U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Juniper, 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. The October 8, 2013 mission was a troop movement mission transporting Afghan National Army commandos from Tarin Khowt Airfield in Uruzgan Province to the district of Gizab. The helicopter was engaged by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from multiple locations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jack Sanders)