Santa Rosa Man Pleads To Collecting 50,000 Child Porn Images
June 3, 2016
A Santa Rosa County truck drive has pleaded guilty to collecting over 50,000 child pornography images.
Andre M. Straughn, 39, pleaded guilty Thursday to receipt and transportation of child pornography, as well as making a false statement to a federal agent.
In July 2015, law enforcement agents became aware of online child pornography files that were linked to Straughn’s online activities. Law enforcement agents conducted an investigation and determined that Straughn was a truck driver who traveled to other states with his cellular device and laptop and used multiple electronic platforms to engage in online child pornography. After Straughn returned home from a trip, agents searched Straughn’s residence. Straughn told law enforcement agents that he did not have an online storage account, did not use the social media application Kik, and could not remember the password to his cellular telephone.
A forensic review of Straughn’s electronic devices revealed that Straughn did maintain online storage accounts and a Kik account. In total, Straughn’s online storage account, laptop, and other electronic devices revealed more than 50,000 images and videos of child pornography, dating back approximately 10 years.
For each child pornography charge, Straughn faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison. For the false statement charge, Straughn faces a maximum of eight years in prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 18 at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola.
Molino Park Awards Pre-K Through Second Grades
June 3, 2016
Molino Park Elementary School presented the following awards to students in Pre-K through second grades.
Pre-K thru 1st Grade Reading Awards
Most Books Read/Pre-Kindergarten
Blackburn – Savannah Borden
Crites – Brista McIntyre
Hamric – Austin Ellwood
Most Books Read/Kindergarten
Kristopher Hawthorne
Most Books Read per Grade Level
First Grade – Christian Ward
Pre-K Perfect Attendance
Milo Soileau
Pre-K Citizenship – Stellar Sunny Days
Davi-yon Abrams
Wayne Brazwell
Kaylee Harris
Tessa Kendrick
Dahlia King
Abigail Nigam
Brian Sanders
Bella Ann Waldroup
Pre-K Citizenship – Super Sunny Days
Jillian Barraclough
Savannah Borden
Kaylee Davis
Joshua Davis
Braelyn Enfinger
Elam Fayard
Tony Fryman
Chase Gilmore
Shyne Hamilton
TJ Hetherington
Nivea Jordan
Declan King
Brista McIntyre
Greyson Maughon
Baileigh Minor
Haleigh Mishoe
Milo Soileau
Cameron Vaughn
Jayden Williams
Bailey Yuhasz
Pre-K Special Recognition
Excellent Behavior
Dahlia King
Bella Ann Waldroup
Pre-K Special Recognition
Most Improved Behavior
Kyle Canfield
Pre-K Special Recognition
Improved Academics
Savannah Borden
Joshua Douglas
Greyson Maughon
Kindergarten Good Citizenship
Aadan Adams
Jordan Allen
Bailiegh Blackwell
Landon Brown
Lawson Brown
Hunter Chance
Rahanna Chiles
Jakob Cutting
Addysen Bolen
Kiely Chamness
Ruby Driver
Devin Dyer
Jonathan Echele
Jackson Erickson
Gabe Finlay
Carmen Garcia
Nicole Garcia
Jordyn Gibbs
Kensee Gibson
Conner Goetter
Brylee Hassebrock
Valerie Hassebrock
Kristopher Hawthorne
Rachael Holley
Raelynn Holley
Karlie Isakson
Aubrey Jacobi
Omar Jacobs
Emily Maughon
Tristan Norton
Wyatt Sturdivant
Braelyn Wiley
Isabella Joiner
LaymayaMcFann
Danika Payne
Brody Ragsdale
Maximus Ridgley
Tucker Scully
McKinley Shoemo
Wyatt Sisson
Marcus Smith
Michael Smith
Nathan Smith
Presley Spikes
Alena Staneart
Abigail Williams
Brileigh Wright
Kindergarten All S Honor Roll
Aadan Adams
Jordan Allen
Bailey Blackwell
Kiely Chamness
Hunter Chance
Rahanna Chiles
Jakob Cutting
Ruby Driver
Jonathan Echele
Gabe Finlay
Carmen Garcia
Conner Goetter
Karlie Isakson
Aubrey Jacobi
Omar Jacobs
Isabella Joiner
Nicole Garcia
Jordyn Gibbs
Kensee Gibson
Brylee Hassebrock
Valerie Hassebrock
Presley Spikes
Abigail Williams
Rachael Holley
Raelynn Holley
Emily Maughon
Tristan Norton
Danika Payne
Brody Ragsdale
Maximus Ridgley
Tucker Scully
McKinleyShoemo
Wyatt Sisson
Alena Staneart
Braelyn Wiley
Kindergarten Perfect Attendance
Lauren Harris
