Kandahar Airman receives Purple Heart
Senior Master Sgt. Daniel McGuire was awarded a Purple Heart Medal by Brig. Gen. Christopher Miller during a ceremony Dec. 23 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The medal was awarded for injuries sustained during enemy action on a convoy mission outside of Kandahar Airfield. Sergeant McGuire is deployed there from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., where he is the vehicle operations manager. General Miller is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Kapinos)