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Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard Maj. Gen. Levon Cumpton and Lt. Col. Matthew Pieper, a Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills instructor, stand at attention during a ceremony at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base, Missouri, September 12, 2021. Pieper was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross for his lifesaving actions during a 2018 aeromedical evacuation flight while deployed to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Stephen Froeber)