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Commander, United Nations Command; Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; Commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea and U.S. Combined Forces Command; and Commander, 7th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan AB, South
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Command, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia
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1614:Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration
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1241:Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon
1145:Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
312:Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation
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1023:Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
335:Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
127:Learn how and when to remove this message
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1341:Order of National Security Merit (Korea)
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601:Air Force Command Pilot Badge
543:Flight hours: More than 3,000
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973:Joint Meritorious Unit Award
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586:Major awards and decorations
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1634:Recipients of the Air Medal
1460:Major General April 1, 1998
1159:Korea Defense Service Medal
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945:Army Commendation Medal
408:Northwestern University
323:Officer Training School
297:United States Air Force
200:United States Air Force
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1448:Major December 4, 1978
1426:Vietnam Campaign Medal
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1228:with oak leaf cluster
1037:Combat Readiness Medal
918:with oak leaf cluster
746:with oak leaf cluster
390:Maxwell Air Force Base
378:, Blacksburg, Virginia
333:of the NATO School at
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1130:Vietnam Service Medal
878:(10 awards in total)
540:Rating: Command pilot
206:Years of service
1654:Virginia Tech alumni
1454:Colonel July 1, 1989
410:, Evanston, Illinois
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