U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Juniper (center), NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan special mission aviator advisor, received the Purple Heart October 10, 2013 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, for wounds sustained during a Mi-17 helicopter mission near Gizab, Afghanistan. He poses at the ceremony with the other members of the October 8, 2013 mission who helped to save his life; Capt. Jeremy Powell (left), NATC-A Mi-17 pilot advisor, Staff Sgt. Mark Cornett, Staff Sgt. Ben Jacobs and Staff Sgt. Chris Rector, NATC-A SMA advisors. (U.S. Air Force photo)