Tech. Sgt. Adam Brister wears the newly pinned Distinguished Flying Cross during a March 26, 2026, ceremony at the Louisiana Capitol Building in Baton Rouge. Brister earned the award as an Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 212th Rescue Squadron for an act of valor during a June 23, 2018, rescue in the Neacola Mountain Range of Alaska. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs)