U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:James_B._Hecker" title="Category:James B. Hecker">James B. Hecker</a>, right, addresses the audience after awarding the Air Force Achievement Medal to Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Whalen July 8, 2013, at the 18th Wing Headquarters on Kadena Air Base. Whalen was awarded for rescuing a 14-year-old boy at the Hagerstrom Pool on the air base. Hecker is the commanding general of the 18th Wing. Whalen is the communications navigations staff noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Cpl. Alyssa N. Gunton
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