acquire command and control systems for the Air Force. The organization comprises more than 12,000 people located at six sites throughout the United States. The men and women of the ESC manage more than $3 billion in programs annually in support of the Air Force,and joint and coalition forces.
Jimmie Vick Adams is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served as commander in chief,Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF) from 1991 to 1993.
John R. Allen Jr. is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) brigadier general. Allen served on active duty for 31 years,until his retirement in 1990. He is a highly decorated command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours on B-47 Stratojet,FB-111,B-52 Stratofortress,KC-135 Stratotanker and T-39 Sabreliner aircraft.
Elizabeth Ann Hight is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as the vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). She assumed this post in December 2007. In 2008,she was nominated for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as director,Defense Information Systems Agency;commander,Joint Task Force –Global Network Operations;and deputy commander,U.S. Strategic Command Global Network Operations and Defense,Arlington,Virginia. Her nomination was rejected by the Senate due to a perceived conflict of interest with her husband,retired Air Force Brigadier General Gary Salisbury,who is vice president of business development and sales for Northrop Grumman Corp.'s mission systems sector,defense mission systems division. She retired from the Navy in 2010.
John L. "Jack" Hudson is a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force. He was Commander,Aeronautical Systems Center,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio (WPAFB). Hudson also served as a member of the Senior Executive Service as the Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force at WPAFB from 2009 to 2018.
Lieutenant General Clyde Dewey Moore II is a retired United States Air Force officer who served as Commander,Air Force Life Cycle Management Center,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio. The organization is the single center responsible for total life cycle management covering all aircraft,engines,munitions,and electronic systems.
Fred F. Castle Jr. is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force Reserve Command.
Major General Sharon K.G. Dunbar is a retired United States Air Force general officer. She was the first female in Air Force history to serve as Commanding General of the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW),the Air Force component to the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region,and Commander of the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing,both headquartered at Joint Base Andrews,Maryland. In this unique dual-command position,Dunbar oversaw Air Force operations in the National Capital Region with specific responsibilities for organizing,training and equipping combat forces for aerospace expeditionary operations as well as for continuity of government associated with homeland security response,disaster relief,civil support operations,and national special security events. She was likewise the senior Air Force officer responsible for the execution of major ceremonial events such as the 57th Presidential Inauguration in 2013. As the AFDW Commander,Dunbar provided major command-level support for 60,000 military and civilian personnel assigned worldwide and was the Uniform Code of Military Justice authority for 40,000 Airmen.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research,Development and Acquisition) (abbreviated ASN (RDA)) is a civilian office of the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research,Development and Acquisition) requires Senate confirmation,and engages in duties as directed by the United States Secretary of the Navy.
Lorna M. Mahlock is a United States Marine Corps major general who has served as commander of the Cyber National Mission Force since January 5,2024. In 2018,she became the first Black woman to be nominated for promotion to brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps. In December 2022,she became the first black female major general in the history of the Marine Corps.
Stephen L. Davis is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force since March 2022. He most recently served as the director of global power programs at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition,Technology and Logistics. Previously,he was the director for global operations of the United States Strategic Command.
Andrew Lloyd Lewis is a retired admiral in the United States Navy who last served as the commander of the United States Second Fleet and NATO Joint Force Command for the Atlantic. Lewis previously served as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations,Plans and Strategy. He took command of the United States Second Fleet upon its reestablishment on August 24,2018.
Michael Edward Conley is a brigadier general in the United States Air Force who served as the director of strategic plans,requirements,and programs of the Air Mobility Command. He previously served as the deputy commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command. Prior to that,he was commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing of the United States Air Force.
