Bronze Star Service Medal Awarded to Chief Master Sergeant Kuykendall.
Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) awards Chief Master Sergeant John M. Kuykendall, 231 Civil Engineering Flight-Missouri Air National Guard, the Bronze Star Service Medal on July 18, while Brigadier General David Irwin, Commander 35th Engineer Brigade-Missouri Army National Guard, looks on. Chief Master Sgt Kuykendall received the Bronze Star for meritorious service with the U.S. Army at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost, Afghanistan from July 2008 - January 2009. (Photo by Master Sgt. Mary-Dale Amison)