Kindergarten Excellent Attendance
Haylee Hill
Special Recognition – Miss Cristofoletti
Excellence in Reading
Jonathan Echele
Excellence in Writing
Rachael Holley
Special Recognition – Mrs. Fountain
Reading Achievement
Alena Staneart
Most Improved in Reading
Kimree Martin
Most Improved in Behavior
Morgan Jenkins
Special Recognition – Mrs. Miller
Greatest Determination
Randy Thomas
Allie Bethea
Special Recognition – Ms. Scanlon
Most Improved
Aiden Leger
Reading Achievement
Karlie Isakson
Most Improved Behavior
Trenton Wenzel
First Grade Good Citizenship
Morgan Ard
Aunaleah Arredondo
Grace Barraclough
Callen Beaty
Tristan Buck
Cortez Chambers
Donald Cole
Asher Creighton
Eli Crites
Dalton Davidson
Autumn Dinkle
Aidden Edmonson
KobiFiorenti
Katy Galloway
Brielle Garcia
Khloe Gibson
Hayden Gulsby
Cooper Halfacre
Landen Harris
Taylor Hart
Shelby Jarrell
Emily Johnson
Bella Joiner
Lyndsey Jones
LacieKittrell
London McAnally
Chelsea Mace
Addie Manning
McKinsey Mayne
John Parker Miller
Gavin Newman
Aydan Nigam
Addison Parsons
Addison Pitts
Zamari Reed
Elias Ridgley
Addie Salmon
Felix Soileau
Tucker Spruill
Kenzee Tanner
Ethan Thompson
Rayna Thompson
Charlie Walters
Brooklynn White
Brinleigh Woodward
First Grade A Honor Roll
Aunaleah Arredondo
Tristan Buck
Donald Cole
Autumn Dinkle
Katy Galloway
Brielle Garcia
Khloe Gibson
Savannah Gilmore
Bella Joiner
Chelsea Mace
John Parker Miller
Aydan Nigam
Brooklyn White
Brinleigh Woodward
Addison Parsons
First Grade A/B Honor Roll
Morgan Ard
Samuel Ard
Jayden Arredondo
Callen Beaty
Camden Borelli
Eli Crites
Jaxson Daniels
Dalton Davidson
Aidden Edmonson
Cooper Halfacre
Taylor Hart
Gavrial Hernandez
Shelby Jarrell
Emily Johnson
Addie Manning
Zamari Reed
Elias Ridgley
Felix Soileau
Kenzee Tanner
Daniel Tourney
Charlie Walters
Christian Ward
First Grade Perfect Attendance
Samuel Ard
Callen Beaty
Camden Borelli
Eli Crites
Taylor Hart
Addie Manning
Felix Soileau
First Grade Excellent Attendance
Asher Creighton
Kenzee Tanner
Special Recognition – Mrs. Bodiford
Most Advanced
Kaiden Barfield
Jonathon Fish
Special Recognition – Mrs. Calhoun
Most Improved
Jagger Etheridge
John Thompson
Most Sunshine Math points for 1st grade
Callen Beaty
Special Recognition – Mrs. Gilmore
Incredible Growth in Reading
Asher Creighton
Taylor Dyer
Special Recognition – Mrs. Greene
Best Effort
Alexander McAdoo
Waylon Pardue
Special Recognition – Mrs. Venable
Reading Excellence
Laedin Jordan
London McAnally
Second Grade Good Citizenship
Destiny Abrams
Nicole Bell
Camo Bodiford
Jack Boutwell
Sherrod Chambers
Mileigh Clifford
Ayden Crabtree
Garrett Crabtree
Joseph Douglas
Lily Driver
Desi Fryman
Kamryn Gibbs
John Hatch
Kelsey Hiatt
Raegan Holley
Austin Jackson
Chet Knable
Gus Leatherberry
Chris Leger
CaelanMcKillion
Darla Massey
Bryant Mason
Macy Miller
Hunter Mothershed
Mary Oliver
Nathan Peterson
Dominic Picheo
Ana Randall
Dylan Randall
Jessica Santos
Taryn Shoemaker
Aryanna Smith
Dakota Smith
Felecity St. Louis
Kailyn Wiggins
Layton Woodward
Second Grade A Honor Roll
Ayden Crabtree
Lily Driver
Austin Jackson
Jessica Santos
Layton Woodward
Second Grade A/B Honor Roll
Destiny Abrams
Findley Barlow
Jack Boutwell
Alyssa Brooks
Mileigh Clifford
Garrett Crabtree
CadenEady
Kamryn Gibbs
John Hatch
Raegan Holley
Chet Knable
Gus Leatherberry
Mary Oliver
Dominic Picheo
Aryanna Smith
Ona Spinks
Sophia St. Cyr
Second Grade Perfect Attendance
Ayden Crabtree
Lily Driver
Desi Fryman
Austin Jackson
Will Nowlin
Nathan Peterson
Second Grade Excellent Attendance
Joseph Douglas
Special Recognition – Mrs. Bethea
Most Improved
Maryjane Kata
Academic Improvement
Cameron Thompson
Special Recognition – Mrs. Cutler
Most Improved
Benjamin Boyett
Special Recognition – Mrs. Daniels
Academic Excellence
Macy Miller
Academic Improvement
Noel Pugh
Special Recognition – Mrs. Sims
Academic Excellence
Bryan Simmons
Outstanding Effort
Sean Sturdivant
Special Recognition – Mrs. Solchenberger
Most Sunshine Math points in 2nd Grade
Ayden Crabtree
Local Teacher Recounts Flight With Blue Angel Capt. Jeff Kuss
June 3, 2016
