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North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Soldiers Sgt. Charles Roper, far right back, Specialists Semantha Bunce, center holding child, and Robert Shook, center left, Army Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the adjutant general of North Carolina, commander of the NCNG, far right, and Command Sgt. Maj. John H. Swart, NCNG command senior enlisted leader, far left, with other NCNG leaders cut a birthday cake with a ceremonial sword at the NCNG anniversary celebration at Guard headquarters in Raleigh, March 24, 2017. “We have made our mark joining a long line dating back before the country was born,” said Lusk. Roper, Bunce and Shook were honored at the event with the NCNG Soldier and Airman Medal for their heroism. Roper ran into a burning airplane saving the pilot in February 2017, Shook pulled a drowning nurse to safety on hurricane duty in October 2016 and Bunce defeated two gunmen stopping a home invasion in November 2015. “We needed a way to formally recognize those who go beyond,” said Lusk. It is the first time the medal has been awarded in NCNG history. The NCNG’s birthday notes its founding with the Carolina Charter to “… levy, muster and train men …” in 1663.
| Date Taken: | 03.24.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 03.27.2017 15:00 |
| Photo ID: | 3258401 |
| VIRIN: | 170324-Z-OU450-102 |
| Resolution: | 1800x1200 |
| Size: | 1.62 MB |
| Location: | RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 31 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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