Aleksander Skarlatos, an Army specialist in the Oregon National Guard, meets Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, the 86th Airlift Wing commander, as he arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24. 2015. Skarlatos, along with childhood friends Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, was recently honored by French President François Hollande with the French Legion of Honor for subduing an armed gunman when he entered their train carrying an assault rifle, a handgun and a box cutter. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)