Like the rest of America, Northview High School teacher Anna Barry was shocked to learn that Blue Angels pilot Capt. Jeff Kuss died Thursday in a crash in Smyrna, TN.
But for Barry, the news was particularly hard because she had come to know Kuss last November when she flew with him as Escambia County’s Teacher of the Year.
“He was so nice; this is just terrible,” Barry said when she learned of the crash. “He was just so polite, so nice, very personable.”
“He was very knowledgeable and very capable. I am just shocked to know it was him.”
Barry’s flight included many of the demonstration maneuvers that Blue Angels fans know from airshows, including flying upside down and barrel rolls. Her flight was not in the #6 plane that crashed Thursday; it was in the #7 plane, the only two-seater. She said at the time that the entire experience was “surreal”.
“He was so easy to talk to, like I had known him for a long time,” Barry said. “He was funny, a genuinely nice guy.”
She said Kuss talked about how he and his wife loved living in East Hill, and how he loved Pensacola just as much as Pensacola loves the Blue Angels.
When asked if she would fly again with the Blue Angels, Barry paused before answering. “Yes. Yes I would fly with them again. It’s scary to think about what could happen, but the Blue Angels are the very best at what they do.”
While an official cause for the crash has not yet been released, there has been much speculation in the media that Kuss went down with his ill-fated F/A-18 in order to avoid hitting a densely populated apartment complex. He’s being called an American hero for sacrificing his life to perhaps save many others.
“He loved being a Blue Angel,” Barry said. “He is a hero.”
File photos by U.S. Navy, Regina Barry and others for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Century Man Facing Drug, Weapons Charges
June 3, 2016
A Century man has been arrested on multiple felony charges after being caught by police in a hotel room with drugs and weapons.
Joseph Christopher Smith, 35, was charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of cocaine, destruction of evidence and destroying evidence. He remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $130,000.
The Pensacola Police Vice and Narcotics Unit served a search warrant on a room at the Garden Inn and Suites on Pine Forest Road.
Smith was in the room where police reported finding $1205 in cash, two loaded guns, 34 rounds of ammunition, numerous cell phones, plastic bags containing narcotics residue, a large amount of marijuana, several digital scales and other drug paraphernalia, a plastic bag of white powder and an aluminum can containing liquid heroin and residue.
Smith also allegedly flushed a quantity of marijuana down the toilet as officers were entering the room.
Traffic Stop Nets Drugs, Gun, $18K In Flomaton
June 3, 2016
A traffic stop by the Flomaton Police Department for speeding led to the discovery of a cache of drugs and over $18K in cash Thursday.
The Flomaton Police Department said Officer Kelley was working on the Click It or Ticket campaign when he stopped a 2012 BMW SUV that was traveling 73 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Upon approaching the vehicle, Kelley detected an odor of marijuana coming from inside of the vehicle. He reported finding a a loaded 357 magnum revolver by the driver. The handgun was later determined to be stolen. Officers recovered over two ounces of high grade marijuana, 10 different kinds of controlled substance pills, and $18,030.
Adam Amarir, 45, of Birmingham was charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and receiving stolen property.
Amarir was booked into the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center in Brewton.
Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Defense Lawyers Question Death Penalty Jury Instructions
June 3, 2016
Defense lawyers are attacking a new law aimed at fixing Florida’s death penalty sentencing structure, which was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year because it gave too much power to judges instead of juries.
