U.S. Army Brig. Gen. James Dickinson, left, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command commanding general, awards the Army Commendation Medal to U.S. Air Force Capt. Joshua Allen, a Combined Air and Space Operations Center senior air defense officer, during a ceremony at a deployed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 7. Allen received the medal for saving a Soldier from drowning in October. Allen, deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is a native of Coleville, Calif., and earned his Air Force commission through the San Jose State University ROTC program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ashley Reed/Released)