Silver Star
Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, awards the Silver Star medal to Staff Sgt. Christopher Baradat, 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Jan. 10, 2014, Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C., for heroically distinguishing himself by gallantry in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States in Sono Valley, Sheltan District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Marvin Krause)