But the angst over the new law, crafted by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Scott in March, isn’t limited to defense lawyers — the Florida Supreme Court is questioning whether the law violates the state’s constitutional guarantee to trial by jury.
Also, a Miami judge ruled last week that the law, which requires a 10-2 jury recommendation for the death penalty to be imposed, is unconstitutional.
Defense lawyers, meanwhile, are now objecting to proposed jury instructions related to the new law.
The proposed jury instructions, crafted by the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, lay out what judges must tell juries in capital death cases. The committee will consider changes at its next meeting in June, before sending the proposed rule to the Supreme Court, which could adopt the proposal or revise it.
Lawmakers hurriedly crafted the new death-penalty sentencing law in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in January that Florida’s system of allowing judges — and not juries — to decide whether defendants should face death is an unconstitutional violation of the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury.
The 8-1 decision, in a case known as Hurst v. Florida, dealt with the sentencing phase of death-penalty cases after defendants are found guilty, and it focused on what are known as aggravating circumstances that must be determined before defendants can be sentenced to death. A 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in a case known as Ring v. Arizona, requires that determinations of such aggravating circumstances must be made by juries, not judges.
Under Florida’s new law, juries will have to unanimously determine “the existence of at least one aggravating factor” before defendants can be eligible for death sentences. The law also requires at least 10 jurors to recommend the death penalty in order for the sentence to be imposed, and it did away with a feature of the old law that had allowed judges to override juries’ recommendations of life in prison instead of death.
Creating jury instructions for the new law “is especially difficult in this instance because there remains great uncertainty as to the constitutionality of the statutory law underlying the proposed instructions,” Capital Collateral Regional Counsel-South Neal Dupree, whose office represents defendants who have been sentenced to death, wrote in comments submitted to the committee.
Under the proposal, juries would be told that “different factors or circumstances may be given different weight or values by different jurors.” That instruction would not comply with a U.S. Supreme Court decision, in a case known as Caldwell v. Mississippi, making it unconstitutional to instruct a jury in a way that will cause the jury to “minimize the importance of its role,” Dupree wrote.
“A juror may unconstitutionally place responsibility for a defendant’s punishment elsewhere — on the other jurors — if they have the impression that their own sentencing calculus is so unimportant that no other juror need agree with or even know of it. Further, this instruction leads jurors to believe that the critical fact findings necessary to impose death are not critical enough to require agreement or unanimity of any kind,” he wrote.
The instructions regarding “mitigating circumstances” for juries to consider when determining whether they outweigh aggravating factors also needs to be changed, according to Dupree and the Florida Public Defender Association, which filed comments.
The proposed instructions seem to focus more on aggravating factors than mitigating circumstances and seem to “dismiss the significance of mitigation and the substantial role it plays in a jury’s deliberation,” Dupree wrote.
The proposal also includes language not included in the new law, or established by case law, regarding mitigation and mitigation burden of proof, the association wrote.
“We wanted the jury to be clear that there is a distinction between mitigating circumstances, which do not require unanimity and do not require a finding beyond a reasonable doubt, and the aggravating factors, which are required to be found unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt,” Pete Mills, an assistant public defender in the 10th Judicial Circuit who is chairman of the association’s death penalty steering committee, said in a telephone interview.
The proposal to instruct a jury that its finding of one aggravator renders a defendant eligible for the death penalty is also problematic, Dupree wrote. The finding of an aggravator is followed by “crucial fact findings as to sufficiency and weighings,” he wrote.
The proposed instructions provide that, once a defendant is determined to be death-eligible, “you must still make a decision regarding whether the appropriate sentence to be imposed is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or death.”
“But instructing jurors that the finding of at least one aggravator creates death-eligibility and must be unanimous, while the sufficiency and weighing questions are merely to be ‘weighed’ somehow and can be reached based on various contradictory assessments of the evidence and factors by different jurors, sends a strong message to the jury that the finding of one aggravator is the critical, important point in the process, and what comes next is less crucial or mere formality,” Dupree wrote.
Getting the rule right is critical to ensure that justice is meted out fairly, Mills said.
The Supreme Court, which put on hold indefinitely two executions after the Hurst decision, is also grappling with whether judges should use the new law to resentence Death Row inmates, whose lawyers argue that the sentences should be reduced to life in prison without parole because the prisoners were condemned under an unconstitutional system.
Also, the court recently raised questions about the new law’s lack of unanimity in jury recommendations.
by Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida
Dixon Smacks Fifth Homer In Four Games
June 3, 2016
Pensacola Blue Wahoos second baseman Brandon Dixon hit his fifth home run in four games Thursday at Hank Aaron Stadium and drove in his 13th and 14th runs during his hot-hitting streak.
