U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, presents the Silver Star Medal to Master Sgt. John Grimesey, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, during a ceremony at Pope Field, North Carolina, Aug.14, 2019. Grimesey received the nation's third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2013.