The 34th Weapons Squadron poses with an HH-60G at Bastion, Afghanistan in 2009. Then-Lt. Col. Chris Barnett, back row center, and then-Capt. J. Bryan Creel, back row third from right, will each receive two Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor medals for actions flying the aircraft in separate battles in 2009.
On May 18, 2012, Col. Christopher Barnett and Maj. Brian Creel will each be decorated with two Distinguished Flying Cross medals for their heroic actions during two separate battles in Afghanistan in 2009.
As HH-60G pilots, they flew their aircraft through a blinding sandstorm and intense firefights to evacuate casualties and deliver supplies. On Thursday, May 17, Maj. Creel and Col. Barnett participated in a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable to discuss the events that led to them earning the medals.
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Joining us on the call were Chuck Simmins, of America’s North Shore Journal; Dale Kissinger, of Military Avenue; Michele Cowell, of My Military Matters; Shelle Michaels, of Soldiers Angels; and Sagar Pathak, of Horizontal Rain.