Dixon got all of the pitch to launch a solo shot over the left field fence in the sixth inning as Pensacola won, 4-1, over the Mobile BayBears. The Blue Wahoos now lead the series, 2-1.
Playing left field to keep his hot bat in the lineup, Dixon also singled in the eighth inning to drive in center fielder Phillip Ervin with his second RBI of the game Thursday.
Dixon now has eight homers on the year, which is third in the Southern League. He has driven in 33 runs, good for fourth in the Southern League. And after a 2-3 game Thursday with a walk, the 24-year-old is hitting .312, which ranks seventh in the league.
Dixon, who has hit in seven of his last eight games, is now 11-16 (.688) in his last four games. He hit two homers in back-to-back games May 29 against the Birmingham Barons and May 31 against Mobile.
Pensacola starter Rookie Davis, who missed three starts, took the mound for the first time since May 11. He rejoined the best pitching staff in the Southern League with a 3.11 ERA.
Davis worked four innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks, while striking out two. His only run was a solo blast by Mobile’s Gabriel Guerrero in the fourth inning, which was his second in three games against Pensacola.
Pensacola relievers Barrett Astin, Nick Routt and Alejandro Chacin combined for five innings pitched, two hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Chacin is tied for first in the Southern League with 10 saves in 11 chances this season. Astin got the victory and is 5-1 with a 2.75 ERA.
Pensacola’s improved to 32-21 in the Southern League South Division and remain in first. The BayBears dropped to 23-30.
The Blue Wahoos scored first in the second inning when third baseman Eric Jagielo launched his third homer of the season. He was 2-4 in the game.
After Guerrero tied it with one swing, Pensacola went back on top, 2-1, in the fifth inning when Blue Wahoos catch Joe Hudson doubled to center and scored on Mobile starter Yoan Lopez’s throwing error.
Also leading the Blue Wahoos, who had 11 hits total, was Ervin, who was 2-4 and scored a run. Meanwhile, Hudson also earned two hits, going 2-4 with a double and run scored.
Rain Chance Increasing Through The Weekend
June 3, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 84. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. North wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 90.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 91.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Smyrna, TN, Holds Vigil For Blue Angels Pilot
June 2, 2016
Hundreds of residents of Smyrna, TN, gathered at a ballpark near their airport Thursday night in a candlelight prayer vigil to show their sympathy to the United States Blue Angels. They were also honoring an American hero — pilot Jeff Kuss, who they are crediting with giving his own life to save the lives of civilians near the crash site.
During the vigil, the residents observed six minutes of silence followed by the singing of “God Bless America”.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Pilot Dies As Blue Angel Plane Crashes In Tennessee
June 2, 2016
A Blue Angels F/A18 aircraft crashed Thursday during the beginning stages of an afternoon practice at the Smyrna (TN) Airport, at approximately 3:01 p.m. Blue Angels pilot Capt. Jeff Kuss of the U.S. Marine Corp died in the crash.
The other five Blue Angel jets were not involved in the incident and landed safely moments later.
The crash occurred approximately two miles from the runway. The Navy will conduct an investigation into the cause of the crash.
Kuss, a native of Durango, Colorado, graduated from Durango High School in 2002. He attended Fort Lewis College in Durango and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2006.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2006 and reported to The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, to complete training. Jeff reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, for aviation indoctrination in July 2007.
He completed primary flight training in the T-34C Turbo Mentor at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, and completed advanced training in the T-45A Goshawk at NAS Kingsville, Texas. He received his wings of gold in November 2009.
Kuss then reported to Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125), the “Rough Raiders,” at NAS Lemoore, California, for initial training in the F/A-18 Hornet. He reported to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312), the “Checkerboards,” at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, in February 2011, where he served as Squadron Mess Officer, Naval Air Training and Operation Procedures Standardization Officer (NATOPS), Powerline Division Officer, and Pilot Training Officer.
He reported to U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), NAS Fallon, Nevada, in July 2012 and graduated in September 2012
While assigned to VMFA-312, Kuss deployed with Carrier Air Wing THREE (CVW-3) aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. VMFA-312 earned the 2013 Robert M. Hanson Award as the Marine Corps Association’s Fighter Attack Squadron of the Year.
Kuss joined the Blue Angels in September 2014. He has accumulated more than 1,400 flight hours and 175 carrier-arrested landings. His decorations include the Strike Flight Air Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and various personal and unit awards.
Photo courtesy Halie Shults.
