JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Anthony Stratton, 176th Wing commander, awards the Air and Space Commendation Medal to Lt. Col. Nicholas Miller, 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron director of operations, during a Feb. 11, 2023, awards ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Miller earned the award for his actions Jan. 7-8, 2020, in support of evacuating Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, during an Iranian theater ballistic missile attack. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by Maj. David Bedard)