U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephanie Cates, and Staff Sgt. Sonja Parks, 779th Medical Group, meet Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, at a gala dinner in honor of military medics and corpsman at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2009. Cates was nominated to receive the award on behalf of all U.S. Air Force Medics for her superior service and patient care during a recent deployment to Balad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Suzanne M. Day)