 He was given the decoration in a ceremony taking place at JAG HQ in the middle of the eighth season.Rabb received his first Distinguished Flying Cross at the start of the second season in a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden by President Bill Clinton for saving the injured CAG, Captain Thomas Boone (Terry O'Quinn), of the USS "Seahawk" after the modified F-14 Tomcat they were flying was damaged by flak during an ATARS run prior to an alpha strike in the pilot episode.This incident also earned Rabb the respect of a former shipmate and prompted him to start wearing his wings again.